Right-of-centre democratic ideologies and movements Books
Pluto Press The New Authoritarians
Book SynopsisA bold thesis arguing that fascism is not the main enemy today - but a dangerous alliance of new political formations on the right Far-Right in Britain, the US and France.To understand why is the first step to stopping them. A terrifying issue that is being hotly debated across the world from a highly respected theorist of fascism.Trade Review'The best available account of today's far right and how we can stop it' -- Elane Heffernan, Anti-Nazi League, 1992-2003 'Renton is a stalwart of the anti-racist movement and his book is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the changing nature of the right' -- Sasha Das Gupta, organiser, Momentum 'At a time when the international far right is ascendant Renton deftly explains the long terms factors behind its rise, lays out the true nature of the threat and importantly, offers some suggestions for what might be done to fight back' -- Joe Mulhall, Hope not Hate 'David Renton's new book is greatly to be welcomed for its forensic attempt to identify what is genuinely new about 'the new authoritarians' and, more importantly, his argument that the left cannot oppose them successfully by simply repeating strategies that were developed under different conditions' -- Neil Davidson, editor, 'The Longue Duree of the Far Right' 'Renton's book is a superior guide for understanding - and combatting - right and far-right movements across the globe today' -- Bill Mullen, Campus Anti-Fascist Network 'A essential intervention that helps us understand the political shifts taking place on the right, and points a way for the left to halt an unfolding disaster' -- Dan Trilling, author of 'Bloody Nasty People: The Rise of Britain's Far Right'Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. When Right-Wing Parties Change 2. Brexit and the Prospect of Convergence 3. Remaking the G.O.P. 4. Breaking the Centre: National Rally and its Rivals 5. The Internationalism of the Far Right 6. Benefits and Trade 7. Could the Far Right Change Back? Conclusion: Stopping the Right
£18.99
Pluto Press Right Across the World The Global Networking of
Book SynopsisThe far-right is creating a Nationalist International, and the left must rise to the challengeTrade Review'John Feffer is our 21st-century Jack London' -- Mike Davis, author of 'Planet of Slums' (Verso, 2007)'John Feffer brings [...] a rich store of experiences and a wise perspective' -- Adam Hochschild, author of 'King Leopold’s Ghost' (Picador, 2019)'An important book [...] the Trump world is part of a transnational story that won't go away. Feffer knows this international ground well and covers it skillfully' -- Lawrence Rosenthal, Chair and Lead Researcher of the Berkeley Center for Right-Wing Studies'Clearly lays out the challenges societies are facing from an increasingly mobilized transnational far right movement. Unique, because he also provides solutions' -- Heidi Beirich, co-founder of the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism'An urgent warning to progressives that while they may consider themselves to be the true internationalists, the nationalist right has stolen a march on them and now threatens to overrun their values of global justice and solidarity' -- Walden Bello, International Adjunct Professor of Sociology at the State University of New York at Binghamton‘Exposes the origins of the new right, and in discussing the left response, emphasizes the importance of transnational progressive organizing’ -- ‘Truthout’Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Origins of the new right 2. Transnational organizing of the new right 3. The new right’s pandemic pivot 4. Responding to the new right 5. Transnational progressive organizing 6. Conclusion Notes Index
£72.25
Pluto Press Right Across the World
Book SynopsisThe far-right is creating a Nationalist International, and the left must rise to the challengeTrade Review'John Feffer is our 21st-century Jack London' -- Mike Davis, author of 'Planet of Slums' (Verso, 2007)'John Feffer brings [...] a rich store of experiences and a wise perspective' -- Adam Hochschild, author of 'King Leopold’s Ghost' (Picador, 2019)'An important book [...] the Trump world is part of a transnational story that won't go away. Feffer knows this international ground well and covers it skillfully' -- Lawrence Rosenthal, Chair and Lead Researcher of the Berkeley Center for Right-Wing Studies'Clearly lays out the challenges societies are facing from an increasingly mobilized transnational far right movement. Unique, because he also provides solutions' -- Heidi Beirich, co-founder of the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism'An urgent warning to progressives that while they may consider themselves to be the true internationalists, the nationalist right has stolen a march on them and now threatens to overrun their values of global justice and solidarity' -- Walden Bello, International Adjunct Professor of Sociology at the State University of New York at Binghamton‘Exposes the origins of the new right, and in discussing the left response, emphasizes the importance of transnational progressive organizing’ -- ‘Truthout’Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Origins of the new right 2. Transnational organizing of the new right 3. The new right’s pandemic pivot 4. Responding to the new right 5. Transnational progressive organizing 6. Conclusion Notes Index
£20.89
Pluto Press Englands Discontents Political Cultures and
Book SynopsisHow England's political cultures are being eroded by neoliberalismTrade Review'This is a hugely ambitious and seriously rewarding genealogy of Britishness. Navigating the East India Company and Brexit, conservatism and liberalism, Gramsci and Stuart Hall, Mike Wayne has produced a fantastic analysis of the contradictions of our political culture' -- Des Freedman, Professor of Media and Communications, Goldsmiths, University of London'Wayne's excellent book delivers home truths and important historical lessons with authority, clarity and conviction. Its call for a radical version of social democracy is both convincing and energising. Anyone seeking the sign-posts for social change should read this' -- Anita Biressi, Professor of Media and Society, University of Roehampton'In the aftermath of Brexit, Mike Wayne's provocative re-reading of the tangled historical relations between Britain's contesting political cultures forces us to think again about the exercise of power, the imagination of nationhood and the possibilities for change' -- Graham Murdock, Professor of Culture and Economy, Loughborough University'Provides a valuable analysis of how Britain is ruled and the ideology and culture of its elite' -- Counterfire'An exploration of English national identity that provides a highly effective insight towards understanding the politucal terrain of post-Brexit Britain' -- Philosophy FootballTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Political Cultures and National Identities: A Gramscian Framework 2. The Formation of Political Cultures 3. Conservative Culture and the Economy 4. Conservative Culture and the State 5. The Oscillations of Liberalism 6. Geopolitical Discontents: A Tale of Two Referendums 7. Hegemony in Question: Stuart Hall, Gramsci and Us 8. Going Forwards, Facing Backwards Notes Index
£72.25
Pluto Press Englands Discontents
Book SynopsisHow England's political cultures are being eroded by neoliberalismTrade Review'This is a hugely ambitious and seriously rewarding genealogy of Britishness. Navigating the East India Company and Brexit, conservatism and liberalism, Gramsci and Stuart Hall, Mike Wayne has produced a fantastic analysis of the contradictions of our political culture' -- Des Freedman, Professor of Media and Communications, Goldsmiths, University of London'Wayne's excellent book delivers home truths and important historical lessons with authority, clarity and conviction. Its call for a radical version of social democracy is both convincing and energising. Anyone seeking the sign-posts for social change should read this' -- Anita Biressi, Professor of Media and Society, University of Roehampton'In the aftermath of Brexit, Mike Wayne's provocative re-reading of the tangled historical relations between Britain's contesting political cultures forces us to think again about the exercise of power, the imagination of nationhood and the possibilities for change' -- Graham Murdock, Professor of Culture and Economy, Loughborough University'Provides a valuable analysis of how Britain is ruled and the ideology and culture of its elite' -- Counterfire'An exploration of English national identity that provides a highly effective insight towards understanding the politucal terrain of post-Brexit Britain' -- Philosophy FootballTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Political Cultures and National Identities: A Gramscian Framework 2. The Formation of Political Cultures 3. Conservative Culture and the Economy 4. Conservative Culture and the State 5. The Oscillations of Liberalism 6. Geopolitical Discontents: A Tale of Two Referendums 7. Hegemony in Question: Stuart Hall, Gramsci and Us 8. Going Forwards, Facing Backwards Notes Index
£22.49
John Wiley & Sons Gods Province
Book SynopsisA groundbreaking exploration of the religious roots of Alberta conservatism.Trade Review"Carefully researched and effectively argued, God' s Province provides a balanced and convincing argument about the complex, sometimes subtle, yet often significant ways in which religion has influenced Alberta' s political leaders and shaped the province' s political character and trajectory." Steve Patten, University of Alberta "This work will interest those who study the role of religion in social and political development as well as those interested in North American political philosophy, Canadian history and politics, and comparative North American political cultures. Highly recommended." CHOICE
£29.45
University of British Columbia Press Reassessing the Rogue Tory
Book SynopsisBy uncovering new sources of research and applying innovative analysis, Reassessing the Rogue Tory challenges standard interpretations of Canadian foreign policy during the controversial Diefenbaker years.Trade ReviewThis is an excellent collection of essays, which make a significant contribution to the field. The book is also very readable. Therefore, I wholeheartedly recommend it to readers, both expert and general. -- Jatinder Mann, Hong Kong Baptist University * British Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol. 33.1 *Table of ContentsIntroduction / Janice CavellPart 1: The Commonwealth1 A New Vision for the Commonwealth: Diefenbaker’s Commonwealth Tour of 1958 / Francine McKenzie2 Different Leader, Different Paths: Diefenbaker and the British, 1957–63 / Norman HillmerPart 2: Canadian-American Relations3 The Spirit of ’56: The Suez Crisis, Anti-Americanism, and Diefenbaker’s 1957 and 1958 Election Victories / Janice Cavell4 When the Chips Are Down: Eisenhower, Diefenbaker, and the Lebanon Crisis, 1958 / Greg Donaghy5 The Problem Child: Diefenbaker and Canada in the Language of the Kennedy Administration / Stephen AzziPart 3: Nuclear Weapons6 The Defence Dilemma, 1957–63: Reconsidering the Strategic, Technological, and Operational Contexts / Isabel Campbell7 “I Would Rather Be Right”: Diefenbaker and Canadian Disarmament Movements / Nicole MarionPart 4: The Developing World8 A Limited Engagement: Diefenbaker, Canada, and Latin America’s Cold War, 1957–63 / Asa McKercher9 The Diefenbaker Government and Foreign Policy in Africa / Kevin A. Spooner10 Tilting the Balance: Diefenbaker and Asia, 1957–63 / Jill Campbell-Miller, Michael Carroll, and Greg Donaghy11 The Winds of Change: Ellen Fairclough and the Removal of Discriminatory Immigration Barriers / Robert VinebergPart 5: The Role of the Foreign Minister12 Sidney Smith, Howard Green, and the Conduct of Canadian Foreign Policy during the Diefenbaker Government, 1957–63 / Michael D. StevensonPart 6: The End of the Diefenbaker Era13 A Complex Reckoning: A Personal Reflection on the 1963 Election / Hugh SegalConclusion / Ryan M. TouheyIndex
£25.19
Cornell University Press The Rise of Christian Democracy in Europe
Book SynopsisAlthough dominant in West European politics for more than a century, Christian Democratic parties remain largely unexplored and little understood. An investigation of how political identities and parties form, this book considers the origins of...Trade Review"Stathis Kalyvas's new book is a first-rate contribution to the study of modern politics at large, as well as to the study of party formation and of Catholic parties. The impact of Christian Democracy on the politics and society of several European countries has not been adequately recognized. Kalyvas deals with this theme most convincingly, drawing on a large body of literature in several languages." -- Gianfranco Poggi, European University Institute"The author demonstrates how and why Christian Democrat parties in Western Europe emerged with their own specific characteristics, and a characteristic relationship to the Church which originally inspired them... authoritative and convincing... Dr. Kalyvas has worked most thoughtfully, and his main conclusions are highly interesting and significant." -- Roger Morgan, Times Literary Supplement, May 9, 1997
£27.54
University of Nebraska Press Chuck Hagel
Book SynopsisWho is Chuck Hagel, what is his story, and is he a genuine player on the national US political stage? Charlyne Berens sets out to answer these questions in her close and careful look at one of the most interesting and independent figures on the current American political scene.Trade Review"In writing the first full-dress biography of Senator Chuck Hagel, Charlyne Berens has illuminated the experiences of a major contemporary public figure. Her honest and readable account of Hagel's personal life and career in politics is certain to be the definitive work on the subject."—Ross K. Baker, Professor of Political Science, Rutgers University"After reading Charlyne Berens's very thorough study of Chuck Hagel, I am more than ever proud to call this fearless, outspoken, passionate, and principled man 'friend.' Choosing conscience over conformity, he represents the best of bipartisanship and patriotism."—Bob Kerrey, President of The New School and former U.S. Senator"Charlyne Berens's terrific biography brings Chuck Hagel's straight-shooting, courageous character to life. The Senator is one of a kind on Capitol Hill, and Berens's book leaves the reader waiting to witness the next chapter in Hagel's remarkable political career."—John D. Podesta, President of the Center for American Progress and Chief of Staff to former President Bill Clinton“A sympathetic portrait of a public figure who is immensely appealing and astute.”—Washington Post"Readers keeping an eye on the next presidential election will appreciate this profile of a possible contender."—Booklist“There is little doubt that Chuck Hagel will be remembered as one of the leading statesmen in the domestic and global political scene. Indeed, Senator Hagel should be of keen interest to students, scholars, lawmakers, and citizens in general. Charlyne Berens’s Chuck Hagel: Moving Forward is therefore a timely read for concerned onlookers. Yet, as Berens illustrates, the Chuck Hagel story is more than an account of a beltway career. . . . Berens captures joyful, painful, and poignant moments. Her account of the death of Hagel’s younger brother is only one telling example of the hardships that imprinted themselves on the characters of his highly capable man from the Great Plains. And, of course, his story is still moving forward.”—Peter J. Longo, Great Plains Quarterly Table of ContentsList of Illustrations viAcknowledgments vii1. Who Is This Guy? 12. The Early Years 113. Vietnam 274. Looking to Washington 455. Embracing a Political Future 716. Moving Forward in the Senate 957. Risking the Administration’s Wrath 1458. Going for the Big One? 185Notes 219
£16.14
University of Pennsylvania Press Black Conservative Intellectuals in Modern
Book SynopsisMichael L. Ondaatje examines the ideas and arguments of prominent black conservative thinkers during the past three decades, charting the evolution of black conservative thought in relation to key debates on affirmative action, welfare, and education.Trade Review"A splendid narrative of the rise of black conservative intellectuals who emerged into the public sphere with the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980. . . . A first-rate, evenhanded account of black conservatism that will likely be a pivotal work on the topic for years to come." * Journal of American History *"Thoughtful, well written. . . . Ondaatje has written a useful assessment of the late twentieth century iteration of an important but understudied historical and contemporary intellectual tradition." * Rhetoric and Public Affairs *"Michael Ondaatje has taken on a subject that few have written about so thoroughly and extensively, and his book makes a notable contribution to modern American intellectual history and race relations. He probes deeply into the thought of black conservative intellectuals, exploring their positions on such key racial issues as affirmative action, welfare policy, and public education. Applying rigorous critical analysis, he also documents their logical failures, intellectual inconsistencies, and suspect arguments." * Raymond A. Mohl, coeditor of The New African American Urban History *"A well-written and important piece of scholarship that aids considerably in historical understanding of black conservatism in particular and modern American conservatism in general." * Edward J. Blum, author of W. E. B. Du Bois, American Prophet *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter One: Profiles of an Intellectual Vanguard Chapter Two: Affirmative Action Dilemmas Chapter Three: Partisans of the Poor? Chapter Four: Visions of School Reform Conclusion Notes Index Acknowledgments
£21.59
University of Pennsylvania Press BlueCollar Conservatism
Book SynopsisThe postwar United States has experienced many forms of populist politics, none more consequential than that of the blue-collar white ethnics who brought figures like Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump to the White House. Blue-Collar Conservatism traces the rise of this little-understood, easily caricatured variant of populism by presenting a nuanced portrait of the supporters of Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo.In 1971, Frank Rizzo became the first former police commissioner elected mayor of a major American city. Despite serving as a Democrat, Rizzo cultivated his base of support by calling for law and order and opposing programs like public housing, school busing, affirmative action, and other policies his supporters deemed unearned advantages for nonwhites. Out of this engagement with the interwoven politics of law enforcement, school desegregation, equal employment, and urban housing, Timothy J. Lombardo argues, blue-collar populism arose.Based on extensive archivaTrade Review"Detailed [and] lucid . . . Lombardo writes Blue-Collar Conservatism with detachment, allowing the words, deeds, and images to speak for themselves. It's one of the great strengths of the book. The writing is straightforward, and the viewpoint seems inarguable. What moves you is the story, even if you know a lot of it already." * The Philadelphia Inquirer *"The story of Philadelphia in the 1970s is a complicated one, and Lombardo tells it well in an academic book that is not overcrowded with academic jargon. H is well-researched analysis of blue-collar-conservatives, a confounding topic in recent years, is enlightening and bears on our own time as much as Rizzo's." * National Review *"Lombardo's ability to blend the social history of Philadelphia with the political history of Rizzo and his rivals is impressive, and it captures the significance of 1970s Philadelphia when situated within the broader story of conservatism." * Journal of Urban History *"Timothy Lombardo's Blue-Collar Conservatism offers a powerful intervention to our understanding contemporary political culture and the popularity of Trumpism in Philadelphia...Lombardo's scholarship provides a deeper context and appreciation of the urban Midwest as a contested political region, where support for #BlackLivesMatter movement and the New Right ranges across race, spatial, and gender divides." * Middle West Review *"Based on impressive original research and brimming with fresh insights, Blue-Collar Conservatism is a must-read book for anyone seeking to understand the origins and impact of 'law-and-order' politics in modern America." * Kevin M. Kruse, coauthor of Fault Lines: The History of America Since 1974 *"This impressive book offers an important new interpretation in that it connects white-ethnic politics in Philadelphia and similar cities to the broader history of conservatism in a nuanced way that goes beyond standard narratives of backlash. Here, Timothy J. Lombardo shows that blue-collar conservatism emerged out of the interaction of culture, identity, neighborhood politics, and the interplay of race with spatial segregation in the city and the metropolitan region." * Guian McKee, University of Virginia *"As police commissioner and Philadelphia mayor, Frank Rizzo became a hero to blue-collar white ethnics and a villain to liberals and minorities. In this impressive study of the politics of race and place, identity and security, Timothy J. Lombardo astutely explains Rizzo's appeal and powerfully illuminates the urban roots of populist conservatism." * Michael Flamm, Ohio Wesleyan University *Table of ContentsIntroduction. Blue-Collar Conservatism and Frank Rizzo's Philadelphia PART I. FROM LIBERALISM TO LAW AND ORDER Chapter 1. City of "Neighborhoods" and "Jungles" Chapter 2. Grassroots Law and Order Chapter 3. "This Man Is the City's Salvation" Chapter 4. Philadelphia Plans PART II. THE RISE OF BLUE-COLLAR CONSERVATISM Chapter 5. "He's One of Us" Chapter 6. Neighborhood Politics Chapter 7. The Limits of Color Blindness Chapter 8. Post-Rizzo Philadelphia Epilogue. Blue-Collar Conservatism and Modern America List of Abbreviations Notes Index Acknowledgments
£70.55
Rutgers University Press The Emergence of a EuroAmerican Radical Right
Book SynopsisThe United States and Western Europe are experiencing a new and important cultural and political development. In this book, Jeffrey Kaplan and Leonard Weinberg argue that there now exists a set of conditions common to the United States and Western Europe that draws right wing radicals on both sides of the Atlantic closer together.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Part One. The Forest Chapter 1. Overview Chapter 2. The Euro-American Radical Right: A Brief History Chapter 3. The Politics of Right-Wing Extremism Chapter 4. The Ties that Band: The Euro-American Radical Right's "Special Relationship" Part Two. The Trees Chapter 5. The Postwar Years Through the 1970s: An Internal History Chapter 6. The Transatlantic Race Movement Today: At the Vanguard Chapter 7. The Communal Dream Chapter 8. Tommy Ryden: A National Socialist Life Conclusion. Fade to Black: Final Observations Notes Index
£32.40
MP-VIR Uni of Virginia The Republican Party in the Age of Roosevelt
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£31.30
University of Missouri Press Beautiful Losers
Book SynopsisThe author argues that the victory of the Democratic party in the 1992 presidential election marks not only the end of the Reagan-Bush era, but also the failure of American conservatism.
£38.90
Edward Elgar Publishing The Conservative Critique of Liberalism
£95.00
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Retrieving the Big Society
Book SynopsisRetrieving the Big Society presents a collection of essays that challenge the view of Britain s Big Society as a political gimmick and recognise it as an alternative to the central state in social and economic governance.Trade Review“It is well worth a read.” (The Journal of Social Policy, 1 October 2013)Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors Introduction: Retrieving the Big Society (JASON EDWARDS) 1. The Big Society in Question (MAURICE GLASMAN and JESSE NORMAN) 2. Red or Orange: The Big Society in the New Conservatism (PAUL KELLY) 3. Cameron, Culture and the Creative Class: The Big Society and the Post-Bureaucratic Age (ALAN FINLAYSON) 4. Big Societies, Little Platoons and the Problems with Pluralism (RODNEY BARKER) 5. Servile State or Discredited State: Some Historical Antecedents of Current ‘Big Society’ Debates (JOSE HARRIS) 6. Tocqueville and the Big Society (JEREMY JENNINGS) 7. The Big Society and Conservative Politics: Back to the Future or Forward to the Past? (ALAN WARE) 8. Freedom, Free Institutions and the Big Society (JASON EDWARDS) 9. From Burke to Burkha: Conservatism, Multiculturalism and the Big Society (RICHARD KELLY and ROBERT CROWCROFT) 10. The Big Society: Post-Bureaucratic Social Policy in the Twenty-first Century? (BENJAMIN WILLIAMS) 11. Free Schools: Big Society or Small Interests? (ADAM LEEDER and DEBORAH MABBETT) 12. The Big Society and the ‘Mutualisation’ of Public Services: A Critical Commentary (JOHNSTON BIRCHALL) 13. Beginning the Big Society in the Early Years (LOUISE BAMFIELD) Index
£17.09
Johns Hopkins University Press Weapons of Democracy
Book SynopsisTruly interdisciplinary in both scope and method, this book will appeal to students and scholars in American studies, history, political theory, media and communications, and rhetoric and literary studies.Trade ReviewWeapons of Democracy has clear implications for contemporary politics... Recommended. Choice Understanding the history of propaganda and public opinion presented in this stimulating and intelligent book offers one step in the right direction. The Journal of American History ... a captivating read. Journal of American Studies ... a bracing deep history of our present 'post-fact' moment. American Literary HistoryTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Giving Direction to Opinion2. Friend or Foe3. The Conscription of Thought4. Searching for a Public (to Educate)5. Public Relations as Social Relations6. Foreign IntelligenceConclusionNotesEssay on SourcesIndex
£38.70
Johns Hopkins University Press Making Liberalism New
Book SynopsisA revisionist history of American liberalism, from the Great Depression to the Cold War. Finalist of the MSA First Book Prize by The Modernist Studies AssociationIn Making Liberalism New, Ian Afflerbach traces the rise, revision, and fall of a modern liberalism in the United States, establishing this intellectual culture as distinct from classical predecessors as well as the neoliberalism that came to power by century's end. Drawing on a diverse archive that includes political philosophy, legal texts, studies of moral psychology, government propaganda, and presidential campaign materials, Afflerbach also delves into works by Tess Slesinger, Richard Wright, James Agee, John Dewey, Lionel Trilling, and Vladimir Nabokov. Throughout the book, he shows how a reciprocal pattern of influence between modernist literature and liberal intellectuals helped drive the remarkable writing and rewriting of this keyword in American political life. From the 1930s into the 1960s, Afflerbach writes, modTable of ContentsPreface: What We Talk about When We Talk about LiberalismIntroduction: Making Liberalism NewPart 1: A Liberal Modernism1. Liberalism Incorporated: Intellectuals, Abortion, and the Critique of Possessive Individualism2. Racial Liberalism: Native Son and the Problem of "Color-Blind" LawPart 2: A Modern Liberalism3. The Inward Turn: Tragedy, Documentary, and the Making of the Postwar Liberal Imagination4. Ending in Style: JFK, Nabokov, and the Triumph of a Liberal AestheticConclusion: What's Left of Liberalism? (Or: What's So New about Neoliberalism?)Works CitedNotesIndex
£71.82
Johns Hopkins University Press Making Liberalism New
Book SynopsisA revisionist history of American liberalism, from the Great Depression to the Cold War. Finalist of the MSA First Book Prize by The Modernist Studies AssociationIn Making Liberalism New, Ian Afflerbach traces the rise, revision, and fall of a modern liberalism in the United States, establishing this intellectual culture as distinct from classical predecessors as well as the neoliberalism that came to power by century's end. Drawing on a diverse archive that includes political philosophy, legal texts, studies of moral psychology, government propaganda, and presidential campaign materials, Afflerbach also delves into works by Tess Slesinger, Richard Wright, James Agee, John Dewey, Lionel Trilling, and Vladimir Nabokov. Throughout the book, he shows how a reciprocal pattern of influence between modernist literature and liberal intellectuals helped drive the remarkable writing and rewriting of this keyword in American political life. From the 1930s into the 1960s, Afflerbach writes, modTable of ContentsPreface: What We Talk about When We Talk about LiberalismIntroduction: Making Liberalism NewPart 1: A Liberal Modernism1. Liberalism Incorporated: Intellectuals, Abortion, and the Critique of Possessive Individualism2. Racial Liberalism: Native Son and the Problem of "Color-Blind" LawPart 2: A Modern Liberalism3. The Inward Turn: Tragedy, Documentary, and the Making of the Postwar Liberal Imagination4. Ending in Style: JFK, Nabokov, and the Triumph of a Liberal AestheticConclusion: What's Left of Liberalism? (Or: What's So New about Neoliberalism?)Works CitedNotesIndex
£27.45
Crossway Books Social Conservatism for the Common Good
Book SynopsisEdited by Andrew T. Walker, these thoughtful essays from Christian evangelical scholars examine the political philosophy and ethics of influential Catholic social conservative scholar Robert P. George.
£23.79
MY - University of Toronto Press Constructing Neoliberalism Economic Transformation in AngloAmerican Democracies
£26.99
University of Toronto Press Politics of Survival
Book SynopsisProfessor Granatstrin's book is a fascinating account of the Conservative party's struggle for survival during the Second World War. In some respects a new departure in Canadian history and with some startling parallels to present-day events and personalities in Canadian politics, it is the first full-length look at a major party during a critical period of our history. Lively writing and a wealth of documentation that has only recently become available help to make it one of the most interesting studies to be published in this field.
£26.99
Cornell University Press Russian Conservatism
Book SynopsisRussian Conservatism examines the history of Russian conservative thought from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the present. Robinson charts the contributions made by philosophers, politicians, and others during the Imperial, Soviet, and post-Soviet periods. Looking at cultural, political, and social-economic conservatism in Russia, Russian Conservatism demonstrates that such ideas are helpful in interpreting Russia''s present as well as its past and will be influential in shaping Russia''s future, for better or for worse, in the years to come.Trade ReviewDefining Russian conservatism is a bit like putting a jellyfish into a box, and Robinson offers an absolutely scrupulous dissection of its manifestations from 1800 to 2017. He concludes that Russian conservatism is about much more than the reactionary nationalism to which it is very often reduced; in fact, it comprises quite varied ideas about how to achieve managed, organic change and reform, while drawing on and preserving Russian culture and tradition. * Times Literary Supplement *Robinson writes fluidly and engagingly about his topic; Russian Conservatism is a magisterial work, and a must-read for students of Russia's past as well as those of her present, and certainly those eager to divine her future. * New Books Network *Russia watchers tend to focus on Putin's authoritarianism and expansionist sphere-of-influence projects. But Robinson argues that Russian conservatism requires increased scholarly attention because it has become a salient aspect of post-communist Russia. Among this book's notable contributions are ideational cameos of little-known Russian conservative thinkers. * Choice *Paul Robinson's engaging new book traces the multivalent, paradoxical, and circuitous developments of Russian conservatism from this inceptionary moment to its articulations in present-day Russia by examining an array of responses to key events in modern Russian and European history. * The Russian Review *Robinson's fascinating book is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand the socio-cultural dynamic and history behind Russia's great-power ambition. * The Federalist *Paul Robinson's comprehensive and timely Russian Conservatism locates contemporary Russian politics within the historical continuum of conservative thought. With a balanced, systematic approach, Robinson guides his reader through a complex and at times contradictory set of beliefs from the early 1800s to the present day. * BASEES *Robinson's conclusion that entrenched conservative reaction is set to strengthen would seem unarguable. His book facilitates an understanding of just how conservatism has triumphed in Russia. * Journal of European Studies *As an overview of Russia's leading conservative thinkers, Robinson's succinct survey is an excellent introduction. Those who teach courses on the history of Russian thought will be obligated to include his book in their syllabi. It will also help us understand political thinking in today's federation. * Canadian Slavonic Papers *[F]or those interested not only in why, but how Russia's tangled intellectual garden has and might grow, Robinson's book is an important contribution. * Russia Reviewed *This important, timely book fills a void. The book is an insightful primer, introducing readers to conservatism as a part of the ideological landscape and national conversation across two centuries. * Slavic Review *For anyone interested in the history of conservatism in Russia, this book is invaluable, providing as it does in-depth information on conservatism in the development and transformation of Russian culture, politics, and socio-economic life. It is a very good source for future research in the study of the historical transformation of the Russian state and Russian society. * International Journal of Russian Studies *For anyone interested in the history of conservatism in Russia, this book is invaluable, providing as it does in-depth information on conservatism in the development and transformation of Russian culture, politics, and socio-economic life. It is a very good source for future research in the study of the historical transformation of the Russian state and Russian society. * International Journal of Russian Conservatism *What Paul Robinson accomplishes in Russian Conservatism is no small feat. This book is a worthwhile read that deserves a large audience * The University Bookman *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction 1. Defining Russian Conservatism 2. The Reign of Alexander 3. Official Nationality 4. The Slavophiles 5. The Great Reforms 6. The Era of Counter-Reform 7. Between Revolutions 8. Emigration 9. The Soviet Union Under Stalin 10. Late Soviet Conservatism 11. Post-Soviet Russia Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
£33.25
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Conservatism
Book SynopsisConservatism is often labelled as a ‘disposition’, ‘tradition’, or even a set of knee-jerk reactions, rather than an ideology, and its suspicion of grand theorising has lent itself to this characterization. In this book, leading political theorist Edmund Neill challenges this view. He argues that conservatism is better identified as an ideology, albeit one that, rather than putting forward positive values like ‘liberty’ or ‘equality’, conceptualizes human conduct as being partially dependent on forces beyond human volition, and prioritizes the cautious management of change. He charts the evolution of conservative thought from the French Revolution to the present, examining how conservatives responded to disruptions to traditional order across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Drawing on examples from Britain, France and the United States, Neill concludes with some reflections on the challenges (and opportunities) that contemporary populism presents for conservatism. This accomplished overview is essential reading for any student or scholar working in political theory and political philosophy, especially those with a particular interest in ideologies and conservatism.Trade Review‘This deft and intelligent examination of conservative thought combines a strong emphasis on its comparative history with an acute understanding of its conceptual flexibility. Neill applies his highly effective analysis to the diverse contexts that reveal and illuminate conservatism’s nuances and layers.’Michael Freeden, University of Oxford ‘Over the last two centuries conservatives have stood for very different things at different times. Edmund Neill does full justice to this diversity of conservatisms while convincingly demonstrating that it makes sense to analyse it as a single political tradition.’Stuart Jones, Manchester UniversityTable of ContentsChapter 1 Defining Conservatism Chapter 2 Conservatism from the French Revolution to 1848 Chapter 3 Conservatism from 1848 to the First World War Chapter 4 Conservatism in the Era of the Two World Wars Chapter 5 Conservatism from the 1960s to the Present Epilogue Notes Bibliography
£42.75
John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Far Right Today
Book SynopsisThe far right is back with a vengeance. After several decades at the political margins, far-right politics has again taken center stage. Three of the world’s largest democracies – Brazil, India, and the United States – now have a radical right leader, while far-right parties continue to increase their profile and support within Europe. In this timely book, leading global expert on political extremism Cas Mudde provides a concise overview of the fourth wave of postwar far-right politics, exploring its history, ideology, organization, causes, and consequences, as well as the responses available to civil society, party, and state actors to challenge its ideas and influence. What defines this current far-right renaissance, Mudde argues, is its mainstreaming and normalization within the contemporary political landscape. Challenging orthodox thinking on the relationship between conventional and far-right politics, Mudde offers a complex and insightful picture of one of the key political challenges of our time.Trade Review"Powerful, timely, important. A much needed analysis."Elif Shafak “The far-right is mutating and Cas Mudde offers the best guide to understanding its growth and impact.” Ryan Heath, POLITICO “Cas Mudde is one of the most clear-eyed, trenchant analysts of politics in the West. His latest work is packed with insight and offers a vital guide into the array of nativist and extremist factions shaping the global zeitgeist.”Ishaan Tharoor, The Washington Post "The Far Right Today is a must-read for everyone who is not numb to the authoritarian forces challenging our values and dismantling liberal democracies. Cas Mudde provides unique insights to the underlying reasons for the rise and normalisation of the far right and brilliantly places the phenomena in historical context."Tanja Fajon, MEP and Vice-President of the S & D Group “While many Americans are driven mad by the nightly news, Cas Mudde provides an anti-dote – the global and historical context for the rise of the right in his insightful and accessible book. The radical right has become mainstreamed, Mudde argues, posing a historic challenge with no easy solutions. This book is essential to anyone organizing working people or engaged in politics.”Karen Nussbaum, Working America, AFL-CIO“A powerful wake-up call.”Morning Star"Timely"Communication Director "A must read"Gothenburg Post‘one of the best books I have read this year’Democracy Paradox‘a beautiful, concise and very accessible book … that provides excellent insight into why the radical right has become so influential’ Clingendael Spectator "an indispensable guide to extreme right-wing parties, written with admirable precision." Edward Luce, Financial Times ‘a very readable introduction’ Inside Story"Packed with vital, necessary information on the far right today and the different types of organisations to be found in their camp."Socialism Today 'The Far Right Today is a clear book, full of definitions and facts about the radical right from Brazil to India… a valuable reference work.'NRC Handelsblad ‘The Far Right Today is an (semi-) academic equivalent of a page-turner…A must read’ e-Extreme “A thorough account of how the far right has been transformed over recent years based on decades of research.” Patterns of PrejudiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction 1. History 2. Ideology and Issues 3. Organization 4. People 5. Activities 6. Causes 7. Consequences 8. Responses 9. Gender 10. Twelve Theses on the Fourth Wave Notes Chronology Glossary Further Readings
£45.00
John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Case for the Centre Right
Book SynopsisIn recent years, the once familiar landscape of British politics has fundamentally changed. The Conservative Party in particular has undergone a profound transformation. Centre-right values that steered British politics for decades – internationalism, respect for the rule of law, fiscal responsibility, belief in our institutions – were cast aside in the wake of the Brexit referendum to the detriment of UK prosperity, electoral trust and the long-term fortunes of the Conservative Party. But this radical rightwards shift can and must be reversed. In this bold intervention, David Gauke and other leading figures on the centre right – including Michael Heseltine, Rory Stewart, Amber Rudd, Gavin Barwell and Daniel Finkelstein - explore how the Conservative Party morphed into a populist movement and why this approach is doomed to fail. Together they make the case for a return to the liberal centre right, arguing with passion and conviction that the values that once defined the best of British conservatism remain essential both to the party and to the UK’s political future.Trade Review"A superb case for the centre-right of politics – and a classic indictment of the deceptions of populism."—The Rt Hon Sir John Major KG CH"In an era of superficial sloganising and breathless soap opera it is easy to forget that what really matters in politics is ideas. This book is brimful of them. The Case for the Centre Right deserves to be at the heart of any debate about how to revive the Conservative Party and the country."—Nick Robinson"A timely and compelling intervention in the debate on the future of Conservatism."—Andrew Gamble, University of Sheffield“thoughtful and thought-provoking”—Stephen Bush, Financial Times“I can recommend The Case for the Centre Right, edited by David Gauke, which includes intelligent essays by contributors such as Rory Stewart, Dominic Grieve and Amber Rudd.”—Matthew D’Ancona, Prospect“The Case for the Centre Right contains much that is needed. All those who care for moderation in politics, from the centre left as well as the centre right, should applaud David Gauke for assembling an excellent collection of essays that sets out the issues starkly.”—William Waldegrave, New Statesman “In The Case for the Centre Right, David Gauke, Rory Stewart and other unfashionable types anatomise populism with cool intelligence.”—Daniel Hannan, Telegraph Table of ContentsIntroduction / David Gauke 1 The Realignment of British Politics / Andrew Cooper 2 Populism’s Price / Rory Stewart 3 Restoring the Rule of Law / Dominic Grieve 4 Fixing a Bad Brexit Deal / Gavin Barwell 5 A Renewed Agenda for Conservative Economics / Tim Pitt 6 Tackling the Health Crisis / Anne Milton 7 Winning the Global Race for Science and Technology / Sam Gyimah 8 The Future of Climate and Energy Policy / Amber Rudd 9 A pro-European and pro-Devolution Agenda / Michael Heseltine 10 What Divides the Centre Right from the Centre Left (and what doesn’t) / Daniel Finkelstein Notes
£37.50
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Social Policy and the Conservative Agenda
Book SynopsisA comprehensive collection of original essays by leading experts on social and econmic policy including Frances Fox Piven, Harvey Molotch, Jill Quadagno, James Petras, and Judith Stacey. This volume challenges the conservative notion that the fundamental problem plaguing America is dependancy on government and further cuts only lead to a cycle of recision. Newly published articles by the leading experts in social and economic policy Explores conservative social policy of the late twentieth century Contains articles on welfare reform, health care, military spending and economic policy Trade Review"This is an impressive volume. It is filled with original insights on recent federal policies on domestic issues. I can think of no work that sheds more light on why the conservative political movement was able to seep through the Clinton administration and influence its economic and social policies." William Julius Wilson, Malcolm Wiener Professor of Social Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University "Not just during the Reagan and Bush presidencies, but under Clinton's, social policy has veered rightwards. This excellent collection of smart, sassy, analytically-grounded essays by a first-rate group of scholars offers detailed policy analyses--spanning issues of race, the welfare state, sexuality, and the military, among other topics--and provides broad, provocative overviews of the politics of our time. It is certain to provoke fresh considerations and challenge settled views." Ira I Katznelson, Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History, Columbia UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction: What Went Right?. Why the Clinton Administration Did Not Alter The Conservative Trajectory in Federal Policy: Michael Schwartz (SUNY-Stony Brook). Part I: Welfare, Social Security, and the State of Austerity:. 1. Welfare and the Transformation of American Politics: Frances Fox Piven (CUNY-Graduate Center). 2. The Democratic Party and the Politics of Welfare Reform: Ron Walters (University of Maryland). 3. Urban America: Crushed in the Growth Machine: Harvey Molotch (University of California, Santa Barbara). 4. Rhetoric, Recision, and Reaction: The Development of Homelessness Policy: Cynthia Bogard (Hofstra), and J. Jeff McConnell (SUNY-Stony Brook). 5. Social Security Policy and the Entitlement Debate: The New American Exceptionalism: Jill Quadagno (Florida State University). Part II: Welfare-Warfare Spending, Technology, and the Global Economy:. 6. Wealth and Poverty in the National Economy: The Domestic Foundations of Clinton's Global Policy: Morris Morley (Macquarie University) and James Petras (SUNY - Binghampton). 7. America's Military Industrial Make-Over: Ann Markusen (Council on Foreign Relations). 8. Big Missions and Big Business: Military and Corporate Dominance of Federal Science Policy: Gregory Hooks (Washington State) and Gregory McLauchlan (University of Oregon). 9. Active-competitive Industrial Policy: From Elite Project to Logics of Action: J. Kenneth Benson and Nick Paretsky (University of Missouri). 10. Where Are All the Democrats?The Limits of Economic Policy Reform: Patrick Akard (Skidmore College). 11. Failure of Health-Care Reform: The Role of Big Business in Policy Formation: Beth Mintz (University of Vermont). Part III: Acting Out Conservative Ideology:. 12. The Malignant Masses on CNN: Media Use of Public Opinion Polls to Fabricate the "Conservative Majority" against Health-Care Reform: Clarence Y. H. Lo (University of Missouri). 13. Popular Consensus or Political Extortion?Making Soldiers the Means and Ends of U. S. Military Deployments: Jerry Lee Lembcke (Holy Cross College). 14. Theorizing and Politicizing Choice in the 1996 election: Zillah Eisenstein (Ithica College). 15. The Right Family Values: Judith Stacey (University of Southern California). 16. Contradictions in the Conservative Agenda: Welfare Reform and Reproductive Politics on a Collision Course: Carole Joffe (University of California - Davis). Conclusion. Business Action, Conservative Acting, and Institutional Enactment: Economic Constraints on Social Policy: Clarence Y. H. Lo (University of Missouri). List of Contributors. Index.
£91.15
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Social Policy and the Conservative Agenda
Book SynopsisA comprehensive collection of original essays by leading experts on social and econmic policy including Frances Fox Piven, Harvey Molotch, Jill Quadagno, James Petras, and Judith Stacey. This volume challenges the conservative notion that the fundamental problem plaguing America is dependancy on government and further cuts only lead to a cycle of recision. Newly published articles by the leading experts in social and economic policy Explores conservative social policy of the late twentieth century Contains articles on welfare reform, health care, military spending and economic policy Trade Review"This is an impressive volume. It is filled with original insights on recent federal policies on domestic issues. I can think of no work that sheds more light on why the conservative political movement was able to seep through the Clinton administration and influence its economic and social policies." William Julius Wilson, Malcolm Wiener Professor of Social Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University "Not just during the Reagan and Bush presidencies, but under Clinton's, social policy has veered rightwards. This excellent collection of smart, sassy, analytically-grounded essays by a first-rate group of scholars offers detailed policy analyses--spanning issues of race, the welfare state, sexuality, and the military, among other topics--and provides broad, provocative overviews of the politics of our time. It is certain to provoke fresh considerations and challenge settled views." Ira I Katznelson, Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History, Columbia UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction: What Went Right?. Why the Clinton Administration Did Not Alter The Conservative Trajectory in Federal Policy: Michael Schwartz (SUNY-Stony Brook). Part I: Welfare, Social Security, and the State of Austerity:. 1. Welfare and the Transformation of American Politics: Frances Fox Piven (CUNY-Graduate Center). 2. The Democratic Party and the Politics of Welfare Reform: Ron Walters (University of Maryland). 3. Urban America: Crushed in the Growth Machine: Harvey Molotch (University of California, Santa Barbara). 4. Rhetoric, Recision, and Reaction: The Development of Homelessness Policy: Cynthia Bogard (Hofstra), and J. Jeff McConnell (SUNY-Stony Brook). 5. Social Security Policy and the Entitlement Debate: The New American Exceptionalism: Jill Quadagno (Florida State University). Part II: Welfare-Warfare Spending, Technology, and the Global Economy:. 6. Wealth and Poverty in the National Economy: The Domestic Foundations of Clinton's Global Policy: Morris Morley (Macquarie University) and James Petras (SUNY - Binghampton). 7. America's Military Industrial Make-Over: Ann Markusen (Council on Foreign Relations). 8. Big Missions and Big Business: Military and Corporate Dominance of Federal Science Policy: Gregory Hooks (Washington State) and Gregory McLauchlan (University of Oregon). 9. Active-competitive Industrial Policy: From Elite Project to Logics of Action: J. Kenneth Benson and Nick Paretsky (University of Missouri). 10. Where Are All the Democrats?The Limits of Economic Policy Reform: Patrick Akard (Skidmore College). 11. Failure of Health-Care Reform: The Role of Big Business in Policy Formation: Beth Mintz (University of Vermont). Part III: Acting Out Conservative Ideology:. 12. The Malignant Masses on CNN: Media Use of Public Opinion Polls to Fabricate the "Conservative Majority" against Health-Care Reform: Clarence Y. H. Lo (University of Missouri). 13. Popular Consensus or Political Extortion?Making Soldiers the Means and Ends of U. S. Military Deployments: Jerry Lee Lembcke (Holy Cross College). 14. Theorizing and Politicizing Choice in the 1996 election: Zillah Eisenstein (Ithica College). 15. The Right Family Values: Judith Stacey (University of Southern California). 16. Contradictions in the Conservative Agenda: Welfare Reform and Reproductive Politics on a Collision Course: Carole Joffe (University of California - Davis). Conclusion. Business Action, Conservative Acting, and Institutional Enactment: Economic Constraints on Social Policy: Clarence Y. H. Lo (University of Missouri). List of Contributors. Index.
£40.80
St Augustine's Press Fighting The Good Fight – History Of New York
Book SynopsisThis is the story of New York's feisty Conservative Party, a story that is really the saga of America's tumultuous political maturity from the time of Rockefeller up to Rudy Guiliani.
£21.85
St Augustine's Press Narcissist Nation – Reflections of a Blue–State
Book SynopsisIt’s not easy being Catholic and conservative in secular ‘Blue State’ New York, but that’s what George J. Marlin is, always has been, and always will be. Don’t ask him to change. Besides, like America, it’s the Empire State that needs to change. Generation after generation of elitists have put in place their plans for making the machineries of state work more efficiently and more equitably, and they’ve succeeded in wrecking what was never broken in the first place. And Mr. Marlin has a name for political types who think they know better than the rest of us: narcissists. Narcissists have been fouling up societies since the beginning of time. As Marlin writes:Throughout history, a subset of people have viewed themselves as superior to the rest of the population due to their perceived distinctive qualities: intelli-gence, breeding, class, or wealth. These elites have generally held that because they are exceptional persons they were best suited to conduct the affairs of state. They are wrong. But they have succeeded, and they appear to be ascendant in America today, although the Tea Party may have something to say about that. But consider the following contemporary examples: * The elitist imposition of Obamacare upon an unwilling nation * The lionizing by the Left of eugenicists, such as Margaret Sanger and Ruth Bader Ginsburg * The way “Catholic” politicians such as New York governors George Pataki and David Paterson and former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani run roughshod over Church teaching * The way contemporary education – from nursery school through college – infantilizes and fails our kids, preparing them poorly for the rigors of adulthood With an acid pen and a ready wit, George Marlin takes on many of modern America’s most revered intellectuals and shows conclusively that they’re just not as smart as they think they are.
£24.00
St Augustine's Press Narcissist Nation – Reflections of a Blue–State
Book SynopsisIt’s not easy being Catholic and conservative in secular ‘Blue State’ New York, but that’s what George J. Marlin is, always has been, and always will be. Don’t ask him to change. Besides, like America, it’s the Empire State that needs to change. Generation after generation of elitists have put in place their plans for making the machineries of state work more efficiently and more equitably, and they’ve succeeded in wrecking what was never broken in the first place. And Mr. Marlin has a name for political types who think they know better than the rest of us: narcissists. Narcissists have been fouling up societies since the beginning of time. As Marlin writes:Throughout history, a subset of people have viewed themselves as superior to the rest of the population due to their perceived distinctive qualities: intelli-gence, breeding, class, or wealth. These elites have generally held that because they are exceptional persons they were best suited to conduct the affairs of state. They are wrong. But they have succeeded, and they appear to be ascendant in America today, although the Tea Party may have something to say about that. But consider the following contemporary examples: * The elitist imposition of Obamacare upon an unwilling nation * The lionizing by the Left of eugenicists, such as Margaret Sanger and Ruth Bader Ginsburg * The way “Catholic” politicians such as New York governors George Pataki and David Paterson and former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani run roughshod over Church teaching * The way contemporary education – from nursery school through college – infantilizes and fails our kids, preparing them poorly for the rigors of adulthood With an acid pen and a ready wit, George Marlin takes on many of modern America’s most revered intellectuals and shows conclusively that they’re just not as smart as they think they are.
£15.00
University of South Carolina Press Rural Republican Realignment in the Modern South:
Book SynopsisAn inside look at why the Republican Party has come to dominate the rural American South Beginning with the Dixiecrat Revolt of 1948 and extending through the 2020 election cycle, political scientists M.V. Hood III and Seth C. McKee trace the process by which rural white southerners transformed from fiercely loyal Democrats to stalwart Republicans. While these rural white southerners were the slowest to affiliate with the Grand Old Party, they are now its staunchest supporters. This transition and the reasons for it are vital to understanding the current electoral landscape of the American South, including states like Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Texas, and Virginia, all of which have the potential to exert enormous influence over national electoral outcomes.In this first book-length empirically based study focusing on rural southern voters, Hood and McKee examine their changing political behavior, arguing that their Democratic-to-Republican transition is both more recent and more durable than most political observers realize. By analyzing data collected from their own region-wide polling along with a variety of other carefully mined sources, the authors explain why the initial appeal of 1950s Republicanism to upscale white southerners in metropolitan settings took well over a half-century to yield to, and morph into, its culturally conservative variant now championed by rural residents. Hood and McKee contend that it is impossible to understand current American electoral politics without understanding the longer trajectory of voting behavior in rural America and they offer not only a framework but also the data necessary for doing so.
£73.15
University of South Carolina Press Rural Republican Realignment in the Modern South:
Book SynopsisAn inside look at why the Republican Party has come to dominate the rural American South Beginning with the Dixiecrat Revolt of 1948 and extending through the 2020 election cycle, political scientists M.V. Hood III and Seth C. McKee trace the process by which rural white southerners transformed from fiercely loyal Democrats to stalwart Republicans. While these rural white southerners were the slowest to affiliate with the Grand Old Party, they are now its staunchest supporters. This transition and the reasons for it are vital to understanding the current electoral landscape of the American South, including states like Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Texas, and Virginia, all of which have the potential to exert enormous influence over national electoral outcomes.In this first book-length empirically based study focusing on rural southern voters, Hood and McKee examine their changing political behavior, arguing that their Democratic-to-Republican transition is both more recent and more durable than most political observers realize. By analyzing data collected from their own region-wide polling along with a variety of other carefully mined sources, the authors explain why the initial appeal of 1950s Republicanism to upscale white southerners in metropolitan settings took well over a half-century to yield to, and morph into, its culturally conservative variant now championed by rural residents. Hood and McKee contend that it is impossible to understand current American electoral politics without understanding the longer trajectory of voting behavior in rural America and they offer not only a framework but also the data necessary for doing so.
£23.36
University of Arkansas Press Rising Star: The Meaning of Nikki Haley, Trump's
Book SynopsisNikki Haley has been widely hailed as an emerging force in American politics, her star power burnished over a decade that has seen her move from the national spotlight to the global stage. In Rising Star, political scientist Jason A. Kirk analyzes her ascendance in the Republican party, from her governorship of South Carolina as a woman of color—where she faced extraordinary challenges in a state reckoning with tragedy, race, and its own history—to her elevated profile as Donald Trump’s representative to the United Nations, where as the daughter of immigrants she would become the face of his America First policy to the world. This book, in its consideration of a wide range of perspectives, illuminates how Haley’s combination of political talents and her identity as an Indian American, Christian, southern woman have made her an unlikely bridge between the Trump years and the GOP’s embattled path forward, and, by all accounts, a significant political force.
£21.56
University of Arkansas Press From Blue to Red: The Rise of the GOP in Arkansas
Book SynopsisOn the morning of Election Day 2010, Democrats occupied three of the four Arkansas seats in the US House of Representatives, both US Senate seats, all state constitutional offices, and decisive majorities in both chambers of the Arkansas General Assembly. By the time votes were counted that evening, it was clear that the balance of power had shifted. Within five years, Arkansas Republicans would hold all six US congressional positions and every state constitutional seat and claim growing supermajorities in both state chambers. Since then, Republicans have enjoyed robust electoral success in Arkansas—formerly the last remaining state of the “Solid South” held by Democrats. John C. Davis’s From Blue to Red: The Rise of the GOP in Arkansas provides a rigorous yet accessible study of this partisan shift, tracking changes in voter preference at the top of the ticket in the 1960s, generational replacement in Arkansas’ political power structure in the 1990s, and the emergence of a more nationalized and polarized electorate in the 2000s, among other developments. From Blue to Red is a fascinating look at how Arkansas went from being one of the country’s most solidly Democratic states to one of its most ardently Republican in just a few years.
£28.46
AU Press Bucking Conservatism: Alternative Stories of
Book SynopsisWith lively, informative contributions by both scholars and activists, Bucking Conservatism highlights the individuals and groups who challenged Alberta’s conservative status quo in the 60s and 70s. Drawing on archival material, newspaper articles, police reports, and interviews, the contributors examine Alberta’s history through the eyes of Indigenous activists protesting discriminatory legislation and unfulfilled treaty obligations, women and lesbian and gay persons standing up to the heteropatriarchy, student activists arguing for a new democracy, and anti-capitalist environmentalists demanding social change. This book recognizes the lasting influence of Alberta’s noncomformists—those who recognized the need for dissent in a province defined by wealth and right-wing politics—and leaves a set of questions, perhaps sobering ones, for contemporary activists.
£28.90
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Economic Futures of the West
Book SynopsisThis thought-provoking book considers the global challenges and challengers to the economic supremacy of the West.Jan Winiecki explores the various problems that the West must deal with in order to remain an efficient competitor in the world economy. These, he argues, are primarily consequences of the ever-expanding welfare state; consequences that are not only economic but also socio-psychological and, therefore, political. The author also considers the evolution of Western Europe and the USA from a new perspective, noting the 'Europeanization' of US economic policies and regulation and the 'Americanization' of polices and regulation in some European countries. The book concludes that the main challengers to the West - Brazil, Russia, India and China (the so-called BRIC group of countries) - are unlikely to gain economic supremacy over the West any time soon, given that they have to contend with their own difficulties.Economic Futures of the West will prove a stimulating and challenging read for academics, researchers and students in the fields of economics, heterodox economics and development.Contents: Preface Part I: Global Challenges: Irrelevant? Imaginary? Immaterial? 1. Anti-Globalists - Funny Children of Marx and Coca-Cola 2. World is Running Out of Resources (Once Again...) 3. Climate Alarmists, Climate Skeptics Part II: BRIC Countries and Global Economic Shifts: Projections and Realities 4. The Uneven Quality of the BRIC: Russia and Brazil as the Weaker Half 5. China and India: Competitors for Future Leadership in the Global Economy Part III: West in Decline and Still (Largely) in Denial 6. Global Financial Crisis as an Accelerator of Damaging Long-Term Trends 7. Intra-European Divergences at the Time of Crumbling Welfare State 8. How Much of American Exceptionalism is Still Left in the Europeanized United States? 9. Underpinnings for Scenario Postscript - Back to the Future IndexTable of ContentsContents: Preface: A Few Words About the Book Part I: Global Challenges: Irrelevant? Imaginary? Immaterial? 1. Anti-globalists: Funny Children of Marx and Coca-Cola 2. The World is Running Out of Resources (Once Again) 3. Climate Alarmists, Climate Skeptics and the Politics and Economics of Global Warming Part II: The BRIC Countries and Global Economic Shifts: Projections and Realities 4. The Uneven Quality of the BRIC Countries: Russia and Brazil as the Weaker Half 5. China and India: Competitors for Future Leadership in the Global Economy Part III: The West in Decline – and Still (Largely) in Denial 6. The Global Financial Crisis as an Accelerator of Damaging Long-term Trends 7. Intra-European Divergences at the Time of the Crumbling Welfare State 8. How Much of US Exceptionalism is Still Left in the ‘Europeanized’ USA? 9. Underpinnings for Scenario A Postscript: Back to the Future Index
£84.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Economists and the State: What Went Wrong
Book SynopsisThis important book presents a compelling case that traditional received theory (Paretian-utilitarian) has followed a dangerous path one not espoused by Adam Smith and Nobel Laureate James Buchanan. The latter viewed value and preferences as mutable (not 'given') and believed that rights systems must underlie moral law and impartial justice. Men must be 'taken as they are' in this system. Adoption of the Smith-Buchanan paradigm, Professor Roth brilliantly argues, leads to the kind of moral and political philosophy that informs the science of statutes and legislators that underpins our Founding Fathers' republican self-government project.'- Bob Ekelund, Professor and Eminent Scholar in Economics (Emeritus), Auburn University, USEconomists and the State shows how modern economists have strayed far from Adam Smith's procedurally based, consequence-detached political economy. Timothy P. Roth argues that this wrong turn has left economists ill-equipped to address an expanding federal enterprise and new threats to our self-governing republic. He subsequently sets out to offer ways to redress this.Making the case for a return to the moral and political philosophy that informed Adam Smith's 'science of the statesman or legislator,' this book argues that economists must reject their relentlessly utilitarian, teleological theory of the state and embrace Nobel Laureate James M. Buchanan's constitutional political economy project. The author outlines the specific requirements of a non-teleological conception of the state - a conception that is vital to the continuing development of a theory of the state informed by a prior ethical commitment to the moral equivalence of persons.This book will appeal to scholars and students of political economy, political thought, public choice economics and Austrian economics as well as to practitioners and policy-makers interested in how economics should support those serving the public.Contents: Preface 1. The Smithian Inheritance 2. Institutions Matter 3. What Economists Do 4. The Founders' Republican Self-government Project Derailed 5. What Has Been Wrought 6. What Went Wrong 7. What Should Economists Do? References IndexTrade Review‘Author Timothy Roth shows that the federal government is being run in a sinister and criminal manner, not a legal one. This serious book reports on "what went wrong," dishes out some of the blame to the mainstream economics profession, and even provides some possible remedies.’ -- Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics‘Informative and insightful and deserve attention from scholars in the fields of economic history, philosophy of economics, and public policy’ -- Kevin Schmiesing, History and Philosophy of Economics‘This important book presents a compelling case that traditional received theory (Paretian-utilitarian) has followed a dangerous path – one not espoused by Adam Smith and Nobel Laureate James Buchanan. The latter viewed value and preferences as mutable (not "given") and believed that rights systems must underlie moral law and impartial justice. Men must be "taken as they are" in this system. Adoption of the Smith-Buchanan paradigm, Professor Roth brilliantly argues, leads to the kind of moral and political philosophy that informs the science of statutes and legislators that underpins our Founding Fathers' republican self-government project.’ -- Bob Ekelund, Auburn University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. The Smithian Inheritance 2. Institutions Matter 3. What Economists Do 4. The Founders’ Republican Self-government Project Derailed 5. What Has Been Wrought 6. What Went Wrong 7. What Should Economists Do? References Index
£83.00
Boydell & Brewer Ltd Conservative Thinkers from All Souls College
Book SynopsisInvestigates historic strands of conservative thought and responds to the radical changes which many think have transformed the Conservative party into a populist movement upholding English nationalism. All Souls College Oxford was one of the meeting points of English public intellectuals in the twentieth century. Its Fellows prided themselves on agreeing in everything except their opinions. They included Cabinet Ministers from all the three major parties, and academics of diverse political allegiances, who met for frank conversations and lively disagreements. Davenport-Hines investigates historic strands of conservative thought: aversion to rapid and disruptive change, mistrust of majority opinions, prizing of community loyalties and pride over the assertion of aggressive individualism, the recession of the Church of England, and the impact of militarism. Conservative Thinkers from All Souls College Oxford draws on the ideas of two conservative thinkers, 'Trimmer' Halifax and Michael Oakeshott, to examine the conservative assumptions, ideas, writings and influence of seven Fellows of All Souls from the last century. Their brands of conservatism regarded popular democracy as an unavoidable necessity which must be managed rather than loved. Their scepticism about the rule of the people was rooted in a meritocratic commitment to the government of the wise. They disliked plutocracy, regretted consumerism, and loathed sloppy and self-serving thought. All were more or less dissatisfied with the workings of the Westminster parliamentary model.Table of Contents1 Opening Fire 2 The Counter-Revolutionaries of Llewellyn Woodward 3 The Old Harmonies of Keith Feiling 4 The Trimming of Herbert Hensley Henson 5 The Total Wars of Cyril Falls 6 The County Spirit of Edward Halifax 7 The Losing Battles of Quintin Hailsham 8 The Resistance of Cyril Radcliffe 9 Closing Shots Select Bibliography Index
£75.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Economic Futures of the West
Book SynopsisThis thought-provoking book considers the global challenges and challengers to the economic supremacy of the West.Jan Winiecki explores the various problems that the West must deal with in order to remain an efficient competitor in the world economy. These, he argues, are primarily consequences of the ever-expanding welfare state; consequences that are not only economic but also socio-psychological and, therefore, political. The author also considers the evolution of Western Europe and the USA from a new perspective, noting the 'Europeanization' of US economic policies and regulation and the 'Americanization' of polices and regulation in some European countries. The book concludes that the main challengers to the West - Brazil, Russia, India and China (the so-called BRIC group of countries) - are unlikely to gain economic supremacy over the West any time soon, given that they have to contend with their own difficulties.Economic Futures of the West will prove a stimulating and challenging read for academics, researchers and students in the fields of economics, heterodox economics and development.Contents: Preface Part I: Global Challenges: Irrelevant? Imaginary? Immaterial? 1. Anti-Globalists - Funny Children of Marx and Coca-Cola 2. World is Running Out of Resources (Once Again...) 3. Climate Alarmists, Climate Skeptics Part II: BRIC Countries and Global Economic Shifts: Projections and Realities 4. The Uneven Quality of the BRIC: Russia and Brazil as the Weaker Half 5. China and India: Competitors for Future Leadership in the Global Economy Part III: West in Decline and Still (Largely) in Denial 6. Global Financial Crisis as an Accelerator of Damaging Long-Term Trends 7. Intra-European Divergences at the Time of Crumbling Welfare State 8. How Much of American Exceptionalism is Still Left in the Europeanized United States? 9. Underpinnings for Scenario Postscript - Back to the Future IndexTable of ContentsContents: Preface: A Few Words About the Book Part I: Global Challenges: Irrelevant? Imaginary? Immaterial? 1. Anti-globalists: Funny Children of Marx and Coca-Cola 2. The World is Running Out of Resources (Once Again) 3. Climate Alarmists, Climate Skeptics and the Politics and Economics of Global Warming Part II: The BRIC Countries and Global Economic Shifts: Projections and Realities 4. The Uneven Quality of the BRIC Countries: Russia and Brazil as the Weaker Half 5. China and India: Competitors for Future Leadership in the Global Economy Part III: The West in Decline – and Still (Largely) in Denial 6. The Global Financial Crisis as an Accelerator of Damaging Long-term Trends 7. Intra-European Divergences at the Time of the Crumbling Welfare State 8. How Much of US Exceptionalism is Still Left in the ‘Europeanized’ USA? 9. Underpinnings for Scenario A Postscript: Back to the Future Index
£29.95
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The End of Laissez-Faire?: On the Durability of
Book SynopsisDespite the global financial crisis in 2007-2008, neoliberalism has remained dominant and even informs the responses to the crisis. In his masterful analysis, Damien Cahill demonstrates that this resilience is due to neoliberalism being firmly embedded within wider class relations, institutions and ideological norms. And yet, as Cahill also argues, progressive change is possible provided it is based on large-scale political mobilisation. I most strongly recommend this book for reading.'- Andreas Bieler, Nottingham University, UK'Damien Cahill has emerged as one of the most penetrating social scientists on the politics of neoliberalism in the advanced capitalist societies. In his new book, he brings his many years of pouring over policy documents to examine neoliberalism in the new 'age of austerity'. The result is an impressive survey of the history and debates about neoliberal policies. But more powerful is Cahill's hard-headed analysis of why neoliberalism may not simply be in decline, despite the great social disasters it has produced: the 'Great Recession' of 2008 only being the most spectacular. Cahill insists on what many are only beginning to realize: that a new progressive political economy will not emerge as a result of the 'failure of neoliberal ideas', but only when an alternative vision of society fuses with new organized forms of social resistance.'- Greg Albo, York University, Toronto, CanadaWhen the global financial crisis hit in 2007, many commentators thought it heralded the end of neoliberalism. Several years later, neoliberalism continues to dominate policy making. This book sets out why such commentators got it so wrong, and why neoliberalism remains so durable in the face of crisis.This book is the first comprehensive critique of the dominant 'ideas-centered' approach to understanding neoliberalism. It offers an alternative view of neoliberalism as a policy regime that is embedded in institutions, class relations and ideological norms. Damien Cahill argues that the socially embedded nature of neoliberalism explains why policy makers continue to use neoliberal policies as forms of crisis response, even though the crisis itself resulted from several decades of neoliberal restructuring. It takes aim at dominant interpretations of neoliberalism, arguing that it is wrongly viewed as reflecting neoliberal free market ideals, or as resulting from the influence of fundamentalist neoliberal intellectuals. The book concludes with a prognosis of the future prospects for neoliberalism.The End of Laissez-Faire? is a compelling and insightful analysis of neoliberalism, which will appeal to scholars and students of public policy, political science, sociology, political economy, anthropology, human geography, industrial relations and economics-related studies.Contents: Introduction 1. The Idealist View of Neoliberalism 2. Actually Existing Neoliberalism 3. Did Neoliberal Ideas Create the Neoliberal State and Economy? 4. Always Embedded Neoliberalism 5. The Class Embedded Nature of Neoliberalism 6. Institutionally Embedded Neoliberalism 7. Ideologically Embedded Neoliberalism 8. The Global Financial Crisis and the Future of Embedded Neoliberalism Bibliography IndexTrade Review‘A book should be celebrated for its achievement if it advances knowledge, debate, and makes an indelible contribution to its field. Damien Cahill has achieved all of these merits and more in delivering the most compelling analysis of neoliberalism in The End of Laissez-Faire?. Of course, questions can always be raised about this or that aspect of any scholarly accomplishment. But the fact remains that the arguments delivered by Damien Cahill in The End of Laissez-Faire? will shape the terrain of neoliberalism studies for the coming future across the frontiers of political economy, sociology, and international studies.’ -- Adam David Morton (2015): The Who of Power?, Globalizations‘The End of Laissez-Faire? On The Durability of Embedded Neoliberalism is outstanding, a thoroughly researched and most cogently argued piece of scholarship. It is highly readable and enjoyable – even as one’s unquestioned beliefs are logically destroyed. Scholars who care about social justice, about societies of citizens rather than consumers, about decent standards of living – and about thorough scholarship – should read this book and ponder what is to be done.’ -- Di Kelly, Journal of Industrial Relations‘Despite the global financial crisis in 2007–2008, neoliberalism has remained dominant and even informs the responses to the crisis. In his masterful analysis, Damien Cahill demonstrates that this resilience is due to neoliberalism being firmly embedded within wider class relations, institutions and ideological norms. And yet, as Cahill also argues, progressive change is possible provided it is based on large-scale political mobilisation. I most strongly recommend this book for reading.’ -- Andreas Bieler, Nottingham University, UK‘In a sobering account, Damien Cahill illuminates the true nature of neoliberalism and explains why and how it has been able to survive what some of us hoped would be its terminal crisis. His concept of “embedded neoliberalism” is indispensable for understanding the connection between ideas and class power.’ -- Fred Block, University of California at Davis, US‘For those who expected neoliberalism to disappear, discredited by the global financial crisis, Cahill’s penetrating analysis explains its resilience and offers a first-class account of its three decades as a socially embedded policy regime. Offering a materialist rather than idealist interpretation of neoliberalism, Cahill is able to explain why governments’ apparently Keynesian responses to the crisis do not flag its demise. This is a must-read book for those who study or care about the direction of the world economy.’ -- Professor Verity Burgmann, Monash University, Australia‘Damien Cahill has emerged as one of the most penetrating social scientists on the politics of neoliberalism in the advanced capitalist societies. In his new book, he brings his many years of pouring over policy documents to examine neoliberalism in the new 'age of austerity'. The result is an impressive survey of the history and debates about neoliberal policies. But more powerful is Cahill's hard-headed analysis of why neoliberalism may not simply be in decline, despite the great social disasters it has produced: the 'Great Recession' of 2008 only being the most spectacular. Cahill insists on what many are only beginning to realize: that a new progressive political economy will not emerge as a result of the 'failure of neoliberal ideas', but only when an alternative vision of society fuses with new organized forms of social resistance.’ -- Greg Albo, York University, Toronto, Canada‘Neoliberalism, we have learned, lives in crisis. Today, the most important questions about neoliberalism, for all its well-known flaws and limits, concern its institutional entrenchment and dogged reproduction. These are the driving questions in Damien Cahill’s theoretically astute and politically savvy book. This bold and original analysis, drawing on Marx and Polanyi in equal measure, is heterodox political economy at its very best.’ -- Jamie Peck, University of British Columbia, CanadaThis book offers the clearest, most comprehensive, detailed, readable, insightful, sensible, balanced and systematic analysis of neoliberalism available today. This is an indispensable read for anyone interested in the most important topic on contemporary capitalism. Cahill offers the most convincing analysis of the origins, key features and limitations of neoliberalism, and the most promising examination of how it can be overcome. This book debunks myths, pierces illusions and suggests the most promising avenue for resistance against the current phase of global capitalism.’ -- Professor Alfredo Saad Filho, SOAS, University of London, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. The Idealist View of Neoliberalism 2. Actually Existing Neoliberalism 3. Did Neoliberal Ideas Create the Neoliberal State and Economy? 4. Always Embedded Neoliberalism 5. The Class Embedded Nature of Neoliberalism 6. Institutionally Embedded Neoliberalism 7. Ideologically Embedded Neoliberalism 8. The Global Financial Crisis and the Future of Embedded Neoliberalism Bibliography Index
£23.95
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The American Right After Reagan
Book SynopsisThis timely and significant book provides a comprehensive overview of right-wing ideology and policy-making in the years since Ronald Reagan left office, and an explanation of the reasons why the Republicans, the 'party of Reagan', turned towards Donald Trump. The authors assess the ways in which the Reagan legacy, rather than the empirical realities of his tenure, has impacted economic, social and cultural policy formation and conservative efforts at reshaping the United States. They also evaluate the changing relationships between different ideological currents on the right. Against this background, The American Right after Reagan discusses Trump's insurgent populism and the profound tensions that have marked his presidency. This thought-provoking book will prove invaluable to scholars in political science and American Studies, in particular those studying US domestic or foreign policy during this period. It will also provide useful insights for those seeking to understand the recent rise of right-wing populism and Trump's ascendancy.Trade Review'Three eminent scholars offer a cogent but nuanced analysis of the successes and frustrations of the American right since the 1980s. Their insightful perspectives on conservatism's policy and political development over the last quarter-century builds up to a riveting assessment of the Trump administration's contributions to and deviations from the cause. Engagingly written and very well researched, this volume should be essential reading for scholars and students of America's contemporary politics and recent political history.' --Iwan Morgan, University College London, UK'The American Right after Reagan measures the aftershocks of the ''Reagan revolution'' in comprehensive and often counterintuitive ways, mapping where the philosophical and substantive shifts of the 1980s still hold sway and where they have eroded. The book pushes well beyond the standard dogma of the era, and brings sharp theoretical analysis as well as a wide range of empirical scholarship to bear on key aspects of contemporary policymaking and partisanship. In so doing the authors settle some old arguments - but better yet, spark many new ones.' --Andrew Rudalevige, Bowdoin College, US'In The American Right after Reagan, three distinguished scholars - Edward Ashbee, John Dumbrell and Alex Waddan - examine the legacy of Ronald Reagan. In a wide-ranging work, conservative ideology and the Republican Party record on economic and social policy, the ''culture wars'', and foreign affairs are explored. This book, one of the very best histories of modern conservatism in America that I have read, explains with verve and perspicacity how the development of Republican Party politics since Reagan culminated in the election of Donald Trump. In sharp contrast to the idea that Trump's presidency has been orthodox in terms of policy, these authors make a forceful argument that Trump in fact represents an important break from conservative traditions since Reagan. This book will be of great interest to students, scholars and the general public. I recommend it with enormous enthusiasm and admiration.' --Mark White, Queen Mary University of London, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: the legacy of the Reagan revolution 2. Economic policy: reconfiguring the supply - side 3. Drowning government in the bathtub: restructuring social provision 4. Conservative foreign policy: Reagan to Trump 5. The right and the ‘culture wars’ 6. The impact of the populist challenge 7. The Trump Administration 8. Afterword Index
£89.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd A Research Agenda for Austrian Economics
Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.This thought-provoking Research Agenda examines themes within economic studies that have become active areas of commentary for economists of the Austrian School. Contributors establish their own distinctive interpretations of how an Austrian Research Agenda should appear, clearly demonstrating there is no set dogma within Austrian economics.Chapters provide state-of-the-art dialogues surrounding the many complex dimensions of Austrian economics, including the School’s responses to behavioral economics and the theory of public goods. This book portrays Austrian economics as constantly evolving and its ultimate endeavour is to prompt further contributions and discussions surrounding the Austrian School. This erudite Research Agenda will be highly beneficial for graduate students studying political economics, market processes and economic development, seeking to understand the unique dimensions of Austrian economics. It will also be of great value to academics endeavouring to conduct comparative studies of different economic schools of thought.Trade Review‘The wide-ranging chapters in this volume will be of great interest to scholars from across the social sciences. They demonstrate that Austrian economics remains a lively and progressive research program with important contributions to make to the most pressing issues in contemporary scholarship and policy.’ -- Christopher Coyne, George Mason University, US‘A Research Agenda for Austrian Economics offers an overview of the most recent contributions of modern Austrian economics to some of the most pressing issues of political economy. The chapter authors are highly regarded scholars in their area of expertise and do a remarkable job summarizing the latest research in their field. More importantly, they demonstrate how Austrian economics is usefully contributing to that literature and identify research avenues for future work in Austrian economics. This book will be particularly useful for young scholars seeking to learn how to conduct relevant and cutting-edge research in Austrian economics.’ -- Daniel J. Smith, Middle Tennessee State University, US‘Austrian economics is steeped in history. But what of its future? To find out, A Research Agenda for Austrian Economics taps some of the tradition’s most prolific young scholars. Their chapters leave no doubt that the future of Austrian economics is bright. And Louis Rouanet’s opening address to fellow Austrians is magnificent.’ -- Peter T. Leeson, George Mason University, US‘The Austrian School was most clearly distinguished from mainstream economics in the latter half of the twentieth century as a result of the socialist calculation debate. With that issue settled, this book shows that the Austrian School’s ideas remain relevant to contemporary economic issues.’ -- Randall G. Holcombe, Florida State University, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to A Research Agenda for Austrian Economics xi Louis Rouanet 1 An Austrian perspective on militarism 1 Abigail R. Hall 2 Monetary policy and business cycles: a post-crisis research agenda for Austrian economics 21 Bryan P. Cutsinger 3 Austrian economics and mainstream entrepreneurship: retrospect and prospect 45 David S. Lucas 4 Knowledge and incentive problems in regulatory studies: an Austrian perspective 69 Diana W. Thomas and Michael D. Thomas 5 Reasonable disagreement: Austrian responses to behavioral economics 89 Ennio E. Piano 6 EPE and the Viennese students of civilization 113 Marta Podemska-Mikluch 7 Accounting and finance: capital and cost in economics 131 Peter Lewin and Nicolas Cachanosky 8 An Austrian reassessment of the theory of “public goods”: what is left (and right)? 147 Rosolino Candela and Vincent Geloso Conclusion: Steve Horwitz (1964–2021): teacher, scholar, and public intellectual 165 Peter J. Boettke Index
£90.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Ideology: Conservatives, Liberals and Socialists
Book SynopsisThis insightful book sheds light on three competing ideological windows on the world: conservatism, liberalism and socialism. David Reisman explores the importance of these perspectives not only to generating public policy, but also in our capacity to explain the very nature of reality.Surveying the diversity of beliefs that govern and guide contemporary society, Reisman illustrates the pre-eminence of three all-encompassing meta-ideologies that capture heterogenous philosophies. The book traces the history of these meta-ideologies through key figures and moments in their development, illuminating the paradox at the heart of political beings: the conceptual wedding of independence and integration. Refusing a partisan perspective, Reisman argues in favour of a tolerant vision of society that promotes understanding as an avenue by which to achieve the peaceable coexistence of plurality and diversity. Offering a clear, intellectual and unbiased presentation of contemporary political philosophy, this book is crucial reading for researchers and students of social and political thought, particularly those focusing on ideology and the history of philosophy. Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. The common mind 3. Conservatism 4. Rousseau: the general will 5. Burke: the chain of being 6. The whole and the part 7. The liberal way 8. Being free 9. Self and state: Hobbes 10. Nature and law: Locke 11. Hobbes and Locke: politics and economics 12. Liberalism gone wrong 13. Socialism 14. The socialist future 15. The end of ideology Bibliography Index
£95.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Blockchain Politics
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Seagull Books London Ltd Remaking the Citizen for New Times – History,
Book SynopsisAn accessible cultural and literary critique of the right wing in India. How does orthodoxy maintain its power over culture? In Remaking the Citizen for New Times, Deepa Sreenivas explores how the Amar Chitra Katha, a widely read comic series started in 1967 in India, influenced the historical and national consciousness of young readers in a conservative direction. Tacitly blaming Nehruvian welfarism of the time for the moral decline of the nation, the Amar Chitra Katha emerged as a literary articulation of the Indian right’s Hindu-nationalist ideology in a modern, bourgeois guise. To renew Hindutva hegemony, the comic series gave orthodox ideas a new sheen, both in its form and content, merging Western comic styles with Indian visual storytelling traditions on the one hand, and combining mythological characters with political figureheads into harmonious narratives on the other—making it difficult to sift history from myths and legends. Sreenivas deftly argues that these mythological-political tales emphasized the instructive rather than the informative potential of history, encouraging neoliberal values such as merit and hard work while ignoring caste or class as systemic issues.
£11.77
Liverpool University Press 'Goodbye, Spain?': The Question of Independence
Book SynopsisSupport for independence in the Autonomous Community of Catalonia has risen significantly since 2005. Opinion polls confirm that the idea of holding a legally-binding referendum on independence is now supported by 80% of Catalans. Many commentators on nationalism in Western Europe had come to the conclusion that there was no serious threat to the established nation-states from secessionism within their borders. In The Identity of Nations (2007), Montserrat Guibernau wrote that decentralisation 'tames secessionism, both by offering significant power and resources to the national minorities it seeks to accommodate and by enticing regional political elites with the power, prestige and perks associated with devolution'. Scott Greer, in Nationalism and Self-Government (2007), wrote that secession 'seems unlikely' in the Catalan case because the regional political elites have too much to lose by such a move and are most concerned with winning further autonomy in specific areas that stabilise their own hold on regional power a conclusion called into question by the recent radicalisation in Catalan politics and civil society. Causes for these striking changes in public sentiment include changes in the Catalan political landscape since 2003, problems of infrastructure, public apathy with the political process, disillusionment with the Spanish government, a rise in anti-Catalan feeling from other Spaniards (and a rise in 'anti-Spanish' feeling among Catalans), the effects of the global financial crisis, and the bumpy ride experienced by Catalonia's new Statute of Autonomy. One notable change has been a shift in the dominant discourse of Catalan nationalism from concerns regarding language, culture and identity toward the political and economic welfare of Catalans. These political and economic discourses have overlaid rather than replaced cultural aspects. Published in association with the Canada Blanch Centre for Contemporary Spanish Studies / Catalan Observatory.
£100.00
Liverpool University Press 'Goodbye, Spain?': The Question of Independence
Book SynopsisSupport for independence in the Autonomous Community of Catalonia has risen significantly since 2005. Opinion polls confirm that the idea of holding a legally-binding referendum on independence is now supported by 80% of Catalans. Many commentators on nationalism in Western Europe had come to the conclusion that there was no serious threat to the established nation-states from secessionism within their borders. In The Identity of Nations (2007), Montserrat Guibernau wrote that decentralisation 'tames secessionism, both by offering significant power and resources to the national minorities it seeks to accommodate and by enticing regional political elites with the power, prestige and perks associated with devolution'. Scott Greer, in Nationalism and Self-Government (2007), wrote that secession 'seems unlikely' in the Catalan case because the regional political elites have too much to lose by such a move and are most concerned with winning further autonomy in specific areas that stabilise their own hold on regional power a conclusion called into question by the recent radicalisation in Catalan politics and civil society. Causes for these striking changes in public sentiment include changes in the Catalan political landscape since 2003, problems of infrastructure, public apathy with the political process, disillusionment with the Spanish government, a rise in anti-Catalan feeling from other Spaniards (and a rise in 'anti-Spanish' feeling among Catalans), the effects of the global financial crisis, and the bumpy ride experienced by Catalonia's new Statute of Autonomy. One notable change has been a shift in the dominant discourse of Catalan nationalism from concerns regarding language, culture and identity toward the political and economic welfare of Catalans. These political and economic discourses have overlaid rather than replaced cultural aspects. Published in association with the Canada Blanch Centre for Contemporary Spanish Studies / Catalan Observatory.
£31.87
