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Oxford University Press Inc Democracy in Hard Places
Book SynopsisThis is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. The last fifteen years have witnessed a democratic recession. Democracies previously thought to be well-established--Hungary, Poland, Brazil, and even the United States--have been threatened by the rise of ultra-nationalist and populist leaders who pay lip-service to the will of the people while daily undermining the freedom and pluralism that are the foundations of democratic governance. The possibility of democratic collapse where we least expected it has added new urgency to the age-old inquiry into how democracy, once attained, can be made to last.In Democracy in Hard Places, Scott Mainwaring and Tarek Masoud bring together a distinguished cast of contributors to illustrate how democracies around the world continue to survive even in an age of democratic decline. Collectively, they argue that we can learn much from democratic survivals that were just as unexpected as the democratic erosions that have occurred in some corners of the developed world. Just as social scientists long believed that well-established, Western, educated, industrialized, and rich democracies were immortal, so too did they assign little chance of democracy to countries that lacked these characteristics. And yet, in defiance of decades of social science wisdom, many countries that were bereft of these hypothesized enabling conditions for democracy not only achieved it, but maintained it year after year. How does democracy persist in countries that are ethnically heterogenous, wracked by economic crisis, and plagued by state weakness? What is the secret of democratic longevity in hard places? This book--the first to date to systematically examine the survival persistence of unlikely democracies--presents nine case studies in which democracy emerged and survived against the odds. Adopting a comparative, cross-regional perspective, the authors derive lessons about what makes democracy stick despite tumult and crisis, economic underdevelopment, ethnolinguistic fragmentation, and chronic institutional weakness. By bringing these cases into dialogue with each other, Mainwaring and Masoud derive powerful theoretical lessons for how democracy can be built and maintained in places where dominant social science theories would cause us to least expect it.Trade ReviewDemocracy in Hard Places emphasized fragile democracies that find ways to persevere. It's a novel way to think about democracy that challenges many of our natural assumptions. It's an absolute must read for those who haven't already. * Justin Kempf, Democracy Paradox *We are living through a democratic recession, reversing a decades-long expansion of elections and democratic governance around the world. Why is this happening and what could be done to arrest the decline? This compelling volume tackles this question in an unusual way-by looking at cases (such as India, South Africa, and Indonesia) where democracy has endured, despite having few of the pre-conditions that tend to be associated with success. These rich and carefully researched accounts remind readers that not everything is determined by economic development and other such structural factors. Broadly shared norms and values and specific policy choices all make a difference. Above all, political leaders matter. You cannot have democracy without democrats. * Fareed Zakaria, The Washington Post *We are living through an era when it is hard not to be aware of democracy's fragility and concerned about its future. Rather than provide another study of democratic decay, Democracy in Hard Places offers us analyses by some of political science's most eminent scholars of how democracy manages to survive, even in ostensibly inauspicious settings. Democracy in Hard Places will be invaluable to those seeking to understand democracy's contemporary problems as well as come up with solutions to them. * Sheri Berman, Professor of Political Science, Barnard College, Columbia University *The recent scholarly turn to more structuralist explanations of regime change has left an important question unanswered: many democracies in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America continue to 'overperform' the expectations of existing theories. Why—and how—do fragile democracies survive despite daunting domestic and international conditions? This volume offers some important answers. * Steven Levitsky, David Rockefeller Professor of Latin American Studies and Professor of Government, Harvard University *
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Oxford University Press Inc Ruling Emancipated Slaves and Indigenous Subjects
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis fantastic new book is a major contribution to the literature on colonialism and development. Owolabi addresses the puzzle of why the early colonies with planation slavery often ended up with relatively high levels of development. Owolabi skillfully uses multimethod tools to make an eye-opening argument that merits wide attention among social scientists and historians. * James Mahoney, Northwestern University *Olukunle Owolabi, in his eye-opening treatise, describes what generations of development economists did not see, namely that countries populated by slaves of forced settlement have brought peace, prosperity, and democracy far outpacing countries of colonial occupation. He then explains why, showing the returns to emancipation and citizenship. My hat off to Owolabi for opening our eyes to what has long been obscured by academic prejudices. * David D. Laitin, Stanford University *Owolabi demonstrates that forced-settlement colonies are a distinctive form of colonial rule, fostering economic and political trajectories that diverge from-and surpass-the trajectories of other formerly extractive colonies. This counter-intuitive finding offers an important corrective to usual understandings of colonialism and development. * John Gerring, Professor, Department of Government, University of Texas at Austin *In this book, Owolabi asks an intriguing question and, through an impressive multimethod analysis of several former empires, offers a compelling answer linked to the institutional legacies of colonialism. Ruling Emancipated Slaves and Indigenous Subjects is a must-read for any scholar interested in the long-term impact of colonialism. * Matthew Lange, Professor of Sociology, McGill University *A bold, provocative, and persuasive account of the lasting effects of colonial rule. Longue durée arguments are exceedingly difficult to make yet Ruling Emancipated Slaves and Indigenous Subjects delivers on its ambitious goal: to show the importance of emancipation during the colonial era for post-colonial development and democratization. * Adria Lawrence, author of Imperial Rule and the Politics of Nationalism: Anti-Colonial Protest in the French Empire *This excellent book rethinks the consequences of extractive colonial institutions. Analyzing the importance of early legal rights, Owolabi explains the puzzle of why countries in the West Indies have experienced better development outcomes than those in West Africa. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in colonialism, development, and democracy. * Jack Paine, Associate Professor of Political Science, Emory University *This ambitious work will certainly shape the field of comparative political studies of the varied political impact of colonialism for years to come. * Choice *Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations 1. Introduction: Forced Settlement, Colonial Occupation, and the Historical Roots of Divergent Development in the Global South 2. A Historical Overview of Forced Settlement and Colonial Occupation in the Global South 3. Historical Institutionalism, Critical Junctures, and the Divergent Legacies of Forced Settlement and Colonial Occupation 4. A Global Statistical Analysis of Forced Settlement and Colonial Occupation: Colonial Institutions and Postcolonial Development 5. Comparing British Forced Settlement and Colonial Occupation: Jamaica and Sierra Leone 6. Comparing Portuguese Forced Settlement and Colonial Occupation: Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau 7. A Global Tour of Forced Settlement and Colonial Occupation under French Rule: From Saint-Domingue (Haiti) and Les Antilles to Algeria and Sub-Saharan Africa 8. Conclusions, Reflections, and Avenues for Future Research Bibliography Data Appendix 4.1 Data Appendix 4.2 Data Appendix 4.3 Data Appendix 4.4 Index
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Oxford University Press Inc The Myth of Left and Right
Book SynopsisA groundbreaking argument that the political spectrum today is inadequate to twenty-first century America and a major source of the confusion and hostility that characterize contemporary political discourse.As American politics descends into a battle of anger and hostility between two groups called left and right, people increasingly ask: What is the essential difference between these two ideological groups? In The Myth of Left and Right, Hyrum Lewis and Verlan Lewis provide the surprising answer: nothing. As the authors argue, there is no enduring philosophy, disposition, or essence uniting the various positions associated with the liberal and conservative ideologies of today. Far from being an eternal dividing line of American politics, the political spectrum came to the United States in the 1920s and, since then, left and right have evolved in so many unpredictable and even contradictory ways that there is currently nothing other than tribal loyalty holding together the many disparate positions that fly under the banners of liberal and conservative. Powerfully argued and cutting against the grain of most scholarship on polarization in America, this book shows why the idea that the political spectrum measures deeply held worldviews is the central political myth of our time and a major cause of the confusion and vitriol that characterize public discourse.Trade ReviewA short, tightly argued, question-provoking "attempt to give a more accurate conception of ideology in America and thereby correct common misunderstandings of ideology among the general public and among the intellectuals who promote these confusions," as they themselves put it in the book. * Michael E. Hartmann, Philanthropy Daily *Finally, an antidote to political despair in America. Using the best data and social science, Hyrum Lewis and Verlan Lewis show us why our current polarization is not inevitable and how it can be resolved. If you ever wondered if our nation can ever unite again, read The Myth of Left and Right today. * Arthur C. Brooks, Professor, Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Business School, and #1 New York Times bestselling author *Is there a timeless ideological dimension that US political life maps onto? No! This book offers a deft, spirited deconstruction of that idea. It is an enjoyable read. * David R. Mayhew, Sterling Professor of Political Science Emeritus, Yale University *This timely book challenges entrenched ways of thinking about American politics. Even if readers do not agree with the authors on every point, they cannot ignore the powerful critiques lodged here. The authors rightfully demand that we transcend simplistic understandings of political alignments that conflate party and ideology and that fail to come to terms with how the definitions of 'right' and 'left' continually evolve over time. * Frances Lee, Professor of Politics and Public Affairs, Princeton University *An insightful dissection of the misleading notion that it is possible-without severe distortion-to reduce voters and politicians to points along a one-dimensional left-right scale. * Philip E. Tetlock, Annenberg University Professor, University of Pennsylvania *The Myth of Left and Right is a quirky but much needed book for today's conversation about how to push past our differences, disagreements, and political polarization. It is scholarly but accessible and something easily read in an afternoon. While it is short, its impact hopefully will be longer, for our Country demands such a book in a time when words like "left" and "right" are not only accusatory labels we paste onto people but, as Lewis and Lewis have shown, essentially meaningless. * Lee Trepanier, Russell Kirk Center *The Myth of Left and Right is a quirky but much needed book for today's conversation about how to push past our differences, disagreements, and political polarization. * Lee Trepanier, Chair and Professor of Political Science at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama *The book is a useful instrument for stimulating much-needed thought and debate about the ideological spectrum in the US. * Choice *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: The Myth of Left and Right Chapter 2: The Origins of Left and Right Chapter 3: The Development of Left and Right Chapter 4: The "Authentic" Left and Right Chapter 5: The Persistence of Left and Right Chapter 6: The Consequences of Left and Right Chapter 7: The Future of Left and Right Conclusion Notes Index
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Oxford University Press Inc Aiding Empowerment
Book SynopsisIn recent decades, women''s political empowerment has become an important foreign policy and assistance objective. Every year, donor governments and multilateral organizations partner with hundreds of civil society groups around the world to train women to run for office, support women legislators, campaign for gender quotas, and bolster women''s networks in political parties and parliaments.What ideas about gender, power, and political change guide these aid programs? What have practitioners and advocates learned about their strengths and weaknesses, and how might they improve their work going forward?Drawing on extensive interviews with aid officials, women''s rights advocates, and women politicians in Western donor countries and across Kenya, Morocco, Myanmar, and Nepal, Aiding Empowerment investigates how democracy aid actors promote gender equality in politics. Saskia Brechenmacher and Katherine Mann argue that international assistance for women''s political empowerment has evolve
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Oxford University Press Inc National Party Organizations and Party Brands in
Book SynopsisA new assessment on the role, influence, and limitations of the Democratic and Republican National Committees in American political development. Scholars have long debated the role and importance of the Democratic and Republican National Committees in American politics. In National Party Organizations and Party Brands in American Politics, Boris Heersink identifies a core DNC and RNC role that has thus far been missed: creating national party brands. Drawing on extensive historical case studies and quantitative analysis, Heersink argues that the DNC and RNC have consistently prioritized their role of using publicity to inform voters about their parties'' policies and priorities from the beginning of the twentieth century onwards. Both committees invested heavily in political communication tools with the goal of shaping voters'' perceptions of their parties. As Heersink shows, the DNC and RNC often have considerable freedom in determining what type of brands to promote, placing them in Trade ReviewHeersink offers a fresh and important new perspective on American political parties, challenging claims that formal party organizations are merely in service to candidates. Drawing on wide-ranging historical evidence, Heersink demonstrates national party committees have played a pivotal role in shaping their party's 'brand,' defining the party's positions and identity for voters. This impressive account will be of wide interest to students of political parties and representation. * Eric Schickler, University of California, Berkeley *The parties' national committees have long been disregarded as irrelevant. Drawing from new data on committee activities and careful case studies, Boris Heersink convincingly challenges that conventional wisdom, demonstrating that the DNC and RNC have been at the center of their respective party's battles since the early 20th century. In particular, Heersink details the ways in which the party committees seek to shape their party's all-important brands—key to the parties' democracy-enhancing roles as information shortcuts—in collaboration and competition with other party actors. An important read for scholars of American parties and elections. * Christina Wolbrecht, University of Notre Dame *American political parties are studied as organizations and as conveyors of information, but not until Boris Heersink's masterpiece have these two perspectives finally, and properly, met. In his diligent, methodologically rich, and empirically sophisticated study of national party committees, Heersink recasts the organizational development of the twentieth-century Democrats and Republicans. * Daniel Carpenter, Harvard University *Table of ContentsList of Tables List of Figures Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Introduction: National Committees and Party Brands Chapter 2: Examining DNC and RNC Party Branding Quantitatively: Presidential Control and National Committee Branding Decline Chapter 3: Building Permanently Active National Committees, 1912-1932 Chapter 4: National Committees and the New Deal, 1933-1952 Chapter 5: "We Either Have a National Party or We Do Not Have," 1953-1968 Chapter 6: Managing Mixed-Ideological Parties, 1969-1980 Chapter 7: "Reagan's Party" vs. "Recapturing the Center of American Politics," 1981-2000 Chapter 8: "Near Obscurity": The Deterioration of National Committee Branding, 2001-2016 Chapter 9: Conclusion: The Past and Future of National Committees References Index
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Oxford University Press Inc The Political Economy of Climate Finance
Book SynopsisThere is ample evidence that engaging developing countries on climate change mitigation would have significant, positive impacts on global climate efforts. There is much debate, however, on the most effective strategy for unlocking these low-cost mitigation opportunities. While the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) emerged as the main climate finance instrument for engaging developing countries under the Kyoto Protocol, the carbon market approach it embodied would largely be replaced by a new array of climate finance instruments based on climate funds.In The Political Economy of Climate Finance Effectiveness in Developing Countries, Mark Purdon shows that the effectiveness of climate finance instruments to reduce emissions under either strategy has depended on the interaction between prevailing ideas about how to develop a nation''s economy, as well as state interests in various economic sectors. Based on multiple field visits over a decade in three countries, the author demonstrates t
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Oxford University Press Inc Why Public Space Matters
Book SynopsisDrawing from decades of research, Setha Low shows how public space contributes to a flourishing society through promoting social justice and democratic practices. Thriving public spaces also enhance creativity, health, urban resilience, and environmental sustainability. Yet more than ever, public spaces across the world are threatened by urban development, privatization and neglect. Public spaces -- where people from all walks of life play, work, meet, talk, read, think, debate, and protest -- are vital to a healthy civic life. And, as the eminent scholar of public space Setha Low argues in Why Public Space Matters, even fleeting moments of visibility and encounter in these spaces tend to foster a broader worldview and our willingness to accept difference. Such experiences also enhance flexible thinking, problem solving, creativity, and inclusiveness. There are many such spaces, but they all enhance social life. Sidewalks and plazas offer business opportunities for small-scale entrepreneurs who cannot afford store space. Public parks have long provided major cultural attractions, from plays to concerts, at little or no cost to the public. Central squares have a storied tradition as arenas for demonstrations and political protests. Parks and waterways create sustainable greenways, and during disasters, all manner of public spaces become centers for food delivery and shelter. To illustrate their value, Low draws from decades of research in public spaces across the Americas, from New York to Costa Rica. Yet we are losing public spaces to accelerated urban development and the belief that public spaces are expendable. Just as important is the broad-scale and ongoing privatization of public space by corporate actors. Low explores why public spaces matter today, how they are at risk, and what we can do about protecting these essential places that support our everyday lives. Finally, she shows how we can work to promote public space protection and expansion at both the grassroots and global levels. Throughout, she focuses on real public spaces and the people who use them in cities and regions across the Americas, from New Jersey to Costa Rica. A powerful, defining statement on a foundational contributor to healthy civic life, Low''s book not only details what we are at risk of losing, but shows us how we can not only stop the losses, but work to expand the number of spaces available to the public.
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Oxford University Press Rural Livelihoods and Diversity in Developing Countries
Book SynopsisBoth livelihoods and diversity have become popular topics in development studies. The livelihood concept offers a more complete picture of the complexities of making a living in rural areas of low income countries than terms formerly considered adequate, such as subsistence, incomes, or employment. Diversity recognizes that people manage by doing many different things rather than just one or a few things. This book sets out the rural livelihoods approach within the larger context of past and current themes in rural development. It adopts diversity as its principal theme and explores the implications of diverse rural livelihoods for ideas about poverty, agriculture, environment, gender, and macroeconomic policy. It also considers appropriate methods for gaining quick and effective knowledge about the livelihoods of the rural poor for project and policy purposes.Trade Reviewthis book ... has much to commend it * Steve Wiggins, Journal of Development Studies *This is a good guide to those entering the subject with little prior knowledge * Steve Wiggins, Journal of Development Studies *Professor Ellis is to be congratulated. Not for the first time, he has produced a book whose chapters can readily be added to student reading lists * Steve Wiggins, Journal of Development Studies *In a field where there has been much excitement and debate over the last two years, little of this has been overtaken by events: a tribute oto the author's ability to present lucidly mainstream positions and yet still incorporate insights from some interesting but less well known work * Steve Wiggins, Journal of Development Studies *The great virtue of Ellis's book is that it summarises the literature, and seeks to define the terms in a way that will enable future discussion to proceed from a common base * Mary Tiffen, Development Policy Review *strongly recommended. If you only have time to read one book on livelihoods, this is it * Mary Tiffen, Development Policy Review *Table of ContentsPART I. CONCEPTS, DEFINITIONS, AND FRAMEWORK ; 1. Livelihoods, Diversification, and Agrarian Change ; 2. A Framework for Livelihoods Analysis ; PART II. DIMENSIONS OF DIVERSE RURAL LIVELIHOODS ; 3. Determinants of Livelihood Diversification ; 4. Poverty and Income Distribution ; 5. Agriculture and Farm Productivity ; 6. Environment and Sustainability ; 7. Gender and Rural Livelihoods ; 8. Macro Policies and Reform Agendas ; PART III. INVESTIGATING LIVELIHOODS FOR POLICY PURPOSES ; 9. Methods and Livelihoods ; 10. A Case-Study in Rural Tanzania ; PART IV. LOOKING AHEAD ; 11. Livelihoods, Diversification, and Policies
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Oxford University Press Politics in the Developing World
Book SynopsisAn impressive line-up of international contributors provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to politics in the developing world. The first four parts explore the theoretical approaches, the changing nature and role of the state, and the major policy issues that confront all developing countries. The final parts set out a diverse range of country case studies, representing all the main geographical regions. These country case studies illustrate the themes introduced in the thematic chapters and highlight the developing world as a place of diversity and rapid transformations. Readers are provided with the tools to appreciate the perspectives of developing countries. The fifth edition has been thoroughly updated to address topical issues and themes, including refugee movements; the rise of the so-called Islamic State; organised crime; gender; the role of new forms of communication in political mobilization; and the replacement of Millennium Development Goals by Sustainable Development Goals. Two new country case studies have been added: Syria and the Sudan. The text is supported by an Online Resource Centre with the following student resources:Additional country case studies to encourage students to consider the political situations in different developing countriesA flashcard glossary to allow students to test their knowledge of important conceptsStudy questions encourage readers to think critically about each chapterWeb links encourage students to go beyond the textbook and read more widely.Trade Review'Burnell, Rakner, and Randall offer us a comprehensive overview of politics in the developing world and a perfect blend of real world empirics and social science theory. If you are looking for an idea textbook, this is it.' * Nancy Berneo, Nuffield Chair of Comparative Politics, University of Oxford *'Clearly written and systematically presented, this textbook contains a wealth of information around the core themes in development studies. The combination of theoretical and conceptual debats with specific case studies provides students with a solid introduction to the subject.' * Renske Doorenspleet, Associate Professor in Comparative Politics, University of Warwick *Table of ContentsPART I APPROACHES AND GLOBAL CONTEXT; PART II SOCIETY AND STATE; PART III STATE AND SOCIETY; PART IV POLICY ISSUES; PART V REGIME CHANGE; PART VI FRAGILE VS STRONG STATES; PART VII DEVELOPMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS; PART VIII SOUTH-SOUTH RELATIONS
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Oxford University Press Public Health
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Oxford University Press New Mediums Better Messages How Innovations in
Book SynopsisNew Mediums, Better Messages? demonstrates that development is not only about economics and technology but also about ideas, perceptions, and representations.Table of ContentsDavid Lewis, Dennis Rodgers, and Michael Woolcock: Introduction: Innovations in translation, advocacy, and engagement in global development Part I: Translation 1: David Lewis, Dennis Rodgers, and Michael Woolcock: The sounds of development: Musical representations as (an)other source of development knowledge 2: Danny Hoffman: The pedagogy of trash: Photography, environmental activism, and African dumpsites 3: Mark Ralph-Bowman: Writing a development play: 'The Soft Bulldozer', or the subtle smashing of self-empowerment 4: Hilary Standing: Entering the fictional world of development: Writers, readers, and representations Part II: Advocacy 5: Duncan Green and Maria Faciolince: From poverty to power: A blogger's story 6: Jolene Fisher: Playing for change: Global development and digital games 7: Emily Le Roux-Rutledge: Women saving the world: Narratives of gender and development on global radio 8: Ben Jones: 'Being in the spotlight is not something that we are used to': Awkward encounters in The Guardian's Katine initiative Part III: Engagement 9: Shahpar Selim: Allah megh de: Culture and climate struggles in Bangladesh 10: Caroline Sage: Contemporary arts festivals in Nigeria and Nepal: Reclaiming and reimagining development discourse 11: Sophie Harman: Who consumes? How the represented respond to popular representations of development 12: Patrick Kabanda: The arts in the economy and the economy in the arts
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Oxford University Press The Global Lab
Book SynopsisThe Global Lab tells the story of a group of organizations and corporations using low-income countries as a laboratory. It reveals experiments with untested technologies, biometric humanitarian solutions, and radical methodologies for social change. The book maps out the political, institutional, and ethical coordinates of emergent transnational practices of experimentation, asking where and how this movement works, while unfolding the human, philosophical, and political consequences of its ideas and interventions. The book takes the reader through Silicon Valley, Africa, and Asia to understand the tangible and transformative implications of contemporary human experimentation. It follows a set of main protagonists, from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to experimental economists known as the randomistas, to humanitarian organizations and pharmaceutical companies. These actors form a movement inspired by the logic of Silicon Valley about the need for fast-paced radical change and sTable of ContentsPreface 1: The Global Lab 2: Humanitarian Machine Dreams 3: The Randomistas 4: The Gates Effect 5: Experimental Bodies 6: The Silicon Valley Way 7: Experimental Futures
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Oxford University Press Financial and Fiscal Policies
Book SynopsisWhat started as a sub-prime mortgage crisis in the United States in 2007 snowballed into global recession and later transformed into an economic crisis, if not a sociopolitical one. This was followed by the euro area debt crisis. While the period 20149 was marked by a return to the growth trajectory, albeit of the new normal variety, various headwinds affected such growth, including the United StatesChina trade war and the initially ambiguous Brexit signals culminating in the United Kingdom''s exit from the European Union. In 2020, the world witnessed the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic and a return to more aggressive fiscal and monetary stimuli. In this revised edition of Financial and Fiscal Policies, the authors highlight the challenges posed by the global crisis and analyse the interactions between monetary, fiscal, and financial policies, exploring cross-country experiences, especially the economics of the euro area and India. Focusing on public debt management, sovereign debt restructuring, taxation, and financial sector and sub-national finance regulation, this book offers an understanding of future institutional arrangements.
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Oxford University Press, USA Poverty Dynamics Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Book SynopsisThis book looks at poverty dynamics, or how individual experiences of poverty and wellbeing change over time. It includes work from anthropologists, economists, sociologists, and political scientists and combines qualitative and quantitative research approaches to help deepen our understanding of why some people remain poor while others escape.Table of ContentsPART I: INTRODUCTION ; 1. Poverty Dynamics: Measurement and Understanding from an Interdisciplinary Perspective ; PART II: POVERTY DYNAMICS: POVERTY MEASUREMENT AND ASSESSMENT ; 2. Chronic Poverty and All That: The Measurement of Poverty Over Time ; 3. A Class of Chronic Poverty Measures ; 4. Measuring Chronic Non-Income Poverty ; 5. The Construction of an Asset Index Measuring Asset Accumulation in Ecuador ; 6. Looking Forward: Theory-Based Measures of Chronic Poverty and Vulnerability ; 7. Exploring Poverty Dynamics from Life History Interviews in Bangladesh ; 8. Subjective Assessments, Participatory Methods and Poverty Dynamics: The Stages of Progress Method ; PART III: EXPLANATORY FRAMEWORKS FOR UNDERSTANDING POVERTY DYNAMICS ; 9. Bringing Politics Back into Poverty Analysis: Why Understanding of Social Relations Matters More for Policy on Chronic Poverty than Measurement ; 10. Poverty Measurement Blues: Beyond 'Q-Squared' Approaches to Understanding Chronic Poverty in South Africa ; 11. When Endowments and Opportunities Don't Match: Understanding Chronic Poverty ; 12. Investments, Bequeaths, and Public Policy: Intergenerational Asset Transfers and the Escape From Poverty ; 13. Questioning the Power of Resilience: Are Children Up To the Task of Disrupting the Transmission of Poverty? ; 14. The Social Distribution of Sanctioned Harm: Thinking Through Chronic Poverty, Durable Poverty and Destitution ; 15. Toward an Economic Sociology of Chronic Poverty: Enhancing the Rigour and Relevance of Social Theory
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Oxford University Press, USA Korean State and Social Policy
Book SynopsisThere are two great mysteries in the political economy of South Korea. How could a destroyed country in next to no time become a sophisticated and affluent economy? And how could a ruthlessly authoritarian regime metamorphose with relative ease into a stable democratic polity? South Korea was long ruled with harsh authoritarianism, but, strangely, the authoritarian rulers made energetic use of social policy. The Korean State and Social Policy observes South Korean public policy from 1945 to 2000 through the prism of social policy to examine how the rulers operated and worked. After the military coup in 1961, the new leaders used social policy to buy themselves legitimacy. That enabled them to rule in two very different ways simultaneously. In their determination to hold on to power they were without mercy, but in the use of power in governance, their strategy was to co-opt and mobilize with a sophistication that is wholly exceptional among authoritarian rulers. It is governance and noTable of Contents1. Introduction: The Birth of the State ; 2. The State Meets Modernity ; 3. The State Meets Business ; 4. The State Meets Voluntarism ; 5. The State Meets Democracy ; 6. Conclusion: The Anatomy of the State
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The University of Chicago Press Technology and the Character of Contemporary Life
Book SynopsisA contemporary analyses of the problem of technology.
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The University of Chicago Press Sprawl A Compact History
Book SynopsisStripping urban sprawl of its pejorative connotations, this book offers a new vision of the city and its growth. The author leads readers to the conclusion that in its complexity and constant change, the city is a wonderful work of mankind.Trade Review"Robert Bruegmann's Sprawl is the most important book on the American landscape since Jane Jacobs's The Death and Life of Great American Cities. It will be as influential in helping us to see American cities and suburbs as they actually are, rather than as imagined by the world's ideologues." - Alexander Garvin, Professor of Urban Planning and Management, Yale University, and author of The American City: What Works, What Doesn't"
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University of Chicago Press The Magical State Nature Money and Modernity in
Book SynopsisIn 1935 Venezuela consolidated its position as the world's major oil exporter, establishing South America's longest-lasting democratic regime. This text examines key transformations in Venezuela's polity, culture and economy, recasting theories of development for other postcolonial nations.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Introduction: The Magical State and Occidentalism Pt. I: Premiere - The Nature of the Nation: State Fetishism and Nationalism 1: History's Nature 2: The Nation's Two Bodies Pt. II: Debut - Venezuelan Counterpoint: Dictatorship and Democracy 3: The Eighteenth Brumaire of Dictatorship 4: Constructing the Nation; The Nation as a Construct 5: The Twenty-third of January of Democracy Pt. III: Revival - The Petrostate and the Sowing of Oil 6: The Motors Wars: The Engines of Progress 7: Mirages of El Dorado: The Death of a Tractor Factory 8: The Devil's Excrement: Criminality and Sociality Pt. IV: Sequel - Black Gold: Money Fetishism and Modernity 9: Harvesting the Oil: The Storm of Progress 10: Beyond Occidentalism: A Subaltern Modernity References Index
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The University of Chicago Press The Magical State Nature Money and Modernity in
Book SynopsisIn 1935 Venezuela consolidated its position as the world's major oil exporter, establishing South America's longest-lasting democratic regime. This text examines key transformations in Venezuela's polity, culture and economy, recasting theories of development for other postcolonial nations.
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The University of Chicago Press Beyond the World Bank Agenda An Institutional
Book SynopsisDrawing on the examples of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and transitional European economies, this volume proposes an alternative vision of institutional development with chapter-length applications to finance, state formation, and health care to provide a holistic, contextualized solution to the problems of developing nations.Trade Review"A fascinating analysis of World Bank policies and lending, focusing primarily on the theory and practice of structural adjustment.... The historical aspects of the presentation are especially interesting, as are institutional details in the chapters on financial repression and health policy." (Choice) "Every year books about the World Bank are published. Few make an impact beyond the moment, if at all. This book does more than make an impact: it sets the standard." (John Weeks, University of London)"
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The University of Chicago Press Rural Development in China Paper Prospect and
Book SynopsisThis collection of essays written from 1947-1986 by Fei Hsiao-tung, China's most distinguished sociologist and anthropologist, presents a rich and representative sampling of the research that has characterized his long career. In 1936, Fei conducted field work in Kaixian'gong, a village in Jiangsu province in east China. This village became the subject of his now classic study Peasant Life in China, in which he argued that, because of China's huge population and the scarcity of cultivable land, household industries such as production of raw silk were vital to the peasants' economic survival. His conclusions, long rejected by China's policymakers, have recently been embraced by the government under the political leadership of Deng Xiaopeng. Returning to Kaixian'gong in 1957 and again in the 1980s, Fei examined the changes that had occurred since his initial research. Three essays that resulted from these follow-up studies are included in this collection, providing a rare summary and ana
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The University of Chicago Press Military Institutions and Coercion in the Develo
Book SynopsisThis book includes Janowitz's seminal work, The Military in the Political Development of New Nations, with additional new analysis of Latin American nations and of the increasing significance of paramilitary and police forces in authoritarian regimes in developing nations.
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University of Chicago Press Economic Policy Reform The Second Stage
Book SynopsisIn the 1980s, the formerly planned markets of the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and the developing nations of Latin American and East Asia embarked upon efforts to alter their economic regimes. This work offers an overview of these continuing reforms, examining the issues confronting policy-makers.Trade Review"Anne Krueger has assembled and deftly summarized an excellent set of papers on the major issues in economic reform in developing countries at the turn of the century." - Stanley Fischer, International Monetary Fund "Anne Krueger, a world-class economist, has been both prolific and profound in her own writings, but her Schumpeterian activities in organizing superb conference volumes with important themes have also been notable. This volume on economic reform, still an overriding agenda for developing countries, is the latest of her triumphs." - Jagdish Bhagwati, editor of The Economics of Preferential Trade Agreements
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The University of Chicago Press Fada
Book SynopsisBy considering the fada as a site of experimentation, Masquelier offers a nuanced depiction of how young men in urban Niger engage in the quest for recognition and reinvent their own masculinity in the absence of conventional avenues to self-realization.
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The University of Chicago Press Fada
Book SynopsisBy considering the fada as a site of experimentation, Masquelier offers a nuanced depiction of how young men in urban Niger engage in the quest for recognition and reinvent their own masculinity in the absence of conventional avenues to self-realization.
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The University of Chicago Press Beyond the World Bank Agenda An Institutional
Book SynopsisUnder the tutelage of the World Bank, developing countries have experienced lower growth and rising inequality. This book argues that the institution is plagued by a myopic, neoclassical mindset that wrongly focuses on individual rationality and downplays the social and political contexts that can either facilitate development.Trade Review"Beyond the World Bank Agenda will certainly make an important and novel contribution to the literature. Howard Stein puts forward an institutional approach to development, very different and more akin to the real world than the prevailing view. Commendable." - Philip Arestis, Cambridge Center for Economic and Public Policy, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge"
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Palgrave Macmillan illegaltraveller
Book SynopsisBased on fieldwork among undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers, ''Illegal'' Traveller offers a narrative of the polysemic nature of borders, border politics, and rituals and performances of border-crossing. Interjecting personal experiences into ethnographic writing it is ''a form of self-narrative that places the self within a social context''.Trade Review"Shahram Khosravi's new book, 'Illegal' Traveller is really powerful and rich. One of the gems for me is the way the author clarifies the networks of migration from several perspectives. There are so many facets: the loneliness of making one's way alone and defenseless except for trying to keep one's wits; the political economies of the networks of smuggling at the lower levels; the human rights indignities of being stateless and vulnerable to rape, violence, extortion, and disappointment; and the ways in which small time smugglers also are liable to bankruptcy and inability always to calculate the margins. Also of course, the descriptions of the author's family as mid level khans with open houses both in Isfahan and Bakhtiari country, and the alienation of being Bakhtiari in Isfahan. Also the descriptions of Defense Colony in Delhi (the American Institute of Indian Studies has a house there) and the Topkapi area of Istanbul, places I have inhabited as well, albeit under very different circumstances. The minority experiences with the resonances that are invoked from Kafka, Benjamin, and the comparative references from the southern border of the U.S. (migrants from Mexico and Central America) as well as the borders around Fortress Europe make the book a cartography of the contemporary world, one that is only gradually being taken seriously by analysts as something quite other than an aberration." - Michael M. J. Fischer, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Humanities, Professor of Anthropology and Science and Technology Studies MIT, USA "The little-seen and personal perspective that is presented in Illegal traveller not only offers new empirical insights on human smuggling as a process, but also addresses the emotional aspects of the process of 'illegal' migration which hardly ever emerge in academic writing...Illegal traveller with its particular perspective on smugglers, which goes beyond state-defined categories of who and what is defined to be criminal, is a welcome contribution to the debate about 'illegal' migration from a side of the story that is too often ignored, but in need of telling." - Ilse van Liempt, Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Urban Geography at the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands. 'A moving, original and profound meditation on borders and illegality [...] Combining analysis with personal anecdotes and biographical vignettes [...] Khosravi combines intellectual distance with irony, wit and passion and never loses his ability to relate the particular to the general.' - Matt Carr, Race & Class 'Illegal Traveller is a very welcome addition to the literature on migration and it can be recommended to all whose interests go beyond traditional approaches.' - Journal of the Finnish Anthropological SocietyTable of ContentsIntroduction Accustomed Soil Border Guards and Border People The Community of Displacement The Invisible Border Homelessness We Borders Conclusion
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Columbia University Press The Poverty Curtain
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Columbia University Press The Weak in the World of the Strong
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Columbia University Press Land Labor and Rural Poverty Essays in
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Columbia University Press Mechanization and Maize
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Columbia University Press The Plight and Promise of Arid Land Agriculture
Book SynopsisThe world's arid and semiarid lands are plagued by serious environmental problems and are deteriorating in their ability to sustain conventional crops. The authors discuss the plight of deteriorating arid lands and, more importantly, offer practical solutions for improved land and water usage and the use of alternative new crops for food, chemicals, and energy production.
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Columbia University Press Dynamics of Regional Politics Four Systems on
Book SynopsisThis study explores the patterns of international conflict and co-operation in four geographical subsystems: the Horn of Africa, the Persian/Arabian Gulf, the South Asian subcontinent and south-east Asia. Each area is scrutinized in terms of its individual dynamics over a period of time.
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Columbia University Press Doing Good or Doing Well Japans Foreign Aid
Book SynopsisThis monograph argues that, contrary to stated claims, Japanese foreign aid is inextricably linked to Japanese business interests. It demonstrates how Japanese aid to the developing world is often tied to purchases from Japan, with potentially devastating consequences to Third World nations.
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Columbia University Press Sex and World Peace
Book SynopsisSex and World Peace is a groundbreaking demonstration that the security of women is a vital factor in the occurrence of conflict and war. This second edition revises and updates the book, enhancing its arguments with fresh data and analysis of additional examples of gender and conflict throughout the world.Table of ContentsMaps, Figures, and TablesPreface and Acknowledgments1. Roots of National and International Relations2. What Is There to See, and Why Aren’t We Seeing It?3. What Is the Global Picture?4. How Did Male-Dominated Social Structures Develop Throughout Human Cultures?5. The Heart of the Matter: The Security of Women and the Security of States6. Wings of National and International Relations, Part 1: Effecting Positive Change Through Top-Down Approaches7. Wings of National and International Relations, Part 2: Effecting Positive Change Through Bottom-Up Approaches8. Taking WingNotesContributorsIndex
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Indiana University Press An Ethnography of Hunger
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe book is ethnographically rich and presents us with new ways of thinking about development practices and environmental politics broadly defined. More importantly, An Ethnography of Hunger makes a significant contribution to the understanding of the relationship between power, politics and the environment. The book, for many years to come, will provoke intellectual debate about the place of politics and the environment in Tanzania, Africa, and beyond. * Political and Legal Anthrology Review *Recommended. * Choice *Phillips's nuanced analysis of the lived experience of hunger, its embeddedness in social relationships, and its impact on political subjectivity are truly original and set this book apart from other anthropological studies of hunger, subsistence farming, or political subjectivity. -- Jennie E. Gurnet - Georgia State University * African Studies Review *Table of ContentsPreface AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Subsistence CitizenshipPART I: The Frames of Subsistence in Singida: Cosmology, Ethnography, HistoryChapter 1 Hunger in Relief: Village Life and Livelihood Chapter 2 The Unpredictable Grace of the Sun: Cosmology, Conquest, and the Politics of SubsistencePART II: The Power of the Poor on the Threshold of SubsistenceChapter 3 We Shall Meet at the Pot of Ugali: Sociality, Differentiation, and Diversion in the Distribution of FoodChapter 4 Crying, Denying, and Surviving Rural HungerPART III: Subsistence CitizenshipChapter 5 Subsistence versus DevelopmentChapter 6 Patronage, Rights, and the Idioms of Rural Citizenship Conclusion: The Seasons of Subsistence and CitizenshipNotesBibliographyIndex
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Indiana University Press Transformations on the Ground
Book SynopsisIn Botswana's struggle to access international economies, few resources are as fundamental and fraught as control over land. Land, Power, and the Global considers the ways in which power in all its formslocal, international, legal, familialaffects the collision of global with local concerns over access to land and control over its use.Trade Review"An important and original contribution to scholarship. Transformations on the Ground offers a nuanced and empirically dense account of land issues —a hot and controversial topic both in academic and political discussions. This book adds a particular dimension to the very large body of literature with its specific mix of legal aspects, ethnographic data, and a global framework."—Dr. Andreas Eckert, coeditor of Afrika 1500 - 1900: Geschichte und Gesellschaft Taschenbuch [Africa 1500 - 1900: History and Society] and Director Re-Work Humboldt University Berlin"Botswana is a darling of international donors and regularly praised as an upwardly mobile, prosperous and successful country. At the same time, it is characterized by poverty and exclusion, especially of women. In her insightful case study on land politics, Anne Griffiths effectively contrasts the image of a coherent state against myriad realities and confusion of competences on the ground. Based on decades of ethnographic fieldwork, this book masterfully demonstrates how in the realm of land and law, international, national, regional and local domains intersect and overlap, and come into conflict with one another."—Andreas Eckert, Humboldt University Berlin"Anne Griffiths' ambitious and original book reveals how the 'global' is always situated in specific places and times through her insightful analysis of how land in Botswana has figured in practices, policy and politics from the standpoints of household, family, village, district, national and international levels. Griffiths' astute use of political and legal history, legal documents, observation of statutory and customary law settings, multi-generational life histories and detailed ethnography enable her to provide a rich and informative account that goes well beyond the mantra of 'the global in the local'. While insisting on foregrounding "the voices, perceptions, and experiences of people's relationships with land", Griffiths shows how these interact with national politics, policies, laws and legal practice and with the effects of international and global agencies and processes to produce inequality and class differences, despite some improvement in gendered patterns of land entitlement. "—Pauline Peters, Faculty Associate, Harvard Kennedy School and Center for African StudiesTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroductionSection I: Historical Dimensions of Land in Botswana: Contemporary Entanglements1. The International Landscape and its Influence on Land in Botswana2. Reframing the Governance of Land3. Institutional Frameworks and GovernanceSection II: The Bottom Up Impact of Land on Diverging Family Lifeworlds and Gender Relations4. Families, Networks and Status5. Transformations on the GroundSection III: Law and Space: Negotiating Legal Plurality in Botswana6. Negotiating Conflict: The Handling of Disputes in the Land Tribunal7. Constructing Legality in the High Court and Court of AppealFinal ReflectionsAppendixBibliographyIndex
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Indiana University Press The UN and Development
Book SynopsisOffers an overview of development policies and activities of the United Nations system from the late 1940s onwards. Focusing on the history of the generated ideas, institutionalized, and implemented by UN organizations, this book examines trends in development paradigms from the concept of technical assistance to underdeveloped countries.Trade Review...a sound reference work...Recommended. —ChoiceFeb. 2010 -- D. P. Forsythe * University of Nebraska *Table of ContentsList of Boxes and TablesSeries Editors' Foreword Louis Emmerij, Richard Jolly, and Thomas G. WeissPreface and AcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroductionPart 1. The Emergence of International Development Assistance 1. The Institutional Heritage and Pre-Aid Traditions and Ideas 2. The Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance 3. The UN Fund for Economic Development 4. First Steps Down the Road: What Can the Footprints Tell?Part 2. The Formative Years 5. The First Development Decade: An Instrument of Persuasion? 6. The Second Development Decade 7. The United Nations Development Programme, 1966–1981 8. The World Food Programme, 1961–1981: Surplus Food for Development and Relief 9. The 1960s and 1970s: Perspectives on DevelopmentPart 3. The Lost Decade and a New Beginning 10. Visions and Priorities for the 1990s: The United Nations Strategy for the Fourth Development Decade 11. The Revival of the Social and Human Dimensions of Development 12. Evolving Priorities, Patterns, and Trends, 1982–2005 13. Food Aid: From Development to Humanitarian Relief 14. The Long Road toward the Millennium Development Goals 15. The Contribution of the UN System to International Development CooperationAppendix: A Bird's-Eye View of ODA to Developing Countries and Multilateral Institutions NotesIndexAbout the AuthorAbout the Project
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Institute of Economic Affairs Education War and Peace The Surprising Success of
Book SynopsisThis is an inspiring story of entrepreneurs stepping into the breach and providing effective low-cost private schooling to large numbers of children in conflict-affected areas of the world, where government was not working well and basic infrastructure had been destroyed.
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MIT Press Ltd Fighting Corruption Is Dangerous The Story Behind
Book SynopsisA frontline account of how to fight corruption, from Nigeria's former finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.In Fighting Corruption Is Dangerous, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has written a primer for those working to root out corruption and disrupt vested interests. Drawing on her experience as Nigeria's finance minister and that of her team, she describes dangers, pitfalls, and successes in fighting corruption. She provides practical lessons learned and tells how anti-corruption advocates need to equip themselves. Okonjo-Iweala details the numerous ways in which corruption can divert resources away from development, rewarding the unscrupulous and depriving poor people of services.Okonjo-Iweala discovered just how dangerous fighting corruption could be when her 83-year-old mother was kidnapped in 2012 by forces who objected to some of the government's efforts at reforms led by Okonjo-Iweala—in particular a crackdown on fraudulent claims for oil subsidy payments, a hu
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MIT Press Ltd On the Brink of Utopia
Book SynopsisA new and coherent framework for fostering the breakthrough innovations that we urgently need to confront our collective future.We live in less innovative times than we think. Despite having made major technological advancements in a few areas, we are still left with enormous unsolved challenges. A radical shift in the culture of innovation is needed. On the Brink of Utopia, by authors Thomas Ramge and Rafael Laguna de la Vera, and with a foreword written by Nobel Laureate Stefan Hell, offers just that—a new and coherent framework for fostering breakthrough innovations for human progress. In their “Innovation Leap Paradigm,” they present seven steps in seven chapters and answer three simple questions: What great challenges need to be tackled? Who makes tech leaps? And finally, what political, economic, and cultural environments foster radical innovation? The authors sketch out a future in which technology will solve real
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University of Notre Dame Press Shaping the Political Arena
Book SynopsisRuth Berins Collier and David Collier are political scientists who use comparative historical research to discover and evaluate patterns and sources of political change. Their work is an overall analysis of Chile, Brazil, Uruguay, Colombia, Argentina, Peru, Venezuela, and Mexico, plus case studies of four distinct pairs in that group: Chile/Brazil, Uruguay/Colombia, Argentina/Peru, and Venezuela/Mexico. In addition, the Colliers meticulously describe and discuss their methods for the study including the limitations of their approach. The authors specifically focus on why and how organized labor movements in the first half of the twentieth century were incorporated into the political process in the eight Latin American countries they study. They analyze the role played by political parties, central government control, worker mobilization, and conflict between radical vs. centrist political philosophies and activities.Trade Review“This book is a disciplined, paired comparison of the eight Latin American countries with the longest history of urban commercial and industrial development—Brazil and Chile, Mexico and Venezuela, Uruguay and Colombia, Argentina and Peru. . . . Overall, a path-breaking volume.” —Foreign Affairs“… Colliers’ mammoth tome remains among the most significant contributions to the field of comparative political science … [It] is an indispensable point of reference both for students of comparative politics in twentieth-century Latin America and for comparativists interested in state-society relations in late industrializing societies throughout the world. Shaping the Political Arena is destined to remain among the classic works of Latin Americanist scholarship that contribute to disciplinary debates that reach far beyond the region itself.” —Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies“This is a monumental work, a tour de force. It is one of the most important books in the field of Latin American politics in several years.” —American Political Science Review“To paraphrase the book’s title, this masterful work deserves to shape the intellectual arena for social scientists and historians for years to come.” —Political Science Quarterly“This massive, ambitious, and wide-ranging book advances our understanding of modern Latin American politics by identifying the historical moment when forces emerged and relations were crystallized in ways that shaped subsequent political life.” —The Review of Politics“Massive in scope, ambitious in its conceptual reach, and encyclopedic in detail, Shaping the Political Arena is destined to stand as a landmark in the literature for years to come.” —Studies in Comparative International Development
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Pennsylvania State University Press Can Globalization Promote Human Rights Essays on
Book SynopsisAn examination of globalization's effects on human rights, world poverty, and inequality. Describes international human rights law and the international social movement for reform of globalization.Trade Review“This is a book which, in the words of Paul Collier, can help ‘citizens of the rich world . . . take responsibility for their own ignorance about trade policy’ without capitulating to the simplicities of neoliberalism. It refuses to discuss human rights in an economic vacuum, but neither does it advocate forswearing them in the name of economic growth. Masterly in its use of evidence, careful and balanced in argument, this book is essential reading for anyone who is suspicious of the too-easy moral rectitude of some of globalization’s ‘radical’ critics, but who still prioritizes human rights in all circumstances and wants the rest of the world to do so too.”—Gavin Kitching,University of New South Wales“Professor Howard-Hassmann’s answer to her own question—‘can globalization promote human rights?’—is that it can if we make it do so, but that to make it do so we must first understand the economics of globalization in a sophisticated way that values markets without fixating on them as neoliberals do. Then we must make informed choices about the world we want to see and the values we want it to embody. Masterly in its use of evidence, careful and balanced in argument, this book is essential reading for anyone who is suspicious of the too-easy moral rectitude of some of globalization’s ‘radical’ critics, but who still prioritizes human rights in all circumstances and wants the rest of the world to do so, too.”—Gavin Kitching,University of New South WalesTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Acronyms 1. Human Rights and Globalization 2. Globalization, Poverty, and Inequality 3. Global Neoliberalism 4. A Positive Model 5. Negative Models 6. Global Human Rights Governance 7. Civil Society 8. The Politics of Resentment 9. The Primacy of Politics References Index
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Pennsylvania State University Press Decentralization and Recentralization in the
Book SynopsisExamines decentralization and recentralization in the developing world, focusing on a comparison of Brazil and South Africa in the 1990s. Argues that decentralization follows declines in executive power, while subsequent recentralization is contingent upon presidents gaining exceptional governing opportunities, especially by resolving economic crises.Trade Review“J. Tyler Dickovick has written a pathbreaking work built on an insightful analytical framework and sustained by excellent fieldwork in several countries. He makes several notable contributions to the field of comparative studies of decentralization and federalism. First, he broadens the way that decentralization is measured in cross-national perspective. Second, he applies the theoretical framework in varied policy settings, such as health care and education, proving that it is broadly applicable. Third, in his analysis, he seriously considers differences in the sequencing of crises and policy responses, thereby adding to an emerging interest in these issues in the decentralization field. And finally, his meticulous empirical work is cross-regional as well as cross-national, making it a valuable resource for future studies in a variety of locations. Decentralization and Recentralization in the Developing World is a good example of the finest scholarship in comparative politics.”—Alfred P. Montero,Carleton College“Why does decentralization stick in some countries but not in others? How do presidents try to recentralize authority? Under what conditions do they succeed? In the first major book to appear on the politics of recentralization, J. Tyler Dickovick offers compelling answers to these questions. By insisting that we move beyond decentralization—and by showing how we should apply a common analytical framework to the study of decentralizing and recentralizing changes—Dickovick significantly broadens the scope of the literature on intergovernmental relations. Based on extensive primary research in an unusually disparate set of African and Latin American cases, Decentralization and Recentralization in the Developing World also innovates by focusing on dynamics that had yet to be integrated into the political science literature on decentralization, including what takes place within the bureaucracy, who controls labor markets, and why subnational governments either proliferate or amalgamate in the wake of decentralization. This is a must-read for students of subnational politics.”—Kent Eaton,University of California, Santa Cruz“By insisting that we move beyond decentralization—and by showing how we should apply a common analytical framework to the study of decentralizing and recentralizing changes—Dickovick significantly broadens the scope of the literature on intergovernmental relations. Based on extensive primary research in an unusually disparate set of African and Latin American cases, Decentralization and Recentralization in the Developing World also innovates by focusing on dynamics that have been yet to be integrated into the political science literature on decentralization, including what takes place within the bureaucracy, who controls labor markets, and why subnational governments either proliferate or amalgamate in the wake of decentralization. This is a must read for students of subnational politics.”—Kent Eaton,University of California-Santa Cruz“By insisting that we move beyond decentralization—and by showing how we should apply a common analytical framework to the study of decentralizing and recentralizing changes—Decentralization and Recentralization in the Developing World significantly broadens the scope of the literature on intergovernmental relations. This is a must read for students of subnational politics.”—Kent Eaton,University of California, Santa Cruz“J. Tyler Dickovick has made an important contribution to in-depth studies of decentralization. His detailed focus on Brazil and South Africa—a choice that will stimulate much-needed comparative research among scholars in these countries—during a period of intense institutional development and social change, with additional discussion of Peru and Senegal, will help all who are trying to follow and understand the pendulum swings that take place in national-local relations and in different policy areas. For too long there has been a tendency to view the centralization-decentralization dynamic as one in which the latter is somehow more democratic than the former and in which subnational governments are the cornerstone of democratic development. In this perspective, recentralization would normally carry negative overtones. Dickovick not only points out that things are not as simple as they might seem, but also helps us to recognize the importance of the fiscal arena, with its negotiations and bargains between very different actors at different levels, as the place in which to look for the unfolding history of the present.”—Peter Spink,Fundação Getúlio Vargas–São Paulo“Dickovick engages in a highly specialized four-country comparative analysis across two world regions to explain the dynamics of changing subnational fiscal autonomy. . . . [He] provides extensive conceptual and theoretical discussion to explain outcomes, ultimately emphasizing historical institutional dynamics and political economy.”—K. Staudt Choice“Dickovick provides extensive conceptual and theoretical discussion . . . ultimately emphasizing historical institutional dynamics and political economy.”—K. Staudt ChoiceTable of ContentsContentsList of Figures and TablesAcknowledgmentsList of Abbreviations1 Decentralization and Recentralization in Developing Countries2. Historical Trajectories in Subnational Autonomy3. Subnational Revenue Autonomy4. Subnational Expenditure Autonomy5. Subnational Contractual Autonomy6. Subnational Autonomy in Unitary States7. When the Center Holds: Conclusions and ImplicationsAppendix: Interviewees (by Country)ReferencesIndex
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Bloomsbury USA 3pl Liberation Theology in the Philippines
Book SynopsisLiberation Theology in the Philippines: Faith in a Revolution studies the interrelationship of international development policies and local social and economic structures in the Philippines.Table of ContentsIntroduction Prologue: The People's Church Part I Peasant Resistance and Religious Protest in Early Philippine Society: Turning Friars Against the Grain American Colonization (1898-1946) and Repression of Organized Movements: Continuing the Revolution Part II Cebu's Basic Ecclesial Community Movement's Alternative Plan for Sustainable Development The Illusion of "Catching-Up Development" in Cebu Struggle in the Uplands: Christian Farmers in Cebu Beyond the Dumping Ground: A Critique of the BEC Model as a Strategy for Development in an Urban Site Part III Rethinking Marxism and Philippine Theology of Struggle Conclusion: Participatory Development from the Grassroots Epilogue: Human Rights for the Poor Appendix A: "My Life Experiences and Story about Smokey Mountain" by Resident Youth Leader Appendix B: Interviews with Christian Political Detainees in Cebu (1993) Bibliography Index
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Yale University Press The Trouble with Africa
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Yale University Press The Green State in Africa
Book SynopsisA provocative reassessment of the relationship between states and environmental politics in AfricaTrade Review“The Green State in Africa contributes immensely to African studies. Death offers us an alternative theoretical conception of the African state and politics, and effectively links environmentalism to state transformation.”—Maano Ramutsindela, author of Transfrontier Conservation in Africa: At the Confluence of Capital, Politics, and Nature -- Maano Ramutsindela“Carl Death takes the study of the green state in a refreshing new direction by bringing the very different circumstances of colonial and post-colonial green states in Africa into a critical dialogue with the mostly western-centric scholarship on this topic. Such a debate is long overdue!”—Robyn Eckersley, author of The Green State -- Robyn Eckersley“This book is a must read—it clearly shows that the environment is not a secondary concern for African states; it draws together apparently disparate debates on green states and African states for the first time, to produce an engaging and highly original analysis.”—Rosaleen Duffy, author of Nature Crime: How We’re Getting Conservation Wrong -- Rosaleen Duffy“In The Green States in Africa Carl Death has presented one of the strongest and most convincing arguments for understanding the nature of the state in Africa and beyond, through the environmental politics lens.”—Thembela Kepe, University of Toronto -- Thembela Kepe“The Green State in Africa offers a radical reading of global environmental politics hinged upon the centrality of the African state to ‘green politics and governance.’ This well-crafted book brilliantly presents an innovative, state-centric theorization of environmental politics in Africa, exploring its transformative potential and significance in the struggle for a just, equitable, and environmentally sustainable world.”—Cyril Obi, Social Science Research Council, New York -- Cyril Obi“This is an original study that contributes much to international relations, state theory, green politics, and the possibilities of thinking much more carefully about sustainable modes of rule in the future both in Africa and elsewhere.”—Simon Dalby, Wilfrid Laurier University -- Simon Dalby“The Green State in Africa is highly important because it is unique in its overview and discussion of environmental governance in Africa.”—Peter Oosterveer, Wageningen University -- Peter OosterveerWinner of the 2018 Harold and Margaret Sprout Award, given by the Environmental Studies Section of the International Studies Association -- Harold and Margaret Sprout Award * International Studies Association *
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Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) Making Development Geography Human Geography in
Book SynopsisMaking Development Geography is a timely new book which introduces readers to the major themes and debates in development geography. It argues cogently that the field is engaged in an ongoing process of reinventing itself as critical development geography, and highlights issues such as identity, globalization, social movements and sexuality. Readers are guided through the key concepts and developments of the last 50 years, surveying the themes of Keynesianism, Marxism and post-colonialism. At the same time, each chapter uses international examples to discuss important contemporary issues so that the real-world applications of theory can be understood.This enlightening book offers a comprehensive introduction to the fundamental debates for anyone with an interest in development issues.Table of Contents1. Development as situated knowledge2. Remaking development geography3. Development as intervention - from modernization to neo-liberalization4. Development as immanent process: marxist-feminist political economy5. Post-structural turns: discourse, identity and difference6. Intellectual and political directions
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