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Book SynopsisA concise review of the major events, social movements, politics, and economics of the seven countries that comprise Central America. Given the strategic location of Central America, its importance to US foreign policy, and the migration from the region to other parts of the world, this succinct summary of the countries of Central America is an essential resource for those working in, studying, writing about, or traveling to the region. Promoting increased understanding of the region’s governance, economics, and structures of power, Imagining Central America highlights the many ways that Central American countries are connected to the United States through resettling, economic investment, culture flows, and foreign policy. Each of the seven chapters focuses on a different country within Central America—Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama—and includes a map, regional introduction, timeline, and history of each country from the pre-Columbian era to the present day. Each chapter also provides a substantial recommended reading list of novels and academic sources for readers who want to learn more about the key events and themes within individual countries. A QR code within each chapter links to online resources that walk readers through each country in full color.Trade Review“This is an invaluable text for students, instructors, policymakers, and journalists. I would welcome it as a key introductory text for my own undergraduate courses and I also believe it provides a much-needed resource for graduate students who are embarking on new projects and who may not know the region.” * Irina Carlota Silber, City College of New York *

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Book Synopsis“What this remarkable book does . . . is to remind us of that passion, that revolutionary fervor, that camaraderie, that persistence in the face of political defeat and personal despair so needed in our time as in theirs.” —Howard Zinn “Fascinating …With marvelous clarity and depth, Candace Falk illuminates for us an Emma Goldman shaped by her time yet presaging in her life the situation and conflicts of women in our time.” —Tillie Olsen One of the most famous political activists of all time, Emma Goldman was also infamous for her radical anarchist views and her “scandalous” personal life. In public, Goldman was a firebrand, confidently agitating for labor reform, anarchism, birth control, and women’s independence. But behind closed doors she was more vulnerable, especially when it came to the love of her life. Love, Anarchy, & Emma Goldman is an account of Goldman’s legendary career as a political activist. But it is more than that—it is a biography that offers an intimate look at how Goldman’s passion for social reform dovetailed with her passion for one man: Chicago activist, hobo king, and red-light district gynecologist Ben Reitman. Candace Falk takes us into the heart of their tumultuous love affair, finding that even as Goldman lectured on free love, she confronted her own intense jealousy. As director of the Emma Goldman papers, Falk had access to over 40,000 writings by Goldman—including her private letters and notes—and she draws upon these archives to give us a rare insight into this brilliant, complex woman’s thoughts. The result is both a riveting love story and a primer on an exciting, explosive era in American politics and intellectual life. Trade ReviewWhat this remarkable book does . . . is to remind us of that passion, that revolutionary fervor, that camaraderie, that persistence in the face of political defeat and personal despair so needed in our time as in theirs."" - Howard Zinn""Fascinating. With marvelous clarity and depth, Candace Falk illuminates for us an Emma Goldman shaped by her time yet presaging in her life the situation and conflicts of women in our time."" - Tillie Olsen

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an in-depth exploration and analysis of marriages between Japanese nationals and migrants from three broad ethnic/cultural groups - spouses from the former Soviet Union countries, the Philippines, and Western countries. It reveals how the marriage migrants navigate the intricacies and trajectories of their marriages with Japanese people while living in Japan. Seen from the lens of ‘gendered geographies of power’, the book explores how state-level politics and policies towards marriage, migration, and gender affect the personal power politics in operation within the relationships of these international couples. Overall, the book discusses how ethnic identity intersects with gender in the negotiation of spaces and power relations between and amongst couples; and the role states and structural inequalities play in these processes, resulting in a reconfiguration of our notions of what international marriages are and how powerful gender and the state are in understanding the power relations in these unions. Trade Review"This is a useful book for any discussion of contemporary marriage practices in Japan. I would use this book as a secondary source in my Japanese literature classes. It provides important background information as well as nice case studies that I could use as points of comparison with the fiction I assign for my students to read."— Anne Sokolsky, International Institute for Asian Studies "International Marriage in Japan: Russian-Speaking Women Married to Japanese Men," by Viktoriya Kim— Hurights Osaka newsletter New Books Network interview with Viktoriya Kim, Nelia Balgoa, and Beverley Anne Yamamoto— New Books Network - Japanese Studies "A welcome addition to the growing body of scholarship focused on gender and marriage migration in Japan. Shedding light on various aspects of cross-border relationships, cross-cultural parenting and family formation, The Politics of International Marriage in Japan vibrantly illuminates individual engagement in the dynamics and differences of gender, capital, culture, and nation that are embedded in marriage and migration."— Kumiko Nemoto, author of Too Few Women at the Top: The Persistence of Inequality in Japan "A novel and valuable contribution to the growing field of research on international marriages. Bringing together three bodies of research on different nationality groups of migrant spouses, with key themes in the study of marriage-related migration, and the Japanese framework of uchi/soto, this book provides a distinctive and ambitious analysis of the diversity of international marriages in Japan."— Katharine Charsley, co-author of Marriage Migration and IntegrationTable of ContentsList of Tables and Figures Series Foreword by Péter Berta Introduction. The Politics of International Marriage in Japan 1 Cross-Border Marriage Studies Through the ‘Lens’ 2 Historical Roots and Contemporary Changes in International Marriages 3 Who Marries Whom? 4 The Politics of Love: Migration Regimes, Individuals and Images 5 Spaces for Negotiation 6 Choices and Constraints 7 Parents’ Strategies to Raise Bilingual/Bicultural Children 8 International Divorce Politics and Transnational Strategies of Spouses Conclusion Acknowledgments Appendix Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an in-depth exploration and analysis of marriages between Japanese nationals and migrants from three broad ethnic/cultural groups - spouses from the former Soviet Union countries, the Philippines, and Western countries. It reveals how the marriage migrants navigate the intricacies and trajectories of their marriages with Japanese people while living in Japan. Seen from the lens of ‘gendered geographies of power’, the book explores how state-level politics and policies towards marriage, migration, and gender affect the personal power politics in operation within the relationships of these international couples. Overall, the book discusses how ethnic identity intersects with gender in the negotiation of spaces and power relations between and amongst couples; and the role states and structural inequalities play in these processes, resulting in a reconfiguration of our notions of what international marriages are and how powerful gender and the state are in understanding the power relations in these unions. Trade Review"A welcome addition to the growing body of scholarship focused on gender and marriage migration in Japan. Shedding light on various aspects of cross-border relationships, cross-cultural parenting and family formation, The Politics of International Marriage in Japan vibrantly illuminates individual engagement in the dynamics and differences of gender, capital, culture, and nation that are embedded in marriage and migration." -- Kumiko Nemoto * author of Too Few Women at the Top: The Persistence of Inequality in Japan *"A novel and valuable contribution to the growing field of research on international marriages. Bringing together three bodies of research on different nationality groups of migrant spouses, with key themes in the study of marriage-related migration, and the Japanese framework of uchi/soto, this book provides a distinctive and ambitious analysis of the diversity of international marriages in Japan." -- Katharine Charsley * co-author of Marriage Migration and Integration *New Books Network interview with ?Viktoriya Kim, Nelia Balgoa, and Beverley Anne Yamamoto * New Books Network - Japanese Studies *"International Marriage in Japan: Russian-Speaking Women Married to Japanese Men," by Viktoriya Kim? * Hurights Osaka newsletter *"A welcome addition to the growing body of scholarship focused on gender and marriage migration in Japan. Shedding light on various aspects of cross-border relationships, cross-cultural parenting and family formation, The Politics of International Marriage in Japan vibrantly illuminates individual engagement in the dynamics and differences of gender, capital, culture, and nation that are embedded in marriage and migration." -- Kumiko Nemoto * author of Too Few Women at the Top: The Persistence of Inequality in Japan *"A novel and valuable contribution to the growing field of research on international marriages. Bringing together three bodies of research on different nationality groups of migrant spouses, with key themes in the study of marriage-related migration, and the Japanese framework of uchi/soto, this book provides a distinctive and ambitious analysis of the diversity of international marriages in Japan." -- Katharine Charsley * co-author of Marriage Migration and Integration *New Books Network interview with Viktoriya Kim, Nelia Balgoa, and Beverley Anne Yamamoto * New Books Network - Japanese Studies *"International Marriage in Japan: Russian-Speaking Women Married to Japanese Men," by Viktoriya Kim * Hurights Osaka newsletter *"This is a useful book for any discussion of contemporary marriage practices in Japan. I would use this book as a secondary source in my Japanese literature classes. It provides important background information as well as nice case studies that I could use as points of comparison with the fiction I assign for my students to read." -- Anne Sokolsky * International Institute for Asian Studies *Table of ContentsList of Tables and Figures Series Foreword by Péter Berta Introduction. The Politics of International Marriage in Japan 1 Cross-Border Marriage Studies Through the ‘Lens’ 2 Historical Roots and Contemporary Changes in International Marriages 3 Who Marries Whom? 4 The Politics of Love: Migration Regimes, Individuals and Images 5 Spaces for Negotiation 6 Choices and Constraints 7 Parents’ Strategies to Raise Bilingual/Bicultural Children 8 International Divorce Politics and Transnational Strategies of Spouses Conclusion Acknowledgments Appendix Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisFerryman of Memories: The Films of Rithy Panh is an unconventional book about an unconventional filmmaker. Rithy Panh survived the Cambodian genocide and found refuge in France where he discovered in film a language that allowed him to tell what happened to the two million souls who suffered hunger, overwork, disease, and death at the hands of the Khmer Rouge. His innovative cinema is made with people, not about them—even those guilty of crimes against humanity. Whether he is directing Isabelle Huppert in The Sea Wall, following laborers digging trenches, or interrogating the infamous director of S-21 prison, aesthetics and ethics inform all he does. With remarkable access to the director and his work, Deirdre Boyle introduces readers to Panh’s groundbreaking approach to perpetrator cinema and dazzling critique of colonialism, globalization, and the refugee crisis. Ferryman of Memories reveals the art of one of the masters of world cinema today, focusing on nineteen of his award-winning films, including Rice People, The Land of Wandering Souls, S-21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine, and The Missing Picture.Trade Review"I do not know another film director today with a more complete understanding of human experience--of its precariousness and pain as well as its deepest joys. Rithy Panh presents the harshest of realities in a way that dwells on beauty, sensuality, and light. He paints with the lightest of touches, using music, pacing, and timing with the precision, emotion, and unity of an orchestra. Ferryman of Memories is a welcome introduction to his unique work.” -- Angelina Jolie * actress, filmmaker, and humanitarian *"Boyle focuses on Cambodian documentary director/screenwriter Rithy Panh, who has published five books, produced 20 feature films, established a film center in Cambodia, and been acclaimed worldwide. [Ferryman of Memories] examines each film, folding them into the narrative of Panh’s life. An admirable book that will likely increase visibility of Panh’s remarkable films." * Library Journal, STARRED *"Through her deep engagement with Rithy Panh and his films, Boyle offers us a timely reminder of Cambodia’s difficult history, of superpower complicity, and how the impact of the Khmer Rouge’s short brutal reign continues to mark Cambodian people today." -- Annie Goldson * professor and officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit at the University of Auckland * “Deirdre Boyle's training as both media historian and psychotherapist provides a major resonance in this outstanding book on one of current cinema's best directors, Rithy Panh. Moving between personal memoir and film analysis, Boyle sweeps the reader into the Cambodian genocide as an extraordinary chapter in twentieth-century history.” -- Raya Morag * professor of cinema studies at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and author of Perpetrator Cinema *"Like Claude Lanzmann regarding the Shoah, no other film director than Rithy Panh has managed to make visible, audible, and imaginable the uncanny world of the Khmer Rouge that brought Cambodia into hell. Seeing in Panh a modern Charon who transports human souls to the other side, Deirdre Boyle guides us through a disturbing journey where suffering and trauma, but also grieving and redemption, are pervasive." -- Vicente Sánchez-Biosca * professor of visual culture and author of The Death in Their Eyes *Table of Contents Preface Prologue 1 Uncle Rithy and the Cambodian Tragedy 2 The Return: Discovering the Gaze 3 The Khmer Rouge: Three Years, Eight Months, Twenty-One Days 4 Perpetrators and Survivors: The S-21 Trilogy Interlude: Dark Tourism 5 After the Wars: Fiction and Nonfiction 6 Colonialism: France and Cambodia 7 Remembering the Past, Mourning the Dead 157 Epilogue Acknowledgments Appendix 1. "Confronting Images of Ideology: An Interview with Rithy Panh by Deirdre Boyle" Appendix 2. "On a Morality of Filming: A Conversation between Rithy Panh and Deirdre Boyle" Notes Films and Books by Rithy Panh Index

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Book SynopsisWinner of the 2021 Haitian Studies Association Book Prize Haiti Fights Back: The Life and Legacy of Charlemagne Péralte is the first US scholarly examination of the politician and caco leader (guerrilla fighter) who fought against the US military occupation of Haiti. The occupation lasted close to two decades, from 1915-1934. Alexis argues for the importance of documenting resistance while exploring the occupation’s mechanics and its imperialism. She takes us to Haiti, exploring the sites of what she labels as resistance zones, including Péralte’s hometown of Hinche and the nation’s large port areas--Port-au-Prince and Cap-Haïtien. Alexis offers a new reading of U.S. military archival sources that record Haitian protests as banditry. Haiti Fights Back illuminates how Péralte launched a political movement, and meticulously captures how Haitian women and men resisted occupation through silence, military battles, and writings. She locates and assembles rare, multilingual primary sources from traditional repositories, living archives (oral stories), and artistic representations in Haiti and the United States. The interdisciplinary work draws on legislation, cacos’ letters, newspapers, and murals, offering a unique examination of Péralte’s life (1885-1919) and the significance of his legacy through the twenty-first century. Haiti Fights Back offers a new approach to the study of the U.S. invasion of the Americas by chronicling how Caribbean people fought back. Trade Review"My book of the year is Haiti Fights Back, by Yveline Alexis (Rutgers), a brilliant study of Haitian collective resistance to the American occupation (1915– highlights the role of the caco (guerrilla) leader Charlemagne Péralte, a remarkable figure who inspired and mobilized popular opposition to the American military presence, challenging the occupying forces’ brutality and racism, and expressing the Haitian people’s humanity and dignity through an array of contentious political actions, ranging from symbolic and rhetorical interventions to demonstrations and military operations. Written with sensitivity and verve, and steeped in ground-breaking archival scholarship, this is history at its most captivating: it tells a powerful story which draws out the courage and patriotism of ordinary Haitian men and women, underscores the vitality of their revolutionary tradition, and offers a timely historical perspective on this year’s defeat of the American empire in Afghanistan."— Times Literary Supplement "Conversation with author Yveline Alexis about her new book HAITI FIGHTS BACK: The life and Legacy of Charlemagne Peralte"— Lacaye Enterprises Tele Lacaye show "Yveline Alexis zooms in on Charlemagne Péralte to show the ways in which cacos resistance to the US Occupation of 1915-1934 continues to loom large in Haitian imagination, at home and abroad. In the process, she charts and retraces his living memory as a revolutionary, martyr, and symbol of defiance in the Black Republic's ongoing battle for liberation. Haiti Fights Back looks backward to remind us why Black refusal matters now more than ever!"— Gina Athena Ulysse, author of Because When God Is Too Busy: Haiti, me & THE WORLD "Haiti Fights Back demonstrates all that is to be gained when Haitian voices, perspectives and experiences are privileged in the telling of Haitian history. Haitian resistance to the US occupation was swift, innovative, and constant. With her narration of Péralte’s life and legacy, Yveline Alexis offers a new path forward for engaging with the historical record."— Nadève Ménard, co-editor of The Haiti Reader: History, Culture, Politics Yveline Alexis's "Haiti Fights Back"— The Page 99 Test New Books Network: New Books in Caribbean Studies - interview with Yveline Alexis— New Books Network: New Books in Caribbean StudiesTable of ContentsList of Illustrations (Ilistrasyon) Introduction: Haiti Fights (Ayiti Goumen) 1 Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity/Humanity (Libète, Egalité, ak Fratènite/Imanite) 2 U.S. Invasion (Envazyon Etazini) 3 Haitians—Rise and Defend! (Ayisien(ne)—Leve epi defann!) 4 Péralte Leads (Péralte kòm Lidè) 5 Violence (Vyolans) 6 We’re Still Fighting (Nou Toujou ap Goumen) 7 Second Revolution (Dezyèm Revolisyon) 8 Péralte Resurrected (Péralte Resisite) 9 Liberation with Péralte (Liberasyon ak Péralte) 10 Péralte Will Never Die; He Remains Alive in Popular Memory (Péralte p’ap janm mouri; li rete vivan nan memwa popilè) Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisEqualiberty in the Dutch Caribbean is a collection of essays that explores fundamental questions of equality and freedom on the non-sovereign islands of the Dutch Caribbean. Drawing on in-depth ethnographic research, historical and media analysis, the study of popular culture, and autoethnographic accounts, the various contributions challenge conventional assumptions about political non/sovereignty. While the book recognizes the existence of nationalist independence movements, it opens a critical space to look at other forms of political articulation, autonomy, liberty, and a good life. Focusing on all six different islands and through a multitude of voices and stories, the volume engages with the everyday projects, ordinary imaginaries, and dreams of equaliberty alongside the work of independistas and traditional social movements aiming for more or full self-determination. As such, it offers a rich and powerful telling of the various ways of being in and belonging to our contemporary postcolonial world.Trade Review"Equaliberty in the Dutch Caribbean is a compelling collection of debates, case studies, and ethnographies of belonging. It is a philosophical and cultural search for a political space of comfort between colonial dependence and autonomy. Focusing on the non-sovereign status of the Caribbean it opens up the possibility for articulating notions of freedom and liberty in the region." -- Linden Lewis * editor of Caribbean Sovereignty, Development, and Democracy in an Age of Globalization *"With editors persuasively arguing for a revolutionary non-Western vision of non/sovereignty, this outstanding anthology offers an enlightening alternative look at questions of belonging, and equality and freedom (equaliberty). In case after case in the Dutch-Caribbean, contributors challenge Western-imposed notions of sovereignty and envision new political and socio-cultural futures, making significant contributions to Caribbean Studies and beyond." -- Antonio Sotomayor * author of The Sovereign Colony: Olympic Sport, National Identity, and International Politics in Puer *Table of ContentsForewordLinden LewisIntroductionFrancio Guadeloupe and Yvon van der Pijl1 Stories of Autonomy on Non-Sovereign Saba: Flipping the Script of Postcolonial ResistanceNikki Mulder2 “Education Must Be More!” Imagining and (Re)producing St. Martin/Sint Maarten BelongingJordi Halfman3 People from Outside: Transnationalism and Nationness on Twenty-First-CenturyCuraçaoGuiselle Starink-Martha4 The Trinta di Mei Labor Revolt and Its Aftermath: Anticipating a Just and Equitable Curaçaoan NationRose Mary Allen5 Some Are More Equal than Others? Human Rights Education at the University of Curaçao’s School of LawLisenne Delgado6 Thinking, Seeing, and Doing like a Kingdom: The Making of Caribbean Netherlands Statistics and the “Native Bonairian”Francisca Grommé7 After Free Markets and Foundations: Challenges to Self-Determination on St. MartinAntonio Carmona Báez8 Sweet Breakaway: Where Equality and Liberty Meet on ArubaGregory Richardson9 “We Come out to Free Up”: Movement, Dance, and Liberation in West Indian CalypsoCharissa Arlette Granger10 “It’s Gonna Be Incredible”: Lessons on Being, Becoming, and Belonging from Statian YouthNicole Sanches and Yvon van der PijlEpilogueAnton AllaharAcknowledgmentsNotes on ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisEqualiberty in the Dutch Caribbean is a collection of essays that explores fundamental questions of equality and freedom on the non-sovereign islands of the Dutch Caribbean. Drawing on in-depth ethnographic research, historical and media analysis, the study of popular culture, and autoethnographic accounts, the various contributions challenge conventional assumptions about political non/sovereignty. While the book recognizes the existence of nationalist independence movements, it opens a critical space to look at other forms of political articulation, autonomy, liberty, and a good life. Focusing on all six different islands and through a multitude of voices and stories, the volume engages with the everyday projects, ordinary imaginaries, and dreams of equaliberty alongside the work of independistas and traditional social movements aiming for more or full self-determination. As such, it offers a rich and powerful telling of the various ways of being in and belonging to our contemporary postcolonial world.Trade Review"Equaliberty in the Dutch Caribbean is a compelling collection of debates, case studies, and ethnographies of belonging. It is a philosophical and cultural search for a political space of comfort between colonial dependence and autonomy. Focusing on the non-sovereign status of the Caribbean it opens up the possibility for articulating notions of freedom and liberty in the region." -- Linden Lewis * editor of Caribbean Sovereignty, Development, and Democracy in an Age of Globalization *"With editors persuasively arguing for a revolutionary non-Western vision of non/sovereignty, this outstanding anthology offers an enlightening alternative look at questions of belonging, and equality and freedom (equaliberty). In case after case in the Dutch-Caribbean, contributors challenge Western-imposed notions of sovereignty and envision new political and socio-cultural futures, making significant contributions to Caribbean Studies and beyond." -- Antonio Sotomayor * author of The Sovereign Colony: Olympic Sport, National Identity, and International Politics in Puerto Rico *"Equaliberty in the Dutch Caribbean is a compelling collection of debates, case studies, and ethnographies of belonging. It is a philosophical and cultural search for a political space of comfort between colonial dependence and autonomy. Focusing on the non-sovereign status of the Caribbean it opens up the possibility for articulating notions of freedom and liberty in the region." -- Linden Lewis * editor of Caribbean Sovereignty, Development, and Democracy in an Age of Globalization *"With editors persuasively arguing for a revolutionary non-Western vision of non/sovereignty, this outstanding anthology offers an enlightening alternative look at questions of belonging, and equality and freedom (equaliberty). In case after case in the Dutch-Caribbean, contributors challenge Western-imposed notions of sovereignty and envision new political and socio-cultural futures, making significant contributions to Caribbean Studies and beyond." -- Antonio Sotomayor * author of The Sovereign Colony: Olympic Sport, National Identity, and International Politics in Puer *Table of ContentsForewordLinden LewisIntroductionFrancio Guadeloupe and Yvon van der Pijl1 Stories of Autonomy on Non-Sovereign Saba: Flipping the Script of Postcolonial ResistanceNikki Mulder2 “Education Must Be More!” Imagining and (Re)producing St. Martin/Sint Maarten BelongingJordi Halfman3 People from Outside: Transnationalism and Nationness on Twenty-First-CenturyCuraçaoGuiselle Starink-Martha4 The Trinta di Mei Labor Revolt and Its Aftermath: Anticipating a Just and Equitable Curaçaoan NationRose Mary Allen5 Some Are More Equal than Others? Human Rights Education at the University of Curaçao’s School of LawLisenne Delgado6 Thinking, Seeing, and Doing like a Kingdom: The Making of Caribbean Netherlands Statistics and the “Native Bonairian”Francisca Grommé7 After Free Markets and Foundations: Challenges to Self-Determination on St. MartinAntonio Carmona Báez8 Sweet Breakaway: Where Equality and Liberty Meet on ArubaGregory Richardson9 “We Come out to Free Up”: Movement, Dance, and Liberation in West Indian CalypsoCharissa Arlette Granger10 “It’s Gonna Be Incredible”: Lessons on Being, Becoming, and Belonging from Statian YouthNicole Sanches and Yvon van der PijlEpilogueAnton AllaharAcknowledgmentsNotes on ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisAmerican Jews donate approximately $2.5 billion to Israel each year. Behind all that money and influence lies a power-sharing dynamic that has left an indelible mark on the relationship between Israeli and American Jews and on the direction of Israeli society to this day. Checkbook Zionism investigates how both parties have managed their interests, emotions, and attitudes about the important yet at times tense collaboration between them. By delving into the history of American Jews’ philanthropic giving to Israelis, Fleisch assesses the core nature of power sharing between both sides of the Jewish diaspora to the United States through in-depth contemporary case studies of the relationship between sixteen non-governmental organizations and their American Jewish donors. Field observation, document analysis, and interviews with leaders, activists, and select donors alike serve a critical role here, as Fleisch assesses whether these contemporary philanthropic associations repeat classic dynamics of power-sharing or whether they represent a marked departure from the Checkbook Zionism of old. The result is a new paradigm for evaluating power sharing that can be applied to future considerations of development in the Israel-Diaspora relationship. Trade Review"Checkbook Zionism 'follows the money' as it flows from American Jews to Israel. The result is one of the best-researched, most illuminating studies of American Jewish philanthropy ever written." -- Jonathan D. Sarna * author of American Judaism: A History *"Fleisch's groundbreaking work helps scholars and the public understand why, despite American Jews' significant investment in Israel, so many feel disempowered when it comes to the political future of the country. Even if there has been a major transformation in how American Jews support Israel, Fleisch reveals that the actual power they wield has remained remarkably restricted." -- Lila Corwin Berman * author of The American Jewish Philanthropic Complex: The History of a Multibillion-Dollar Institutio *Table of Contents Abbreviations Introduction PART IThe Rise and Fall of Checkbook Zionism 1 The Mechanics of Checkbook Zionism 2 The Culture of Checkbook Zionism 3 The Decline of Checkbook Zionism PART IIPower Sharing in the Contemporary Era 4 An Introduction to the Study of Contemporary Relationship Dynamics 5 Prospects for a New Era of Partnership? 6 Power Sharing in the Twenty-First Century in Direct Giving Arrangements 7 Power Sharing in the Twenty-First Century in New Federated Arrangements Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAmerican Jews donate approximately $2.5 billion to Israel each year. Behind all that money and influence lies a power-sharing dynamic that has left an indelible mark on the relationship between Israeli and American Jews and on the direction of Israeli society to this day. Checkbook Zionism investigates how both parties have managed their interests, emotions, and attitudes about the important yet at times tense collaboration between them. By delving into the history of American Jews’ philanthropic giving to Israelis, Fleisch assesses the core nature of power sharing between both sides of the Jewish diaspora to the United States through in-depth contemporary case studies of the relationship between sixteen non-governmental organizations and their American Jewish donors. Field observation, document analysis, and interviews with leaders, activists, and select donors alike serve a critical role here, as Fleisch assesses whether these contemporary philanthropic associations repeat classic dynamics of power-sharing or whether they represent a marked departure from the Checkbook Zionism of old. The result is a new paradigm for evaluating power sharing that can be applied to future considerations of development in the Israel-Diaspora relationship. Trade Review"Checkbook Zionism 'follows the money' as it flows from American Jews to Israel. The result is one of the best-researched, most illuminating studies of American Jewish philanthropy ever written." -- Jonathan D. Sarna * author of American Judaism: A History *"Fleisch's groundbreaking work helps scholars and the public understand why, despite American Jews' significant investment in Israel, so many feel disempowered when it comes to the political future of the country. Even if there has been a major transformation in how American Jews support Israel, Fleisch reveals that the actual power they wield has remained remarkably restricted." -- Lila Corwin Berman * author of The American Jewish Philanthropic Complex: The History of a Multibillion-Dollar Institutio *Table of Contents Abbreviations Introduction PART IThe Rise and Fall of Checkbook Zionism 1 The Mechanics of Checkbook Zionism 2 The Culture of Checkbook Zionism 3 The Decline of Checkbook Zionism PART IIPower Sharing in the Contemporary Era 4 An Introduction to the Study of Contemporary Relationship Dynamics 5 Prospects for a New Era of Partnership? 6 Power Sharing in the Twenty-First Century in Direct Giving Arrangements 7 Power Sharing in the Twenty-First Century in New Federated Arrangements Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisUrban Dwellings, Haitian Citizenships explores the failed international reconstruction of Port-au-Prince after the devastating 2010 earthquake. It describes the failures of international aid in Haiti while it analyzes examples of Haitian-based reconstruction and economic practices. By interrogating the relationship between indigenous uses of the cityscape and the urbanization of the countryside within a framework that centers on the violence of urban planning, the book shows that the forms of economic development promoted by international agencies institutionalize impermanence and instability. Conversely, it shows how everyday Haitians use and transform the city to create spaces of belonging and forms of citizenship anchored in a long history of resistance to extractive economies. Taking readers into the remnants of failed industrial projects in Haitian provinces and into the streets, rubble, and homes of Port-au-Prince, this book reflects on the possibilities and meanings of dwelling in post-disaster urban landscapes.Trade Review"Joos’ Urban Dwellings, Haitian Citizenships undertakes a monumental task—analyzing the failures of international aid and post-disaster reconstruction through the lens of urban housing. Arguing for embodied forms of dwelling, Joos compellingly argues for Haitian models of urban housing built upon communal living, vernacular architecture, and sustainable habitation. Through his intimate, empathic ethnography, Joos powerfully asserts a 'right to the city' (and the country) through spatial citizenship, a correlate to what Mimi Sheller (Island Futures) defines as mobile justice." -- Jana Evans Braziel * author of Riding with Death: Vodou Art and Urban Ecology in the Streets of Port-au-Prince *"Urban Dwellings, Haitian Citizenships is a tour de force, arguing for the importance of place in belonging and citizenship. Exceptionally well-researched, weaving a rich and diverse set of first-hand accounts with scholars from Haiti and elsewhere, Joos brings a critique of foreign disaster capitalism to the highest level, pushing hard against sensationalist narratives." -- Mark Schuller * author of Humanity's Last Stand: Confronting Global Catastrophe *New Books Network - New Books in Caribbean Studies interview with Vincent Joos * New Books Network - New Books in Caribbean Studies *"A Big Hole: Notes from Jovenel Moïse’s Hometown," by Vincent Joos * The Society for Cultural Anthropology *"Richly narrated ethnographies accompanied by well-documented urban projects convey Joos’ principal argument: that culturally anchored practices related to reciprocal networks, income-generation (ti komés), social organization, and vernacular dwelling typologies (structures that withstood the earthquake on most occasions), are socially, economically and ecologically sustainable forms of urbanism that may offer viable alternatives to conventional post-disaster rehabilitation trajectories and internationally sponsored urban planning that turn a blind eye to ‘what already is.’" * ERLACS *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction 1 Developing Disasters: Dispossession and Industrialization in Northern Haiti 2 Industrial Futures: Abstract and Disciplinarian Landscapes in Post-Earthquake Haiti 3 State Interventions: Infrastructure and Citizenship 4 Inhabiting Port-au-Prince after 2010: Indigenous Urbanization, History, and Belonging 5 Daily Life in the Shotgun Neighborhoods of Downtown Port-au-Prince 6 Demolishing Shotgun Neighborhoods Conclusion: Peyi a Lok Acknowledgments Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisAre we as a species headed towards extinction? As our economic system renders our planet increasingly inhospitable to human life, powerful individuals fight over limited resources, and racist reaction to migration strains the social fabric of many countries. How can we retain our humanity in the midst of these life-and-death struggles? Humanity’s Last Stand dares to ask these big questions, exploring the interconnections between climate change, global capitalism, xenophobia, and white supremacy. As it unearths how capitalism was born from plantation slavery and the slaughter of Indigenous people, it also invites us to imagine life after capitalism. The book teaches its readers how to cultivate an anthropological imagination, a mindset that remains attentive to local differences even as it identifies global patterns of inequality and racism. Surveying the struggles of disenfranchised peoples around the globe from frontline communities affected by climate change, to #BlackLivesMatter activists, to Indigenous water protectors, to migrant communities facing increasing hostility, anthropologist Mark Schuller argues that we must develop radical empathy in order to move beyond simply identifying as “allies” and start acting as “accomplices.” Bringing together the insights of anthropologists and activists from many cultures, this timely study shows us how to stand together and work toward a more inclusive vision of humanity before it’s too late. More information and instructor resources (https://humanityslaststand.org)Trade Review"Humanity’s Last Stand is a call to arms to elevate our thinking to the species level or, Schuller cautions, the species will face extinction."— Cynthia McKinney, activist and former Congresswoman, from the foreword "[Schuller's] invitation to use anthropology to imagine new ways of organizing society and economics is well taken."— Kirkus Reviews "Mark Schuller’s approach to the convergent crises pushing us toward human catastrophe and planetary disaster should be taken to heart. With admirable conviction and commitment to radical empathy and pragmatic solidarity, he makes a bold argument for a publicly-engaged anthropological imagination that contributes a holistic understanding of and concrete solutions to urgent global crises."— Faye V. Harrison, author of Outsider Within: Reworking Anthropology in the Global Age “Humanity’s Last Stand illustrates how we are living in a moment of great turmoil and great possibilities for transformation. This is a timely text for activists and scholars committed to collective liberation. Dr. Schuller not only makes it clear that we are all connected, he makes a compelling case for us all to center the environment, and land, as stewards — not owners.”— Charlene A. Carruthers, author of Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements "Off the Presses: ‘Humanity’s Last Stand" by Dan Aubrey— U.S. 1 Community News "Mark Schuller has an 'in your face' and challenging style. It conveys his passion and the urgency of the situation addressed in the book. It is more than appropriate--it is engaging. Humanity's Last Stand is an important intervention at a moment of economic, political, cultural, and ecological crisis in the United States and the world. This is a book that has the potential to change the minds of many."— Kevin Yelvington, editor of Afro-Atlantic Dialogues: Anthropology in the Diaspora "When I finished reading, I needed to catch my breath. The book is furiously and forcefully written, engaging both historical and contemporary issues. Most productively, Schuller puts analyses written by political organizers and anthropologists into conversation, showing how they inform each other and move us forward together. This book is needed for this moment in history."— Ruth Gomberg-Muñoz, author of Labor and Legality: An Ethnography of a Mexican Immigrant Network “Humanity’s Last Stand is an electrifying work that dissects a range of interconnected problems—climate change, ultra-right nationalism, and global inequality—and proposes concrete steps to avert total catastrophe. This highly readable book is prescient, if not premonitory. It is essential reading for anyone interested in our species' long-term survival. Anthropology at its finest!”— Roberto J. González, author of Connected: How a Mexican Village Created Its Own Cell Phone Network "Schuller's brilliant book is critical reading for all of us who work to envision, and bring into being, a socially and ecologically just world. Grounded in a politics of solidarity built through the understanding of, and dismantling of privilege, he mobilizes a new vision for what 'an anthropological imagination' can afford us in terms of activist practice and radical empathy."— Paige West, editor of From Reciprocity to Relationality: Anthropological Possibilities "Schuller offers this not as a replacement for more traditional world systems theories (such as Marxism) but as a complement, one meant to guide the way to understanding that all struggles for a just world are tied to one another and all are mutually dependent upon all the others; understanding from the bottom up, if you will, to complement analysis from the top down."— Truthout “Mark Schuller takes anthropology to the public with critical insights on the historical and contemporary that expose the catastrophic and complex realities of global racial capitalism. He implores the willing to forge futures where differences matter and praxis of solidarity are intentionally quotidian. Humanity’s Last Stand is a pivotal ecological intervention for these times of crisis.”— Gina Athena Ulysse, author of Because When God is Too Busy: Haiti, me & THE WORLD "An urgent and much needed contribution to our world in crisis. Schuller lays out crucial ground work for how an anthropological reimagining of global social, political, and economic relationships can save us from ourselves. In clear prose he shows the public how anthropology can be deployed as a way to create more empathy in these troubling times."— Jason De León, author of The Land of Open Graves: Living and Dying on the Migrant TrailTable of ContentsContents Foreword by Cynthia McKinney Introduction: Careening Toward Extinction 1 Structuring Solidarity 2 Dismantling White Supremacy 3 Climate Justice Versus the Anthropocene 4 Humanity on the Move- Justice and Migration 5 Dismantling the Ivory Tower Conclusion Acknowledgements Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAre we as a species headed towards extinction? As our economic system renders our planet increasingly inhospitable to human life, powerful individuals fight over limited resources, and racist reaction to migration strains the social fabric of many countries. How can we retain our humanity in the midst of these life-and-death struggles? Humanity’s Last Stand dares to ask these big questions, exploring the interconnections between climate change, global capitalism, xenophobia, and white supremacy. As it unearths how capitalism was born from plantation slavery and the slaughter of Indigenous people, it also invites us to imagine life after capitalism. The book teaches its readers how to cultivate an anthropological imagination, a mindset that remains attentive to local differences even as it identifies global patterns of inequality and racism. Surveying the struggles of disenfranchised peoples around the globe from frontline communities affected by climate change, to #BlackLivesMatter activists, to Indigenous water protectors, to migrant communities facing increasing hostility, anthropologist Mark Schuller argues that we must develop radical empathy in order to move beyond simply identifying as “allies” and start acting as “accomplices.” Bringing together the insights of anthropologists and activists from many cultures, this timely study shows us how to stand together and work toward a more inclusive vision of humanity before it’s too late. More information and instructor resources (https://humanityslaststand.org)Trade Review"Humanity’s Last Stand is a call to arms to elevate our thinking to the species level or, Schuller cautions, the species will face extinction."— Cynthia McKinney, activist and former Congresswoman, from the foreword "[Schuller's] invitation to use anthropology to imagine new ways of organizing society and economics is well taken."— Kirkus Reviews "Mark Schuller’s approach to the convergent crises pushing us toward human catastrophe and planetary disaster should be taken to heart. With admirable conviction and commitment to radical empathy and pragmatic solidarity, he makes a bold argument for a publicly-engaged anthropological imagination that contributes a holistic understanding of and concrete solutions to urgent global crises."— Faye V. Harrison, author of Outsider Within: Reworking Anthropology in the Global Age “Humanity’s Last Stand illustrates how we are living in a moment of great turmoil and great possibilities for transformation. This is a timely text for activists and scholars committed to collective liberation. Dr. Schuller not only makes it clear that we are all connected, he makes a compelling case for us all to center the environment, and land, as stewards — not owners.”— Charlene A. Carruthers, author of Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements "Off the Presses: ‘Humanity’s Last Stand" by Dan Aubrey— U.S. 1 Community News "Mark Schuller has an 'in your face' and challenging style. It conveys his passion and the urgency of the situation addressed in the book. It is more than appropriate--it is engaging. Humanity's Last Stand is an important intervention at a moment of economic, political, cultural, and ecological crisis in the United States and the world. This is a book that has the potential to change the minds of many."— Kevin Yelvington, editor of Afro-Atlantic Dialogues: Anthropology in the Diaspora "When I finished reading, I needed to catch my breath. The book is furiously and forcefully written, engaging both historical and contemporary issues. Most productively, Schuller puts analyses written by political organizers and anthropologists into conversation, showing how they inform each other and move us forward together. This book is needed for this moment in history."— Ruth Gomberg-Muñoz, author of Labor and Legality: An Ethnography of a Mexican Immigrant Network “Humanity’s Last Stand is an electrifying work that dissects a range of interconnected problems—climate change, ultra-right nationalism, and global inequality—and proposes concrete steps to avert total catastrophe. This highly readable book is prescient, if not premonitory. It is essential reading for anyone interested in our species' long-term survival. Anthropology at its finest!”— Roberto J. González, author of Connected: How a Mexican Village Created Its Own Cell Phone Network "Schuller's brilliant book is critical reading for all of us who work to envision, and bring into being, a socially and ecologically just world. Grounded in a politics of solidarity built through the understanding of, and dismantling of privilege, he mobilizes a new vision for what 'an anthropological imagination' can afford us in terms of activist practice and radical empathy."— Paige West, editor of From Reciprocity to Relationality: Anthropological Possibilities "Schuller offers this not as a replacement for more traditional world systems theories (such as Marxism) but as a complement, one meant to guide the way to understanding that all struggles for a just world are tied to one another and all are mutually dependent upon all the others; understanding from the bottom up, if you will, to complement analysis from the top down."— Truthout “Mark Schuller takes anthropology to the public with critical insights on the historical and contemporary that expose the catastrophic and complex realities of global racial capitalism. He implores the willing to forge futures where differences matter and praxis of solidarity are intentionally quotidian. Humanity’s Last Stand is a pivotal ecological intervention for these times of crisis.”— Gina Athena Ulysse, author of Because When God is Too Busy: Haiti, me & THE WORLD "An urgent and much needed contribution to our world in crisis. Schuller lays out crucial ground work for how an anthropological reimagining of global social, political, and economic relationships can save us from ourselves. In clear prose he shows the public how anthropology can be deployed as a way to create more empathy in these troubling times."— Jason De León, author of The Land of Open Graves: Living and Dying on the Migrant TrailTable of ContentsContents Foreword by Cynthia McKinney Introduction: Careening Toward Extinction 1 Structuring Solidarity 2 Dismantling White Supremacy 3 Climate Justice Versus the Anthropocene 4 Humanity on the Move- Justice and Migration 5 Dismantling the Ivory Tower Conclusion Acknowledgements Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn the middle of the twentieth century, governments ignored the negative effects of large-scale infrastructure projects. In recent decades, many democratic countries have continued to use dams to promote growth, but have also introduced accompanying programs to alleviate these harmful consequences of dams for local people, to reduce poverty, and to promote participatory governance. This type of dam building undoubtedly represents a step forward in responsible governing. But have these policies really worked? Flooded provides insights into the little-known effects of these approaches through a close examination of Brazil’s Belo Monte hydroelectric facility. After three decades of controversy over damming the Xingu River, a tributary of the Amazon, the dam was completed in 2019 under the left-of-center Workers’ Party, becoming the world’s fourth largest. Billions of dollars for social welfare programs accompanied construction. Nonetheless, the dam brought extensive social, political, and environmental upheaval to the region. The population soared, cost of living skyrocketed, violence spiked, pollution increased, and already overextended education and healthcare systems were strained. Nearly 40,000 people were displaced and ecosystems were significantly disrupted. Klein tells the stories of dam-affected communities, including activists, social movements, non-governmental organizations, and public defenders and public prosecutors. He details how these groups, as well as government officials and representatives from private companies, negotiated the upheaval through protests, participating in public forums for deliberation, using legal mechanisms to push for protections for the most vulnerable, and engaging in myriad other civic spaces. Flooded provides a rich ethnographic account of democracy and development in the making. In the midst of today’s climate crisis, this book showcases the challenges and opportunities of meeting increasing demands for energy in equitable ways.Trade Review"Flooded addresses the overarching question of how developing states can build critical infrastructure in a way that respects local rights and grants significant participation to those affected by the project." -- Kathryn Hochstetler * co-author of Greening Brazil: Environmental Activism in State and Society *"Flooded compellingly shows the dilemmas of 'democratic development' and the challenges posed by the increasing demand for energy at a time of climate crisis. Klein offers a thought-provoking and engaging narrative that highlights the ambivalences and contradictions of progressive governments." -- Pablo Lapegna * author of Soybeans and Power: Genetically Modified Crops, Environmental Politics, and Social Movements in Argentina *"Flooded addresses the overarching question of how developing states can build critical infrastructure in a way that respects local rights and grants significant participation to those affected by the project." -- Kathryn Hochstetler * co-author of Greening Brazil: Environmental Activism in State and Society *"Flooded compellingly shows the dilemmas of 'democratic development' and the challenges posed by the increasing demand for energy at a time of climate crisis. Klein offers a thought-provoking and engaging narrative that highlights the ambivalences and contradictions of progressive governments." -- Pablo Lapegna * author of Soybeans and Power: Genetically Modified Crops, Environmental Politics, and Social Movemen *Table of ContentsPrologue Introduction Part I: Hydropower, Resistance, and the State1 Dams and Development 2 Booms, Busts, and Collective Mobilization along the Transamazon 3 Democratic Developmentalism Part II: An Ethnography of Dam Building4 The Living Process5 The Fight for Recognition 6 The Law, Activism, and Legitimacy Conclusion AcknowledgmentsList of Abbreviations Notes Index

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Book SynopsisHuman Rights at Risk brings together social scientists, legal scholars, and humanities scholars to analyze the policy challenges of human rights protection in the twenty-first century. The volume is organized based on three overarching themes that highlight the challenges and risks in international human rights: international institutions and global governance of human rights; thematic blind spots in human rights protection; and the human rights challenges of the United States as a global and domestic actor amidst the contemporary global shifts to authoritarianism and illiberal populism. One of the very few books that offer new perspectives that envision the future of transnational human rights norms and human dignity from a multidisciplinary perspective, Human Rights at Risk comprehensively examines the causes and consequences of the challenges faced by international human rights. Scholars, students, and policy practitioners who are interested in the challenges and reform prospects of the international human rights regime, United States foreign policy, and international institutions will find this multidisciplinary volume an invaluable guide to the state of global politics in the twenty-first century. Trade Review"Human Rights at Risk provides a much-needed, thoughtful, and forward-looking assessment of human rights at a critical moment. The authors are realistic about challenges from super powers and authoritarians alike. Yet they also see hope in grassroots movements far from power centers in Geneva and New York that use human rights to work for transformational change." -- Robin Kirk * author of Righting Wrongs: 20 Human Rights Heroes Around the World *"A tour de force of the challenges and contradictions facing the current human rights movement. By problematizing the universal acceptance of individual human rights norms, the authors have allowed for a major leap in our understanding of global abuses. The diversity of author backgrounds, disciplines, and approaches adds to the validity of their argument and should be the gold standard for all human rights and international relations scholarship." -- Amanda Murdie * editor in chief of International Studies Review *"Human Rights at Risk is also a set of essays on humanity at risk. Contributors demonstrate both how the application of human rights, as well as their repression, are central to the state we are in. Whether providing theoretical or empirical accounts, there are gems in this volume that should grab the attention of international lawyers." -- Margot E. Salomon * co-author of The Misery of International Law: Confrontations with Injustice in the Global Economy *"This volume highlights how the concept of human rights is broadened, how this issue is recognized across the world, but also how vulnerable the regime is to threats from populism and US isolationism. By addressing human rights from the different viewpoints of international institutions, states, and victims, it provides a unique compelling, informative, and though-provoking resource for readers interested in international relations and current affairs." -- Joakim Kreutz * co-editor of Debating the East Asian Peace: What it is. How it Came About. Will it Last? *"Human Rights at Risk provides a much-needed, thoughtful, and forward-looking assessment of human rights at a critical moment. The authors are realistic about challenges from super powers and authoritarians alike. Yet they also see hope in grassroots movements far from power centers in Geneva and New York that use human rights to work for transformational change." -- Robin Kirk * author of Righting Wrongs: 20 Human Rights Heroes Around the World *"A tour de force of the challenges and contradictions facing the current human rights movement. By problematizing the universal acceptance of individual human rights norms, the authors have allowed for a major leap in our understanding of global abuses. The diversity of author backgrounds, disciplines, and approaches adds to the validity of their argument and should be the gold standard for all human rights and international relations scholarship." -- Amanda Murdie * editor in chief of International Studies Review *"Human Rights at Risk is also a set of essays on humanity at risk. Contributors demonstrate both how the application of human rights, as well as their repression, are central to the state we are in. Whether providing theoretical or empirical accounts, there are gems in this volume that should grab the attention of international lawyers." -- Margot E. Salomon * co-author of The Misery of International Law: Confrontations with Injustice in the Global Economy *"This volume highlights how the concept of human rights is broadened, how this issue is recognized across the world, but also how vulnerable the regime is to threats from populism and US isolationism. By addressing human rights from the different viewpoints of international institutions, states, and victims, it provides a unique compelling, informative, and though-provoking resource for readers interested in international relations and current affairs." -- Joakim Kreutz * co-editor of Debating the East Asian Peace: What it is. How it Came About. Will it Last? *Table of ContentsChapter 1: The Global Human Rights Regime: Risks and Contestations Chapter 2: Transparency, Accountability, and Legitimacy within the UN Universal Periodic Review Chapter 3: After Obama: The African Group at the UN Human Rights Council Chapter 4: Consensus and Human Rights Politics: The Case of ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights Chapter 5: Skewed Vision: Human Rights in War through the Eyes in Peace Chapter 6: Who Are the Victims of Crimes Against Cultural Heritage? Chapter 7: Challenging the Legal Boundaries of Genocide: The War on Drugs in the Philippines Chapter 8: Human Rights at Risk in the Era of Trump and American Decline Chapter 9: The Tyranny of Exceptionalism: How the United States Rejects Universal Human Rights Chapter 10: Natural Law and the Future of Human Rights Chapter 11: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: Thoughts on Global Human Rights in the 21st Century Chapter 12: Risks and Emancipatory Rights Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisStories that Bind: Political Economy and Culture in New India examines the assertion of authoritarian nationalism and neoliberalism; both backed by the authority of the state and argues that contemporary India should be understood as the intersection of the two. More importantly, the book reveals, through its focus on India and its complex media landscape that this intersection has a narrative form, which author, Madhavi Murty labels spectacular realism. The book shows that the intersection of neoliberalism with authoritarian nationalism is strengthened by the circulation of stories about “emergence,” “renewal,” “development,” and “mobility” of the nation and its people. It studies stories told through film, journalism, and popular non-fiction along with the stories narrated by political and corporate leaders to argue that Hindu nationalism and neoliberalism are conjoined in popular culture and that consent for this political economic project is crucially won in the domain of popular culture. Moving between mediascapes to create an archive of popular culture, Murty advances our understanding of political economy through material that is often seen as inconsequential, namely the popular cultural story. These stories stoke our desires (e.g. for wealth), scaffold our instincts (e.g. for a strong leadership) and shape our values. Trade Review"In this beautifully written and timely book, Murty explores how popular cultural forms become politically charged. Moving across journalism, film, and other mediascapes, she shows how new forms of storytelling made sense of and won popular consent for majoritarian nationalism in a nation transformed by neoliberal reforms. Rigorously conceptualized and deeply researched, Stories That Bind is a brilliant exemplar of media and cultural studies." -- Aswin Punathambekar * University of Virginia *"In this beautifully written and timely book, Murty explores how popular cultural forms become politically charged. Moving across journalism, film, and other mediascapes, she shows how new forms of storytelling made sense of and won popular consent for majoritarian nationalism in a nation transformed by neoliberal reforms. Rigorously conceptualized and deeply researched, Stories That Bind is a brilliant exemplar of media and cultural studies." -- Aswin Punathambekar * University of Virginia *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Spectacular Realism and Political-Economic Change 1 The Development Story: Caste, Religion, and Poverty in “New” India 2 Iconicity: Moving between the Real and the Spectacular 3 The Entrepreneur: New Identities for New Times 4 Love in New Times Conclusion AcknowledgmentsNotes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisMoney occupies a powerful place in our lives – it is a problem, a goal, and motivator, a measure of self-worth and national progress, and even an influence on how we relate to each other and to nature – but what happens when communities start to reinvent money and markets? Over the last twenty-five years, grassroots activists in Medellín, Colombia, have used barter markets and community currencies as one strategy to re-weave a social fabric shredded by violence and to establish an economy founded on respect and reciprocity rather than exploitation. In Social Exchange, Brian J. Burke provides a deep ethnographic investigation of this activism and its effects. This story draws us into the cultural and material effects of capitalism and narco-violence, while also helping us understand what new radical imaginations look like and how people bring them to life. The result is an intimate glimpse of urban life in Latin America, as well as a broader analysis of non-capitalist or post-capitalist possibility.Trade Review"Brian Burke has produced a rich, wonderfully evocative and thickly described portrayal of the real economy through which millions of us make livelihoods and struggle, imperfectly, for something better. Latin America has often been inspirational to those of us in the neoliberalized North, and here you will find inspiration from a close observation of early experiments in developing economies where what matters is living well rather than endless growth." -- Peter North * author of Money and Liberation: The Micropolitics of Alternative Currency Movements *"With theoretical depth and accessible writing, Burke brings lucid ethnographic and historical context to an analysis of the possibilities and constraints on diverse economic experimentation, both as a mode of survival and of transformation in Medellin. Burke joins this ethnographic realism with a stance towards possibility; he details how barter networks interrupt capitalist logics and desires, rework space and place, shift social relations, and most importantly cultivate subjectivities at the level of everyday practice and engagement. This is an important book for anyone interested in understanding and advancing post-capitalist imaginings and practices." -- Boone Shear * co-editor of Learning Under Neoliberalism: Ethnographies of Governance in Higher Education *"Brian Burke has produced a rich, wonderfully evocative and thickly described portrayal of the real economy through which millions of us make livelihoods and struggle, imperfectly, for something better. Latin America has often been inspirational to those of us in the neoliberalized North, and here you will find inspiration from a close observation of early experiments in developing economies where what matters is living well rather than endless growth." -- Peter North * author of Money and Liberation: The Micropolitics of Alternative Currency Movements *"With theoretical depth and accessible writing, Burke brings lucid ethnographic and historical context to an analysis of the possibilities and constraints on diverse economic experimentation, both as a mode of survival and of transformation in Medellin. Burke joins this ethnographic realism with a stance towards possibility; he details how barter networks interrupt capitalist logics and desires, rework space and place, shift social relations, and most importantly cultivate subjectivities at the level of everyday practice and engagement. This is an important book for anyone interested in understanding and advancing post-capitalist imaginings and practices." -- Boone Shear * co-editor of Learning Under Neoliberalism: Ethnographies of Governance in Higher Education *Table of Contents Preface Introduction 1 Diverse Economies in the War System 2 The Birth of Barter 3 A Day at the Market: Barter Livelihoods, Ethics, and Pleasure 4 What Barter Stimulates: Economic and Social Impacts 5 “A Barter That Runs through Our Veins”: Culture, Power, and Subjectivity 6 Strategies for a New Economy: Bridges, Boundaries, Culture, and Economy Conclusion: “Para que Cambiemos” Acknowledgments Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisMoney occupies a powerful place in our lives – it is a problem, a goal, and motivator, a measure of self-worth and national progress, and even an influence on how we relate to each other and to nature – but what happens when communities start to reinvent money and markets? Over the last twenty-five years, grassroots activists in Medellín, Colombia, have used barter markets and community currencies as one strategy to re-weave a social fabric shredded by violence and to establish an economy founded on respect and reciprocity rather than exploitation. In Social Exchange, Brian J. Burke provides a deep ethnographic investigation of this activism and its effects. This story draws us into the cultural and material effects of capitalism and narco-violence, while also helping us understand what new radical imaginations look like and how people bring them to life. The result is an intimate glimpse of urban life in Latin America, as well as a broader analysis of non-capitalist or post-capitalist possibility.Trade Review"Brian Burke has produced a rich, wonderfully evocative and thickly described portrayal of the real economy through which millions of us make livelihoods and struggle, imperfectly, for something better. Latin America has often been inspirational to those of us in the neoliberalized North, and here you will find inspiration from a close observation of early experiments in developing economies where what matters is living well rather than endless growth." -- Peter North * author of Money and Liberation: The Micropolitics of Alternative Currency Movements *"With theoretical depth and accessible writing, Burke brings lucid ethnographic and historical context to an analysis of the possibilities and constraints on diverse economic experimentation, both as a mode of survival and of transformation in Medellin. Burke joins this ethnographic realism with a stance towards possibility; he details how barter networks interrupt capitalist logics and desires, rework space and place, shift social relations, and most importantly cultivate subjectivities at the level of everyday practice and engagement. This is an important book for anyone interested in understanding and advancing post-capitalist imaginings and practices." -- Boone Shear * co-editor of Learning Under Neoliberalism: Ethnographies of Governance in Higher Education *"Brian Burke has produced a rich, wonderfully evocative and thickly described portrayal of the real economy through which millions of us make livelihoods and struggle, imperfectly, for something better. Latin America has often been inspirational to those of us in the neoliberalized North, and here you will find inspiration from a close observation of early experiments in developing economies where what matters is living well rather than endless growth." -- Peter North * author of Money and Liberation: The Micropolitics of Alternative Currency Movements *"With theoretical depth and accessible writing, Burke brings lucid ethnographic and historical context to an analysis of the possibilities and constraints on diverse economic experimentation, both as a mode of survival and of transformation in Medellin. Burke joins this ethnographic realism with a stance towards possibility; he details how barter networks interrupt capitalist logics and desires, rework space and place, shift social relations, and most importantly cultivate subjectivities at the level of everyday practice and engagement. This is an important book for anyone interested in understanding and advancing post-capitalist imaginings and practices." -- Boone Shear * co-editor of Learning Under Neoliberalism: Ethnographies of Governance in Higher Education *Table of Contents Preface Introduction 1 Diverse Economies in the War System 2 The Birth of Barter 3 A Day at the Market: Barter Livelihoods, Ethics, and Pleasure 4 What Barter Stimulates: Economic and Social Impacts 5 “A Barter That Runs through Our Veins”: Culture, Power, and Subjectivity 6 Strategies for a New Economy: Bridges, Boundaries, Culture, and Economy Conclusion: “Para que Cambiemos” Acknowledgments Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisKnowledge is more expansive than the boundaries of the Western university model and its claim to be the dominant—or only—rigorous house of knowledge. In the former colonies of Europe (e.g., South Africa, Brazil, and Oceania), the curriculum, statues, architectures, and other aspects of the university demonstrate the way in which it is a fixture in empire maintenance. The trajectory of global White supremacy is deeply historical and contemporary—it is a global, transnational, and imperial phenomenon. White supremacy is sustained through the construction of inferiority and anti-Blackness. The context, history, and perspective offered by Collins, Newman, and Jun should serve as an introduction to the disruption of the ways in which university and academic dispositions have and continue to serve as sites of colonial and White supremacist preservation—as well as sites of resistance. Trade Review"Collins, Newman, and Jun offer fresh and thoughtful perspectives on ways that modern universities have long perpetuated Whiteness throughout the world. Global White Supremacy is a must-read primer for anyone working in or studying international higher education." -- Jenny J. Lee * Editor of U.S. Power in International Higher Education (Rutgers University Press, 2021) *"Finally! An authentic and thoughtful account of white supremacy and settler colonialism in higher education that will help lead us towards necessary healing and transformation." -- Kaiwipunikauikawekiu Punihei Lipe * Director of the University of Hawaii Manoa Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Campus Center *Table of ContentsPreface: Who We Are and Why It Matters Introduction Part I Ideology 1 Tools of Invasion: A Disposition to Inhabit the Globe 2 Homeland, Diaspora, and Traveling Whiteness 3 The University as Colonizer and Carrier of White Dominance Part II Case Studies 4 Dominant White Minorities and Invasion in Southern Africa 5 Shades of Advantage in Brazil 6 Empty Treaties and Occupied Land in Oceania Conclusion: Decolonized Past and Future Acknowledgments Notes Index About the Authors

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Book SynopsisFrom Popular to Insurgent Intellectuals explains how a group of Catholic lay catechists educated in liberation theology came to take up arms and participate on the side of the rebel FMLN during El Salvador’s revolutionary war (1980-92). In the process they became transformed from popular intellectuals to insurgent intellectuals who put their organizational and cognitive skills at the service of a collective effort to create a more egalitarian and democratic society. The book highlights the key roles that peasant catechists in northern Morazán played in disseminating liberation theology before the war and supporting the FMLN during it—as quartermasters, political activists, and musicians, among other roles. Throughout, From Popular to Insurgent Intellectuals highlights the dialectical nature of relations between Catholic priests and urban revolutionaries, among others, in which the latter learned from the former and vice-versa. Peasant catechists proved capable at making independent decisions based on assessment of their needs and did not simply follow the dictates of those with superior authority, and played an important role for the duration of the twelve-year military conflict. Trade Review"By showing us the complex interplay between peasants, peasant catechists, liberationist priests and guerrilla commanders, Binford’s study will become the foundational reference point for questions on the origins of peasant revolutionary consciousness in El Salvador." -- Erik Ching * author of Stories of Civil War in El Salvador: A Battle over Memory, Walter Kenneth Mattison Profess *"By telling the life stories of peasant catechists in El Salvador, this remarkable historical ethnography by Leigh Binford situates the readers in the world of these important actors during the armed conflict of the 1980s. Binford’s work deepens our understanding of how the teachings of Liberation Theology had a unique impact on the process. This book is history from below at its best." -- Hector Lindo-Fuentes * coauthor of Remembering a Massacre in El Salvador: The Insurrection of 1932, Roque Dalton, and the P *Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations Preface Introduction 1 From El Mozote to El Castaño, 1942–1974 2 Economy, Society, and Culture in Northern Morazán 3 Political Incorporation, 1974–1977 4 The Ligas Populares 28 de Febrero, 1977–1980 5 A Political Activist in the War, 1980–1988 6 Departure and Return, 1988–2010 Conclusion Appendix 1: On Fabio Argueta’s Political Formation Appendix 2: Interviews Cited Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisDrawing on over a decade of ethnographic fieldwork in northwest China, Casey James Miller offers a novel, compelling, and intimately personal perspective on Chinese queer culture and activism. In Inside the Circle: Queer Culture and Activism in Northwest China, Miller tells the stories of two courageous and dedicated groups of queer activists in the city of Xi’an: a grassroots gay men’s HIV/AIDS organization called Tong’ai and a lesbian women’s group named UNITE. Taking inspiration from “the circle,” a term used to imagine local, national, and global queer communities, Miller shows how everyday people in northwest China are taking part in queer culture and activism while also striving to lead traditionally moral lives in a rapidly changing society. The queer stories in this book broaden our understandings of gender and sexuality in contemporary China and show how taking global queer diversity seriously requires us to de-center Western cultural values, historical experiences, and theoretical perspectives.Trade Review"There are many meaningful contributions throughout Inside the Circle, from its central findings to its smaller observations. The discussion of romantic/passionate versus companionate/familial love; the inclusion of Buddhist faith perspectives that are still rare in studies of queer China; the compassionate and critical analysis of how an organization grew, deteriorated, and was rebirthed/reimagined– these and more will stick with me long after reading this work." -- Amy Brainer * author of Queer Kinship and Family Change in Taiwan *"Inside the Circle challenges understandings of queer personhood in China. Tracing the struggles of queer activists in northwest China to reconcile their sexual identities with their deeply held beliefs about what it means to be a moral person, Miller convinces the reader with his rich ethnography that in postsocialist China, queer activism from the margins challenges reductive ideas about homonormativity, expands the public sphere without directly opposing state power, and helps us to imagine new forms of transnational solidarity." -- Lisa Rofel * author of Desiring China: Experiments in Neoliberalism, Sexuality, and Public Culture *Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables 1 Introduction: Queer Stories, Chinese Stories 2 The View from Inside the Circle: Queer Gender and Sexuality in Northwest China 3 “Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots”: Queer Love, Kinship, and Personhood 4 “Living in the Gray Zone”: Queer Activism and Civil Society 5 “Dying for Money”: Conflict and Competition among Queer Men’s NGOs 6 From Rainbow Flags to Mr. Gay World: Transnational Queer Culture and Activism Conclusion List of Names Glossary of Chinese Characters Acknowledgments Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisBlack Women in Latin America and the Caribbean: Critical Research and Perspectives employs an intersectional and interdisciplinary approach to examine Black cisgender women’s social, cultural, economic, and political experiences in Latin America and the Caribbean. It presents critical empirical research emphasizing Black women’s innovative, theoretical, and methodological approaches to activism and class-based gendered racism and Black politics. While there are a few single-authored books focused on Black women in Latin American and Caribbean, the vast majority of the scholarship on Black women in Latin America and the Caribbean has been published as theses, dissertations, articles, and book chapters. This volume situates these social and political analyses as interrelated and dialogic and contributes a transnational perspective to contemporary conversations surrounding the continued relevance of Black women as a category of social science inquiry. Many of the contributing authors are from Latin American and Caribbean countries, reflecting a commitment to representing the valuable observations and lived experiences of scholars from this region. When read together, the chapters offer a hemispheric framework for understanding the lasting legacies of colonialism, transatlantic slavery, plantation life, and persistent socio-economic and cultural violence.Trade Review"This exciting new volume foregrounds Latin American and Caribbean women’s core contributions to a hemispheric Black radical tradition. The collection lovingly captures the brilliance and power of women’s African diasporic politics and thought in the face of unrelenting violence against them. Essential reading for all people who care about liberation." — Jennifer Goett, author of Black Autonomy: Race, Gender, and Afro-Nicaraguan Activism "Black Women in Latin America and the Caribbean is a key intervention against the citational erasure of Afro-Latin American women intellectuals that simultaneously highlights their intellectual contributions and political activism. At a historical moment when Black women are taking on prominent roles as elected national leaders in countries such as Costa Rica and Colombia, this edited volume brings together excellent, rigorously researched essays on the transnational feminist activism of black women in multiple Latin American countries, including Brazil, Nicaragua, Jamaica, Cuba, Colombia, and Peru. In so doing it broadens the geographic and conceptual boundaries of Black Studies, Latin American Studies, and Women’s and Gender Studies." — Juliet Hooker, author of Theorizing Race in the Americas: Douglass, Sarmiento, Du Bois, and VasconcelosTable of ContentsForeword Reconfiguring the Politics of Knowledge: Writing Transnational Black Feminism from the South CHRISTEN A. SMITH Introduction 1 KEISHA-KHAN Y. PERRY AND MELANIE A. MEDEIROS 1 Reclaiming a Legacy: Black Women’s Presence and Perspectives in the Brazilian Social Sciences EDILZA CORREIA SOTERO 2 Beyond Intercultural Mestizaje: Toward Black Women’s Studies on the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua MELANIE WHITE 3 The Significance of “Communists Wearing Panties” in the Jamaican Left Movement (1974–1980) MAZIKI THAME 4 Exercising Diversity: From Identity to Alliances in Brazil’s Contemporary Black Feminism JULIA S. ABDALL A 5 “This Isn’t to Get Rich”: Double Morality and Black Women Private Tutors in Cuba ANGELA CRUMDY 6 A “Bundle of Silences”: Untold Stories of Black Women Survivors of the War in Colombia CASTRIELA E. HERNÁNDEZ-REYES 7 The Burden of Las Bravas: Race and Violence against Afro-Peruvian Women ESHE L. LEWIS 8 A Creole Christmas: Sexual Panic and Reproductive Justice in Bluefields, Nicaragua ISHAN GORDON-UGARTE 9 Digital Black Feminist Activism in Brazil: Toward a Repoliticization of Aesthetics and Romantic Relationships BRUNA CRISTINA JAQUETTO PEREIRA AND CRISTIANO RODRIGUES Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisBolsonarismo: The Global Origins and Future of Brazil’s Far Right documents the rise of the far-right alliance that emerged in Brazil in 2020 around the figure of former president Jair Bolsonaro. Unlike a cohesive organization with uniform practices, Bolsonarismo is marked by fragmentation and a broad variety of ideologies. Fernando Brancoli delves deeply into how Bolsonarismo has developed a specific political orientation through its partnerships with other groups, practices, and subjectivities within Brazil, as well as internationally. Through interviews, archival research, and newly available public documents, this book presents a comprehensive and compelling portrait of the neo-evangelical pastors, military personnel, and meritocratic ideologues who are the actors behind the far-right movement. Adding to our understanding of Bolsonarismo's growth in Brazilian politics and the contributing factors behind it, the book also sheds light on the impact of Bolsonarismo on world politics. As a prominent leader of the far-right movement, Jair Bolsonaro's political views and policies have reverberated beyond Brazil's borders, influencing the discourse on issues such as climate change, democracy, and human rights around the world.Trade Review"Brancoli’s thrillingly-original and uniquely-probing analysis will captivate students, scholars, journalists, and activists concerned by the rise of the far right in Latin America. Brancoli provides clarity for a world spellbound by the hypocrisy, sadism, mismanagement, and ecocidal racism of the Bolsonaro administration. Offering a set of global perspectives grounded in local histories and contexts, this book sets Brazil into a dynamic transnational frame, and brings Eurocentric and U.S.-based scholarship on the new right into conversation with Latin American political sociology and interdisciplinary political studies." -- Paul Amar * author of The Security Archipelago: Human-Security States, Sexuality Politics, and the End of Neolib *"Brancoli retraces how, in the first decades of the 21st century, Brazil became an ultra-right global hub. It examines how bolsonarismo, albeit not cohesive, constitutes a political constellation that will not vanish with the electoral defeat of its leader. Above all, it charters how the same far-right that repudiates 'globalism' is itself viscerally transnational." -- Sonia Corrêa * co-editor of The Remaking of Social Contracts: Feminists in a Fierce New World *"For anyone willing to understand the rise of authoritarian nationalist leaders and far right ideologies across the world, Bolsonarismo is an enlightening descent into the improbable alliance of moral reaction, religious inspiration, neoliberal policies, populist strategies, and blatant racism. While deeply grounded in the Brazilian context, it also offers a broader reflection on lurking fascist trends in contemporary societies." -- Didier Fassin * professor at the Collège de France and the Institute for Advanced Study *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Extreme Right, Bolsonarismo, and the Multiple Bodies of Conservatism in Brazil 2 Bolsonarismo and the Battle against Globalism: Neoconservatism as a Transnational Alliance 3 Moral Geopolitics: Neo-Pentecostalism, Christian Zionism, and the Internationalization of Salvation 4 Domestic and International Pacification: Militarism, Peacekeeping Operations, and Enemy Formation in Brazil 5 Authoritarian Meritocracy: Bolsonarismo, the Establishment of an Entrepreneurial Nation, and the Privatization of the Family Conclusion: Bolsonarismo after Bolsonaro––From New Institutional Leaders to Evangelical Paramilitary Groups Acknowledgments Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisBolsonarismo: The Global Origins and Future of Brazil’s Far Right documents the rise of the far-right alliance that emerged in Brazil in 2020 around the figure of former president Jair Bolsonaro. Unlike a cohesive organization with uniform practices, Bolsonarismo is marked by fragmentation and a broad variety of ideologies. Fernando Brancoli delves deeply into how Bolsonarismo has developed a specific political orientation through its partnerships with other groups, practices, and subjectivities within Brazil, as well as internationally. Through interviews, archival research, and newly available public documents, this book presents a comprehensive and compelling portrait of the neo-evangelical pastors, military personnel, and meritocratic ideologues who are the actors behind the far-right movement. Adding to our understanding of Bolsonarismo's growth in Brazilian politics and the contributing factors behind it, the book also sheds light on the impact of Bolsonarismo on world politics. As a prominent leader of the far-right movement, Jair Bolsonaro's political views and policies have reverberated beyond Brazil's borders, influencing the discourse on issues such as climate change, democracy, and human rights around the world.Trade Review"Brancoli’s thrillingly-original and uniquely-probing analysis will captivate students, scholars, journalists, and activists concerned by the rise of the far right in Latin America. Brancoli provides clarity for a world spellbound by the hypocrisy, sadism, mismanagement, and ecocidal racism of the Bolsonaro administration. Offering a set of global perspectives grounded in local histories and contexts, this book sets Brazil into a dynamic transnational frame, and brings Eurocentric and U.S.-based scholarship on the new right into conversation with Latin American political sociology and interdisciplinary political studies." -- Paul Amar * author of The Security Archipelago: Human-Security States, Sexuality Politics, and the End of Neolib *"Brancoli retraces how, in the first decades of the 21st century, Brazil became an ultra-right global hub. It examines how bolsonarismo, albeit not cohesive, constitutes a political constellation that will not vanish with the electoral defeat of its leader. Above all, it charters how the same far-right that repudiates 'globalism' is itself viscerally transnational." -- Sonia Corrêa * co-editor of The Remaking of Social Contracts: Feminists in a Fierce New World *"For anyone willing to understand the rise of authoritarian nationalist leaders and far right ideologies across the world, Bolsonarismo is an enlightening descent into the improbable alliance of moral reaction, religious inspiration, neoliberal policies, populist strategies, and blatant racism. While deeply grounded in the Brazilian context, it also offers a broader reflection on lurking fascist trends in contemporary societies." -- Didier Fassin * professor at the Collège de France and the Institute for Advanced Study *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Extreme Right, Bolsonarismo, and the Multiple Bodies of Conservatism in Brazil 2 Bolsonarismo and the Battle against Globalism: Neoconservatism as a Transnational Alliance 3 Moral Geopolitics: Neo-Pentecostalism, Christian Zionism, and the Internationalization of Salvation 4 Domestic and International Pacification: Militarism, Peacekeeping Operations, and Enemy Formation in Brazil 5 Authoritarian Meritocracy: Bolsonarismo, the Establishment of an Entrepreneurial Nation, and the Privatization of the Family Conclusion: Bolsonarismo after Bolsonaro––From New Institutional Leaders to Evangelical Paramilitary Groups Acknowledgments Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisThis open access textbook offers a critical introduction to human and economic development prospects in Africa revolving around three questions: where is Africa today, what explains the current state, and, given historical trends and what we know about the world, where do we think the continent will be in 2040? And, a final question: what can we do to create a better tomorrow? It models ambitious progress in health, demographics, agriculture, education, industrialization, technological leapfrogging, increased trade, greater stability, better governance and external support. The book reviews the future of work/jobs, poverty and the impact of climate change. A combined Closing the Gap scenario presents a forecast of what could be possible by 2040. Each chapter suggests which policies might accelerate prospects for each sector. Written in an accessible style, and supported by a range of pedagogical features, this textbook introduces undergraduate and graduate students to the contemporary human and economic development prospects in Africa.Table of ContentsChapter 1: The Growing GapChapter 2: Africa’s Current PathChapter 3: HealthChapter 4: Getting to Africa's Demographic DividendChapter 5: Wanted – A Revolution in AgricultureChapter 6: Boosting EducationChapter 7: Poverty, Inequality and GrowthChapter 8: Changing Productive StructuresChapter 9: The Future of Work in AfricaChapter 10: Technological Innovation and the Power of LeapfroggingChapter 11: Trade and GrowthChapter 12: Prospects for Greater PeaceChapter 13: Good Governance, Democracy and DevelopmentChapter 14: Aid, Remittances and Foreign Direct Investment Chapter 15: Climate ChangeChapter 16: Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the connections between migration and terrorism and extrapolates, with the help of current research and case studies, what the future may hold for both issues. Migration and Radicalization: Global Futures looks at how migrants and terrorists have both been treated as Others outside the body politic, how growing migrant flows borne of a rickety state system cause both natives and migrants to turn violent, and how terrorist radicalization and tensions between natives and migrants can be reduced. As he contemplates potential global futures in the light of migration and radicalization, Gabriel Rubin charts a course between contemporary migration and terrorism scholarship, exploring their interactions in a methodologically rigorous but theoretically bold investigation. Table of ContentsChapter One: The Great Migration and Possible Futures Chapter Two: Migration and Terrorism Chapter Three: Causes of Migration: The Trouble with Boxes Chapter Four: Possible Futures Chapter Five: Solutions to Migration, Solutions to Terrorism?

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Book SynopsisThis book looks historically at the harm that has been inflicted in the practice of sport and at some of the issues, debates and controversies that have arisen as a result. Written by experts in history, sociology, sport journalism and public health, the book considers sport and injury in relation to matters of social class; gender; ethnicity and race; sexuality; political ideology and national identity; health and wellbeing; childhood; animal rights; and popular culture. These matters are, in turn, variously related to a range of sports, including ancient, pre- and early industrial sports; American football; boxing; wrestling and other combat sports; mountaineering; horseracing; cycling; motor racing; rugby football; cricket; association football; baseball; basketball; Crossfit; ice hockey; Olympic sports; Mixed Martial Arts; and sport in an imagined dystopian future.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Section 1: Bodily Damage and Pre- and Early Industrial Sport, Chapter 1 Honor, Injury, and Death in the Athletics of the Ancient World, Michael B. Poliakof.- Chapter 2. ‘Beastly fury and extreme violence’: pain, injury and death in pre-industrial British and Irish football, Ariel Hessayon.- Chapter 3 Violence, injury and the politics of the evolving football codes, Liam O’Callaghan.- Chapter 4 “Though he was evidently suffering great pain, he bore it well:” Early Twentieth Century Attitudes Toward Injury in North American Combat Sports, Nathan Hatton.- Section 2 The NFL: Politics, Injury and American National Identity, Chapter 5 Inflaming the Civic Temper: Head Injury and Violence Debates in Early U.S. American Football, Emily Harrison.- Chapter 6 A Problem That Cries Out For Standards: Football Helmets, Conceptions of Risk, and the National Commission on Product Safety, 1967-1970, Kathleen Bachynski.- Chapter 7 ‘Lights Out: The National Football League, Concussion Research, and the Suppression of Evidence’, Lucia Trimbur.- Chapter 8 Injuries as Usual: The Football Problem(s) in American Society, Peter Benson and Adam Rugg.- Section 3 Sporting Females and the Politics of Injury.- Chapter 9 Injury at the Extreme: Alison Hargreaves, mountaineering and motherhood, Carol Osborne.- Chapter 10 Gendered Bodies, Gendered Injuries, Kath Woodward.- Chapter 11 The Not So Glamorous World of Women’s Wrestling, Karen Corteen.- Section 4 Sport as Transport: Horse, Cycle and Motor Racing and the Politics of Safety.- Chapter 12 Fallers: Politics, Injury and Death in Horseracing, Patrick Sharman.- Chapter 13 “Dishing out the pain” in professional cycling, Peter Bramham.- Chapter 14. Flapping His Elbows and Making Chicken Noises at Me: The Politics of Driver and Spectator Safety in Formula One Motor Racing, Stephen Wagg.- Section 5: Sport, Injury and the Culture of Late Capitalism.- Chapter 15 McDonaldization and Sporting Bodies: The Irrationality of Sport Rationalization, David Andrews.- Chapter 16 The ‘Concussion Crisis’ and the Gift Economy: Athletes’ Brain Donation and the Political Economy of Dissection, Sean Brayton and Michelle Helstein.- Chapter 17 The Collegiate Arms Race: Aspiration, Injury and the Inner City Black Male in US Basketball, Scott Brooks.- Chapter 18 Consenting to Violence: The Politics of Sports Injury, Jill Weinberg.- Chapter 19 Forging Elite Fitness? Crossfit, Injury and the Politics of Risk, Shaun Edmonds.- Chapter 20 Medical Care as Self-Defence: Mixed Martial Arts, Sports Medics and the Politics of Injury, Alex Channon, Christopher R. Matthews and Mathew Hillier.- Chapter 21, Colour Blind and Ready to Play: Sport, Labour, and Whiteness in The Hunger Games Film Series, Nicholas Rickards.- Section 6: Sport and Injury – Case Studies, Chapter 22 Injury and Olympic Politics, 1896-1988 , Helen Jefferson Lenskyj and Lee Hill.- Chapter 23 ‘Fits and starts’: Re-examining the Mystery of Brazilian Footballer Ronaldo and the 1998 World Cup Final, John Sugden.- Chapter 24 The Cricket Pitch as ‘Unsafe Workplace’: Sports Culture and the Death of Phillip Hughes, David Rowe.- Chapter 25 Muhammad Ali, Sport Celebrity and Perceptions of Parkinson’s Disease, Nicole Eugene and Jenny Nelson.- Chapter 26 Contextualizing Jordan McNair: Injurious Practices, Disposable Black Bodies, and Regressive Nationalism, Physical Cultural Studies Research Group, University of Maryland.- Chapter 27 ‘Snipers Stop Play’ The Israeli Defence Force and the Shooting of Palestinian Footballers, Jon Dart.- Section 7: Sport, Harm and the Politics of Wellbeing, Chapter 28 Sport and Abuse of the Young, Melanie Lang.- Chapter 29 Side-lined: Boys, Sport, and Depression, Michael Atkinson and Kristina Smith.- Chapter 30 Deny, Conceal, Confuse, Conflate: Responses to Safety Suggestions in Schools’ Rugby, Allyson Pollock and Graham Kirkwood.- Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis book is the collaborative response of engaged scholars from diverse countries and disciplines who are disturbed by the contemporary resurgence of anti-democratic movements and regimes throughout the world. These movements have manifest in vitriolic “nationalist” polemics, state-supported violence, and exclusionary anti-immigrant policies, less than a century after the rise and fall and horrific devastations of fascism in the early 20th century. Table of Contents“Introduction: The Politics of Humanity” by Richard A. CohenPart I: Principles of JusticeChapter 1: “Ethics of Hospitality: The Limits of Cosmopolitan Rights” by Tito MarciThe paper re-examines, from a cosmopolitan perspective, the ethical and juridical topic of ‘hospitality’ in some of its paradoxical aspects that are more and more involved in difficult relationships with ‘outsiders’. On this base we will try to take another look at the problem posed by the growing phenomenon of migration in democratic and multi-ethnic societies, which, is bound to reappear, for good or for ill, on the level of social inclusion. Rethinking the concept and the practice of hospitality (the terrain of relating among “others”) today becomes an operation as important as ever, since precisely now, with the development of globalization and migration processes over the entire surface of the earth, the way of relating among “outsiders” is presented as a fact decisive for our social coexistence. Chapter 2: “Cosmopolitanism versus Globalization: Breaking the Inevitable Ceremonial” by Richard A. CohenAppeal to the root of intelligibility - scientific, social, economic, political - in moral responsibility arising as singular response to the vulnerability and suffering of the singular other, being for-the-other before being for-oneself, ethics before interest, this “before” as the root significance of any priority, the very importance of importance. Cosmopolitanism oriented by this primordial ethics, in contrast to the nihilism of globalization which puts the private accumulation of capital and the personal satisfaction of self-interests, and the governmental totalities allied to and enforcing such selfishness, before responsibility, responsibility to and for the neighbor, responsibility to and for the neighbor’s neighbors, and responsibility to and for all others, humanity. In pursuit of the above, brief forays into Aristotle, Antonio Gramsci, Heinrich Heine, Herman Melville, Emmanuel Levinas and Socrates. Chapter 3: “Reassessing the ‘Humanitarian Turn’ in Global Politics” by Luca ScuccimarraSome scholars have argued that one of the most characteristic aspects of the “new” post-1989 political and legal order has been the emergence – or re-emergence – of a form of international political morality based not on the “particularism” of the modern society of States, but rather on the universalism of the rising global society. Against the traditional State-centric approach to international relations, from the 1990s on there have been more and more positions favoring a real “global” turn of politics, founded on “universal principles that challenge the presumed moral supremacy of territorial boundaries and which favor instead the welfare of humanity generally” (Hayden). The aim of this chapter is to reconstruct the main issues at stake in the philosophical-political debate about the so-called “humanitarian turn” in global politics, in order to discuss their actual meaning in an age of “national-populist backlash.” Chapter 4: “Vulnerability and Intimacy: Ethical Foundation for Social Relations, Confucius and Levinas” by Kuan-min HuangIn the Hobbesian model, the necessity for the state derives from a virtual contract originating out of a natural state of everyone against everyone. It thus defends self-protection by urging certain rights be given up to construct the state. Our contemporary situation demands that we consider an alternative model. Accordingly, the present paper proposes to consider another view of the natural state considering temporality and affectivity. Every human being, while persevering in existence, is subject to multiple health variations, physical and psychological. Human temporal finitude is expressed in such vulnerability. A newborn baby needs motherly care. The aged often need help in their daily activities. Such are fundamental facts of finite human vulnerability. It signifies that living is not solitary monadic being but a being-together with other human beings. Furthermore, such interactions are not only causal or instrumental, but affective. The affectivity of social life constitutes an ontological need for intimacy. Being intimate with someone (parents, lovers, family members, friends) constitutes basic social interactions, an affectivity manifest in communal life. Based on these two factors – vulnerability and intimacy – the formation of community is founded on a very different foundation than more superficial analyses based in instrumentality, which treats of others by taking advantage of them, for profit, for efficiency. Confucian ideas can contribute to better understanding community in this way, so that we can imagine a social phenomenology inspired by Confucian ethical thoughts.Part II: Dangers to JusticeChapter 5: “The ‘Migrant Crisis’ and the Rise of Anti-Humanitarian Populism in Europe” by Luca ScuccimarraOver the last few years the so-called “migrant crisis” has been acquiring a growing relevance within the space of the political experience of the European Union and its generally out-of-synch member states. The contemporary debate on this issue also includes attempts to question the general reliability of this consolidated representation of the dynamics in progress, through a more or less successful effort to problematize the widely conditioning role that the “language of crisis” plays in the construction of our specific way of representing, interpreting and understanding contemporary migration. This chapter aims at highlighting some of the main passages of this line of critical reflection, discussing the contribution it may give to a deeper understanding of the so-called “populist turn” of contemporary politics.Chapter 6: “Bourdieu, Brexit and Mobility Justice” by Deborah Reed-DanahayThis chapter considers questions of social justice and mobility in the context of Brexit with reference to the work of Pierre Bourdieu. Bourdieu was deeply concerned with forms of structural inequality. His concept of social space, with its focus on the relationship between social space and geographical or physical space, is a useful lens through which to examine the ways in which the capacity to be mobile or immobile in physical and social space is unevenly distributed and subject to relations of power and inequality. The United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union at the end of January 2020, referred to as “Brexit,” resulted from the outcome of a Referendum on the question of staying or leaving in the EU put to the voters in the summer of 2016. The vote to leave was in part fueled by insecurities about immigrants and refugees, and reflects nationalist and anti-cosmopolitan sentiment. The negotiations following the Referendum have resulted in policies restricting forms of geographical mobility to and from the UK. Questions of mobility are central to Brexit, therefore, and mobility is a key pillar of the EU’s social and economic programs. Bourdieu’s focus on trajectories in social and physical space, and his view of habitus as a position in social space, is deployed in this chapter in order to shed light on the injustices of mobility associated with Brexit.Chapter 7: “The Future of Justice and Our Political Triangulation: Liberalism, Socialism and Fascism” by Richard A. CohenContemporary philosophy realizes that time, like language and embodiment, is not an obstacle to truth and reality but a means to them. Time means past, present, future, and the directionality of before and after. Politics has its own temporality. So, conservative politics aims to restore a selected past, progressive politics aims for a better future, and authoritarian politics supports the present status quo. In each case, however, the dominant temporal dimension is the future. According to Levinas, time is neither objective (clock time) nor subjective (temporal syntheses) but inter-subjective, a function of the diachrony of responsibility. From such a perspective, morality is past oriented, attending to suffering already undergone, while politics is future oriented, i.e., aiming for a justice for all not yet instituted, still outstanding. Hence politics is a struggle over the meaning of time, to return to a past justice or to move forward to a future justice. The basic question is whether the world is already just enough (liberal democracy), or not yet just enough (social democracy). The peculiarity of fascist politics, in contrast, is that in rejecting justice it rejects time altogether, preferring a delirious sensationalist or occasionalist present oblivious to history. Chapter 8: “What is Radically Wrong?” by Tito MarciThe paper analyses the issue of Radicalism in a contemporary context through a sociological perspective that involves a critique of the economic idea of exchange. On the basis of this critique, the paper will try to show how the concept of Radicalism takes its current meaning in relation to the cultural and political assets that have become predominant in western modern and global contemporary societies.From a certain point of view, we can state that, to some extent, the social phenomena of political, religious, or cultural radicalization of individuals or groups could be also considered as an effect (a product of) or as a form of reaction to the radicalization of the economic exchange as absolute paradigm of social integration.Chapter 9: “Totalitarian, State, and Civil Society: The Case of Hong Kong” by Kwok-kui WongThis paper begins by arguing that the biggest threat of totalitarianism to Hong Kong is the undermining or even destruction of the mutual trust among the people in civil society. It then shows that totalitarianism, communism in particular, is a form of nihilism in the Nietzschean sense that “the highest value devalues itself, the question ‘why?’ finds no answer,” invoking texts by Karl Marx, Sergey Nechaev and Hannah Arendt to argue this point. It then analyses how these processes of destruction are happening in Hong Kong in the form of what we may call “post-totalitarianism,” using Harvel’s term. Finally, using Hegel’s theory, the paper argues that civil society can act as a bulwark against the totalitarian state by championing arete as the common good.

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Book SynopsisWhen the notion of ‘alternative facts’ and the alleged dawning of a ‘postfactual’ world entered public discourse, social anthropologists found themselves in unexpectedly familiar territory. In theirempirical experience, fact—knowledge accepted as true—derives its salience from social mechanisms of legitimization, thereby demonstrating a deep interconnection with power and authority. In thisperspective, fact is a continually contested and volatile social category.Due to the specific histories of their colonial and post-independence experience, African societies offer a particularly broad array of insights into social processes of juxtaposition, opposition, and even outright competition between different postulated authorities. The contributions to the present volume explore the variety of ways in which authority is contested in Southern and Eastern Africa, investigating localized discourses on which institution, what kind of knowledge, or whose expertise is accepted as authoritative, thus highlighting the specificities and pluralities in ‘modern’ societies. This edited volume engages with larger theoretical questions regarding power and authority in the context of (post)colonial states (neo)traditional authority, claiming space, conflict and (in)justice, and contestations of knowledge. It offers in-depth critical analyses of ethnographic data that put contemporary African phenomena on equal footing with current controversies in North America, Europe, and other global settings.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction: Investigating Authority and Its Legitimization in Contemporary AfricaPart 1. Power and the (Post)Colonial StateChapter 2. Whose State? Whose Nation? Representations of the History of the Arab Slave Trade and Nation-Building in TanzaniaChapter 3. Between Ethnicity and Medicine: Reinventing Legitimacy in Chokwe and Sukuma ChieftainciesPart 2. Contested Authorities and State PowerChapter 4. By What Authority? Cosmology, Legitimacy, and the Sources of Power in MalawiChapter 5. Bittamo: The Duties of Authority in Kara, Southern EthiopiaChapter 6. In Search of Democracy: gadaa as a Political Idea – Or, the Legitimacy of Traditional Authority in Times of Turmoil and UneaseChapter 7. Contested Authorities, External Experts and the Quest for Social Justice: Negotiating Basic Income Grants in an African SettingChapter 8. Challenging Neotraditional Authority in NamibiaPart 3. Power and Authority over SpaceChapter 9. Changes in Ethnicity and Land Rights among the !Xun of North-central NamibiaChapter 10. San Traditional Authorities, Communal Conservancies, Conflicts, and Leadership in NamibiaChapter 11. Sacred Spaces, Legal Claims: Competing Claims for Legitimate Knowledge and Authority over the Use of Land in Nharira Hills, ZimbabwePart 4. Conflict, (In)Justice, and Plural Legitimacies Chapter 12. Magic Momentum: Negotiating Authority in the Bongolava Region, MadagascarChapter 13. Ungoverned Spaces and Informalisation of Violence: The Case of Kenya Police Reservists (KPRs) in BaragoiChapter 14. Who Calls the Tune? Submission, Evasion and Contesting Authorities in Ethiopian Refugee CampsPart 5. Secret Authority and the StateChapter 15. Secrecy and Visibility: Challenging Verwoerdism in South Africa’s 20th CenturyChapter 16. Legitimizing the Illegitimate: How Ethnologists Fashioned Namibia

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Book SynopsisThis book discusses the prospects for the development of the African continent as part of the emerging system of international relations in the twenty-first century. African countries are playing an increasingly important part in the current system of international relations. Nevertheless, even 60 years after gaining their independence, most of them are confronted with regional and global issues that are directly related to their colonial past and its influence. Due to Africa’s wealth of natural and geopolitical resources, the possibility of interference in the internal affairs of African countries on the part of new and traditional global actors remains very real. Leading Africanists, together with international scholars from both international relations and African studies, examine the experience of decolonization, the impact of the emergence of a unipolar world on the African continent, and the growing influence of new international actors on the African continent in the twenty-first century. In addition, the importance of African countries’ foreign policy concepts and ideological attitudes in the post-bipolar period is revealed. “This volume strengthens the intellectual bridge between Russian, African and Western scholars of international relations. Strongly recommended!” Vladimir G. Shubin, Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences “This book presents a wide range of prominent global scholars who bring a wealth of knowledge on the subject of Africa and the world.” Gilbert Khadiagala, Jan Smuts Professor of International Relations and Director of the African Centre for the Study of the USA (ACSUS) at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. “As a genuine contribution to the field of international relations and Global South Agency, this book should be in every institution of higher education’s library.” Lembe Tiky, Director of Academic Development, International Studies Association.Table of ContentsPart One: Legacy of Decolonization.- Sixty Years Later: Africa’s Stalled Decolonization.- Post-Colonial Period in the History of Africa: Development Challenges.- Rethinking the Role of Araujo Castro in Brazilian Position on the Decolonization of Africa.- USSR and the Nkrumah’s Project of the Union of African States, 1963-1965. (Based on Russian Archival Materials).- Part Two: Emerging Powers and Africa in the context of Multipolar World Formation.- Designs of the Four: Comparing African Strategies of Russia, China, US and EU against the Backdrop of the (re-)Emerging Bipolarity.- Russia–Africa: New Cooperation Prospects in a Changing World.- Africa’s Shadow Rise and the Mirage of Economic Development.- Security and Development in China-Africa Contemporary Cooperation.- Costs and Benefits of China’s Role in Southern Africa.- Africa in the Hierarchy of China's Core National Interests.- Part Three: African Solutions to African Problems: the Role of Africans in Peacekeeping.- The African Union and Peacekeeping in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities.- African Peacekeeping and African Integration: Current Challenges.- IGAD’s Mediation and Peacekeeping in Africa: Challenges and Perspective.- Women’s Participation in the United Nations Peacekeeping Operations: Overcoming Barriers.- Farmer-Herders Conflict as a Challenge to National Unity in Nigeria.- Part Four: Mental Decolonization through Non-Western International Relations Theories.- Analytic Afrocentricity and the Future of African Studies.- African Foreign Policy Thought and Classical Political Doctrines: the Commonality of Ethical and Axiological Grounds.- In Quest of African IR Theories: Panafricanism and National Ideologies, Critical Theories or Post-colonial Studies?.- An African Worldview on International Relations: Theory and State Policy.- Part Five: Decolonization in the 21st Century and Future Perspectives.- Problem of African Agency in International Relations from the European Union Viewpoint.- Information Dependence as the Neocolonialism of the 21st Century: Past, Present, Future.

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Book SynopsisThis open access book offers an updated examination of the institutionalisation of political science in sixteen latecomer or peripheral countries in Europe. Its main theme is how political science as a science of democracy is influenced and how it responds to the challenges of the new millennium. The chapters, built upon a common theoretical framework of institutionalisation, are evidence-based and comparative. Overall, the book diagnoses diversity among the country cases due to their take-off points and varied political and economic trajectories. Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction: The Formation and Aims of the Book, COST and WG1, Gabriella Ilonszki and Christophe RouxChapter 2 Institutionalisation of political science in East Central Europe: Connecting Theory to the Ground, Gabriella IlonszkiChapter 3 Continuities and New Beginnings in the Post-Yugoslav States, Davor Boban, Ivan Stanojevic, Simona KukovicChapter 4 Political Science in Central European Democracies under Pressure, Darina Malova, Aneta Vilagi, Dobrinka KostovaChapter 5 Is small beautiful? Institutionalization of Political Science in small states, Eva Marín Hlynsdóttir, Irmina Matonyte Chapter 6 From Scientific Communism to Political Science: Development of the Profession in the Post-Soviet States, Dangis Gudelis, Irmina Matonyte, Serghei Sprincean, Tatsiana ChulitskayaChapter 7 On the Way to Relevance: At the crossroads of recognition and performance, Gabriella Ilonszki, Davor Boban, Dangis GudelisChapter 8 Adjusting of New Countries into Existing (Old) Institutional Frameworks, Erkki BerndstonChapter 9 Conclusion: Political Science Between Opportunities and Challenges, Christophe Roux

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Book SynopsisThis open access book offers an updated examination of the institutionalisation of political science in sixteen latecomer or peripheral countries in Europe. Its main theme is how political science as a science of democracy is influenced and how it responds to the challenges of the new millennium. The chapters, built upon a common theoretical framework of institutionalisation, are evidence-based and comparative. Overall, the book diagnoses diversity among the country cases due to their take-off points and varied political and economic trajectories. Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction: The Formation and Aims of the Book, COST and WG1, Gabriella Ilonszki and Christophe RouxChapter 2 Institutionalisation of political science in East Central Europe: Connecting Theory to the Ground, Gabriella IlonszkiChapter 3 Continuities and New Beginnings in the Post-Yugoslav States, Davor Boban, Ivan Stanojevic, Simona KukovicChapter 4 Political Science in Central European Democracies under Pressure, Darina Malova, Aneta Vilagi, Dobrinka KostovaChapter 5 Is small beautiful? Institutionalization of Political Science in small states, Eva Marín Hlynsdóttir, Irmina Matonyte Chapter 6 From Scientific Communism to Political Science: Development of the Profession in the Post-Soviet States, Dangis Gudelis, Irmina Matonyte, Serghei Sprincean, Tatsiana ChulitskayaChapter 7 On the Way to Relevance: At the crossroads of recognition and performance, Gabriella Ilonszki, Davor Boban, Dangis GudelisChapter 8 Adjusting of New Countries into Existing (Old) Institutional Frameworks, Erkki BerndstonChapter 9 Conclusion: Political Science Between Opportunities and Challenges, Christophe Roux

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Book SynopsisIn 1984, the celebrated sociologist and historian Norbert Elias convened a major conference on ‘Civilisations and civilising processes’ at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research (University of Bielefeld). Participants included the most distinguished and influential scholars in historical sociology and world history. This book will make available, for the first time in one place, the papers presented by the speakers and, even more interestingly, the transcripts of discussions at the symposium. This conference brought together eminent and internationally reputed scholars of macro-history and historical sociology including Johann P. Arnason, Elias, Hans-Dieter Evers, Johan Goudsblom, Keith Hopkins, William H. McNeill, and Immanuel Wallerstein. This highly informative encounter between various leading scholars of humanity’s global social history has never before been published, although it was completely recorded on paper and in tape recordings. Its publication in one volume should be an important event for all students of the long-term structural transformations of humanity.Table of Contents1. Introduction.2. The Civilising Process: World Figuration or World System?.3. Discussion of Evers’s Paper4. The Modern World-System as a Civilisation5. Discussion of Wallerstein’s Paper6. The Formation of States and Changes in Restraint7. Discussion of Elias’s Paper8. The Rise of the West as a Long-Term Process9. Discussion of McNeill’s Paper10. From Shamelessness to Guilt11. Discussion of Hopkins’s Paper12. Civilisation, Culture and Power: Reflections on Norbert Elias’s Genealogy of the West13. Discussion of Arnason’s Paper14. The Domestication of Fire as a Civilising Process15. Discussion of Goudsblom’s Paper16. Final Discussion.

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Book SynopsisThis book examines why authoritarian governments are willing to address environmental problems that have an international impact, such as CO2 emissions, but are reluctant to address problems that have only a domestic impact. In a case study of Azerbaijani oil politics, it demonstrates how the incumbent Azerbaijani regime has taken important measures trying to address CO2 emissions while ignoring the damage caused by oil pollution on the Caspian coast. The book argues that resource-rich authoritarian governments are eager to join international environmental initiatives to improve their image, but they address domestic environmental issues mainly if they threaten their hold on power.This book is an important contribution to scholarship on environmental governance in the post-Soviet space, an area that is poorly researched. Therefore, it is a must-read for researchers and scholars interested in post-Soviet studies, as well as in the nexus between mineral-rich regions and how social policy is created, e.g., environment, education, and healthcare. In addition, this book will be of tremendous importance for policymakers and international organizations as it looks into the motivation of authoritarian states in the post-Soviet space for environmental measures.Table of ContentsChapter 1 - Research overview, context and problematization.- Chapter 2 - Overview of environmental governance in Azerbaijan.- Chapter 3 - Oil contamination: policy prioritization and un-politics of pollution?.- Chapter 4 - Corruption and weakened civil society: impact on environmental governance.- Chapter 5 - Explaining path dependent patterns in Azerbaijan’s environmental governance.- Chapter 6 - Reduction of GHG emissions: a comparative success?.- Chapter 7 - International pressure and domestic legitimacy.- Chapter 8 - Discussion on Findings.- Chapter 9 - Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the role of Chineseness or lo chino in the production of Chilean national identity. It does so by discussing the many voices, images, and intentions of diverse actors who contribute to stereotyping or problematizing Chineseness in Chile. The authors argue that in general, representing and perceiving China or Chineseness as the Other is part of a broader cultural and political strategy for various stakeholders to articulate Chile as either a Western country or one that is becoming-Western. The authors trace the evolution of the symbolic role that China and Chineseness play in defining racial, gendered, and class aspects of Chilean national social imaginary. In doing so, they challenge a common idea that Chineseness is a stable signifier and the simplistic perception of the ethnic Chinese as the unassimilable foreigner within the nation. In response, the authors call for a postmigrant approach to understanding identities and Chilean society beyond stubborn Orient-Occident and us-them dichotomies.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction: Chineseness in ChileSituating Orientalism in ChileHistorical Imaginary of China in ChileOverview of the Book ChaptersChapter 2. The Enduring Duality of ChinesenessChina/Chineseness as Threat or OpportunityPolemic Discussions about China in the 21st century: Threat or Opportunity?Conclusion: China as a Double-edged Sword or MirrorChapter 3. Dynamics of In/comprehensibilityThe Silent or Incomprehensible StrangerComprehending the Ethnic Chinese: Towards Greater Understanding and Distinguishing Between “Chinos”Problematizing Chineseness as Other/IncomprehensibleConclusion: Towards Chineseness as Potential or Radical OpennessChapter 4. Racialized Femininities and Masculinities, and the Queerness of the Ethnic ChineseOrientalizing Ethnic Chinese/Asian womenUndesirable or Asexual Chinese MasculinitiesThe Impossibility of MiscegenationQueering Gender/Sexual Binaries Through ChinesenessConclusion Chapter 5. Marca Chile, Marca ChinaThe Interdependence of Marca Chile and Marca China(Re)Branding China in ChileWhen Marca Chile is Actually Marca China: the Global Raspberry ScandalConclusion: Towards Incorporating Chineseness into Marca ChileChapter 6. Many-faced Orientalism: Racism and Xenophobia in a Time of the Novel Coronavirus Covid-19The Many Faces of Orientalism During the PandemicExperiences and Responses in Chile to Anti-Chinese/Asian RacismConcluding RemarksChatper 7. ConclusionChapter 8. Deciphering the Written and Spoken “Chinese:” “Me Estás Hablando en Chino” 

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Book SynopsisThis book analyses how informal economy traders and the marketplace institution dominate the local economy in African cities. According to the World Bank, being an African reduces the probability that an individual is an entrepreneur in the manufacturing sector by more than 95 percent. Exporting unprocessed strategic raw materials and importing large volumes of finished goods stagnate Africa’s informal sector while creating formal jobs overseas. This suggests employment increases in distributive trade and persistence of the marketplace institution in reducing urban unemployment and income inequality. However, there is limited knowledge of the men and women with permanent stalls in large urban marketplaces that function daily as a temporary city within a city, even though they are the major actors in distribute trade. More important their daily out-of-stall contacts resulting from maintaining complex social and economic relationships that determine the financial health of family, business, and the economy are generally unexplored and largely unknown, but have significant unintended consequences on the urban mobility system. Researchers, planners, development practitioners and policymakers have, therefore, not focused their attention and considered the impacts of the powerful economic institution – marketplaces and traders - in framing transport planning processes and urban development policies, and that is the paradox surrounding marketplace trade and urban development in West Africa. Table of ContentsChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Marketplace Entrepreneurs and Urban Mobility infrastructureChapter 3: Onitsha: The Largest market in Nigeria - One of the largest in West AfricaChapter 4: Challenges Facing Urban Marketplace TradersChapter 5: Attributes Impacting Out-of-Stall ContactsChapter 6: A Geography of Contacts in a Large Urban MarketplaceChapter 7: Sustainability of Marketplace Institution and TradersChapter 8: Planning and Policy Support for Marketplace Trade

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Book SynopsisThis book demonstrates how robust and evolving science can be relevant to public discourse about climate policy. Fighting climate change is the ultimate societal challenge, and the difficulty is not just in the wrenching adjustments required to cut greenhouse emissions and to respond to change already under way. A second and equally important difficulty is ensuring widespread public understanding of the natural and social science. This understanding is essential for an effective risk management strategy at a planetary scale. The scientific, economic, and policy aspects of climate change are already a challenge to communicate, without factoring in the distractions and deflections from organized programs of misinformation and denial. Here, four scholars, each with decades of research on the climate threat, take on the task of explaining our current understanding of the climate threat and what can be done about it, in lay language—importantly, without losing critical aspects of the natural and social science. In a series of essays, published during the 2020 presidential election, the COVID pandemic, and through the fall of 2021, they explain the essential components of the challenge, countering the forces of distrust of the science and opposition to a vigorous national response. Each of the essays provides an opportunity to learn about a particular aspect of climate science and policy within the complex context of current events. The overall volume is more than the sum of its individual articles. Proceeding each essay is an explanation of the context in which it was written, followed by observation of what has happened since its first publication. In addition to its discussion of topical issues in modern climate science, the book also explores science communication to a broad audience. Its authors are not only scientists – they are also teachers, using current events to teach when people are listening. For preserving Earth’s planetary life support system, science and teaching are essential. Advancing both is an unending task.Trade Review“This book is an important contribution to meeting the climate challenge.” (Paul A. Hanle, Climatic Change, Vol. 176 (11), 2023)“This book is not a lullaby. It is a vital thought-provoking appraisal for all who want to read their children happy bedtime stories and enjoy fulfilling lives.” (Elena N. Naumova, Journal of Public Health Policy, Vol. 44 (3), 2023)Table of Contents1. Five science questions that ought to be asked at the debate2. Key messages about climate change: an introduction to a series3. Evidence shows warming of the planet4. The evidence is compelling on human activity as the principle cause of global warming5. Extreme events “presage worse to come” in a warming climate6. Multiple extreme climate events can combine to produce catastrophic damages7. Vigorous action needed, and soon, on climate change8.Rejoining the fight against climate change is in the U.S. national interest 9. Inaction on the climate threat is NOT an option10.Climate action and policy – Parallels with COVID-1911.Can pandemic aid the fight against global warming?12.We cannot ignore the links between COVID-19 and the warming planet13.The coronavirus is showing the cracks in the foundation of American society14.Counterfactual experiments are crucial but easy to misunderstand15.A $trillion economic blow? The cost of extreme weather in the U.S. is worse than we thought16.Adapt, abate, or suffer – lessons from Hurricane 17. The trump administration cooks the climate change numbers once again18.Climate change is getting worse, and it’s harder to predict

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the impact of political leaders on the integration process led by the European Union. It aims at a better understanding of the European Union through the actions, contributions, and ideas of these outstanding characters to European integration and disintegration. By doing so, the book offers an entirely new perspective, presenting the actions of the main actors involved, their background, their historical time, their challenges and problems, and how they influenced the European Union's development. The authors in detail discuss different ideas connected to leaders, such as Jean Monnet and neo-functionalism, Spinelli and federalism or Churchill and the idea of cooperation. Furthermore, the book examines major policies and events, like the Common Agricultural Policy, the creation of the Euro as a consequence of the German reunification and Mitterrand’s reactions, or Brexit and its connection to the impact of Margaret Thatcher. The global essence of the book makes it a must-read for students, researchers, and scholars interested in a better understanding of the European Union's integration process.Table of ContentsIntroduction. - GEORGE OF PODĚBRADY (The role of external stimulus to the European integration).- CHARLES-IRÉNÉE CASTEL, ABBÉ DE SAINT-PIERRE (The role of Religion in the European integration).- IMMANUEL KANT (The idea of progress and European integration).- GASPAR MELCHOR DE JOVELLANOS (And other Europeanists in favour of the socioeconomic well-being of the nations of Europe).- VICTOR HUGO (and other pro- “good governance” and “United States of Europe” Europeanists).- RICHARD N. COUDENHOVE-KALERGI.- ARISTIDE BRIAND (Cooperation as the motor of Europe).- JOSÉ ORTEGA Y GASSET.- MADARIAGA AND THE SEARCH FOR A FREE EUROPE.- DENIS DE ROUGEMONT: AN EUROPOS FEDERALIST.- JULIÁN MARÍAS AGUILERA.- JEAN MONNET (Neofunctionalism at work in the European Integration).- ALTIERO SPINELLI (Federalism in the European Integration).- ROBERT SCHUMAN (and the pro-European political generation of 1950).- WINSTON CHURCHILL (Cooperation and British support to the European Integration).- DE GAULLE (The role of the Member States in the European Union).- MARGARET THATCHER (British strategy in the European Integration).- HELMUT KOHL (The German reunification and the genesis of the European Union).- FRANÇOIS MITTERRAND (French leadership in the European Union).- Andreas Papandreou: towards the European solidarity.- SIMONE VEIL. A EUROPEANIST COMMITTED TO THE DEFENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS.- Emmanuel Macron: the return of France as a driving force for European integration?

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Book SynopsisA timely contribution to the study of peace psychology in Latin America, this volume describes clinical, psychosocial, and community interventions with victims from Mexico to Chile from the 1970s onward. Chapters analyze how to conceptualize complex processes such as the appropriation of children and political repression, raising psychological, juridical, and political implications for the victims, their families, human rights organizations, and society. Also included are studies and analyses of political processes in countries currently undergoing crises such as Venezuela and Colombia and the challenges posed by the peace process from a political psychology perspective. All authors present the results of studies or clinical cases illustrating creative methodologies and practices in different contexts. This book provides the context for differences in the victims' damages and the treatment approaches and methodologies adopted in each case. The authors outline psychological perspectives grounded in ethical and professional choices based on recognizing people's dignity while seeking rehabilitation and reparations for victims, families, and communities. It paves the way for reparations and rehabilitation, and ultimately to the establishment of democracy and peace in this part of the world.Readers will benefit from understanding the relationship between mental health and human rights understanding ethical and professional dimensions a broadened knowledge of working with victims Table of ContentsSECTION I – HISTORY, CONCEPTS, AND APPROACHES1. Psychology and Human Rights in Chile. Assistance, Registration, Denunciation, Rehabilitation,and ReparationElizabeth Lira & Marcela Cornejo, ChileWidespread torture, forced disappearance, extrajudicial executions, and other human rights violationscharacterized the political repression since the 1973 military coup in Chile. Civil society generated formsof professional solidarity with victims, including social, legal, medical, and psychological support. Thischapter describes the mental health programs of human rights organizations implemented in Chile duringthe dictatorship and subsequent political transition, in the truth commissions, and reparation policies.Some research lines concerning the political past and its consequences in the present are summarizedthereby contributing to field studies that explore memories in the aftermath of political transitions.2. Method of Forced Disappearance and Trials for Crimes Against Humanity: A Dialogue betweenthe Legal and Subjective Dimensions. Specifics of the Argentine CaseMariana Wikinski, Mariana Biaggio, Rosa Matilde Díaz Jiménez & Marcelo Marmer, ArgentinaArgentina experienced one of the most savage forms of biopolitical exercise of power: the forceddisappearance of people, an extermination tool whose massive, prolonged application produced profoundtrauma in victims and the population (1976-1983). The chapter offers a systematic view of the work doneto bridge these legal and psychological dimensions. Topics include: the consideration of forceddisappearance as torture; the conceptualization of trauma; the mourning caused by disappearance; andthe narration of the trauma in court. The authors illustrate the importance of the joint efforts oflegal and psychological professionals to influence decisions of the court taking into account theconditions of suffering and the psychic impact of trauma.3. Locating Children Appropriated by Dictatorships of the Southern Cone: Questioning IdentitiesSonia Mosquera, UruguayThe situation of children appropriated and later found as adults have opened ethical and political dilemmasand theoretical challenges for psychology. This chapter analyzes how the theft and appropriation of babiescontains an exceedingly complex network of dimensions that require hard work to untangle:the psychosocial, the legal, and the ethical, with a strong emphasis on subjective constructs. By examiningthe processes of seven young interviewees, the article shows the singularity of each story and contextwhile also drawing attention to recurrences in their narratives and processes.4. Photography and Film in the Experience of Identity Restitution: A Writing of LightJuan Jorge Michel-Fariña & Florencia González Pla, ArgentinaForty-five years after the military coup in Argentina, the Grandmothers (Abuelas) of Plaza deMayo continue their search for people, now adults, who disappeared or were born in captivity in theirchildhood or early childhood. This chapter establishes the theoretical categories at stake andthe essential perspectives in four dimensions: (a) the right to identity and its implications innew fields of technological, scientifi development; (b) the symbolic and subjective value of genetic data; (c) the psychological implicationsrelated to the parental function and the role of memory in the construction of identity; and especially, (d)the psychosocial influence through cinema, literature and photography, which made this topic a heritage ofhumanity.SECTION II – PSYCHOSOCIAL ASSISTANCE AND INTERVENTION METHODOLOGIES5. The Method and Methodology of Psychosocial Accompaniment Work: A Contribution for At-Risk Defenders in MexicoClemencia Correa, Laura Espinosa, & Rodrigo Morales, México“ALUNA - Acompañamiento Psicosocial” provides psychosocial accompaniment to individuals,collectives, and human rights organizations, all of which are at risk because of the work they carry outin contexts of sociopolitical violence in Mexico. In this chapter, Correa et al. describe and analyze theiraccompaniment model as applied to the case of an organization that defends territorial claims of victimsand has been subjected to threats, harassment, and other aggressions. Issues of mental health, humanrights, safety, fear, and protection arise when applying the accompaniment model.6. Construction of a Model of Psychosocial Care and Support. Training of Peer PsychosocialCompanions: An Experience from MexicoJosé Manuel Bezanilla, María Amparo Miranda & Juan López, MéxicoThis chapter formulates a model of mental health professionals' training to create visibility of invisiblestructural violence, provide transdisciplinary skills, and foster interdisciplinary dialogue. The MexicanModel of Psychosocial Attention and Accompaniment was developed, in conjunction with “UniendoCristales” based on the principles of the socionomy of Jacobo Levy Moreno along with a psychosocialperspective, serving victims of severe human rights violations, particularly forced disappearance. One ofthe programs is the “Peer Psychosocial Companions” training, which takes place in face-to-face and onlinetraining, with technical guidance and double tutoring. This training program is aimed atstrengthening collective, community, family, and personal resources in contexts of social violence andlimited safety.SECTION III – PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS7. Psychotherapy with former political prisoners in Uruguay: the vision of the therapistsMaría Cecilia Robaina, UruguayThe chapter describes the characteristics of the clinical practice of psychologists, psychiatrists, andpsychoanalysts who worked with torture victims 30 years after the events. The author interviewedpsychotherapists working in a private clinic, an NGO, and state reparation program. The research wasbased on in-depth interviews and was conducted between 2011 and 2014. Theoretical and technicalaspects of the treatments are described, analyzing the particularities of this clinic.8. Arpilleras of Sexual and Domestic Violence in Post-war: Guatemala: accompaniment in processesof psychosocial reparationMaría Luisa Cabrera Pérez-Armiñan, GuatemalaThis chapter presents the results of group psychosocial processes for women survivors of gender,domestic, and sexual violence in Guatemala centered around burlap tapestries (arpilleras), pieces of fabricthat make it possible for victims to materially represent and resignify their experiences of violence. Herstudy reveals some potential dimensions of psychosocial reparation and specifies the challenges posed bythe social and personal reconstruction of women who have experienced various types of violence in theirlives, within a national context of postwar political violence.9. Group Therapeutic Strategies and Human Rights Violations in ChileGermán Morales & María Isabel Castillo, ChileThis chapter systematizes some of the main therapeutic group strategies developed in Chile by NGOs andsocial organizations during the civil-military dictatorship from 1973 to the beginning of thetransition (1990). Group psychotherapy theories, extreme traumatization theory and relationalpsychoanalysis are the primary theoretical references. The role of the group is highlighted as a space forworking through traumatic situations experienced at the individual and social level. The group becomesa third party that recognizes, validates, contains, and contributes to the restitution of the damagedcollective.SECTION IV – PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT DURING FORENSICEXAMINATIONS AND TRIALS10. El Mozote Massacre: Expert Research and Challenges of Psychosocial ReparationSol Yáñez, El SalvadorThe expert psychosocial assessment is a methodology that was constructed to support claims presented bythe Association of Victims of El Mozote before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, arisingfrom its ceaseless struggle against impunity. The first step was to identify the surviving victims of the “ElMozote” massacre, which occurred in 1981 in El Salvador and resulted in 1000 deaths. Victims' stories,the damages they suffered and their expectations of reparation are central to the trial. The program's resultsdescribed here characterize the psychosocial damage and consequences on the victims and proposereparations. The author stresses how the identification of victims initiated a psychosocial reparationprocess.11. Psychosocial Work in the Transitional Justice Framework: The Women of Sepur ZarcoSusana Navarro García & Paula María Martínez Velázquez, GuatemalaIn 2010, fifteen indigenous Q'eqchi' women of the Sepur Zarco community filed a legal complaint. Theywere survivors of sexual violence and domestic slavery that they suffered in a military post during theGuatemalan armed conflict. In 2016, a Guatemalan court convicted an army officer and a former militaryofficer of human rights violations against women. This chapter describes the psychosocial work carriedout with the women. Emphasis is placed on addressing the consequences of human rights violationssuffered by them and empowered them to face the judicial process and claim their rights. The authorsanalyze how women contributed to truth, justice, and reparation processes through their engagementwith the organizations that supported them. In addition, they show the key role of women in the searchfor justice –which resulted in a guilty verdict for the perpetrators– aided their psychosocial reparation andhealing process.12. Contribution of the Psycho-forensic Evidence in the Inter-American Court in the Caseof Lonkos and Mapuche Indigenous Leaders versus ChileRuth Vargas-Forman, Chile-United StatesThis chapter contextualizes the case “Norin Catriman, Lonkos and Mapuche Indigenous Leaders versusChile” in the Inter-American System for the Protection of Human Rights. It reviews the contributionsof forensic psychology in litigation related to human rights violations concerning indigenous peoples.The Inter-American Court of Human Rights in May 2014 sanctioned the State of Chile for violations ofthe American Convention and the rights of eight indigenous leaders wrongly convicted under theAntiterrorist Law. According to the verdict, forensic psychology examinations influenced thedetermination of the sanction against Chile and the reparation measures adopted. This study helps toillustrate the role of psychosocial evidence and forensic psychologists in the support offered to victimsat the Inter-American Court during cases of human rights violations affecting the individual and collectiverights of indigenous peoples.SECTION V – PSYCHOSOCIAL REPARATIONS: CHALLENGES OF VICTIM’SRECOGNITION13. Testimony and Symbolic Reparation: The Clinica do Testemunho Project in Rio de Janeiro VeraVital-Brasil, BrazilThis chapter briefly describes the social and political context of the Brazilian civil-military dictatorship(1964-1985), its effects on subjectivity and the struggles for reparation for victims of human rightsviolations. It studies the work of the clinical political team at the Clinica do Testemunho, a projectimplemented in Rio de Janeiro (2013-1015) by the Ministry of Justice as psychological reparation publicpolicy arising from its Amnesty Commission. This project includes clinical assistance, the training ofprofessional psychologists and the production of written material regarding its application in the nationalterritory. The process of giving testimony has allowed the harmful effects of political repression to beshifted from the private sphere, resulting in the rebuilding of social ties, valorization of its power toproduce subjective changes and contributing to the construction of individual and collective memory.14. The Clinics of Testimony: New Ways of Recognition through Group Listening to MilitaryPersonnelAlexei Conte, ngela Flores, Bárbara De Souza, Carlos Augusto Piccinini, Karine Szuchman & Lísia daLuz Refosco, BrazilThe Clinics of Testimony Project (Amnesty Commission / Ministry of Justice) aimed to facilitate thepsychic reparation of people who suffered State violence during the civil-military dictatorships in Brazilbetween 1964 and 1985. This chapter discusses the clinical intervention work of the team of psychologistsand psychoanalysts of the Sigmund Freud Psychoanalytic Association, a non-governmental institution thatcarried out this project in Porto Alegre / Rio Grande do Sul. The interventions were with members of themilitary who wanted the State to recognize them as victims of the violence when they served in the ArmedForces. The Testimonial Clinics allow them to consider a resignification of what it means to be a victim ofState violence by opening symbolic paths for coping with suffering as well as alternative orientations toclaims for truth, memory, and justice.15. Colonia Dignidad: Lights and Shadows in the Recognition of the VictimsEvelyn Hevia Jordán, Chile-GermanyColonia Dignidad - Dignity Charitable and Educational Society (1961-2005)- was a German institutionfounded in Chile in 1961, in the countryside in the south of Chile. The authorities of this institutioncollaborate to commit crimes against humanity (torture and disappearances) during Chile's civil-militarydictatorship (1973-1990) and sexual abuse against children after 1961. The chapter discusses the institution,its internal operating system, its victimizing structure, and its collaborations with political repression duringthe dictatorship. There are different groups of victims at present, and the victimizing pattern and its effectson victims are well-known. The chapter concludes by identifying today's challenges concerning theprocess of building historical memory and recognizing and repairing all victims.SECTION VI – POLITICAL AND PSYCHOSOCIAL CHALLENGES OF TRANSITIONS16. Political Transition and Social Reparation in Venezuela: Challenges of DemocraticReconstructionMireya Lozada, VenezuelaThis chapter adopts a psychopolitical perspective to examine social reconstruction andreparation challenges in a potential democratic transition taking place in a country under an authoritarianregime. The chapter offers some keys to favoring the processes of democratic reconstruction. Parallel tothe urgency of the changes required in the economic, political, and institutional spheres, whatalso stands out are those actions tending to depolarization, the rebuilding of the social fabricfractured by the conflict, the fight against impunity and the search for justice for the victims, as well asthe construction of scenarios of a shared common future, which favor peaceful and democraticcoexistence in the country.17.- Psychology and Human Rights in Colombia: Contributions to PeacebuildingWilson López-López, Andrea Correa-Chica, Angélica Caicedo-Moreno, Pablo Castro-Abril &Carlos Felipe Buitrago-Panader, ColombiaThis chapter describes and explores the consequences of the social and armed conflict on victims ofhuman rights violations in Colombia. We also describe a research and intervention model with amultidimensional analysis perspective that allows us to demonstrate the role of psychosocial processessuch as forgiveness, reconciliation, transitional justice mechanisms (such as truth commissions or JEP inColombia- Special Justice for Peace) in the restoration of human rights at the individual, community, andsocial levels. The work of psychology is key to promoting human rights and seeking ways to contribute tosustainable peace.18. Working Mental Health in PeruVivian Valz Gen, PerúThe chapter provides a brief review of the process, development, and current status of mental health workin Peru. It presents the experience of the Mental Health Unit of the Truth and Reconciliation Commissionof Peru (CVR) and its contribution to the understanding and management of mental health issues. Thiswork gathered contributions from various teams of mental health professionals in the country fromprevious decades and at the same time promoted and inspired the current commission. It proposes amethodology that recognizes the individual as the axis of transformation processes. It also showshow the living conditions associated with submission, abuse, and violence, generate emotional sufferingin individuals and people, giving rise to severe mental health problems that must be addressed,prioritizing a community approach.

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Book SynopsisThis edited book brings together new perspectives on fashion, the body, and politics. The intention of this collection is to explore the cultural intersection between bodies, fashion, and transgression, often in the most unlikely of locations. Bodies are political players in culture and the authors gathered here ask a range of pressing questions. What role do fashioned bodies play in resistance, in meeting governmental boundaries or institutional power? Arguably, fashion is an aspect of modern warfare and style can defend and attack in cultural space. So, how do fashioned bodies occupy the grey area between social control and the resistance to power? This book is interdisciplinary and international, with contributors situated within a broad range of disciplines including Art History and Critical Practice, Cultural Studies, Fashion Critical Studies, Film and Literary Studies, Performance Studies, Politics and International Studies, Sociology, Gender, Queer, LGBTI, and Critical Race Studies. Table of Contents1. Introduction: Fashion, Bodies, Transgression, Royce Mahawatte and Jacki WillsonSection 1, Dangerous Surfaces2. Contagion and the Excess of Gender, Race, and Commodity, Nigel Lezama, Cardi B’s Nails3. “Let me be your Stimmy Toy”: Fashioning Disability, Cripping Fashion, Jana Melkumova-Reynolds4. “Under False Colors”: Nineteenth-Century Masquerading Laws and Black Disabled Transgender Embodiment in Post-Civil War Memphis, Ardel Haefele-Thomas5. “One Club Fits All”: Male Embodiment in an Age of Homonormativity, Royce MahawatteSection 2, Fashion and Spatial Transgression6. The Politicisation of Palestinian Embroidery since 1948, Rachel Dedman7. Polish ‘Black Protests’: political dress and the politics of fashion, Alicja Raciniewska8. Performative Elegance: The Windrush Generation, Fashion and the Politics of Respectability, Telecia Kirkland.- Section 3 Embodiment and Abstract Boundaries9. Non-Norm-(Hard)-Core: Hood by Air’s Porn Archive, Francis Summers10. Consuming (beyond plain) Vanilla: ‘straight’ coupledom and illicit performativities on popular culture TV show Love Island, Jacki Willson11. Terrifying Beauty – Theatrical Self-Performance in Leonor Fini’s Art and Life, Andrea Kollnitz

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Book SynopsisThis book makes a relevant contribution to a Marxist critical explanation of social conflicts, social movements and protests. There is abundant literature on social conflict and social movements from Marxist perspectives. However, rigorous criticism, both theoretical and methodological, is scarce. The objective of this volume is the collection of works developing a critical reflection on the categories of theories about contentious collective action and social movements from a Marxist perspective. In order to better understand these phenomena and go beyond their mere case description, the theory needs to be improved. To that end, the book also promotes the debate between Marxisms and the collective action and new social movements in a renewed way. Here different Marxist arguments consider not only their methodological and ideological bias, but also the specific conceptual contributions of those theories.Table of Contents​1 Introduction2 From the Critique of Collective Action Theories to the Study of Political Class Composition.3 Class Formation and Collective Action from a Marxist Perspective4 From Mechanisms to Dynamics: How to Embed Social Movement Studies Within Historical Materialism5 The Denial of Social Classes in the Theory of Collective Contentious Action6 On Dignity: Reflections on the Rationality of Insurrectional Actions7 A Marxist Perspective on Workers’ Collective Action8 Work, Reproduction and Informality: Challenges for a Marxist Politics of Labour9 Gramsci, Theoretician of Political Subjectivation: The Subalternity–Autonomy–Hegemony Triad10 Surplus Populations, Working-Class Struggles and Crises of Capitalism: A World-Historical MaterialistReconceptualization11 Being on the Side of Workers: On the Normative Foundations of Global Labour Studies12 About the Old and New “Class Maps”: Notes on the Formation of the Working Class

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Book SynopsisThis timely collection of chapters written by international experts bridges the gap between peace psychology and restorative justice. The Editors combined their respective fields of expertise to start a much-needed debate on the potential but also risks that are associated when implementing restorative justice in the peace psychology field. The volume highlights how psychological theory and research can inform and evaluate the potential of restorative practices in formal and informal educational settings as well as the criminal justice space. The chapters cover both negative and positive peace across levels while introducing the reader to various case studies from across the world. All in all, the book explores how restorative justice can promote positive peace through its connection fostering dialogue, empathy, forgiveness, and other key psychological elements of peace. Table of ContentsSection 1: Intrapersonal PeaceChapter 1: Developing Peaceful Self-Identities Through Restorative PracticesAdolescence and emerging adulthood are key times in the formation of values, identities, and life trajectories. This chapter would focus on how young people’s participation in restorative justice in schools or courtrooms can promote the development of values associated with peace and identities connected to being a peaceful person.Chapter 2: Restorative Practices as Peace PedagogyAs restorative justice implementation has grown and expanded its reach, it has required much thought and development about how to teach it. This chapter would focus on how training and practice of restorative justice can be understood as peace education related to conflict resolution and response regulation. The focus will be on how pedagogical approaches to restorative justice can foster internal peace.Chapter 3: Promoting Coping and Resilience Through ReparationWhen harm is committed, individuals suffer psychosocial consequences that can range in intensity and severity. These impacts touch on all those involved—victims, offenders, community members, families. This chapter would focus on the potential for restorative practices to support mental health of victims, ex-combatants and others. Specifically, the chapter would address how restorative justice can promote forgiveness and reconciliation, thus fostering individuals’ psychosocial wellbeing.Section 2: Interpersonal, Intergroup, and Intercommunity PeaceChapter 4: Bridging the Unbridgeable DividesIntractable conflict by definition is deeply rooted attitudes, histories, and identities that perpetuate violence across generations. This chapter would focus on how in these contexts, restorative justice can open up spaces for dialogue and recognition of the perspectives of others that lay a groundwork for peace.Chapter 5: Preventing and Healing Community ViolenceCommunity violence—homicide, violent crime, etc.—impacts individuals, communities, and the futures of both (e.g., through the reverberations of the trauma it can cause). While increasing policing and harsher sentencing are often approaches taken to intervening in these situations, this chapter would focus on how restorative justice can be used to promote interpersonal peace as an alternative way to address violence within communities.Chapter 6: Addressing Systemic Injustice and OppressionRestorative justice is predicated on a value of inclusivity both through community building elements and in responding to acts of harm. This chapter would focus on howrestorative practices within communities can create greating equity and inclusion, particularly by raising up the voices of groups that have been historically marginalized or oppressed.Chapter 7: Peace and Harmony in Post-Conflict SocietiesHealing and reconciliation are fundamental processes for post-conflict socities looking to build peaceful futures. Transitional justice must address past injustices and violence that have left marks between different groups within a society, such as in Rwanda, Cyprus, Ireland or South Africa, where “post-conflict” often still involves tension and discord. This chapter would focus on how restorative justice as part of transitional justice can promote peaceful coexistence after intergroup violence.Chapter 8: Restoring from Non-Western LensesSocial representations and practices of peace are embedded within cultural, historical, and political contexts. This chapter would focus on how restorative justice emerges from and intersects with non-Western ideas about justice and reparation, thus allowing for greater focus on harmony and local approaches to peace.Chapter 9: Bridging Racial/Ethnic DividesBias and prejudice are tied to deeply ingrained psychological frameworks for how people view the world, as well as identities and social context. But, these lens often create interpersonal conflict or can lead to violence between groups. This chapter would explore how engagement with a restorative framework and the inclusive dialogue involved can serve to bridge these barriers to peaceful intergroup relations that create psychosocial divides between different ethnic and racial groups.Section 3: Institutional, International and Non-state ActorsChapter 9: Changing School CulturesSchool cultures have traditionally been set by adults with vertical alignment of authority and discipline. Within the United States, the environment these structures promote has further structural and cultural violence against groups that are marginalized due to race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, ability, and more. This chapter would focus on how restorative justice can change the institutional climate at schools, promoting a sense of belonging, inclusion, and agency for all students.Chapter 10: Reshaping Discipline: Ending Inequities of Retributive Measures in SchoolsIn the United States, the 1990s and 2000s saw an increasing adoption of zero tolerance policies to discipline in schools. These punitive and harsh policies have created a “school-to-prison” pipeline in which Black, Brown, and Indigenous youth are more likely to be suspended, expelled, and end up in the juvenile and adult justice systems. This chapter would focus on how restorative justice in schools provides an equity-focused framework to responding to harm, as opposed to inequality, racial and gender disparities and the school-to-prison pipeline.Chapter 11: Forgiving and Repairing: Restorative Justice and the Criminal Justice SystemMany criminal justice systems are set up on punitive foundations that provide minimal sense of justice or healing for victims, their families, and communities. This chapter would focus on how restorative justice in the criminal justice system can be an effective means to true forgiveness and reconciliation, thus promoting psychosocial wellbeing of the victims, perpetrators, and communities.Chapter 12: Former Combatants and ReintegrationA challenge with members of communities and socieities who have been deeply involved in violent groups is their reintegration into society. The psychological and social obstacles are even more significant when these individuals belonged to groups whose particular aims were violent overthrow or change of the systems they are being reintegrated into. This chapter would focus on how restorative justice intersects with reconciliation and successful reintegration for armed actors such as revolutionary forces, terrorists, and paramiliatary groups.Chapter 13: Reparations and Addressing State AtrocitiesIn socities across the globe, addressing questions of equity and justice in order to build a culture of peace involves states’ roles in atrocities and injustice in the past. Reparations and restitution integrally involve healing and humanizing discourses, as well as recognition and redress of complicity in structural and cultural violence. This chapter would focus on how restorative justice can be integrated into processes of reparation in order to further these goals.

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