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Simon & Schuster Hardball How Politics is Played Told by One Who
Book SynopsisExplains behind-the-scenes techniques used in politics; discusses alliances, enemies, deals, and reputations; and shares anecdotes about top politicians.
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Simon & Schuster Libertarianism
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Princeton University Press Political Parties and the State
Book SynopsisA collection of Martin Shefter's articles on political parties. The articles in this work address three questions: Under what conditions will strong party organizations emerge? What influences the character of parties? In what circumstances will the parties that formerly dominated politics in a nation or city come under attack?Trade Review"Shefter's is a unique voice in the study of American politics. [He] offers an original and rich perspective on American political development by pointing to the ways parties and the state shaped the timing and form of political incorporation of key social groups."—Margaret Weir, The Brookings InstitutionTable of ContentsList of Tables and FiguresPrefaceCh. 1Political Parties and States3Pt. IParty and Patronage in Europe and America19Ch. 2Patronage and Its Opponents: A Theory and Some European Cases21Ch. 3Party, Bureaucracy, and Political Change in the United States61Pt. IIEconomic Interests and Political Organization in the United States99Ch. 4Trade Unions and Political Machines: The Organization and Disorganization of the American Working Class101Ch. 5Regional Receptivity to Reform in the United States169Pt. IIIPolitical Parties and Political Control195Ch. 6Political Incorporation and Political Extrusion: Party Politics and Social Forces in Postwar New York197Ch. 7New York City's Fiscal Crisis: Countering the Politics of Mass Mobilization233Notes259Author Index293Subject Index297
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Princeton University Press Must Global Politics Constrain Democracy
Book SynopsisAs each power vies for its national interests on the world stage, how do its own citizens' democratic interests fare at home? The author shows that all the major versions of realism and neo-realism, if properly stated with a view of the national interest as a common good, surprisingly lead to democracy.Trade Review"Gilbert's volume is a refreshingly original and provocative work that will receive a good deal of attention in both the United States and Europe."—George W. Downs, Princeton UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgments xv Introduction Power Politics, Antiradical Ideology, and the Constriction of Democracy 3 1. Realism, Democratic Peace, and Democratic Internationalism 3 2. The Ancient Critique of Pride and Modern Democratic Internationalism 12 3. The Trajectory of the Argument 15 Table 1: How Realism Leads to Democracy 21 PART ONE: DEMOCRATIC INTERNATIONALISM AS AN INTERNAL CRITIQUE OF NEOREALISM AND REALISM 23 Chapter One Must Global Politics Constrain Democracy? 25 1. A Neglected Theoretical Debate 26 2. The Kinship of Official Realism and Dependency 32 3. Is Krasner's "National Interest" Defensible? 34 4. Sophisticated Neorealism versus Democratic Internationalism 41 S. Gilpin's Restoration of Great-Power Rivalry 44 6. Keobane's Liberalism: Are Contemporary Regimes Cooperative? 49 7. An Internal, Doyle-Keohane Version of the Democratic-Peace Hypothesis 54 8. Internationalism, Feminism, and Postmodernism versus Predatory Realism 57 9. Democracy as an Anomaly for Realism 58 Table 2: A Modification of Table 1: Neorealism versus Democratic Internationalism 61 Table 3: A Keobane-Doyle Version of the Democratic-Peace Hypothesis, Realism, and Democratic Internationalism from Below 64 Chapter Two Crossing of the Ways: The Vietnam War and Realism in Morgenthau, Niebuhr, and Kennan 66 1. Forgetfulness about Morgenthau 66 2. How to Extract Kissinger from Morgenthau 69 3. Ethical Contradictions about "Power" 73 4. A Realism Consistent with Morgenthau's Stand on Vietnam 76 S. Democratic Criticism, Oligarchic Persecution 79 6. Morgenthau's Mistaken Celebration of Lincoln's Statism 87 7. "Things That Are Not" and -Things That Are 89 8. Exile from the "King's Chapel" 96 9. "Our Military-Industrial Addiction": Kennan's 1984 Reformulation of American Diplomacy 106 10. Social Science and Moral Argument 110 Table 4: Morgenthau's, Niebuhr's, and Kennan's Realisms and Democratic Internationalism 112 PART TWO: FORGOTTEN SOURCES OF DEMOCRATIC INTERNATIONALISM 119 Chapter Three "Workers of the World, Unite!": The Possibility of Democratic Feedback 121 1. Global Inequalities and Domestic Repression 121 2. Marx's First Version of Democratic Internationalism: The Revolution of 1848 124 3. The Heroism of the English Workers: Abolition versus Cotton 127 4. International Strike Support 130 S. The Sepoy Rebellion and English Dissensions 131 6. Marx's Second Version of Democratic Internationalism: Ireland as the Key to English Radicalism 133 7. Contemporary Implications I: Algeria, Mozambique, and Rebellion inside the Colonial Power 137 8. Contemporary Implications II: Immigration in California and Europe, and International Redistribution 139 9. The Economic, Social, and Political Consequences of Exploitation 142 Table 5: A Contrast of Democratic and Antidemocratic Feedback 146 Chapter Four Democratic Imperialism and Internal Corruption 148 1. American Political "Science" and Athenian Democracy 148 2. Integrity and Democracy: Thucydides versus Hobbes 1 152 3. Socrates', Thucydides', and Hobbes's Differing Responses to Hubris 156 4. Hobbes against Athens 159 5. Official "Realism" as Corruption: Thucydides versus Hobbes 11 161 6. The Official Realist Misinterpretation of Melos 167 7. War between Democracies: The Syracusan Defeat of Athens 170 8. Thucydides through the Lens of Vietnam 172 Table 6: Why Democracy and Public Corruption Are Central for Thucydides and Anomalies for Hobbes and Neorealism 176 PART THREE: DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY AND "GAMBLING FOR RESURRECTION" 181 Chapter Five Deliberation as a Medium for Internationalism 183 1. Internationalism versus Pluralism 183 2. The Narrowing of American Oligarchy 186 3. Democratic Deliberation and Moral Controversy 187 4. Conscience and the Limits of Public Deliberation 189 S. Experiments in Nonviolence 192 6. Civil Disobedience, Referenda and Abolition of Secret Police 194 7. The Fair Value of Liberty 200 8. Globalization and Cosmopolis 205 9. Iraq, "Monicagate," and Secretary Annan 213 10. The Abolition of War 216 11. Revolution in a World without War 217 12. Won't Leadership in a Democratic Movement Eventually Become Problematic? 219 13. A Democratic Realist Criticism and an Internationalist Rejoinder 220 14. The Erosion of Reform and Democratic Movements 221 Notes 223 Bibliography 279 Index 295
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Princeton University Press Does Conquest Pay The Exploitation of Occupied
Book SynopsisCan foreign invaders successfully exploit industrial economies? This work demonstrates that expansion can, in fact, provide rewards to aggressor nations. It argues that invaders can exploit industrial societies for short periods of time and can maintain control and economic performance over the long term.Trade Review"An outstanding piece of multilingual historical and economic research in the service of social science."--Foreign Affairs "This close study of five major occupations (including the Nazi, Japanese, and Soviet empires) concludes that conquest pays handsomely. The costs are low; the benefits potentially large. This is a valuable analysis, of significance for strategic study of the 20th century, and of disturbing implications for architects of the current international system."--The Virginia Quarterly Review of HistoryTable of ContentsList of Figures and TablesPreface and AcknowledgmentsCh. 1Does Conquest Pay?3Ch. 2When Does Conquest Pay?18Ch. 3Nazi-Occupied Western Europe, 1940-194436Ch. 4Belgium and Luxembourg, 1914-191869Ch. 5The Ruhr-Rhineland, 1923-192487Ch. 6The Japanese Empire, 1910-194599Ch. 7The Soviet Empire, 1945-1989120Ch. 8The Spoils of Conquest146Notes159Works Cited209Index243
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Princeton University Press The Populist Paradox
Book SynopsisA study of how money and interest group power actually affect direct legislation, this book reveals that big spending does not necessarily mean big influence. This book is a theoretical and empirical contribution to our understanding of the role of citizens and organized interests in the American legislative process.Trade Review"Gerber's key finding—that citizen interest groups are more effective in using the initiative to alter the status quo, and that economic groups are more effective at preserving it—is an important amendment to the popular perception that interest groups now control the initiative process."—Bruce E. Cain, University of California, Berkeley"The questions raised in The Populist Paradox are fundamental to our understanding of elections and representation and to the roles of citizens, organized interests, and elected officials. The book is well written and extremely well organized."—Frank R. Baumgartner, Pennsylvania State UniversityTable of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables xi Acknowledgments xiii 1. What Is the Populist Paradox? 3 A Theory of Interest Group Influence 6 Motivation: The Study of Interest Group Influence 10 Justification: Why Study Direct Legislation? 15 Plan of the Book 19 2. Interest Group Choice 21 Forms of Influence 21 Interest Group Choice 27 Achieving Influence 30 Summary and Conclusions 36 3. Direct Legislation Hurdles 37 Achieving Direct Modifying Influence 38 Achieving Direct Preserving Influence Achieving Indirect Modifying Influence 50 Achieving Indirect Preserving Influence: Opposing an Initiative to Signal the Legislature 52 Behavioral Hurdles 52 Summary and Conclusions 58 4. Group Characteristics and Resources 59 Monetary and Personnel Resources 59 Using Resources to Overcome Hurdles 60 Membership Characteristics 65 Classifying Groups and Their Resources 69 Hypotheses about Motivations and Forms of Influence 71 Summary 75 5. Motivations and Strategies 76 Methodology 76 What Do Groups Say They Do? 80 What Do Groups Actually Do? 93 Summary and Conclusions 100 6.Direct Policy Consequences 101 Direct Policy Consequences 101 Summary and Conclusions 119 7. Indirect Policy Consequences 121 State Policy Differences 122 Summary and Conclusions 136 8.The Populist Paradox: Reality Or Illusion? 137 Economic Group Limitations 137 Citizen Group Dominance 140 Implications for the Study of Direct Legislation 140 Implications for the Study Of Interest Group Influence 141 Positive versus Normative Implications 142 A Final Assessment 146 Appendixes 147 A. Direct Legislation Institutions 147 B. Survey Of Organizations 152 References 159 Index 165
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Princeton University Press The Politics of Economic Adjustment International
Book SynopsisIn the 1980s some developing countries adopted orthodox market-oriented policies in response to international economic crises, others experimented with alternative programs, and still others failed to develop coherent adjustment strategies of any sort. This title examines the role of the state in the adjustment process.Trade Review"An impressive effort to summarize the political legacy of economic reform, and to clarify the elusive relationship between political transition and economic change. In its comparative breadth and theoretical depth, this volume has few peers in the contemporary literature in comparative political economy."--American Political Science ReviewTable of ContentsList of Figures and TablesContributorsPrefaceIntroduction: Institutions and Economic Adjustment3Pt. IInternational ConstraintsCh. 1International Influence on Economic Policy: Debt, Stabilization, and Structural Reform41Ch. 2External Influence, Conditionality, and the Politics of Adjustment89Pt. IIThe State and the Politics of AdjustmentCh. 3The State as Problem and Solution: Predation, Embedded Autonomy, and Structural Change139Ch. 4The Heart of the Matter? Public Enterprise and the Adjustment Process182Pt. IIIDistributive PoliticsCh. 5Poverty, Equity, and the Politics of Adjustment221Ch. 6The Political Economy of Inflation and Stabilization in Middle-Income Countries270Pt. IVConclusionCh. 7Economic Adjustment and the Prospects for Democracy319Index351
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Princeton University Press Liberalisms Crooked Circle
Book SynopsisExplores how the virtues of socialism, including its moral stand on social justice, can be related to liberalism while overcoming debilitating aspects of the socialist inheritance. This book asks whether liberalism can recognize, appreciate, and manage human difference.Trade ReviewWinner of the 1997 Michael Harrington Award, Caucus for a New Political Science section of the American Political Science Association Winner of the 1996 Lionel Trilling Award, Columbia University "[A] thoughtful and eminently readable contribution to debates about the future of liberalism... [Katznelson] argues for a synthesis of the most progressive elements of political liberalism with the strengths of the socialist critique of capitalism."--William E. Scheuerman, Political Science Quarterly "Liberalism's Crooked Circleis an intellectually rich engagement with two large issues in contemporary liberalism... Historically grounded and sociologically realistic--it is a great success."--The Boston Review of Books "Thoughtful and eminently readable contribution to debates about the future of liberalism... Katznelson's argument is provocative."--Political Science Quarterly "Katznelson's prose style is as elegant as his political stance is sophisticated. This is a subtle, searching examination of liberalism's complicated relationship to concerns about class inequality and social difference."--Library Journal "[An] unusual and inventive work."--Foreign AffairsTable of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. ix*INTRODUCTION: THE CLUB OF THE CROOKED CIRCLE, pg. 3*ONE. "La lutte continue", pg. 29*TWO. The Storehouse of Power and Unreason, pg. 99*Index, pg. 187
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Princeton University Press In the Shadow of Power States and Strategies in
Book SynopsisArgues for the usefulness of formal models in studying international conflict and for the necessity of greater dialogue between modeling and empirical analysis. This book focuses on the insights and intuitions that emerge during modeling, rather than on technical analysis.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2000 Conflict Processes Book Award, American Political Science Association Winner of the 2000 Best Book Award, Political Economy Section of the American Political Science Association One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2000 "Robert Powell enjoys a deserved reputation as the premier formal modeler in the field of international security studies. This book can only enhance that reputation... The book is extremely valuable for the coherence it imposes on previously unintegrated processes."--Glenn Snyder, Political Science Quarterly "A welcome attempt to make the modeling enterprise accessible and understandable to nonpractitioners. Along the way it makes a concise and coherent case for why modeling can increase our understanding of international relations."--Colin Elman, Journal of Cold War StudiesTable of ContentsPreface vii Chapter 1 States and Strategies 3 Chapter 2 Guns, Butter, and Internal Balancing in the Shadow of Power 40 Chapter 3 Bargaining in the Shadow of Power 82 Chapter 4 Bargaining in the Shadow of Shifting Power 115 Chapter 5 Alignment Decisions in the Shadow of Power 149 Chapter 6 Conclusion 197 Appendix 1 Game Trees, Strategies, and Equilibria 225 Appendix 2 The Formalities of the Guns-versus-Butter Model 233 Appendix 3 The Formalities of Bargaining in the Shadow of Power 243 Appendix 4 The Formalities of Bargaining in the Shadow of Shifting Power 272 Appendix 5 The Formalities of the Alignment Model 283 References 291 Index 305
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Princeton University Press The Spectacle of U.S. Senate Campaigns
Book SynopsisLooks at how campaigns actually work, from the framing of issues to media coverage to voters' decisions. Examining contested US Senate races between 1988 and 1992, this work challenges the common wisdom that campaigns are a noisy, symbolic aspect of electoral politics, in which the outcomes are determined mainly by presidential popularity.Trade Review"A welcome addition to a short list of books probing the dynamics of congressional elections."--Choice "The richness of the study's findings combined with its rigor of research design and analysis makes it of equal interest to students of voting behavior and elections and students of Congress. The book is clearly written and the results of statistical analysis are presented in an accessible fashion. It is a major contribution."--Barbara Sinclair, Political Science QuarterlyTable of ContentsList of Figures ix List of Tables xi Acknowledgments xiii PART ONE: UNDERSTANDING AND MEASURING CAMPAIGNS 1 One The Nature of Political Campaigns 3 Two Measuring the Content and Consequences of Political Campaigns 30 PART TWO: THE CAMPAIGN STRATEGIES OF CANDIDATES 41 Three In Order to Win: An Examination of Campaign Strategies 43 Four Attack Politics: Understanding the Determinants of Negative Campaigning 74 PART THREE: THE NEWS MEDIA'S COVERAGE OF CAMPAIGNS 99 Five Deciding What Is News: The Media's Coverage of Senate Campaigns 101 Six The Struggle for Control over the News Media's Agenda: How Candidates Influence the Content and Tone of News Coverage 133 PART FOUR: CITIZENS' REACTIONS TO CAMPAIGNS 161 Seven The Dynamics of Competition: The Impact of the Candidates and the News Media 163 Eight Citizens' Knowledge about U.S. Senate Campaigns 174 Nine How Voters Make Decisions in U.S. Senate Campaigns 206 PART FIVE: CONCLUSIONS 233 Ten Conclusions and Implications 235 Appendixes 245 A. Interview Schedule for Successful Incumbents 247 B. Political Advertising Code Sheet 251 C. Sample of Newspapers 255 D. Newspaper Content Analysis Code Sheet 257 References 263 Index 275
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Princeton University Press OpenEconomy Politics The Political Economy of
Book SynopsisCoffee is traded in one of the few international markets ever subject to effective political regulation. This work explores the origins, the operations, and the collapse of the International Coffee Organization, an international "government of coffee" that was formed in the 1960s. It is aimed at those interested in "the new institutionalism".Trade ReviewOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1997 "[The] analysis is from the perspective of new institutional economics, as the book straddles the fault lines between, on the one hand, political developments in Brazil, Colombia, and the United States and, on the other, interest groups in those countries... Bates's approach is therefore innovative... The book is beautifully produced, full of useful data... It will provoke lively debate."--Robert G. Greenhill, Economic History Review "A no-nonsense academic study of the politics of coffee."--Charles Corn, Los Angeles Times Book ReviewTable of ContentsList of Maps and FiguresList of TablesPreface1Introduction32Brazil as Market Maker263Colombia's Entry514The Demand for an Institution: The Producers Maneuver905The Supply of an Institution: United States' Entry1206The Functioning of an Institution: The International Coffee Organization1367Conclusion159Appendix176Notes178Index213
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Princeton University Press The Road to Nowhere The Genesis of President
Book SynopsisInvestigates how managed competition became the Bill Clinton's reform framework, but also illuminates how issues and policies emerge. This book follows Clinton's policy ideas from their initial formulation by policy experts through their endorsement by medical industry leaders and politicians to their inclusion in the proposal itself.Trade ReviewCo-Winner of the 1997 Louis Brownlow Book Award, National Academy of Public Administration "Mr. Hacker brings commendable clarity to a subject that has usually encouraged jargon and convolution."--David Greenberg, The New York Times Book Review "Hacker's assessment is measured and balanced... This book will be read by two audiences: those who are interested in health policy per se and those who are interested in the policymaking process. It is equally instructive for both."--Mary E. Guy, American Political Science Review "As an intellectual history, his narrative is unrivaled... Hacker's book raises many provocative questions ... and it is for that reason that it is immensely valuable."--Flint J. Wainess, Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law "[Hacker] is particularly adept at showing how top policymakers used the media to sell ideas, not just to the public, but to each other... A fascinating portrait."--Julian E. Zelizer, Reviews in American HistoryTable of ContentsContents Preface ix Introduction: The Puzzle 3 Chapter 1. The Rise of Reform 10 Things Fall Apart 12 The Middle Class and National Health Care Reform 16 Media Coverage of Health Care Reform 20 Health Care Reform and the Congressional Agenda 23 Momentum toward Reform in Congress 27 The Impact of the Pennsylvania Election 31 Conclusion 40 Chapter 2. A Prescription for Reform 42 The Influx of Economists into Health Policy Analysis 42 The Neoclassical Critique 45 The Consumer Choice Health Plan and Its Critics 47 A Consumer Choice Health Plan for the 1990s 51 The Birth of the Jackson Hole Group 52 Framing the Jackson Hole Proposal 56 Drafting the Jackson Hole Proposal 60 The Advocacy of the New York Times 63 The Support of Conservative Democrats 67 The President's "Comprehensive Health Care Reform Program" 71 Conclusion 72 Chapter 3. The Liberal Synthesis 76 Liberals and the Long Struggle for Reform 77 From National Health Insurance to Single Payer 82 Health USA and the Liberal Adaptation 87 The Garamendi Plan and the Liberal Synthesis 90 Paul Starr and the Liberal Compromise 95 Conclusion 97 Chapter 4. The Campaign 100 The Early Campaign 101 The Politics of Ambiguity 104 The Politics of Discovery 108 Conclusion 116 Chapter 5. The Plan 117 The Presidential Transition 119 The Task Force 122 Politics, Pressure, and the Plan 129 The Public Campaign 138 Unveiling the Plan 142 Conclusion 149 Conclusion 152 Power and the Public Agenda 153 Ideas and Policy Communities 155 Leadership and Political Innovation 160 The Jackson Hole Proposal and the Rise of a Credible Alternative 162 The Liberal Synthesis 165 The Clinton Plan 166 The Failure of Reform 170 The Promise and the Limits of American Politics 180 Appendix A. Methodology 183 Appendix B. Jackson Hole Participants, 1990-1992 186 Appendix C. California Insurance Commissioner's Health Care Advisory Committee 189 Notes 191 Index 229
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Princeton University Press How Far the Promised Land World Affairs and the
Book SynopsisExplores the relationship between overseas developments and the most important reform movement in modern American history, the struggle for racial justice. This book argues that civil rights leaders were interested in the world beyond America and incorporated their understanding of overseas matters into their reform program.Trade Review"Jonathan Rosenberg, describing 'color-conscious internationalism', demonstrated how the men and women who struggled to win equality for black Americans used world affairs--and especially wars--to advance their cause... Rosenberg does a superb job of analyzing the interplay of world affairs and the quest for racial justice in the United States from 1914 to the 1960s."--Warren I. Cohen, International History ReviewTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi INTRODUCTION: Color-Conscious Internationalism and the Twentieth-Century Struggle 1 PART I: World War I and the Peace Settlement PRELUDE: "Yours for World Democracy": Journeys to Paris 15 CHAPTER ONE: "Let Us Be True to Our Mission": Race Reform and the World War 19 CHAPTER TWO: "The Morning Cometh": The Signi .cance of the Peace 51 PART II: Between the Wars CHAPTER THREE: "From Deep in the Heart of Russia": The Reformers Look Abroad in the 1920s 75 CHAPTER FOUR: "Sounds Suspiciously like Miami": The Turbulent World of the 1930s 101 PART III: From World War II to Vietnam CHAPTER FIVE: "Democracy Should Begin at Home": The Struggle for Equality and the Second World War 131 CHAPTER SIX: "To Help Save the World": Seeking Race Reform,1945 -1950 156 CHAPTER SEVEN: "Struggling to Save America": The Reformers and the World of the 1950s 185 CHAPTER EIGHT: "I've Seen the Promised Land": Triumph and Tragedy in the 1960s 214 POSTLUDE: World Affairs and the Domestic Crusade 229 Notes 235 Index 311
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Princeton University Press Sovereignty Organized Hypocrisy
Book SynopsisThe acceptance of human rights and minority rights, the increasing role of international financial institutions, and globalization have led many observers to question the continued viability of the sovereign state. This book contends that states have never been as sovereign as some have supposed.Trade ReviewOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2000 "Stephen Krasner played a key role in transforming state sovereignty from a neorealist presumption into an object of sustained inquiry. Thus his new book is particularly noteworthy... Keeping different kinds of sovereignty straight is crucial to the study of international relations, whether at the hands of neorealists or constructivists, nonliberal institutionalists, or postmodernists."--Fred H. Lawson, The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science "Krasner stakes out a rigorous and important position. This book is one that must be read by those who have the slightest interest in the history of international relations."--Virginia Quarterly Review "Sovereignty is a powerful and important book, destined to become a standard realist position in the current contexts of globalization and security theory."--ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix CHAPTER ONE Sovereignty and Its Discontents 3 CHAPTER TWO Theories of Institutions and International Politics 43 CHAPTER THREE Rulers and Ruled: Minority Rights 73 CHAPTER FOUR Rulers and Ruled: Human Rights 105 CHAPTER FIVE Sovereign Lending 127 CHAPTER SIX Constitutional Structures and New States in the Nineteenth Century 152 CHAPTER SEVEN Constitutional Structures and New States after 1945 184 CHAPTER EIGHT Conclusion: Not a Game of Chess 220 References 239 Index 255
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Princeton University Press In Defense of a Political Court
Book SynopsisCan the Supreme Court be free of politics? This book argues for an openly political role for the Supreme Court. It asserts that politically motivated constitutional decisionmaking is not only inevitable, it is legitimate and desirable as well. It examines that a political Court possesses instrumental value in American democracy.Trade Review"A lively and original work... I found the book thought provoking, and ... I recommend it highly."--Thomas M. Keck, The Law and Politics Book ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 3 PART 1. The Failure of Contemporary Constitutional Theory 9 1. Conventional Constitutional Theory: The Neutralist Approach 11 2. Constitutional Indeterminacy and Judicial Subjectivity: Critical Legal Studies 36 3. The Skeptics and the Idea of Provisional Review 55 PART II. In Defense of a Political Court 75 Introduction 77 4. The Virtues of Political Motive in Constitutional Decisionmaking: Political Representation 80 5. The Virtues of Political Motive in Constitutional Decisionmaking: A Constrained and Consensus-Seeking Court 133 6. A Political Court and the "Crisis of Legitimacy" 161 7. Democratic Theory Revisited 189 8. Whither the Court and Constitution? 226 Notes 255 Bibliography 321 Table of Cases 359 Index 361
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Princeton University Press Talking to Strangers Improving American
Book SynopsisAddresses the problems that arise not only from a politicized foreign policy process but also from excessive bureaucratization and lack of leadership in the Foreign Service itself.Trade Review"An engaging and delightfully written plea for restoring the role of the professional diplomat in American foreign policy."--Foreign Affairs "[P]rovides an insider's account of the 'practice' of diplomacy--the point where policies from Washington are implemented locally... This is not a long book, but between its covers the author imparts a great deal of wisdom."--Library Journal "Mr. Stearns has given us a thoughtful study of the foreign service, its role in diplomacy and how it may have to operate in the future. Written in admirably lucid prose, it will be of interest to everyone concerned with foreign affairs."--Sol Schindler, The Washington TimesTable of ContentsForewordPrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsCh. 1The New Frontiers of American Diplomacy3Ch. 2The Diplomacy of Reason20Ch. 3The Diplomacy of Doctrine38Ch. 4The Diplomacy of Process55Ch. 5Diplomacy as Representation72Ch. 6Diplomacy as Management92Ch. 7Diplomacy as Communication112Ch. 8Diplomacy as Negotiation132Ch. 9Improving the Reach of American Foreign Policy148Ch. 10Improving the Grasp of American Diplomacy164Notes179Index193
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Princeton University Press Political Theory and International Relations
Book SynopsisPostulates that a theory of international politics should include a revised principle of state autonomy based on the justice of a state's domestic institutions, and a principle of international distributive justice to establish a fair division of resources and wealth among persons situated in diverse national societies.Trade Review"[Beitz] has succeeded in clarifying the agenda of moral debate concerning the relations of states and of their inhabitants."--Terry Nardin, American Political Science Review "Political Theory and International Relations is a fine piece of philosophical criticism and reconstruction that few established philosophers could have written... This is a first-rate book on an issue as fundamental as it is neglected."--Henry Shue, Ethics "This important book deals a deadly blow to the facile assumptions that support the widespread belief that moral judgment is fundamentally inapplicable or inappropriate in matters of foreign policy and international relations."--David V. Edwards, Social Science QuarterlyTable of ContentsPreface vii Introduction 3 Part One. International Relations as a State of Nature 11 1. The Skepticism of the Realists 15 2. The Hobbesian Situation 27 3. International Relations as a State of Nature 35 4. The Basis of International Morality 50 5. From International Skepticism to the Morality of States 63 Part Two. The Autonomy of States 67 1 . State Autonomy and Individual Liberty 71 2. Nonintervention, Paternalism, and Neutrality 83 3. Self-determination 92 4. Eligibility, Boundaries, and Nationality 105 5. Economic Dependence 116 6. State Autonomy and Domestic Social justice 121 Part Three. International Distributive justice 125 1. Social Cooperation, Boundaries, and the Basis of justice 129 2. Entitlements to Natural Resources 136 3. Interdependence and Global Distributive justice 143 4. Contrasts between International and Domestic Society 154 5. The Rights of States 161 6. Applications to the Nonideal World 169 Conclusion 177 Afterword 185 Works Cited 221 Index 237
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Princeton University Press Stuck in Neutral
Book SynopsisAccording to conventional wisdom, big business wields enormous influence over America's political agenda and is responsible for the relatively limited scale of the country's social policies. This book challenges that view, arguing that big business has limited involvement in social policy and in many instances desires broader social interventions.Trade Review"Whether big business has been stuck in neutral or just parked beside issues of secondary interest, Martin's book encourages us to review what we think we know about business and the policy process."--Neil J. Mitchell, GovernanceTable of ContentsACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS xi Introduction 3 ONE Business and the Politics of Human Capital Investment 20 TWO A Century of Business Involvement in Social Provision 65 THREE Nature or Nurture? Company Preferences for National Health Reform 94 Appendix to Chapter Three FOUR On the Bus: Business Organization in Training and Work-Family Issues 139 FIVE The Least-Common-Denominator Business Community: Corporate Engagement with Health Policy 168 SIX United We Stand: Corporate Engagement with Training Policy 190 SEVEN An Affair to Remember: Small Business and the Republican Party against Family Leave 219 EIGHT Implications for Our Economic Future 240 INDEX 257
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Princeton University Press Disarming Strangers
Book SynopsisLooking at how the Korean nuclear crisis originated, escalated, and was ultimately defused, this work explores a web of intelligence failures by the US and intransigence within South Korea and the International Atomic Energy Agency. It pays attention to an American mindset that prefers coercion to cooperation in dealing with aggressive nations.Trade ReviewWinner of the 1998 Book of Distinction on the Practice of Diplomacy, The American Academy of Diplomacy "Sigal makes it disturbingly clear how close the world came to war in Korea in 1994. The product of hundreds of interviews, Disarming Strangers is also the most rigorously detailed account of U.S. policy towards North Korea yet published, and it will remain so for many years... An important and superbly researched book."--Michael J. Mazarr, Survival "This is a thought-provoking and disturbing book on American and North Korean diplomatic relations. Disarming Strangers is also an extremely well-researched study."--Bill Drucker, Korean QuarterlyTable of ContentsPREFACE ix ABBREVIATIONS xiii 1 Uncooperative America 3 A History of Failure 5 Shared Uncertainty, Shared Certitude 10 The Politics of Diplomatic Paralysis 13 PART I: COERCION FAILS 15 2 The Bush Deadlock Machine 17 Dealing with Korean Insecurities 20 North Korea Reciprocates for U.S. Security Assurances 25 "One Meeting Means One Meeting" 32 Ignoring the North's Offer 38 Witnesses for the Prosecution 42 Interregnum Politics. No One Stands Up to Team Spirit 44 3 The Clinton Administration Ties Itself in Knots 52 Coaxing North Korea Part-way Back into the Treaty 55 The Reactor Deal Redux 65 Empty Threats 71 An Empty "Package Deal" 77 Seoul Gets the Shakes 84 4 A "Better than Even" Chance of Misestimation 90 The Collapse of "Super Tuesday" 95 Let Bygones Be Bygones, for Now 108 Stumbling to the Brink 113 5 Deadlock 124 PART II: COOPERATION SUCCEEDS 129 6 Open Covenants, Privately Arrived At 131 Private Contacts With Pyongyang 133 Pyongyang Reaches Out 137 The Hidden Hand in the First Joint Statement 140 Two Foundations Try to Jump-Start Diplomacy 143 Jimmy Carter refuses to Take "No" for an Answer 150 The Carter-Kim Deal 155 The Bushmen Go on Me Warpath 162 7 Getting to Yes 168 Kim Il Sung's Legacy 172 Putting Some chips on the Table 176 The October Agreed Framework 184 Decrying and Defending the Deal 192 The Issue at Kuala Lumpur: What's in a Name? 199 PART III: CONCLUSIONS 205 8 Nuclear Diplomacy in the News--An Untold Story 207 Unfamiliarity Breeds Contempt 208 Explaining News on Nuclear Diplomacy 219 Op-eds and Editorials 223 Possible Consequences of News Coverage 225 9 The Politics of Discouragement 229 No Interest in a Deal 229 The Foreign Policy Establishment 236 10 Why Won't America Cooperate? 244 Realism 246 The Liberal challenge to Realism 250 Cooperating With Strangers 251 Appendixes 255 Appendix I North Korea's Tit-for-Tat Negotiating Behavior 257 Appendix II Key Documents 260 NOTES 265 INDEX 307
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Princeton University Press Strong Societies and Weak States StateSociety
Book SynopsisTrade Review"An important new landmark ... One of the great strengths of this book is that the argument is anchored in a series of case studies built around four countries: Egypt, Sierra Leone, Israel, and Mexico."--Comparative Political Studies
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Princeton University Press Resisting Protectionism Global Industries and the
Book SynopsisWhy didn't the protectionist spiral of the 1920s reappear in the 1970s in light of similar economic and political realities? This title analyzes the growth of international economic interdependence and its effects on trade policy in the United States and France.Trade Review"Why have governments not erected as many trade barriers in the troubled 1970s and 1980s as they did in the 1920s and 1930s? Professor Milner of Princeton University argues that the increased internationalization of business has made many firms in many sectors of industry opponents of protectionism, and that this makes a difference to governments. Her evidence is drawn from six U.S. industries in the 1920s, six U.S. firms in the 1970s. An enormous amount of good work has gone into this valuable study, which is meticulous in its analysis and sensible in its judgments."--Foreign Affairs
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Princeton University Press Policy Making in China
Book SynopsisThe description for this book, Policy Making in China, will be forthcoming.Trade Review"Show[s] the system to be made up of real human beings engaged in high-stakes political activity, impossible to capture on an organization chart... A major work that no serious student of politics should miss."--Michael Gasster, Annals of American Academy of Political & Social Science "The best book yet in the 'doing business in China' category."--Nancy Langston, Far Eastern Economic Review
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Princeton University Press The State against Society Political Crises and
Book SynopsisPresents an analysis of the major political crises in post-1945 East Central Europe: Hungary (1956-63), Czechoslovakia (1968-76), and Poland (1980-89). This book also explores how political crises reshaped party-state institutions, redefined relations between party and state institutions, and modified the political practices of these regimes.Trade ReviewWinner of the 1996 Orbis Polish Book Prize, American Association for the Advancement of Slavic StudiesTable of ContentsPreface and AcknowledgmentsCh. 1Introduction: Political Crises, Mobilization, and Demobilization in East Central Europe3Pt. IThe Political Crisis and Its Aftermath in Hungary, 1956-196337Ch. 2The Party-State and Society during the Hungarian Revolution42Ch. 3The Soviet Invasion and the Defeat of the Revolution65Ch. 4The Political Crisis, Demobilization, and Regime Reequilibration in Hungary99Pt. IIThe Political Crisis and Its Aftermath in Czechoslovakia, 1968-1976121Ch. 5The Party-State and Society during the Prague Spring126Ch. 6The End of Socialism with a Human Face162Ch. 7The Political Crisis, Demobilization, and Regime Reequilibration in Czechoslovakia198Pt. IIIThe Political Crisis and Its Aftermath in Poland, 1980-1989215Ch. 8The Party-State and Society during the Solidarity Period222Ch. 9Poland under Martial Law and After257Ch. 10The Political Crisis and the Failure of Demobilization and Regime Reequilibration283Ch. 11Conclusions: Patterns and Legacies of Political Crisis, Demobilization, and Regime Reequilibration in East Central Europe305Notes331Bibliography405Index431
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Princeton University Press Optimal Imperfection Domestic Uncertainty and
Book Synopsis'Domestic politics matters' has become a rallying cry for international relations scholars over the years, yet the question still remains: Just how does it matter? This book argues that an important part of the international impact of domestic politics springs from the institutional responses to its many uncertainties.Trade Review"George Downs and David Rocke's new book on the intersection of domestic politics and international relations is an important and exciting contribution to the burgeoning game theory literature on the subject. Moving beyond the two-level game metaphor both in terms of analytical rigor and in terms of subject matter, it focuses on how uncertainty about aspects of a state's domestic politics can affect international behavior and institutions."--Andrew Kydd, Political Science QuarterlyTable of ContentsList of Figures ix List of Tables xi Preface xiii 1 The Impact of Uncertainty 3 1.1 Introduction 3 1.2 Realism and Early Rational Choice 9 1.3 The Psychological Tradition 13 1.4 The Institutionalist Tradition 19 1.5 Recent Research 23 1.6 Conclusion 25 2 Game Theory and Uncertainty 27 2.1 Modeling Uncertainty 27 2.2 Games of Incomplete Information 28 2.2.1 Introduction 28 2.2.2 Bayesian Updating 31 2.2.3 Signaling and Reputation 35 2.3 Principal-Agent Models 41 2.4 Trigger Strategies 44 2.5 Conclusion 54 3 Gambling for Resurrection 56 3.1 Introduction 56 3.2 The Theory 59 3.3 The Executive's Dilemma 67 3.4 Gambling for Resurrection 68 3.5 Conclusion 71 3.6 Appendix: Optimal Bayesian Policies 72 4 Optimal Imperfection: GATT and the Uncertainty of Interest Group Demands 76 4.1 Introduction 76 4.2 Modeling Trade Treaties 77 4.3 Treaty Maintenance under Perfect Information 79 4.3.1 Reversionary Strategies 79 4.3.2 Reciprocity and Tit-for-Tat 85 4.4 Interest Group Uncertainty 87 4.5 Asymmetric Preferences 91 4.6 Coping with Nontariff Barriers: U.S. Section 301 93 4.7 Conclusion 99 4.8 Appendixes 101 4.8.1 Assumptions 101 4.8.2 Proof of Proposition 4.1 101 4.8.3 Proof of Proposition 4.2 102 4.8.4 Proof of Proposition 4.3 104 5 Willing but Maybe Not Able: The Impact of Uncertainty about State Capacity 105 5.1 Introduction 105 5.2 An Environmental Model 107 5.2.1 Enforcement Ill 5.2.2 Trigger Strategy 112 5.3 Capacity Uncertainty and Change 114 5.3.1 Capacity Uncertainty 114 5.3.2 Capacity Change 117 5.3.3 Equilibrium Behavior 119 5.4 The Effects of State Capacity Uncertainty 121 5.5 Informational Issue-Linking and a Multivariate Model 123 5.6 Conclusion 125 5.7 Appendixes 127 5.7.1 Normal Mixture Distributions 12 5.7.2 Proof of Proposition 5.1 127 6 Conclusion 130 6.1 Domestic Uncertainty and Institutions 130 6.2 Policy Prescriptions 138 Bibliography 143 Index 155
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Princeton University Press The Return of George Sutherland Restoring a
Book SynopsisSeeks to restore the jurisprudence of the late Justice of the Supreme Court George Sutherland - a jurisprudence anchored in the understanding of natural rights. He is remembered as one of the "four horsemen" who resisted Roosevelt and the New Deal; but we have forgotten his leadership in the cause of voting rights for women.Trade Review"Advocating that the Supreme Court again espouse natural- rightsjurisprudence is an ambitious undertaking, as is attempting to rehabilitate the Supreme Court justice who, for many, personifies the ideas behind substantive due process. Hadley Arkes accomplishes both tasks with rhetorical skill and intellectual tenacity... An important book ... that challenges us to view constitutional rights afresh through the powerful lens of natural law."--Steven J. Eagle, The Wall Street Journal "Clearly and cogently and even dramatically done... Hadley Arkes leads us into the deepest jungles of constitutional thought... His is a stimulating safari."--Louis Auchincloss, The New Criterion "Arkes's work is a welcome addition to this emerging body of constitutional thought. If given the attention it deserves, it may well fulfill both objectives embodied in its title."--Judge Alex Kozinski, National ReviewTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsCh. IThe Figure in the Carpet3Ch. IIFrom the Frontier to the Court: The Shaping of a Mind39Ch. IIIA Jurisprudence of Natural Rights51Ch. IVThe Heavenly World of the New Deal Lawyers83Ch. VThe Puzzle of the Commerce Clause119Ch. VIUndoing the Discipline of the Constitution: Delegations of Authority and Independent Counsels159Ch. VII"In This Vast External Realm ... ": The Imperatives of Foreign Policy and the Dissolving of the Constitution196Ch. VIIISutherland and the Mysteries of the Law242Index293
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Princeton University Press Outside Lobbying Public Opinion and Interest
Book SynopsisThis work seeks to clarify why and when interest group leaders in Washigton, USA seek to mobilize the public order to influence policy decisions in Congress. It grants a more important role to the need for interest group leaders to demonstrate popular support on particular issues.Table of ContentsList of FiguresList of TablesPreface1Introduction32Tactics and Strategies283Outside Lobbying as Costly Signaling584Public Opinion and Mobilization785Outside Lobbying as Conflict Expansion1016Lobbying over Trade Policy1337Conclusion155App. AGroups and Persons Interviewed165App. BQuestionnaire for Interest Groups168App. COpinion Questions173App. DA Signaling Model of Outside Lobbying193Bibliography201Index211
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Princeton University Press Defending the National Interest Raw Materials
Book SynopsisThe book's basic analytic assumption is that there is a distinction between state and society. "Defending the National Interest" shows that the problem for political analysis is how to identify the underlying social structure and the political mechanisms through which particular societal groups determine the government's behavior.Trade Review"Defending the National Interest is a major and highly original contribution to the study of American foreign policy and, in particular, to our understanding of the critically important area of national policy toward foreign investment in raw materials."—Robert Gilpin, Princeton University
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Princeton University Press Dependent Development The Alliance of
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This is the most important recent book on economic development written from a Left political perspective... Rare has been the industrial revolution which has equitably benefitted the generation which produced that revolution. What Evans has accomplished in this book is a brilliant analysis of the circumstances in which the most recent version of this kind of alienating development can occur."--The Annals
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Princeton University Press Presidential Selection Theory and Development
Book SynopsisExamining the development of the process of presidential selection, this book contends that many of the major purposes of the selection system as it was formerly understood have been ignored by reformers and modern scholars. It identifies a set of criteria for a selection system and analyzes and evaluates the changes in the selection process.
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Princeton University Press The New Authoritarianism in Latin America
Book SynopsisOffers an overview of the issues of social science analysis raised by the emergence of authoritarianism in Latin America. This book addresses the problem of explaining the rise of bureaucratic authoritarianism. It also includes a glossary and a bibliography.Trade Review"This is an admirable set of essays... One wishes that other conceptualizations in political development would be subjected to the same degree of scrutiny by scholars of this quality."--The Review of Politics "Cogently reasoned and well written, the essays ... Are, without exception, informative and intellectually challenging."--Hispanic American Historical Review
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Princeton University Press Cooperation under Anarchy
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Princeton University Press Planning in the Public Domain From Knowledge to
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Princeton University Press Conquest of Violence The Gandhian Philosophy of
Book SynopsisBy relating what Gandhi said to what he did and by examining instances of satyagraha led by others, this book abstracts from the Indian experiments those essential elements that constitute the Gandhian technique. It explores its distinguishing characteristics and its far-reaching implications for social and political philosophy.Trade Review"If I were asked to recommend two books to introduce the American reader to Gandhi's political thought and activity, I would suggest his Autobiography and Conquest of Violence."--D. Mackenzie Brown, Journal of Asian Studies "Conquest of Violence has two merits: first, it gives us the clearest and most powerful statement to date of the central ideas in Gandhi's political thought; second, it forces us to consider these ideas not as a historical or cultural curiosity but as a challenge to the main body of Western political philosophy."--W. H. Morris-Jones, Pacific Affairs
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Princeton University Press Origins of Containment A Psychological
Book SynopsisThe description for this book, Origins of Containment: A Psychological Explanation, will be forthcoming.Trade Review"One of the more encouraging historiographical developments of recent years has been the dialogue that is beginning to take place between American diplomatic historians and their colleagues in the fields of political science, international relations, and social pathology... Larson's book provides impressive evidence that these interdisciplinary contacts are at last bearing fruit."--John Lewis Gaddis, American Historical Review "A refutation of the idea that nothing remains to be said about the origins of the Cold War. The author offers cogent criticisms of the limitations of revisionist and 'confirmationist' interpretations and then subtly applies a range of theories about the way people think to the behavior of American leaders in the years 1945-1947."--Foreign Affairs "The bulk of the book consists of an intelligent and balanced account of the evolutions of United States policy toward the Soviet Union in the early Truman years. Larson's focus is on the four men--Harry S. Truman, James F. Byrnes, W. Averell Harriman, Dean Acheson--whom she considers the key figures in this evolution... Larson portrays an uncertain, vacillating President who was inarticulate on strategic issues, lacked a coherent philosophy of foreign policy, was unduly impressed by the last person who talked to him, and spent these years in a 'genuine torment of indecision.' ... In general, Larson sees the Cold War belief system as the consequence, not the cause of, the adoption of the containment policy."--Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Political Science Quarterly "Deborah W. Larson's cogent and lucid analysis of the historical origins of containment is presented three-dimensionally. Larson invokes the theoretical tools of the political scientist, historian, and psychologist to demonstrate that no single disciplinary model has sufficient explanatory value. Instead, she offers us a 'composite multidimensional strategy' to explain why the United States embraced Cold War policies in the period following World War II."--Lauren H. Holland, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
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Princeton University Press Constitutional Diplomacy
Book SynopsisChallenging those who accept or advocate executive supremacy in American foreign-policy making, this title proposes that we abandon the supine roles often assigned our legislative and judicial branches in that field. It offers analysis of foreign policy and constitutionalism.Trade Review"Although Constitutional Diplomacywas written before an American line was drawn in the sands of the Arabian Peninsula after Iraq took over Kuwait, it is hard to imagine a book that is more prescient and provocative about the huge military buildup in the Persian Gulf... Glennon writes as if he had a crystal ball that foretold the events ... in the Persian Gulf."--The New York Times
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Princeton University Press Economic Crisis and Policy Choice The Politics
Book SynopsisWhy do some governments respond promptly to signs of economic trouble, while others muddle indecisively for years? In this volume, a number of eminent contributors analyze the politics of adjustment in 13 countries and 19 governments, drawing comparisons across the full set of cases and within clusters selected to clarify specific issues.
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Princeton University Press Moving Targets Nuclear Strategy and National
Book SynopsisLooks more at the operational side of nuclear strategy than previous analysts have done, seeking to bridge the gap between theory and practice.Trade Review"Sagan presents a succinct survey, enriched with original argument, of important themes in the development of U.S. nuclear doctrine in practice (as distinct from academic theory)."—Richard K. Betts, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution"Sagan's critique of U.S. nuclear doctrine is highly intelligent and informative. The case he makes for second-strike counterforce and leadership targeting will be interesting to specialists and lay readers alike. It is the best such effort I have seen. . . . No one who reads this book could fail to emerge much better informed regarding current U.S. nuclear strategy, and why the strategy has developed along the lines it has taken. Such a reader would be much better equipped to understand many aspects of the current nuclear debate, and would be much less prone to reach for sloganistic formulas for change."—Richard H. Ullman, Princeton University
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Princeton University Press Commerce and Coalitions How Trade Affects
Book SynopsisWhy do countries differ so greatly in their patterns of political cleavage and coalition? Extending some basic findings of economic theories of international trade, this title suggests an answer.Trade ReviewWinner of the 1992 Best Book Award of the Political Economy Section of the American Political Science Association "This is a stimulating and thought-provoking book that should attract a wide readership in several disciplines."--American Historical Review
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Princeton University Press Issue Evolution Race and the Transformation of
Book SynopsisThe description for this book, Issue Evolution: Race and the Transformation of American Politics, will be forthcoming.Trade Review"This is one of the most important books in political science to have been published in the post-World War II era. It is a book indispensable for anyone who wishes to understand contemporary American politics and public opinion."--Bernard Grofman, International Journal of Public Opinion Research
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Princeton University Press Strategic Intelligence for American National Sec
Book SynopsisDraws on historical analysis, interviews, and the authors' own professional experience in the intelligence community to provide an evaluation of US strategic intelligence.Trade Review"While covert operations grab the headlines, intelligence analysis, carried out by CIA officers and their colleagues who are more professorial than conspiratorial, is more important to America's security. This is a primer to that analytic function."--Foreign Affairs
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Princeton University Press History and Strategy Studies in Intellectual
Book SynopsisOffers a demonstration of how historical analysis can be brought to bear on the study of strategic issues, and, conversely, how strategic thinking can help drive historical research. This book begins with an overview of strategic thought in America from 1952 through 1966 and ends with a discussion of 'making sense' of the nuclear age.
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Princeton University Press Politics and Jobs The Boundaries of Employment
Book SynopsisAmericans claim a strong attachment to the work ethic and regularly profess support for government policies to promote employment. Why, then, have employment policies gained only a tenuous foothold in the United States? This title highlights two related elements: the power of ideas in policymaking and the politics of interest formation.Trade Review"Politics and Jobs establishes a new landmark in the study of economic and social policies in the United States. Weir's insightful and analytically powerful book will be widely read and cited for years."—William Julius Wilson, University of ChicagoTable of ContentsList of FiguresList of TablesPrefaceAcknowledgmentsList of Abbreviations1Innovations and Boundaries in American Policymaking32Creating an American Keynesianism273Race and Politics of Poverty624Public Employment and the Politics of "Corruption"995The Political Collapse of Full Employment1306Policy Boundaries and Political Possibilities163Notes181Index231
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Princeton University Press Socialist Unemployment The Political Economy of
Book SynopsisArgues that the bloody conflicts that are destroying Yugoslavia stem not so much from ancient ethnic hatreds as from the political and social divisions created by a failed socialist program to prevent capitalist joblessness.Trade ReviewWinner of the 1996 Hewett Prize, American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies "Woodward's argument is big and bold, challenging almost every major interpretation, from capitalist assumptions misapplied in a reform socialist context by outside analysis, to explanations of the sources of Yugoslavia's particular dilemmas and failures, to the meaning of Tito's death in the ungluing of the country. It is intellectual discourse at a high level."--Foreign AffairsTable of ContentsList of Figures and TablesPrefaceCh. 1Introduction: The Paradox of Socialist Unemployment3Ch. 2The Making of a Strategy for Change31Ch. 3Creating a State for Socialist Development64Ch. 4Military Self-Reliance, Foreign Trade, and the Origins of Self-Management98Ch. 5A Republic of Producers164Ch. 6Unemployment191Ch. 7The Faustian Bargain222Ch. 8Slovenia and Foca260Ch. 9Divisions of Labor310Ch. 10Breakdown345Epilogue371Appendix: Statistical Data375Bibliography393Index427
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Princeton University Press Responding to Imperfection The Theory and
Book SynopsisAmendments are, among other things, recognitions of the imperfection of existing schemes of government. This book brings together essays on a range of questions from whether the US Constitution is subject to amendment by procedures other than those authorized by Article V to how change is conceptualized within classical rabbinic Judaism.Trade Review"[A] provocative collection of essays... [A] superb volume."--The Law and Politics Book Review "Sanford Levinson has assembled a sparkling collection of essays on the theory of constitutional amendment. Responding to Imperfection belongs in the library of every student of the Constitution... [An] enthusiastic thumbs-up for this provocative collection of essays... [A] superb volume."--The Law and Politics Book ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgments1Introduction: Imperfection and Amendability32How Many Times Has the United States Constitution Been Amended? (A) < 26; (B) 26; (C) 27; (D) > 27: Accounting for Constitutional Change133Constitutionalism in the United States: From Theory to Politics374Higher Lawmaking635Popular Sovereignty and Constitutional Amendment896The Plain Meaning of Article V1177Amending the Presuppositions of a Constitution1458Merlin's Memory: The Past and Future Imperfect of the Once and Future Polity1639The Case against Implicit Limits on the Constitutional Amending Process19110The "Original" Thirteenth Amendment and the Limits to Formal Constitutional Change21511Toward a Theory of Constitutional Amendment23712The Politics of Constitutional Revision in Eastern Europe27513Midrash: Amendment through the Molding of Meaning307Appendix: Amending Provisions of Selected New Constitutions in Eastern Europe319Contributors325Index327
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Princeton University Press Strong Managers Weak Owners
Book SynopsisDemonstrates that the ownership structure of large U S firms owes its distinctive character as much to politics as to economics and technology. This title addresses issues facing American businesses as they compete in the new international marketplace.Trade Review"Economic theory appeared to predict that the American version [of capitalism, in which firms feed on a huge and liquid stockmarket] should be the most efficient. This view stemmed from [Berle and Means] in The Modern Corporation and Private Property ... [and] held sway for the next fifty years... Roe ... takes this debate a giant step forward. Far from being the inevitable winner of a Darwinian struggle, argues Roe, the Berle-Means corporation owes its existence to American politics, and in particular to a deeply ingrained popular mistrust of concentrated financial power."--The Economist "Roe ... argues persuasively that old-fashioned politics ... play[s] the key role in building a structure of corporate finance... Strong Managers, Weak Owners does for corporate governance what Alfred Chandler's The Visible Hand did for the corporation: makes history essential to understanding current practice and policy."--Robert Teitelman, Institutional InvestorTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroductionPt. IThe Economic Paradigm1Ch. 1Diffuse Ownership as Natural Economic Evolution3Ch. 2Fragmentation's Costs9Pt. IIThe Political Paradigm19Ch. 3Diffuse Ownership as Political Product21Ch. 4A Political Theory26Pt. IIIThe Historical Evidence51Ch. 5Banks54Ch. 6Insurers60Ch. 7Banks Again94Ch. 8Mutual Funds102Ch. 9Pension Funds124Pt. IVThe Contemporary and Comparative Evidence147Ch. 10Takeovers151Ch. 11Corporate Ownership in Germany and Japan169Ch. 12A Small Comparative Test of the Political Theory187Ch. 13Counterpoint I198Ch. 14Political Evolution in Germany and Japan?210Ch. 15Trends in the United States222Ch. 16An American Crossroads226Pt. VPolicy Recommendations231Ch. 17Managers as the Problem?235Ch. 18Short-Term Finance as the Problem?240Ch. 19Industrial Organization as the Problem?248Ch. 20Counterpoint II254Ch. 21Changing the American Ownership Structure?263Conclusion283Bibliography289Acknowledgments309Index311
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