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Women in Turkey - Silent Consensus in the Age of Neoliberalism and Islamic Conservatism (Hardcover): Gamze Cavdar, Yavuz Yasar Women in Turkey - Silent Consensus in the Age of Neoliberalism and Islamic Conservatism (Hardcover)
Gamze Cavdar, Yavuz Yasar
R3,877 Discovery Miles 38 770 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Winner of the 2021 Suraj Mal and Shyama Devi Agarwal Book Prize This book provides a socio-economic examination of the status of women in contemporary Turkey, assessing how policies have combined elements of neoliberalism and Islamic conservatism. Using rich qualitative and quantitative analyses, Women in Turkey analyses the policies concerning women in the areas of employment, education and health and the fundamental transformation of the construction of gender since the early 2000s. Comparing this with the situation pre-2000, the authors argue that the reconstruction of gender is part of the reshaping of the state-society relations, the state-business relationship, and the cultural changes that have taken place across the country over the last two decades. Thus, the book situates the Turkish case within the broader context of international development of neoliberalism while paying close attention to its idiosyncrasies. Adopting a political economy perspective emphasizing the material sources of gender relations, this book will be useful to students and scholars of Middle Eastern politics, political Islam and Gender Studies.

Political Influence (Paperback): Edward Banfield Political Influence (Paperback)
Edward Banfield
R1,348 Discovery Miles 13 480 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In government, influence denotes one's ability to get others to act, think, or feel as one intends. A mayor who persuades voters to approve a bond issue exercises influence. A businessman whose promises of support induce a mayor to take action exercises influence. In "Political Influence," Edward C. Banfield examines the structures and dynamics of influence in determining who actually makes the decisions on vital issues in a large metropolitan area. This edition includes an introduction by James Q. Wilson, who provides an intellectual profile of Banfield and a review of his life and work.
Banfield locates his analysis in Chicago, focusing on a broad range of representative urban issues. An introductory chapter defines Banfield's method through four leading questions: Who has influence and who is subject to it? How does influence work? What are the terms upon which influence is expended? How is action concerted by influence? Banfield's conceptual scheme is applied at three levels. He offers six case studies of political influence, showing in considerable detail how influence was used in certain civic controversies. Then Banfield interprets these case studies, drawing from them a set of low-level empirical generalizations. At the third and highest level of generality, he explores the logical structure of significant aspects of influence and recasts the empirical findings in analytical terms, developing theories that apply generally to situations involving political influence. He also defines the key roles played by officeholders, the newspapers, business interests, the city council and minority groups.
"Political Influence" is notable for its depth and sophistication. This rare combination of good reporting and insightful analysis is essential reading for political scientists, urban affairs specialists, policymakers, and sociologists.

Rethinking the Red Scare - The Lusk Committee and New York's Crusade Against Radicalism, 1919-1923 (Hardcover): Todd J.... Rethinking the Red Scare - The Lusk Committee and New York's Crusade Against Radicalism, 1919-1923 (Hardcover)
Todd J. Pfannestiel
R3,889 Discovery Miles 38 890 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Using New York as a lens, this book examines the Red Scare that griped America between 1919-1923 and the pattern it established for future episodes of political repression. It also presents the first in-depth study of the Soviet Bureau, the unofficial Bolshevik embassy that attempted to establish commercial ties with American businessmen, as well as the development of the Rand School as one of the nation's first working-class oriented schools.

Crashing The Party - Legacies and Lessons from the RNC 2000 (Paperback): Kris Hermes Crashing The Party - Legacies and Lessons from the RNC 2000 (Paperback)
Kris Hermes; Foreword by Marina Sitrin; Afterword by Heidi Boghosian
R578 R488 Discovery Miles 4 880 Save R90 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
China Today - Economic Reforms, Social Cohesion and Collective Identities (Hardcover): Leila Fernandez-Stembridge, Taciana Fisac China Today - Economic Reforms, Social Cohesion and Collective Identities (Hardcover)
Leila Fernandez-Stembridge, Taciana Fisac
R4,175 Discovery Miles 41 750 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


During the last two decades, China has longed for an important role on the international economic scene and has therefore tried to promote an image of modernisation. Having increased its efforts towards international integration, domestic reform continues to present China with one of its greatest challenges. This volume thoroughly analyses several important aspects of today's China: economic changes, the search for a social compact in urban China, the identification of new social conflicts that coexist in the dialectics of control and cohesion, and the problem of nation building and collective identities.

Local Communities and Post-Communist Transformation - Czechoslovakia, the Czech Republic and Slovakia (Hardcover, New): Simon... Local Communities and Post-Communist Transformation - Czechoslovakia, the Czech Republic and Slovakia (Hardcover, New)
Simon Smith
R3,880 Discovery Miles 38 800 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Post-communist transformation in the former Soviet bloc has had a profound effect, not just in the political and economic sphere, but on all aspects of life. Although a great deal has been written about transformation, much of it has been about transformation viewed from the top, and little has been written about how things have changed for ordinary people at the local level.
This book, based on extensive original research, examines the changes resulting from transformation at the local level in the form Czechoslovakia. It considers especially local democracy, social movements, and work collectives, and paints a picture of people gradually growing in self-confidence and taking more control of their communities, having lived for decades in a framework where so much was directed from the top.

Freedom and Its Conditions - Discipline, Autonomy, and Resistance (Paperback): Richard Flathman Freedom and Its Conditions - Discipline, Autonomy, and Resistance (Paperback)
Richard Flathman
R1,072 R706 Discovery Miles 7 060 Save R366 (34%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Freedom and its Conditions challenges the received wisdom that discipline and freedom are opposite and mutually exclusive. Flathman shows how resistance to rules can mean more than criminals breaking laws. Resistance can also mean political protest and political dialogues about what the rules can be. This book draws on Foucault's theories of the self to describe the inner discipline it takes to resist authority - declaring that individuals must sometimes resist forces that wish to destroy freedom, to ensure freedom.

Muslim Reformist Political Thought - Revivalists, Modernists and Free Will (Hardcover, annotated edition): Sarfraz Khan Muslim Reformist Political Thought - Revivalists, Modernists and Free Will (Hardcover, annotated edition)
Sarfraz Khan
R3,286 R1,115 Discovery Miles 11 150 Save R2,171 (66%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days


There are two main trends distinguishable amongst Muslim reformists - revivalists and modernists. This book charts and analyses the main trends of Muslim reformist political thought in Bukhara. It is the first to utilize original sources preserved in Soviet archives that were previously inaccessible to western scholars. The author has translated numerous original documents from Tajiki and Russian into English. This book thus serves as a useful resource for students of Islam, Central Asia, the former Soviet Union, and of law, politics and philosophy.

Anti-communism and Popular Culture in Mid-century America (Paperback): Cyndy Hendershot Anti-communism and Popular Culture in Mid-century America (Paperback)
Cyndy Hendershot
R920 R650 Discovery Miles 6 500 Save R270 (29%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Not long after the Allied victories in Europe and Japan, America's attention turned from world war to cold war. The perceived threat of communism had a definite and significant impact on all levels of American popular culture, from Harry Chapin's propaganda maps in Time magazine to The Bullwinkle Show. This work examines representations of anti-communist sentiment in American popular culture from the early fifties through the mid-sixties. The discussion covers television programs, films, novels, journalism, maps, memoirs, and other works that presented anti-communist ideology to millions of Americans and influenced their thinking about these controversial issues. It also points out the different strands of anti-communist rhetoric, such as liberal and countersubversive ones, that dominated popular culture in different media, and tells a much more complicated story about producers' and consumers' ideas about communism through close study of the cultural artifacts of the Cold War.

The Power of Scale: A Global History Approach - A Global History Approach (Hardcover): John Bodley The Power of Scale: A Global History Approach - A Global History Approach (Hardcover)
John Bodley
R4,460 Discovery Miles 44 600 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Throughout history, the natural human inclination to accumulate power has led to increases in growth and scale that have amplified major social problems. In several cases, the costs of development have been borne by the many, but the benefits have been concentrated among the few. The implications are clear: some of the world's most serious social problems -- poverty, war, pollution -- can be seen as problems of scale and power. Drawing on history, economics, anthropology, and sociology, the author argues that individuals, not social classes, have been the agents of social change. This cogent and provocative book looks at how increases in scale necessarily lead to an increasingly small elite gaining disproportionate power -- ironically making democratic control more difficult to achieve and maintain.

The New China Playbook - Beyond Socialism And Capitalism (Hardcover): Keyu Jin The New China Playbook - Beyond Socialism And Capitalism (Hardcover)
Keyu Jin
R760 R454 Discovery Miles 4 540 Save R306 (40%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A myth-dispelling, comprehensive guide to the Chinese economy and its path to ascendancy.

China's economy has been booming for decades now. A formidable and emerging power on the world stage, the China that most Americans picture is only a rough sketch, based on American news coverage, policy, and ways of understanding.

Enter Keyu Jin: a world-renowned economist who was born in China, educated in the U.S., and is now a tenured professor at the London School of Economics. A person fluent in both Eastern and Western cultures, and a voice of the new generation of Chinese who represent a radical break from the past, Jin is uniquely poised to explain how China became the most successful economic story of our time, as it has shifted from primarily state-owned enterprise to an economy that is thriving in entrepreneurship, and participation in the global economy.

China’s economic realm is colorful and lively, filled with paradoxes and conundrums, and Jin believes that by understanding the Chinese model, the people, the culture and history in its true perspective, one can reconcile what may appear to be contradictions to the Western eye.

What follows is an illuminating account of a burgeoning world power, its past, and its potential future.

The Power of Scale: A Global History Approach - A Global History Approach (Paperback, illustrated edition): John Bodley The Power of Scale: A Global History Approach - A Global History Approach (Paperback, illustrated edition)
John Bodley
R1,494 Discovery Miles 14 940 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Throughout history, the natural human inclination to accumulate power has led to increases in growth and scale that have amplified major social problems. In several cases, the costs of development have been borne by the many, but the benefits have been concentrated among the few. The implications are clear: some of the world's most serious social problems -- poverty, war, pollution -- can be seen as problems of scale and power. Drawing on history, economics, anthropology, and sociology, the author argues that individuals, not social classes, have been the agents of social change. This cogent and provocative book looks at how increases in scale necessarily lead to an increasingly small elite gaining disproportionate power -- ironically making democratic control more difficult to achieve and maintain.

The Soul of Civil Society - Voluntary Associations and the Public Value of Moral Habits (Hardcover): Don Eberly, Ryan Streeter The Soul of Civil Society - Voluntary Associations and the Public Value of Moral Habits (Hardcover)
Don Eberly, Ryan Streeter
R2,165 Discovery Miles 21 650 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Americans care about the public value of moral habits. They like to see virtue rewarded and vice censured, appealing as this does to the nation's deep sense that one's success rests neither in money nor in power but in one's civility. In The Soul of Civil Society Don Eberly and Ryan Streeter look beyond such abstractions as the "voluntary sector" and superficial communitarian solutions to civic anomie to identify the pivotal role played by local voluntary associations in a civil society. Not only important for the services they provide, these "little platoons," as Edmund Burke labeled them, are the public incubators of a "new" morality, their emphasis on civic engagement at the local level central to preserving America's democratic culture on the national and international stage. More than simply championing the promise of a social renaissance, The Soul of Civil Society is essential reading for those seeking to do battle with a culturally entrenched individualism that threatens the core of America's moral vitality.

The Tibetan Independence Movement - Political, Religious and Gandhian Perspectives (Hardcover): Jane Ardley The Tibetan Independence Movement - Political, Religious and Gandhian Perspectives (Hardcover)
Jane Ardley
R3,886 Discovery Miles 38 860 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Tibet has been occupied for over fifty years, yet no progress has been made in solving the Tibetan problem. The first serious analysis of the Tibetan independence movement, this book is also the first to view the struggle from a comparative perspective, making an overt comparison with the Indian independence movement. It rectifies the problem that the Tibetan independence movement is not taken seriously from a political perspective. The book is particularly concerned with the relationship between Buddhism and Tibetan politics and resistance, comparing this with the relationship between Hinduism and Gandhian political thought. It also expands on the limited literature concerning violent resistance in Tibet, examining guerilla warfare and the hunger strike undertaken by the Tibetan Youth Congress in 1998, rejecting the 'Shangri-la-ist' approach to Tibetan resistance.

eBook available with sample pages: 020322115X

The Soul of Civil Society - Voluntary Associations and the Public Value of Moral Habits (Paperback, New): Don Eberly, Ryan... The Soul of Civil Society - Voluntary Associations and the Public Value of Moral Habits (Paperback, New)
Don Eberly, Ryan Streeter
R1,080 Discovery Miles 10 800 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Americans care about the public value of moral habits. They like to see virtue rewarded and vice censured, appealing as this does to the nation's deep sense that one's success rests neither in money nor in power but in one's civility. In The Soul of Civil Society Don Eberly and Ryan Streeter look beyond such abstractions as the 'voluntary sector' and superficial communitarian solutions to civic anomie to identify the pivotal role played by local voluntary associations in a civil society. Not only important for the services they provide, these 'little platoons, ' as Edmund Burke labeled them, are the public incubators of a 'new' morality, their emphasis on civic engagement at the local level central to preserving America's democratic culture on the national and international stage. More than simply championing the promise of a social renaissance, The Soul of Civil Society is essential reading for those seeking to do battle with a culturally entrenched individualism that threatens the core of America's moral vitality

Media and Power in Post-Soviet Russia (Hardcover): Ivan Zassoursky Media and Power in Post-Soviet Russia (Hardcover)
Ivan Zassoursky
R5,016 Discovery Miles 50 160 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book describes the rise of independent mass media in Russia, from the loosening of censorship under Gorbachev's policy of glasnost to the proliferation of independent newspapers and the rise of media barons during the Yeltsin years. The role of the Internet, the impact of the 1998 financial crisis, the succession of Putin, and the effort to re-impose central power over privately controlled media empires mark the end of the first decade of a Russian free press. Throughout the book there is a focus on the close intermingling of political power and media power, as the propaganda function of the press in fact never disappeared, but rather has been harnessed to multiple and conflicting ideological interests. More than a guide to the volatile Russian media scene and its players, Media and Power in Post-Soviet Russia poses questions of importance and relevance to any functioning democracy.

Boss Tweed - The Story of a Grim Generation (Paperback): Denis Lynch Boss Tweed - The Story of a Grim Generation (Paperback)
Denis Lynch
R1,398 Discovery Miles 13 980 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

No political scandal in American history has had a greater impact on America's political consciousness than the rise and fall of the "Tweed Ring" in New York City between 1866 and 1871. In an age ripe with scandal both public and private, the spectacular corruption charged to "Boss" Tweed and his associates-estimates of their extortion range from $20 million to $200 million-became an enduring symbol of the dark side of democratic politics.

The Tweed Ring contributed much more than cartoonist impressions; it helped to shape a powerful theory of political reform. It was in truth one of the formative events of progressivism, that multifaceted doctrine that has evolved into the modern American creed. In this sense, the Tweed Ring was to produce not only deep misgivings about the existing regime, but an insight into how it should be reformed.

Denis Tilden Lynch's biography of "Boss" Tweed was first published in 1927, in a time filled, like Tweed's, with sudden prosperity, daunting problems, and spectacular scandals. It is a straight-forward, workmanlike study, untroubled by the conceits of modern historical scholarship, and close enough to its subject's generation to have some of the immediacy of journalism. Of all the books published about the Tweed affair, Lynch's study is the only one that is a genuine biography, in which the man himself is the focus. For this reason it conveys something of the texture of daily life in New York in the nineteenth century, while bringing Tweed out from behind the shadows of Thomas Nast's leering cartoons, and presenting him, as much as is possible, as a man and not an icon. An interesting example of Americana, this volume will be of interest to historians of the period as well as those interested in American urban and political life.

Everyday Politics in the Philippines - Class and Status Relations in a Central Luzon Village (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition):... Everyday Politics in the Philippines - Class and Status Relations in a Central Luzon Village (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Benedict J. Tria Kerkvliet
R1,578 Discovery Miles 15 780 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This rich study examines the everyday politics of a rice farming village in central Luzon. Contending that the faction and patron-client relationships emphasized by conventional studies are but one part of Philippine political life, Kerkvliet offers a nuanced and fascinating portrait of political relationships among villagers. The world he portrays is complex and multifaceted: in a period of flux, relations of status and class shift as traditional roles give way to new social identities. The author demonstrates how disputes over land or controversies around wages lie at the heart of political life regardless of whether they manifest themselves in the usual political arenas. Kerkvliet shows how everyday politics illuminates contending beliefs about what is just and who has rights to particular resources. Furthermore, relationships between people in different class and status positions are far less harmonious than they might appear on the surface. Embedded in this contentious interaction are divergent ideas about how resources should be distributed the privileged emphasize values supported by capitalism, while the poor press rights to the satisfaction of basic needs and to human dignity. A comprehensive and masterful classic, Everyday Politics in the Philippines revises our notions of political life in the developing world. Now available again with a new preface, postscript, and updated bibliography, this updated edition will be welcomed by a broad range of social scientists."

Secession, State, and Liberty (Paperback): David Gordon Secession, State, and Liberty (Paperback)
David Gordon
R1,400 Discovery Miles 14 000 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The political impulse to secede -- to attempt to separate from central government control -- is a conspicuous feature of the post-cold war world. It is alive and growing in Canada, Russia, China, Italy, Belgium, Britain, and even the United States Yet secession remains one of the least studied and least understood of all historical and political phenomena. The contributors to this volume have filled this gap with wide-ranging investigations -- rooted in history, political philosophy, ethics, and economic theory -- of secessionist movements in the United States, Canada, and Europe.

Is secessionism extremist, a dangerous rebellion that threatens the democratic process? Gordon and his contributors think otherwise. They believe that the secessionist impulse is a vital part of the classical liberal tradition, one that emerges when national governments become too big and too ambitious. Unlike revolution, secession seeks only separation from rule, preferably through non-violent means. It is based on the moral idea, articulated by Ludwig von Mises in 1919, that "no people and no part of a people shall be held against its will in a political association that it does not want. The authors cite the famed 1861 attempt to create a confederacy of Southern states as legal, right, and a justifiable response to Northern political imperialism. They note that this was not the first American secession attempt -- the New England states tried to form their own confederacy during the War of 1812. This evidence, they argue, begs a reinterpretation of the U.S. Constitution along secessionist lines. Further they believe that the threat of secession should be revived as a bulwark against government encroachmenton individual liberty and private property rights, a guarantor of international free trade, and a protection against attempts to curb the freedom of association.

These straightforward, pellucid arguments include essays by Donald Livingston, Murray N. Rothbard, Clyde Wilson, Thomas DiLorenzo, and Bruce Benson, among others. If overgrown nations continue to decompose, as they have for the last decade, these authors believe it is essential that secession be taken seriously, and fully understood. Secession, State, and Liberty makes a vital contribution toward that end. This stimulating, thought-provoking collection is necessary reading for intellectual historians and political scientists.

Political Uses of the Past - The Recent Mediterranean Experiences (Paperback): Giovanni Levi, Jacques Revel Political Uses of the Past - The Recent Mediterranean Experiences (Paperback)
Giovanni Levi, Jacques Revel
R1,425 Discovery Miles 14 250 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This work addresses political and historiographical uses of history. A group of leading historians and thinkers discuss questions of collective identity and representation in relation to the fluctuating concept of "Past" and its changing relevance. Among the topics are Greek historiographical questions, Balkan history, the Armenian problem, and the Plaestine historical narrative.

From Immigration Controls to Welfare Controls (Paperback): Steve Cohen, Beth Humphries, Ed Mynott From Immigration Controls to Welfare Controls (Paperback)
Steve Cohen, Beth Humphries, Ed Mynott
R1,413 Discovery Miles 14 130 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


This edited collection addresses theoretical, political and practical aspects of the connection between external immigration controls and internal welfare controls. It considers the implications for the both those subject to controls and those drawn into the web of implementing internal welfare controls. Topics discussed include:
* forced dispersal of asylum seekers
* local authority and voluntary sector regulations
* nationalism, racism, class and 'fairness'
* strategies for resistance to controls
* USA controls.
The book provides support to those unwittingly drawn into administering controls, showing how the role of welfare workers as immigration control enforcers is not a sudden imposition but has exisited since the introduction of controls in 1905.
From Immigration Controls to Welfare Controls will provide a valuable resource for all those professionals who come into contact with the issues surrounding immigration.

Democracy amid Crises - Polarization, Pandemic, Protests, and Persuasion (Paperback): Matthew Levendusky, Josh Pasek, Bruce... Democracy amid Crises - Polarization, Pandemic, Protests, and Persuasion (Paperback)
Matthew Levendusky, Josh Pasek, Bruce Hardy, R. Lance Holbert, Kate Kenski, …
R657 R602 Discovery Miles 6 020 Save R55 (8%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A data-rich analysis of how the four inter-related crises of 2020 — the COVID-19 pandemic, the economic collapse and K-shaped recovery, the clashes over the legacy of racism and policing, and assaults on the legitimacy of democratic institutions (abetted by conspiracy theories) — shaped not only the 2020 election, but also the future of our democracy. The 2020 election cycle was one of the most tumultuous in the nation's history. Early in the cycle, a global pandemic hit the US, paralyzing much of the economy and raising a multitude of questions about how people would go about voting. Then, beginning in late spring, a series of police brutality cases set off a nationwide wave of protests and civil disturbances related to racial justice concerns. In the final phase, the president of the United States refused to accept the results and incited his followers to storm the US Capitol. How did all of these momentous events shape voters' opinions? And what impact did they have on the outcome? To answer these questions, Kathleen Hall Jamieson and her collaborators surveyed 9,000 Americans over the course of the year to determine how voters reacted to the events on the ground, the campaigns' attempts at persuasion, and the post-election chaos that followed Biden's victory. Generally, American voters saw the multitude of crises through the lens of their polarized partisan predispositions. But why? Jamieson and her co-authors first stress that America has multiple electorates, and they are exposed to different informational environments. The divergent messages they received shaped not only their vote choice, but also how they made sense of these crises. Interestingly, though, while many voters were locked in place by their partisan priors, a majority of those who ended up voting for either Biden or Trump were unsure of their choice and whether they would actually vote at some point during the year. What led to both the wavering in people's choices and the attitudes they eventually adopted were in large part due to the differing media environments enveloping them: the messages from the campaigns, from their family and friends, as well from those in mass and social media. But this is not a simple story of "echo chambers," where individuals are immersed in only one type of media — far from it. The distinct media environments in which these electorates experienced the election were in fact complex and varied, and the interaction between these different types of media was key. Indeed, most voters were subject to cross-cutting information pressures and not only one type of partisan source. This book's focus on the ebb and flow of the campaign over time and the centrality of wavering voters makes this an authoritative and essential account of one of the most momentous American elections ever.

The First Political Order - How Sex Shapes Governance and National Security Worldwide (Hardcover): Valerie Hudson, Donna Lee... The First Political Order - How Sex Shapes Governance and National Security Worldwide (Hardcover)
Valerie Hudson, Donna Lee Bowen, Perpetua Lynne Nielsen
R881 Discovery Miles 8 810 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Global history records an astonishing variety of forms of social organization. Yet almost universally, males subordinate females. How does the relationship between men and women shape the wider political order? The First Political Order is a groundbreaking demonstration that the persistent and systematic subordination of women underlies all other institutions, with wide-ranging implications for global security and development. Incorporating research findings spanning a variety of social science disciplines and comprehensive empirical data detailing the status of women around the globe, the book shows that female subordination functions almost as a curse upon nations. A society's choice to subjugate women has significant negative consequences: worse governance, worse conflict, worse stability, worse economic performance, worse food security, worse health, worse demographic problems, worse environmental protection, and worse social progress. Yet despite the pervasive power of social and political structures that subordinate women, history-and the data-reveal possibilities for progress. The First Political Order shows that when steps are taken to reduce the hold of inequitable laws, customs, and practices, outcomes for all improve. It offers a new paradigm for understanding insecurity, instability, autocracy, and violence, explaining what the international community can do now to promote more equitable relations between men and women and, thereby, security and peace. With comprehensive empirical evidence of the wide-ranging harm of subjugating women, it is an important book for security scholars, social scientists, policy makers, historians, and advocates for women worldwide.

No Way to Pick A President - How Money and Hired Guns Have Debased American Elections (Paperback): Jules Witcover No Way to Pick A President - How Money and Hired Guns Have Debased American Elections (Paperback)
Jules Witcover
R936 R824 Discovery Miles 8 240 Save R112 (12%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days


A seasoned political writer who has covered every presidential election since Eisenhower, Jules Witcover has seen it all: from powerful party chieftains to political analysts, from the trenches of primary elections to the high-tech weapons of mass communication. In No Way to Pick a President, he blasts the current process by which America chooses its president, denouncing the road to the White House as divisive, corrupt and noisy. costly for the candidate and the public.
As the United States marks its first presidential election of the new century, Witcover shows us how professioanl mercenaries - with little party loyalty and diminished political principles, driven by an insatiable need for money - are poisoning public life. At the same time, politicians themselves have condoned and even encouraged these developments, responding to the demands of a media driven age in which the press corps pursues its own quest for celebrity and financial reward.
No Way to Pick a president offers a wealth of presidential history. Witcover concludes with prescriptions to improve presidential politics and revive public confidence.

Dawn of Democracy in the Eastern Himalayan Kingdoms - The 20th Century (Hardcover): Awadhesh C. Sinha Dawn of Democracy in the Eastern Himalayan Kingdoms - The 20th Century (Hardcover)
Awadhesh C. Sinha
R3,870 Discovery Miles 38 700 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book traces the beginnings of democracy in the three Himalayan kingdoms of Sikkim, Nepal and Bhutan. Charting the mobilisations and political experimentations that took place in the former buffer states under monarchies to establish democratic regimes, this book investigates their varying degrees of success, and offers a critical commentary on the consequent socio-political histories of this region. The volume sheds light on the nuances of their different geo-political contexts of the three Himalayan states, while tracing the social origins of the movements. It also undertakes a close analysis of the political participation and leadership involved to understand their achievements and limitations. A comprehensive analysis of a hitherto unexplored chapter in South Asian history, it will be of an immense interest to scholars and researchers of international relations, modern history, sociology and social anthropology, politics, South Asian studies, area studies, especially Nepal and Himalayan studies, as well as policy makers and government think tanks.

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