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In this volume, scholars and teachers share ideas about new ways to
teach history, culture and theory, as well as new topics such as
gender, information flows and discourse. This book is the product
of a series of roundtable discussions conducted under the auspices
of the Annual Meetings of the International Studies Association. At
both the 1991 Meetings in Vancouver and the 1992 Meetings in
Atlanta we were extremely gratified by the response to our
roundtables on Teaching World Politics in the 1990s.
Edward Weisband's pioneering text is destined to transform the
current teaching of world political economy at both the
introductory and the advanced level. Outlining the moral principles
and ethical concepts fundamental to grasping the human significance
of poverty, he clearly reveals what is often hinted at but rarely
stated-that the political dimensions of poverty and distributive
justice constitute the organizing framework of the study of world
political economy. Against a backdrop of readings, Professor
Weisband's insightful, interpretative essays generate an
interdisciplinary discussion, a synthesis of theoretical
perspectives and value orientations, providing students with a
critical comprehension of the complex workings of the world
economy. The essays link basic approaches to world politics and
international relations, international law and organization,
international sociology, development studies, and moral philosophy
to give texture to such basic theories as modes of production,
dependency, world systems, unequal exchange, the labor theory of
value, free-trade liberalism, neomercantilism, Marxism, and
neo-Marxism. Alternative value orientations are also explored,
including realist and neo-realist, conservative and liberal,
egalitarian and cosmopolitan, radical and materialist. Poverty
Amidst Plenty combines theory and analysis with historical and
normative perspectives to offer students a relevant, prescriptive,
and most of all, human picture of the far-reaching system that
governs much of our lives.
This book focuses on transformations of political culture from
times past to future-present. It defines the meaning of political
culture and explores the cultural values and institutions of
kinship communities and dynastic intermediaries, including
chiefdoms and early states. It systematically examines the rise and
gradual universalization of modern sovereign nation-states.
Contemporary debates concerning nationality, nationalism,
citizenship, and hyphenated identities are engaged. The authors
recount the making of political culture in the American
nation-state and look at the processes of internal colonialism in
the American experience, examining how major ethnic, sectarian,
racial, and other distinctions arose and congealed into social and
cultural categories. The book concludes with a study of the
Holocaust, genocide, crimes against humanity, and the political
cultures of violation in post-colonial Rwanda and in racialized
ethno-political conflicts in various parts of the world. Struggles
over legitimacy in nation-building and state-building are at the
heart of this new take on the important role of political culture.
In this volume, scholars and teachers share ideas about new ways to
teach history, culture and theory, as well as new topics such as
gender, information flows and discourse. This book is the product
of a series of roundtable discussions conducted under the auspices
of the Annual Meetings of the International Studies Association. At
both the 1991 Meetings in Vancouver and the 1992 Meetings in
Atlanta we were extremely gratified by the response to our
roundtables on Teaching World Politics in the 1990s.
Edward Weisband's pioneering text is destined to transform the
current teaching of world political economy at both the
introductory and the advanced level. Outlining the moral principles
and ethical concepts fundamental to grasping the human significance
of poverty, he clearly reveals what is often hinted at but rarely
stated-that the political dimensions of poverty and distributive
justice constitute the organizing framework of the study of world
political economy. Against a backdrop of readings, Professor
Weisband's insightful, interpretative essays generate an
interdisciplinary discussion, a synthesis of theoretical
perspectives and value orientations, providing students with a
critical comprehension of the complex workings of the world
economy. The essays link basic approaches to world politics and
international relations, international law and organization,
international sociology, development studies, and moral philosophy
to give texture to such basic theories as modes of production,
dependency, world systems, unequal exchange, the labor theory of
value, free-trade liberalism, neomercantilism, Marxism, and
neo-Marxism. Alternative value orientations are also explored,
including realist and neo-realist, conservative and liberal,
egalitarian and cosmopolitan, radical and materialist. Poverty
Amidst Plenty combines theory and analysis with historical and
normative perspectives to offer students a relevant, prescriptive,
and most of all, human picture of the far-reaching system that
governs much of our lives.
This book focuses on transformations of political culture from
times past to future-present. It defines the meaning of political
culture and explores the cultural values and institutions of
kinship communities and dynastic intermediaries, including
chiefdoms and early states. It systematically examines the rise and
gradual universalization of modern sovereign nation-states.
Contemporary debates concerning nationality, nationalism,
citizenship, and hyphenated identities are engaged. The authors
recount the making of political culture in the American
nation-state and look at the processes of internal colonialism in
the American experience, examining how major ethnic, sectarian,
racial, and other distinctions arose and congealed into social and
cultural categories. The book concludes with a study of the
Holocaust, genocide, crimes against humanity, and the political
cultures of violation in post-colonial Rwanda and in racialized
ethno-political conflicts in various parts of the world. Struggles
over legitimacy in nation-building and state-building are at the
heart of this new take on the important role of political culture.
As it became evident that the Allies were winning World War II,
Turkish policy-makers struggled to achieve their objectives in the
shifting circumstances of wartime diplomacy. Edward Weisband's
detailed description of Turkish foreign policy from 1943 to 1945
reveals that it was complicated by the fact that its two principal
aims dictated contradictory positions. The first aim was the
priority of peace over expansionism--this implied a
noninterventionist policy. On the other hand, the belief that the
Soviet Union represented the primary threat to the security of the
Republic often made intervention to contain Russia seem necessary
for national defense. Turkish officials became determined to
influence the postwar settlement towards an equilibrium among the
great powers that would limit Soviet expansionism, which the Turks
assumed they could not do alone. Consequently, they were among the
first to envision the contours of the Cold War. After outlining the
historical origins of the ideology that lay behind Turkish
diplomacy, the first part of the book concentrates on the
policy-making process in Ankara and assesses the relative influence
of individual leaders and institutions. The second part analyzes
both Turkey's responses to the exigencies of war and the general
nature of small state diplomacy. Originally published in 1973. The
Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology
to again make available previously out-of-print books from the
distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These
editions preserve the original texts of these important books while
presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The
goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access
to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books
published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
As it became evident that the Allies were winning World War II,
Turkish policy-makers struggled to achieve their objectives in the
shifting circumstances of wartime diplomacy. Edward Weisband's
detailed description of Turkish foreign policy from 1943 to 1945
reveals that it was complicated by the fact that its two principal
aims dictated contradictory positions. The first aim was the
priority of peace over expansionism--this implied a
noninterventionist policy. On the other hand, the belief that the
Soviet Union represented the primary threat to the security of the
Republic often made intervention to contain Russia seem necessary
for national defense. Turkish officials became determined to
influence the postwar settlement towards an equilibrium among the
great powers that would limit Soviet expansionism, which the Turks
assumed they could not do alone. Consequently, they were among the
first to envision the contours of the Cold War. After outlining the
historical origins of the ideology that lay behind Turkish
diplomacy, the first part of the book concentrates on the
policy-making process in Ankara and assesses the relative influence
of individual leaders and institutions. The second part analyzes
both Turkey's responses to the exigencies of war and the general
nature of small state diplomacy. Originally published in 1973. The
Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology
to again make available previously out-of-print books from the
distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These
editions preserve the original texts of these important books while
presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The
goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access
to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books
published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Accountability is seen as an essential feature of governments,
businesses and NGOs. This volume treats it as a socially
constructed means of control that can be used by the weak as well
as the powerful. It contributes analytical depth to the diverse
debates on accountability in modern organizations by exploring its
nature, forms and impacts in civil society organizations, public
and inter-governmental agencies and private corporations. The
contributors draw from a range of disciplines to demonstrate the
inadequacy of modern rationalist prescriptions for establishing and
monitoring accountability standards, arguing that accountability
frameworks attached to principal-agent logics and applied
universally across cultures typically fail to achieve their
objectives. By examining a diverse range of empirical examples and
case studies, this book underscores the importance of grounding
accountability procedures and standards in the divergent cultural,
social and political settings in which they operate.
Accountability is seen as an essential feature of governments,
businesses and NGOs. This volume treats it as a socially
constructed means of control that can be used by the weak as well
as the powerful. It contributes analytical depth to the diverse
debates on accountability in modern organizations by exploring its
nature, forms and impacts in civil society organizations, public
and inter-governmental agencies and private corporations. The
contributors draw from a range of disciplines to demonstrate the
inadequacy of modern rationalist prescriptions for establishing and
monitoring accountability standards, arguing that accountability
frameworks attached to principal-agent logics and applied
universally across cultures typically fail to achieve their
objectives. By examining a diverse range of empirical examples and
case studies, this book underscores the importance of grounding
accountability procedures and standards in the divergent cultural,
social and political settings in which they operate.
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