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Forms of Power

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Poggi, Gianfranco, PUBLISHER: Polity Press, ong>Politicalong> power is often viewed as the sole embodiment of 'social power', even while we recognize that social power manifests itself in different forms ong>andong> institutional spheres. This new book by Gianfranco Poggi suggests that the three principal forms of social power - the economic, the normative/ideological ong>andong> the ong>politicalong> - are based on a group's privileged access to ong>andong> control over different resources. Against this general background, Poggi shows how various embodiments of normative/ideological ong>andong> economic power have both made claims on ong>politicalong> power (considered chiefly as it is embodied in the state) ong>andong> responded in turn to the latter's attempt to control or to instrumentalize them. The embodiment of ideological power in religion ong>andong> in modern intellectual elites is examined in the context of their ong>relationsong> to the state. Poggi also explores both the demong>andong>s laid upon the state by the business elite ong>andong> the impact of the state's fiscal policies on the economic sphere. The final chapter considers the ong>relationsong>hip between a state's ong>politicalong> class ong>andong> its military elite, which tends to use the resource of organized coercion for its own ends. Forms of Power will be of interest to students ong>andong> scholars of sociology ong>andong> politics.

Southern Africa in World Politics: Local Aspirations and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Love, Janice, PUBLISHER: Westview Press, These days, politics often seem to be local ong>andong> global simultaneously, challenging people, politicians, ong>andong> scholars to sort out what is domestic from what is ong>internationalong> ong>andong> how the two are related. Janice Love demonstrates the complex realities of how local ong>andong> global politics are intimately interwoven, sometimes inextricably so, specifically in southern Africa. In southern Africa, like many other regions, such linkages have existed for decades, if not centuries. Yet the current era is different from previous times when human communities found themselves closely intertwined. Love examines military, ong>politicalong>, ong>andong> economic changes in recent decades. Students of ong>internationalong> ong>relationsong>, comparative politics, ong>andong> African studies will find the region's experience instructive in understong>andong>ing larger trends in the world. Students particularly interested in Africa will gain insight not only about this region, but also its significance for the whole continent. Deliberately crosses the boundaries of domestic politics ong>andong> foreign policy as well as comparative politics ong>andong> ong>internationalong> ong>relationsong>. By taking a globalization approach, connecting the local, regional ong>andong> global, the book offers fresh insights into the dynamics of war ong>andong> peace, wealth ong>andong> poverty as well as local to global governance in southern Africa. Examines globalization in three arenas or domains (military, ong>politicalong>, ong>andong> economic), not only distinguishing them from each other, but also probing what has changed ong>andong> what has remained the same across time.

Global Justice and Due Process

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: May, Larry, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, The idea of due process of law is recognised as the cornerstone of domestic legal systems, ong>andong> in this book Larry May makes a powerful case for its extension to ong>internationalong> law. Focussing on the procedural rights deriving from Magna Carta, such as the rights of habeas corpus (not to be arbitrarily incarcerated) ong>andong> nonrefoulement (not to be sent to a state where harm is likely), he examines the legal rights of detainees, whether at Guantanamo or in refugee camps. He offers a conceptual ong>andong> normative account of due process within a general system of global justice, ong>andong> argues that due process should be recognised as jus cogens, as universally binding in ong>internationalong> law. His vivid ong>andong> compelling study will be of interest to a wide range of readers in ong>politicalong> philosophy, ong>politicalong> theory, ong>andong> the theory ong>andong> practice of ong>internationalong> law.

Strategic Choice and International Relations

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lake, David A. / Powell, Robert / Powell, Robert, PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press, The strategic-choice approach has a long pedigree in ong>internationalong> ong>relationsong>. In an area often rent by competing methodologies, editors David A. Lake ong>andong> Robert Powell take the best of accepted ong>andong> contested knowledge among many theories. With the contributors to this volume, they offer a unifying perspective, which begins with a simple insight: students of ong>internationalong> ong>relationsong> want to explain the choices actors make--whether these actors be states, parties, ethnic groups, companies, leaders, or individuals. This synthesis offers three new benefits: first, the strategic interaction of actors is the unit of analysis, rather than particular states or policies; second, these interactions are now usefully organized into analytic schemes, on which conceptual experiments may be based; ong>andong> third, a set of methodological "bets" is then made about the most productive ways to analyze the interactions. Together, these elements allow the pragmatic application of theories that may apply to a myriad of particular cases, such as individuals protesting environmental degradation, governments seeking to control nuclear weapons, or the United Nations attempting to mobilize member states for ong>internationalong> peacekeeping. Besides the editors, the six contributors to this book, all distinguished scholars of ong>internationalong> ong>relationsong>, are Jeffry A. Frieden, James D. Morrow, Ronald Rogowski, Peter Gourevitch, Miles Kahler, ong>andong> Arthur A. Stein. Their work is an invaluable introduction for scholars ong>andong> students of ong>internationalong> ong>relationsong>, economists, ong>andong> government decision-makers. Acquista Ora

Evolutionary Politics

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Schubert, Glendon A., JR., PUBLISHER: Southern Illinois University Press, This synthesis of research into the behavior of humans ong>andong> other social animals ranges horizontally from a congruence of the perspectives of the life sciences, social sciences, ong>andong> physical sciences ong>andong> longitudinally from that of the most recent 60 million years, but emphasizing the last 12 thousong>andong> years. From a ong>politicalong> science perspective, these essays focus on both individual ong>andong> small-group ong>politicalong> behavior. Schubert's work draws extensively on contemporary evolutionary theory, biosocial ong>andong> psychobiological theory, ethology ong>andong> primatology, behavioral ecology, experimental work in animal behavior, neurobiology, human development, ong>andong> the philosophy of both life ong>andong> social sciences. Introducing ong>andong> concluding the book are essays that discuss the implications of biology ong>andong> the life sciences for the study of ong>politicalong> science. The others center on five topics: ong>politicalong> ethology (naturalistic study of human behavior as animal behavior); ong>politicalong> evolution; evolutionary theory; evolutionary development (ecological, epigenetic, ong>andong> ontogenetic); ong>andong> the evolution of human thinking.

The Discretionary Economy: A Normative Theory of Political

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tool, Marc R., PUBLISHER: Westview Press, The Discretionary Economy argues that we do in fact control our own ong>politicalong> ong>andong> economic destinies. As a community, we have discretion over policies that determine whether an economic process adequately provides for the necessities of life. We also determine who participates in normative public judgments ong>andong> whether decisions distinguish between what is ong>andong> what ought to be. Tool argues that we must continuously organize the institutional structures through which economic ong>andong> ong>politicalong> functions in the social process are carried on. We must exercise discretion by creating ong>andong> modifying institutions that coordinate our behavior. To exercise discretion effectively requires that we employ distinctively American economic, ong>politicalong>, ong>andong> philosophical theory. In this volume, the pivotal twentieth-century contributors to this encompassing theory of ong>politicalong> economy are Thorstein Veblen, John Dewey, Clarence Ayres, ong>andong> R. Fagg Foster. This volume presents, in detail, their analytical ong>andong> philosophical perspective on social change. A major purpose of this volume is to compare ong>andong> contrast the American tradition with the traditions of capitalism, Marxism, ong>andong> fascism, demonstrating that the former can resolve compelling economic ong>andong> ong>politicalong> problems ong>andong> the latter two cannot. This book explains how to identify ong>andong> analyze social, economic, ong>andong> ong>politicalong> problems confronted in all communities, ong>andong> how to go about framing ong>andong> implementing structural adjustments in the ong>politicalong> economy. It will be of interest to students in non-traditional courses in ong>politicalong> economy including institutional economics, contemporary social problems, economics ong>andong> social policy, methodology, ong>andong>contemporary economic ong>thoughtong>.

The Wars on Terrorism and Iraq: Human Rights, Unilateralism

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Robinson, Mary / Crahan, M. / Crahan, Margaret E., PUBLISHER: Routledge, 'If I had the power to do so, I would make this book compulsory reading for all who exercise ong>politicalong> power in our world today Instead, I will keep my fingers crossed that it will be read by as many members of Congress ong>andong> of the current US administration as possible, ong>andong> by a wide cross-section of policy analysts, diplomats, academics ong>andong> human rights defenders.' - Mary Robinson, Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Wars on Terrorism ong>andong> Iraq provides a timely ong>andong> critical analysis of the impact of the wars on terrorism ong>andong> Iraq on human rights particularly ong>internationalong>ly, as well as related tensions between unilateralism ong>andong> multilateralism in US foreign policy. The distinguished contributors examine the consequences for ong>internationalong> ong>relationsong> ong>andong> world order of the traditional stong>andong>ard bearer for human rights ong>andong> democracy (the United States) appearing not to be championing the rule of law ong>andong> negotiated conflict resolution. The authors also suggest effective policies to promote greater fulfilment of human rights in order to achieve peaceful accord within nations, ong>andong> stability ong>internationalong>ly.

Citizens and Community: Political Support in a

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kornberg, Allan / Clarke, Harold D., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, The related subjects of ong>politicalong> legitimacy ong>andong> system support are key theoretical concerns of students of democratic societies. They have received very little scholarly attention, however, because of the conceptual ong>andong> methodological complexities they engender. In this book, the authors address these concerns through systematic multivariate analyses of the sources, distribution ong>andong> consequences of ong>variationsong> in citizen support for key ong>politicalong> objects in one such society, Canada. Although they do so within a comparative context, their primary focus is on Canada because it is not only one of the world's oldest democracies, but is a country that has experienced support problems that periodically have reached crisis proportions. Many of the problems facing Canada are extreme examples of difficulties that have vexed other democracies ong>andong> this study helps illuminate both the conditions under which democracies in general are able to sustain themselves ong>andong> those under which they could flounder. The authors demonstrate that ong>politicalong> support has its origins in people's ong>politicalong> socialization experiences ong>andong> their judgments about the operation of key ong>politicalong> ong>andong> economic institutions ong>andong> processes. They find that ong>politicalong> support is not "of a piece" ong>andong> that average citizens are able to distinguish among ong>andong> ascribe different degrees of support to key ong>politicalong> objects such as Parliament, the bureaucracy, the judiciary, parties, the system of federalism, ong>andong> the national ong>politicalong> community itself.

Economic Change Governance and Natural Resource Wealth: The

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Reed, David / David Reed / Kaimowitz, David, PUBLISHER: Routledge, This book confronts the stark realities of how the economic ong>andong> ong>politicalong> reforms imposed in southern Africa have affected sectors based on agriculture, mining, tourism ong>andong> forestry ong>andong> what they have meant for the poor ong>andong> the environment. It asks why the reforms evolved as they did, who has gained ong>andong> who has lost. It shows that, with very few exceptions, the changes have benefited foreign companies ong>andong> domestic elites, fostering corruption ong>andong> monopolies ong>andong> undermining civil society ong>andong> ong>politicalong> life. From this it explains what will have to be done by the ong>internationalong> development ong>andong> business communities to reverse these trends ong>andong> stimulate the development of effective institutions for long-term, sustainable prosperity ong>andong> social vitality.

Family Support for the Elderly: The International Experience

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kendig, Hal / Hashimoto, Akiko / Coppard, Larry C., PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, The size of the world's elderly population continues to increase ong>andong> alternative ways of providing support are continually being sought. This support depends in large measure on families ong>andong> other informal care-givers complementing the health ong>andong> social services. In , the World Assembly on Aging directed ong>internationalong> attention to the primary role of the family in supporting the elderly, while highlighting the lack of information on aging ong>andong> families, particularly in developing countries. Initiated by the World Health Organization's Global Program for Health of the ELderly, this book provides an introduction to the understong>andong>ing of aging ong>andong> family ong>relationsong>. The chapters are designed to heighten appreciation of the cultural diversity of aging, ong>andong> to contribute to the improvement of policies ong>andong> programs aimed at enhancing the well-being of the world's increasing numbers of elderly people. The ong>internationalong> contributors have all worked extensively in the field, ong>andong> the comparisons they draw between practice in different countries has not been previously published in such detail.

Nation Building and Develoment Assistance in Africa:

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ishikawa, Kaoru, PUBLISHER: Palgrave MacMillan, Sub-Saharan Africa seems to be forgotten in the post-cold war era. But Kaoru Ishikawa's analysis of Africa's history ong>andong> its ong>politicalong> ong>andong> economic development suggests that a brighter future is in prospect for the nations of Africa. The African nations hosted dynamic societies prior to the slave trade era, ong>andong> many of the obstacles to their future prosperity ong>andong> dynamism have been removed. The focus of the book is on how African countries ong>andong> the ong>internationalong> community beyond Africa can work together to realize this potential ong>andong> build on recent improvements, notably in health ong>andong> the position of women in society. The ability of South Africa--no longer an ong>internationalong> pariah--to be a locomotive for growth is assessed.

Phineas Redux

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Trollope, Anthony, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, A gripping tale of ong>politicalong> ambition ong>andong> murder The fourth novel in Trollope's Palliser series, Phineas Redux stong>andong>s on its own as a compelling work of ong>politicalong> intrigue, personal crisis, ong>andong> romantic jealousy. Phineas Finn lives quietly in Dublin, resigned to the fact that his ong>politicalong> career is over ong>andong> coming to terms with the death of his wife. He receives an unexpected invitation to return to Parliament, ong>andong> jumps at the chance, whereupon old romances ong>andong> rivalries are revived. When his adversary, Mr. Bonteen, is murdered, suspicion immediately falls on Finn, ong>andong> his former friends ong>andong> lovers seem only to add to his shame.

The Balance of Power: History and Theory

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sheehan, Michael / Sheehan, M., PUBLISHER: Routledge, The balance of power is one of the most fundamental concepts behind ong>internationalong> politics ong>andong> provides a structure for explaining some of the essential principles behind ong>internationalong> ong>relationsong>. Yet despite its widespread importance it remains an enigma ong>andong> is surrounded by controversy. "The Balance of Power" traces the evolution of the theory from the eighteenth century to the present day. It incorporates classical anlysis ong>andong> recent research to give a detailed account of the concept in practice ong>andong> the operation of the ong>internationalong> system while challenging traditional views of the balance of power. Its exploration of the way the balance of power operated in key historical periods shows how the generally accepted development of the concept is based on a misunderstong>andong>ing of the historical reality.

Gender and Power Relations in Nigeria

ISBN: , SKU: , PUBLISHER: Lexington Books, Globally, women are oppressed ong>andong> this book introduces the perspective of African women ong>andong> especially that of Nigerian women. This book looks at the major themes that drive the women's empowerment programs in Nigeria. Feminists in Nigeria are shaped by the institutions, values, ideologies, ong>andong> since the s, the UN ong>andong> its agencies have added an ong>internationalong> dimension. The chapters, while taking us through a theoretical overview of Nigerian women's empowerment, also shows how institutions, values, religion, ong>andong> culture can challenge feminist ong>politicalong> philosophy a philosophy that tends to universalize women s problems ong>andong> their solutions.

Through the Eye of the Needle: Immigrants and Enterprise in

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Waldinger, Roger David, PUBLISHER: New York University Press, This collection introduces ong>andong> develops Lacanian ong>thoughtong> concerning the ong>relationsong> among language, subjectivity, ong>andong> society. Lacanian Theory of Discourse provides an account of how language both interacts with ong>andong> constitutes structures of subjectivity, producing specific attitudes ong>andong> behaviors as well as significant social effects.

Harry S. Truman, the State of Israel, and the Quest for

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Devine, Michael J., PUBLISHER: Truman State University Press, On the sixtieth anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel an ong>internationalong> group of scholars, policy makers, ong>andong> members of the public gathered at the Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace on the Hebrew University Campus to examine the diplomatic ong>andong> ong>politicalong> context from which the State of Israel emerged. Presenters placed special emphasis on research using archival materials made available in recent decades. This event also marked the fortieth anniversary of the creation of the Harry S. Truman Research Institute ong>andong> provided an opportunity to commemorate ong>andong> reflect on the work supported by the Institute. This collection of the thirteen articles presented at the conference in May advances the discussion of President Truman's recognition of the State of Israel, highlights ongoing research in ong>internationalong> archives, ong>andong> reviews efforts in the advocacy of peace made possible by the Institute.

The Administrator's Guide to School-Community Relations

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pawlas, George E., PUBLISHER: Eye on Education, This large collection of hong>andong>y ideas features easy-to-use tools, comprehensive checklists, ong>andong> sets of Do's ong>andong> Don'ts advisories. It provides guidelines on how to conduct effective parent conferences, suggestions on how to recruit ong>andong> work with volunteers, ong>andong> other useful tips to help bring your school ong>andong> your community closer together.

Encyclopedia of American Political Parties and Elections

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sabato, Larry / Ernst, Howard R., PUBLISHER: Checkmark Books, Encyclopedia of American ong>Politicalong> Parties ong>andong> Elections provides comprehensive coverage of the American election process ong>andong> its ong>politicalong> parties. A complete A-to-Z reference, this intelligent ong>andong> objective guide covers the people, events, ong>andong> terms involved in the electoral process. Coverage also includes the history of elections in the United States, focusing primarily on the presidential elections. Helpful features such as engaging black-ong>andong>-white photographs ong>andong> illustrations, detailed appendixes, ong>andong> an index make this concise reference browsable ong>andong> accessible to the general reader. Acquista Ora

Rituals of Mediation: International Politics and Social

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Weber, Cynthia / Debrix, Francois, PUBLISHER: University of Minnesota Press, A timely consideration of the meaning of transnational cultural interactions today. In an era of increasing globalization, the cultural ong>andong> the ong>internationalong> have borders as permeable as most nations'--ong>andong> an understong>andong>ing of one requires making sense of the other. Foregrounding the role of mediation--understood here as a site of representation, transformation, ong>andong> pluralization--the authors engage two specific questions: How might we make theoretical ong>andong> practical sense of transnational cultural interactions? ong>Andong> how are we to understong>andong> the ways in which the sites of mediation represent, transform, ong>andong> remediate ong>internationalong>s? Accordingly, the authors consider ong>internationalong> issues like security, development, ong>politicalong> activism, ong>andong> the war against terrorism through the lens of cultural practices such as traveling through airports, exhibiting art ong>andong> photography, logging on to the Internet, ong>andong> spinning news stories.

John Stuart Mill on Liberty and Control

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hamburger, Joseph, PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press, John Stuart Mill is one of the hallowed figures of the liberal tradition, revered for his defense of liberal principles ong>andong> expansive personal liberty. By examining Mill's arguments in "On Liberty in light of his other writings, however, Joseph Hamburger reveals a Mill very different from the "saint of rationalism" so central to liberal ong>thoughtong>. He shows that Mill, far from being an advocate of a maximum degree of liberty, was an advocate of liberty "ong>andong> control--indeed a degree of control ultimately incompatible with liberal ideals. Hamburger offers this powerful challenge to conventional scholarship by presenting Mill's views on liberty in the context of his ideas about, in particular, religion ong>andong> historical development. The book draws on the whole range of Mill's philosophical writings ong>andong> on his correspondence with, among others, Harriet Taylor Mill, Auguste Comte, ong>andong> Alexong>andong>er Bain to show that Mill's underlying goal was to replace the traditional religious basis of society with a form of secular religion that would rest on moral authority, individual restraint, ong>andong> social control. Hamburger argues that Mill was not self-contradictory in thus championing both control ong>andong> liberty. Rather, liberty ong>andong> control worked together in Mill's ong>thoughtong> as part of a balanced, coherent program of social ong>andong> moral reform that was neither liberal nor authoritarian. Based on a lifetime's study of nineteenth-century ong>politicalong> ong>thoughtong>, this clearly written ong>andong> forcefully argued book is a major reinterpretation of Mill's ideas ong>andong> intellectual legacy.

The End of Empire and the Making of Malaya

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Harper, T. N., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This is the first general social ong>andong> ong>politicalong> history of Malaya. Focusing on the years to , the last years of British rule ong>andong> the achievement of independence, it embraces a wealth of social, economic ong>andong> cultural, as well as ong>politicalong> themes. It contains new research on the impact of the Second World War in Malaya, the origins ong>andong> course of the Communist Emergency, ong>andong> the response of Malaya's various ethnic communities to nationalism ong>andong> social change. A concluding chapter takes these themes forward into the s to shed new light on the emergence of this important Southeast Asian nation.

The Iron Triangle: The Politics of Defense Contracting

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Adams, Gordon, PUBLISHER: Transaction Publishers, This is the first systematic study of the ong>relationsong>hip between government ong>andong> defense contractors, examining in detail the ong>politicalong> impact of the eight most powerful defense contractors. It details ways in which Boeing, General Dynamics, Grumman, McDonnell Douglas, Northrop, Rockwell ong>Internationalong>, ong>andong> United Technologies influence government, from their basic contract activity, corporate structure, ong>andong> research efforts, to their Washington offices, ong>Politicalong> Action Committee campaign contributions, hiring of government personnel, ong>andong> membership on federal advisory committees. Adams concludes with specific recommendations for changes in disclosure requirements that would curb some of the ong>politicalong> power corporations can wield. It also suggests specific ways in which the Iron Triangle can be made subject to wider congressional ong>andong> public scrutiny.

The European Union and Africa: The Restructuring of

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Brown, Willi, PUBLISHER: I. B. Tauris & Company, This book is an in-depth study of one of the most important agreements in the recent history of EU-developing world ong>relationsong>: the Lome convention--the principles upon which all ong>relationsong> between the states of the European Union ong>andong> ACP (African, Caribbean ong>andong> Pacific) countries are based. Over the course of its 25-year life, the Convention has been altered to suit the changing ong>relationsong>hip of those states involved. This historical study not only charts the course of that vital ong>relationsong>hip between haves ong>andong> have-nots but also, in its changing focus ong>andong> shifting concerns, reflects recent broader changes at the global level in the ong>internationalong> ong>relationsong>.

Black Political Thought in the Making of South

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Halisi, C. R. D., PUBLISHER: Indiana University Press,..". a comprehensive analytical survey of the multidimensional evolution of black ong>politicalong> ong>thoughtong> in South Africa's politicization process." -- Choice "Many citizens experience a sense of reluctance to share a single national identity with all of those who are defined by law to be their compatriots. This problem can be explained ong>andong> surmounted, but it cannot be evaded by those who aspire to build a stable democracy in South Africa." -- Richard L. Sklar, from the Foreword What will it mean to be a citizen in the new South Africa? This penetrating study analyzes the issues of dual citizenship, black consciousness, populism, racial proletarianization ong>andong> their interaction with various ong>politicalong> ideologies. Halisi's analysis has practical implications for the development of ong>politicalong> identity in the new South Africa.

The International Politics of Central Asia

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: ong>Andong>erson, John, PUBLISHER: Manchester University Press, Central Asia is a fascinating region yet remote ong>andong> unfamiliar to many people. This new study provides an introduction to the politics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgzstan, Tajikistan, Turkestan, ong>andong> Uzbekistan. The early chapters introduce the readers to the history of Russian ong>andong> Soviet involvement in the region up until the collapse of communism, whilst the bulk of the book focuses on the politics of independence. The search for national identity in each region ong>andong> the influence of Islam are discussed ong>andong> attention is paid to ong>politicalong>, economic ong>andong> ong>internationalong> developments. A central theme of the book is the importance of informal politics associated with national, regional ong>andong> tribal networks in shaping the evolution of the five states.

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