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Book SynopsisHow are we to explain the resurgence of customary chiefs in contemporary Africa? Rather than disappearing with the tide of modernity, as many expected, indigenous sovereigns are instead a rising force, often wielding substantial power and legitimacy despite major changes in the workings of the global political economy in the postCold War erachanges in which they are themselves deeply implicated. This pathbreaking volume, edited by anthropologists John L. Comaroff and Jean Comaroff, explores the reasons behind the increasingly assertive politics of custom in many corners of Africa. Chiefs come in countless guisesfrom university professors through cosmopolitan businessmen to subsistence farmersbut, whatever else they do, they are a critical key to understanding the tenacious hold that traditional authority enjoys in the late modern world. Together the contributors explore this counterintuitive chapter in Africa's history and, in so doing, place it within the broader world-making proc

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Book SynopsisAn expansive study of the problems encountered by educational leaders in pursuit of reform, and how these issues cyclically translate into future topics of reform. School reform is almost always born out of big dreams and well-meaning desires to change the status quo. But between lofty reform legislation and the students whose education is at stake, there are numerous additional policies and policymakers who determine how reforms operate. Even in the best cases, school reform initiatives can perpetuate problems created by earlier reforms or existing injustices, all while introducing new complications. In Reforming the Reform, political scientist Susan L. Moffitt, education policy scholar Michaela Krug O'Neill, and the late policy and education scholar David K. Cohen take on a wide-ranging examination of the many intricacies of school reform. With a particular focus on policymakers in the spaces between legislation and implementation, such as the countless school superintendents and district leaders tasked with developing new policies in the unique context of their district or schools, the authors identify common problems that arise when trying to operationalize ambitious reform ideas. Their research draws on more than 250 interviews with administrators in Tennessee and California (chosen as contrasts for their different political makeup and centralization of the education system) and is presented here alongside survey data from across the United States as well as archival data to demonstrate how public schools shoulder enormous responsibilities for the American social safety net. They provide a general explanation for problems facing social policy reforms in federalist systems (including healthcare) and offer pathways forward for education policy in particular. Trade Review"This multifaceted and fascinating book contributes on so many levels. Like no other work, it illuminates the policymaking stages between legislative passage of policy reforms and frontline implementation, centering on mid-level actors whose consequential decisions occur far from the limelight. As a case study in contemporary education policy, it vividly demonstrates the complications of foisting social policy responsibilities onto K-12 schools, to compensate for the threadbare safety net elsewhere. And it gives voice to teachers, principals, district officials, and others who must navigate the fresh problems arising from the collision of new reform efforts with old capacities and policy terrains. An unparalleled, expert analysis of the promise and pitfalls of the American policymaking system in education and well beyond." -- Andrea Louise Campbell, author of Trapped in America’s Safety Net"This book meticulously analyzes an enduring tension between change and continuity in education policy. Focusing on policymaking in the middle, between national legislation and frontline practice, the authors cogently theorize how knowledge, organization, and politics interact to enable and constrain policy and practice. By using the words and experiences of policymakers in state agencies, county offices, and school districts, the authors animate mezzo-level policymaking and its entailments for policy implementation. A must-read for all education policy scholars and for practitioners of policymaking and implementation!" -- James Spillane, Northwestern University“Reforming the Reform provides an original conceptual framework for thinking through the processes the reform sparks and the obstacles that challenge making those reforms work and stick. Offering an up-to-date and wide-ranging review of major policy initiatives, it will find a wide audience among education policy scholars and policy makers.” -- Jeffrey Henig, Teachers College, Columbia UniversityTable of ContentsList of Abbreviations Preface 1 What Happens after Reforms? 2 Inherited Terrains: The Political, Economic, and Social Foundations of American Public Schools 3 How Reforms Create Problems: New Policies, Inherited Terrains, and New Problems 4 Problems of Policy Spillover 5 Problems of Policy Overload With Cadence Willse 6 Problems of Policy Pockets With Cadence Willse 7 Problems of Policy Sparks 8 Learning from Reforms to the Reform Technical Appendix A: Supplemental Tables Technical Appendix B: Methodological Approach Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn this sweeping history of American democracy, Robert Wiebe traces the origins and development of democratic ruling in the USA since the early 19th century, also assessing its future prospects.

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewSoffer has written a fascinating biography of New York City Mayor Ed Koch--but he has done so much more than that. He skillfully uses Koch's reign to tell the story of the city from 1978 to 1990, a rags-to-riches saga with many lessons for today's cities as they cope with enormous financial pressure. Whether or not you are a New Yorker, this marvelously told tale of a mayor and his city will grip you. -- Lizabeth Cohen, Harvard University, author of A Consumers' Republic: The Politics of Mass Consumption in Postwar America Soffer is able to bring Ed Koch into critical focus through his narrative gaze, clean writing style, and expert use of a dazzling array of sources. By using such a colorful character as Koch, Soffer illuminates the way neoliberalism has made, remade, and unmade our urban landscape. He illuminates the importance of Koch in local and national politics and represents a larger phenomenon in America life. By thoroughly examining the politics and policies of his mayoralty, he allows us to see more clearly the world in which we live. -- Richard Greenwald, Drew University, author of The Triangle Fire, the Protocols of Peace, and Industrial Democracy In Progressive Era New York 'How'm I doin'?', Ed Koch's tagline, promised New Yorkers accountability and order after a fiscal crisis that brought the city to the verge of bankruptcy, the Son of Sam serial murders, and the racial mayhem of the July 1977 blackout. Brilliant and witty, jovial and magnetic, Koch was also a mean, stubborn, and polarizing figure. Jonathan Soffer brilliantly navigates us through the sea of local, national, and international events that created the phenomenon that is 'Hizzoner.' -- Craig Steven Wilder, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, author of A Covenant with Color: Race and Social Power in Brooklyn Jonathan Soffer's is now the go-to book on Ed Koch and his mayoralty. Critical yet even-handed, it is lucidly written, theoretically sophisticated, and solidly sourced in interviews and archives. And it offers fresh perspectives on many aspects of New York's history in the 1960s-1990s, notably the neoliberal turn, the fiscal crisis, racial and religious relations, and the interlinked trinity of gentrification, homelessness, and redevelopment. -- Mike Wallace, City University of New York, coauthor of the Pulitzer-Prize winning Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 New York admirers will find much to relish here, while those interested in learning how municipal governments work, especially during financial crisis, will be especially during financial crisis, will be especially enlightened by Soffer's efforts. Library Journal This fascinating, entertainingly written and illuminating book, the best piece of contemporary urban history I've read in a long time, is a marvel of even-handedness and balance.The Millions -- Phillip Lopate The Millions Provides an invaluable resource for urbanists, historians, scholars of New York, and anyone interested in this extraordinary subject, city, and time. -- Miriam Greenberg Journal of American History In his evenhanded treatment of the confrontational and controversial mayor, Soffer endorses the liberal indictment and fully acknowledges Koch's shortcomings. At the same time, however, the author presents a compelling brief for Koch that underscores the desperate condition of New York City in the late 1970s and argues convincingly for the mayor's decision to employ draconian measures. -- Roger Biles American Historical ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. Struggling to Be Middle Class: Ed Koch's Early Life 3. It Takes a Village (1949-58) 4. "Rhymes with Notch" (1959-64) 5. The Man Who Beat Carmine De Sapio 6. A Rebel with Reason 7. Koch's Corridor (1969-76) 8. "A Liberal with Sanity": Koch as the Anti-Bella 9. New York: Divided and Broke (1973-77) 10. The 1977 Mayoral Election 11. The Critical First Term (1978-81) 12. The Politics of Race and Party 13. Shake-up (1979-80) 14. Controlled Fusion: Or, to Koch or Not to Koch (1980-81) 15. Governor Koch? (1982-83) 16. Larger Than Life (1984-85) 17. A New Spatial Order: Gentrification, the Parks, Times Square 18. Homelessness 19. The Koch Housing Plan (1986-89) 20. AIDS 21. Crime and Police Issues (1978-84) 22. The Ward Years: Police, Crime, and Police Crimes (1984-89) 23. Don't Follow County Leaders, and Watch Your Parking Meters (1986) 24. Koch's Endgame (1988-89) 25. Epilogue Conclusion Notes Index

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Book SynopsisZeinab Abul-Magd examines both the visible and often invisible efforts by Egypt’s semiautonomous military to hegemonize the country’s politics, economy, and society over the past six decades to show how it gains and maintains control.Trade ReviewNo other work provides such a detailed account of the military's penetration of the economy or the state administration, nor of the causes or consequences of that penetration. The topic is of major importance and the range of sources drawn upon is without parallel. -- Robert Springborg, author of Mubarak's Egypt: Fragmentation of the Political Order The insidious connection between saving and militarizing the nation is the subject of this fascinating investigation of Egypt's current travails. Abul-Magd offers an impressive and meticulously documented account of this bleak process, from the establishment of military dominance in 1952 to its resurgence after 2011, and concludes with prescriptions on how to reverse it. Militarizing the Nation is essential reading for those lamenting the fate of the 2011 Arab revolts. -- Hazem Kandil, University of Cambridge Abul-Magd has written an empirically-rich and thoughtfully organized book. By capitalizing on many newly-available sources of information and contextualizing this in a broader theoretical literature on militarization, she has made the otherwise opaque subject of Egyptian military politics into a comprehensible case study. This text will be useful to students of Middle East politics but also to comparativists interested more broadly in political economy and critical military studies. -- Shana Marshall, George Washington University A must-read...Unlike the flurry of publications after January 2011 that viewed the Egyptian military from the outside as a black box making crucial decisions (i.e. to let Mubarak fall and then govern, and then to deal with and later topple the Muslim Brotherhood), this book provides more context. It describes how the Egyptian army, especially after the 1980s, managed to entrench itself in the state apparatus, the economy (even during times of privatization), and society. This book supersedes all previous empirical works in this area of study. It is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the decisions of the Egyptian military after 2011, and the enduring weight of these actions. -- Philippe Droz-Vincent, Middle East InstituteTable of ContentsAbbreviations Introduction: The Officer Has Saved the Nation 1. Socialism Without Socialists (1950s-1970s) 2. The Good 1980s: Arms, Consumerism, and Scandals 3. Neoliberal Officers Make Big Money (1990s-2000s) 4. The Republic of Retired Generals (1990s-2000s) 5. Angry Workers, Islamist Grocers, and Revolutionary Generals (2011-2014) Conclusion: Demilitarizing Egypt? Appendix Notes Index

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Book SynopsisBrian Calfano and Valerie Martinez-Ebers examine the history and current efforts of human relations commissions in promoting positive intergroup outcomes and enforcing antidiscrimination laws. Drawing on a wide range of theories and methods, they assess policy approaches, successes, and failures in four cities.Trade ReviewHuman Relations Commissions provides historical and practical details on beginning, continuing, and expanding human relations commissions. Calfano and Martinez-Ebers aptly highlight the tools necessary for engaging and identifying potential partners to promote good relations in any community. -- Beverly Watts, former president of the International Association of Official Human Rights Agencies and executive director of the Tennessee Human Rights CommissionCalfano and Martinez-Ebers have provided needed focus on local policy making by turning to human relations commissions and examining the effects of their work—not just on the communities they are created to serve but also on the leaders themselves who invest so greatly in the effort of making our pluralistic society more congenial. This is important work. -- Gary Segura, dean of the Luskin School of Public Affairs at UCLAHuman Relations Commissions presents an important application of bureaucracy and public administration literatures. This in-depth assessment demonstrates that staffers embody values that are critical in making both governments and neighborhoods fair and responsive to diverse constituencies. This book should be required reading for those interested in equity, public values, and the role of local governments. -- Kenneth J. Meier, coauthor of The Politics of African American Education: Representation, Partisanship, and Educational EquityFilling a canyon-like void in political science, urban studies, policy and administration, and more, Human Relations Commissions opens a whole new world to the relationship of HRCs and municipal governments. The synthesis of the authors’ varied methodologies and research orientations has created a fascinating book. -- John Bretting, University of Texas at El PasoTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Too Big a Task?1. Human Relations Commissions: Creativity in Constraint2. The History of Intergroup Relations in America3. Origins and Development of Organized Human Relations Efforts4. The Humans Who Must Relate5. Experimenting with the Dynamics of Intergroup Identity6. Reporting and Responding to Community7. Imagining Human Relations for the FutureAppendixNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisBrian Calfano and Valerie Martinez-Ebers examine the history and current efforts of human relations commissions in promoting positive intergroup outcomes and enforcing antidiscrimination laws. Drawing on a wide range of theories and methods, they assess policy approaches, successes, and failures in four cities.Trade ReviewHuman Relations Commissions provides historical and practical details on beginning, continuing, and expanding human relations commissions. Calfano and Martinez-Ebers aptly highlight the tools necessary for engaging and identifying potential partners to promote good relations in any community. -- Beverly Watts, former president of the International Association of Official Human Rights Agencies and executive director of the Tennessee Human Rights CommissionCalfano and Martinez-Ebers have provided needed focus on local policy making by turning to human relations commissions and examining the effects of their work—not just on the communities they are created to serve but also on the leaders themselves who invest so greatly in the effort of making our pluralistic society more congenial. This is important work. -- Gary Segura, dean of the Luskin School of Public Affairs at UCLAHuman Relations Commissions presents an important application of bureaucracy and public administration literatures. This in-depth assessment demonstrates that staffers embody values that are critical in making both governments and neighborhoods fair and responsive to diverse constituencies. This book should be required reading for those interested in equity, public values, and the role of local governments. -- Kenneth J. Meier, coauthor of The Politics of African American Education: Representation, Partisanship, and Educational EquityFilling a canyon-like void in political science, urban studies, policy and administration, and more, Human Relations Commissions opens a whole new world to the relationship of HRCs and municipal governments. The synthesis of the authors’ varied methodologies and research orientations has created a fascinating book. -- John Bretting, University of Texas at El PasoTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Too Big a Task?1. Human Relations Commissions: Creativity in Constraint2. The History of Intergroup Relations in America3. Origins and Development of Organized Human Relations Efforts4. The Humans Who Must Relate5. Experimenting with the Dynamics of Intergroup Identity6. Reporting and Responding to Community7. Imagining Human Relations for the FutureAppendixNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisIn Her Own Name explores the origins and consequences of laws expanding married women’s property rights, focusing on the people and institutions that shaped them.Trade ReviewSara Chatfield has brought to American women’s history a unique theoretical and empirical vantage point. Her innovative analysis of emulation and diffusion in constitutional reform sets a new standard in American political development and the politics of gender. -- Daniel Carpenter, author of Democracy by Petition: Popular Politics in Transformation, 1790-1870Chatfield’s In Her Own Name insightfully explains the process by which rights law can expand and contract based on state interests and illuminates and deepens our understanding of the development of women’s rights. In Her Own Name is important and welcome work. -- Priscilla Yamin, author of American Marriage: A Political InstitutionChatfield tells a fascinating story about the trajectory of married women’s property reform. In doing so, she also contributes to a growing body of political science literature about the importance of understanding state-level political development. -- Julie Novkov, author of American by Birth: Wong Kim Ark and the Battle for CitizenshipIn Her Own Name is a compelling investigation of the development of married women's economic citizenship. Chatfield shows how male policy makers used property reform for married women to pursue an array of goals, including land conquest, slavery, temperance, and family needs—and how state-level institutions structured these pursuits. -- Jake Grumbach, author of Laboratories against Democracy: How National Parties Transformed State PoliticsTable of ContentsIntroduction1. Life Under Coverture and How It Changed2. Married Women’s Rights Reforms in American Political Development3. Social Movements and State Power: Reform in State Legislatures4. Constitutional Conventions as Key Reform Moments5. Decentralized Reform and Policy Diffusion6. Courts as Collaborators and CatalystsConclusionMethods AppendixAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisIn Her Own Name explores the origins and consequences of laws expanding married women’s property rights, focusing on the people and institutions that shaped them.Trade ReviewSara Chatfield has brought to American women’s history a unique theoretical and empirical vantage point. Her innovative analysis of emulation and diffusion in constitutional reform sets a new standard in American political development and the politics of gender. -- Daniel Carpenter, author of Democracy by Petition: Popular Politics in Transformation, 1790-1870Chatfield’s In Her Own Name insightfully explains the process by which rights law can expand and contract based on state interests and illuminates and deepens our understanding of the development of women’s rights. In Her Own Name is important and welcome work. -- Priscilla Yamin, author of American Marriage: A Political InstitutionChatfield tells a fascinating story about the trajectory of married women’s property reform. In doing so, she also contributes to a growing body of political science literature about the importance of understanding state-level political development. -- Julie Novkov, author of American by Birth: Wong Kim Ark and the Battle for CitizenshipIn Her Own Name is a compelling investigation of the development of married women's economic citizenship. Chatfield shows how male policy makers used property reform for married women to pursue an array of goals, including land conquest, slavery, temperance, and family needs—and how state-level institutions structured these pursuits. -- Jake Grumbach, author of Laboratories against Democracy: How National Parties Transformed State PoliticsTable of ContentsIntroduction1. Life Under Coverture and How It Changed2. Married Women’s Rights Reforms in American Political Development3. Social Movements and State Power: Reform in State Legislatures4. Constitutional Conventions as Key Reform Moments5. Decentralized Reform and Policy Diffusion6. Courts as Collaborators and CatalystsConclusionMethods AppendixAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewHonorable Mention, Traditional Nonfiction, Chicago Writers Association Book of the Year, 2022 "Long’s account of Madigan’s legacy is a study of the practical application of power." -- Garin Cycholl, Chicago Review of Books"An amazingly timely book that puts into perspective the historic events of last week — the federal indictment of the most powerful figure in Illinois politics. " --Shia Kapos, Politico“It’s safe to say that no American political figure in modern times has amassed as much power--and clung to it--for as long as Speaker Michael Madigan. Ray Long masterfully chronicles this extraordinary half-century of Illinois politics, diving deep to explain how Madigan survived and thrived in Chicago and Springfield. Like so many Illinois pols before him, the Speaker’s reign ended in humiliation, but not before the ride of a lifetime. The House that Madigan Built is a page-turning read, where Long shines a new light on a time gone by in American politics.”--Jeff Zeleny, CNN chief national affairs correspondent and former Chicago Tribune reporter​​“From stopping time in the Illinois Legislature to keep the South Side’s White Sox in Chicago to defending his dubious tactics that won election after election, Madigan was the master of the Chicago Way. Longtime reporter Ray Long uses his front-row vantage point to bring the man to life like no one else can.”--Curtis Lawrence, former urban affairs journalist for the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Tribune"As a cub reporter in the Illinois Statehouse in the 1980s, facing down the icy-eyed House Speaker was always a lesson in just how hard it can be to ‘speak truth to power.’ I wholeheartedly endorse and salute Ray Long for tackling this enigmatic, canny man's life in this engrossing chronicle of how Mike Madigan maintained his position for four decades, buffeted by the forces of money, corruption, and profound social and political change, to become the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history."--Nina Burleigh, national journalist and New York Times best-selling author​​"Ray Long is the consummate investigative reporter. With this book he tells the story of one of the most powerful--and impenetrable--figures who has ever ruled over a statehouse. This will be a riveting story for anyone who followed Illinois politics during the long reign of Speaker Michael Madigan, but it will also fascinate readers who enjoy a tale about raw power."--Bruce Dold, Pulitzer Prize winner and former editor and publisher of the Chicago Tribune"The House That Madigan Built captures how Speaker Michael Madigan, a protege of legendary Democratic Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley, lorded over Illinois politics for decades. In this timely book, veteran journalist Ray Long brings the eye of a reporter who covered Madigan through redistricting battles, a governor’s impeachment, tax hike fights, #MeToo scandals, and a federal probe that ultimately sapped his power. Fans of raw politics will find this a must read."--Jill Wine-Banks, former Deputy Attorney General of Illinois and author of The Watergate Girl, board member of the Better Government Association, and co-host, #SistersInLaw and iGenPolitics podcasts​"Long’s well-written and eye-opening book shows how Madigan, starting as just another patronage worker himself, carefully acquired and expanded the power for which he became famous to some and infamous to others." --Jim Dey, News-Gazette "Long provides a greatest hits collection of Madigan's career-long quest to amass political power. . . . A comprehensive look at a style of power and politics we may never see again." --Illinois Times "Smart, funny and even-handed, “The House That Madigan Built” is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand Illinois politics" --NewCityTable of ContentsForeword Charles N. Wheeler III ixPreface xviiIntroduction: The Long Reign 1PART I: THE LEGEND1 Remap Victory 152 White Sox Miracle 293 Operation Cobra 41PART II: POWER PLAYS AND POLITICAL FLOPS4 Historic Impeachment 555 Partisan Math 736 The Art of Persuasion 847 Pension Failure 97PART III: A CAREER POLITICAL LEADER8 A Patronage Army 1219 Madigan and Madigan 13610 The Politics of Money 147PART IV: CRACKS IN THE SYSTEM11 Turning Point 16312 Ups and Downs 18013 Shams? 18814 Marty’s Campaign 202PART V: THE FALL15 Himself 21316 Public Official A 220Epilogue 231Acknowledgments 239Notes 243Index 275Photographs follow page 111

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Book SynopsisPolitical profiles of five mayors and their lasting impact on the city Chicago’s transformation into a global city began at City Hall. Dick Simpson and Betty O’Shaughnessy edit in-depth analyses of the five mayors that guided the city through this transition beginning with Harold Washington’s 1983 election: Washington, Eugene Sawyer, Richard M. Daley, Rahm Emmanuel, and Lori Lightfoot. Though the respected political science, sociologist, and journalist contributors approach their subjects from distinct perspectives, each essay addresses three essential issues: how and why each mayor won the office; whether the City Council of their time acted as a rubber stamp or independent body; and the ways the unique qualities of each mayor’s administration and accomplishments influenced their legacy. Filled with expert analysis and valuable insights, Chicago’s Modern Mayors illuminates a time of transition and change and considers the politicians Trade Review“An important, underemphasized history of persistent attempted settlement by Black migrants from the U.S. South to the rural and small city Midwest. The author mounts a challenge to received wisdom and even the received archive that combines the meticulous use of traditional sources with innovative research strategies. The result is a fascinating account of how terror and exclusion were cleansed from historical memory.”--David Roediger, author of The Sinking Middle Class: A Political History of Debt, Misery, and the Drift to the RightTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction--Chicago’s Turbulent Political History Betty O’Shaughnessy 1983-1987: Harold Washington--Cultural Transformation of City Government in Chicago and A Sense of Possibility Xolela Mangcu and Gregory D. Squires 1987-1989: The Sawyer Interregnum Monroe Anderson 1989-2011: Mayor Richard M. Daley and the City of Spectacle Costas Spirou and Dennis R. Judd 2011-2019: Rahm Emanuel--Chicago in Change and Crisis Kari Lydersen and Daniel Bliss 2019-present: Lori Lightfoot’s Two Coalitions Marco Rosaire Rossi and Dick Simpson Conclusion: Modern Mayors of Chicago Dick Simpson Epilogue: History Continues Dick Simpson Appendix A: Historical List of Chicago Mayors Appendix B: Corruption Contemporary Chicago Bibliography Clinton Stockwell Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This is a must read for all who seek valuable insight into Mayor Harold Washington—the man, his administration, and the power struggle that accompanied the election of Chicago's first African American mayor."--David Orr"The master biographer of Illinois politicians provides the definitive account of Chicago’s first black mayor. Rooted deeply in the historical context, Roger Biles demonstrates how Harold Washington’s neighborhood agenda balanced social change with municipal housekeeping. Biles lifts Washington out of the morass of the Council Wars and reveals him as canny and substantive, flawed and private, deft and tragic."--Amanda I. Seligman, author of Chicago’s Block Clubs: How Neighbors Shape the City"Biles explores the intra- and inter-party political tensions in Chicago that helped cultivate Washington and redefined the city’s political and business landscape." --Booklist"One of the most comprehensive overviews to date of Washington's politics and policies while in office." --South Side Weekly"Highly recommended." --Choice"Makes a strong case for reevaluating Washington's career. [Biles] also covers pivotal elections with a flair for detail and suspense that locks you onto the page. This is a book that will reshape the way you think about Illinois, Chicago, and Harold Washington." --Public ITable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction: Race, Reform, and Redistribution 1 1 From Machine Regular to Progressive Democrat 15 2 The Plan and the Man 53 3 The Devalued Prize 105 4 Chicago Works Together 145 5 Balanced Growth 189 6 In Search of a Mandate 231 7 The Final Months 270 8 Harold Washington and Chicago 307 Notes 331 Index 377 Photographs follow page 181

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“An important, underemphasized history of persistent attempted settlement by Black migrants from the U.S. South to the rural and small city Midwest. The author mounts a challenge to received wisdom and even the received archive that combines the meticulous use of traditional sources with innovative research strategies. The result is a fascinating account of how terror and exclusion were cleansed from historical memory.”--David Roediger, author of The Sinking Middle Class: A Political History of Debt, Misery, and the Drift to the RightTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction--Chicago’s Turbulent Political History Betty O’Shaughnessy 1983-1987: Harold Washington--Cultural Transformation of City Government in Chicago and A Sense of Possibility Xolela Mangcu and Gregory D. Squires 1987-1989: The Sawyer Interregnum Monroe Anderson 1989-2011: Mayor Richard M. Daley and the City of Spectacle Costas Spirou and Dennis R. Judd 2011-2019: Rahm Emanuel--Chicago in Change and Crisis Kari Lydersen and Daniel Bliss 2019-present: Lori Lightfoot’s Two Coalitions Marco Rosaire Rossi and Dick Simpson Conclusion: Modern Mayors of Chicago Dick Simpson Epilogue: History Continues Dick Simpson Appendix A: Historical List of Chicago Mayors Appendix B: Corruption Contemporary Chicago Bibliography Clinton Stockwell Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisAs South Africa consolidates its democracy, chieftaincy has remained a controversial and influential institution that has adapted to various changes. This book examines the chieftaincy and how it has sought to assert its power since the end of apartheid.Trade ReviewExamines the complicated interactions between the central state, chieftaincy, and local people in rural areas of post-apartheid South Africa. -- Lauren Morris MacLean * Indiana University Bloomington *Williams (Univ. of San Diego) has added to a gradually growing collection of analyses focusing on the functions of chieftainship in South Africa and their role in the democratization process. His book is based primarily on dissertation research for three case studies from 1998 to 1999, completed in 2001, and taking into account changes and transitions in the decade following his initial research. His focus is on how the chieftaincy 'seeks to establish and maintain its legitimacy' and how it blends the 'principles of liberal democracy with principles of hereditary rule.' He updated his evidence during brief visits in 2003 and 2009, adding numerous surveys, journal articles, news accounts, and interviews to his bibliography. [H]is analysis . . . reflects chieftaincy interactions in the democratization process between the people, the state, and the chief's authority as it has evolved over many decades. An extensive bibliography, numerous informative footnotes, and a useful index add to the book's scholarship. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduate and research collections. — ChoiceAugust 2010 -- M. E. Doro * emerita, Connecticut College *Table of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsAbbreviations1. Introduction: The Chieftaincy, the State, and the Desire to Dominate2. "The Binding Together of the People": The Historical Development of the Chieftaincy and the Principle of Unity3. The Making of a Mixed Polity: The Accommodation and Transformation of the Chieftaincy4. The Contested Nature of Politics, Democracy, and Rights in Rural South Africa5. The Chieftaincy and the Establishment of Local Government: Multiple Boundaries and the Ambiguities of Representation6. The Chieftaincy and Development: Expanding the Parameters of Tradition7. Legitimacy Lost? The Fall of a Chief and the Survival of a Chieftaincy8. Conclusion: The Chieftaincy and the Post-Apartheid State: Authority and Democracy in a Mixed PolityNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThese multidisciplinary essays combine an appreciation of the progress made in Third World democratization with an assessment of structural and cultural factors that limit further progress toward procedural democracy in many parts of the world, such as China and much of the Middle East.

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Book SynopsisIn Power in the Balance: Presidents, Parties, and Legislatures in Peru and Beyond, Barry S. Levitt answers urgent questions about executive power in new democracies. He examines in rich detail the case of Peru, from President Alan García's first term (19851990), to the erosion of democracy under President Alberto Fujimori (19902000), through the interim government of Valentín Paniagua (20002001) and the remarkable, if rocky, renewal of democracy culminating in Alejandro Toledo''s 20012006 presidency. This turbulent experience with democracy brings into clear focus the functioning of formal political institutionsconstitutions and electoral laws, presidents and legislatures, political parties and leaderswhile also exposing the informal side of Peru's national politics over the course of two decades.Levitt''s study of politics in Peru also provides a test case for his regional analysis of cross-national differences and change over time in presidential power across eighteeTrade Review"Barry Levitt's Power in the Balance is far more than a study of the separation of powers in Peru: the book is a welcome corrective to twenty years of institutionalist research on executive-legislative relations in new presidential democracies around the world. The study of formal rules can only take us so far. Levitt shows that the functioning of president-Congress relations is contingent upon the internalization of constitutional norms by relevant political actors, as well as on the ability of party organizations to channel these norms across successive electoral cycles and to constrain ambitious political elites. Levitt's insistence on meta-institutional variables will stand as an important contextualization of mainstream models of presidential democracy, generating important comparative insights into other transitional regimes such as Venezuela and Russia." —Timothy Power, University of Oxford"Although there are many scholarly analyses of the first government of Alan García and even more of the government of Alberto Fujimori, no scholar has explicitly compared and contrasted these two governments with that of Alejandro Toledo. By highlighting the constraints upon García and Toledo that were posed by their own parties or electoral movements as well as by Peru's legislature—and the lack of such constraints upon Fujimori—Levitt is able to show clearly that the hyper-presidentialism of the Fujimori government was an exception. Levitt's descriptions of executive-legislative relations and of the major political parties during the three periods, which are based on an impressive spectrum of interviews with key political insiders and also on thorough archival research, are especially interesting and provide important new data and insights." —Cynthia McClintock, George Washington University"Barry S. Levitt has delivered an important and original analysis of presidential power, legislative-executive relations, party politics, and rule of law in Peru from 1985 through 2006, advancing a fresh perspective on the strengths—and limitations—of institutionalist analyses in the fragile new democracies of Latin America. His book will be of great significance to scholars and students studying democratization and legislative-executive relations in the region." —Scott P. Mainwaring, Eugene and Helen Conley Professor of Political Science and Director of the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame"This is an excellent book, which makes a pertinent contribution to the emerging literature on informal institutions in Latin America, to the general literature on political institutions and to the study of Peru, more specifically. . . . This book makes an important and insightful contribution to the literature on Latin American politics and executive behaviour. It provides a valuable corrective to the over zealous turn to the institutional in contemporary Latin American scholarship and highlights the nuanced analyses of political behaviour to be found in the examination of informal organizations and political norms." —Bulletin of Latin American Research“Levitt offers key insights into an understanding of executive-legislative relations in countries where the rules in and of themselves cannot completely explain governance. In these countries—and perhaps everywhere—existing norms and the nature of the representative institutions also matter when it comes to balancing power between the different branches of government.” —Perspectives on Politics

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Book SynopsisThe first exploration of Texas’s Speaker of the House—a role that has evolved from powerless obscurity to heavyweight political preeminence.Table of Contents Foreword by Don Carleton Acknowledgments Introduction: Assuming Center Stage Chapter One. Least Among Equals: The Presiding Speakership, 1846-1900 Chapter Two. Accumulating Clout: The Progressive Speakership, 1900-1921 Chapter Three. "Calculatin' Coke": The End of Progressivism and Birth of the Early Modern Speakership, 1921-1949 Chapter Four. Pragmatic Conservatism: The Dynastic Speakership, Part One, 1949-1961 Chapter Five. Liberals, Conservatives, and the Dilemma of Race: The Dynastic Speakership, Part Two, 1961-1969 Chapter Six. The Old Order Is Dead, Long Live the Old Order: Sharpstown, the Price Daniel Revolution, and the Speakership in Crisis, 1969-1975 Chapter Seven. The Executive Speakership, Part One, 1975-1983 Chapter Eight. The Executive Speakership, Part Two, 1983-2002 Chapter Nine. "Hell on Horses and Women": Gender and Family Life under the Dome Chapter Ten. The End of an Era? The Executive Speakership under Tom Craddick, 2003-2009 Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisHow the city's marginalized communities have historically used sports as a tool for resilience and resistanceTo cities, sports have never been just entertainment. Progressive urbanites across the United States have used athletics to address persistent problems in city life: the fights for racial justice, workers' rights, equality for women and LGBTQ+ city dwellers, and environmental conservation. In Seattle, sports initiatives have powered meaningful reforms, such as popular stadium projects that promoted investments in public housing and mass transit. At the same time, conservative forces also used sports to consolidate their power and mobilize against the civic good. In Heartbreak City Shaun Scott takes the reader through 170 years of Seattle history, chronicling both well-known and long-forgotten events, like the establishment of racially segregated golf courses and neighborhoods in the regressive 1920s and the 1987 Seahawks players' strike that galvanized organized labor. At every Trade Review"Shaun Scott’s Heartbreak City unfolds like a baseball game. First through its structure: divided chronologically, recounting a people’s history of Seattle into nine innings—and some extra bits—corresponding to key eras between the start of white settlement and today. Then through a vibrant array of characters shaping how history unfolds: divulging their shared hopes, committing errors, moving through losses, rallying. Heartbreak City is as much about casting a light on keystone, bygone sports dynasties. . . . as it is about questioning Seattle’s teams, champions, and projects the city rallies behind." * The Stranger *

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Book SynopsisThe US Supreme Court increasingly matters in American political life when those across the political spectrum look at the Court for relief from policies they oppose and as another venue for advancing their own policy agendas. However, the evidence is mounting, to include this book in a big way, that courts are more of a sideshow to the culture war.Table of Contents List of Tables List of Figures List of Appendices Introduction PART I: THEORY PART II: TESTS AND ANALYSES PART III: CASE STUDIES PART IV: STILL A HOLLOW HOPE Appendix A. Timeline Appendix B. State Political Culture and Brady Score Index Appendix C. Brady Gun Control Scoring Methodology Bibliography

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Book SynopsisExamines the leadership role of chief justices in the American states, including how those duties require chief justices to be part of the broader state political environment. Vining and Wilhelm focus extensively on the power of chief justices as public spokespersons, legislative liaisons, and reform leaders.Trade Review“Blending incisive theoretical foundations, impressive original data, and rich descriptive insight, Administering Justice is a tour de force on the role chief justices play in state politics. It is a must-read for anyone interested in courts and state politics, but also offers broader insight into political leadership and institutional performance.”—Greg Goelzhauser, Utah State University “Vining and Wilhelm have written a true piece of comparative political research, shedding new light on an understudied topic in American courts—judicial leadership—and leverage the diversity of institutional rules and norms to show how they shape leadership on our state high courts. A must-read for state court scholars.” —Mikel A. Norris, Coastal Carolina University “. . . contributes significantly to our understanding of the role chief justices play in state judicial systems, leveraging a mix of rich qualitative examples with larger-n analyses.”—Eve Ringsmuth, Oklahoma State University “In a very clear manner, and building upon pertinent existing literature, the authors provide a detailed and comprehensive understanding and picture of the work of chief justices.” —Gbemende Johnson, University of Georgia "Vining and Wilhelm present an excellent analysis of the importance of chief justices in state politics. The authors should be commended for their contribution to current scholarship because the text contains a wealth of information and is written in an engaging manner. The level of both qualitative descriptive or case study information and quantitative statistical data is outstanding, especially considering how challenging it can be to find in several states. Rated: highly recommended"--CHOICETable of Contents List of Tables List of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction Part One: Chapter One: The Chief Justice as Institution Chapter Two: The Chief Justice as Individuals Part Two: Chapter Three: The Chief Justice as Administrator Chapter Four: The Chief Justice as Advocate Chapter Five: The Chief Justice as Politician Conclusion References

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Book SynopsisExamines the leadership role of chief justices in the American states, including how those duties require chief justices to be part of the broader state political environment. Vining and Wilhelm focus extensively on the power of chief justices as public spokespersons, legislative liaisons, and reform leaders.Trade Review“Blending incisive theoretical foundations, impressive original data, and rich descriptive insight, Administering Justice is a tour de force on the role chief justices play in state politics. It is a must-read for anyone interested in courts and state politics, but also offers broader insight into political leadership and institutional performance.” - Greg Goelzhauser, Utah State University“Vining and Wilhelm have written a true piece of comparative political research, shedding new light on an understudied topic in American courts--judicial leadership--and leverage the diversity of institutional rules and norms to show how they shape leadership on our state high courts. A must-read for state court scholars.” - Mikel A. Norris, Coastal Carolina University“. . . contributes significantly to our understanding of the role chief justices play in state judicial systems, leveraging a mix of rich qualitative examples with larger-n analyses.” - Eve Ringsmuth, Oklahoma State University“In a very clear manner, and building upon pertinent existing literature, the authors provide a detailed and comprehensive understanding and picture of the work of chief justices.” - Gbemende Johnson, University of GeorgiaTable of Contents List of Tables List of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction Part One: Chapter One: The Chief Justice as Institution Chapter Two: The Chief Justice as Individuals Part Two: Chapter Three: The Chief Justice as Administrator Chapter Four: The Chief Justice as Advocate Chapter Five: The Chief Justice as Politician Conclusion References

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Book SynopsisExamines the role of informal institutions in sociopolitical life. Zeki Sarigil examines several empirical cases of informal institution as derived from various issue areas in the Turkish sociopolitical context (ie, civil law, conflict resolution, minority rights, and local governance) and from multiple levels (ie, national and local).Trade Review“From a leading political scientist on Turkey, this book makes a welcome intervention into studies of how informal rules and understandings shape political behavior outside of formal governance institutions. Zeki Sarigil's analysis is theoretically innovative and empirically rich, unpacking the power of the ‘unwritten’ in sociopolitical life with important insights for Turkey scholars and beyond.”—Lisel Hintz, Johns Hopkins University“This book proposes new categories of informal institutions, based on integrating the dimension of legitimacy of formal institutions, and therefore expanding previous existing categories. This is original, stimulating, groundbreaking work.” —Elise Massicard, Sciences Po “Sarigil successfully builds upon the existing theories of informal institutions, incorporating the important dynamic of social and cultural legitimacy, and weaving this formulation together with vivid and informative examples from the Turkish case. In so doing, he also contributes richly to our understanding of minority communities in Turkey.” —Michael Wuthrich, University of KansasTable of Contents LIST OF FIGURES LIST OF TABLES APPENDICES PREFACE The Importance of Informal Institutions and Norms The Contributions of this Book ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Chapter 1: Introduction Definition of Key Terms Methodological Approach A Summary of the Arguments Organization of the Book CHAPTER 2: CONCEPTUAL AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK The Existing Typological Accounts The Limitations of Two-dimensional Typologies An Alternative Typology of Informal Institutions The Rise of Informal Institutions Informal Institutional Change Conclusion Chapter 3: A Symbiotic Informal Institution: Religious Marriage (Dini Nikah) in Turkey Data Sources Informal Religious Marriage in Turkey The Popularity and Rationale of Religious Marriage The Symbiosis Other Possible Motivations for Religious Marriage Multivariate Analyses Hypotheses Variables and Measurement Results ‘Religionizing’ Formal Civil Marriage Conclusions and Implications CHAPTER 4: A SUPERSEDING INFORMAL INSTITUTION: CEM COURTS The Alevi Community in Turkey Cem Courts Why Non-State, Informal Courts? Still an Option? From Oblivion to Revival Conclusions and Implications CHAPTER 5: A LAYERED INFORMAL INSTITUTION: RELIGIOUS MINORITY HOLIDAYS IN TURKEY Religious Minorities in Turkey Non-Muslim Religious Minorities State Attitude towards Non-Muslim Minorities Official Regulation of Religious Holidays in Turkey Religious Minority Holidays in Turkey Non-Muslim Minority Holidays (Christmas and Easter) Muslim Minority Holidays (Day of Ashura and Gadir Hum) State Attitude towards Religious Minority Holidays: De Facto Recognition and Accommodation Conclusions and Implications CHAPTER 6: A SUBVERSIVE INFORMAL INSTITUTION: ‘MULTILINGUAL MUNICIPALISM’ OF THE KURDISH MOVEMENT The Turkish State’s Attitudes and Policies towards Minority Languages The Kurdish Ethnopolitical Movement in Turkey Multilingual Municipalism (Çok Dilli Belediyecilik) State Response to Multilingual Local Governance Conclusions and Implications CHAPTER 7: CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS Implications Future Research BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Book SynopsisThis title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1960.

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Book SynopsisDivided Cities is the comparative analysis of New York and London which many have been waiting for. Wider in scope and richer in detailthan any previous study, this work provides the best introduction available to these pre--eminent world cities.Table of ContentsLondon and New York in the contemporary world, Susan S. Fainstein and Michael Harloe; a comparative history, 1880-1973, Nick Buck and Norman Fainstein; dynamics of the metropolitan economy, Nick Buck et al; labour markets, Ian Gordon and Saskia Sassen; poverty and income inequality, John Logan et al; migrants, minorities and the ethnic division of labour, Malcolm Cross and Roger Waldinger; housing for people, housing for profits, Michael Harloe et al; politics and state policy in economic restructuring, Susan S. Fainstein and Ken Young; the divided cities, Michael Harloe and Susan S. Fainstein.

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Book SynopsisThis introductory textbook provides an historical overview of developments in local government in postwar Britain. The authors incorporate the latest research into their overview to offer a an up-to-date assessment of the dominant arguments and debates.Table of ContentsGeneral Editor's Preface. Acknowledgements. Abbreviations. 1. Introduction. 2. The Spirit of Reconstruction. 3. Building Jerusalem. 4. A Structure in Tension. 5. Paying for Growth. 6. The Consensus Crumbles. 7. Into the Melting Pot. 8. New Accountabilities. 9. Into the Twilight. 10. Conclusion. Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisAn introduction to the context in which UK social work is practised, Local Authority Social Services. The book is based on the realities of work in a modern social services department and addresses the major changes that have taken place. It also looks at the prospects for personal social services.Trade Review"The writing is accessible, well balanced and up to date student texts is a difficult task, of which in the field of social policy Michael Hill is the incomparable past-master. Here he has spotted a gap in the market, the lack of a book covering all the manifold and rather baggy activities performed by local authority social service departments...this is a timely book." --Tony Rees, University of Southampton "The strength of this book lies in the quality of analysis and its ability to capture and discuss critically the impact of the government's modernization agenda. It should have a place in all departmental libraries." -- Terry Bamford, Community Care "This book is unique in providing a clear framework for understanding the relationship between social policy and social services, and the complex structures and roles of the different organizations involved in the operation of social services ... It is one of the few texts that provide a clear picture of how to make sense of the bureaucratic organizational structures that surround social services ... in all the book is an important text for the social worker or student in understanding the relationship between social services, local authority and the central state." (Journal of Social Work)Table of ContentsList of Figures. List of Tables. List of Contributors. Preface. Acknowledgements. Part I: Establishing the Main Concerns of the Book. 1. What are Local Authority Social Services? (Michael Hill). Introduction. Social Services Work. Social Services and Other Areas of Social Policy. Social Services and Health. Social Services as Last Resort Services. Conclusions. 2. Origins of the Local Authority Social Services (Michael Hill). Introduction. Personal Social Services before 1948. Developments in the 1940s. 1948 to 1971. 1971 to 1990. Conclusions. 3. The Contemporary Social Framework (Michael Hill). Introduction. The Basic Demographic Picture. More Complex Demographic Issues. Economic Stresses and Strains. Ill health and Disability. Conclusions: Social Pathology and Social Services. Part II: The Local Authority Social Services Task. 4. Child Care (Jane Tunstill). Introduction. A Brief Historical Perspective on Social Services Provision for Children. The Legal and Administrative Framework. Services and Settings. Key Service Issues. The Role of Training. Conclusions. 5. Adult Care (Bob Hudson). Introduction. Services for Older People. Services for People with a Learning Disability. Services for Physically Disabled People. Conclusions. 6. Mental Health (Ian Shaw). Introduction. Mental Illness and the New Community Care. Mental Health and Social Work. Problems with Community Care. Managing Dangerousness. Conclusions. 7. Social Services and Social Security (Michael Hill). Introduction. Cash and Care in the Years after the End of the Poor Law: an Evolving Relationship. Cash Benefits and Welfare Rights. The Welfare Responsibilities and Concerns of Social Security Agencies. The Impact of the 1986 Social Security Act. Disability, Community Care and Local Authority Means-Testing. Conclusions. Part III: Organization: Present and Future:. 8. The Central and Local Government Framework (Michael Hill). Introduction. The Role of the Department of Health. The Audit Commission. The Local Government Context. The Collective Representation of Local Authorities. Local Government Finance and the Social Services Function. Policy Making in Local Government. Organizational Issues about Health Service Collaboration. Conclusions. 9. Organization within Local Authorities (Michael Hill). Introduction. The Organization of Social Services: The Model after Seebohm. Elaborating the Model: Preoccupations in the 1970s and 1980s. The 'Big Bang' of the 1990s - Community Care and the Children Act. Contemporary Models of Social Services Organization. Staffing of Social Services Authorities. Conclusions. 10. Modernizing Social Services: The Management Challenge of the 1998 Social Services White Paper (Stephen Mitchell). Introduction. Background: the 1997 Inheritance. Why Modernize?. Modernizing Adult Services. Modernizing Children's Services. Strengthening Regulation of Services and the Workforce. Improving Performance. Conclusion: The Key Challenges. 11. Conclusions: The Future of Local Authority Social Services (Michael Hill). References. Index.

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Book SynopsisBrings together a group of American and European social scientists to explore a number of factors, with an emphasis on the structure of political choices. This book includes chapters that reflect different perspectives on how people form political opinions and how these opinions are manipulated.Trade Review"Addressing an extremely important topic, this book can generate a new level of understanding about response instability and, more generally, the role of low information voters in democratic governance. It goes a long way to getting us out of a rut in which we have been stuck for a long time.... The editors have done a very good job of pulling together some state of the art scholarship on the topic." - Peter Nardulli, University of Illinois; "This collection is distinguished by the quality of the individual essays and the unity of the themes. Questions of non-attitudes and the effects of political sophistication are central to political psychology, and so no one in the field should miss this book." - Robert Jervis, Columbia University, author of System Effects: Complexity in Political and Social Life"

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Book SynopsisDoes globalization menace our cities? Are cities able to exercise democratic rule and strategic choice when international competition increasingly limits the importance of place? This book looks at the political responses of ten cities in North America and Western Europe as they grappled with the forces of global restructuring.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2003 Best Book in Urban Politics Award "This is a major study about western cities in the context of global capitalism and the large demographic shifts of the last thirty years. Through a mix of detailed empirical study and big conceptual questions the authors give us the instruments to capture and detect the ongoing weight of local politics in an exploding international marketplace that has made cities themselves an object for investment."--Saskia Sassen, editor of Global Networks, Linked Cities "An important comparative study of urban development process and politics... Savitch and Kantor's systematic study offers an array of explanations that are woven together to demonstrate several important concepts about planning policy and urban development."--Robyne S. Turner, Journal of the American Planning AssociationTable of ContentsList of Photographs ix List of Figures xi List of Tables xiii Preface xv Acknowledgments xix Chapter One: The Great Transformation and Local Choices 1 Chapter Two: Toward a Theory of Urban Development 29 Chapter Three: Ten Cities, Thirty Years 55 Chapter Four: Social- and Market-centered Strategies 101 Chapter Five: Driving and Steering Urban Strategy 149 Chapter Six: Dirigiste and Entrepreneurial Bargaining 171 Chapter Seven: Dependent Bargaining: Public and Private 223 Chapter Eight: Are Cities Converging? 267 Chapter Nine: Strategies for the International Marketplace 313 Chapter Ten: Conclusions: Cities Need Not Be Leaves in the Wind 346 Appendix: Sources and Notes for Figures and Tables 361 Source Notes 373 Glossary 391 Bibliography 395 Index 425

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Book SynopsisWhat drug provides Americans with the greatest pleasure and the greatest pain? The answer, hands down, is alcohol. This title calls for broadening our approach to curbing destructive drinking. It chronicles the history of our attempts to legislate morality, the overlooked lessons from Prohibition, and the rise of Alcoholics Anonymous.Trade Review"A wonderful little book... Draws on history, political philosophy and straight economics to point out that higher alcohol taxes would fit squarely in the American tradition."--David Leonhardt, New York Times "As laws against smoking and drugs become more draconian, the relative regulatory neglect of alcohol remains a mystery. Much of this mystery--at least in the US context--has recently been dispelled in Paying the Tab, a gem of social science by the Duke University economist Philip Cook... Mr. Cook's original and very literary book shows how certain principles of markets and regulation break down when a cherished commodity happens to be a mind-altering (and judgment-impairing) drug."--Christopher Caldwell, Financial Times "As one of the nation's leading public policy scholars, Cook brings his substantial background in applied economics research to bear on the topic of alcohol policy. In the process, he presents a first-rate example of how to approach a controversial social issue using economic reasoning. Ultimately arguing in favor of enhanced control (but far short of prohibition) to reduce the incidence of drinking, Cook does not reach this conclusion casually. Instead, he considers a full range of costs and benefits of alcohol control policy, including the enjoyment moderate drinking brings to many people...Cook provides the reader with an accessible, up-to-date treatise that is essential reading for anyone interested in social policy relating to alcohol control. Paying the Tab should be on every public policy professor's reading list."--H. Winter, Choice "In his book Paying the Tab, Philip Cook presents a comprehensive in-depth analysis of this complex policy issue. The book includes a review of the history of alcohol control in the United States, determines the evidence of its effectiveness, and provides an assessment of the proven policy options intended to curb alcohol use. I highly recommend this book to anyone who seeks to understand the effect of alcohol control policies in the United States. It is a must-read for anyone involved in legislative efforts to implement and strengthen such policies."--Bernd Wollschlaeger, Journal of the American Medical Association "Paying the Tab offers a wide-ranging historical and social scientific perspective on alcohol in the United States and argues that more must be done to control the consumption of alcohol."--Jennifer Prah Ruger, Ph.D., New England Journal of Medicine "Philip Cook does not offer us an economic history here, but his book should still be of interest to American economic historians and anyone interested in addiction, alcohol and related problems. He ably reviews and dissects an extensive literature to make the case for additional alcohol control policies."--Mark Thornton, EH.Net "Philip Cook's book, Paying the Tab, is an excellent book for academics, policy analysts, and graduate students to use as a primary source on U.S. alcohol policy... Cook sets precedence for all other authors who write on substance abuse policy should follow. He provides both an in-depth analysis of one drug by examining it through historical, economic and social viewpoints."--Dwight Vick, International Journal of Drug PolicyTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Preface xi CHAPTER 1: Introduction 1 PART I Rise and Fall of Alcohol Control 11 CHAPTER 2: A Brief History of the Supply Side 13 CHAPTER 3: The Alcoholism Movement 34 PART II Evidence of Effectiveness 47 CHAPTER 4: Drinking: A Primer 49 CHAPTER 5: Prices and Quantities 65 CHAPTER 6: Alcohol Control as Injury Prevention 82 CHAPTER 7: Long-Term Effects: Hearts and Minds 107 CHAPTER 8: The Drinker's Bonus 120 PART III Assessing Policy Options 131 CHAPTER 9: Evaluating Interventions 133 CHAPTER 10: Regulating Supply 148 CHAPTER 11: Taxing the Alcohol Industry 165 CHAPTER 12: Youth as a Special Case 179 CHAPTER 13: Alcohol-Control Policy for the Twenty-First Century 196 Methodological Appendix 203 Notes 207 References 221 Index 249

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Book SynopsisPuts forward a defense of Western civilization and the gifts it has bequeathed to the world - in particular, human rights and constitutional democracy - at a time when many around the globe equate the West with hubris and thinly veiled imperialism. This book traces the development and implications of this idea from antiquity onwards.Trade Review"Headley flies in the face of post-1960s criticism of the West to argue that the Renaissance and the Reformation laid the groundwork for the world's present understanding of human rights and constitutional democracy... Headley offers considerable evidence for these Western contributions to pushing diverse cultures toward a new, globalized way of life... In a brief epilogue, [he] sets aside his scholarly mien to launch a devastating critique of American policies at home and abroad since 2001... A densely written defense of the Western tradition."--Kirkus Reviews "This is a provocative, compelling, and successful book that traces the culture-transcending qualities of the idea of a common humanity and political dissent in Europe... Balanced and deeply intelligent, Headley's book recasts the role of European civilization in shaping our future."--A.R. Brunello, Choice "John Headley's lucid study of the intellectual origins of human rights and democracy in the European tradition rewards the careful reader... Headley has written an excellent book, penetrating and well-written. The two sections on the United States described above arc in brief, isolated sections, and have little to do with the rest of the book. The reader stands to gain a great deal from this senior scholar's broad analysis of these distinctly European values."--John F. Kicza, Renaissance Quarterly "There is much in this book for Renaissance scholars, historical sociologists, and students of contemporary history. For the ... historically oriented sociologist, the book is an important contribution to understanding the European heritage."--Gerard Delanty, American Historical ReviewTable of ContentsList of Illustrations xi Preface xiii Introduction 1 Chapter 1: The Renaissance Defining and Engagement of the Global Arena of Humanity 9 Imperial and Global Motifs in the Advent of the New Geography 13 The Fully Habitable World for Renaissance Europe 31 Chapter 2: The Universalizing Principle and the Idea of a Common Humanity 63 The Universalizing Process: From Christendom to the Civilization of Europeans 66 The Career of Natural Rights in the Early Modern Period 103 Chapter 3: The Emergence of Politically Constituted Dissent in the European World 149 The Initial Constituting of Political Dissent: Thomas More's Horrific Vision 154 Party and Opposition in the Eighteenth-Century Anglo-American Experience 168 Aftermath 195 Epilogue 207 Notes 219 Bibliography 243 Index 269

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Book SynopsisThe transformation of the American South - from authoritarian to democratic rule - is the most important political development since World War II. This title illuminates this sea change by analyzing the democratization experiences of Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2017 V.O. Key Award, Southern Political Science Association Winner of the 2016 J. David Greenstone Book Prize, Politics and History Section of the American Political Science Association "Paths Out of Dixie is the rare gem of American politics destined to be a touchstone across political science subfields."--Jason Brownlee, Journal of Politics "Mickey's work rests on an exhaustive treasure of archival research that displays a stunning commitment to the best traditions of American political development scholarship. Paths Out of Dixie is a worthy and indeed more rigorous successor to Key's (1949) Southern Politics."--Kimberley Johnson, Journal of PoliticsTable of ContentsList of Illustrations and Tables ix Preface and Acknowledgments xi Part One: Deep South Enclaves, 1890-1940 1 CHAPTER ONE Southern Political Development in Comparative Perspective 3 CHAPTER TWO The Founding and Maintenance of Southern Enclaves, 1890-1940 33 CHAPTER THREE Deep South Enclaves on the Eve of the Transition 64 Part Two: The Transition Begins, 1944-48 93 CHAPTER FOUR Suffrage Restriction under Attack, 1944-47 95 CHAPTER FIVE Driven from the House of Their Fathers Southern Enclaves and the National Party, 1947-48 131 Part Three: The Clouds Darken, 1950-63 171 PROLOGUE "No Solution Offers Except Coercion" Brown, Massive Resistance, and Campus Crises, 1950-63 173 CHAPTER SIX "No Task for the Amateur or Hothead" Mississippi and the Battle of Oxford 190 CHAPTER SEVEN "Integration with Dignity" South Carolina Navigates the Clemson Crisis 215 CHAPTER EIGHT "No, Not One" Georgia's Massive Resistance and the Crisis at Athens 240 Part Four: Modes of Democratization and Their Legacies since 1964 257 CHAPTER NINE The Deathblows to Authoritarian Rule The Civil and Voting Rights Acts and National Party Reform, 1964-72 259 CHAPTER TEN Harnessing the Revolution? Three Paths Out of Dixie 281 CHAPTER ELEVEN Legacies and Lessons of the Democratized South 335 Notes 355 Index 531

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Headley flies in the face of post-1960s criticism of the West to argue that the Renaissance and the Reformation laid the groundwork for the world's present understanding of human rights and constitutional democracy... Headley offers considerable evidence for these Western contributions to pushing diverse cultures toward a new, globalized way of life... In a brief epilogue, [he] sets aside his scholarly mien to launch a devastating critique of American policies at home and abroad since 2001... A densely written defense of the Western tradition."--Kirkus Reviews "This is a provocative, compelling, and successful book that traces the culture-transcending qualities of the idea of a common humanity and political dissent in Europe... Balanced and deeply intelligent, Headley's book recasts the role of European civilization in shaping our future."--A.R. Brunello, Choice "John Headley's lucid study of the intellectual origins of human rights and democracy in the European tradition rewards the careful reader... Headley has written an excellent book, penetrating and well-written. The two sections on the United States described above arc in brief, isolated sections, and have little to do with the rest of the book. The reader stands to gain a great deal from this senior scholar's broad analysis of these distinctly European values."--John F. Kicza, Renaissance Quarterly "There is much in this book for Renaissance scholars, historical sociologists, and students of contemporary history. For the ... historically oriented sociologist, the book is an important contribution to understanding the European heritage."--Gerard Delanty, American Historical ReviewTable of ContentsList of Illustrations xi Preface xiii Introduction 1 Chapter 1: The Renaissance Defining and Engagement of the Global Arena of Humanity 9 Imperial and Global Motifs in the Advent of the New Geography 13 The Fully Habitable World for Renaissance Europe 31 Chapter 2: The Universalizing Principle and the Idea of a Common Humanity 63 The Universalizing Process: From Christendom to the Civilization of Europeans 66 The Career of Natural Rights in the Early Modern Period 103 Chapter 3: The Emergence of Politically Constituted Dissent in the European World 149 The Initial Constituting of Political Dissent: Thomas More's Horrific Vision 154 Party and Opposition in the Eighteenth-Century Anglo-American Experience 168 Aftermath 195 Epilogue 207 Notes 219 Bibliography 243 Index 269

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Flaherty laments the executive branch’s over-accumulation of power, but instead focuses on the diminution of federal judicial power in foreign affairs. In his new book, Flaherty convincingly argues that this trend is not only contrary to the intent of the Constitution’s framers, but it also encroaches on the role federal courts played in foreign affairs during the first century of the republic."---Jeffrey M. Winn, New York Law Journal"Clearly, Flaherty’s study has significantly contributed to a growing body of work evaluating the American judiciary’s legacy associated with foreign policy."---Samuel Hoff, International Social Science Review

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Flaherty laments the executive branch’s over-accumulation of power, but instead focuses on the diminution of federal judicial power in foreign affairs. In his new book, Flaherty convincingly argues that this trend is not only contrary to the intent of the Constitution’s framers, but it also encroaches on the role federal courts played in foreign affairs during the first century of the republic."---Jeffrey M. Winn, New York Law Journal"Clearly, Flaherty’s study has significantly contributed to a growing body of work evaluating the American judiciary’s legacy associated with foreign policy."---Samuel Hoff, International Social Science Review

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A New Yorker Best Book of the Year""Winner of the Merze Tate – Elinor Ostrom Outstanding Book Award, American Political Science Association""[A] landmark book."---Nancy MacLean, New Republic"Brilliant. . . . Grumbach offers both a thoughtful examination of US federalism’s inherent perils and limits and a searching interpretation of how they are compounded in our current political climate."---Colin Gordon, Jacobin"[Jacob Grumbach] contends in this lucid analysis that the nationalization of America’s major political parties threatens democracy. . . . Grumbach’s claims are persuasive and timely. This is a pinpoint diagnosis of a troubling political trend." * Publishers Weekly *"The most persuasive and sweeping criticism of federalism yet."---Timothy Callaghan, Publius"Grumbach is a bit of a unicorn: deeply committed to the highest standards of theoretical and empirical rigor, strikingly uninterested in upholding the façade of academic objectivity."---Jamila Michener, Democracy

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Book SynopsisTells the story of the US government's role in developing a national rail system - and the rail system's role in expanding the power of the federal government. The book reveals how state building, so often attributed to an aggressive national government, can also result from local governments making demands on the national state-a dynamic that can still be seen at work.

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Book SynopsisIn the wake of the 2016 presidential election there was widespread shock that the Midwest, the Democrats' so-called blue wall, had been so effectively breached by Donald Trump. But the blue wall, as The Conservative Heartland makes clear, was never quite as secure as so many observers assumed.Trade ReviewThe Conservative Heartland is essential reading for anyone interested in how and why the Midwest has become America's most contested political battleground. Anchored by Lauck and Stock's superb introductory essay, a talented group of historians provide a tour d'horizon of the Midwest's economic and cultural fracture lines, revealing how the region became the proving ground for an enduring strain of conservative politics." - David Farber, Roy A. Roberts Distinguished Professor, University of Kansas, and author of The Rise and Fall of Modern American Conservatism"This timely book provides a trove of great information for people who want to understand the history and politics of the Midwest. Despite covering many subjects and using diverse methods, it is extremely readable and will be approachable and helpful for both scholars and students." - George Hawley, author of Right-Wing Critics of American Conservatism

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Book SynopsisIn the wake of the 2016 presidential election there was widespread shock that the Midwest, the Democrats' so-called blue wall, had been so effectively breached by Donald Trump. But the blue wall, as The Conservative Heartland makes clear, was never quite as secure as so many observers assumed.Trade ReviewThe Conservative Heartland is essential reading for anyone interested in how and why the Midwest has become America's most contested political battleground. Anchored by Lauck and Stock's superb introductory essay, a talented group of historians provide a tour d'horizon of the Midwest's economic and cultural fracture lines, revealing how the region became the proving ground for an enduring strain of conservative politics." - David Farber, Roy A. Roberts Distinguished Professor, University of Kansas, and author of The Rise and Fall of Modern American Conservatism"This timely book provides a trove of great information for people who want to understand the history and politics of the Midwest. Despite covering many subjects and using diverse methods, it is extremely readable and will be approachable and helpful for both scholars and students." - George Hawley, author of Right-Wing Critics of American Conservatism

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Book SynopsisHas Texas always been one of the United States’ most conservative states? The answer might surprise you. Bootstrap Liberalism offers a glimpse into the world of Depression-era Texas politics, revealing a partisan culture that was often far more ideologically nuanced and complex than meets the eye.Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: "Men of Constructive Minds and Patriotic Motives" 1. "We Can Do No Worse" 2. "Conservative Progressive Constructive Legislation" 3. "Sired by the Devil and Born in Hell" 4. "Communism with a Haircut and a Shave" 5. "My Very Old and Close Friend" 6. "A Closer Connection with Our Federal Government" Conclusion: "The Forgotten Man" Notes Bibliography

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Book SynopsisUsing Racial Threat Theory arguments, this book demonstrates that American states with larger or growing Black and Hispanic populations have more restricted voting, and that these restrictive voting laws disproportionately demobilize these populations in predictable ways.Trade ReviewThe Cost of Voting Index (COVI) developed by the authors is a very useful resource that will benefit the field for years. In addition to developing this metric, the authors have convincingly demonstrated that voting restrictions are more likely in diversifying states and that efforts to expand access to the polls do not compromise election integrity. A must-read for students of voting and electoral reform." - Elliott Fullmer, associate professor of political science at Randolph-Macon College and author of Tuesday’s Gone: America’s Early Voting RevolutionTable of Contents Introduction 1. A Brief History of Voting Restrictions in the United States 2. The Changing Nature of State Election Law 3. Falling Behind or Jumping Ahead: Movement in the State Cost of Voting Rank 4. Minority Populations, Republicans, and the COVI 5. The COVI and Reported Voter Turnout 6. Minority Candidate Electoral Success and the Underrepresentation of Minorities and Women 7. the First Big Lie: Accessible Voting Leads to Widespread Voter Fraud 8. The Second Big Lie: More Convenient Voting Helps Democrats Conclusion Appendices A: Measurement Challenges and Omitted Variables B: More Specifics on Constructing the Cost of Voting Index C: Sensitivity Analysis D: Construct Validity Check, the COVI, and State Voter Turnout E: 4 TablesF: State COVI Values by Presidential Election G: 5 Tables Notes Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisAnalysing an original survey of political appointments at all levels of state government, All Roads Lead to Power offers an expanded, nuanced view of women in politics. This book also questions the manner in which political ambition, particularly among women, is typically studied and understood.Trade ReviewIn All Roads Lead to Power, Kaitlin N. Sidorsky offers a much-needed and timely analysis of the role of women in appointed positions and how this shapes women’s contributions to the governing and policymaking processes. Thoroughly researched, the excellent mix of quantitative and qualitative findings gives the study a depth and breadth that amplifies its relevance. With increasing attention on electing more women to public office, this book fills a gap in the literature about how appointed positions in government may serve as opportunities for women to enter the political arena." - Lori Cox Han, professor of political science, Chapman University"In this fascinating and well-researched book, Kaitlin Sidorsky begins to fill a significant gap in our knowledge by focusing on the highly understudied subject of women who serve in appointed office. Sidorsky convincingly demonstrates through surveys and interviews that many of the women who hold government appointments define what they do as nonpolitical, demonstrating a distaste for elections and partisan pursuits, viewing the positions they hold as steps in their professional careers, and insisting that they do not want to be involved in politics. Her book raises important questions and challenges for scholars and activists concerned about increasing women's involvement and influence in American politics." - Susan J. Carroll, coauthor of A Seat at the Table: Congresswomen’s Perspectives on Why Their Presence MattersTable of Contents List of Tables List of Figures Preface 1. Reconceptualizing Women and Public Service 2. The Men and Women in Elected and Appointed Office at the State Level 3. You Should Be Appointed: Political Recruitment for State-Level Appointed Officials 4. Why Hold Public Office? Appointed Officials’ Motivations to Hold Public Office 5. Where Do I Go from Here? The Political Ambitions of Appointed Officeholders 6. Considering the Other Pathway: Appointed Officials’ Interest in Elected Office 7. A Different Perspective: Recruitment, Motivations, and Ambitions of State Elected Officials 8. How to Be the Nonpolitical Public Servant Appendix A: State Political Pathways Surveys Appendix B: Appointed and Elected Official Interview Transcripts Appendix C: Coding of Variables Appendix D: Supplemental Table for Chapter 5 Selected Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA revealing look at how and why federal actors intervene in municipal politics.Trade Review"Canada in Cities provides a rich detailed analysis of the evolution of federal government involvement in a variety of fields that are traditionally municipal. Every chapter offers interesting data and detailed analysis that speak to the complexity of multi-level governance". Rachel Laforest, Associate Professor, School of Policy Studies, Queen's University

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Book SynopsisOffers a broad theoretical understanding of local government boundary reform and informs the wider scholarly discussion and debate regarding institutional change, state structures, and the areal jurisdiction of local governments.Table of ContentsFigures and Tables Acknowledgments 1. Introduction / John Meligrana 2. Redrawing Local Boundaries: Deriving the Principles forPolitically Just Procedures / Ronan Paddison 3. Goals for Municipal Restructuring Plans / AndrejsSkaburskis 4. Annexation Activity and Policy in the United States / GregLindsey 5. Canadian Experiences of Local Government Boundary Reform: AComparison of Quebec and Ontario / Raphaël Fischler, JohnMeligrana, and Jeanne M. Wolfe 6. The Two Waves of Territorial Reform of Local Government inGermany / Hellmut Wollmann 7. Changeless Boundaries do not fix a Changing History: The Map ofthe Spanish Local Government / Abel Albet i Mas 8. Changing Local Government Boundaries in Israel: The Paradox ofExtreme Centralism versus Inability to Reform / Eran Razin 9. Confusing Responses to Regional Conflicts: Restructuring LocalAdministrative Boundaries in Korea / Dong-Ho Shin 10. Reorganizing Urban Space in Post-Reform China / JianfaShen 11. Local Government Reorganization in South Africa / RobertCameron 12. Conclusion: Changing Local Government Boundaries in DifferentPolitical-Ideological Environments / John Meligrana and ErinRazin Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisWe Shall Persist is the first book to detail the distinctive political contexts and common problems that characterized campaigns for women's suffrage and other rights in Atlantic Canada.Trade ReviewMacDonald has synthesized and condensed a remarkable amount of historiography and, especially, archival research into this slim book, while also doing justice to four separate provincial stories. -- Lisa Pasolli, Queen's University * Journal of New Brunswick Studies *Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Suffrage Contexts and Challenges in the Maritimes and Newfoundland2 Nova Scotia: Steady, Determined, and Strategic Agitation3 New Brunswick: Early Promise, Sharp Opposition4 Prince Edward Island: Informal but Consistent Interest5 Newfoundland: Long and Fierce Opposition6 The Legacy of Suffrage in Atlantic CanadaConclusionSources and Further Reading; Photo Credits; Index

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