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Penn State University The Perfection of Solitude
Book SynopsisTrade Review“This book is a very fascinating study that illuminates an almost forgotten aspect of monastic history and spirituality.”—Cyprian Davis, O.S.B. Book Reviews“This is an excellent book. Andrew Jotischky writes about the religious practices of western men who went to the Holy Land during the time of crusader rule and became hermits there. The result is an extremely important and totally new study of the impact of the crusades on western society, and it is written in a way that is both learned and lively.”—Bernard Hamilton,author of The Latin Church in the Crusader States
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Penn State University Politicians and Economic Reform in New
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Once countries successfully install democracy, usually the next hurdle is economic reform. Primarily investigating Argentina and the Philippines, but also considering other Latin American cases, Eaton shows that countries with party-centered politics are more likely to implement reform, whereas countries with candidate-centered politics are less likely. This book makes a significant contribution by synthesizing topics (legislators, party systems, bureaucracies, executive-legislative relations, and public policy) and regions (Latin America and Asia) that are not commonly compared. His study applies a wide range of methods, from following bills through legislatures to interviewing local actors and collecting local scholarship and archival materials.”—Gretchen Casper,Penn State University“Eaton’s work helps fill an important gap in the institutionalist literature. His thoughtful and detailed empirical analysis demonstrates the prominent impact political institutions have on public policy. Given the tremendous problems caused by recurrent budget deficits in many developing countries today, the book’s focus on fiscal policy is particularly timely. Anyone concerned with the relationship between institutions and policy will benefit from reading this excellent book, as will those concerned more generally with economics and politics in Argentina or the Philippines.”—Mark P. Jones,Michigan State University“This excellent book is a valuable contribution to the literature on the politics of neoliberal reforms in developing countries. Eaton challenges the idea that legislators have played a passive role in the implementation of economic reforms.”—M.E. Carranza CHOICE“Eaton makes an important contribution to our understanding of the challenges facing new democracies as they undertake economic reforms, and the book will serve as a model for future scholars as they develop their research designs.”—Eric N. Budd Perspectives on Political Science“On the narrowly focused question of whether and how elected legislatures have an appreciable and variable impact on fiscal policy actions implemented in the neoliberal era in developing countries, this book makes a significant and well-researched contribution to our understanding.”—Sinan Koont The Americas“In this important new book, Kent Eaton argues that—under democracies of varying quality—legislatures are quite important in determining the destiny of reform. The argument is indeed quite convincing and carefully made. . . . This book does exactly what good comparative politics should do: It is cross-regional, theoretically informed, clearly argued, and chock full of solid empirical detail.”—Jeffrey Cason Perspectives on Politics“In this important new book, Kent Eaton argues that —under democracies of varying quality—legislatures are quite important in determining the destiny of reform. The argument is indeed quite convincing and carefully made.”—Jeffrey Cason Comparative Politics“Indeed, this book does exactly what good comparative politics should do; It is cross-regional, theoretically informed, clearly argued, and chock full of solid empirical detail.”—Jeffrey Cason Comparative Politics
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Penn State University Politics and Transcendent Wisdom The Scripture for Humane Kings in the Creation of Chinese Buddhism Hermeneutics Studies in the History of Religions
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Penn State University Seditious Allegories
Book SynopsisTrade Review“This is a fine study of a leading democratic politician and important literary figure . . . [which] is in every respect well written.”—Gregory Claeys,University of London“This is the only current book devoted to British writer Thelwall; most of what has been written about him is available in journal articles, theses, or essays in books about Jacobin politics or Romantic writers. Scrivener (English, Wayne State Univ.; editor, Poetry and Reform: Periodical Verse from the English Democratic Press, 1792-1824) combines literary analysis of Thelwall’s works with historical description of the political and social situation, evaluating Thelwall’s career and his contributions to English literature and politics during the 1790s and early 1800s. Three major areas are covered: the ideological and political philosophy of the Jacobins; Thelwall’s writings and activities as a poet, journalist, scientist, and orator; and his use of allegory as a means to avoid political repression. This specialized but well-done work will complement The Politics of English Jacobinism: The Writings of John Thelwall, edited by Gregory Claeys (Pennsylvania State Univ., 1995). Recommended for all academic libraries, especially those with in-depth collections in Jacobin studies.”—Shana C. Fair Library Journal“Michael Scrivener’s Seditious Allegories is one of the handful of book-length studies of radicalism that rise above simple recovery of progressive traditions because of the author’s ability to explain the more complex implications, connotations, and allusions of radical writing and the kinds of audiences that they anticipate. The subtlety of his interpretations of specific texts is welcome, and certainly the richness of his historical awareness is impressive.”—Gary Dyer European Romantic Review“Engagingly written and intelligently organized, Seditious Allegories contributes substantially to the growing body of Thelwall scholarship.”—Paul Keen Eighteenth-Century Studies“It is impossible to overstate the John Thelwall’s importance for the British Romantic literary culture, and Michaels Scrivener’s excellent new book, Seditious Allegories: John Thelwall and Jacobin Writing dramatically demonstrates why this is so.”—Stephen C. Behrendt Wordsworth Circle“The fact that Thelwall was so remarkably interconnected, as writer and as political thinker, makes him a natural figure to be placed within so intricate a texture, and its individual layers are of such inherent value that scholars of many different fields will long have reason to thank Michael Scrivener for having so richly woven it.”—Stuart Curran Albion“Scrivener’s lively and informed account will prove quite useful to period scholars, but also worth the notice of readers interested in the genesis of democracy and the thrill of ‘revolution in the air.’ Not only does Seditious Allegories offer cogent analyses of political ideology, it also tells fascinating stories in readable prose.”—Owen Grumbling Studies in Romanticism
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Penn State University The Shepheardes Calender An Introduction
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Penn State University Sociology in Government The GalpinTaylor Years in
Book SynopsisTrade Review“This detailed chronicle of the research conducted in the US Department of Agriculture’s Division of the Farm Population and Rural Life between 1919 and 1953 provides a useful overview of the range of research conducted or sponsored by the division and some of the political and institutional challenges to its program. Larson (emer., Cornell Univ.) and Zimmerman (Univ. of Kentucky) nicely illustrate that high-quality research was produced during the years that Charles Galpin and Carl Taylor headed the division. Readers are provided with in-depth descriptive accounts of their tenures.”—P. Kivisto Choice“The most significant contribution of this book is its ability to provide roots for contemporary rural sociologists, especially those housed in land grant universities or federal government agencies or those holding extension appointments. It provides history and context for our work, and shows the relevance and potential contribution of applied, policy-related research. The authors show a deep respect for Division staff, particularly Galpin and Taylor, as advocates for rural communities and visionaries for the future of rural sociology.”—Kathryn Brasier Rural Sociology“This volume is a landmark publication in rural women's studies and an invaluable resource for those who seek to extend research on American rural women.”—Mary E. Grigsby Agricultural HistoryTable of ContentsContentsForewordFelice J. Levine and James J. Zuiches; John E. Lee Jr. AcknowledgmentsList of Acronyms 1. Introduction 2. Establishing the Division: The Background 3. The Division as an Organization 4. Research Priorities and Programs: Continuities and Discontinuities 5. Farm and Rural Population 6. Levels and Standards of Living 7. The Social Organization of Rural Society: Locality and Other Groups 8. The Social Organization of Rural Life: Institutions and Services 9. Farm Labor 10. The Sociology of Agriculture 11. The Division and Black Populations Yvonne Oliver 12. The Practice of Sociology: I 13. The Practice of Sociology: II14. Some Other Areas of Research 15. The Division and the Social Science Research System 16. Retrospect and Reflections Epilogue Appendix: Persons on the Professional Staff of the Division of Farm Population and Rural Life, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1919–1953 References Index
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Penn State University Challenging Liberalism
Trade Review“In her clear and engaging book, Lisa Schwartzman argues that liberalism fails as a theory of justice because it fails to uncover and resist oppression. Drawing on the work of Catharine MacKinnon, Judith Butler, and Wendy Brown, she offers original, feminist critiques of Nussbaum, Rawls, Okin, and Dworkin. This book will be of interest to political philosophers from both liberal and feminist schools as well as legal theorists.”—Ann E. Cudd,University of Kansas“Feminists often criticize liberalism as too abstract and individualistic. Lisa Schwartzman argues, in her balanced evaluation, that the real problems are instead that liberalism has been covertly and concretely patriarchal and ignored the power structures of sexual politics. Seeking to separate what is valuable in liberalism from what is downright oppressive, she examines leading contemporary texts (Rawls, Dworkin) and their feminist critics (Jaggar) and defenders (O’Neill, Nussbaum), differentiating her critique also from postmodernists (Brown, Butler). Her original approach often evokes the response, ‘Of course!’ This is a stimulating text for a seminar or advanced undergraduate course. It deserves to be read by feminist philosophers and by scholars in women’s studies, political science, law, and sociology.”—Claudia F. Card,University of WisconsinTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Introduction Part I A Feminist Critique of Liberalism1. Individualism, Oppression, and Liberal Rights Theory2. Abstract Ideals and Social Inequality: Dworkin’s Equality of Resources3. Rawlsian Abstraction and the Social Position of WomenPart II Abstraction, Ideals, and Feminist Methodologies4. Idealization, Abstraction, and the Use of Ideals in Feminist Critique5. Feminism as an Alternative MethodologyPart III Feminist Postmodernism: An Alternative to Liberalism?6. Politicized Identity, Women’s Experience, and the Law7. Speech, Authority, and Social Context Conclusion: Toward a Feminist Approach to Political Theorizing Notes Bibliography Index
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Penn State University Platos Parmenides
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Miller's work is a splendid achievement—original, thorough, clear, deep and exciting. He blends literary sensitivity with analytical precision in a way that helps with just about everything in one of Plato's most obscure and difficult dialogues.”—Edward N. Lee,University of California, San Diego“Miller has much going for him. He has a deep understanding of Greek. . . . He is careful in following the arguments, and fresh and original in treating them. . . . We cannot do without Cornford and Allen; we now need Miller alongside them.”—John Ferguson The Heythrop Journal“The Parmenides is one of the most obscure works in the history of Western thought. Yet this dialogue is of central importance in the development of Plato's theory of Forms, and we should be grateful to Miller for light in the darkness. . . . Highly recommended.”—H.L. Shapiro Choice“One can appreciate why Miller's book is a success; he offers an interpretation according to which the dialogue is a unified piece of work that marks a turning point in Plato's metaphysics. Miller's writing is lucid and straightforward. . . . There are sustained discussions of Cornford, Cherniss, Vlastos, Owen, Brumbaugh, Allen, and Sayre in the footnotes. There is little doubt that the book represents a significant contribution.”—Kenneth Seeskin “Miller's commentary is an impressive achievement, combining extensive scholarship with unusual sensitivity to Plato's nuances, both literary and discursive. Both for its imaginative interpretation of the larger issues, and its careful analysis of the details, it will be of great value to anyone with an interest in this bewildering dialogue.”—Kenneth Dorter Canadian Philosophical Reviews
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Penn State University The Art of Translating Poetry
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Penn State University Civilizing Rio Reform and Resistance in a Brazilian City 18891930
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Penn State University Welfare Reform in Persistent Rural Poverty Dreams
Book SynopsisWelfare Reform in Persistent Rural Poverty examines welfare participants who live in chronically poor rural areas of the United States where there are few job opportunities and poor systems of education, transportation, and child care. Pickering looks at welfare reform in four rural and impoverished regions of the United States.Trade Review“Rural poverty has been seriously neglected by scholars, making this book particularly welcome. It is balanced, well written, and focused on a timely issue. It should be of interest to social workers and a broad array of social scientists.”—S. Pressman Choice“The authors successfully make the case that there is more to the story of welfare reform than simply declining caseloads, and there are many lessons to be learned for researchers and policymakers. If you are interested in a broad treatment of the effects of welfare reform in persistently poor rural counties, this book is not for you. However, if you are interested in an analysis, rich in local context, of how welfare reform worked in some of the poorest rural counties in the United States, then it will be a great addition to your library.”—Alexander Marré Journal of Regional Science“Welfare Reform in Persistent Rural Poverty is a welcome addition to the literature on welfare reform and required reading for anyone seeking to decipher the local consequences of the 1997 legislation.”—Julie Zimmerman American Journal of SociologyTable of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsList of Tables and FiguresIntroduction1. Rural Places, State Welfare Policies, and Theoretical BasesPart I: What the Numbers Tell Us2. Welfare Caseloads: Changes in Public Assistance Program Use3. Labor Markets: From TANF to Low-Wage Part-Time Jobs4. Poverty: Family and Community Well-BeingPart II: What the People Told Us5. Welfare Reform on the Reservation, South Dakota6. Welfare Reform in Appalachia, Kentucky7. Welfare Reform in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas8. Welfare Reform in the Mississippi Delta, Mississippi9. Welfare Reform in Persistent Rural PovertyAppendix A: TANF Participant Respondent CharacteristicsAppendix B: Cluster Counties and ReservationsReferencesIndex
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Penn State University The Flour War Gender Class and Community in Late
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Penn State University Becoming a Revolutionary The Deputies of the French National Assembly and the Emergence of a Revolutionary Culture 17891790
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Penn State University Schools of Asceticism Ideology and Organization in Medieval Religious Communities
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Penn State University Ruling Passions Political Economy in
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Penn State University Imitation and Society The Persistence of Mimesis
Book SynopsisReconsiders the fate of the doctrine of mimesis in the eighteenth century. This book argues that mimesis, rather than disappearing, instead became a far more pervasive idea in the eighteenth century by becoming submerged within the dynamics of the emerging accounts of judgement and taste.Trade Review“Tom Huhn has written a riveting, brilliant book about mimesis in eighteenth-century aesthetic theory. In a series of nuanced analyses, Huhn demonstrates that Burke, Hogarth, and Kant were in effect producing aesthetic theories that were fully modernist. Art and/or aesthetic experience emerges in them as the revelation of the suppression of nature and sensuous experience, and of the conflictual social relations responsible for that suppression. Huhn’s account of Hogarth on drawing is simply irreplaceable.”—Jay Bernstein,New School University“The argument about Burke’s Enquiry is brilliant and original. The idea of treating aesthetics through mimesis rather than versions of affect (that is, treating aesthetic theory as if it were a poetics) is original, and I find Huhn’s argument convincing and illuminating. Especially interesting is his explication via mimesis of the terms ‘imagination’ and ‘judgment.'. . . Burke’s theory is a heavily invested area and Huhn says something original and important. Similarly, Huhn analyses Hogarth’s discourse in his Analysis of Beauty as if it were a philosophical discourse. This is an extremely useful thing to do—and it has not even remotely been done. . . . He has clarified points for me, and I’ve been studying Hogarth for forty years. . . . By treating his Analysis seriously as a philosophical text, Huhn has conferred a dignity on Hogarth’s thought that I find gratifying—and long overdue. He contributes to the growing sense we have of Hogarth’s being one of the central figures in English culture of the eighteenth century. . . . I can testify that Huhn’s Burke and Hogarth chapters are both knowledgeable and extremely intelligent.”—Ronald Paulsen,The Johns Hopkins University“Huhn's study is exactly what one hopes for from scholarly monographs—it is a learned and incredibly well informed exposition of major figures in intellectual and artistic history, coupled with an exciting and innovative new perspective. Huhn (School of Visual Arts, New York) argues that mimesis, far from being simple representation, is the mark of a conceptual breakdown in representation. He explores major figures of the 18th century—such as Burke, Hogarth, and Kant—and demonstrates how these figures wrestled with and transformed the concept of mimesis. Huhn is that rare specimen of scholar who wears his learning lightly. He has clearly immersed himself deeply in the work of Theodor Adorno and come to an original and fresh interpretation of him. His investigations of Burke, Hogarth, and Kant are not only brilliant explications in and of themselves—they are profound and stimulating meditations on the implications of Adorno's thoughts on aesthetics and philosophy. This is one of those wonderful books that one can recommend to anyone interested in either Burke, Hogarth, or Kant—as well as anyone interested in Adorno, contemporary aesthetics, or the theory of mimesis. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-level undergraduates through researchers/faculty.”—S. Barnett ChoiceTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Introduction1. Burke and the Ambitions of TastePrologueI. Introducing TasteII. Delight, or the Labor Theory of PleasureIII. Sensation and SensibilityIV. Shaftesbury and the Charm of ConfederationV. SympathyVI. AmbitionVII. Spectatorship2. Hogarth and the Lineage of TastePrologueI. The Epistemology of LinesII. The Eye for PleasureIII. Dance and the Movement from Vision to ImaginationIV. Eye and Mind3. Kant and the Pleasures of TastePrologueI. Activating SensibilityII. Determining Reflective JudgmentIII. Phantom Sensations and Mistaken SubjectsIV. Representative PleasuresV. Opaque Pleasures Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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Penn State University Envisioning Reform Improving Judicial Performance
Book SynopsisJudicial reform became an important part of the agenda for development in Latin America early in the 1980s. This book aims to turn the spotlight on the problems in the movement toward judicial reform in Latin America and to suggest ways to keep the movement on track toward achieving its multiple, though often conflicting, goals.Trade Review“Lynn Hammergren’s outstanding book addresses one of the most important questions in democracy studies today—how to strengthen the rule of law through judicial reform. Her treatment of this subject is original, critical, richly informed, and comprehensive. I recommend the book to practitioners and academic researchers with equal enthusiasm.”—Michael Dodson,Texas Christian University“Hammergren’s insightful and carefully nuanced criticisms of Latin American judicial reform projects are truly impressive. This book is a tour de force that should be read by anyone interested in judicial reform, as well as by anyone interested in the role of the judiciary in Latin American countries.”—Keith S. Rosenn,University of Miami School of LawTable of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Twenty Years of Reforms and Not a Consensus in SightPart I: Five Approaches to Judicial Reform1. Criminal Justice Reform: Human Rights, Crime Control, and Other Unlikely Bedfellows2. Judicial Modernization: Increasing the Efficiency and Efficacy of Court Actions3. Developing a Professional, Institutionally Independent Judiciary4. Access to Justice: Legal Assistance, Special Courts, Alternative Dispute Resolution, and Beyond5. Strengthening the Judiciary’s Role as a Check on Other Branches of GovernmentPart II: Problems and Remedies6. Judicial Reform as a Problem of Focus: Why the Parts Don’t Add Up to a Coherent Whole7. Improving the Knowledge Base for Judicial Reform Programs8. Toward a New Strategic Model9. A Political Agenda for Reforming the ReformsReferencesIndex
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