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Book SynopsisThis book stands as a testimony to Bauman's belief in the enduring relevance of sociology. But it is also a call to us all to start questioning the world in which we live and to transform ourselves from being the victims of circumstance into the makers of our own history. For that, at the end of the day, is the use of sociology.Trade Review"In What Use is Sociology?, Bauman peels back this hegemonic veneer, asking not what counts as sociology, but rather, what use is sociology? Via this shift, he encourages sociological practitioners to move beyond being blind followers of the latest sociologicaltrends. Instead, through self-reflexive analysis of his own work, Bauman provides a rare backstage glimpse into an engaged sociology that places people’s concerns at its centre as central to its mission."Sociology"What Use is Sociology? is a series of intimate conversations, which mine Bauman’s more than half a century of experience in the disciple—discussions which revisit truisms of the “sociological imagination” and which are littered with interesting anecdotes and asides particular to Bauman’s own intellectual journey. Bauman’s answers reveal the depth of his moral commitments and breadth of his critical engagement." LSE Review of Books "Sociology's principle purpose is to rouse people out of indifference and into action and it is this transition from inert to active knowledge that Bauman convincingly argues can bring about real change." Morning StarTable of ContentsPreface vii Introduction 1 1 What is sociology? 7 2 Why do sociology? 35 3 How to do sociology? 67 4 What does sociology achieve? 105

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Book SynopsisWhat would happen if we could stroll through the revolutionary history of the 20th century and, without any fear of the possible responses, ask the main protagonists - from Lenin to Che Guevara, from Alexandra Kollontai to Ulrike Meinhof - seemingly naïve questions about love? Although all important political and social changes of the 20th century included heated debates on the role of love, it seems that in the 21st century of new technologies of the self (Grindr, Tinder, online dating, etc.) we are faced with a hyperinflation of sex, not love. By going back to the sexual revolution of the October Revolution and its subsequent repression, to Che?s dilemma between love and revolutionary commitment and to the period of ?68 (from communes to terrorism) and its commodification in late capitalism, the Croatian philosopher Srecko Horvat gives a possible answer to the question of why it is that the most radical revolutionaries like Lenin or Che were scared of the radicality of love. What is so radical about a seemingly conservative notion of love and why is it anything but conservative? This short book is a modest contribution to the current upheavals around the world - from Tahrir to Taksim, from Occupy Wall Street to Hong Kong, from Athens to Sarajevo - in which the question of love is curiously, surprisingly, absent.Trade Review"The relationship between politics and sexual love has been so often muddled and mystified by the Left – from the traditional Communist erotic conservatism through the ridiculous pseudo-revolutionary excesses of the 'sexual revolution' up to the madness of Political Correctness. In his wonderfully readable book, Horvat simply sets the record straight: first, he shamelessly speaks about love, not about sex which has long ago lost its subversive edge; second, he asserts the radicality of love as a force which resists the very foundations of liberal permissiveness. A book which will turn Communists into lovers and lovers into Communists!"—Slavoj Žižek "If you were a dictator, what would you find most useful to control and suppress? This essay gives the answer: desire, love, sexuality, pleasure, whose force always threatens to make social order implode, from Lenin's Russia to Khomeini's Iran. But love is not only what dictators dream to suppress. It is the magma of revolutionary politics. The Radicality of Love is at once scintillating and incandescent and offers a profound reflexion on the reactionary and revolutionary politics of love."—Eva IllouzTable of Contents Foreplay: To Fall in Love, or Revolution 1. Love in the Age of Cold Intimacies 2. Desire in Tehran: What Are the Iranians Dreaming Of? 3. Libidinal Economy of the October Revolution 4. The Temptation of Che Guevara: Love or Revolution 5. �What Do I Care about Vietnam, if I Have Orgasm Problems?� Afterplay: The Radicality of Love

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Book SynopsisEverything you need to know about Plato's Republic in one volume.Trade ReviewSheppard tries to offer his readers a truly introductory guide to the Republic, i. e., a guide whose author has made as few interpretative decisions as possible in order to encourage new readers to have a personal conversation with Plato's text... In my opinion, Sheppard fulfils his purpose very well. As an introduction, this book clearly addresses readers new to philosophical classics and has consequently a very simple structure: it takes them through the text step-by-step... It could also be useful for 'continental' scholars who are not really working on Plato but must teach the Republic in their courses, as it provides a short but good overview of recent interpretations of the dialogue in English speaking areas. -- Diego De Brasi, Otto-Friedrich-Universitat Bamberg Bryn Mawr Classical ReviewTable of ContentsSeries Editor's Preface; Author's Preface; Introductory Questions; A Guide to the Text; Book I (327a-354c); Books II-V (357a-471b); Books V-VII (471c-541b); Books VIII-X (543a-621d); Study Aids; Glossary; Types of Question You will Encounter; Common Assessment Criteria; Tips for Writing about Plato; Bibliography and Guide to Further Reading; Index.

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Book SynopsisWhat is the meaning of 'being' - or, rather, 'existence' - and how does that concept relate to the totality of what there is? This title presents an ontology based on the concept of fields of sense.

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Book SynopsisJean Baudrillard (1929-2007) was one of the world's most influential, celebrated and controversial thinkers. This collection gathers 23 insightful yet previously difficult to find interviews, ranging over topics as diverse as art, war, technology, globalisation, terrorism and the fate of humanity.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; Introduction: Not Forgetting Baudrillard; Interview 1: Too Bad about Patagonia; Interview 2: Disappearance beyond Disappearance; Interview 3: After Utopia: The Primitive Society of the Future; Interview 4: The Possibility of Another Game; Interview 5: Politics of Performance: Montand, Coluche = Le Pen?; Interview 6: A Time of Promiscuity; Interview 7: Forgetting Critiques; Interview 8: Cover Story; Interview 9: Symbolic Exchange: Taking Theory Seriously; Interview 10: Vivisecting the 90s; Interview 11: Things Surpass Themselves; Interview 12: On the New Technologies; Interview 13: I'm Not a Prophet; Interview 14: Endangered Species?; Interview 15: Hate: A Last Sign of Life; Interview 16: Europe, Globalisation and the Destiny of Culture; Interview 17: Between Difference and Singularity; Interview 18: The Catastrophe of Paradox; Interview 19: This is the Fourth World War; Interview 20: The Matrix Decoded; Interview 21: Continental Drift; Interview 22: The Art of Disappearing; Interview 23: The Antidote to the Global Lies in the Singular; Select Interviews and Dialogues; Books by Jean Baudrillard in English; Name index; Subject index.

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Book SynopsisThe war on terror has been raging for many years now, and subsequently there is a growing body of literature examining the development, motivation and effects of this US-led aggression. Virtually absent from these accounts is an examination of the central role that gender, race, class and sexuality play in the war on terror. This lack of attention reflects a continued resistance by analysts to acknowledge and engage identity-related social issues as central elements within global politics. As this conflict spreads and deepens, it is more important than ever to examine how diverse international actors are using the war on terror as an opportunity to reinforce existing gendered, raced, classed and sexualized inter/national relations. This book examines the official war stories being told to the international community about why and against whom the war on terror is being waged. The book will benefit students, scholars and practitioners in the areas of international relations, women'Trade Review'Urgently needed, this exciting collection breaks new ground to rearrange and enrich how we understand, and hence respond to, terrorism. Exposing the political work that war stories do, these accounts also prove the centrality of identity investments and the necessity of intersectional analyses.' V. Spike Peterson, University of Arizona, USA 'This work is a significant feminist intervention in contemporary debates about the global war on terror. By placing women from diverse communities at the centre of analysis, the contributors reveal the gendered and racialized dimensions of this conflict. An excellent resource for educators concerned about international relations and the US project of Empire-building, this book is also very accessible for a wider readership.' Sunera Thobani, University of British Columbia, Canada 'Taken together, this collection highlights crucial issues that feminist activists and scholars must continue to address in the years to come. It deserves to be widely read.' Digest of Middle East Studies 'The collection of essays in this book are particularly welcome as the first major attempt to provide a detailed account of the creation and functioning of gendered representations and to trace the often complex intersections as gender merges with race, religion and class...this collection will provide an indispensable foundation for future research.' International Feminist Journal of Politics '...this is a serious and thought-provoking volume which offers a quite different approach to a well-worn topic, and contains some challenges to conventional thinking.' Law Society Journal 'This is a valuable book. Prepared before the media began to critique current US foreign policy, it nicely details the deceptions and, perhaps, delisuions of the policy...one virtue of this book is that is stimulates many questions.' Journal of Women, Politics and Policy 'Both parts of the volume provide an original and interesting framework for understanding the rolTable of ContentsContents: Foreword, Cynthia Enloe; Series Editors' Preface, Pauline Gardiner Barber, Jane Parapart and Marianne Marchand; (En)gendered war stories and camouflaged politics, Krista Hunt and Kim Rygiel. Part I A War for/on Women's Rights: Post-9/11 Rescue Narratives: Between orientalism and fundamentalism: Muslim women and feminist engagement, Jasmin Zine; 'Embedded Feminism' and the war on terror, Krista Hunt; Benevolent invaders, heroic victims and depraved villains: white femininity in media coverage of the invasion of Iraq, Melisa Brittain; Rescue in the age of Empire: children, masculinity, and the war on terror, Catherine V. Scott. Part II A War on/of Terror: The Politics Of Control: White nationalism, illegality and imperialism: border controls as ideology, Nandita Sharma; Protecting and proving identity: the biopolitics of waging war through citizenship in the post-9/11 era, Kim Rygiel; The headscarf debate: Muslim women in Europe and the 'War on Terror', Jane Freedman; Is 'W' for women?, Zillah Eisenstein; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisA compilation of the primary texts—by Foucault, Arendt, Agamben, Badiou, and other theorists—that laid the ground for contemporary thinking about biopolitics, or the relations between life and politics.Trade Review“[A]n essential resource for graduate students and those new to the topic of biopolitics as well as a useful tool for the few with specialist knowledge.” -- Diana Stypinska * Sociological Review *"This reader will be a landmark resource as scholarly engagement with biopolitics continues to expand in the coming years. It brings together in a single volume essential texts in the evolution of thinking about the biopolitical in the wake of the formative thought of Foucault and, later, Agamben. In addition, the selections are framed by a wonderfully nuanced and incisive introduction."—Cary Wolfe, author of Before the Law: Humans and Other Animals in a Biopolitical Frame“This is an indispensable collection, both for how it exposes the limits of Foucault’s thought and for the ways it illuminates the dark junctures of life and the sciences of Aristotle’s ‘master art’ politics.” -- David W. Swain * Kritikon Litterarum * "Biopolitics: A Reader provides a comprehensive overview of this diverse and multidisciplinary field. Editors Timothy Campbell and Adam Sitze demonstrate that biopolitics is not merely an academic fad, but rather, that it marks ‘the intersection, or perhaps reciprocal incorporation, of life and politics.’" -- Jay Daniel Thompson * Somatechnics *“[A] comprehensive resource for newcomers, as well as those already familiar with biopolitics.” -- Rosalind G. Williams * Political Studies Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction. Biopolitics: An Encounter / Timothy Campbell and Adam Sitze 1 1. Right of Death and Power over Life / Michel Foucault 41 2. "Society Must Be Defended," Lecture at the Collége de France, March 17, 1976 / Michel Foucault 61 3. The Perplexities of the Rights of Man / Hannah Arendt 82 4. Selections from The Human Condition / Hannah Arendt 98 5. Introduction to Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life / Giorgio Agamben 134 6. The Politicization of Life / Giorgio Agamben 145 7. Biopolitics and the Rights of Man / Giorgio Agamben 152 8. Necropolitics / Achille Mbembe 161 9. Necro-economics: Adam Smith and Death in the Life of the Universal / Warren Montag 193 10. Biopolitical Production / Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri 215 11. Biopolitics as Event / Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri 237 12. Labor, Action, Intellect / Paolo Virno 245 13. An Equivocal Concept: Biopolitics / Paolo Virno 269 14. The Biopolitics of Postmodern Bodies: Constitutions of Self in Immune System Discourse / Donna Haraway 274 15. The Immunological Transformation: On the Way to Thin-Walled "Societies" / Peter Sloterdijk 310 16. Biopolitics / Roberto Esposito 317 17. The Enigma of Biopolitics / Roberto Esposito 350 18. The Difficult Legacy of Michel Foucault / Jacques Rancière 386 19. From Politics to Biopolitics . . . and Back / Slavoj Zizek 391 20. What Is It to Live? / Alain Badiou 412 21. Immanence: A Life / Gilles Deleuze 421 Acknowledgment of Copyright 427 Index 429

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Book SynopsisIncludes "Burke's Reflections" and "Pocock's Reflections on Burke and the Eighteenth Century".Trade ReviewPocock is, without question, the leading historian of eighteenth-century British-American political thought. . . . All of his skills are brilliantly employed in the Introduction. . . . In addition to being the best treatment of Burke's thought in context, it is . . . the best and most concentrated presentation of Pocock's own view of the main contours of eighteenth-century political thought. . . . Finally, the Reflections and other texts by Burke are then woven into this rich fabric, thus providing the reader with an understanding of Burke's thought which is deeper and more complex (and surely more historically sensitive) than any available in the secondary literature. --James Tully, McGill UniversityOf all the scholars who currently study the history of Western political thought, no one is more fertile, eloquent, and ingenious than J. G. A. Pocock. --Keith Thomas, in the New York Review of Books

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Book SynopsisElucidates the historical context and the subsequent influence of Paine's text, as well as the major problems in interpreting Paine's theory.Trade ReviewClaeys has done a fine job of situating Paine’s famous text in the intellectual and practical context, drawing out the most important themes, and referring the reader to the best secondary literature. . . . An excellent textbook for undergraduate courses in political theory. --James Tully, McGill University

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Book SynopsisProposes to return with fresh eyes to the beginning of liberalism and the political philosophy of John Locke. Instead of looking at Lockean liberalism as a simple and timeworn ideological program, the essays reexamine Locke's project by remaining alive to the complexity and nuance with which he addressed his subject.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a clear analysis of Nietzsche's controversial endorsement of conflict, struggle and war. It also elucidates many of his defining theories, including the will to power, the overman, and the eternal return.

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Book SynopsisWhat do we mean by theory in international relations? What kinds of knowledge do theories seek? How do they stipulate it is found? How should we evaluate any resulting knowledge claims? What do answers to these questions tell us about the theory project in IR, and in the social sciences more generally? Lebow explores these questions in a critical evaluation of the positivist and interpretivist epistemologies. He identifies tensions and problems specific to each epistemology, and some shared by both, and suggests possible responses. By exploring the relationship between the foundations of theories and the empirical assumptions they encode, Lebow''s analysis enables readers to examine in greater depth the different approaches to theory and their related research strategies. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of international relations theory and philosophy of social science.Trade Review'Lebow offers an impressively grand tour of important debates and distinctions in IR, seasoned with his own eyewitness accounts as a participant in many of the discussions he surveys. He also doubles down on the the project of defining and pulling together a relatively coherent 'interpretivist' approach to juxtapose to a 'positivist' canon. Does the campaign succeed? Read the book and judge for yourself!' Patrick Thaddeus Jackson, American University'Ned Lebow's Quest for Knowledge asks what scholars can come to know about international relations. Lebow provides a powerful argument advancing his highly-nuanced interpretivist-reflectivist methodology. At the same time, Quest surveys the range of current methodological approaches, highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of each, including his own version of interpretivism. Methodology is, as Lebow rightly observes, only the tip of an iceberg, in that each approach is built upon a complex of metaphysical and epistemological premises - premises that the book makes explicit. Quest for Knowledge is another superb scholarly work by Lebow, and is essential reading for anyone interested in the legitimacy of various social science methods.' Fred Chernoff, Harvey Picker Professor of International Relations, Colgate UniversityTable of ContentsPreface; 1. Introduction; 2. What is knowledge?; 3. Positivism and interpretivism; 4. Positivism: Correlational research; 5. Positivism: Experiments; 6. Positivism: Rationalism; 7. Interpretivism: Causal narratives; 8. Interpretivism: Practice turn; 9. Counterfactuals; 10. Verification vs. Falsification; 11. Causal and non-causal narratives; 12. Reason; 13. Cause; 14. The causal paradox; 15. Mechanisms; 16. International relations as an ethical practice.

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Book SynopsisThis collection of papers aims to increase our understanding of a) what meaning in life is: how it is to be understood, what its constituents are, and how it can be properly distinguished from other features that are commonly thought to be required for a good life, such as happiness, b) in what way, if any, mortality can be said to be detrimental to a life''s meaningfulness and what follows from this for the desirability of radical life extension and other (limit-removing) alterations of the present human condition, and c) in what way, if any, death and mortality can be said to be requisites or at least constituents of a meaningful life.Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors; Introduction: Death and Meaning Michael Hauskeller; 1. Meaning and Anti-Meaning in Life and What Happens After We Die Sven Nyholm; 2. Importance, Fame, and Transcending Limits Guy Kahane; 3. Dying for a Cause Antti Kauppinen; 4. Promises to the Dead James Stacey Taylor; 5. Comparting the Meaningfulness of Finite and Infinite Lives: Can We Reap What We Sow if We Are Immortal? Thaddeus Metz; 6. God, the Meaning of Life, and Meaning in Lives Daniel Hill; 7. When Death Comes Too Late. Radical Life Extension and the Makropulos Case Michael Hauskeller; 8. Desirability without Desire. Life Extension, Boredom and Spiritual Experience Drew Chastain; 9. Meaning, Value, and the Imperfect Life Havi Carel; 10. The Meaning of Pain and the Pain of Meaning Teodora Manea; 11. Grieving Our Way Back to Meaningfulness Michael Cholbi; 12. Can We Measure the Badness of Death for the Person Who Dies? Thomas Schramme; 13. Meaning in Lives Nearing Their End F.M. Kamm; 14. Why Do People Want to Die? The Meaning of Life from the Perspective of Euthanasia Fredrik Svenaeus.

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Book SynopsisCan a human society suffer from illness like a living thing? And if so, how does such a malaise manifest itself? In this thought-provoking book, Fred Neuhouser explains and defends the idea of social pathology, demonstrating what it means to describe societies as ''ill'', or ''sick'', and why we are so often drawn to conceiving of social problems as ailments or maladies. He shows how Rousseau, Hegel, Marx, and Durkheim four key philosophers who are seldom taken to constitute a ''tradition'' deploy the idea of social pathology in comparable ways, and then explores the connections between societal illnesses and the phenomena those thinkers made famous: alienation, anomie, ideology, and social dysfunction. His book is a rich and compelling illumination of both the idea of social disease and the importance it has had, and continues to have, for philosophical views of society.Trade Review'The concept of 'social pathology' seems to be both indispensable to critical social theory and at the same time fraught with problems, as it may invoke illegitimately organicist, conservative conceptions of society. In this path-breaking new book, Frederick Neuhouser, with characteristic philosophical depth and rigor, provides the most potent analysis and defense of the legitimacy of the concept in social theory yet to have appeared.' Arash Abazari, Sharif University of Technology'Neuhouser's achievement in Diagnosing Social Pathology is an exceedingly rare one: it is at once a highly erudite examination of the ontological commitments underlying social theories of Hegel, Durkheim, and Marx (among others) that will be quite rewarding for anyone with a scholarly interest in those figures, while at the same time laying the groundwork for a thoroughly compelling and original method of social critique. This is a deeply fascinating work that will change the way its readers think about the possible modalities of social critique.' Todd Hedrick, Michigan State UniversityTable of Contents1. Can Societies Be Ill?; 2. Society as Organism?; 3. Marx: Pathologies of Capitalist Society; 4. Marx: Labor in Spiritual Life and Social Pathology; 5. Plato: Human Society as Organism; 6. Rousseau: Human Society as Artificial; 7. Durkheim's Predecessors: Comte and Spencer; 8. Durkheim: Functionalism; 9. Durkheim: Solidarity, Moral Facts, and Social Pathology; 10. Durkheim: A Science of Morality; 11. Hegelian Social Ontology I: Objective Spirit; 12. Hegelian Social Ontology II: The Living Good; 13. Hegelian Social Pathology; 14. Conclusion: On Social Ontology.

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Book SynopsisTaking Auden''s Age of Anxiety as a leitmotiv and drawing on literature from law, philosophy, political theory, international relations, and sociology, Toope argues with passion that a renewed faith in the rule of law can address troubling developments in our own anxious times: populist nationalism; globalisation; and disruptive technologies with their dominating platforms. We can address anxiety by bolstering social resilience, drawing upon a plural intellectual heritage. That heritage reveals a unique type of ''authority'' in society, ''epistemic practical authority'' built up continuously through social discourse and action, shifting focus from the state of ''being'' to the dynamic of ''becoming.'' What is law''s role in this world? The modest, yet powerful, version of the rule of law advocated here is one that draws on a wellspring of practical wisdom - prudence gleaned from pragmatic experience. It chastens power, while not disconnecting law from other sources of social action andTrade Review'One of the most brilliant books I have read on the profound sources and contemporary drivers of our current age of anxiety. Stephen J. Toope's suggestion of a practice-oriented pragmatist rule of law to contribute to remedying the predicament is sensible and normatively imperative.' Emanuel Adler, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Bronfman Chair of Israeli Studies, Emeritus, University of Toronto'In our deeply troubled world, Stephen J. Toope has performed the astonishing feat of providing an optimistic yet deeply pragmatic account of how the rule of law can, properly understood, help us to navigate the many perils that lie ahead.' David Dyzenhaus, University Professor of Law and Philosophy, University of Toronto'A wise, humble and compassionate vision of the law as a social practice committed to solve the problems facing democracies in an age of anxiety.' Michael Ignatieff, Central European University, Vienna'Considering the pressures university leaders live 24/7, especially in the last two years, it is a stupendous accomplishment. My guess is that for decades to come Professor Toope will be publicly feted and quietly hated by all university presidents and provosts.' Peter J. Katzenstein, Cornell University'Drawing on a variety of disciplines and approaches, Stephen J. Toope suggests saving the rule of law from itself and its many discontents by developing a largely procedural version, sensitive to a diversity of demands of time and place. Viewing law predominantly as a social practice involving not just lawyers but also citizens, activists, politicians, journalists and others, Toope develops a pragmatic notion of the rule of law, built around the Aristotelian idea of 'practical wisdom'. In doing so, he offers an inspiring vision on law and its importance in times of populism, digitalisation, climate change, and other profound challenges. Lucidly written, A Rule of Law for Our New Age of Anxiety is an insightful meditation by one of the most respected academic leaders worldwide.' Jan Klabbers, University of Helsinki'A lifelong exemplar of scholarship, principle, university leadership, and humble decency, Stephen J. Toope believes in simple truths, calmly held and passionately implemented. Here he argues compellingly that our answer to such disruptive anxieties as authoritarian populist nationalism and jarring technological change must be renewed commitment to the rule of law, informed by honest social discourse about lessons learned from our shared history of making progress together.' Harold Hongju Koh, Sterling Professor of International Law and former Dean, Yale Law School. Legal Adviser, United States Department of State (2009–13), Assistant Secretary of State, Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (1998–2001)'That an ideal can be at once modest and precious is a thought too rarely entertained. This intelligent, humane and wide-ranging work shows that the rule of law, conceived as a community of 'anchoring [legal] practices - a constellation of ideas, discourses and concrete actions' rather than just an instrument of power, can be both. Modest because it is only one practice among many; precious as indispensable foundation for the best of the others. A welcome tonic for an 'age of anxiety'.' Martin Krygier, AM Gordon Samuels Professor of Law and Social Theory, UNSW Sydney and Senior Research Fellow, CEU Democracy Institute, BudapestTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. Uncertainty, Risk and Anxiety: 1. Our Age of Anxiety; 2. Populism and Nationalism; 3. The Confounding Diversity of Globalisation; 4. The Rise of Disruptive Technologies and Dominating Platforms; Part II. Our Inheritance of Thought and Action: Addressing our Anxiety; 5. Practical Wisdom and Pragmatism; 6. Social Practices, Background Knowledge and Law; Part III. A Modest 'Rule of Law' Helps Frame a Healthier Society: 7. The Bases of Law and Challenges to Legalism; 8. Interactional Law and the Rule of Law; 9. Lawyers, Practice and Legal Education; Conclusion: That A Beginning Be Made.

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Book SynopsisResponding to ever-increasing pressures of migration, states, supranational, and subnational actors deploy complex moves and maneuvers to reconfigure borders, rights, and territory, giving rise to a changing legal cartography of international relations and international law. The purpose of this volume is to study this new reconfiguration of rights, territoriality, and jurisdiction at the empirical and normative levels and to examine its implications for the future of democratic governance within and across borders. Written by a diverse and accomplished group of scholars, the chapters in this volume employ legal, historical, philosophical, critical, discursive, and postcolonial perspectives to explore how the territoriality of the modern states ? ostensibly, the most stable and unquestionable element undergirding the current international system ? has been rewritten and dramatically reimagined. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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Book SynopsisThe Nordic states were among the first in the world to enact general gender equality and anti-discrimination laws with low threshold enforcement mechanisms. Today, the Nordic countries top the World Economic Forumâs Gender Gap Index âbut they have still not succeeded in closing the gender gap. This book draws a diverse and complex picture of the long, uneven, and unfinished process towards substantive equality in four Nordic countries: Sweden, Finland, Norway, and Iceland. It presents the Nordic gender equality modelâs systematic use of three measures: overarching gender policies, legislation that has an explicit or implicit impact on gender relations, and gender equality and anti-discrimination laws with low-threshold enforcement systems. What potentials and limitations do the Nordic gender equality and anti-discrimination law regimes have to combat individual discrimination and structural inequality? Can these regimes function as a driver of political, legal, economic, cultural, and social change and as a corrective to laws, policies, and practices that uphold existing inequalities and, if so, to what extent? Can weaknesses in the equality and anti-discrimination laws and the way they are enforced hamper efforts to close remaining gender gaps? Rather than looking at the Nordic gender equality laws and policies in isolation, the book situates their development and transformative potential within a changing European and international political and legal landscape.

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Book SynopsisThis book offers an introduction to political philosophy, the study of the role of government in our lives. It discusses what political philosophy is about, its most important and enduring questions, and how to do political philosophy well. Throughout, the book discusses issues such as:â Do we have a moral obligation to obey the law?â Whatâs the value of equality?â Whatâs the nature of justice?â How can we answer philosophical questions about politics?â Is political philosophy a form of activism? Or is it more like a science?Written in an inviting and accessible style, Political Philosophy: The Basics offers an ideal starting point for anyone wishing to learn more about the philosophical study of politics.

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Book SynopsisThis volume examines the critical factors and processes by which the Provisional Irish Republican movement campaign from 1969 to 1998 transformed a once acquiescent nationalist population in Northern Ireland into a counterpublic of resistance demanding national self-determination and social justice. Considering the establishment of Irish Republican community institutions, prison protests, Republican Feminism, and Provisional IRA media and communications, this volume explores the emergence of Republicanism as a mass social movement in the nationalist Catholic ghettos and rural regions of Northern Ireland in the 1970s a development that helped to sustain the armed struggle of the Provisional Irish Republican Army for three decades. An examination of the emergence and transformative power of the counterpublic discourse and action of the Irish Republican movement, this volume provides a framework for conceptualizing counterpublics in social movement studies. As such it will appeal to sTrade Review"Scholars still know relatively little about the communities of support that stand behind the more visible face of movement activism. In this fascinating volume, the authors show that Northern Irish Republicans’ thirty-year struggle for independence was sustained by a 'counterpublic' forged in tenants associations, prison protests, local broadsheets, street art, and mothers’ support committees. Deeply researched and elegantly argued, the volume provides a genuinely new perspective on the ideas and institutions that fuel movements." -Francesca Polletta, Chancellor's Professor of Sociology, University of California, Irvine"Organizing its detailed, highly innovative empirical investigations around concepts of counterpublic and civil sphere, this volume makes a critical theoretical intervention. Its publication is a major event, not only for studies of Irish Republican resistance but for social movement studies more broadly." -Jeffrey C. Alexander, Lillian Chavenson Saden Professor of Sociology, Yale UniversityTable of Contents1. Introduction: Social Movements and Counterpublics: the Northern Irish Republican Movement, 1969-1998 2. The Northern Ireland Republican Movement and Counterpublic Construction, 1969-1976 3. Irish Republican Counterpublics and Media Activism since the Troubles 4. Troubled Mothers: The Mobilization of Republican Motherhood during the Northern Ireland Conflict 5. The Republican Counterpublic in the H-Blocks, 1983-1989 6. The Prisoners' Support Campaign: How Hunger Strikes Facilitated the Counterpublic 7. Commentary

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Book SynopsisThis book traces the rise of contemporary populism in Western democracies, marked by the return of would-be ''strong men'' politicians. It seeks to make sense of the nature, origins, and consequences of their ascendancyas expressed, for example, in the startling rise of the social movement surrounding Trump in the US, Brexit in the UK and the remarkable spread of ideologies that express resistance to facts,' science, and expertise. Uniquely, the book shows how what began as a form of penal populism in the early 1990s transformed into a more wide ranging populist politics. This has had the potential to undermine or even overthrow the democratic order altogether. It examines the way in which the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted on these forces, arguing it threw the flailing democratic order an important lifeline, as Vladimir Putin has subsequently done with his war in Ukraine. The book argues that contemporary political populism can be seen as a wider manifestation of the earlierTrade Review"A very professional and slick book, expertly charting the way in which neo-liberal governance sowed the seeds from which populist "strong men" have come to threaten the viability of the democratic order itself - only for two unlikely saviors - COVID-19 and Vladimir Putin (via Russia Invasion of Ukraine) to provide it with a fragile reprieve."-Professor Adebowale "Ad" Akande, University of British Columbia"If you can only read one book in the large library of books on penal populism, John Pratt's Populism, Punishment and the Threat to Democratic Order is the one to read. It is expansive, casting its net broadly from Finland to New Zealand. It is comprehensive, integrating findings from a host of disciplines; history, political science, sociology and criminology to account for the appeal and rise of strong man politics and penal populism. It is daring, reflecting on collective responses to the Covid pandemic and the surprising resilience of the Ukrainian people as powerful antidotes to both populism and cynicism that paves the way for penal extremism. This book should be widely read by opinion leaders, criminal justice scholars, and students politics and social problems. A masterpiece." Malcolm M. Feeley, Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program, School of Law, University of California at Berkeley"John Pratt vividly traces the genealogy of populism – and its punitive implications – from its inception up to the present time. The book illuminates and further develops the understanding of the complex, multifaceted relationship between populist ideologies and punishment. It offers, at once, a compelling socio-political investigation and a perceptive penal policy analysis, discussing lessons learned and identifying challenges looming ahead for modern democracies."Alessandro Corda, Senior Lecturer in Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, Queen’s University Belfast (UK)Table of ContentsAcknowledgements1 The Return of the Strong Men2 Penal Populism and Public Protection3 The Rise of Populist Politics4 COVID-19 as an Antidote to Populism5 Fragile ReprieveReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisThis volume focuses on the issue of change in democratic politics in terms of experimental or actual innovations introduced either within political parties or outside the party system, involving citizen participation and mobilization. Including a wide and diverse range of alternatives in the organization of groups, campaigning, conducting initiatives and enhancing practices, they not only question the relevance of traditional institutions in representing citizens' values and interests, but also share a common goal which is precisely and perhaps paradoxically to reshape and invigorate representative democracyThis book is of key interest to scholars and students of party politics, elections/electoral studies, social movement and democratic innovations and more broadly to comparative politics, political theory and political sociology.Table of Contents1. Do Political Innovations Matter? Representative democracy at a crossroads Part I: Elite selection Stream 2. A New Political Elite in France: The end of professionalization? 3. Does Party Democracy Impact American Politics? The Rise of the Amateur Republican during the 2016 US Presidential Cycle 4. Primary Elections for Party Leadership in Italy: A Democratic innovation? 5. Experimenting with Open Non-Partisan Primaries: LaPrimaire.org (2016-2017) Part II: Governance Stream 6. An Undying Breed? The Electoral Mobilization of Supporters’ Networks by the Conservative and Labour Parties in the UK 7. Political Innovation and Democratic Participation within Podemos in Spain 8. A ‘Popular Democracy’ without People? Citizens’ Distant Support for ‘Participatory Governance’ in a French town 9. Privatizing or Renewing Politics? Para-partisan groups in the United States 10. Experimenting Local Civic Activism in Ukraine: The case study of Strong Communities Part III: Technological Stream 11. Tweeting Back: Innovative Political Contestation in Viral Posts on Twitter during the 2017 French Presidential Elections 12. Can Big Data Reinvigorate Political Participation? The Case of the French presidential electoral campaign in 2017 13. The Digital Mobilization of the Discord Community Supporting Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s La France Insoumise and Beppe Grillo’s Five Stars Movement 14. Conclusion: Lessons to draw from the comparison

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Book SynopsisThis book addresses key issues in housing policy through the lens of the philosophical concepts that underpin them. It is intended to be an introduction to philosophical subjects and how they relate to key housing issues and deals with the concepts with enough rigour and depth to be of use to undergraduate and postgraduate students and teachers. Both practitioners in the housing sector and academics researching housing-related subjects often use terms such as fairness', social justice', tenure', property', home' and others as if there is a single agreed meaning for these terms. But these terms can be highly contested and there are multiple viewpoints for each of them that could change how we approach them, and how we therefore create, interpret and implement policies and procedures. This book aims to introduce certain concepts and provide guidance and stimulate thinking around how they make an impact on real-world policy. Each section opens with a relevant case study designedTable of ContentsIntroduction: Housing is a practical issue, what does philosophy matter? 1. Why can’t we all just agree that housing is a good thing, and that the government should provide it? 2. Why do we need the State anyway? 3. Why does the same house sell for more, just because it’s in London? 4. Why are there homeless people in a rich, modern country like a UK? 5. Why can’t I burn my house down, if I feel like it? 6. What if the State really does know best? 7. Conclusions

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Book SynopsisThe national-conservative government of Hungary has been heavily criticised for its violation of EU values, primarily, the rule of law in recent years. This book looks to the bigger picture in examining the rule-of-law debate between Hungary and the EU. It explores how certain elements of various Hungarian constitutional reforms are interrelated and how the EU has failed to address the situation properly.It is argued here that the reason the EU has been unable to enforce its values effectively in Hungary stems from the misunderstanding that Hungary kept the institutional design of liberal democracy but made it dysfunctional. The debate with the EU is characterised as a dialogue of the deaf as the EU insists on advancing the rule-of-law agenda, while the Hungarian government defends itself by alluding to its democratic legitimacy. The author contends that the Hungarian government is in fact playing a charade, while the actions of the EU maintain this drama.The book will

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Book SynopsisThe Paradox of Planetary Human Entanglements provides a nuanced understanding of the complexity of planetary human entanglements in this age of increased borderisation and territorialisation, racism and xenophobia, and inclusion and exclusion.One of the greatest paradoxes of the 21st century is that of increased planetary human entanglements enabled by globalisation on the one hand and by the rising tide of exclusionary right-wing politics of racism, xenophobia, and the building of walled states on the other. The characteristic feature of this paradox is the unrestrained move towards the detention and incarceration of those who attempt to migrate. This brings to the fore the issue of borders in terms of their materiality and symbolism and how this mediates belonging, citizenship, and the ethics (or lack thereof) and politics of living together. This book shows that at the core of border and migration restrictions is the desire to exclude certain categories of people,Table of Contents1. Introduction: Human Planetary Entanglements and Challenges of Living Together Part 1: Legacies of Westphalia and Berlin Conferences 2. The Westphalian and Berlin Borders in Comparative Perspective and the Logic of Colonial Conquest 3. Victims of the Westphalia and Berlin Conferences’ Decisions: Colonial Border Demarcation and Ndau People’s Loss of Land and Cross-border Migration into Mozambique Part 2: Migration, Othering and Xenophobia 4. Human Rights in the Global Compact for Migration: Some Reflections 5. The Complexity and Asymmetrical Power Relations in European Union Border Externalisation in Africa 6. Europe-Africa Border Relations: A Reflection 7. They Steal Our Jobs and Our Women and Sell Drugs to Our Youth: Hybrid-Media Framing of South Africa’s ‘Criminal Non-nationals’ 8. #PutSouthAfricaFirst and Afrophobic Xenophobia Part 3: Nation, Belonging and Citizenship 9. Multiculturalism Discourses: Subterranean Fault Lines in the Rainbow Nation 10. The Covid-19 Moment: Pestilence as Amplifier of Age-long and Entrenched Structural Discrimination in International Migration Towards South Africa 11. Borders, Migration and Belonging in West Africa Part 4: Urbanism, Family Experiences and Transnational Solidarity 12. Living with the "Other": Contentious Politics and Belonging in the Urban Landscape of Northeast India 13. "We Will Meet at the Bridge": Alexander Bridge and Stories of a Zimbabwean Migrant Family in Johannesburg, South Africa, 1970s–2019 14. Childhood Amidst Conflict: Graphic Novels Promoting Transnational Solidarity and Planetary Humanism

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Book SynopsisHegel's Philosophy of Right (1820) articulated a startling new vision of modern society as an integrated whole governed by the principle of freedoma vision that profoundly altered political theory and, through Hegel's influence on Marx, deeply changed the world in which we live. Yet Hegel's thought is so notoriously obscure that it is difficult to pull together its many complex threads in order to understand what he accomplished and how he managed to do it.In this volume, leading political theorists and philosophers attempt to illuminate the impact of Hegel by looking back on the Philosophy of Right after two centuries, shedding light on some of its most controversial elements. Among the topics discussed are Hegel's theory of bureaucracy, Marx's critique of that theory, Hegel's alternative to nationalism, his political cosmology, his critique of natural law, his organic idea of the good, and his view of totality. The contributors are Frederick Beiser, Shterna

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Book SynopsisKhrushchev and the Communist World, first published in 1984, reviews the Khrushchev era, when the legacy of the Stalinist past was partly repudiated and the possibilities of reform within the USSR and the countries of the socialist camp were explored. The lessons derived from this exploration by Bloc leaders and Khrushchevâs successors unhappily led them to conclude that the scope for such reform was extremely limited. Many of Khrushchevâs reforms and reorganisation measures were indeed rescinded, but the notion had been planted that the naked terror of Stalinist rule and direct, centralised command over other socialist states were no longer feasible. This book reviews the evidence for this view both in internal terms and also in foreign affairs.

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Book SynopsisRobinson analyses the peculiarly Australian intellectual tradition of liberal conservatism within the mainstream centre-right Liberal Party of Australia. Conservative intellectuals in Australia have forged a pragmatic, sceptical and utilitarian liberal conservatism focused on the tasks of government. It remains distant both from the romantic and organicist ideas of the populist right and the simplicities of libertarianism.Focusing on key figures within this tradition, Robinson tracks the progress of Australian liberal conservatism over the years through its origins in the work of David Hume to the thoughts of Peter Coleman, David Kemp, and Andrew Norton before moving forward to George Brandis and Gregory Melleuish. The Liberal Party of Australia has appealed successfully to the conservative sentiments of voters in a liberal society. The Liberal Mind in a Conservative Party tells the story of seven intellectuals who helped make this possible. Peter Coleman drew on John

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Book SynopsisRecent confrontations between constitutional courts and parliamentary majorities in several European countries have attracted international interest in the relationship between the judiciary and the legislature.Some political actors have argued that courts have assumed too much power and politics has been extremely judicialized. Yet the extent to which this aggregation of power may have constrained the dominant political actors' room for manoeuvre has never been examined accurately and systematically. This volume fills this gap in the literature. To explore the diversity and measure the strength of judicial decisions, the authors have elaborated a new methodology that is intended to give a more nuanced picture of the practice of constitutional adjudication in Europe. The work opens with an assessment of the existing literature on empirical analysis of judicial decisions with a special focus on Western Europe and a short summary of the methodology of the project. This is follo

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Book SynopsisFocusing on art practices that advocate, raise consciousness, and educate about the human right to reproductive health, this book analyses and compares forms of feminist artivism to interrogate bodily rights while closely examining the lived experiences of women and their right of free choice.The transnational framing engages with resurgent imperialist and colonial ambitions across global politics and with the attempts at disrupting these positionings by prioritising feminist care as instrumental for democracy and social justice. Key foci of this book include the ways in which arts activism operates, and its strategies and methods related to, for example, the types of artistic practice employed, approaches to dissemination and reach, and engaging the public. The analysis of these topics interrogates the potential of arts activism to work while other forms of activism may stumble, leading social change in thinking, practice and, finally, legislation. Countries covered include

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Book SynopsisRefusing Ecocide: From Fossil Capitalism to a Liveable World provides a critical analysis of the central role of fossil capitalism in causing climate change and argues that only alternatives based upon democratic eco-socialism can prevent the deepening of the climate crisis.Employing three core concepts within historical materialism â capitalist accumulation, imperialism and hegemony â it locates the existential threat of our changing climate in the drive for increasing profit and growth, the domination of advanced capitalist states that strip resources and exploit cheap labour, and the consent to the capitalist way of life in the global North. With attention to the ways in which, powered by fossil fuels, capital has subjected the world to its predatory logic, this book charts this history and surveys the damage from the Industrial Revolution to todayâs deep civilizational crisis, arguing that the market-based and purely technological solutions of âclimate capitalism

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Book SynopsisThis book offers an accessible overview of the issues related to the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) global agenda. This new edition has been updated and includes new chapters on WPS and Environmental Change and on WPS in Regional and Security Organizations.The 2nd edition provides explains Women, Peace and Security as a security framework, different though related to both gender equality as a social justice issue or a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion issue. Within the context of the changing nature of warfare, a complex and volatile global political climate, and through consideration of empirical evidence, it examines the definitions, theoretical underpinnings and methodological challenges associated with implementing WPS. It then discusses with more specificity violence against women, women civilians in war, the role of women in peacemaking, women in the military and in development, and women politicians, with new material on environmental change and on regional and securTrade Review'Status quo national security perspectives of the 20th century lack a much-needed human security focus that is integral to the Women, Peace, and Security framework. In this second edition of Women, Peace, and Security, Johnson-Freese provides the compelling evidence demonstrating that women’s participation and voice in national security produces tangible impacts such as lowering violence, creating lasting peace agreements, lowering corruption, developing more trust in governments and improving health and education outcomes. Women, Peace and Security is a vital security topic—not just a social justice issue—that treats women as security agents rather than victims or bystanders and demands women be integral to security-related decision-making.'Captain David G. Smith (USN Ret.), Associate Professor in the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School and co-author of Good Guys: How Men Can Be Better Allies for Women in the Workplace and Athena Rising: How and Why Men Should Mentor Women.'I hear your skepticism: what’s the point of considering gender in national security spheres? Read this WPS introduction and you too will be convinced that a gender-inclusive foreign policy is the only way forward. Without a gender perspective, we cannot make sense of women suicide bombers; the roots of misogyny in domestic terrorism and cyber violence; why peace agreements that involve lead women negotiators last longer; and how women’s insecurities will be foundational to numerous future state stability threats, especially for a warming world in which women lack insufficient power to achieve resilience for themselves and their families. If lasting peace is your aim—whether you work in government, development, nonprofit, or the armed forces—you need this overview to understand why international security theory must be redefined using a rigorous application of a gendered lens.'Maryruth Belsey Priebe, Director for Women, Peace and Security Programs and Senior Fellow at Pacific Forum International'Joan Johnson-Freese significantly expands the scope of Women Peace and Security with this insightful book on how women in national security roles make a profound difference in constructing sustainable outcomes. This treatment of WPS expands the author’s first groundbreaking book with new insights on a women’s roles in the media, the military and at the diplomatic negotiating table.'Kitty Pilgrim, journalist, author'This volume contributes to an ever-growing body of research linking gender inequality with violence and conflict and gender equality with greater peace and stability and as such places gender equality as central to human and national security. Joan Johnson-Freese lays out a compelling argument for how to use the WPS framework to advance peace by using gender equality as an integral vehicle of transformative change. The reading is both critical and forward-looking and recognizes that the first step is looking internally - not externally.'Heather Huhtanen, Gender Expert, Geneva, Switzerland'This is a must-read book not just for students of international relations and security studies, but security policymakers and practitioners as well. The United States was the first country to make implementation of UNSCR 1325 mandatory through the Women, Peace and Security Act of 2017 yet too few of those charged with implementation fully understand the security imperatives of its principles. The up-to-date 2nd edition covers both the theory behind and application of those principles using globally-focused examples.'(Note: The views expressed above are not the official position of the Department of Defense.) Ambassador (ret.) Greta C. Holtz, Chancellor, College of International Security Affairs, National Defense University'This book is expertly reflects the various aspects of how gender informs, influences, and impacts peace and security. A perfect read for students, academics, military officials, politicians, and policy makers interested in being introduced to or developing a better understanding of how gender plays a critical role in defense, international relations, and development.'Tahina Montoya, Women, Peace and Security Subject Matter Expert, Department of Defense Gender Advisor, and Women in International Security Fellow'This book is essential for students of International Relations, well as International Law. It not only provides the necessary background information regarding Women, Peace and Security, but then expands the information in ways that both students and practitioners will find helpful. Johnson-Freese clearly and concisely provides the 'bifocal' lens to the issue of gender equality in the area of security. The book provides a road map not only to how to attain equality, but how doing so will make the world a more secure place. In addition to many of the updates to this edition, I am thrilled to see the chapter on Environment and Climate Change included, as this will be a leading source of conflict in the next few decades.'Nancy Kaymar Stafford, Immediate Past Chair, International Law Section, American Bar Association'The Second Edition of Joan Johnson-Freese’s important book, Women, Peace and Security: An Introduction, continues to broaden our collective understanding of why women’s participation in policy making is critical to global security. This work sharpens the argument that policymakers must use gender analysis in addressing every issue – from arms control to peacekeeping to climate change and food security. As the COVID-19 pandemic has shown us, every issue is connected to our ability to live in a secure (and prosperous) world and that the silos between foreign and domestic issues are no longer tenable.'Stephenie Foster, author, Co-Founder Smash Strategies, and former US Department of State official (2012-17, 2021-23)'This book is a necessary addition to the far too neglected study of the importance of sex and gender in security-related issues and offers a highly informative approach in the field of International Relations. It is remarkable for its exhaustive theoretical and empirical quality within the WPS framework, providing a global understanding of the paramount role women’s voice plays in conflict prevention and positive peace.'Bojana Coulibaly, language of conflict in Africa specialist & Harvard African Language Program manager'Yes! Women and gender equity are integral to effective, comprehensive national security. For students and practitioners who may falter in normalizing gender inclusion in their analyses, Joan Johnson-Freese illuminates how and why it matters across activities, actors, and institutions. Her work is an important contribution to our collective ability to sharpen national security outcomes to serve all who impact and are impacted by them.'Mary Beth Leonard, U.S. Ambassador (to Nigeria, the African Union, and Mali), retired'In this second edition of the book, Joan provides the framework and makes the case for taking gender into account when discussing or making national security policy. Updated with sections on global health and climate change, this book is an essential resource for those seeking to make the world a safer place for all.'Susan Markham, Author, Feminist Foreign Policy in Theory and in Practice: An Introduction'International Relations has come late to feminism. But better late than never since current global polarization cannot be comprehended without a gendered lens. Joan Johnson-Freese's second-edition book is a primer that deftly explains how gendered relations affect all aspects of international relations and why women’s voices are imperative for addressing global challenges.'Jacqui True, Director of Centre for Gender, Peace and Security, Monash University, AustraliaPraise for the first edition:‘Finally, a book that makes a comprehensive national security case for women not just serving in combat roles but being fully integrated into the training pipeline for all roles. As a journalist and government official in war zones, I have witnessed first hand the value women bring to a team, such as building trust in Afghan villages in ways that expand the security perimeter and offering new ways of thinking through complex problems. This isn’t about "women’s rights" but about what is right to keep America safe and the world more peaceful.’Eileen O’Connor, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and former CNN war zone correspondent‘To the Rumsfeldian category of ''known-knowns,'' Professor Johnson-Freese has added a corollary: ''knowns you were not aware you knew.'' For practitioners of diplomacy, development, and defense, this volume uncovers the roles women now play – or need to play – in securing a more stable and prosperous world. The ideas presented here deserve to be incorporated into education and training programs and become every day practice for diplomats, assistance experts, soldiers, and others engaged, or seeking involvement, in the international security realm.’ Gene Christy, US Ambassador (Ret.) ‘Women, Peace and Security: An Introduction – you might think that the author has written yet another book in the whatevernumber-wave feminist or post-feminist debate and so leave on the shelf. DON’T MAKE THAT MISTAKE – the book is essentially about the fundament and solidity of our democracy; a pointed understanding of effective democratic use and democratic control over the tools and mechanics of security policy. This is a must-read for all interested in security policy – professionals and laymen alike!’Ole Kværnø, Royal Danish Defence College‘Joan Johnson-Freese simultaneously educates policymakers and practitioners that gender equality is a critical dimension of security while empowering these same actors to achieve better security outcomes through their heightened awareness. The reader is treated to an interdisciplinary feast of gender and feminist theory explored and applied in a security context. Her wide-ranging case studies illustrate the phenomenal power the gender lens can wield to understand war, conflict, development, and politics. Women, Peace and Security fills a critical curriculum gap across all dimensions of security studies.’Marybeth Peterson Ulrich, General Maxwell D. Taylor Chair of the Profession of Arms, US Army War College'This publication represents a significant contribution to the ongoing discussion on Women, Peace and Security, and moves the debate beyond the confines of the United Nations and embeds it in practical security considerations that governments must grapple with on a daily basis. It exposes the bias that still exists towards the involvement of women in security discussions, operations and activities, and makes a strong case for women as positive actors in guaranteeing security at the community, state, regional and international levels; and not merely as beneficiaries of security.'Rocky R. Meade, Chief of the Jamaican Defense Force Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. A Place at the Table 2. The Role of Feminist Theory 3. Patriarchies 4. Prejudice and Acculturation 5. Gender-Based Violence 6. Women and Development 7. Gender, the Environment and Climate Change 8. Women in Conflict 9. Women and Peacemaking 10. Women in the Military 11. Women Political Leaders 12. Women, Peace and Security in Security Organizations 13. Moving Forward

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Book SynopsisThe Italian Far Right from 1945 to the RussiaUkraine Conflict provides a comprehensive account of the postwar parliamentary and extra parliamentary far right in Italy. This book explores the ideology, movements and activism of the extreme right and neo- fascists. The recent victory in the Italian parliamentary elections of the post-fascist' party Fratelli d'Italia and its leader Giorgia Meloni highlights the importance of such research. The book examines why some of these movements participated with CIA- backing in the Strategy of Tension' in the years of the Cold War where terrorist actions aimed to keep Italy in NATO and prevent the Communist Party from coming to power, while other extreme- right groups vehemently opposed this and what they considered the dangerous Americanization' of the country. It debunks the myth that there was a unified postwar fascist movement in Italy, but instead excavates the complex battles within the extreme right as well as with their oTrade Review“This book is a fascinating analysis of an important period of European political history. This detailed and rigorous scholarship is a valuable resource for historians and political scientists.” Nell Bennett, Macquarie University, Australia"This book is a must for anyone interested in the extreme right in Europe from a contemporary historical and social science perspective. The great importance of neo- fascist and right- wing extremist groups in Italy is presented over decades in its historical and political references – especially with a view to the Strategy of Tension and the Years of Lead.” Fabian Virchow, University of Applied Sciences Dusseldorf, GermanyTable of ContentsIntroduction: The complexity of Italian neofascism and the extreme right after World War II 1. Ideological and political inhomogeneity of the Italian far right during the Years of Lead 2. Conceptual and operational structure of the Strategy of Tension: Ordine Nuovo (ON), Avanguardia Nazionale (AN), and the Italian and American secret services 3. Redating the Strategy of Tension to 1947 and the LOS ANGELES Net Project: The ‘Bands of Revolutionary Action’ [Fasci di Azione Rivoluzionaria] and the American intelligence 4. Hate speech of the opposing extremisms during the Years of Lead: A late and precarious truce 5. Giovane Europa (GE): An ideological classification to be corrected – the origin of National Bolshevism 6. The second neofascist generation of the Nuclei Armati Rivoluzionari (NAR) and Terza Posizione (TP): Anarcho-fascism versus extreme right-wing hierarchism 7. The esoteric neo-Nazi group Ludwig and its relations with other far-right organizations 8. Eowyn magazine (1976–1982) and the personalizing feminism of neofascist women 9. The Russia-Ukraine war explodes the historical contradictions of the far right: Militants of different radical groups fight each other at the Ukrainian front 10. Italian Foreign Fighters of the extreme right and left on the Ukrainian front Ideological, historical, and methodological conclusions: Three neofascist generations between the Atlanticist extreme right, the Europeanist anti-American and Third-Worldist National Bolshevism, the anarcho-fascism and the nostalgic neofascism

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Book SynopsisThis book is the first systematic, multicountry exploration of far-right Newspeak.The contributors analyze the ways in which contemporary far-right politicians, intellectuals, and pundits use and abuse traditional liberal concepts and ideas to justify positions that threaten democratic institutions and liberal principles. They explore cases of both far-right and right-wing thought in eastern and western Europe, the United States, and Canada. Subjects include well-known figures, such as Marine Le Pen, Tucker Carlson, Peter Thiel, Nick Griffin, Thierry Baudet, Jordan Peterson, Russell Brand, and Viktor Orbán, and lesser-known names, such as the Czech politician Tomio Okamura and the Internet personality Raw Egg Nationalist. The contributors examine these figures' claims about hot-button issues, including immigration, Islam, race, Covid-19 policies, feminism, monetary policy, and free speech. The book demonstrates that mainstream politicians and intellectuals are at risk of losi

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Book SynopsisThis book marks a missed encounter between two of the most influential Marxist thinkers of our age, Walter Benjamin and Antonio Gramsci, studied here for the first time side by side.Benjamin and Gramsci were contemporaries, whose births and deaths took place within a few years of each other in Western Europe in the first half of the twentieth century. Two Marxists sui generis, they radically changed Marxism's themes and vocabulary, profoundly influencing the most significant analyses and debates. At a time in which Marxism was considered to be outdated and in crisis, both Gramsci's and Benjamin's thoughts provided resources for its renewal: particularly in postcolonial studies for Gramsci and in new media studies for Benjamin. Both were victims of fascism, on the threshold of the catastrophe of the Second World War. These two philosophers' posthumous fortune depended on the transmission of their thought, which was first entrusted to friends and comrades, and then to entire ge

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Book SynopsisThis book explores possible and realistic alternatives to capitalism. Arguing that these alternatives can only be of socialist orientation, the author moves from a discussion of works that attempted to explain the failure of the socialisms of the 20th century, to a consideration of models for a new socialism.

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Book SynopsisThis text addresses the how, why, and when of utilizing force against citizens in a democracy. This second edition of the first true textbook on this topic offers students and instructors a balanced, research-based approach to understanding the use of force in law enforcement, as well as in corrections and juvenile justice settings. Hough includes features to reinforce key concepts, including âœWhat-Why,â âœTry This,â âœGoing Global,â and âœResearch Resultsâ boxes. The Use of Force in Criminal Justice combines academic and practitioner perspectives, making the book well-suited for undergraduate and graduate courses in criminal justice as well as professional training and executive education. The text is accompanied by online resources such as PowerPoints, lesson notes, and a test bank. It is an invaluable aid for force trainers, risk managers, and attorneys who must understand the research on force and force issues rather than the rhetoric of individual anecdotes and p

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