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America''s leading role in the world is no longer assured. Instead, autocrats and populist strongmen are on the rise, and the global order established after 1945 is under attack. This is the phenomenon Katie Stallard tackles inDancing on Bones, as she examines how the leaders of China, Russia, and North Korea manipulate the past to serve the present and secure the future of authoritarian rule.Russia has annexed Crimea, started a war in eastern Ukraine, and repeatedly massed troops on its borders. China has stepped up war games near Taiwan and militarized the South China Sea, while North Korea has resumed missile testing and blood-curdling threats against the United States. These three states consistently top lists of threats to US and European security, and yet the leaders of all three insist that it is their country that is threatened, rewriting history and exploiting the memory of the wars of the last century to justify their actions and shore up popular support. 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Reinterpreting Salafi Jihadi Ideology  4.8. Conclusion   CHAPTER 5 Confronting the Regime and Fighting the Far Enemy   5.1. Reacting to Repression  5.2. The Militarization of the Conflict  5.3. A Fight for Survival  5.4. Relocating Jihad Abroad  5.5. Conclusion   CHAPTER 6 The Emergence of Non-Violent Political Alternatives   6.1. What Happened to the Other Islamists?  6.2. The Institutionalization of Jihadi Groups' Collective Identities  6.3. Responding to a Short-Lived Democratization  6.4. Conclusion   CHAPTER 7 Conclusion   7.1. The Institutional Trajectories of the Islamic and Jihad Groups  7.2. Armed Violence Beyond Egypt 7.2.1. The Strategic Development of Al-Qaeda and Islamic State  7.2.2. Political Violence and Democracy  7.2.2. The Role of Ideas  7.3. 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With detailed attention to achievements in human development, structural economic change and accumulation, they reveal the ideas, politics and institutions distinguishing social populism from economic populism. Through both kinds of Dravidian left populism, countervailing power has been built and aspirations against entrenched inequalities have been simultaneously mobilised. The state is central to their co-ordination, continuities, relative success and limitations. This book is sure to generate the conversation the authors seek about the struggle for social justice that is now so urgently needed.' Barbara Harriss-White, Oxford University\u003cbr\u003e'The Dravidian Model breaks new ground, not only in making sense of Tamil Nadu's political economy but also in advancing our understanding of the possibilities for socially and economically inclusive development in the post-colonial world. The book exhaustively documents and explains the historical and cultural roots of Tamil Nadu's opportunity-equalizing politics and carves out new theoretical frontiers in the debate on left populism. This should be required reading for all those interested in the democratic possibilities of transforming deeply unequal societies.' Patrick Heller, Brown University\u003cbr\u003e'The Dravidian Model offers the most convincing explanation of the unmatchable level of development that South India has reached, compared to the rest of the sub-continent. It shows that political mobilization resulting in social change and less inequalities, makes redistribution more natural. And this process prepares the ground for real development - in terms of education and health, for instance - because of a certain democratization of growth. By contrast, Kalaiyarasan A. and M. Vijayabaskar expose those who claim that the economic trajectory of western Indian states are success stories - they are models of growth without development when the Dravidian model offers growth with development!' Christophe Jaffrelot, CERI-Sciences Po\u003cbr\u003e'The Dravidian Movement has been studied extensively for its ideology and political mobilization. But its impact on social development and economic growth has rarely been subjected to such meticulous scrutiny. Of special importance here is the analysis of how the Dravidian Movement brought lower castes into the entrepreneurial sphere, lifting Tamil Nadu not only socially but also economically. A compelling and much needed analysis.' Ashutosh Varshney, Brown University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations, List of tables, List of figures, 1. The Dravidian model: an introduction; 2. Conceptions of power and mobilisation: a framework for analysis; 3. Democratising education; 4. Democratising care 5. Broadening growth and democratising capital; 6. Identity-based mobilisation and outcomes in rural Tamil Nadu; 7. Institutions, interventions and urban labour; 8. Fissures, limits and possible futures; Appendices; References.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738344370519,"sku":"9781108844130","price":76.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781108844130.jpg?v=1723811952"},{"product_id":"policy-work-in-canada-9781442647374","title":"Policy Work in Canada","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePolicy Work in Canada is an in-depth study into the levels of analytical capacity found within the federal and provincial governments as well as the non-governmental sector.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTable of Figures    Table of Tables    Part 1 - Introduction    Chapter 1. - The Nature of Professional Policy Work in Canada: An Introduction and Overview - Howlett, Wellstead, \u0026amp; Craft    Chapter 2. - Policy Analysts in the Bureaucracy Revisited: The Nature of Professional Policy Work in Contemporary Government. - Michael Howlett and Adam Wellstead    Part 2 -Policy Work in Canadian Government    Chapter 3. - Policy Capacity and Incapacity in Canada's Federal Government - Wellstead, Adam, Stedman, R and Lindquist, E.    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