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Taylor & Francis International Relations in Latin America
Book SynopsisThis work studies the development of bilateral relations in two pairs of states (dyads): Argentina-Brazil and Argentina-Chile. It takes on a moderate constructivist approach that incorporates into the analysis of international relations the role of identities, ideas and perceptions as well as of material forces, and understands that the former are affected and changed during interaction. It also uses to securitization theory to explain how issues come or cease to be considered security matters through social constructions.Table of ContentsPart I. Introduction and Framework 1. Introduction 2. Theories of Regional Security and Peace Part II. Domestic and Regional Contexts 3. Domestic Conditions 4. Hemispheric Context Part III: The Dyads 5. Bilateral Relations Between Argentina and Chile 6. Bilateral Relations Between Argentina and Brazil Part IV. The Southern Cone and its Prospects 7. Regional Integration in the Southern Cone. 8. Conclusion. Appendix: Interviews
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The University of Michigan Press Muslims in a Post911 America
Book SynopsisExamines how public fears about Muslims in the United States compare with the reality of American Muslims’ attitudes on a range of relevant issues. While most research on Muslim Americans focuses on Arab Muslims, a quarter of the Muslim American population, Rachel Gillum includes perspectives of Muslims from various ethnic and national communities.Trade Review“This work makes a significant contribution to the field, not only through its substantive findings on trust in law enforcement but also because it is one of the few nationally representative surveys of Muslim Americans. The insights in this book will help us assess where we are as a nation and where we need to go.” - Condoleezza Rice, Stanford University, former U.S. Secretary of State & National Security Advisor
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The University of Michigan Press Fragile Dreams Tales of Liberalism and Power in
Book SynopsisExamines Central European communism, why it failed, and what has come since. Moving loosely chronologically from 1989 to the present, each chapter focuses on topics of importance from the fields of comparative politics and sociology, to feminist and gender studies.Table of Contents Preface and Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Revolutions: The fall of communism as witnessed from a beer barrel and beyond Chapter 2. Communism: The political importance of telling a good story Chapter 3: Neoliberalism: Why BMWs don’t just randomly explode! Chapter 4. Nationalism: Liberalism’s evil twin screws up the Enlightenment Chapter 5: Ethnic Conflict: The breakup of Yugoslavia through a feminist lens Chapter 6. “Transitology”: How I joined the global conspiracy against Slovakia Chapter 7. Humanitarian Intervention: Liberalism weaponized in the Western Balkans Chapter 8. International Relations: The West Gets Cocky Chapter 9. Homophobia: Intersectionality and the political uses of fear Chapter 10. Populism: Austerity, fear and loathing on Central Europe’s periphery Chapter 11. Illiberal Democracy: The Political Economy of Hungary’s Liberal Unraveling Liberalism’s fragile dream
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The University of Michigan Press Liberating Economics
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Dover Publications Inc. My Autobiography
Book SynopsisUrged by American Ambassador to Rome Richard Washburn Child to write his autobiography, Benito Mussolini hesitated only slightly before he dictated thoughts on his private and public life. This volume reprints the Italian dictator''s extraordinary comments, capturing the spirit and personality of Il Duce as no other book does. Included are Mussolini''s views on Italian politics, descriptions of his years as an agitator, journalist, and soldier, the formation of the Fascist Party, the March on Rome, and his early years in power. The text also contains some of his most famous speeches in the Italian Parliament, his vision of Italy''s return to glory, and his definitive statement on the doctrine of Fascism and its political justification.Essential reading for students of history and political science, this frank, and frequently arrogant, revelation of the Italian leader''s life produced mixed reactions when first published in 1928. Like him or not, wrote the reviewer for the Saturday Review of Literature, here he is, Mussolini the man, the patriot, the leader.
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University of California Press The WorkingClass Tories Authority Deference and Stable Democracy
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University of California Press Trade Unions and Politics in Ceylon
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University of California Press Prisms of Prejudice
Book SynopsisMedia do not reflect: media refract. In the United States, established and enduring prisms of prejudice about the projected Middle East are mediated through popular culture, broadcast news, government mission statements and official maps.This mediationserves to assert political boundaries and construct the United States as heroic against a villainous or victimized Middle East.These problematic maps and narratives are persistent over time and prevalent across genre, with clear consequences evidenced by the rise indiscriminatory sentiments in the US population and experiences of harm in US Arab and Muslim communities. Exploring a wide range of media, Karin Gwinn Wilkins illuminates the shape and scope of these narratives and explores ways tocounter these prisms of prejudice through informed and engaged strategic intervention in critical communication literacy.Table of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments 1 Prisms of Prejudice 2 Mapping the Middle East 3 Narrating the Middle East 4 Mediating the Middle East 5 Visioning from the US Prism Notes References Index
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Cambridge University Press Contending Visions of the Middle East The History and Politics of Orientalism 3 The Contemporary Middle East Series Number 3
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Cambridge University Press Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models in
Book SynopsisTension has long existed in the social sciences between quantitative and qualitative approaches on one hand, and theory-minded and empirical techniques on the other. The latter divide has grown sharper in the wake of new behavioural and experimental perspectives which draw on both sides of these modelling schemes. This book works to address this disconnect by establishing a framework for methodological unification: empirical implications of theoretical models (EITM). This framework connects behavioural and applied statistical concepts, develops analogues of these concepts, and links and evaluates these analogues. The authors offer detailed explanations of how these concepts may be framed, to assist researchers interested in incorporating EITM into their own research. They go on to demonstrate how EITM may be put into practice for a range of disciplines within the social sciences, including voting, party identification, social interaction, learning, conflict and cooperation to macro-polTrade Review'Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models is a major contribution to political science. Granato, Lo, and Wong explain the rationale for establishing a systematic ‘dialogue between theory and test,’ and how this produces important breakthroughs in the study of campaigns and elections, comparative and international political economy and other fields. The book is essential reading for students of political science in particular and of social science in general.' John R. Freeman, University of Minnesota'A book that systematically expounds the idea and reaps the harvest of EITM is long overdue. The publication of this book is a triumphant celebration of the tremendous achievements a scientifically rigorous framework has brought to political, social, and economic sciences.' Tse-min Lin, University of Texas at Austin'Success in science is defined by the presence of a powerful exemplar. For the EITM movement, this book is such an exemplar. It is more than an argument for closing the gap between theory and evidence; it lays out the steps that any student of the social sciences might emulate when tackling complex questions of humans and their institutions. This book belongs on the shelf of every serious scholar concerned with the empirical and theoretical study of social behavior.' Rick K. Wilson, Rice University'Based on extensive experience in teaching the EITM approach, the authors work through many examples that make it an invaluable teaching tool for graduate research courses. A rewarding read for those who want to contribute to the advancement of the social sciences'. Norman Bradburn, University of Chicago'The goal of social science is to understand more and more by less and less. In this effort the spirit of EITM plays a big part - a unified field for both the theoretical and the empirical components, a unified methodology encompassing mathematical tools for the formal work and statistical tools for the empirical work, someday the surprise of unifying seemingly disparate topical domains. Granato, Lo, and Wong have written a masterly guide to every aspect of EITM, providing a wealth of tools and describing a wide range of applications. This book will be invaluable to all researchers, seasoned and novice alike, dedicated to the growth of knowledge in the social sciences.' Guillermina Jasso, New York University'Too often in the social sciences, formal theories and empirical studies have occupied separate worlds. This book is a masterful overview of a more modern approach, demonstrating how empirical implications can be rigorously derived from theoretical models. The new framework not only lets researchers test models more reliably, but more importantly, it directs them to previously unsuspected empirical findings that conventional empirical analysis will not uncover. This is a volume that every empirical researcher will want to read.' Christopher H. Achen, Princeton UniversityTable of ContentsPart I. EITM: Background and Framework: 1. Modeling Insights and Pathbreaking Institutions A Sketch; 2. Contemporary Methodological Practices; 3. The EITM Framework; Part II. EITM in Practice: 4. Economic Voting; 5. Strategists and Macropartisanship; 6. Macro Policy; 7. Information Diffusion; 8. Political Parties and Representation; 9. Voter Turnout; 10. International Political Economy; 11. Macro Political Economy; 12. Social Behavior and Evolutionary Dynamics; 13 Competition and Reward Valuation; 14. An Alternative Unification Framework; 15. Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press Comparative Politics
Book SynopsisTwelve in-depth case studies of the EU and countries around the world, written by leading country specialists, illustrate how interests, identities and institutions shape the politics of nations and regions. These studies trace the global and historical contexts of political development to examine why countries are governed so differently.Table of Contents1. What is comparative politics? Jeffrey Kopstein, Mark Lichbach and Stephen Hanson; 2. The framework of analysis Stephen Hanson, Jeffrey Kopstein and Mark Lichbach; Part I. Early Developers: 3. Britain Peter Rutland; 4. France Laurence McFalls; Stop and compare: early developers: Britain and France; Part II. Middle Developers: 5. Germany Andrew C. Gould; 6. Japan Miranda A. Schreurs; Stop and compare: early developers and middle developers; Part III. Late Developers: 7. Russia Stephen Hanson; 8. China Yu-Shan Wu; Stop and compare: early developers, middle developers, and late developers; Part IV. Experimental Developers: 9. Mexico Anthony Gill; 10. India Rudra Sil; 11. Iran Vali Nasr; 12. South Africa Antoinette Handley; 13. The European Union Paulette Kurzer; 14. Nigeria Okechukwu C. Iheduru; Stop and compare: early developers, middle developers, late developers, and experimental developers; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Measurement in the Social Sciences
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Cambridge University Press Weber Political Writings
Book SynopsisMax Weber (1864-1920) is generally known as a founder of modern social science. The texts in this edition span his career and illustrate the development of his political thinking on the fate of Germany and the nature of politics in the modern western state and an age of cultural 'disenchantment'.Table of Contents1. The nation state and eonomic policy; 2. The situation of constitutional democracy in Russia; 3. Between two laws: suffrage and democracy in Germany; 4. Parliament and government in Germany under a new political order; 5. Socialism: the president of the Reich; 6. The profession and vocation of politics.
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Cambridge University Press Inclusion without Representation in Latin America
Book SynopsisThis book analyzes why and how fifteen Latin American countries modified their political institutions to promote the inclusion of women, Afrodescendants, and indigenous peoples. Through analysis and comparison of experiences in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico, the book accounts for the origins of quotas and reserved seats in international norms and civic mobilization. It shows how the configuration of political institutions and the structure of excluded groups set the terms and processes of inclusion. Arguing that the new mechanisms have delivered inclusion but not representation, the book demonstrates that quotas and reserved seats increased the presence in power of excluded groups but did not create constituencies or generate civic movements able to authorize or hold accountable their representatives.Table of ContentsPreface and acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: politics of inclusion in Latin America; 2. Women, Afrodescendants, and indigenous peoples in elected office; 3. Gender quotas: why and how? 4. Indigenous reservations and gender parity in Bolivia with Juan Pablo Ossa; 5. The rise and fall of political inclusion in Colombia; 6. Brazil: combatting exclusion through quotas in higher education; 7. After quotas: women's presence and legislative behavior in Argentina with Marina Lacalle and Juan Pablo Micozzi; Conclusion; Appendix 1. List of research trips; Appendix 2. Mechanisms of inclusion.
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Cambridge University Press Adapting to Climate Change
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Cambridge University Press A Contested Nation History Memory and Nationalism in Switzerland 17611891 Past and Present Publications
Book SynopsisThis book examines the ways in which the Swiss defined their national identity in the long nineteenth century, in the face of a changing domestic and international background. Its narrative begins in 1761, when the first Swiss patriotic society of national significance was founded, and ends in 1891, when the Swiss celebrated their 600-year existence as a nation in a monumental national festival. While conceding that the creation of a nation-state in 1848 marked a watershed in the history of Swiss nation-formation, the author does not focus one-sidedly - as many others have done - on the activities of the nationalizing state. Instead, he attributes a key role to the competitive and contentious struggles over the shaping of public institutions and over the symbolic representation of the nation. These struggles, to which the nation-state and civil society contributed in equal measure, were framed increasingly along national lines.Trade Review'There are many strengths here, alongside the relative uniqueness of the subject. Zimmer's work is soundly based on historical, political and sociological theories of nation development. ... This is supplemented by extensive work in Swiss archives and historiography. And all is set in a helpful comparative perspective … Zimmer makes [a] … real contribution to our understanding of Swiss identity, then and now.' English Historical Review'… a very illuminating assessment not only of Swiss nationalism, but also of theoretical questions arising from the recent literature on nation formation. Zimmer's thorough reading across the theoretical canon makes A Contested Nation a highly relevant text not just for scholars interested in Switzerland, but for anybody working within the broader domains of nation formation.' H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences Online'A Contested Nation brilliantly illustrates the often-messy process of nationalization … [The book] is both accessible to advanced undergraduates and vital reading for established scholars. It is a detailed, readable, and balanced addition to the nationalism literature.' The Nationalism Project'A Contested Nation is an impressive book.' Jonathan Steinberg University of Pennsylvania, Nations and Nationalism'Zimmer enters into the tangled discussions of nationalism and nation-building with confidence and flair … His book represents a model of close historical research into the political and social conflicts of a state, linked to careful linguistic analysis of participants' statements. It is a model that future scholars of nationalism would do well to emulate.' Celia Applegate, Journal of Interdisciplinary History'This book is a major contribution to scholarship on nineteenth-century European nationalism. It challenges simplistic approaches and instead asks the reader to pay close attention to the interplay and overlap of various national discourses.' Thomas Kiihne, Social HistoryTable of ContentsList of illustrations; List of tables; Preface; Introduction: history, memory and the politics of national identity; 1. Confederate identity before nationalism - events, politics, symbols; Part I. Towards the Cult of the Nation: 2. Dreaming of the wider fatherland - the nation of the patriots; 3. Contentious unity - the rise and fall of an indivisible nation; 4. 'The nation has had her say at last'; Part II. The Birth of the Modern Mass Nation: 5. 'We have become a people'; 6. Competing visions of the nation's past; Afterword; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Why Switzerland
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Transworld Publishers Ltd The Age of Unpeace
Book SynopsisA FINANCIAL TIMES ECONOMICS BOOK OF THE YEAR''Compulsively readable... An essential course in geopolitical self-help'' - Adam Tooze''Full of fresh - and often surprising - ideas'' - Niall Ferguson ''Extraordinary... One of those rare books that defines the terms of our conversation about our times'' - Michael Ignatieff We thought connecting the world would bring lasting peace. Instead, it is driving us apart.In the three decades since the end of the Cold War, global leaders have been working to create a connected world. They''ve integrated the world''s economy, transport and communications, breaking down borders in the hope of making war impossible. In doing so, they unwittingly created a formidable arsenal of weapons for new kinds of warfare.Troublingly, we are now seeing rising conflict at every level, from individuals on social media all the way up to full-blown war in eastern Europe. ThTrade ReviewThe "age of unpeace" [is] an apt phrase for an era in which wars between states are uncommon but conflict is endemic... Leonard adroitly captures evolving trends in geopolitics over the past decade... Leonard's argument is all the more compelling because of the way his own beliefs have evolved. * New Statesman *Thought-provoking... If Leonard is right, then every trade deal or every new technology that brings people closer will also make the world a more dangerous place. * Irish Times *Leonard is a creative and well-connected thinker, and his timely, insightful book is useful for its explanations of the differing ideological viewpoints found in Beijing, Brussels and Washington, with an interesting section on Chinese thinkers in particular. Just as important, he explains why the conflicts in our global era remain so different from those in the cold war, in particular given the role being played by new technologies from quantum computing to machine learning as a new focus for geopolitical contestation. -- James Crabtree * Financial Times *Mark Leonard... has been a force in foreign policy thinking for a quarter century... rich in data and anecdote... If you're feeling intellectually disoriented after the fall of Kabul, start here. -- Matthew d'Ancona, TortoiseCompulsively readable, Mark Leonard's globe-trotting book not only offers us a fascinating and disturbing panorama, it redefines realism for an age of massive and toxic connectivity. Rather than fleeing into anachronistic visions of grand architecture and Cold War rhetoric, it demands that we face our actual problem. An essential course in geopolitical self-help. -- Adam Tooze, author of Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World
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Twomd Publishing The Weight Of My Dream Thoughts on Rebuilding a
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Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) The Attlee Governments 194551 Seminar Studies in
Book SynopsisIn 1945 the Labour Government set about a major transformation of British society, Dr Jefferys's analyses the main changes and relates them to debates within the Labour party, on the nature of its aims and how best to achieve them.Table of ContentsPart 1 The Background; Chapter 1 Labour and the Road to 1945; Chapter 2 Into Power; Part 2 Analysis – Labour in Office; Chapter 3 Forging Britain’s Post-war Settlement, 1945–46; Chapter 4 The Economic and Political Crises of 1947; Chapter 5 Ernest Bevin and Overseas Policy; Chapter 6 On the Retreat, 1948–50; Chapter 7 The Second Attlee Administrationpart3 Assessmentpart4 Documents;
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Penguin Putnam Inc Queens of the Resistance Maxine Waters
Book SynopsisReclaim your time with a gifty, beautifully illustrated celebration of Representative Maxine Waters.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Liberals and Communitarians
Book SynopsisWith an account of Rawls's A Theory of Justice, this book gives presentations of the work of the main communitarians: Michael Sandel, Alisdair MacIntyre, Charles Taylor and Michael Walzer. With an agenda of themes and issues, it should be a useful aid to students of contemporary political theory.Table of ContentsPreface to Second Edition. Preface to First Edition. Acknowledgements. Abbreviations. Introduction: Rawls's Original Position. Part I: Communitarian Critiques:. Introduction. 1. Sandel: The Limits of Liberalism. 2. MacIntyre: Morality After Virtue. 3. Taylor: The Sources of the Liberal Self. 4. Walzer: Justice and Abstraction. Concluding Summary. Part II: Rawls's Response. 5. Rawls's Political Liberalism. 6. Political Liberalism and the Communitarian Critique. 7. Political Liberalism: Political or Comprehensive?. Part III: Liberalism, Politics and Neutrality. 8. Rorty: Liberalism Without Foundations. 9. Dworkin: Philosophical Foundations for State Neutrality. 10. Raz: The Politics of Perfection. Conclusion. Bibliography. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Africa Confidential
Book SynopsisUsing its formidable network of correspondents and contacts, Africa Confidential has produced 400 incisive biographies and commentaries on the people who are shaping Southern Africa, ranging from politicians, business people and the military to writers and religious leaders.Trade Review"Patrick Smith, his research-Sherpa Juliet Amissah and the team at the authoritative London-based newsletter Africa Confidential have produced a superb slice of political life in a much-misunderstood region. Apart from its use as a reference tool and contact manual, this book distils four turbulent decades through thumbnail sketches of vital players ... this is a definitive political snapshot of fin-de-siècle Southern Africa." Andrew Manley, Times Literary Supplement Table of Contents1. South Africa Country profile and 120 biographies. 2. Angola Country profile and 60 biographies. 3. Mozambique Country profile and 60 biographies. 4. Zambia Country profile and 80 biographies. 5. Zimbabwe Country profile and 80 biographies. 6. Research and editorial coordination: Juliet Amissah.
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Harvard University Press Constitutional Construction Divided Powers and
Book SynopsisThe American Constitution has a dual nature. The first aspect is the degree to which it acts as a binding set of rules that can be neutrally interpreted and enforced by the courts. But according to Whittington, the Constitution also permeates politics itself, to guide and constrain political actors in the very process of making public policy.Trade ReviewMr. Whittington sees the Constitution not as an immutable legal document but as something more fluid and more mysterious, a powerful and authoritative force which constantly influences political outcomes while itself being subject to politics. Battles over constitutional construction are of course political battles...[and] Mr. Whittington has interesting things to say about the way these conflicts play out. -- Peter A. Jay * Washington Times *Constitutional Construction offers renewed vigor to a tired field and should provoke some fresh thinking by constitutional scholars. -- Jeremy Rabkin * Weekly Standard *This book is an important addition to modern constitutional theory. Whittington brings to life an old but not well understood idea--that constitutional development is the product of judicial interpretation and binding rules and of political practice. -- J. B. Grossman * Choice *Constitutional Construction is a fine example of institutional analysis...displays a fine feel for political nuance and sensitivity to institutional subtlety...shows that is possible to do exceptional political analysis without it becoming legalistic scholarship...[and is] exceptionally well written...Whittington's book demonstrates that political science profits handsomely from history. Political science without history isn't very good political science. And history without political science often amounts to little more than storytelling. The quality of this book's history is every bit as good as the quality of its political science. -- Craig Ducat * Law and Politics Book Review *This is a superb, pathbreaking book that demonstrates the dual nature of constitutional change. Through a subtle analysis of congressional-presidential politics, Whittington convincingly argues that the process by which constitutional meaning is defined is not solely the purview of the Supreme Court and lesser courts. He shows that the Constitution gains meaning as a result of the politics of construction engaged in by political actors seeking political and policy objectives...[Constitutional Construction] is must reading for a wide range of scholars of American institutions and political development, law and courts, history, and American political thought. -- Ronald Kahn * American Political Science Review *A major theoretical contribution to the perennial debate on the...fundamental, recurrent questions in American constitutional law. -- James E. Bond * Humane Studies Review *Whittington's book is among the most important recently published about constitutional theory and history. -- Mark Tushnet * Journal of Interdisciplinary History *Constitutional Construction provides a needed corrective to the works of constitutional theorists who focus solely on jurisprudential issues...Whittington concludes that scholars need to look beyond the courts and recognize the multifaceted nature of the Constitution. -- Michael Ross * Journal of Southern History *Table of ContentsPreface 1. The Political Constitution 2. The Chase Impeachment and Shaping the Federal Judiciary 3. The Nullification Crisis and the Limits of National Power 4. Andrew Johnson and Executive Construction 5. Richard Nixon and the Leadership of the Modern State 6. Building the American Constitution Notes Index
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Harvard University Press Life from an RNA World
Book SynopsisA majority of evolutionary biologists believe that we now can envision our biological predecessors - not the first, but nearly the first, living beings on Earth. This title is about these vanished forebears, sketching them in the distant past just as their workings first began to resemble our own.Trade ReviewLife from an RNA World is an unconventional book about RNA. Rather than opening with the central dogma and attendant teachings on molecular biology, Yarus uses evolution as a gateway. He then takes us on a journey through evolutionary time, concentrating on the roles of the various forms of RNA… [He] is a proficient guide. -- Tim Harris * Nature *Although precise historical details of the particular origin of life on Earth are probably unknowable, most scientists agree that a world existed in which RNA performed the duties of both genes and enzymes. This RNA world in turn evolved into the DNA–RNA–protein world of today. Michael Yarus’s Life from an RNA World offers an engaging introduction to the subject… Recent discoveries make Yarus’s book particularly timely, especially as a light-hearted introduction for scientifically minded readers outside the field. His chatty prose conveys the voice of a tour guide on a journey through the RNA world, introducing essential evolutionary and molecular biology and pointing out must-not-miss attractions. Even members of the origins-of-life community may appreciate his whimsical explanations of familiar phenomena. -- Irene A. Chen * Science *Michael Yarus’ book is a very enjoyable read, be the reader a well informed molecular biologist, or a lay person… Surely this book will highlight and increase the interest in the RNA world; raising the awareness that we are all, after all, the children of RNA. -- Michael Ladomery * Chemistry World *Yarus captivates with skilled character development—but here, the ‘characters’ are the prebiotic molecules that gave rise to everything that has ever lived or is alive today on our planet. -- Thomas Cech, Distinguished Professor, University of Colorado–Boulder, and 1989 Nobel Laureate in ChemistryTable of Contents* Introduction to Your Ancestor * Before We Begin: A Voluntary Chapter * Framing the Problem: The Buffalo and the Bacterium * The Big Tree: No Jackalopes Please * A Dance of Atoms * Allegro Agitato: The Origin of Life * The Winds That Blow through the Starry Ways * Tornados in a Junkyard * Between Genomes and Creatures * A Thumbnail Molecular Biology * RNA Structure: A Tape with a Shape * Intimations of an RNA World * The Experimentally Impaired Sciences * Test Tube RNA Evolution: First Light * Selection Amplification: Interrogating RNA's Possibilities * RNA Duplication: Replicase Activity in Real RNAs * RNA Capabilities and the Origins of Translation * The Quest for the Peptidyl Transferase * A Language Much Older Than Hieroglyphics: The Genetic Code * Assume a Spherical Cow: The Ribocyte * The Future of the RNA World * Lexicon * Index
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Harvard University Press Injury to Insult
Book SynopsisIt is commonplace in contemporary American politics for those who experience economic strain to join together and ask the government for help. The unemployed, by and large, have not done so. In their study, Kay Lehman Schlozman and Sidney Verba look closely at the unemployed and ask why not. Using the results of a large-scale survey supplemented by intensive interviews, the authors consider the political attitudes and behavior of the unemployed: how much hardship they feel, how they interpret their joblessness, what they do about it, how they view the American social order, and how they vote or otherwise take part in politics. The analysis is placed in the context of several larger concerns: the relationship between stress in private life and conduct in public life, the circumstances under which the disadvantaged are mobilized for politics, the changing role of social class in America, and the links between politics and macroeconomic conditions.Trade ReviewMr. Reagan’s economic policy suggests that the new Administration will try to cut the social programs that provide support for the unemployed and underemployed…because he believes that there are so many unemployed in the United States because life is too easy and people do not take work seriously. This book will help him correct this misconception. It will tell him something about the experience of unemployment and the hardship, self-doubt, and anxiety of those who are without work in the United States today. -- Francis Fox Piven * New York Times Book Review *A wide-ranging book about the relationship between class and politics in the United States… In exemplary fashion, the authors bring empirical data to bear on several controversial theoretical questions that have implications for a general understanding of the nature of American politics. -- Harold M. Waller * Canadian Journal of Political Science *A guide to understanding the political consequences of being economically deprived, in general, and being unemployed, in particular. Schlozman and Verba have drawn their map with such care and skill that we will all profit from studying their results and the process of exploration as well… The data for the study are drawn from two parallel telephone surveys of the metropolitan work force which yielded 1,370 respondents of whom 571 were jobless… In the compass of this brief review I cannot adequately reflect the scope of the analyses undertaken… This book is an important sign of progress in the study of political behavior. -- Richard A. Brody * American Political Science Review *
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Harvard University Press Riots and Community Politics in England and Wales
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Harvard University Press Elites and the Idea of Equality
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Harvard University Press Rewired
Book SynopsisSocial media and the always-connected digital life really are undermining our relationships. Carl Marci shows that our phone and Facebook habits aren’t just distractions; they’re altering our brains, harming our ability to communicate intimately. Fortunately, there are ways out. More than a critic, Marci offers solutions for tech-life balance.Trade ReviewEye opening…[Marci] offers suggestions for better dealing with our digital age and the lure these devices have on our brains to affect our attention span, decision making, and the ability to build connections with others. -- Rhonda Lunemann * Technical Communication *Marci is the rare voice who can speak with authority as a psychiatrist, neuroscientist, and practicing consumer psychologist. His diagnosis of the American condition is clear—we are addicted to our digital lifestyles and consequently less connected to each other. I advise everyone who cares about their mental, physical, and financial well-being to read Marci’s lively book and follow his prescriptions for a healthy tech-life balance. -- Michael L. Platt, author of The Leader’s BrainA fascinating and comprehensive look at how technology, media, and information are affecting our brains and our behavior. Marci stresses the importance of the prefrontal cortex in managing our health and well-being, and he shows how our increasing use of and reliance on phones and social media have affected our attention spans, decision making, and ability to build connections with others. -- Elizabeth Johnson, Executive Director of the Wharton Neuroscience Initiative, University of PennsylvaniaExceptional. -- Saurabh Sharma * MoneyControl *
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Princeton University Press Planning in the Public Domain From Knowledge to
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Princeton University Press Remaking Muslim Politics Pluralism Contestation
Book SynopsisExamines the social origins of civil-democratic Islam, its long-term prospects, its implications for the West, and its lessons for our understanding of religion and politics in modern times. This book is a comparative study of Islam and democracy. The contributors are Bahman Baktiari, Thomas Barfield, John R Bowen, Dale F Eickelman, and more.Trade Review"This is a most interesting and serious book on Islam. It is perhaps one of the most scholarly books on the topic since September 11."--As'ad AbuKhalil, Perspectives on Politics "Remaking Muslim Politics remains ... an important work. It captures the wide breadth of civic-democratic Islamic voices with exhaustive detail in cross-national contexts."--Sean L. Yom, American Journal of Islamic Social SciencesTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Note on Transliteration ix Contributors xi CHAPTER 1: Introduction: Modernity and the Remaking of Muslim Politics by Robert W. Hefner 1 CHAPTER 2: New Media in the Arab Middle East and the Emergence of Open Societies by Dale F. Eickelman 37 CHAPTER 3: Pluralism, Democracy, and the 'Ulama by Muhammad Qasim Zaman 60 CHAPTER 4: The End of Islamism? Turkey's Muslimhood Model by Jenny B.White 87 CHAPTER 5: Dilemmas of Reform and Democracy in the Islamic Republic of Iran by Bahman Baktiari 112 CHAPTER 6: Thwarted Politics: The Case of Egypt's Hizb al-Wasat Augustus by Richard Norton 133 CHAPTER 7: Rewriting Divorce in Egypt: Reclaiming Islam, Legal Activism, and Coalition Politics by Diane Singerman 161 CHAPTER 8: Empowering Civility through Nationalism: Reformist Islam and Belonging in Saudi Arabia by Gwenn Okruhlik 189 CHAPTER 9: An Islamic State Is a State Run by Good Muslims: Religion as a Way of Life and Not an Ideology in Afghanistan by Thomas Barfield 213 CHAPTER 10: Islam and the Cultural Politics of Legitimacy: Malaysia in the Aftermath of September 11 by Michael G. Peletz 240 CHAPTER 11: Muslim Democrats and Islamist Violence in Post-Soeharto Indonesia by Robert W. Hefner 273 CHAPTER 12: Sufis and Salafis: The Political Discourse of Transnational Islam by Peter Mandaville 302 CHAPTER 13: Pluralism and Normativity in French Islamic Reasoning by John R. Bowen 326 Index 347
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Princeton University Press Why Wilson Matters
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A painstaking, take-no-prisoners attack on those who believe that America's historical experience can be duplicated everywhere... This makes for powerful reading."--Robert Kaplan, Wall Street Journal "A valiant effort to assert that Woodrow Wilson's view of how America should relate to the world has relevance today... Smith performs a service to readers looking to place current domestic political developments in historical context."--Publishers Weekly "[Smith] wants to reclaim Wilson's historical memory to bolster the very idea of liberal internationalism, which he correctly considers under assault. For Smith, the problem is not that the United States stands for liberal values and seeks to promote democracy abroad; for too many, doing so has become synonymous with military force and overthrowing governments. The association of Wilson's precepts with the recent wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya has caused many to question the wisdom of a vigorous American role in the world. The result, Smith argues, is that 'neo-Wilsonianism sabotaged the very tradition from which it had emerged.'"--Derek Chollet, The National InterestTable of ContentsPreface xi Introduction Know Thyself: What Is "Wilsonianism"? 1 PART I THE ESSENTIAL WILSON: WILSON'S WILSONIANISM 1 Woodrow Wilson on Democracy Promotion in America 31 2 Democracy Promotion through Progressive Imperialism 65 3 Democracy Promotion through Multilateralism 95 4 Wilson's Wilsonianism 130 PART II WILSONIANISM AFTER WILSON 5 Wilsonianism: The Construction of an American Vernacular 147 6 The Rise of Neo-Wilsonian Theory 182 7 From Theory to Practice: Neo-Wilsonianism in the White House, 2001-2017 235 Conclusion Reviving Liberal Internationalism 276 Acknowledgments 291 Notes 295 Index 321
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Princeton University Press Making and Marketing Arms The French Experience
Book SynopsisFrance ranks as the world's third largest arms exporter and supplies arms and military technology to over a hundred countries. This book exposes the compelling aims and interests--national independence, security, economic welfare, foreign influence, grandeur--that explain the nation's successes in arms production and transfers. Originally publisheTable of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*LIST OF FIGURES, pg. ix*LIST OF TABLES, pg. x*PREFACE, pg. xiii*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. xviii*ABBREVIATIONS, pg. xxi*Chapter 1. From the Beginning through the Fourth Republic, pg. 1*Chapter 2. The Fifth Republic: National Independence, Military Autonomy, and a New World Order, pg. 54*Chapter 3. Economic and Technological Incentives to Make and Sell Arms, pg. 133*Chapter 4. National Champions and the French Fifth Republic, pg. 211*Chapter 5. The Politics of Arms Transfers: The Arms Oligarchy and Democratic Norms, pg. 239*Chapter 6. The Nation-State System and Modernization: Drive Wheels of Militarization, pg. 299*Chapter 7. Arms Transfers as Aim and Instrument, pg. 332*Chapter 8. Making and Marketing Arms: A Rational Strategy and an Irrational International System, pg. 395*NOTE ON SOURCES, pg. 409*APPENDIX A: French Arms Exports by Regions, Countries and Major Weapon Categories: 1960-1983, pg. 416*APPENDIX B: Selected Major Weapons Systems by Recipient Country: 1950-1983, pg. 432*APPENDIX C: Major Conventional Weapons Systems Delivered to the Third World by Major Suppliers, 1972-1981, pg. 436*APPENDIX D: Regional Distribution of Major Weapons Systems by Suppliers, 1972-1976, 1977-1981, pg. 442*NOTES, pg. 447*INDEX, pg. 499
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Princeton University Press Equality and Education Federal Civil Rights Enforcement in the New York City School System
Book SynopsisUsing an innovative blending of ideological, implementation, and comparative institutional analysis, this book takes the New York City case as a springboard for assessing the role of an executive agency in making and implementing egalitarian policies. Originally published in 1985. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technTable of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. ix*ABBREVIATIONS, pg. xi*INTRODUCTION. A Case Study Through Three Lenses, pg. 1*CHAPTER ONE. American Egalitarian Ideology, pg. 15*CHAPTER TWO. Equality and the Courts, pg. 27*CHAPTER THREE. Equality and the Congress: The Legislative History of Title VI and ESAA, pg. 38*CHAPTER FOUR. The Historical Background, pg. 55*CHAPTER FIVE. Faculty Hiring and Assignment, pg. 69*CHAPTER SIX. Student Services, pg. 113*CHAPTER SEVEN. The Egalitarian Ideological Perspective, pg. 137*CHAPTER EIGHT. The lmplementation Perspective, pg. 151*CHAPTER NINE. The Comparative Institutional Perspective, pg. 171*CHAPTER TEN. Conclusions, pg. 197*APPENDIX A. List of Major Interviews, pg. 203*APPENDIX B. Survey Questionnaire, pg. 208*NOTES, pg. 217*INDEX, pg. 331
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Princeton University Press Muslim Law Courts and the French Colonial State
Book SynopsisAllan Christelow examines the Muslim courts of Algeria from 1854, when the French first intervened in Islamic legal matters, through the gradual subordination of the courts and judges that went on until World War I. Originally published in 1985. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previoTable of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*PREFACE, pg. vii*CONTENTS, pg. ix*LIST OF TABLES, pg. xiii*TRANSCRIPTION OF ARABIC, pg. xv*NOTE ON ABBREVIATIONS, pg. xvi*GLOSSARY, pg. xix*INTRODUCTION, pg. 1*1. The Geographical and Historical Context and the Lines of Institutional Change, pg. 28*2. Saintly Justice: the Majlis of Mascara, 1853-1856, pg. 43*3. The Urban Milieu: Social "Decadence" and its Judicial Underpinnings, pg. 82*4. Muslim Legists and the "Moral Conquest", pg. 107*5. Intervention and Crisis, 1854-1859, pg. 134*6. From Crisis to Rebellion to Compromise, 1860-1866, pg. 165*7. Those Who Succeeded, pg. 188*8. Toward a Definitive Compromise: Politics and the Muslim Court Question in the 1880s, pg. 223*9. The Aftermath: Algerians as Colonialists and Frenchmen as 'Ulama, pg. 244*CONCLUSION, pg. 262*BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES, pg. 275*ARCHIVAL SOURCES, pg. 283*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 290*INDEX, pg. 303
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Princeton University Press Negotiating Peace War Termination as a Bargaining Process
Book SynopsisThis work draws on insights from the experimental and theoretical literature on bargaining to provide a much-needed comprehensive treatment of the neglected subject of how wars end. In a study of how states simultaneously wage war and negotiate peace settlements, Paul R. Pillar argues that war termination is best understood as a bargaining process.Table of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*TABLES AND FIGURES, pg. xi*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. xiii*INTRODUCTION, pg. 1*CHAPTER ONE. Patterns of War Termination, pg. 11*CHAPTER TWO. The Opening of Negotiations, pg. 44*CHAPTER THREE. The Dynamics of Concession, pg. 90*CHAPTER FOUR. The Military Instrument, pg. 144*CHAPTER FIVE. The Diplomatic Response to Military Activity, pg. 196*CHAPTER SIX. The Manipulation of Multiple Issues, pg. 221*CHAPTER SEVEN. War Termination in Theory and Practice, pg. 236*APPENDICES, pg. 245*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 259*INDEX, pg. 277
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Princeton University Press Capitalist Control and Workers Struggle in the Brazilian Auto Industry 5091 Princeton Legacy Library 5091
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Princeton University Press Law in Diplomacy
Book SynopsisIn this lively and informative volume Professor Corbett examines the role of law in the relations of nations, focusing on American, British, and Russian diplomacy. In case studies from 1585 to 1958 he considers the reasons why nations appeal to universal norms, traces the growth of a distinct body of rules appropriate to intergovernmental affairs,Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*FOREWORD, pg. v*PREFACE, pg. vii*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. ix*CONTENTS, pg. xi*ABBREVIATIONS, pg. xii*CHAPTER I. BRITAIN AND ITS L AW OF NATIONS, pg. 1*CHAPTER 2. ENTER T H E UNITED STATES, pg. 38*CHAPTER 3. THE SOVIET DILEMMA, pg. 83*CHAPTER 4. MARE LIBERUM AND MARE CLAUSUM, pg. 110*CHAPTER 5. THE DIPLOMACY OF ARBITRATION, pg. 136*CHAPTER 6. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION, pg. 187*CHAPTER 7. HUMAN RIGHTS AND WORLD COMMUNITY, pg. 251*CHAPTER 8. CONCLUSIONS, pg. 271*INDEX, pg. 279
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Princeton University Press The Liberals and J. Edgar Hoover Rise and Fall of a Domestic Intelligence State
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Princeton University Press The Poor in Court The Legal Services Program and Supreme Court Decision Making 3387 Princeton Legacy Library
Table of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Preface, pg. ix*List of Tables, pg. xi*CHAPTER ONE. Introduction: Access to the U.S. Supreme Court, pg. 1*CHAPTER TWO. Philosophies of Legal Assistance and Access to the Courts, pg. 16*CHAPTER THREE. Appealing to the Supreme Court, pg. 39*CHAPTER FOUR. Getting on the Court's Decision Agenda, pg. 70*CHAPTER FIVE. Decision Making in LSP Cases, pg. 98*CHAPTER SIX. The LSP's Role in the Development of Law, pg. 123*CHAPTER SEVEN. Conclusion: Litigants, the Court, and Democracy, pg. 148*APPENDIX A: Research Methods, pg. 161*APPENDIX B: LSP Review and Success Rates by Year, 1966-1974 Terms, pg. 166*APPENDIX C: Review and Success Rates of Selected Groups before the Supreme Court, pg. 167*APPENDIX D: LSP Cases Remanded, pg. 170*APPENDIX E: Agreement Rates between Justices in LSP Cases and the Court's Entire Docket, 1966-1974 Terms, pg. 172*Bibliography, pg. 173*Table of Cases Cited, pg. 191*Index, pg. 199
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Princeton University Press Global Bargaining UNCTAD and the Quest for a New
Book SynopsisTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Preface, pg. ix*List of Abbreviations, pg. xv*Introduction, pg. 1*Chapter 1. The Quest for Settlements in the North-South Arena, pg. 9*Chapter 2. The Commodity Debate, pg. 39*Chapter 3. The Integrated Program for Commodities, pg. 58*Chapter 4. Commodity Bargaining, pg. 103*Chapter 5. UNCTAD and the Institutional Crisis, pg. 169*Chapter 6. Institutional Reform: Is What is Possible Sufficient?, pg. 217*Chapter 7. The Quest for Rules In the North-South Arena, pg. 240*Index, pg. 281
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Parliaments and Pressure Groups in Western Europe
Book SynopsisPressure groups are fundamental to pluralist societies. But what is the relationship between those groups and parliaments? This work explores the links between parliaments and pressure groups, assessing the extent and impact of the contact that occurs. Is pressure group activity beneficial to parliament? And what are the implications for the political system?Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction:Putting Pressure on Parliaments, Philip Norton; Chapter 2 The United Kingdom: Parliament Under Pressure, Philip Norton; Chapter 3 Germany: Bundestag and Interest Groups in a ‘Part y Democracy’, Thomas Saalfeld; Chapter 4 Parliament and Pressure Groups in Italy, Vincent Della Sala; Chapter 5 Belgium: Insider Pressure Groups in an Outsider Parliament, Lieven De Winter; Chapter 6 The Netherlands: Parliamentary Part ies Rival with Pressure Groups, M.EC.M. Van Schendelen; Chapter 7 Parliaments and Pressure Groups: The Irish Experience of Change, Eunan O'halpin, Eileen Connolly; Chapter 8 The European Parliament: Getting the House in Order, Mark E Shephard; Chapter 9 Conclusion: Conflicting Pressures, Philip Norton;
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Manchester University Press Citizenship identity and immigration in the
Book SynopsisNow available in paperback, this volume blends normative political theory with European integration, and develops an original theoretical framework for European Union citizenship, identity and immigration as well as a set of policy proposals for institutional reform. -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction1. European identity 2. The institutional construction of European identity 3. New horizons, old constraints and the Amsterdam compromise 4. In search of a theory 5. Constructive citizenship in the European Union6. Schengenland and its alternative 7. European identity in praxis: From the land ethic to an ethic of dwelling ConclusionIndex
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Manchester University Press Workers and Revolution in Serbia
Book SynopsisAnalyses the role of workers both in Titoâs Yugoslavia and in the subsequent Serbian revolution against MiloÅevic in October 2000 -- .Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. The Tito years 3. Serbia in the world economy 4. Neoliberalism imposed 5. The workers’ movement 6. Serbia’s new period of crisis Serbia timeline References Index
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Manchester University Press New Mobilities in Europe Polish Migration to
Book SynopsisThis book examines Polish migration to Ireland in the context of ‘new mobilities in Europe’. It includes detailed accounts of the working lives of a group of mainly skilled Polish migrants in Dublin, and traces their careers and aspirations as Ireland moved from ‘boom to bust’.Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction1. New mobilities in Europe today2. Researching migration: A Qualitative panel study and workplace studies3. From ‘boom to bust’: Polish migrants in the Irish labour market4. Routes into employment: migrant aspirations and employer strategies5. Employment conditions and the culture of work6. ‘Boundaryless careers’: mobility across organisations and nations 7. Worklife connections: ‘technologies of mobility’ and transnational lives8. Looking back: worklife pathways in a boom-to-bust economyConclusionAppendicesBibliography
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Manchester University Press Governing Europes Spaces European Union
Book SynopsisThe book constructs a case for re-imagining Europe – not as an entity in Brussels or a series of fixed relations – but as a simultaneously real and imagined space of action which exists to the extent that Europeans and others act in and on it.Table of ContentsIntroduction – Caitríona Carter, Richard Freeman and Martin LawnPart I: Spaces revisited1. Performing Europe: backstage versus frontstage politics in the European Parliament – Ruth Wodak2. Interpreting Europe: mainstreaming gender in DG Research, European Commission – Rosalind CavaghanPart II: Spaces reconciled3. Modelling Europe: the political properties of impact assessment – Diego de la Hoz4. Referencing Europe: usages of Europe in national identity projects – Jenny Ozga and Farah ShaikPart III: Spaces revealed 5. Consulting to Europe: knowledge agents and the building of Europe – Bruce Ross6. Measuring Europe: making sense of Europe through data and statistics – Sotiria Grek and Martin Lawn7. De-politicizing Europe: collective private action and sustainable Europe – Caitríona CarterIndex
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Manchester University Press The European Unions policy towards Mercosur
Book SynopsisThis book provides a distinctive and empirically rich account of the European Union's relationship with the Common Market of the South (Mercosur) and the motivations that determine the EU's policy towards Mercosur. -- .Table of Contents1 Introduction: the study of European Union relations with Mercosur2 Analytical framework: relations between the European Union and Mercosur3 European Union policy-making towards Mercosur4 Non-institutionalized relations between the EU and Mercosur5 The most productive years of EU-Mercosur relations 6 The first attempt to negotiate the association agreement 7 The second attempt to negotiate the association agreement8 Lessons to be learned from EU policy towards Mercosur
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Hachette Australia On Politics and Stuff
Book SynopsisThis book is quite possibly the most comprehensive book on Australian politics ever written. That''s right, it covers BOTH houses of parliament.We''ll take you inside the halls of power. And if we can''t actually get inside because of security, we''ll do some very fun speculating on what might be in there.One thing we know for sure is that this book is unputdownable. Something went wrong with the printing and it''s all sticky.
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