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Foreign Rights: Available Now: Political ScienceAfter Independence by Lowell W. Barrington America Beyond Black and White by Ronald Fernandez Before Norms by Robert W. Jackman and Ross Alan Miller Between a River and a Mountain by Edmund F. Wehrle Beyond Busing by Paul R. Dimond Capitalism, Not Globalism by William Roberts Clark Civilizing the Enemy by Patrick Jackson Conflict Resolution in the Twenty-First Century by Jacob Bercovitch and Richard Jackson Defending the Holy Land by Zeev Maoz Defensive Internationalism by Davis B. Bobrow and Mark A. Boyer Equal Justice in the Balance by Raneta Lawson Mack and Michael J. Kelly Growing Apart by Peter M. Lewis The Liberal Illusion by Katherine Barbieri The Logic of Democracy by Anthony McGann Market Dreams by Elaine Weiner Out of the Closets and into the Courts by Ellen Ann Andersen Patchwork Nation by James G. Gimpel and Jason E. Schuknecht Positive Political Theory II by David Austen-Smith and Jeffrey S. Banks Predators and Parasites by Oded Löwenheim The Psychological Assessment of Political Leaders by Jerrold M. Post Putting Faith in Partnerships by Stephen V. Monsma Trading Blocs by Kerry A. Chase Trust beyond Borders by Markus M.L. Crepaz War and the State by R. Harrison Wagner After Independence: Making and Protecting the Nation in Postcolonial and Postcommunist StatesLowell W. Barrington Rights: World An independent state is often thought of as the ultimate goal to nationalists. After Independence: Making and Protecting the Nation in Postcolonial and Postcommunist States examines the question: What happens to nationalism after independence is achieved? After Independence will challenge the specialist on nationalism to re-think the conventional views of ethnic and civic nationalism and the division—portrayed by scholars as overly sharp—between primordial and constructivist understandings of national identity. While highlighting the importance of instrumental activity by ruling elites and challenging the view so common in the media of "natural, historical hatreds," the book also demonstrates how such elites are constrained in the post-independence period by the colonial and Communist periods. As the author argues in his introductory chapter, elites are not able to construct nations any way they want; nations are not made "out of thin air." Much of the existing work on nationalism has centered on its role in the creation of new states. While acknowledging the importance of that aspect of nationalism, this volume instead seeks answers to two less obvious questions: What happens to nationalism and nationalists when they achieved their ultimate goal? What happens to nationalism after independence? Lowell W. Barrington is Assistant Professor of Political Science, Marquette University. Spring 2006 America Beyond Black and White: How Immigrants and Fusions are Helping Us Overcome the Racial DivideRonald Fernandez Rights: World "America has two great traditions. We are a nation of immigrants and we are a nation intolerant of immigrants." This quote from Senator Richard Durbin (D., Illinois) during a 2006 Congressional debate captures much of the spirit of America Beyond Black and White. Ronald Fernandez's book describes the parallel ethnic and "racial" monologues that characterize life in the Disunited States of America. In recounting the history of hyphenated Americans of all stripes (Mexicans, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indians, Arabs, Cubans, Puerto Ricans, West Indians, and "mixed-race"), Fernandez explains how each culture defines itself in relation to whiteness—the not-color—and unearths the destructive racial history of an America painted in black and white. America Beyond Black and White is a compassionate, deeply humane indictment of the destructive impact of black and white thinking for immigrants and America as a whole. Suffused with a vision of an inclusive world beyond racial categories, America Beyond Black and White closes with suggestions for how America can erase the color line and celebrate our common humanity. Ronald Fernandez is Professor of Sociology in the Criminal Justice Department at Central Connecticut State University. September 2007 Before Norms: Institutions and Civic CultureRobert W. Jackman and Ross Alan Miller Rights: World The potato famines of the nineteenth century were long attributed to Irish indolence. The Stalinist system was blamed on a Russian proclivity for autocracy. Muslim men have been accused of an inclination to terrorism. Is political behavior really the result of cultural upbringing, or does the vast range of human political action stem more from institutional and structural constraints? This important new book carefully examines the role of institutions and civic culture in the establishment of political norms. Jackman and Miller methodically refute the Weberian cultural theory of politics and build in its place a persuasive case for the ways in which institutions shape the political behavior of ordinary citizens. Their rigorous examination of grassroots electoral participation reveals no evidence for even a residual effect of cultural values on political behavior, but instead provides consistent support for the institutional view. Before Norms speaks to urgent debates among political scientists and sociologists over the origins of individual political behavior. Robert W. Jackman is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Davis. Ross A. Miller is Associate Professor of Political Science at Santa Clara University. Fall 2005 Between a River and a Mountain: The AFL-CIO and the Vietnam WarEdmund F. Wehrle Rights: World Despite volumes written on the Vietnam War, only now are we coming to understand its deep complexity and dramatic impact on American life. Offering the story of the Vietnam War from the unique perspective of organized labor, Between A River And A Mountain depicts the AFL-CIO's two-decade battle to mentor a struggling labor movement in South Vietnam—and the devastating repercussions of this crusade for both U.S. and Southeast Asian organized labor. Edmund F. Wehrle is Assistant Professor of History at Eastern Illinois University. Fall 2005 Beyond Busing: Reflections on Urban Segregation, the Courts, and Equal OpportunityPaul R. Dimond Rights: World "A fascinating firsthand account of 1970s northern school desegregation decisions." "Dimond is particularly good at relating his slice of legal history to the broader developments of the 1970s, and his occasional remarks about trial tactics are amusing and instructive. Dimond's honesty about both his successes and failures makes his book required reading for civil rights lawyers." "An extraordinarily informative and thoughtful book describing the process of of bringing Brown [v. Board of Education] North and the impact this process had upon national attitudes toward desegregation." A wave of desegregation cases hit the federal courts in the 1970s, in the wake of Brown vs. Board of Education. In Beyond Busing, author Paul Dimond revisits four of the most important such cases, which he argued in Detroit, Dayton, Wilmington, and Columbus. Dimond's penetrating analysis takes into account both the complex social and legal issues behind the litigation, and the enormous range of emotions that these cases elicited from the individuals and communities involved. Beyond Busing is a compelling insider's account of the fight for educational desegregation, from one of its most dedicated and outspoken heroes. A new afterword explains the author's controversial belief that the moment for litigating educational equality has passed, clear-sightedly critiquing his own courtroom strategies and the courts' responses, before closing with a compelling assessment of the economic and social changes that he feels have already moved us "beyond busing." Fall 2005 Capitalism, Not Globalism: Capital Mobility, Central Bank Independence, and the Political Control of the EconomyWilliam Roberts Clark Rights: World While much has been made of recent changes in the international economy, the mechanisms by which politicians control the economy have not fundamentally changed in the postwar period. In Capitalism, Not Globalism, William Roberts Clark challenges both traditional and revisionist globalization theorists in his assertion that increased financial integration has led to neither a widening nor a narrowing of partisan differences in macroeconomic policies and outcomes. Clark shows that the absence of partisan differences is a long-standing feature of democratic capitalist societies, arising from policymakers' attempts to use the economy to guarantee their political survival. Structural changes such as increased capital mobility and central bank independence do not necessarily diminish politicians' ability to control the economy, but they do shape the range of available strategies. In a world of highly mobile capital, politicians use monetary policy to create macroeconomic expansions prior to elections only if the exchange rate is flexible and the central bank is subservient. But they use fiscal policy to induce favorable business cycles when the exchange rate is fixed or the central bank is independent. By considering how capital mobility, the exchange rate regime, and central bank independence limit the range of incentives available to policymakers, Clark shows that macroeconomic policies and outcomes are tied to the electoral calendar rather than to the prevailing ideology. William Roberts Clark is Assistant Professor of Politics at New York University. Fall 2005 Civilizing The Enemy: German Reconstruction and the Invention of the WestPatrick Jackson Rights: World For a century now, politicians have claimed that Western Civilization epitomizes democratic values and international stability. Indeed, modern political rhetoric has been based on this premise, from World War I up through the War on Terror. Civilizing The Enemy: German Reconstruction and the Invention of the West expertly dissects the history of this rhetoric, demonstrating the puzzling persistence of Western Civilizational rhetoric in the face of contradictory realities, including the continued claim of sovereign states to a monopoly on the legitimate use of force. Civilizing The Enemy reminds us that the notion of "Western Civilization" only entered into political discourse about a little more than 100 years ago. Nor does there seem to be much agreement on its membership. Germany, for example, was a sworn enemy of the United States and much of Western Europe in the first part of the twentieth century, but emerged as a staunch Western ally after the World War II. Examining German reconstruction of Germany under the Marshall Plan, Jackson shows how the rhetorical invention of a West that included the new Germany was critical to the emergence of a new world order. The result is a work that convincingly establishes how concepts of the West and Western Civilization were strategically shaped and given weight in modern international relations: a book that takes on conventional ideas about a fixed hierarchy of civilizations. Patrick Jackson is Assistant Professor of International Relations in the school of International Service at American University. Fall 2006 Conflict Resolution in the Twenty-First CenturyJacob Bercovitch and Richard Jackson Rights: World Conflict Resolution in the Twenty-First Century is the authoritative textbook on conflict and its resolution, co-authored by one of the world's leading specialists. This is the first book that looks at conflicts in all their complexity, and then describes and assess all of the methods used to resolve them. The book is divided into three sections. The first explores international conflict, including new forms (e.g., terrorism) and insecurity; the second examines the traditional methods that have been used to manage them (direct bargaining, the use of intermediaries, legal methods, and international institutions such as the UN); and the third discusses recent innovations, including preventive diplomacy, early warning systems, humanitarian intervention, regional task-sharing, unofficial diplomacy, and truth and reconciliation approaches. The core objective of the book is to describe and explain each of the main approaches to international conflict management in a way that will systematically introduce new students to the topic. It will be an indispensable text for academics, peace activists, and public officials, as well as students in international relations, conflict resolution, peace studies, security studies, and legal studies. Jacob Bercovitch is Professor of International Relations and Head of the School of Political Science and Communication at the University of Canterbury (New Zealand). He is Vice President of the International Studies Association, and is widely regarded as one of the leading scholars in international conflict resolution. In 2002 he was a senior fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace. Richard Jackson is Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Manchester. He is author of several books on violence and peace. January 2006 Defending the Holy Land: A Critical Analysis of Israel's Security and Foreign PolicyZeev Maoz Rights: World Defending The Holy Land is a comprehensive and critical analysis of Israel's national security and foreign policy from the inception of the state of Israel to the present. It argues that Israel's national security policy rested on shaky premises which invoked a combination of a trigger happy approach to the use of force and hesitant, reactive, and reluctant peace diplomacy. This combination was aided by the domination of the security establishment over the foreign policy apparatus and resulted in several unnecessary or aggressive wars and many missed opportunities for peace. It calls for a fundamental reassessment of Israel's security doctrine and for a major reform in the foreign policy and national security establishments. Zeev Maoz is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Davis. He is the former head of the Graduate School of Government and Policy at Tel Aviv University and the Jaffee Center of Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University, and the former director of the M.A. Program of the national Defense College of the IDF. Spring 2006 Defensive Internationalism: Providing Public Good in an Uncertain WorldDavis B. Bobrow and Mark A. Boyer Rights: World "An excellent book. Bobrow and Boyer's goal of explaining why 'privileged' states contribute to global order is a critical issue and their 'club theory' answer is inventive and enlightening. So is their approach: a blending of rational choice and constructivist perspectives, solid empirical evidence, and the integration of international politics with domestic political issues. Reading this work is essential for understanding the future contours of international politics." "Rejecting the pessimism that often characterizes serious debate on the prospects for systemic reform, Bobrow and Boyer raise our hopes for the future. . . . This exemplary, multidimensional book deserves a wide readership, both inside and outside the academy." "Bobrow and Boyer have done a great job in thoroughly analyzing the G7's thoughts and actions with nuance and dexterity. A must read." "The authors' carefully crafted analysis will influence thought and the policy debate on the tradeoff between unilateralism and multilateralism for decades to come." "Boyer and Bobrow's well-written, data-rich analysis of such pressing issues as development assistance, debt management, UN peacekeeping, and environmental protection makes Defensive Internationalism a highly original and provocative contribution to the study of global governance." Fall 2004 Equal Justice in the Balance: America's Legal Responses to the Emerging Terrorist ThreatRaneta Lawson Mack and Michael J. Kelly Rights: World "We are in difficult times for the protection of our liberties. Nonetheless, citizens are showing an increased willingness to resist the erosion of the U.S. Constitution. . . . Lawson Mack and Kelly stress the importance of not giving up these fundamental rights and conclude with a message of optimism, noting an increased backlash against the administration's more draconian measures. Although the landscape is still quite bleak, change is in the air." "A compelling and sophisticated critique of the U.S. government's post-9/11 actions. Mack and Kelly set the stage with the historical perspective on America's response to terrorism and the assessment of terrorist threats, before launching into a comprehensive analysis of the USA Patriot Act. Their hard-hitting approach and easy-to-read style makes for a fascinating treatment of the government's legislative and executive response to the attacks." With its sweeping critique of the USA Patriot Act and the Bush administration's maneuvers in pursuit of terrorists, Equal Justice in the Balance is a sobering and exacting look at American legal responses to terrorism, both before and after 9/11. The authors detail wide-ranging and persuasive evidence that American antiterrorism legislation has led to serious infringements of our civil rights. They show us how deviations from our fundamental principles of fairness and justice in times of heightened national anxiety—whether the Red Scare, World War II, or the War on Terrorism—have resulted in overreaction and excess, later requiring apologies and reparations to those victimized by a paranoia-driven justice system. While terrorist attacks-especially on a large scale and on American soil-damage our national pride and sense of security, the authors offer powerful arguments for why we must allow our judicial infrastructure, imperfect as it is, to respond without undue interference from the politics of anger and vengeance. Raneta Lawson Mack is Professor of Law and Michael J. Kelly is Assistant Professor of Law at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. June 2004 Growing Apart: Oil, Politics, and Economic Change in Indoneasia and NigeriaPeter M. Lewis Rights: World Indonesian and Nigerian politics paralleled each other to a remarkable degree before diverging suddenly when oil money came into play. Both were populous, ethnically diverse countries with abundant natural resources and histories of political turbulence and authoritarian rule. But despite these likenesses, the two countries have seen dramatic differences in economic performance over recent decades: Indonesia grew rapidly and was able to improve national standards of living, while Nigeria stagnated and experienced deepening poverty. Author Peter Lewis suggests that the explanation for this divergence is found in each country's way of confronting policy reform and developing institutions for economic growth. Based on the author's detailed study of forty years of economic change, Growing Apart offers conclusions about the policy decisions, governmental institutions, and political foundations needed for long-term economic growth. Peter M. Lewis is Associate Professor and Director of the African Studies Program, Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies. April 2008 The Liberal Illusion: Does Trade Promote PeaceKatherine Barbieri Rights: World The Liberal Illusion sheds light on an increasingly important question in international relations scholarship and in the domain of policy-making—whether international trade promotes peace. By examining a broad range of theories germane to the issue of trade's impact on interstate relations and undertaking a set of empirical analyses that addresses different dimensions of the trade-conflict puzzle, Katherine Barbieri provides a comprehensive assessment of the liberal view that trade promotes peace. She concludes that the liberal assumption lacks empirical accuracy, finding instead evidence that interdependent states, in general, are more likely than others to engage in military conflict. Finding only limited empirical support for the long-standing liberal hypothesis that trade provides a path to peace, Barbieri's conclusions depart from many in the field of international relations. An original trade database that dates back to 1870 and a number of methodological techniques enable her to systematically assess the trade-conflict relationship. Consequently, The Liberal Illusion serves as an important counterargument and a warning call to policymakers who rely upon trade-based strategies to promote peace, strategies that appear to offer little hope of achieving their goals. Katherine Barbieri is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Vanderbilt University. Spring 2005 The Logic of Democracy: Reconciling Equality, Deliberation, and Minority ProtectionAnthony McGann Rights: World The Logic of Democracy provides a simple answer to the question "What is democracy?" Following Dahl's A Preface to Democratic Theory, democracy is political equality - treating all individual citizens equally. This logically implies proportional representation elections and a simple majority rule legislature (formal proofs are provided). Any other system must privilege some citizens over others. Particular attention is paid to supermajoritarian systems -- the civics book argument for constitutional checks and balances and the argument for consensus in the deliberative democracy literature (Rawls, Habermas, etc.) are flawed for exactly the same reasons. Of course, we may value things other than political equality. However, The Logic of Democracy shows that PR and simple majority rule are also the institutions that provide most protection to minorities and provide most incentive for reasonable deliberation. While much political theory is agnostic about actual institutions, this book shows that basic values (such as political equality) lead to extremely exact prescriptions. Anthony McGann is Assistant Professor of Political Science at University of California, Irvine. August 2006 Market Dreams: Gender, Class, and Capitalism in the Czech RepublicElaine Weiner Rights: World Drawing upon a rich collection of data from focus groups, interviews and textual sources, Elaine Weiner's Market Dreams compares the ways in which female managers and factory workers in the Czech Republic experience and understand the Republic's transition from socialism to capitalism. A sociologist and expert in comparative feminism, her book is an important step forward for the literature on women in Eastern Europe. Elaine Weiner is Assistant Professor of Sociology at McGill University. August 2007 Out of the Closets and into the CourtsEllen Ann Andersen Rights: World Over the past 30 years, the gay rights movement has moved from the margins to the center of American politics, sparking debate from bedroom to boardroom to battlefield. Out of the Closets and into the Courts analyzes the most recent gay rights cases, and explores the complex relationship between litigation and social change. Ellen Andersen describes what happens when these cases—many overseen by the Lambda Legal Defense Fund, the nation's oldest and largest gay rights firm—enter the courtroom, and explains why they have met with mixed success. Delving into the heated debates over same-sex marriage, antigay initiatives, and anti-sodomy laws, Out of the Closets and into the Courts shows that the law's receptiveness to gay rights claims has varied enormously, over time and from issue to issue, in response to Lambda's choice of strategies and shifts in the sociolegal environment. Out of the Closets and into the Courts explores both the promise and the limits of using legal mobilization to effect social change. Crossing disciplinary boundaries, Ellen Andersen draws on the accumulated knowledge of political science, law, and sociology to explain the origins and outcomes of gay rights litigation. The resulting book is essential reading for anyone interested in gay rights, legal change, and social movements. Ellen Ann Andersen is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Fall 2004 Patchwork Nation: Sectionalism and Political Change in American PoliticsJames G. Gimpel and Jason E. Schuknecht Rights: World "This accessible and well-written book challenges us to reflect on the role that political context plays in shaping the vote. By tracing how regional politics evolves over time within and across states, Gimpel and Schuknecht have revived the important but often neglected field of political geography." "In the spirit of V.O. Key, Gimpel and Schuknecht make a fundamental contribution. They demonstrate that states and regions are not simply important as units of aggregation, but rather as complex political arenas with profound consequences for processes of democratic politics both within and beyond their boundaries." James G. Gimpel is Professor of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland, College Park. Jason E. Schuknecht is a Research Analyst at Westat in Rockville, Maryland. July 2004 Positive Political Theory II: Strategy and StructureDavid Austen-Smith and Jeffrey S. Banks Rights: World The textbook Positive Political Theory II epitomizes one of the great traditional strengths of Michigan's political science list. The University of Michigan was a leader of the post-World War II behavioral revolution in political science, in which scholars focused on the importance of party, candidate and issue orientations for understanding voters' political behavior. Over time, new techniques (including some borrowed from economics) were developed to analyze decision-making processes more generally, thereby creating the modern field of political economy. The Press is a leading publisher in this field. Positive Political Theory II stands at the very vanguard of the genre. Its predecessor, Positive Political Theory I, which examined the mechanics of collective decision-making, has been an important scholarly and even commercial success in the five years since its publication. As the reviews suggest, the sequel, PPT-II, which was completed by David Austen-Smith after Jeffrey Banks' death in 2000, builds from PPT-I by looking at decision-making strategies and the institutional structures—most importantly, elections and legislatures—through which decisions are made. The result will be an essential scholarly text and course book for political economists around the world. David Austen-Smith is Earl Dean Howard Distinguished Professor of Political Economy, and Professor of Political Science and Economics at Northwestern University. Jeffrey S. Banks was, at the time of his death, Professor of Political Science at the California Institute of Technology. Spring 2005 Predators and Parasites: Persistent Agents of Transnational Harm and Great Power AuthorityOded Löwenheim Rights: World Predators and Parasites is about authority, deviance, and punishment in world politics. It examines the construction of Great Power authority and the way Great Powers understand and respond to transnational non-state challenges to their rule in world politics. What explains variance in the policy of Great Powers towards persistent agents of transnational harm such as drug traffickers, pirates, and terrorists? Does counter-harm policy depend just on the degree of material harm caused to a powerful state by such non-state actors, or do normative, moral, and emotional factors play a role too? Why did the US, for example, harshly punish al Qaeda after 9/11 but avoid taking similar forceful measures against drug traffickers from Latin America that facilitate or enable the death of thousands of Americans each year by selling highly illegal and harmful narcotics? The answer to such questions, according to this book, lies in the social construction of the agents of harm as predators or parasites of authority. Predators of authority are those actors deemed as intent on destroying structures of legitimized power and rule in international politics, while parasites are perceived by Great Powers as merely abusing such structures. Oded Löwenheim is Lecturer in the Department of International Relations at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. February 2007 The Psychological Assessment of Political Leaders: With Profiles of Saddam Hussein and Bill ClintonJerrold M. Post Rights: World "The only language Saddam Hussein understands is the language of power. Without this demonstrable willingness to use force, even if the sanctions are biting deeply, Saddam is quite capable of putting his people through a sustained period of hardship . . . this is the personality configuration of the destructive charismatic, who unifies and rallies his downtrodden supporters by blaming outside enemies." Dr. Jerrold M. Post's prophetic description of Saddam's likely course of action, written over ten years ago, now rings with a terrible truth. And the Saddam of today, as an anxious world attests, is more than ever the subject of an intense campaign to divine not only his inner mechanisms, but what he might do next. In this age of personality, the race is on to discover what drives Saddam—as well as Bush, Blair, and bin Laden, among others. "If we want to understand what they do," according to Post, "we had better have useful theories of why they do it." For the first time in a single volume, Post and his colleagues lay out a system of at-a-distance evaluation, drawing on a variety of disciplines from political psychology to psycholinguistics. This pioneering system of analysis is brought to bear on two case studies—Saddam Hussein and Bill Clinton—providing comprehensive political psychology profiles and a useful response to the volatile circumstances of global affairs. Jerrold M. Post M.D. is a nationally recognized expert on the psychology of political leadership. He is Professor of Psychiatry, Political Psychology, and International Affairs at George Washington University Medical Center. He has also worked for the U.S. government, where he founded the Center for the Analysis of Personality and Political Behavior. Spring 2005 Putting Faith in Partnerships: Welfare-to-Work in Four CitiesStephen V. Monsma Rights: World "Carefully researched and thoughtfully communicated, Putting Faith in Partnerships gives readers empirical answers to critical questions related to the provision of welfare-to-work programs in America. Monsma's latest book is a must-read for anyone interested in the role of faith-based organizations in addressing contemporary social problems in America." Putting Faith in Partnerships addresses a major conceptual change in American domestic policy, begun by Reagan and now fully realized by the Bush administration: the shift of responsibility for social services from the federal government to states and communities. In this groundbreaking study of a politically controversial topic-the debut offering in Alan Wolfe's Contemporary Political and Social Issues series-author Stephen Monsma avoids overheated rhetoric in favor of a careful, critical analysis of the hard evidence on whether public-private partnerships really work. The book is based on in-depth studies of social service programs in Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Dallas. By examining public-private partnerships between government offices and nonprofit organizations, Monsma seeks to understand how these partnerships affect the balance between government's efforts to deal with social problems and the rights of individual citizens to control their own lives. Putting Faith in Partnerships answers many previously unanswered questions in what may be the most controversial public policy debate today: about the feasibility and wisdom of government agencies forming partnerships with private organizations to provide essential public social services. Steven V. Monsma is Professor of Political Science at Pepperdine University. He has served as director of the Office of Quality Review in Michigan's Department of Social Services, and is a widely recognized expert on the role of faith-based organizations in social service programs. July 2004 The Strategy of CampaigningKiron Skinner, Condoleezza Rice, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, and Serhiy Kudelia Rights: World This scholarly work by four leading political scientists compares the campaign strategies of Ronald Reagan and Boris Yeltsin. It demonstrates how these political "outsiders" went from losing elections early in their career to defining new coalitions and political bases that aided their rise to power. Kiron Skinner is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Carnegie Mellon, a member of the Defense Policy Board and an advisor to the U.S. Department of Defense. She is the co-editor of Reagan: A Life in Letters (basic Books, 2004), which was the cover story in Time magazine when it was published; Condoleezza Rice is the National Security Adviser to the Bush White House; Bruce Bueno de Mesquita is Professor of Political Science at NYU and a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution; Serhiy Kudelia is a graduate student at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Study. January 2006 Trading Blocs: States, Firms, and Regions in the World EconomyKerry A. Chase Rights: World Kerry Chase's Trading Blocs: States, Firms, and Regions in the World Economy is an important contribution to the extensive literature on the political economy of international trade. Political economists have lately shown a strong interest in regional trading blocs, such as NAFTA, which seem to threaten the balance of a liberal world trade regime. Dr. Chase's book is the first to rigorously examine this claim, and to refute it by showing how domestic economic and political coalitions (particularly within large and influential states) may be driving the formation of regional blocs. Chase's claim is that firms with political influence in these key states use the creation of regional blocs to achieve economies of scale and exploit inequalities in the price of raw materials, while still ensuring protection from extra-regional competitors. If this is the case, then regional blocs do not threaten world trade so much as they make it more efficient. This work sets much of the literature on international trade on its head, making Trading Blocs an important resource for scholars and students of international trade and international organizations. Kerry A. Chase is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Tufts University. Fall 2005 Trust beyond Borders: Immigration, the Welfare State, and Identity in Modern SocietiesMarkus M.L. Crepaz Rights: World Over the last twenty-five years, a variety of changes in our global and domestic environments—including the dissolution of the old Soviet bloc, European unification, 9/11, and the Republican resurgence—have brought the links between citizenship and social welfare into the spotlight. Citizenship has become a powerful factor in debates (legal and political) in the U.S., as well as the European community and the rest of the developed world, about who has a right to public services: education and health care, but also police protection, social support, even trash collection. Political scientists have long claimed that entitlement to state welfare (as these benefits are broadly categorized) in modern democracies is a question of civic trust and inclusion, of "us versus them." "We"—however that term may be defined in any given instance—deserve access to public goods, while "they" do not, with citizenship being the most common and identifiable marker of this divide. Many political scientists have turned to European cases when examining the validity of this thesis. A considerable number of European countries (e.g., Sweden, the Netherlands, Germany) have fully-developed social welfare systems based on principles of universal access. These cases stand in stark contrast to the American system, where the network of social benefits is both less comprehensive and less than universal (it is apportioned instead based on criteria of entitlement). Because many of those selfsame European countries have—probably uncoincidentally—seen steep increases in immigration over the second half of the twentieth century, they are now regarded by many political scientists as a sort of laboratory for studying the connections between citizenship and civic trust. Our understanding of the connections between these two phenomena holds tremendous implications for the stability of the world's democratic states. Markus M.L. Crepaz is Associate Professor in the Department of International Affairs at the University of Georgia. February 2007 War and the State: Rethinking the Theory of International PoliticsR. Harrison Wagner Rights: World The book attempts three serial tasks: 1) to teach social science students how to construct arguments and proofs in the social sciences; 2) to expose the logical weaknesses of established IR theory, particularly the realist school; and 3) to promote a new, unified framework for understanding domestic and international politics. The result is half introductory textbook, half theoretical brilliance. The manuscript has been widely circulated among IR scholars, stimulating considerable interest and even controversy. Harrison Wagner is Professor of Government at the University of Texas. July 2007 |
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