Public administration / Public policy Books
LUP - University of Michigan Press Always at War
Book SynopsisExamines the stories told by a broad cross-section of British society about their country's past, present, and future role in war, using in-depth interviews with 67 diverse citizens. The book brings to the fore the voices of ordinary people in ways typically absent in public opinion research.
£23.70
The University of Michigan Press Fourth Revolution and the Bottom Four Billion
Book SynopsisProducts and services based on advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence and blockchain are normally considered to be for rich consumers in advanced countries. This book demonstrates how marginalized and vulnerable groups, specifically the world’s bottom four billion population, can also benefit from these technologies.Table of Contents List of Illustrations List of Tables List of Boxes Preface and Acknowledgments Abbreviations Part 1: Background and Overview of the Fourth Revolution and the Bottom Four Billion Chapter 1: The Fourth Revolution and the bottom four billion: Key underlying concepts and developments Part 2: Major Fourth Revolution technologies Chapter 2: Artificial intelligence Chapter 3: Blockchain Chapter 4: Remote sensing and satellite imagery Chapter 5: Internet of things* Part 3: The 4R in economic and social developments Chapter 6: Healthcare and pandemic preparedness Chapter 7: The agricultural sector Chapter 8: Finance, banking, and insurance Part 4: Opportunities, challenges, implications and the way forward Chapter 9: Opportunities, barriers and challenges Chapter 10: Economic developmental implications Chapter 11: Social, political and ethical implications Chapter 12: Discussion, conclusion and recommendations Glossary About the Author
£35.10
The University of Michigan Press Evading the Patronage Trap
Book SynopsisWhy have Latin American democracies proven unable to confront the structural inequalities that cripple their economies and stymie social mobility? Brian Palmer-Rubin contends that we may lay the blame on these countries’ systems of interest representation, which exhibit ‘biased pluralism’.Table of Contents List of Abbreviations List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgements Introduction: Interest Organizations and Unequal Development in Latin America Part One: Situating the Analysis Chapter 1: Analytical Approach to Organizations and Policy Representation Chapter 2: Structures of Sectoral Representation in Mexico’s Transition Part Two: Demand Formation in Organizations Chapter 3: Organizational Capacity Chapter 4: Demand-Making for the Lower Classes: Peasant Organizations Chapter 5: Demand-Making for the Middle Classes: Small-Business Organizations Part Three: Incorporation Strategies for Ruling Parties Chapter 6: The PRD and Party Incorporation of Peasant Organizations Chapter 7: The PAN and Party Incorporation of Small-Business Organizations Conclusion: Can Organizations Confront Latin American Oligarchy? Appendix A: Mexican Organizational Survey Appendix B: Career Trajectories for Mexican Governors Appendix C: Analysis of Small-Business Subsidies References
£69.30
LUP - University of Michigan Press Ohio under COVID
Book SynopsisTells the human story of COVID in Ohio, America’s ‘bellwether’ state. Scholars and practitioners examine the pandemic response from multiple angles, and contributors from numerous walks of life offer moving first-person reflections.Trade Review“Ohio under COVID exemplifies a quote by Fissell et al. the editors cite: ‘pandemics are global phenomena, but they are lived locally.’ What better state than Ohio to focus on as it reflects the various geographic and cultural divisions of the larger United States? This open access book provides us with a much-needed example of public health humanities that brings together authors from academia and the community to more deeply examine how the COVID pandemic impacted individuals and institutions at a state and local level.”—Kayhan Parsi, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine“A tour de force, detailing many aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic’s tragic impact in Ohio.”—Mark Cameron, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine“Impressively, the editors have brought together a group of researchers and physicians with a wealth of experience in different fields of study. Ohio is a bellwether state in many ways, and the authors and editors do a very nice job of placing the state in a national and local context.”—Phillip McMinn Singer, University of UtahTable of Contents Just a Sneeze by Molly Jasina Acknowledgments Introduction: COVID’s First Wave in Ohio: National Trends and Local Realities by Vanessa Carbonell, Katherine Sorrels, Danielle Bessett, Lora Arduser, Edward Wallace, and Michelle McGowan Part One: Values in Conflict: Policy, Politics, and Ethics 1. The Leader We Wish We All Had: Ohio, Gender, and the Politics of Public Health by Daniel Skinner and Kathryn Poe — Research Article 2. Mike DeWine, Mask Mandates, and the Value of Moral Philosophy by Jonathan Spelman — Research Article 3. Lessons in Resiliency During a Pandemic: Did We Do Everything We Could? by Zac Ginsberg — Personal Reflection 4. Abortion and the Politics of Care in Ohio During the COVID Pandemic by Hillary Gyuras, Mikaela Smith, Danielle Czarnecki, Alison H. Norris, Michelle L. McGowan, and Danielle Bessett — Research Article 5. Bioethics and Critical Care in the Time of COVID by Mahwish U. Ahmad, Joshua Crites, and Prabalini Rajendram — Research Article 6. Bioethical Considerations in the Age of COVID: The Intersections of Medicine, Science, and Public Health in Ohio by Julie Aultman, Deborah Barnbaum, and Kimberly Garchar — Personal Reflection 7. The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education by Sarah Richter — Research and Reflection Article 8. Remembering Past Pandemics: COVID News Coverage and Remembrance of the 1918 Flu Pandemic by John Lynch, Jordyn Adams, Haley Fite, Blair Kramer, Chris Laycock, Shelby Singh, Rachel Tucker, and Dirichi Umunna — Research Article Part Two: Left Behind: Communities and Individuals under Stress 9. Using Spatial Epidemiology to Better Understand COVID-19 in Ohio by Diego F Cuadros, Chayanika Devi, and Neil Mackinnon — Research Article 10. Prisons, Pandemics, and Personal Responsibility: COVID-19 in Ohio’s Correctional Facilities by Elizabeth Lanphier and M. Forrest Behne — Research and Reflection Article 11. Cincinnati and COVID-19: The Urgent Need for African American Doctors by Edward V Wallace — Research Article 12. Old Problems, New Virus: Ableism in Ohio’s COVID-19 Pandemic Response by Kara B. Ayers — Research and Reflection Article 13. Social Inequality: The Pandemic’s Disparate Impact on Food Insecurity among Marginalized Groups by Monica Adams — Research Article 14. Not Returning to Normalized Injustice: Reflections on Teaching and Learning While Living the Pandemic by Kim E. Nielsen — Personal Reflection 15. Grace and Grief in Uncertain Times: An Account of Love and Dying During COVID-19 by Angie Fitzpatrick — Personal Reflection Afterword: “It’s Not Just the Virus”: Pandemic Lessons from Dr. Amy Acton About the Editors and Contributors Index
£65.50
The University of Michigan Press Fourth Revolution and the Bottom Four Billion
Book SynopsisProducts and services based on advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence and blockchain are normally considered to be for rich consumers in advanced countries. This book demonstrates how marginalized and vulnerable groups, specifically the world’s bottom four billion population, can also benefit from these technologies.Trade Review“Empirical evidence agrees that information and communications technologies have not necessarily benefited the world’s least developed economies, and may have perhaps led to greater disparities. In the emerging Fourth Industrial Revolution, how could technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, remote sensing, and the internet of things be applied so that socioeconomic benefits may accrue to all? Professor Nir Kshetri argues that in order to ensure that the bottom half of humanity also benefit from these transformative innovations, stakeholders must come together to provide the regulatory protection and incentive to the marginalized and vulnerable. Having read a preprint of this book, I recommend it to any serious scholar of ‘tech for good.’” —Ravishankar Sharma, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi Dubai“The ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’ is empowered by the dizzying advancement of modern emerging technologies, which are often deployed with little forethought about their potential adverse consequences on society at-large, and the poorest and most vulnerable in particular. Professor Kshetri delivers an insightful, timely, and relevant perspective about how to move the Fourth Revolution forward without leaving behind the ‘bottom four billion’ in the developing world." —Stephen Wingreen, University of CanterburyTable of Contents List of Illustrations List of Tables List of Boxes Preface and Acknowledgments Abbreviations Part 1: Background and Overview of the Fourth Revolution and the Bottom Four Billion Chapter 1: The Fourth Revolution and the bottom four billion: Key underlying concepts and developments Part 2: Major Fourth Revolution technologies Chapter 2: Artificial intelligence Chapter 3: Blockchain Chapter 4: Remote sensing and satellite imagery Chapter 5: Internet of things* Part 3: The 4R in economic and social developments Chapter 6: Healthcare and pandemic preparedness Chapter 7: The agricultural sector Chapter 8: Finance, banking, and insurance Part 4: Opportunities, challenges, implications and the way forward Chapter 9: Opportunities, barriers and challenges Chapter 10: Economic developmental implications Chapter 11: Social, political and ethical implications Chapter 12: Discussion, conclusion and recommendations Glossary About the Author
£73.10
The University of Michigan Press Decisiveness and Fear of Disorder
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£56.95
The University of Michigan Press The Political Influence of Business in the
Book SynopsisMany citizens, politicians, and political activists voice concern about the political influence of business in the European Union (EU). But do business interests really pull the strings in Brussels? Contrary to expectations, this book shows that business is no more influential than other interests in shaping contemporary EU policies.Trade ReviewThe authors offer a compelling argument about what 'lobbying success' actually is. Organized interests' success should be judged relative to their own original preferences, not simply whether others collectively succeeded in changing or defending the status quo. They support this argument with innovative empirical analyses of interest group activity in Brussels. This will be an essential title for anybody interested in lobbying in the EU and beyond."" - Tim LaPira, James Madison University
£64.95
LUP - University of Michigan Press Friendship in Islamic Ethics and World Politics
Book SynopsisExamines shared moral concepts, philosophical paradigms, and political experiences that can develop and expand multidisciplinary conversations between the Christian West and the Muslim East. By advancing multicultural and interreligious discourses on friendship, this book helps promote actual friendships among diverse cultures and peoples.Trade ReviewFriendship in Islamic Ethics and World Politics is the right book to appear at the right time and in the right place. So, the moment at hand is unique. And the same can be said about the book we see here. I do not know of anything comparable on the horizon." - Gregory Nagy, Harvard University
£69.30
LUP - University of Michigan Press Climate Change Solutions
Book SynopsisExamines proposed solutions to climate change. Drawing from Marx's negative conception of ideology, the authors illustrate how ideology continues to conceal the capital-climate contradiction or the fundamental incompatibility between growth-dependent capitalism and effectively and justly mitigating climate change.
£56.95
The University of Michigan Press American Dove
Book SynopsisArgues that the US is overly reliant on the active use of force and should employ more peaceful foreign policy tools. Rather than relying on loose analogies or common sense, American Dove bases its argument directly on an eclectic mix of academic literature, including realist, liberal, and constructivist theory as well as psychology.
£56.95
University of California Press Government of Paper
Book SynopsisIn the planned city of Islamabad, order and disorder are produced through the ceaseless inscription and circulation of millions of paper artifacts among bureaucrats, politicians, and property owners. What are the implications of such paper mediation of relationships among people, things, places, and purposes? This book explores this question.Trade Review"A must read." -- Mohammad A. QadeerMohammad A. Qadeer Dawn.comTable of ContentsLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION Writing of the Bureaucracy Signs of Paper Associations of Paper Background of the Study 1. THE MASTER PLAN AND OTHER DOCUMENTS Splendid Isolation The Dynapolis and the Colonial City Communities of All Classes and Categories From Separation to Participation 2. PARCHIS, PETITIONS AND OFFICES At Home in the Office Parchis, Connections, and Recognition Petitions: Citizens, Bureaucrats, and Supplicants Parchis, Petitions, and Influence 3. FILES AND THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF PAPER The Materiality Cases Individual Writers and Corporate Authority Tactics of Irresponsibility and the Byproduct of the Collective Particular Projects and Collective Agency A Contest of Graphic Genres 4. THE EXPROPRIATION OF LAND AND THE MISAPPROPRIATION OF LISTS Problematics of Reference and Materiality Early Planning and Failed Opposition Shifting Houses and Dummy Houses Demolition Certificates Package Deals and Individual Signatures Loose Lists Mediating like a State 5. MAPS, MOSQUES, AND MASLAKS A Mosque for Every Community A Mosque for Every Maslak Claims on the Map Temporality of Maps and Islamic Adverse Possession Squatting according to Plan CONCLUSION: PARTICIPATORY BUREAUCRACY NOTES REFERENCES INDEX
£999.99
University of California Press Does Policy Analysis Matter Exploring Its Effectiveness in Theory and Practice 10 Wildavsky Forum Series
Book SynopsisJust how well can democracy incorporate knowledge and expertise through public policy analysts? This book examines the evolution of policy analysis, its use in legislative and regulatory bodies, and its use within the federal executive branch to improve governmental services.Trade Review"Recommended." * CHOICE *Table of ContentsContributors List of Figures and Tables Preface 1. Public Policy Making and Public Policy Analysis Lee S. Friedman 2. How Effective Is Policy Analysis? John A. Hird 3. Can Congress Do Policy Analysis? The Politics of Problem Solving on Capitol Hill Eric M. Patashnik and Justin Peck 4. The Complicated and the Complex: Policy Analysis in an Era of Design M. Suzanne Donovan 5. Summary and Future Directions Lee S. Friedman Index
£64.00
University of California Press Does Policy Analysis Matter Exploring Its
Book SynopsisJust how well can democracy incorporate knowledge and expertise through public policy analysts? This book examines the evolution of policy analysis, its use in legislative and regulatory bodies, and its use within the federal executive branch to improve governmental services.Trade Review"Recommended." * CHOICE *Table of ContentsContributors List of Figures and Tables Preface 1. Public Policy Making and Public Policy Analysis Lee S. Friedman 2. How Effective Is Policy Analysis? John A. Hird 3. Can Congress Do Policy Analysis? The Politics of Problem Solving on Capitol Hill Eric M. Patashnik and Justin Peck 4. The Complicated and the Complex: Policy Analysis in an Era of Design M. Suzanne Donovan 5. Summary and Future Directions Lee S. Friedman Index
£22.50
University of California Press Los Angeles Documentary and the Production of
Book SynopsisLos Angeles Documentary and the Production of Public History, 1958-1977 explores how documentarians working between the election of John F. Kennedy and the Bicentennial created conflicting visions of the recent and more distant American past. Drawing on a wide range of primary documents, Joshua Glick analyzes the films of Hollywood documentarians such as David Wolper and Mel Stuart, along with lesser-known independents and activists such as Kent Mackenzie, Lynne Littman, and Jesus Salvador Trevino. While the former group reinvigorated a Cold War cultural liberalism, the latter group advocated for social justice in a city plagued by severe class stratification and racial segregation. Glick examines how mainstream and alternative filmmakers turned to the archives, civic institutions, and production facilities of Los Angeles in order to both change popular understandings of the city and shape the social consciousness of the nation.Trade Review"Documentary makers who value the opportunity to understand how films of that era got made, and how the production and distribution practices established then continue to influence the market today, will profit greatly from reading this book." * Documentary *"The book is an encouragement to engage, now, with documentaries being made at the grassroots level by activist filmmakers and collectives, rather than waiting for the glossy, neutered account of the struggle." * Los Angeles Review of Books *"[This book] sheds a renovated and original light on the history of the twentieth century media culture(s) of L.A., and in the same way it reveals the potentialities of meticulous discursive excavations into the non-fiction realm, reversing film canons and stressing social and cultural functions that make this book be a relevant one in the field of film history, certainly, but in the field of contemporary history at large too: it is a passionate interrogation of moving image as a source of historiography and a productive factor of history. . . . Los Angeles Documentary deserves great attention not only as a deeply researched cinema-history book, but as a nuanced and sharp cultural and political study as well." * Synoptique *"An essential contribution to an emerging field of documentary research that seeks to synthesize connections among otherwise coterminous yet parallel strands of documentary histories. . . . Above all, the book makes a point about the value of avoiding the binary cliché of an independent documentarian as an atomized private individual in opposition to government, while shedding light on Cold War documentary culture in general." * Film Quarterly *"Joshua Glick’s book is an exemplary investigation into and deconstruction of the varying visions set forth through documentary practice." * Film Matters *"Los Angeles Documentary and the Production of Public History, 1958–1977 proves there is still much to be investigated in the timeline of America’s film production past. The acute specificity of Glick’s historical narrative makes his book a unique and necessary resource for understanding the evolution of Los Angeles documentary production, the works that were produced, and their impact on the formation of American identity." * Journal of Film and Video *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction. Beyond Fiction: Institutions of the Real Los Angeles Part One. New Frontier Visions in the Light and Shadow of Hollywood, 1958–1964 1. Studio Documentary in the Kennedy Era: Wolper Productions Begins 2. Downtown Development and the Endeavors of Filmmaker Kent Mackenzie Part Two. After theWatts Uprising: Community Media from the Top Down and the Bottom Up, 1965–1973 3. The Rise of Minority Storytelling: Network News, Public Television, and Independent Collectives 4. Hard Lessons in Hollywood Civics: Managing the Crisis of the Liberal Consensus 5. Wattstax and the Transmedia Soul Economy Part Three. Bicentennial Screens, 1974–1977 6. Roots/Routes of American Identity 7. Numbering Our Days in Los Angeles, USA Conclusion: The 1984 Olympics and the Neoliberalization of Culture Notes Selected Bibliography Index
£27.00
University of California Press The Quest for Regional Cooperation
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£63.90
John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Social Control of Cities
Book Synopsis* Contemporary advanced societies. * Informed by extensive fieldwork, including interviews with mayors, judges, police officers, community leaders and grass--roots organizations.Trade Review"This book is extremely important for anyone interested in crime and violence in urban areas. The author situates urban violence and responses to it within the larger processes of globalization and of growth of inequalitites within and between societies. By using case studies of different cities in different countries--US, Britain, and Frnace--she examines the impact of global, national, and local policies and economic trends on various cities' responses to crime and violence." Choice "This is a well-documented and perceptive study." David Downes, London School of Economics, UK "... does a creditable job of demonstrating both historically and comparatively, how cities within the limits of distinct national traditions are actually extraordinarily diverse and yet extremely limited in the ways they manage social control." Canadian Journal of Sociology Online ‘This comprehensive cross-cultural study of urban tensions and insecurities in an era of globalization is a major contribution to the literature on changing western cities. Sophie Body-Gendrot’s original synthesis of a wide range of urban studies provides new insights on the dynamic changes in modern urban life." – William Julius Wilson, Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor, Harvard UniversityTable of ContentsList of Figures. List of Tables. Foreword. Series Preface. Acknowledgements. Introductions: Tolerance and Suppression.. Part I: The Politics of Depacification. Economic Globalization and Urban Unrest. Law-Enforcement in the USA. Solidarity and Social Prevention in France.. Part II. The Politics of Reconciliation. Managing Polarization: New York and Chicago. Managing Polarization: Paris, Marseilles, and Lyons. Conclusion: The Social Control of Cities?. References. Index.
£22.80
Harvard University, Asia Center Competition over Content
Book SynopsisDe Weerdt examines how occupational, political, and intellectual groups shaped curricular standards and examination criteria during the Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279), and how these standards in turn shaped political and intellectual agendas. This book reframes the debate over the civil service examinations and their place in the imperial order.
£35.66
Harvard University Press The Economic Integration of Europe
Book SynopsisRichard Pomfret documents European integration since WWII, showing that today’s European Union is the product less of master planning than of responses to political and economic challenges. Nevertheless, the EU emerges as a world-historic achievement in cross-border cooperation, with a bright but challenging future.Trade ReviewA fast-moving narrative of Europe’s post-war successes, challenges and, yes, failures too, as the continent’s leaders sought to rebuild, redesign and to embed cooperation at the very heart of the EU enterprise. -- Stuart P. M. Mackintosh * Financial World *This book is both important and timely…It is an incredibly concise and well-written history of the origins and growth of the EU. The mix of history, politics, and economics is fascinating…A thoroughly enjoyable and worthwhile read. -- Robert Breunig * Economic Record *Written by one of the world’s experts on the subject, this book accomplishes the amazing feat of succinctly reviewing and analyzing all dimensions of the complicated process of European economic integration from its origins through the COVID-19 pandemic. It is arranged to inform professional economists and non-economists alike; it is a superb text for students at all levels and an excellent reference for scholars interested in the economics of European integration. -- Michael G. Plummer, Director of SAIS Europe, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International StudiesWritten by a well-known economist and specialist in forms of market integration on several continents, this accessible book is an ideal non-technical guide to European economic integration for political scientists, lawyers, and students of international business and contemporary history. It is also suitable as a foundation for an introductory course for undergraduate economic students. Richard Pomfret combines a pleasant style of writing with an ambitious step-by-step account of the deepening and widening of European economic integration over six decades, with lots of telling examples illustrating the building blocks of the analysis. Highly recommended. -- Jacques Pelkmans, Senior Fellow at CEPS, Brussels, and Visiting Professor at the College of Europe, Bruges, and Goethe University, FrankfurtThe way countries integrate among themselves has changed enormously in the past two decades and this is evident, more than anywhere else, in the European Union. In The Economic Integration of Europe, Richard Pomfret offers an original, concise, and timely assessment of this process so far. It is required reading for scholars and policymakers who want to understand the unique institutional history of this integration project. -- Nauro F. Campos, University College LondonRichard Pomfret brings together history and economic analysis to enable the reader to take an informed view of how European integration is likely to evolve in the years ahead. It is an indispensable source for general readers and specialists alike. -- Michael Leigh, Adjunct Professor, Johns Hopkins University, SAIS Europe, Fellow, Bruegel
£32.36
Harvard University Press Prisoners of Politics
Book SynopsisA CounterPunch Best Book of the YearA Lone Star Policy Institute Recommended BookIf you care, as I do, about disrupting the perverse politics of criminal justice, there is no better place to start than Prisoners of Politics.James Forman, Jr., author of Locking Up Our OwnThe United States has the highest rate of incarceration in the world. The social consequences of this factrecycling people who commit crimes through an overwhelmed system and creating a growing class of permanently criminalized citizensare devastating. A leading criminal justice reformer who has successfully rewritten sentencing guidelines, Rachel Barkow argues that we would be safer, and have fewer people in prison, if we relied more on expertise and evidence and worried less about being tough on crime. A groundbreaking work that is transforming our national conversation on crime and punishment, Prisoners of Politics shows how problematic it is to base criminal justice policy on the whims of the electorate and argues fTrade Review[An] important new book. -- James Forman, Jr. * New York Times *Barkow’s analysis suggests that it is not enough to slash police budgets if we want to ensure lasting reform. We also need to find ways to insulate the process from political winds. She urges that we entrust more criminal justice policy to experts, who overwhelmingly agree that the system is too harsh and too bloated. We don’t leave the regulation of air pollution or workplace conditions to a popular vote, she argues, so why should we do so with respect to public safety? -- David Cole * New York Review of Books *Making criminal law more reasonable is a stiff challenge in this era of fear-mongering politics. The challenge is even stiffer with the fear-mongering tied to fact-mocking. The spotlight Barkow shines on the facts and their implications will surely stir denial, but if the country does not meet the challenge, all of us will be less safe. -- Lincoln Caplan * American Scholar *Excellent analysis… Barkow argues for a multifaceted approach to reform… Readers interested in criminal justice reform will find much to appreciate here. * Publishers Weekly *[A] crisply written, thorough book…Barkow paints a damning picture…laying out the voluminous evidence that mass incarceration is cruel and self-defeating…[She] convincingly shows that it has not made the American public safer. -- Seth Mayer * Public Books *It is impossible to think about America’s harsh punishment epidemic without understanding the politics of fear and anger that created mass incarceration. Rachel Barkow’s new work is a critically important exploration of the political dynamics that have made us one of the most punitive societies in human history. A must-read by one of our most thoughtful scholars of crime and punishment. -- Bryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy and founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice InitiativeRachel Barkow powerfully argues that the only way to end mass incarceration is to transform how criminal law is made. Instead of fear-driven anecdotes and popular politics, we need law based on reliable data, expert agencies, constrained prosecutors, and judges who were once public defenders. If you care, as I do, about disrupting the perverse politics of criminal justice, there is no better place to start than Prisoners of Politics. -- James Forman, Jr., Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Locking Up Our OwnRachel Barkow provides a damning catalog of how penal populism has managed to make our criminal justice system too bloated, too expensive, and too cruel, while also failing to keep us safe. More importantly, she provides a road map to a saner and more humane system—a system built on facts, not on rhetoric and fear. The more people that read this book, the better. -- David Alan Sklansky, author of Democracy and the PoliceRachel Barkow is one of the country’s smartest thinkers on criminal justice. In her new book, she makes a cogent and provocative argument about how to achieve true institutional reform and fix our broken system. -- Emily Bazelon, author of Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass IncarcerationPopulist policymaking in an era of partisan politics and media frenzy is irrational and destructive—and never more so than in the realm of criminal justice. In her tremendously timely and important intervention, Barkow, a renowned expert in sentencing policy, calls for a major shift from populism to expertise, from emotion-based to evidence-based criminal justice policy. -- Carol S. Steiker, coauthor of Courting Death: The Supreme Court and Capital PunishmentPrisoners of Politics is an urgent appeal for a new and more regulatory approach to criminal justice policymaking. In a passionately argued book, Rachel Barkow documents the costly irrationalities that flow from populist policies, explains the skewed incentive structure that underlies them, and makes a compelling case for institutional reforms designed to ensure rational, cost-effective policy, robust constitutional checks, and a justice system oriented towards equitable public safety rather than mass incarceration. These are vital ideas, well established in other areas of modern governance, with a powerful relevance for criminal justice today. -- David Garland, author of Peculiar Institution: America’s Death Penalty in an Age of AbolitionAn invaluable resource for those studying or addressing mass incarceration and/or wrongful convictions. * Choice *[An] extremely efficient guide to our current problems…[A] rich but pointed survey of the maladies in our criminal justice system. -- Jonathan Simon * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *
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Harvard University Press Evolutionary Governance in China
Book SynopsisAn evolutionary framework is used to examine how the Chinese state relates with non-state actors across several fields of governance. This approach provides insight into the circumstances wherein the party-state exerts its coercive power versus engaging in more flexible responses or policy adaptations.
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Harvard University Press Purchasing Submission
Book SynopsisGovernment’s use of largess to secure consent to conditions all too often serves as an illicit pathway of power. This mode of control is part of the contemporary reality of American governance, and it therefore needs to be recognized alongside more familiar sorts of power, such as rule through law and administrative power.Trade ReviewHamburger has done admirable service excavating and exploring the ways in which purportedly voluntary concessions are a means of extending government power and control. If this book does nothing but enhance our collective vigilance to the danger of purchased submission, it will have performed an essential service. -- Jonathan H. Adler * National Review *A damning indictment of the administrative state…Hamburger has written an incisive and thorough book on the federal government’s campaign to impose an Orwellian dystopian and totalitarian regime on the populace. -- John Dale Dunn * American Thinker *Hamburger provides a radically new perspective on our constitutional system’s condition…[A] brave, insightful book. -- Robert F. Nagel * Claremont Review of Books *The issue of administratively imposed legal requirements arises in multifarious forms in connection with the Covid-19 epidemic. Federal vaccination requirements backed by the imposition of conditions are one such form. Professor Hamburger’s new book therefore could not be more timely. It seems uncannily to have been written in anticipation of this moment. -- Scott Johnson * Power Line *Professor Hamburger takes on the whole of government by challenging regulation effected by bureaucratic bribery, extortion, and barratry. He traces actions of federal, state, local, and private agents that procure what passes as the ‘consent’ of the governed, to submission and further crimping of our liberties. A powerful analytical framework by which to combat encroachment on our rights by government in all its forms, and by government’s private proxies. -- Judge Carlos Bea, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitTo the venerable doctrine of ‘unconstitutional conditions’—the deceptively simple idea that government may not do indirectly what it may not do directly—Philip Hamburger has brought his great talents as a political theorist, law professor, and civil libertarian. Following his pathbreaking earlier work on the perils of government by the unelected agents of the administrative state, he now contributes deep insight and learning to the phenomenon of legal power exercised by the richest potentate in America: the federal government. An important and welcome contribution to the history and politics of the modern American state. -- Judge José A. Cabranes, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitThis book brings to light, in one place, the myriad ways in which the federal and state governments purchase our submission to conditions—some of them unconstitutional—without going through the regular legal order of legislation or even administrative rulemaking. From the licensing of broadcasters to the ‘chemical castration’ of sex offenders, to surprise inspections of AFDC households, transactional government buys our consent to what the author rightly calls ‘an alternative mode of governance.’ -- Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. CircuitHaving already taught us how administrative power has displaced the legislative and judicial processes for enacting laws and adjudicating cases, Professor Hamburger now explains how government’s placement of conditions on spending and other government benefits also displaces constitutional processes and risks undermining our constitutional liberties. It is not a happy book, but one that is essential reading. Eye-opening. -- Michael Rappaport, coauthor of Originalism and the Good ConstitutionThis important book lays bare a critical threat to our liberty and basic structure of government, explaining how our own tax dollars are being used to purchase consent and to obviate the need for the government to regulate through more accountable channels. Equally important, it offers concrete suggestions to retool constitutional doctrine to meet the realities of how we are now governed. -- Paul Clement, 43rd Solicitor General of the United StatesPhilip Hamburger is one of the most important legal scholars in America…In Purchasing Submission, Hamburger turns from the administrative state to another cancerous growth of governmental power that operates parallel to the constitutional framework. Here, the federal government’s sheer purchasing power becomes another means of sidestepping the Constitution and dominating citizens outside the rule of law. -- Alexander Riley * Chronicles Magazine *
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Harvard University Press Power for a Price
Book SynopsisThe Qing dynasty office purchase system (juanna), which allowed individuals to pay for government appointments, was regarded in traditional Chinese historiography as inherently corrupt and anti-meritocratic. Lawrence Zhang's groundbreaking study of a broad selection of new archival and other printed evidence contradicts this widely held assessment.Trade ReviewWith exacting research and sweeping vision, Lawrence Zhang has offered the most sophisticated study yet written of how the Qing state and Chinese society negotiated the path to office. By showing that the examination system can only be understood in relation to office purchase, Power for a Price becomes one of those rare books that genuinely transforms our understanding of late imperial China. -- Matthew W. MoscaLawrence Zhang's book is the most important study of Qing-dynasty official recruitment and elite formation to appear within the last twenty years. Zhang demonstrates that, as part of the strategic portfolio of many of the era's most successful officials and lineages, the purchase of degrees, offices, and shortcuts to appointment complemented Confucian education and examination success. Far from being the stigmatized last resort of exam failures in the desperate last decades of the dynasty, direct purchase of degrees and offices in fact constituted a regular, approved practice right through the Qing, providing a steady source of revenue (not unlike the sale of bonds) that enabled the imperial state to tap private wealth by promising repayment through future appointment. Far from being a betrayal of social mobility, the relatively low price of the lower degrees and offices made purchase a far more realistic route to upward mobility than examination alone, which tended to reinforce and reproduce elite status. This book will be required reading for all historians of China. -- Matthew Sommer
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Harvard University Press The Urban Commons
Book SynopsisThrough voicemail, apps, websites, and Twitter, Boston’s sophisticated 311 system allows citizens to report potholes, broken streetlights, graffiti, and vandalism that affect everyone’s quality of life. Drawing on Boston’s rich data, Daniel T. O’Brien offers a model of what smart technology can do for cities seeking both growth and sustainability.Trade ReviewThis is one of the first studies of changing urban structure through the lens of new media and a major contribution to our understanding of the contemporary city. -- Michael Batty, author of Inventing Future CitiesThe use of data and technology to address problems of cities is undergoing a revolution thanks to an unlikely convergence of academics, local governments, businesses, technologists, and civic organizations. Dan O’Brien’s book gives us a timely, balanced, and optimistic assessment of this rising field of urban informatics and smart cities. -- Luís M. A. Bettencourt, University of ChicagoDan O’Brien’s The Urban Commons provides a refreshing deep dive into the new world of urban informatics and the art of getting things done in the Information Age. It isn’t about the data, it’s about people. And it’s about how new information technologies empower all of us to understand and improve the common goods we share in the places we love. -- Martin O’Malley, former Governor of MarylandIn The Urban Commons, Daniel O’Brien shows how the torrent of contemporary data—what many call ‘big data’—has the potential to reshape our understanding of how cities work. Setting aside hype in favor of rigor, the book takes the reader on a deep exploration of Boston’s innovative efforts to give citizens a role in governance through technology, especially its 311 system for reporting everything from potholes to squalid living conditions. O’Brien’s analysis of the voluminous data produced by this technology provides new insights on how public spaces are maintained, and his case study of Boston has broad implications for civic partnerships between cities and universities to rebuild communities. The Urban Commons will be of wide interest to all those concerned with the future of cities. -- Robert J. Sampson, Harvard University, author of Great American City: Chicago and the Enduring Neighborhood EffectDuring the past decade, opportunities to use new data sources and technologies to understand cities have generated enthusiasm across disciplines, with policymakers, in industry, and even among city residents. Dan O’Brien represents a new generation of scientists whose native tongue is fully digital. He applies a keen eye to look beneath the surface of these data sources not simply to provide a calibrated analysis of 311 but to demonstrate an approach to understanding a broad range of urban data sources. -- Charles E. Catlett, Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago
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Harvard University Press The Republican Reversal
Book SynopsisNot long ago Republicans took pride in their tradition of environmental leadership. The GOP helped create the EPA, extend the Clean Air Act, and protect endangered species. Today Republicans denounce climate change as a hoax and seek to dismantle environmental regulations. What happened? James Morton Turner and Andrew C. Isenberg provide answers.Trade ReviewTrace[s] the G.O.P.’s turn against conservation to Ronald Reagan, who equated environmentalism with pessimism, and pessimism with a lack of patriotism. -- Elizabeth Kolbert * New Yorker *Juxtaposes the conservative and environmental movements in the 1960s, offering new insights into their coevolution…A well-written account of the Republican Party’s dramatic transformation on environmental policy over the past 40 years. -- Neal D. Woods * Science *In the 1970s the politics of conservatism and conservationism were intertwined, but in recent decades the Republican Party has transformed itself from an ally of environmentalism to its avowed enemy. In their fascinating The Republican Reversal, Turner and Isenberg chronicle the significant changes inside the party and the staggering consequences for the nation. -- Kevin M. Kruse, author of One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian AmericaFor anyone who wants to understand how the GOP, once populated by legions of environmental stalwarts, became the science-denying, fossil fuel–fancying Party of No on environmental protections, Turner and Isenberg have written a must-read book. -- David Farber, author of The Rise and Fall of Modern American ConservatismA well-researched, fair-minded, and often surprising explanation of a stark transformation that will affect us all, The Republican Reversal should interest everyone who cares deeply about the quality of the air we breathe and the water we drink. It will particularly fascinate GOP voters wondering why their party’s leaders started misinforming the public on climate science just as action became urgent for the planet we bequeath to our children and grandchildren. -- Nancy MacLean, author of Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for AmericaThe Republican Reversal is a timely and compelling analysis of why climate change has become the most polarizing issue in American politics. It is a must-read for anyone hopeful that the United States might once again be an environmental leader. -- Adam Rome, author of The Genius of Earth Day: How a 1970 Teach-In Unexpectedly Made the First Green GenerationZeroes in on the 180-degree change that has taken place in the Republican Party’s policy positions on [environmental] matters, exemplified by Trump’s campaign pledge to eliminate the Environmental Protection Agency and his dismissal of climate science…Turner and Isenberg describe the conservative switcharoo on the environment as one of the most profound turnabouts in modern American political history. -- M. Rupert Cutler * Roanoke Times *
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Harvard University Press The Cuban Economy in a New Era An Agenda for
Book SynopsisThe Cuban Economy in ?a New Era diagnoses the ills afflicting Cuba's economy and examines seven areas: macroeconomic policy, central planning, small and medium private enterprises, nonagricultural cooperatives, financing options for the new private sector, state enterprise management, and relations with international financial institutions.Trade ReviewWith the passing of Fidel Castro and the reestablishment of U.S.–Cuban relations, Cuba is poised for major change—but towards what? In The Cuban Economy in a New Era, we get a rare glimpse from the inside. Ten leading scholars from the island discuss critical factors in that transformation, including the major economic reforms to date, the key players (from new cooperatives to the emerging private sector), and the role of the formal financial sector and the challenges of innovation and planning. In the process, we get an invaluable first-hand view of how the Cuban economy really functions. To cap it all, as bookends, two long-time Cuban analysts, Harvard’s acclaimed Jorge Domínguez and Lorena Barberia of the Universidade de São Paulo, put this in perspective for us. This book is a key contribution, at precisely the right time. -- Michael Chu, Harvard Business School, and Managing Director and Co-Founder, IGNIA PartnersThis is an excellent volume that profoundly analyzes Raúl Castro’s economic reforms, including the documents of the VII PCC Congress in 2016, with solid and balanced evaluations of performance, and sound recommendations for the future. -- Carmelo Mesa-Lago, Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Economics and Latin American Studies, University of Pittsburgh
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Harvard University Press LokaprakA by KEmendra with the Commentary of
Book SynopsisLong lost, the edition of this significant text has been recovered in the Societe Asiatique in Paris and is now published here. Lokaprakasa by K?emendra with the commentary of Sahaja Bha??a fills a large gap in our knowledge of private life and public administration in medieval India and will greatly interest Sanskritists and historians.
£35.66
Harvard University Press Illusion and Disillusionment
Book SynopsisThrough engaging characters—China-bound missionaries, an Indo-Persian diplomat, a Turkish exile in India, a French teacher in America, Arab students in Moscow, a Japanese woman writer in Europe—Illusion and Disillusionment examines travel writing beyond colonialism, imperialism, and Orientalism, focusing on the experience of travel itself.
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Harvard University Press The Public Option
Book SynopsisA solution to inequalitiesin health care, retirement, education, recreation, communicationis as close as the public library, post office, community pool, or elementary school. The Public Option shows that opportunities to develop reasonably priced government-provided services that coexist with private options are all around us.Trade ReviewWe are so accustomed to arguments that government only infringes upon freedom that we forget how government, when intelligently deployed, can expand our choices—and yes, make us more free. In this important book Ganesh Sitaraman and Anne Alstott make a brilliant, clear, and accessible case for how public options in areas such as banking, health care, and child care can improve lives, especially for those whom the marketplace marginalizes. We already celebrate many public options, such as our great public universities and libraries. Sitaraman and Alstott urge us to think inventively about other areas where public options could make our nation both better and fairer. -- E. J. Dionne, Jr., coauthor of One Nation After Trump and author of Our Divided Political HeartTimely, important, and convincing, this book is pretty much the definition of ‘fresh thinking.’ Key reading for a political generation that is on the search for new ideas for old problems. -- Tim Wu, author of The Curse of Bigness: Antitrust in the New Gilded AgeAt a time of widespread debates about the role of public provision, Sitaraman and Alstott make a vibrant case for developing and preserving public options in education, health care, child care, broadband access, banking, and retirement benefits. To get beyond slogans and move toward real and practical proposals to improve the daily lives of Americans, and strengthen our commitments to others, read this book. -- Martha Minow, author of Partners, Not Rivals: Privatization and the Public GoodIn this timely and stirring call for reform, two of our nation’s smartest policy thinkers recapture our past to chart our future. Sitaraman and Alstott remind us that Americans have long supported policies that offer a choice between government and the private sector, and they show us how this model—the public option—could provide innovative solutions to perennial challenges facing child care, retirement savings, higher education, and much more. -- Jacob S. Hacker, author of The Great Risk Shift: The New Economic Insecurity and the Decline of the American DreamFilled with ingenious ideas for strengthening the public sector and also bolstering our democracy…Demonstrate[s] that true public institutions, such as public schools and public child care, are more efficient as well as more equitable than private ones trying to carry out public purposes. -- Robert Kuttner * American Prospect *I hope every 2020 presidential candidate—yes, I’m being optimistic about President Trump—reads the policy book of the summer… The two law professors are not interested in government taking over everything. On the contrary, what they seek is to expand choice. -- E. J. Dionne, Jr. * Washington Post *Their proposal is not that the public sector should displace the private sector, but rather that offering a publicly-run alternative would expand everyone’s choices and ensure that no one is left too far behind. -- Simon Johnson * Project Syndicate *An enthusiastic, accessible, and convincing case that more ‘public option’ government services would significantly improve the quality of life for average Americans. * Publishers Weekly (starred review) *Makes a compelling case for affordable government-funded services that coexist with private options. * ProMarket *
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Princeton University Press Charter Schools
Book SynopsisExamining school data going back more than a decade, this book measures how charter schools perform compared to traditional public schools. It argues that while charter schools may meet the most basic test of sound public policy, the evidence suggests they all too often fall short of advocates' claims.Trade Review"It is difficult to find a book or study of charter schools these days that does not take sides in the raging argument over whether charter schools are the salvation or the scourge of our nation's schools. But Buckley and Schneider have pulled it off. Their book ... is a useful indicator of what is going on with charters nationwide."--Jay Mathews, Washington Post "Charter Schools uses research methodology to examine charters' performance in the District of Columbia."--Sean Cavanagh, Education WeekTable of ContentsList of Figures ix List of Tables xi Acknowledgments xiii CHAPTER 1: Introduction 1 CHAPTER 2: The Evolution of Charter-School Choice in the District of Columbia 22 CHAPTER 3: The Panel Study 44 CHAPTER 4: Are Charter-School Students Harder to Educate than Those in the Traditional Public Schools? 77 CHAPTER 5: Shopping for Schools on the Internet Using DCSchoolSearch.com 98 CHAPTER 6: What Do Parents Want from Schools? It Depends on How You Ask 115 CHAPTER 7: School Choice and the Importance of Parental Information 134 CHAPTER 8: How Do Parents Access and Process Information about Schools? 151 CHAPTER 9: Satisfaction with Schools 170 CHAPTER 10: Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? Parental Satisfaction over Time 205 CHAPTER 11: Building Social Capital in the Nation's Capital: Can School Choice Build a Foundation for Cooperative Behavior? 220 CHAPTER 12: Do Charter Schools Promote Citizenship among Students? 245 CHAPTER 13: Charter Schools: Hype or Hope? 267 Notes 287 References 305 Index 335
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Princeton University Press More Than You Wanted to Know
Book SynopsisPerhaps no kind of regulation is more common or less useful than mandated disclosure - requiring one party to a transaction to give the other information. This book surveys the evidence and finds that mandated disclosure rarely works.Trade Review"Because consumers continue to overlook mandated disclosures, opting instead to scroll quickly through screen after screen of seemingly irrelevant legalese, this book by Ben-Shahar and Schneider is especially pertinent."--ChoiceTable of ContentsPreface ix Part I - The Ubiquity of Mandated Disclosure 1 Chapter 1 Introduction 3 Chapter 2 Complex Decisions, Complex Disclosures 14 Chapter 3 The Failure of Mandated Disclosure 33 Part I - Why Disclosures Fail 55 Chapter 4 "Whatever": The Psychology of Mandated Disclosure 59 Chapter 5 Reading Disclosures 79 Chapter 6 The Quantity Question 94 Chapter 7 From Disclosure to Decision 107 Part III - Can Mandated Disclosure Be Saved? 119 Chapter 8 Make It Simple? 121 Chapter 9 The Politics of Disclosure 138 Chapter 10 Producing Disclosures 151 Chapter 11 At Worst, Harmless? 169 Chapter 12 Conclusion: Beyond Disclosurism 183 Notes 197 Index 225
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Princeton University Press Cogs and Monsters
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Financial Times Best Economics Book of the Year 2021""A CapX Book of the Year""Winner of the Gold Medal in Business Commentary, Axiom Business Book Awards""Eloquent. . . . Thought-provoking."---Felix Martin, Financial Times "Coyle’s contribution is valuable. The book reads like a timely intervention delivered by a perceptive friend, in the kindest tone they can muster. Economists would do well to listen."---James Plunkett, Prospect"[Coyle] is extremely wise, and the best friend economics could have—one willing to offer some serious tough love."---Tim Harford, timharford.com"Full of illuminating anecdotes about the gap between theory and practice."---Simon Torracinta, Boston Review"An inspiring read for those developing, using or seeking to understand economics in a rapidly changing world."---Dr Anna Valero, London School of Economics Blog
£18.00
MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas Impossible Jobs in Public Management
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MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas Advising the President Attorney General Robert
Book SynopsisIt is broadly understood that an American president might test the limits of the law in extraordinary circumstances - and does so with advice from legal counsel. Advising the President is an exploration of this process, viewed through the experience of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Robert H. Jackson on the eve of World War II.Trade ReviewJustice Robert H. Jackson was one of the Supreme Court’s most gifted writers and a longtime intimate advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Professor Casto nicely illuminates their relationship and Jackson’s legal and political thought."" - David M. O'Brien, author of Justice Robert H. Jackson’s Unpublished Opinion in Brown v. Board""Robert Jackson served with distinction as solicitor general, attorney general, and associate justice of the Supreme Court. His concurring opinion in the Youngstown Steel Seizure Case of 1952 remains a landmark. W. R. Casto adeptly explores in detail Jackson’s nuanced and evolving understanding of a president’s constitutional powers. This is an important book. It not only explains and assesses Jackson’s views, it also helps us gain insight on enduring constitutional issues that remain relevant today."" - John P. Burke, John G. McCullough Professor of Political Science, University of Vermont
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MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas Marque and Reprisal The Spheres of Public and
Book SynopsisOffers unique insight into the role of private actors in military conflicts and the reason they are increasingly deployed today. Along with an overview of mercenaries and privateers, Marque and Reprisal provides a comprehensive history of the ""marque and reprisal"" clause in the US Constitution, reminding us that it is not as arcane as it seems.Trade ReviewMarque and Reprisal is a work of first-rate scholarship and a very important addition to the study of war and national security programs as well as the effect of new wars on international humanitarian law and international human rights law. Moss gives the reader a firm grasp of the impact twenty-first-century privatization of war and the use of cyber weapons and other high-tech arms will have on fragile democracies."" - Howard Ball, author of Prosecuting War Crimes and Genocide: The Twentieth-Century Experience""Should the United States exercise control over war, or outsource that role to the private sector? Ken Moss, a preeminent national security expert, will inform and disturb you with this important and groundbreaking book."" - Lee H. Hamilton, distinguished scholar in the School of Global and International Studies and professor of practice in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University.""American wars depend not only on US soldiers but also on large numbers of private contractors. This important study by Kenneth Moss explains that while many contractors are involved in noncombat roles (such as taking care of maintenance, preparing food, and operating technology systems), other contractors carry weapons and become engaged in military conflict, raising central questions of accountability and law."" - Louis Fisher, author of Supreme Court Expansion of Presidential Power: Unconstitutional Leanings
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MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas Military Service and American Democracy From
Book SynopsisChronicles and analyses the long and ever-changing history of the often contentious and controversial effort to extend eligibility for miltary service, from the initiation of America's first peacetime draft just before our entry into World War II up to present-day conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.Table of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations and Acronyms 1. Camp Red Cloud 2. The Selective Service Idea 3. A Sound and Democratic Principle 4. Freedom to Serve 5. Who Serves When Not All Serve? 6. Conscription Is a Tax 7. More Than Ever Before 8. To Serve in Silence 9. An Uneasy Relationship 10. The Nation's Conscience Individuals of Note Chronology Note on Sources About the Author Notes Selected Bibliography Index
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MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas The Fourth Branch Reconstructing the
Book SynopsisConfronts head-on the accumulating derangements in the American constitutional system and how the administrative state has contributed to the problems, how it has been a key force in addressing the troubles, and how it can be reformed to serve the system better.Trade ReviewThe Fourth Branch is a bold intervention into current debates about the legitimacy of the American administrative state. Cook invites us to think beyond the constraints of eighteenth-century political theory and finally place government agencies on firm republican footing. The argument is both strikingly original in its analysis and deeply grounded in research in public administration, political science, and public law." - Blake Emerson, assistant professor of law, UCLA School of Law, and author of The Public's Law: Origins and Architecture of Progressive Democracy"This unflinching call for a formal reordering of constitutional authority seeks to reclaim the value of an administrative arm with integrity of its own to a commercial republic. Acutely attuned to the degraded state in which we find administration today, Cook jolts our faith in the adaptability of the three-branch design of American government and dispels the illusion that we can accommodate administrative authority by simply jerry-rigging the Constitution of the framers." - Stephen Skowronek, Pelatiah Perit Professor of Political Science, Yale University"Brian Cook's new book is a must-read for anyone concerned about the future of the American democratic republic. He offers a provocative reconception of our 'working constitution' that formally recognizes American public administration as an integral part of our governing order, boldly proposing for it a new institutional status as the fourth branch of government. His work is thoroughly researched and cogently argued. If nothing else, it will get readers thinking hard about our present dilemmas and the prospect of regime failure." - Richard T. Green, author of Alexander Hamilton's Public Administration"Brian Cook's The Fourth Branch is a monumental work of interdisciplinary learning, analytical rigor, and real-work relevance. Its clear-eyed characterization of the United States as a 'commercial republic' and its compelling, indeed urgent, call to elevate the administrative state to the status of a fourth constitutional branch make Cook's project a must-read for scholars, policymakers, and jurists alike." - Jon Michaels, professor of law, UCLA School of Law, and author of Constitutional Coup: Privatization's Threat to the American Republic
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MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas Silent Coup of the Guardians The Influence of US
Book SynopsisArgues that US military elites play an exceptionally powerful role due to their extraordinary influence over policy process, outcome, and implementation. A silent coup of the guardians has occurred, and professionals and citizens need to ask what should be done rebalance US civil-military relations.Table of ContentsList of Figures and TablesAcknowledgmentsDisclaimerList of AcronymsPrefaceIntroduction1. Military Elites and Praetorian Propensities2. Genesis of the Guardians3. The Scholarly Road Map4. Military Elites as an Epistemic Community5. The Role and Influence of Military Elites6. ConclusionsAppendix A: Sample PopulationAppendix B: Wave OneAppendix C: Wave TwoAppendix D: Interview MethodologyAppendix E: Military Elite Conceptual Attributes and Theoretical ImplicationsAppendix F: Analysis of the National Security Strategies of the United StatesReferencesIndex
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MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas Obamacare Wars
Book SynopsisLooking broadly at national trends and specifically at the experience of individual states, Obamacare Wars brings much-needed clarity to highly controversial but little-understood aspects of the Affordable Care Act’s odyssey, with implications for how we understand the future trajectory of health reform.Trade Review"Timely, thoughtful, and clearly written, Obamacare Wars offers penetrating insights into how policy legacies, institutional fragmentation, and public sentiments shape post-reform politics."—Eric M. Patashnik, author of Reforms at Risk: What Happens After Major Policy Changes Are Enacted"Ideal for both graduate and undergraduate courses, as well as law, business, and public health programs, the book should be read by anyone trying to understand the post-enactment struggles that have resulted in millions of Americans obtaining new coverage—and millions more waiting for it as their state leaders resist federal intentions."—Jacob S. Hacker, author of Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer—and Turned Its Back on the Middle Class"Drawing on and arguing with much of what is written about American federalism and health politics, Obamacare Wars makes sense of an intricate and disputed law and sheds new light on the workings, and costs, of American federalism."—Scott L. Greer, author of Territorial Politics and Health Policy "Obamacare Wars offers a deft, timely analysis of state-level battles over the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. This book is an essential read for anyone interested in health policy, federalism, and the political conflicts engendered by both."—Kimberly J. Morgan, coauthor of The Delegated Welfare State: Medicare, Markets, and the Governance of Social Policy "This exceptional book by three leading policy experts tells the fascinating story of the implementation of Obamacare and the myriad ways this landmark legislation is remaking the health care system in the U.S."—Jill Quadagno, author of One Nation, Uninsured: Why the U.S. Has No National Health InsuranceTable of Contents List of Tables List of Figures List of Acronyms Preface Introduction 1. Postreform Politics in the US Federal System: Patterns of Consent and Dissent 2. Uncertain Victory: The Political Context of Health Care Reform Implementation 3. Health Insurance Exchanges: When Dissent Means “Not Lifting a Finger” 4. Medicaid Expansion: Take It or Leave It 5. Regulatory Reform: The Quiet Politics of Bargaining and Consent Conclusion Notes Index
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MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas Defining Americans The Presidency and National
Book SynopsisRanging broadly from Andrew Jackson to Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, Mary Stuckey demonstrates how American presidents accomplish the dual enactment of inclusion and exclusion through their rhetorical and political choices.Trade Review"Presidents claim to speak for ‘we the people.’ Stuckey’s bold and insightful book deconstructs the rhetoric through which presidents have excluded and even vilified some Americans even as they have included and acclaimed others. Through fascinating case studies of some of our best and worst presidents, Stuckey compels us to confront the powerful part that all have played in defining who we are."—Bruce Miroff, author of Icons of Democracy: American Leaders as Heroes, Aristocrats, Dissenters, and Democrats"Students of history, politics, and rhetoric will profit from this insightful study of the nexus between language and culture."—David Zarefsky, author of Lincoln, Douglas, and Slavery: In the Crucible of Public DebateTable of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Presidential Rhetoric and National Identity 1. Land, Citizenship, and National Identity in Jackson’s America 2. Temperance, Character, and Race in the Antebellum United States 3. The Business of Government during the Democratic Interregnum of Grover Cleveland, 1885-1889 4. Establishing a Transcendent International Order under Woodrow Wilson, 1913-1921 5. Balancing the Nation: Brokering FDR’s Economic Union, 1932-1940 6. Citizenship Contained: Domesticating God, Family, and Country during the Eisenhower Years 7. Managing Diversity in a Fragmented Polity: The Post-Cold War World George H.W. Bush Conclusion: Choosing Our National Identity Notes Index
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MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas PartTime Soldiers Reserve Readiness Challenges
Book SynopsisOffers the first in-depth historical study of the development and evolution of modern army reserve forces. In doing so, Andrew Lewis Chadwick explores how a confluence of military, political, and socio-economic developments since the First World War has forced armies preparing for major war to increase their dependence on reservists.Trade ReviewAndrew Chadwick presents a very important assessment of the structures and uses of armed forces reserves in contemporary history and he posits serious questions about the readiness of the US military. Send in the Reserves! shows that the US could, in the wake of the wars of the draft era, return to its traditional volunteer system while stressing professionalism and preparedness. Yet that created a situation wherein reservists have become an integral part of the fighting force despite limited training and incomplete mastery of increasingly complex technology. Chadwick’s broader point is that we now have a system in place that has solved the challenges of the nineteenth and early twentieth century (mechanization; firepower and movement in conventional war) but that has not rendered reserves well prepared for what faces them in the twenty-first century. This is a deeply researched book with great insights for military historians and students of the World Wars, the Cold War, and the post-Cold War era." - Ingo Trauschweizer, professor of history, Ohio University, and author of Maxwell Taylor’s Cold War: From Berlin to Vietnam and The Cold War U.S. Army: Building Deterrence for Limited WarTable of Contents List of Tables Series Editor’s Foreword Preface 1. The Reserve Dilemma 2. The United States Confronts the Reserve Dilemma 3. The National Guard as an Operational Reserve 4. The Heights of Israeli Reserve Performance 5. The Decline of the Israel Defense Forces Army Reserve Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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Pluto Press Cant Pay Wont Pay
Book SynopsisA history of the social movement that brought down Prime Minister Margaret ThatcherTrade Review'A timely reminder that if the working class is to defend itself it cannot afford to wait for Labour. It must rely on its own power and independent organisation as much as holding its leaders to account' -- Red Flag magazineTable of ContentsPreface Introduction 1. A Brief History of Tax Resistance and Revolutions 2. Why a Poll Tax? 3. Scotland 4. Debates Over Strategy 5. The Resistance Begins 6. The Battle of Trafalgar (Square) 7. A Ragtag Army 8. Endgame 9. Social Movements, Class and Strategy Conclusion: A System Shaken or Broken? Notes Index
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Pluto Press Cant Pay Wont Pay The Fight to Stop the Poll Tax
Book SynopsisA history of the social movement that brought down Prime Minister Margaret ThatcherTrade Review'A timely reminder that if the working class is to defend itself it cannot afford to wait for Labour. It must rely on its own power and independent organisation as much as holding its leaders to account' -- Red Flag magazineTable of ContentsPreface Introduction 1. A Brief History of Tax Resistance and Revolutions 2. Why a Poll Tax? 3. Scotland 4. Debates Over Strategy 5. The Resistance Begins 6. The Battle of Trafalgar (Square) 7. A Ragtag Army 8. Endgame 9. Social Movements, Class and Strategy Conclusion: A System Shaken or Broken? Notes Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Making Public Policy Institutions Actors Strate
Book Synopsis'Mark Considine has written an important contribution to the literature on public policy that will be useful to academics and practitioners alike. He demonstrates the importance of the policy process and provides insights into policy-making that extend our understanding of both politics and policy. ' Professor B.Trade Review‘Mark Considine has written an important contribution to the literature on public policy that will be useful to academics and practitioners alike. He demonstrates the importance of the policy process and provides insights into policy-making that extend our understanding of both politics and policy.’ Professor B. Guy Peters, Department of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh ‘Original and readable, Making Public Policy is a carefully constructed and cohesive argument for intelligent and theoretically informed policy analysis.’ Dr Mike Smith, Institute of Local Government Studies, University of Birmingham 'Analytically...this is a rich, challenging and intellectually stimulating contribution to the burgeoning literature on making public policy.' Public Administration Table of ContentsPreface. Chapter one - Policy Interventions. Chapter two - Analysing Actors: Bill, Bruno and Anna. Chapter three - Analysing the Policy Context. Chapter four - Analysing Policy Values. Chapter five - Analysing Policy Institutions: Courts, Bureaucracies and Budgets. Chapter six - Policy Interventions and Networks. Chapter seven - Policy Interventions and Organisations. Chapter eight - Policy Interventions and Governance. Chapter nine - Policy Interventions and Citizen Engagement. Chapter ten - Policy Interventions and Accountability. Chapter eleven - Conclusions: Understanding Interactions, Devising Interventions. Bibliography. Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Defiant Publics The Unprecedented Reach of the
Book SynopsisDefiant Publics is a lively and very readable book on the consequences and possibilities of global protest and dissent. The book shows how 'defiant publics' have evolved over the last decade, aided by new flows of people and information.Trade Review“Drache is well read and committed to his subject, and the book is littered with excellent quotations from leading contemporary thinkers and activists.” Times Higher Education “On reading this book, the activist will understand how to arouse wider political participation, and the skeptic will be concerned that established power uses the same technology to manipulate a passive public. For a broad and non-specialized audience, the book opens a discussion about the nature of politics in the twenty-first century.” Robert Cox, York University “Drache makes a courageous and controversial stand against much that is taken for granted by elites in our global order. He is optimistic that fluid but ‘Defiant Publics’ are moving towards an unknown but different world, seeking citizenship in a diverse and renewed global public domain. Yet his analysis leaves us aware we should also keep an eye on the possible unintended consequences of what might now be occurring.” Geoffrey Underhill, Universiteit van Amsterdam “Widespread military adventurism, resurgent violent populisms, faux democracies drenched in cynicism, and looming ecological crises on an unimaginable scale: the world we inhabit seems to be one absent of hope or possibility. Daniel Drache’s fascinating Defiant Publics jolts us out of our too-easy dystopian imaginings by showing us the ways in which multiple publics are struggling to create dynamic new futures.” Imre Szeman, McMaster University “Daniel Drache’s new book builds on the best of democratic theory developed in the twentieth-century nation-state, to conceptualize a non-territorial, non-traditional account of global democratic politics for our time. Defiant Publics identifies the new social actors in a de-hierarchized polity and challenges our ways of understanding political deliberation.” Peer Zumbansen, York UniversityTable of ContentsList of figures vii Acknowledgements viii Introduction: Goals and Values that are Inescapably Public 1 1 The Crowded Public Sphere and its Discontents 24 2 Market Fundamentalism and the Worried Public 54 3 Digital Publics and the Culture of Dissent 89 4 Nixers, Fixers, and the Axes of Conformity 115 5 Infinite Varieties of the Modern Public: Novelty, Surprise, and Uncertainty 144 Appendix: Critical Human Rights Conventions of the Global Public Domain 172 A Note on Sources 179 Select Bibliography 184 Index 187
£45.00
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Defiant Publics The Unprecendented Reach of the
Book SynopsisDefiant Publics is a lively and very readable book on the consequences and possibilities of global protest and dissent. The book shows how 'defiant publics' have evolved over the last decade, aided by new flows of people and information.Trade Review“Drache is well read and committed to his subject, and the book is littered with excellent quotations from leading contemporary thinkers and activists.” Times Higher Education “On reading this book, the activist will understand how to arouse wider political participation, and the skeptic will be concerned that established power uses the same technology to manipulate a passive public. For a broad and non-specialized audience, the book opens a discussion about the nature of politics in the twenty-first century.” Robert Cox, York University “Drache makes a courageous and controversial stand against much that is taken for granted by elites in our global order. He is optimistic that fluid but ‘Defiant Publics’ are moving towards an unknown but different world, seeking citizenship in a diverse and renewed global public domain. Yet his analysis leaves us aware we should also keep an eye on the possible unintended consequences of what might now be occurring.” Geoffrey Underhill, Universiteit van Amsterdam “Widespread military adventurism, resurgent violent populisms, faux democracies drenched in cynicism, and looming ecological crises on an unimaginable scale: the world we inhabit seems to be one absent of hope or possibility. Daniel Drache’s fascinating Defiant Publics jolts us out of our too-easy dystopian imaginings by showing us the ways in which multiple publics are struggling to create dynamic new futures.” Imre Szeman, McMaster University “Daniel Drache’s new book builds on the best of democratic theory developed in the twentieth-century nation-state, to conceptualize a non-territorial, non-traditional account of global democratic politics for our time. Defiant Publics identifies the new social actors in a de-hierarchized polity and challenges our ways of understanding political deliberation.” Peer Zumbansen, York UniversityTable of ContentsList of figures vii Acknowledgements viii Introduction: Goals and Values that are Inescapably Public 1 1 The Crowded Public Sphere and its Discontents 24 2 Market Fundamentalism and the Worried Public 54 3 Digital Publics and the Culture of Dissent 89 4 Nixers, Fixers, and the Axes of Conformity 115 5 Infinite Varieties of the Modern Public: Novelty, Surprise, and Uncertainty 144 Appendix: Critical Human Rights Conventions of the Global Public Domain 172 A Note on Sources 179 Select Bibliography 184 Index 187
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The New Egalitarianism
Book Synopsis* Giddens' latest policy manifesto, which takes further some of the arguments of 'The Third Way'. * Publication to be timed before the next general election. * Comprises a collection of essays from globally renowned thinkers, as well as Anthony Giddens and senior New Labour figures.Table of ContentsAbout the Contributors. Acknowledgements. Editor's Introduction. 1. Inequality of Incomes and Opportunities. (Gøsta Esping-Anderson). 2. Does Inequality Matter (Ed Miliband). 3. Inequality in the New Knowledge Economy (Robert Atkinson). 4. Opportunity and Life Chances: the Dynamics of Poverty (Robert Walker). 5. Where are the poor? The changing Patterns of Inequality and the. Impact of Attempts to Reduce It. (Anne Power). 6.The New Egalitarianism: Economic Inequality in the UK (Patrick Diamond and Anthony Giddens). 7.Inequality and Recognition; Pan-European social conflicts and their political dynamic (Ulrich Beck). 8. New Global Classes: Implications for Politics (Saskia Sasson). 9. Britain's Glue: the Case for Liberal Nationalism (David Goodhart). 10. Why gender equality? (Magdalena Andersson). 11. Social Corrosion, Inequality and Health (Robert Wilkinson). 12. Inequality, Choice and Public Services (Julian Le Grand). Notes. Index.
£49.50
John Wiley and Sons Ltd The New Egalitarianism
Book Synopsis* Giddens' latest policy manifesto, which takes further some of the arguments of 'The Third Way'. * Publication to be timed before the next general election. * Comprises a collection of essays from globally renowned thinkers, as well as Anthony Giddens and senior New Labour figures.Table of ContentsAbout the Contributors. Acknowledgements. Editor's Introduction. 1. Inequality of Incomes and Opportunities. (Gøsta Esping-Anderson). 2. Does Inequality Matter (Ed Miliband). 3. Inequality in the New Knowledge Economy (Robert Atkinson). 4. Opportunity and Life Chances: the Dynamics of Poverty (Robert Walker). 5. Where are the poor? The changing Patterns of Inequality and the. Impact of Attempts to Reduce It. (Anne Power). 6.The New Egalitarianism: Economic Inequality in the UK (Patrick Diamond and Anthony Giddens). 7.Inequality and Recognition; Pan-European social conflicts and their political dynamic (Ulrich Beck). 8. New Global Classes: Implications for Politics (Saskia Sasson). 9. Britain's Glue: the Case for Liberal Nationalism (David Goodhart). 10. Why gender equality? (Magdalena Andersson). 11. Social Corrosion, Inequality and Health (Robert Wilkinson). 12. Inequality, Choice and Public Services (Julian Le Grand). Notes. Index.
£18.04
University of British Columbia Press Defining Rights and Wrongs
Book SynopsisHuman rights complaints attract a great deal of public interest, but what is going on below the surface? When people contact a human rights lawyer, how do they think about and use human rights discourse? How are complaints turned into cases? Can administrative systems be both effective and fair? Defining Rights and Wrongs investigates the day-to-day practices of low-level officials and intermediaries as they construct domestic human rights complaints. It identifies the values that a human rights system should uphold if it is to promote mutual respect and foster the personal dignity and equal rights of citizens.Trade ReviewIt is a short book … but one which punches beyond its weight … She firmly grounds the debate about human rights and their domestic enforcement in her analysis of the empirical data and the social reality of public administration … Her book is an admirable and pithy contribution which offers much to those interested in human rights, discrimination, public administration and administrative justice. -- Simon Halliday, University of Strathclyde * Law and Politics Book Review, Vol. 18, No.4 *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 An Overview of Public Administration of Human Rights Enforcement in Canada2 The Roles of Frontline Staff and Independent Lawyers in the Public Administration of Human Rights Enforcement3 Transforming Human Rights Complaints into Cases4 Publics, Counterpublics, and the Public InterestConclusionAppendix: Excerpts from the Ontario Human Rights CodeNotes; Bibliography; Index
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