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The Routledge Guidebook to Machiavelli's The Prince (Paperback): John T. Scott The Routledge Guidebook to Machiavelli's The Prince (Paperback)
John T. Scott
R820 Discovery Miles 8 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince is one of the most influential works in the history of political thought and the adjective Machiavellian is well-known and perhaps even over-used. So why does the meaning of the text continue to be debated to the present day? And how does a contemporary reader get to grips with a book full of references to the politics of the early 16th Century? The Routledge Guidebook to Machiavelli's The Prince provides readers with the historical background, textual analysis, and other relevant information needed for a greater understanding and appreciation of this classic text. This guidebook introduces: the historical, political and intellectual context in which Machiavelli was working the key ideas developed by Machiavelli throughout the text and the examples he uses to illustrate them the relationship of The Prince to The Discourses and Machiavelli's other works Featuring a timeline, maps and suggestions for further reading throughout, this book is an invaluable guide for anyone who wants to be able to engage more fully with The Prince.

Post-Traditional Public Administration Theory - For Better Governmental Praxis (Hardcover): David Farmer Post-Traditional Public Administration Theory - For Better Governmental Praxis (Hardcover)
David Farmer
R3,926 Discovery Miles 39 260 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book describes what is argued to be the most effective way of doing public administration thinking. Its aim is to encourage governments to govern fundamentally better in terms of policy and administration. A better understanding of context and identities, imaginization, epistemic pluralism, anti-administration, and the context of economics are examples of what is critical for high effectiveness. The pieces included in this book have been handpicked from the vast academic collection that David Farmer has authored over the last thirty years and which were published in the Journal of Administrative Theory and Praxis and the Journal of Public Administration Education. Collectively, these chapters are intended to help governments use post-traditional public administration theory in order to achieve better praxis.

Pandemic Disruptions and Odisha's Lessons in Governance (Hardcover): Dr Amar Patnaik Pandemic Disruptions and Odisha's Lessons in Governance (Hardcover)
Dr Amar Patnaik
R723 Discovery Miles 7 230 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
History+ for Edexcel A Level: Nationalism, dictatorship and democracy in twentieth-century Europe (Paperback): Mark Gosling,... History+ for Edexcel A Level: Nationalism, dictatorship and democracy in twentieth-century Europe (Paperback)
Mark Gosling, Andrew Flint, Peter Clements, Robin Bunce, Sarah Ward
R1,322 Discovery Miles 13 220 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Exam Board: Edexcel Level: AS/A-level Subject: History First Teaching: September 2015 First Exam: June 2016 Endorsed for Edexcel Enable your students to develop high-level skills in their Edexcel A level History breadth and depth studies through expert narrative and extended reading, including bespoke essays from leading academics - Build a strong understanding of the period studied with authoritative, well-researched content written in an accessible and engaging style - Ensure continual improvement in students' essay writing, interpretation and source analysis skills, using practice questions and trusted guidance on successfully answering exam-style questions - Encourage students to undertake rolling revision and self-assessment by referring to end-of-chapter summaries and diagrams across the years - Help students monitor their progress and consolidate their knowledge through note-making activities and peer-support tasks - Provide students with the opportunity to analyse and evaluate works of real history, with specially commissioned historians' essays and extracts from academic works on the historical interpretations

Topologies of Power - Beyond territory and networks (Hardcover): John Allen Topologies of Power - Beyond territory and networks (Hardcover)
John Allen
R3,912 Discovery Miles 39 120 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Topologies of Power amounts to a radical departure in the way that power and space have been understood. It calls into question the very idea that power is simply extended across a given territory or network, and argues that power today has a new found 'reach'. Topological shifts have subtly altered the reach of power, enabling governments, corporations and NGOs alike to register their presence through quieter, less brash forms of power than domination or overt control. In a world in which proximity and distance increasingly play across one another, topology offers an insight into how power remains continuous under transformation: the same but different in its ability to shape peoples' lives. Drawing upon a range of political, economic and cultural illustrations, the book sets out a clear and accessible account of the topological workings of power in the contemporary moment. It will be invaluable for both students and academics in human geography, politics, sociology, and cultural studies.

Revolution from Within - The Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party and the Collapse of Communism (Hardcover): Patrick H.... Revolution from Within - The Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party and the Collapse of Communism (Hardcover)
Patrick H. O'Neil
R3,295 Discovery Miles 32 950 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In this highly original book, Patrick O'Neil analyses the catalysts of the collapse of socialism in Eastern Europe and offers explanations for these events. The exceptional case of Hungary is used to support theoretical concepts regarding the transition in Eastern Europe using new empirical evidence and institutional theory. The Hungarian transition from communism is distinct in that the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party was the initiator of its own transition but also acted as its own greatest enemy. This book provides a detailed analysis of the internal reform movement within the Hungarian Communist Party and its role in the incremental transition to democracy in the late 1980s. The author utilises party archives and primary interviews with important figures in the Communist Party to examine the effect of institutional relationships on the collapse of the authoritarian order. He also emphasises the role of reform circles in accelerating the disintegration of the Communist Party in Hungary. The book concludes that the way in which an autocratic order perpetuates itself affects the manner of its decline and the new system that takes its place. This authoritative book will be welcomed by academics and students interested in the politics of transition both in Hungary and Eastern Europe and the politics of the demise of communism in general.

Topologies of Power - Beyond territory and networks (Paperback): John Allen Topologies of Power - Beyond territory and networks (Paperback)
John Allen
R1,344 Discovery Miles 13 440 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Topologies of Power amounts to a radical departure in the way that power and space have been understood. It calls into question the very idea that power is simply extended across a given territory or network, and argues that power today has a new found 'reach'. Topological shifts have subtly altered the reach of power, enabling governments, corporations and NGOs alike to register their presence through quieter, less brash forms of power than domination or overt control. In a world in which proximity and distance increasingly play across one another, topology offers an insight into how power remains continuous under transformation: the same but different in its ability to shape peoples' lives. Drawing upon a range of political, economic and cultural illustrations, the book sets out a clear and accessible account of the topological workings of power in the contemporary moment. It will be invaluable for both students and academics in human geography, politics, sociology, and cultural studies.

Education and Social Justice in the Era of Globalisation - Perspectives from India and the UK (Paperback): Marie Lall, Geetha... Education and Social Justice in the Era of Globalisation - Perspectives from India and the UK (Paperback)
Marie Lall, Geetha B. Nambissan
R1,474 Discovery Miles 14 740 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The book discusses the implications of globalization on education from the perspective of social justice. It looks at two countries - India and the UK - to look at how global economic and cultural processes are mediated through nation states, institutional structures and the aspirations of different social groups. It seeks to resituate the debates around education and social justice in policy, research and public discourse by highlighting the need for a more nuanced understanding of globalization and education. It also demonstrates the effects of economic dimensions - the politics of neoliberalism, and how this has shifted the understanding of state responsibilities and marginalized issues pertaining to the agenda of social justice.

Undermining Local Democracy - Parallel Governance in Contemporary South India (Paperback): Lalita Chandrashekhar Undermining Local Democracy - Parallel Governance in Contemporary South India (Paperback)
Lalita Chandrashekhar
R1,461 Discovery Miles 14 610 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Focusing on Karnataka in India, this study examines the implications of the model of development sought to be introduced in the entire country through the governance reforms of the post-1991 period - a model that bypasses Panchayat Raj institutions (PRIs), resulting in a majority of the population being left outside the purview of development. These changes in governance resulted in, among other things, the prolific growth of NGOs in the country, particularly in Karnataka. Explaining how community-based organizations (CBOs) set up by these NGOs have made their way into rural Karnataka, this book expresses concern over how they now perform functions that rightly belong to PRIs following the 73rd Amendment to the Constitution which devolves 29 functions to local self-government, passing on the funds they receive from the centre to their district and village branches, though these should actually go to PRIs. The book argues that elected representatives have been put in place by the people at all levels, and it is they who should take decisions regarding the development of this country. In the post-liberalisation period, governance through institutions that eschew political decentralisation is fraught with hazards. Not only will avenues for the expression of people's wishes be lacking in such a scenario, but there will also be increasing inequality, resulting in a skewed development. The inclusiveness which the present government seeks will elude them unless they restore and strengthen Panchayat Raj institutions.

Rethinking State Politics in India - Regions within Regions (Paperback): Ashutosh Kumar Rethinking State Politics in India - Regions within Regions (Paperback)
Ashutosh Kumar
R1,484 Discovery Miles 14 840 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Focusing on the twin issues of identity and development that are often signifiers of the unravelling politics in the federal polity, the book make a concerted attempt to look at (and beyond) the states by exploring the specificities of the regions within these states. It does so through a comparative study from the vantage point of democratic politics as it unfurls in recent India. Emphasising that regions within the states are not merely politico-administrative instituted constructs but are also imagined or constituted, among others, in historical, geographic, economic, sociological or cultural terms, it argues that any meaningful comparative study of the regions would naturally straddle the disciplinary boundaries of social sciences. The book attempts to go beyond the states and look at the regions within them as a distinctive analytical category for an in-depth study of the democratic politics of identity and development unfolding at the state level.

Monarchism and Absolutism in Early Modern Europe (Paperback): Cesare Cuttica, Glenn Burgess Monarchism and Absolutism in Early Modern Europe (Paperback)
Cesare Cuttica, Glenn Burgess
R1,621 Discovery Miles 16 210 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The 14 essays in this volume look at both the theory and practice of monarchical governments from the Thirty Years War up until the time of the French Revolution. Contributors aim to unravel the constructs of 'absolutism' and 'monarchism', examining how the power and authority of monarchs was defined through contemporary politics and philosophy.

Parliamentary Reform in Britain, c. 1770-1918 (Hardcover): Eric J. Evans Parliamentary Reform in Britain, c. 1770-1918 (Hardcover)
Eric J. Evans
R3,895 Discovery Miles 38 950 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Covers the momentous reforms in the British electoral system during the period from the Great Reform Act of 1832 to 1918 when women were given the vote. The study charts the series of Reform Acts right through the period, involving rather more attention to those important changes in the 1880s which are often underplayed.

Politics of Cooperation & Co-Ops - Forms of Cooperation & Co-Ops & the Politics That Shape Them (Hardcover): Carl Ratner Politics of Cooperation & Co-Ops - Forms of Cooperation & Co-Ops & the Politics That Shape Them (Hardcover)
Carl Ratner
R6,133 Discovery Miles 61 330 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The current co-op movement in the U.S. seeks to be a structural alternative to capitalism; this book seriously questions whether the current movement can accomplish that task. Carl Ratner offers a rich and unique political analysis and critique that provides helpful insights into the practice and problems of the contemporary cooperative movement. Noting that co-operators tend to view their work as apolitical because the explicit influence of national political parties is absent, the author constructs a compelling argument that co-operators nonetheless operate unwittingly with implicit political conceptions of freedom, opportunity, human rights, social participation, decision-making, power, and governance that are shaped and limited by the capitalist economic system. Ratner demonstrates how a more radical, anti-capitalist, socialist form of cooperation and co-ops are needed to realise the fulfilling potential of cooperation and co-ops. For those wishing to understand and advance the cooperative movement, this book is essential reading.

Environment and Technology in the Former USSR - The Case of Acid Rain and Power Generation (Hardcover): Malcolm R. Hill Environment and Technology in the Former USSR - The Case of Acid Rain and Power Generation (Hardcover)
Malcolm R. Hill
R3,302 Discovery Miles 33 020 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Environment and Technology in the Former USSR makes a major contribution to the literature, providing new perspectives on power engineering, power generation and associated environmental issues of atmospheric pollution in the former Soviet Union. It considers the consequences of acid rain emissions for neighbouring countries and the technological and commercial factors which influence these levels of pollution. The book begins by providing a contextual and technical background on the capacities, ages, scale of atmospheric pollution and fuel mix of the power generation industry in the former USSR. After establishing the industrial and technical facts using a wide range of Western and Russian literature and placing these in an international context, the author explores possible policy solutions for reducing acid rain emissions and improving power generation efficiency. The main policy prescription considered is the use of technology transfer from the West to the former Soviet Union. Using published data and case study research, the author evaluates the volume and rate of technology transfer, and the current stage of those engaged in, or potential recipients of, Western power engineering technologies. The analysis then extends to consider the political, economic and commercial factors affecting these levels of technological diffusion and future technological developments in the industry. This book will be of special interest to government officials, international agencies, academics and technical and commercial personnel with business interests in Russia.

The Making of the Modern Gulf States - Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman (Hardcover): Rosemarie Said... The Making of the Modern Gulf States - Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman (Hardcover)
Rosemarie Said Zahlan
R4,060 Discovery Miles 40 600 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Gulf States are the focus of great international interest - yet their fabulous evolution from pearl-fishing to oil-drilling, their individuality and variety, are screened by a thick cloud of petro-dollars. This book, first published in 1989, tells the story of their formation, their evolution from colonial dependency to statehood, and their transformation by oil. The result is an informed and balanced picture of the political, economic, religious and cultural character of the area. It is also a story of the powerful families and their sheikhs that have had to hurry these states into the modern world; of the interchanging role of political and economic dependence, the influence of the oil industry, the influx of workers from abroad, and the varying forces acting on the Gulf States.

The Fukushima Effect - A New Geopolitical Terrain (Hardcover): Richard Hindmarsh, Rebecca Priestley The Fukushima Effect - A New Geopolitical Terrain (Hardcover)
Richard Hindmarsh, Rebecca Priestley
R4,224 Discovery Miles 42 240 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Fukushima Effect offers a range of scholarly perspectives on the international effect of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear meltdown four years out from the disaster. Grounded in the field of science, technology and society (STS) studies, a leading cast of international scholars from the Asia-Pacific, Europe, and the United States examine the extent and scope of the Fukushima effect. The authors each focus on one country or group of countries, and pay particular attention to national histories, debates and policy responses on nuclear power development covering such topics as safety of nuclear energy, radiation risk, nuclear waste management, development of nuclear energy, anti-nuclear protest movements, nuclear power representations, and media representations of the effect. The countries featured include well established 'nuclear nations', emergent nuclear nations and non-nuclear nations to offer a range of contrasting perspectives. This volume will add significantly to the ongoing international debate on the Fukushima disaster and will interest academics, policy-makers, energy pundits, public interest organizations, citizens and students engaged variously with the Fukushima disaster itself, disaster management, political science, environmental/energy policy and risk, public health, sociology, public participation, civil society activism, new media, sustainability, and technology governance.

The Art and Science of Reminiscing - Theory, Research, Methods, and Applications (Paperback): Jeffrey D. Webster, Barbara Haight The Art and Science of Reminiscing - Theory, Research, Methods, and Applications (Paperback)
Jeffrey D. Webster, Barbara Haight
R1,473 Discovery Miles 14 730 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Federal Democracies (Paperback): Michael Burgess, Alain-G. Gagnon Federal Democracies (Paperback)
Michael Burgess, Alain-G. Gagnon
R1,374 Discovery Miles 13 740 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Federal Democracies examines the evolution of the relationship between federalism and democracy. Taking the late 18th century US Federal Experience as its starting-point, the book uses the contributions of Calhoun, Bryce and Proudhon as 19th century conceptual prisms through which we can witness the challenges and changes made to the meaning of this relationship. The book then goes on to provide a series of case studies to examine contemporary examples of federalism and includes chapters on Canada, USA, Russia, Germany, Spain, Belgium, Switzerland and the emerging European Union. It features two further case studies on Minority Nations and a Federal Europe, and concludes with two chapters providing comparative empirical and theoretical perspectives, and comparative reflections on federalism and democracy. Bringing together international experts in the field this book will be vital reading for students and scholars of federalism, comparative politics and government.

From Confederation to Nation - The Early American Republic, 1789-1848 (Hardcover): Jonathan Atkins From Confederation to Nation - The Early American Republic, 1789-1848 (Hardcover)
Jonathan Atkins
R5,244 Discovery Miles 52 440 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In the era of the Early Republic, Americans determined the meaning of their Revolution and laid the foundation for the United States' later emergence as a world power. This bookprovides students with an explanation of the major events and developments of one of the most important periods in American History. Focusing on the years between the Revolution and the Civil War, From Confederation to Nation presents a narrative of the era's political history along with discussions of the significant social and cultural changes that occurred across the Union's first six decades. Taking a broad approach which examines economic changes, religious influences, political reform, cultural challenges, and racial and gender inequalities in the Early Republic, Atkins' text is useful for a vast array of critical perspectives. From Confederation to Nation presents an accessible introduction to the Early American Republic that offers readers a solid foundation for more advanced study.

Politics, Subsidies and Competition - The New Politics of State Intervention in the European Union (Hardcover): Kostas A.... Politics, Subsidies and Competition - The New Politics of State Intervention in the European Union (Hardcover)
Kostas A. Lavdas, Maria M. Mendrinou
R2,931 Discovery Miles 29 310 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Politics, Subsidies and Competition focuses on the interplay of political, economic and institutional-legal factors in the formation of European competition policy, with particular emphasis on European Union control of national subsidies. This book demonstrates the increasing significance of the EU in the management of European economies. It argues that state subsidization is the only remaining effective form of state intervention because, in the integrated European market, state aid - ranging from investment and export aid to special tax concessions - has become the only instrument that can be used to favour and protect national industries. This makes the control of state subsidization more important than ever, and the European Community's attempts to increase this control since the mid-1970s tell an intriguing story of fierce intergovernmental bargaining, business lobbying and increasingly assertive EC/EU institutions. The argument is supported by evidence of the evolution of European policy and by case studies of sectoral aid regimes and their transformation in interaction with EU policy. This book will be of use to students and scholars of the economics and politics of Western Europe and regional and public policy.

The Contentious Politics of Expertise - Experts, Activism and Grassroots Environmentalism (Hardcover): Riccardo Emilio Chesta The Contentious Politics of Expertise - Experts, Activism and Grassroots Environmentalism (Hardcover)
Riccardo Emilio Chesta
R3,920 Discovery Miles 39 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Based on mixed-methods research and ethnographic fieldwork at various sites in Italy, this book examines the relationship between expertise and activism in grassroots environmentalism. Presenting interviews with citizens, activists and experts, it considers activism surrounding infrastructure in urban areas, in connection with water management, transport, tour- ism and waste disposal. Through comparisons between different political environments, the author analyses the ways in which citizens, political activists and technical experts participate in using expertise, shedding light on the effects of this on the structure and composition of social movements, as well as the implications for the mechanisms of participation and the formation of alliances. Bridging the sociology of expertise and contentious politics, this study of the relationship between contentious expertise and democratic accountability shows how conflict transforms, rather than inhibits, expertise production into a 'contentious politics by other means'. As such, it will appeal to social scientists with interests in social movements, environmental sociology, science and technology studies, and the sociology of knowledge.

The Class Of '79 - Three Students Who Risked Their Lives To Destroy Apartheid (Paperback): Janice Warman The Class Of '79 - Three Students Who Risked Their Lives To Destroy Apartheid (Paperback)
Janice Warman
R280 R219 Discovery Miles 2 190 Save R61 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Where did this book begin? It’s hard to say. This is one version: I was back in South Africa for the election in 2009, writing a couple of pieces for The Spectator. I had been thinking for years about writing the extraordinary story of three fellow journalism students at Rhodes University, who thirty years before had risked their lives to fight apartheid, and this seemed to be the moment.

But really, it had begun ten years earlier, in 1999, when I opened my new copy of Antjie Krog’s Country of My Skull, her excoriating, illuminating, incandescent tale of the Truth & Reconciliation Commission. It fell open in my hands to this page and I was transfixed: ‘And the next thing he came back and he beat me right across the room into the wall and he kept on beating me right into the wall and I felt myself going down.’ It was Zubeida’s evidence to the commission; delivered, I imagined, in a brave, clear voice suffused with the pain I was to hear a decade later: “… a man came in, and he said, the man, ‘Just rape her, just rape her…’” As it turned out, they didn’t rape her, but they did poison her, and she escaped death, but only narrowly. No, that too is wrong. It really began 20 years before that, when we were writing our sub-editing exam in our final year at Rhodes University and we were called out in the middle of it to have our class photograph taken – the Class of ’79.

We milled about on the little slope by the exam hall and were called into rows. I was in the back row, Marion was in the middle, and Zubeida refused to take part. “It would only be used for propaganda purposes,” she pointed out with one of her dazzling, trademark smiles. Within six months of that moment, Marion Sparg had bombed the party offices of the opposition Progressive Federal Party and left the country to join Umkhonto we Sizwe, the military wing of the ANC; Zubeida Jaffer had been arrested and tortured; and Guy Berger, betrayed by the spy Craig Williamson, had been arrested for possession of banned books – after seven months in custody, three in solitary confinement – he was sentenced to four years in prison.

Yet of course it began far earlier for all three students – it began at the moment that each of them realised that what was happening in South Africa – so-called ‘separate development’ – was wrong. And that they simply couldn’t tolerate it. And for all of them, that moment came at Rhodes University.

The Politics of Place and the Limits of Redistribution (Hardcover): Melissa Ziegler Rogers The Politics of Place and the Limits of Redistribution (Hardcover)
Melissa Ziegler Rogers
R4,345 Discovery Miles 43 450 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Numerous scholars have noticed that certain political institutions, including federalism, majoritarian electoral systems, and presidentialism, are linked to lower levels of income redistribution. This book offers a political geography explanation for those observed patterns. Each of these institutions is strongly shaped by geography and provides incentives for politicians to target their appeals and government resources to localities. Territorialized institutions also shape citizens' preferences in ways that can undermine the national coalition in favor of redistribution. Moreover, territorial institutions increase the number of veto points in which anti-redistributive actors can constrain reform efforts. These theoretical connections between the politics of place and redistributive outcomes are explored in theory, empirical analysis, and case studies of the USA, Germany, and Argentina.

Drugs, Power, and Politics - Narco Wars, Big Pharma, and the Subversion of Democracy (Paperback): Carl Boggs Drugs, Power, and Politics - Narco Wars, Big Pharma, and the Subversion of Democracy (Paperback)
Carl Boggs
R1,468 Discovery Miles 14 680 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book explores the increasingly broad terrain of drugs in American society with an emphasis on politics. It begins with the War on Drugs initiated by President Richard Nixon in the early 1970s and extends to the current day with the vast power of the pharmaceutical industry (Big Pharma), expansion of global criminal syndicates, militarization of the drug war, and struggles between states and federal government over the legalization of marijuana. From the beginning, the drug war produced increasing authoritarian tendencies in American politics, visible not only in swollen national bureaucracies and burgeoning police functions, but in the rise of the largest prison-industrial complex in the world, a surveillance state, and the weakening of personal privacy and freedoms. At the same time, the legal drug system with some of the most profitable business operations anywhere has expanded to create a huge medical edifice, affecting the delivery of health care, development of modern psychology, evolution of the treatment industry, and many other areas of contemporary life, including the world of sports and recreation. Although prohibitionism remains very much alive, targeting a wide range of illicit drugs, today it is the hundreds of widely-marketed chemical substances sold by Big Pharma that result in some of the most serious health problems affecting society. This book explores the long historical trajectory of both the War on Drugs and the growth of Big Pharma, focusing on social outcomes and political consequences in the US and beyond.

Latin America in the Vortex of Social Change - Development and Resistance Dynamics (Paperback): Henry Veltmeyer, James Petras Latin America in the Vortex of Social Change - Development and Resistance Dynamics (Paperback)
Henry Veltmeyer, James Petras
R1,401 Discovery Miles 14 010 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book explores the dynamics of the recent 'progressive cycle' in Latin American politics, associated with a red and pink tide of regime change. With this cycle of centre-left regimes oriented towards an alternative post-neoliberal form of development now coming to an end, coinciding with the end of a 'primary commodities boom' (the demand for natural resources exported in primary form on the world market), the authors seek to explore the dynamics of the transition from a progressive cycle of regimes oriented towards the search for a more inclusive form of development towards what appears to be another swing in the pendulum of electoral politics towards the far right and a return to neoliberal orthodoxy. Within the vortex of forces of change pushing towards both the Left and the Right, Latin America lies at the centre of ongoing heated theoretical and political debates as to how to bring about a more inclusive and sustainable form of post-neoliberal and post-capitalist development. Latin America in the Vortex of Social Change crucially aims to cut through these debates and explore the dynamics of the forces of change at work in the current conjuncture of capitalist development. With reference to a theoretical framework based on the interaction of three different forms of capitalism (capitalism as usual, extractive capitalism, narco-capitalism), the authors proceed to an analysis of the development and resistance dynamics of the development process that is unfolding on the Latin American political landscape. The book will appeal to scholars of political sociology and political theory with an interest in the political economy of development and Latin American affairs.

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