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Politics, social theory, history of ideas
POLITICS, SOCIAL THEORY, HISTORY OF IDEAS
Political Science and the Problem of Social Order
Henrik Enroth
Shows how the problem of social order has shaped concept formation, theory, and normative argument in political science.
May 2022 229 x 152 mm c.190pp 978-1-00-909640-9 Paperback £22.99 / US$29.99 P
Text Analysis in Python for Social Scientists
Prediction and Classification Dirk Hovy
A practical guide to text classification and neural networks in Python for social scientists.
Elements in Quantitative and Computational Methods for the Social Sciences
February 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 978-1-108-95850-9 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P
The Cambridge Companion to Democracy in America
Richard Boyd
These essays explore important themes and contemporary legacies of Alexis de Tocqueville’s classic work Democracy in America.
March 2022 228 x 152 mm 250pp 978-1-316-63943-6 Paperback c. £22.99 / c. US$34.99 P
We Need to Talk
How Cross-Party Dialogue Reduces Affective Polarization Matthew S. Levendusky Dominik A. Stecula
This Element examines the affective polarization present in American politics, arguing that intergroup discussions can mitigate animosity.
Elements in Experimental Political Science
December 2021 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 978-1-00-904544-5 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P
Gender and Elections
Shaping the Future of American Politics
Fifth edition
Susan J. Carroll Richard L. Fox Kelly Dittmar
The fifth edition of Gender and Elections identifies the myriad ways gender influences electoral politics through the 2020 national elections.
December 2021 229 x 152 mm c.400pp 978-1-00-905592-5 Paperback £26.99 / US$34.99 X
Information and Democracy
Public Policy in the News Stuart N. Soroka Christopher Wlezien
A large-scale empirical investigation into the frequency and accuracy of media coverage of public policy.
Communication, Society and Politics
February 2021 229 x 152 mm c.300pp 978-1-108-81189-7 Paperback c. £26.99 / c. US$34.99 P
Beyond Rationality
Behavioral Political Science in the 21st Century Alex Mintz Nicholas A. Valentino Carly Wayne
The first textbook to present a framework of the Behavioral Political Science paradigm for understanding political decisionmaking.
November 2021 253 x 177 mm 294pp 978-1-00-901485-4 Paperback £39.99 / US$49.99 X
The Importance of Campaign Promises
Tabitha Bonilla
How do campaign promises affect voter behavior? This study shows how promises polarize voter reactions to candidates who make them.
September 2021 229 x 152 mm c.200pp 978-1-108-84333-1 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C
Democratic Resilience
Can the United States Withstand Rising Polarization? Edited by Robert C. Lieberman Suzanne Mettler Kenneth M. Roberts
This book examines how polarization threatens democracy and the sources of political and institutional resilience that can help sustain it.
November 2021 229 x 152 mm c.320pp 978-1-108-99564-1 Paperback £26.99 / US$34.99 P
Violent Resistance
Militia Formation and Civil War in Mozambique Corinna Jentzsch
Using original fieldwork, Violent Resistance explains when, where, and how communities form militias to defend themselves in civil wars.
Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics
November 2021 229 x 152 mm c.300pp 978-1-108-83745-3 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C
Theories of Institutions
Joseph Jupille James A. Caporaso
Spotlights institutions’ sociality, temporality, efficiency and power. Promotes interdisciplinary dialogue among theories of institutions.
March 2022 228 x 152 mm 304pp 978-0-521-87929-3 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C
Citizenship in Hard Times
How Ordinary People Respond to Democratic Threat Sara Wallace Goodman
A comparative study of how citizens define their civic duty in response to current threats to advanced democracies.
January 2022 229 x 152 mm c.250pp 978-1-00-906104-9 Paperback c. £22.99 / c. US$29.99 P
Re-imagining International Relations
World Orders in the Thought and Practice of Indian, Chinese, and Islamic Civilizations Barry Buzan Amitav Acharya
A novel introduction to the thought and practice of international relations from premodern India, China and the Islamic world, and how it relates to modern IR.
December 2021 216 x 140 mm c.240pp 978-1-00-907491-9 Paperback £18.99 / US$24.99 P
Demands of Justice
The Creation of a Global Human Rights Practice Ann Marie Clark
Clark demonstrates how human rights advocates developed unique tools to oppose human rights violations and seek justice in global politics.
February 2022 229 x 152 mm c.220pp 978-1-00-909726-0 Paperback £22.99 / US$29.99 P
Dreamworld or Dystopia?
The Nordic Model and Its Influence in the 21st Century Michael A. Livingston
This book explains why the Nordic Model retains its influence, especially on the Anglo-American left, notwithstanding internal problems.
December 2021 229 x 152 mm c.250pp 978-1-108-49731-2 Hardback £85.00 / US$110.00 C
States and Nature
The Effects of Climate Change on Security Joshua Busby
Develops a novel argument explaining why climate change leads to especially bad security outcomes in some places but not in others.
January 2022 229 x 152 mm c.356pp 978-1-108-95846-2 Paperback £26.99 / US$34.99 P
The Architects of International Relations
Building a Discipline, Designing the World, 1914-1940 Jan Stöckmann
Based on extensive archival research, this book provides a new and stimulating history of International Relations as an academic discipline.
January 2022 229 x 152 mm c.280pp 978-1-316-51161-9 Hardback £85.00 / US$110.00 C
China’s Contained Resource Curse
How Minerals Shape State Capital Labor Relations Vivian Jing Zhan
A novel empirical study of the ‘resource curse’ and the state response in contemporary China.
March 2022 229 x 152 mm c.330pp 978-1-316-51126-8 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C
Normative Transformation and the War on Terrorism
The Evolution of Targeted Killing, Torture, and Private Military Contracting Simon Frankel Pratt
Sociological analysis of the transformation of prohibitions on assassination, torture, and mercenaries as components of the US War on Terror.
February 2022 229 x 152 mm c.250pp 978-1-316-51517-4 Hardback £85.00 / US$110.00 C
The Estate Origins of Democracy in Russia
From Imperial Bourgeoisie to Post-Communist Middle Class Tomila V. Lankina
Lankina traces the origins of Russia’s inequalities over the past two centuries from the Tsarist institution of estates, through communism, to the present day.
December 2021 229 x 152 mm c.380pp 37 b/w illus. 1 map 26 tables 978-1-316-51267-8 Hardback £29.99 / US$39.99 P
One Road to Riches?
How State Building and Democratization Affect Economic Development Haakon Gjerløw Carl Henrik Knutsen Tore Wig Matthew Charles Wilson
This Element analyses the value of effective state institutions before introducing democracy.
Elements in Political Economy
January 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 978-1-00-905455-3 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P
Legacies of Repression in Egypt and Tunisia
Authoritarianism, Political Mobilization, and Founding Elections Alanna C. Torres-Van Antwerp
An examination of how legacies of authoritarian rule shaped the outcome of Egypt’s 2011 founding elections.
January 2022 229 x 152 mm c.255pp 978-1-00-910051-9 Hardback £90.00 / US$120.00 C
The Odds Revisited
The Political Economy of the Development of Bangladesh K. A. S. Murshid
Explains Bangladesh’s record of ‘outlier’ development through a multi-sectoral approach combining economics, politics, and history.
April 2022 229 x 152 mm c.240pp 978-1-00-912313-6 Hardback c. £80.00 / c. US$110.00 C
Marketing Democracy
The Political Economy of Democracy Aid in the Middle East Erin A. Snider
By focusing on the construction and practice of democracy aid, this book shows how democracy aid can reinforce, rather than challenge authoritarian regimes.
Cambridge Middle East Studies, 64
December 2021 229 x 152 mm c.250pp 978-1-108-84426-0 Hardback £85.00 / US$110.00 C
Second-Generation Liberation Wars
Rethinking Colonialism in Iraqi Kurdistan and Southern Sudan Yaniv Voller
An exploration of the strategies that both governments and insurgents employed in the liberation wars in Iraqi Kurdistan and South Sudan.
Intelligence and National Security in Africa and the Middle East
February 2022 229 x 152 mm c.304pp 978-1-316-51313-2 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C
What Went Right
Sustainability Versus Dependence in Nepal’s Hydropower Development Mark Liechty
Through the study of Nepal, shows a successful alternative to dominant energy infrastructure development paradigms typically imposed on developing countries.
February 2022 229 x 152 mm c.400pp 978-1-316-51490-0 Hardback c. £95.00 / c. US$125.00 C
Women and the Islamic Republic
How Gendered Citizenship Conditions the Iranian State Shirin Saeidi
A study of citizenship formation in post-1979 Iran, examining the centrality of non-elite women’s participation in the process.
Cambridge Middle East Studies, 66
January 2022 229 x 152 mm c.288pp 978-1-316-51576-1 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 X
The Art of Resistance in Islam
The Performance of Politics among Shi’i Women in the Middle East and Beyond Yafa Shanneik
Examines different forms of resistance among Muslim women in the Middle East and in the diaspora.
Cambridge Middle East Studies, 65
December 2021 229 x 152 mm c.288pp 978-1-316-51649-2 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C
City on the Edge
Hong Kong under Chinese Rule Ho-fung Hung
A timely study of Hong Kong’s politics and society since the 1997 handover that explores the city’s long history of resistance.
April 2022 216 x 138 mm c.300pp 978-1-108-84033-0 Hardback c. £20.00 / c. US$24.95 G
The Politics of LGBTQ Rights Expansion in Latin America and the Caribbean
Javier Corrales
Analyzes the role of religion, politics and social movements in relation to LGBTQ rights in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Elements in Politics and Society in Latin America
January 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 978-1-108-99520-7 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P
Fixing Stories
Local Newsmaking and International Media in Turkey and Syria Noah Amir Arjomand
Examines the role and influence of news ‘fixers’ in Turkey and Syria who assist foreign journalists with local sources and shape the news.
The Global Middle East
November 2021 229 x 152 mm c.288pp 978-1-316-51800-7 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C
Diminished Parties
Democratic Representation in Contemporary Latin America Juan Pablo Luna Rafael Piñeiro Rodríguez Fernando Rosenblatt Gabriel Vommaro
This book critiques the conventional definition of a political party and assesses parties’ role in contemporary democracies.
December 2021 229 x 152 mm c.380pp 978-1-316-51318-7 Hardback £90.00 / US$120.00 X
Patronage at Work
Public Jobs and Political Services in Argentina Virginia Oliveros
Describes what patronage employees do in exchange for their jobs and provides a novel explanation of why they do it.
November 2021 229 x 152 mm c.280pp 978-1-316-51408-5 Hardback £85.00 / US$110.00 C
African Peacekeeping
Jonathan Fisher Nina Wilén
An examination of how peacekeeping is woven into national, regional and international politics in Africa, and its consequences.
New Approaches to African History, 17
January 2022 229 x 152 mm c.272pp 978-1-108-71349-8 Paperback £22.99 / US$29.99 P
Roadblock Politics
The Origins of Violence in Central Africa Peer Schouten
Through the lens of roadblocks, Schouten offers a unique explanation of what drives conflict and state formation in Central Africa.
December 2020 229 x 152 mm c.256pp 978-1-108-71381-8 Paperback £22.99 / US$29.99 P
Social Inquiry and Bayesian Inference
Rethinking Qualitative Research Tasha Fairfield Andrew E. Charman
Provides guidance for Bayesian updating in case study, processtracing, and comparative research, in order to refine intuition and improve inferences from qualitative evidence.
Strategies for Social Inquiry
February 2022 228 x 152 mm c.300pp 978-1-108-43335-8 Paperback c. £29.99 / c. US$39.99 P
Formal Models of Domestic Politics
Second edition
Scott Gehlbach
An accessible treatment of important formal models of domestic politics, fully updated and now including a chapter on nondemocracy.
Analytical Methods for Social Research
September 2021 253 x 177 mm c.275pp 15 b/w illus. 1 table 978-1-108-74191-0 Paperback £29.99 / US$39.99 X
Experimental Thinking
A Primer on Social Science Experiments Jamie Druckman Donald Green
Novel collection of essays addressing contemporary trends in political science from a broad spectrum of interdisciplinary scholars.
January 2022 229 x 152 mm c.200pp 978-1-108-99406-4 Paperback £22.99 / US$29.99 P
Learning Morality, Inequalities, and Faith
Christian and Muslim Schools in Tanzania Hansjörg Dilger
Examines how learning and teaching morality in Tanzania’s faith-oriented schools is inextricably interwoven with the complex power relations of an interconnected world.
The International African Library
December 2021 229 x 152 mm c.292pp 978-1-316-51422-1 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C
Digital Transformations of the Public Arena
Andreas Jungherr Ralph Schroeder
This Element lays out a new framework for the digitally mediated public arena.
Elements in Politics and Communication
January 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 978-1-00-906554-2 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P
