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Politics, social theory, history of ideas
Georges Enderle | University of Notre Dame, Indiana Enderle illustrates the importance of corporate responsibility by integrating wealth creation and human rights. An invaluable reference for students, teachers and researchers in business and economic ethics, social sciences and human rights studies, as well as for leaders in business, civil society organizations and international institutions. • Proposes a radically new framework of corporate responsibility • Builds on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and provides solid ethical justification • Presents numerous corporate examples to illustrate the practical relevance of this new framework of corporate responsibility December 2020 229 x 152 mm c.275pp 978-1-108-83080-5 Hardback £85.00 / US$110.00 C
Corporate Governance and Leadership The Board as the Nexus of Leadership-inGovernance
Monique Cikaliuk | University of Auckland This Element deals with leadership and governance of corporations from the point of view of the board. We expand our understanding of board leadership by focusing on the modern company as a legal person comprised of a capital fund and the relationships among directors, shareholders, management and stakeholders.
Elements in Corporate Governance
September 2020 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 978-1-108-81549-9 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P
The Economics of Venture Capital Firm Operations in India
Kshitija Joshi | Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore This study is the first of its kind in India based on a sample of about seventy venture capital firms that cover about 85% of the funded deals between 2010 and 2014. An in-depth review of the policies in the context of start-ups in general and venture capital and entrepreneurial ecosystem in particular is also provided. • The first study in the Indian context that is based on hand-collected dataset of seventy venture capital firms • Primary data is rigorously analyzed using the best-in-class statistical techniques • Provides complete insight into the entrepreneurial ecosystem and the micro-level decision-making strategic aspects of individual venture capital firms September 2020 228 x 152 mm c.400pp 978-1-108-83634-0 Hardback £95.00 / US$125.00 C
Learning to Negotiate
Georg Berkel | Negotiationconsulting.com Moving beyond the typical rulebook approach to negotiation, this new textbook combines practitioner guidance with empirical research to teach negotiation as a skill that can be learned and mastered. For MBA and law students studying negotiation, as well as executives seeking to develop these skills. • Combines guidance on negotiating practice and negotiating learning into a coherent, instructive narrative • Provides many case studies and graphic illustrations throughout • Draws upon a wide interdisciplinary spread of subjects beyond the central focus on business and law, including neuroscience, psychology, game theory, biology, politics, history, natural sciences, and philosophy Contents: Preface; Introduction; Part I. Ambivalence: 1. The tactical paradox; 2. The strategic dilemma; 3. The cognitive ambiguity; Part II. Blocking: 4. The illusion of coherence; 5. The illusion of competence; 6. The illusion of acumen; Part III. Ambitious Humility: 7. Understanding; 8. Know how; 9. Thinking; Outlook; Bibliography; Index. September 2020 246 x 189 mm c.300pp 978-1-108-49591-2 Hardback £54.99 / US$74.99 X 978-1-108-81107-1 Paperback £21.99 / US$28.99 X
The Work of Politics Making a Democratic Welfare State
Steven Klein | University of Florida The book is necessary reading for political theorists and scholars interested in democracy and the welfare state, providing a new analysis of the relationship between social movements, welfare institutions, and theories of democracy and domination. It is also of interest to scholars working on 19th and 20th century European political philosophy. • Develops a new theory of the relationship between the welfare state and democracy in an accessible fashion • Provides original interpretations of central theorists in 20th century political theory • Demonstrates how to use historical evidence and interpretation to enrich arguments in political theory September 2020 228 x 152 mm c.250pp 2 tables 978-1-108-47862-5 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C
Recognizing Resentment
Michelle Schwarze | University of Wisconsin, Madison We typically think of resentment as an unjustifiable and volatile emotion. Recognizing Resentment argues instead that sympathy with the resentment of victims of injustice is vital for upholding justice in liberal societies, because it entails recognition of the equal moral and political status of those with whom we sympathize. • Introduces an overlooked but important theory in liberalism that addresses its contemporary central criticisms • Provides a dense, historical theory in comprehensive, contemporary terms • Includes examples of historical and interdisciplinary research on emotions and empathy October 2020 229 x 152 mm c.185pp 978-1-108-47866-3 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C
Target Estimation and Adjustment Weighting for Survey Nonresponse and Sampling Bias
Devin Caughey | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Nonresponse and other sources of bias are endemic features of public opinion surveys. We elaborate a general workflow of weighting-based survey inference, and describe in detail how this can be applied to the analysis of historical and contemporary opinion polls.
Elements in Quantitative and Computational Methods for the Social Sciences
September 2020 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 978-1-108-79415-2 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P
Agent-Based Models of Polarization and Ethnocentrism
Michael Laver | New York University In this Element we develop: stochastic models, which add a crucial element of uncertainty to human interaction; models of human interactions structured by social networks; and ‘evolutionary’ models in which agents using more effective decision rules are more likely to survive and prosper than others.
Elements in Quantitative and Computational Methods for the Social Sciences
April 2020 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 978-1-108-79640-8 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P
Unsupervised Machine Learning for Clustering in Political and Social Research
Philip D. Waggoner | University of Chicago Offers researchers and teachers an introduction to clustering, which is a prominent class of unsupervised machine learning for exploring and understanding latent, non-random structure in data. A suite of widely used clustering techniques is covered, in addition to R code and real data to facilitate interaction with the concepts.
Elements in Quantitative and Computational Methods for the Social Sciences
September 2020 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 978-1-108-79338-4 Paperback c. £15.00 / c. US$20.00 P
Images as Data for Social Science Research An Introduction to Convolutional Neural Nets for Image Classification
Nora Webb Williams | University of Illinois, UrbanaChampaign Shows how innovation in computer vision methods can markedly lower the costs of using images as data. Introduces readers to deep learning algorithms commonly used for object recognition, facial recognition, and visual sentiment analysis. Provides guidance and instruction for scholars interested in using these methods in their own research.
Elements in Quantitative and Computational Methods for the Social Sciences
August 2020 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 32 b/w illus. 978-1-108-81685-4 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P
Brexitland Identity, Diversity and the Reshaping of British Politics
Maria Sobolewska | University of Manchester An authoritative and accessible account of how long-term social and demographic changes – and the conflicts they create – continue to transform British politics. A book for anyone who wants to better understand the remarkable political times in which we live. • An accessible account of the political history and social trends that led to Brexit • Provides a detailed worked analysis of how identity conflicts have influenced party competition in Britain • Extends the analysis of the 2016 referendum to the wider electoral context September 2020 216 x 140 mm c.240pp 978-1-108-47357-6 Hardback £49.99 / US$64.99 G 978-1-108-46190-0 Paperback £15.99 / US$19.99 T
Citizenship Reimagined A New Framework for State Rights in the United States
Allan Colbern | Arizona State University This book is for scholars, policy makers, advocacy groups, and concerned citizens who are interested in immigration politics and law, citizenship rights and civil rights, American political development, and federalism and state politics. • Establishes a precise right-based framework for multidimensional citizenship, drawing insights from comparative politics and mapping indicators for future empirical work • Provides a novel formulation of rights, including the right to develop human capital, right to free movement, and the right to identify and belong • Traces the intersection between citizenship and federalism throughout
US history, explaining how social movements, parties, and courts have interacted within the context of federalism to shape the contours of citizenship rights over time • Offers a vision for progressive state citizenship that will interest policy makers and activists and is relevant to understand immigrant rights as well as other group rights August 2020 228 x 152 mm c.300pp 22 b/w illus. 14 tables 978-1-108-84104-7 Hardback c. £80.00 / c. US$110.00 P 978-1-108-74472-0 Paperback c. £22.99 / c. US$29.99 P
Learning from Loss The Democrats, 2016–2020
Seth Masket | University of Denver An essential guide to American politics, the Democratic Party, and the US party system at a time of turmoil and uncertainty. Masket offers a unique, real-time examination of how the Democratic Party interpreted its 2016 defeat and why a focus on electability led to Joe Biden’s nomination in 2020. • Offers a unique insight into a key period in the history of the
Democratic Party and a time of transition and uncertainty for the broader American party system from one of the country’s leading analysts • Draws on deep research conducted from 2017–2020, including extensive interviews and follow-ups with Democratic activists and analysis of fundraising, endorsements, public opinion, and media coverage • Evaluates the salience and consequences of the narratives that Hillary
Clinton lost in 2016 because of ‘identity politics’ and/or because she was a woman • Draws lessons from American history and political science research November 2020 228 x 152 mm c.300pp 978-1-108-48212-7 Hardback £19.99 / US$24.95 T
American Rage How Anger Shapes Our Politics
Steven W. Webster | Indiana University This book is for scholars and students of American politics, political behavior, and political psychology, especially those interested in emotions in politics, polarization, public opinion and democratic values. It shows how anger – omnipresent in contemporary US politics – affects public opinion and voting behavior. • Draws on theories and measures from political science and psychology • Provides both contemporary and historical context for experimental analyses • Presents data from experiments conducted with nearly 10,000 people August 2020 228 x 152 mm c.250pp 978-1-108-49137-2 Hardback £69.99 / US$89.99 P 978-1-108-81192-7 Paperback £22.99 / US$29.99 P
The Disinformation Age Politics, Technology, and Disruptive Communication in the United States
Edited by W. Lance Bennett | University of Washington Understanding the post-fact era requires going beyond foreign influence or the rise of social media. This examination of the origins and workings of the US disinformation system shows how political strategies and communication practices have undermined authoritative democratic institutions. This title is available as Open Access on Cambridge Core. • Brings together perspectives from history, communication studies, data science, political science, and sociology to offer a richer, more sophisticated view of disinformation than is available through any one discipline alone • Examines the political and historical origins of today’s ‘post-fact era’, connecting current challenges to a longer-term constellation of actors and changes that have undermined public trust in the institutions that citizens once turned to for authoritative information • Proposes solutions that are focused on addressing root causes rather than treating symptoms • This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core
SSRC Anxieties of Democracy
November 2020 228 x 152 mm c.312pp 978-1-108-84305-8 Hardback c. £75.00 / c. US$100.00 P 978-1-108-82378-4 Paperback c. £22.99 / c. US$29.99 G
The Antebellum Origins of the Modern Constitution Slavery and the Spirit of the American Founding
Simon J. Gilhooley | Bard College, New York The emergence of slavery in the District of Columbia profoundly transformed constitutional interpretation. Gilhooley’s account of this interaction, and how it forms the basis of modern constitutional understandings grounded in the American Founding, is for scholars of the US Constitution, American history and politics, and legal studies. • Charts the development of the relationship between the US
Constitution and slavery in a political history • Offers a new understanding of the political and constitutional significance of debates over slavery in Washington, DC in the 1830s • Provides an interdisciplinary account of the development of a view of the US Constitution as tied to the founding era
Cambridge Studies on the American Constitution
December 2020 229 x 152 mm c.350pp 978-1-108-49612-4 Hardback £85.00 / US$110.00 C
Social Media and Democracy The State of the Field, Prospects for Reform
Edited by Nathaniel Persily | Stanford University, California This book is a state-of-the-art account of what we know and do not know about the impact of digital technology on democracy. It will interest scholars, policymakers, and philanthropic organizations. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core. • First book of its kind to synthesize state of the field on social media and democracy • Provides tools and arguments to help advance the support and production of policy-relevant research • Brings together a multi-disciplinary group of scholars to provide political, social, and technical perspectives • Addresses the misperceptions underpinning popular commentary and government regulation of Big Tech • This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core
SSRC Anxieties of Democracy
September 2020 228 x 152 mm c.350pp 978-1-108-83555-8 Hardback £74.99 / US$99.99 P 978-1-108-81289-4 Paperback £22.99 / US$29.99 P
Peacekeeping, Policing, and the Rule of Law after Civil War
Robert A. Blair | Brown University, Rhode Island This book engages scholars of political science, international relations, sociology, and law by challenging pervasive pessimism about the role institutions like the UN play in restoring the rule of law in countries recovering from civil war. Providing practical guidance for international intervention, it is also a key source for policymakers. • Engages with both academic and policy writing on peacekeeping and post-conflict reconstruction and reform • Blends insights from legal theory and criminology with theoretical intuitions and empirical findings from political science and international relations • Offers new theory to explain how international intervention can help restore the rule of law in the world’s weakest and most war-torn states • Features original household surveys of over 10,000 Liberians, highly disaggregated data on UN personnel and activities across Africa, and hundreds of interviews with UN officials, local leaders, citizens, and government and civil society representatives October 2020 228 x 152 mm c.225pp 978-1-108-83521-3 Hardback £79.99 / US$105.00 P 978-1-108-79981-2 Paperback £26.99 / US$34.99 P
Immigrant Incorporation in East Asian Democracies
Erin Aeran Chung | The Johns Hopkins University Based on interviews and focus groups with immigrants in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan, this book examines how past struggles for democracy shape current movements for immigrant rights and recognition. Students, researchers, and practitioners will gain insight into the gaps between immigration policies and practices in East Asia and beyond. • Provides an in-depth comparison of immigration politics in three East
Asian industrial democracies to explain different trajectories • Connects regional trends in East Asia with key theoretical debates in the social sciences • Documents the voices of immigrants to better understand the political choices they make when becoming permanent members of their receiving societies October 2020 228 x 152 mm 270pp 978-1-107-04253-7 Hardback £79.99 / US$105.00 P 978-1-107-61696-7 Paperback £26.99 / US$34.99 P
Inward Conquest The Political Origins of Modern Public Services
Ben W. Ansell | University of Oxford Ansell and Lindvall present the first comprehensive analysis of the origins of modern public services. Recounting conflicts among parties and religious groups over the political control of services, from prisons to schools and asylums, the book is for anyone interested in political science, public administration, history, and political sociology. • Provides a novel dataset and includes an analysis of patterns of governance in seven policy areas across nineteen countries from 1800 to 1939 • Moves beyond standard modernization accounts of public services to explore who the important political actors were and what they sought to achieve • Draws connections between disparate services such as education, prisons, and midwifery
Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
December 2020 228 x 152 mm 230pp 978-1-107-19739-8 Hardback £85.00 / US$110.00 P 978-1-316-64776-9 Paperback £26.99 / US$34.99 P
A Loud but Noisy Signal? Public Opinion and Education Reform in Western Europe
Marius R. Busemeyer | Universität Konstanz, Germany This book explores how public opinion influences the politics of education reform. It features a comprehensive analysis of public opinion on education policy in eight Western European countries, as well as detailed case studies on reform processes in these countries. • This accessible yet thorough analysis breaks new empirical ground in the field of education policy by providing new data from a representative survey in eight Western European countries • The multi-method research conducted shows how both quantitative and qualitative perspectives can be fruitfully combined • Develops a broader argument about the role of public opinion, party politics and interest groups in policy-making that can be applied to other policy fields
Cambridge Studies in the Comparative Politics of Education
September 2020 228 x 152 mm 378pp 50 b/w illus. 5 tables 978-1-108-47849-6 Hardback £89.99 / US$120.00 P 978-1-108-74587-1 Paperback £29.99 / US$39.95 P
Policy Controversies and Political Blame Games
Markus Hinterleitner | Brown University, Rhode Island This book is addressed not only to researchers and students interested in political conflict and blame games in the fields of political science, public policy, public administration, political communication, and media studies, but to everyone concerned about the functioning of democracy in more conflictual times. • Develops a new approach for the study of political blame games that yields new insights into political conflict in Western democracies • Analyses and compares a great variety of policy controversies from failed infrastructure projects to procurement problems to food scandals to security issues to flawed policy reforms • Contains an innovative comparative research design that allows readers to compare blame games across issue areas and countries and to learn how complex political events can be theoretically captured and compared in a ‘context-sensitive’ way • Open Access title
Cambridge Studies in Comparative Public Policy
July 2020 229 x 152 mm c.220pp 978-1-108-49486-1 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C
How Insurgency Begins Rebel Group Formation in Uganda and Beyond
Janet I. Lewis | George Washington University, Washington DC How and why do armed rebellions start? This study offers a rare look into the incipient stages of rebellion, arguing that only rebel groups controlling local rumor networks survive and become viable challengers to governments. It is a valuable resource for both scholars and policymakers of political science. • Presents a largely qualitative approach that engages with and complements quantitative studies on conflict onset • Introduces a novel theory using language and examples that are accessible to readers without specialized training in political science • Offers key contributions to the current literature on civil war and political violence
Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
September 2020 228 x 152 mm c.200pp 18 b/w illus. 3 maps 978-1-108-47966-0 Hardback £74.99 / US$99.99 P 978-1-108-79047-5 Paperback £26.99 / US$34.99 P
Rethinking Media Research for Changing Societies
Edited by Matthew Powers | University of Washington This volume brings together leading scholars grappling with questions about the implications of media transformations for public life. With chapters exploring data collection, journalism, digital engagement, and the role of scholars, this book is a valuable resource to students and researchers across political science and communication studies. • Provides diverse theoretical treatments to help guide communication researchers • Addresses historical roots of current scholarly concerns, while engaging in novel issues brought into focus by contemporary developments in politics, technology, and culture • Offers scholars a set of issues and questions to spur new research topics
Communication, Society and Politics
August 2020 228 x 152 mm c.222pp 978-1-108-84051-4 Hardback £74.99 / US$99.99 P 978-1-108-81418-8 Paperback £22.99 / US$29.99 P
Why Allies Rebel Defiant Local Partners in Counterinsurgency Wars
Barbara Elias | Bowdoin College, Maine Analysing policy documents from nine counterinsurgency wars, Elias asks why powerful militaries have difficulty managing local partners. Revealing a critical political dynamic in military interventions, this book will appeal to academics and policymakers addressing counterinsurgency issues in foreign policy, security studies and political science. • Examines nine large-scale post-colonial wars • Uses thousands of primary source documents to examine alliances between local and intervening forces in counterinsurgencies • Offers a new model explaining allied behaviour in complying with, or defying, the requests of foreign allies, and explaining uncooperative behaviour July 2020 229 x 152 mm c.370pp 15 b/w illus. 27 tables 978-1-108-49010-8 Hardback £90.00 / US$120.00 C
East Asia in the World Twelve Events That Shaped the Modern International Order
Edited by Stephan Haggard | University of California, San Diego This accessible collection of essays provides an introduction to twelve seminal events in the international relations of East Asia. The East Asian historical experience provides a wealth of new cases, patterns, and findings, helping us to move beyond Eurocentric conceptions of international relations derived from the Western experience. • Includes interdisciplinary research on twelve key events from East
Asian history that are largely overlooked in the study of international relations • Demonstrates how dialogue between historians and political scientists can lead to new findings • Accessible for readers without specialized training in international relations theory or Asian history October 2020 228 x 152 mm c.350pp 978-1-108-47987-5 Hardback £74.99 / US$99.99 P 978-1-108-79089-5 Paperback £26.99 / US$34.99 P
The Rise of Responsibility in World Politics
Edited by Hannes Hansen-Magnusson | Cardiff University The concept of responsibility has emerged as central to the study of international politics. This book explores responsibility as a cross-cutting theme spanning across three governance sectors: the environment, business, and security. The authors explore how the rise of responsibility implicates underlying moral values in global politics. • Paves the way for an interdisciplinary dialogue between political theory, global ethics, international law and international relations • Aims to overcome disciplinary narrowness and offer an alternative theoretical concept on par with accountability and legitimacy • Discusses the implications of the rise of responsibility and how it relates to policy-making September 2020 228 x 152 mm c.280pp 4 tables 978-1-108-49094-8 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C
TEXTBOOK
Fourth edition Ian Hurd | Northwestern University, Illinois Now in its fourth edition, this is the definitive introduction to modern international organizations. Combining international law, politics, and case studies in an accessible package, this leading textbook presents the UN, WTO, ICC, and ten other institutions, explaining the legal treaties and exploring the political controversies for each. • Provides a realistic and balanced account of international organizations • Includes lively and interesting discussions of prominent issues in today’s headlines • Built around a strong theoretical framework that is clearly explained and grounded in contemporary international relations theory Contents: 1. Introduction to international organizations; 2. Theory, methods, and international organizations; 3. The United Nations I: law and administration; 4. The United Nations II: international peace and security; 5. The World Trade Organization; 6. The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank; 7. The International Labor Organization; 8. Refugees and international migration: UNHCR, the IOM, and the 1951 Convention; 9. The International Court of Justice; 10. The International Criminal Court; 11. The European Union and regional organizations; 12. Conclusion. August 2020 244 x 170 mm 334pp 978-1-108-84058-3 Hardback £84.99 / US$110.00 X 978-1-108-81431-7 Paperback £29.99 / US$38.99 X
Ethics and International Relations A Tragic Perspective
Richard Ned Lebow | University of Cambridge Foreign policies consistent with generally accepted ethical norms are more likely to succeed, and those at odds with them to fail. Constructing original data sets and analysing multiple case studies, Lebow makes an empirical case for ethics in international relations. • Sets up a framework for a novel ‘empirical’ approach to ethics, distinguishing ‘is’ from ‘ought’ questions • Makes an evidenced case for ethics in foreign policy • Considers and analyses policymaking, as well as policies, in relation to ethics October 2020 229 x 152 mm c.270pp 4 b/w illus. 978-1-108-84346-1 Hardback £64.99 / US$84.99 P 978-1-108-82516-0 Paperback £22.99 / US$29.99 P
Constitutionalizing World Politics The Logic of Democratic Power and the Unintended Consequences of International Treaty Making
Karolina M. Milewicz | University of Oxford Constitutionalization of world politics is emerging as an unintended consequence of international treaty making driven by the logic of democratic power. The analysis will appeal to scholars of International Relations and International Law interested in international cooperation, as well as institutional and constitutional theory and practice. • Proposes a novel theory addressing central issues of cooperation and institutions in international affairs • Provides an interdisciplinary approach, bringing together rigorous scientific analysis with legal debates and concepts • Develops a causal analysis of the important legal concept of constitutionalization through an international relations lens, drawing on comparative constitutional history and quantitative method July 2020 228 x 152 mm c.300pp 19 b/w illus. 48 tables 978-1-108-83509-1 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C
The Closure of the International System How Institutions Create Political Equalities and Hierarchies
Lora Anne Viola | Freie Universität Berlin Of interest to students and scholars of international relations theory, global history, and international organizations, this book sheds light on why international institutions remain torn between extending political equality to new actors and monopolizing political rights for an exclusive set of members – and how demands for equality can lead to new inequalities. • Provides a contrast to the widely held idea that the system has been expanding or – in more recent vocabulary – globalizing over time • Offers a dynamic theory to explain why apparent ‘progress’ in extending sovereign equality rights to new actors does not eliminate hierarchy • Provides a basis for thinking about questions of global justice in light of recent crises in the multilateral institutional order
Cambridge Studies in International Relations, 153
July 2020 229 x 152 mm c.336pp 978-1-108-48225-7 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C
Weak States at Global Climate Negotiations
Federica Genovese | University of Essex Providing new empirical evidence to support the theory, the author provides an explanation for the power of weak states in international climate negotiations. It is argued that assumptions on their coordinated salience for climate issues are insufficent and the author pushes the leaders of strong countries to concede power to weaker states.
Elements in International Relations
July 2020 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 978-1-108-79090-1 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P
Social Media and International Relations
Sarah Kreps | Cornell University, New York The 2016 US election highlighted the potential for foreign governments to employ social media for strategic advantages. This Element explores how social media can amplify and shift the balance of popular opinion on complex foreign policy issues and the different impacts in an open media, democratic environment and a more controlled regime.
Elements in International Relations
August 2020 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 978-1-108-82681-5 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P
The World Imagined Collective Beliefs and Political Order in the Sinocentric, Islamic and Southeast Asian International Societies
Hendrik Spruyt | Northwestern University, Illinois Spruyt explains how collective belief systems influenced the political order in three non-European societies c.1500–1900, and the way in which these polities engaged the Western colonial empires. The interdisciplinary approach of this book will appeal to students and scholars of international relations, historical sociology and global history. • Applies an interdisciplinary approach using insights from political science, sociology, and cultural studies • Develops a methodology to study the influence of collective beliefs on political organization and international societies • Links historical study to contemporary politics and international relations
LSE International Studies
July 2020 228 x 152 mm 410pp 6 b/w illus. 978-1-108-49121-1 Hardback £64.99 / US$84.99 P 978-1-108-81174-3 Paperback £22.99 / US$29.99 P
Contested Capital Rural Middle Classes in India
Maryam Aslany | University of Oxford It explores the formation of India’s rural middle class, which rests on a complex, and often contradictory, set of processes that began unfolding with growing industrialisation in rural areas. It examines its composition, characteristics and social identification from the perspectives of three major class theorists: Marx, Weber and Bourdieu. • Studies perspectives from Marx, Weber and Bourdieu • Develops transferable methodological approach that interrogate theories, and bridges social theories and practice • Offers theoretical pluralism September 2020 228 x 152 mm c.365pp 978-1-108-83633-3 Hardback £90.00 / US$120.00 C
Risk and the Rupee in Pakistan’s New Economy Financial Inclusion and Monetary Change in a Frontier Market
Antonia Settle | University of Melbourne The book challenges the development sector’s embrace of financial inclusion as social and economic policy solution to new instabilities associated with the deregulation of money and prices in developing economies. Economic globalisation generates new risks for ordinary people that undermine the development agenda by unwinding financial inclusion. • Engages cutting edge questions of political economy – about the evolution of money and monetary management under global markets – with development thinking • Further develops the critique of financial inclusion, which has certainly posed an important critique but has often been quite simplistic • Contributes to academic debates within post-Keynesian theory September 2020 228 x 152 mm c.275pp 978-1-108-48993-5 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C
Mobility as Capability Women in the Indian Informal Economy Nikhila Menon
Provides valuable insights on the dynamics of women’s mobility, autonomy and agency in India’s informal labour market. It illustrates mixed methods research and challenges the current discourse on gender and paid work using Capability Approach. • Provides insights on lived experiences of hard to reach community of informal women workers • Challenges the myth of exalted status of women in the Kerala model of development • In-depth analysis of the complex patriarchal structures of State, markets and work places which stifle women’s agency September 2020 228 x 152 mm c.300pp 978-1-108-83642-5 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C
Land Acquisition and Resource Development in Contemporary India
Shashi Ratnaker Singh | University of Cambridge It highlights the reasons for large scale land conflicts in India, scale of stalled investments, social movements, evolution of land acquisition and mining laws, and what led to the amendments of Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition Resettlement and Rehabilitation Act 2013 and Mining and Mineral Act 2015. • Selectively merges theoretical perspectives on land and natural resource governance • Explains the compensation arguments at two levels: between the project developers and the local project affected community and between the central and provincial governments over the issue of ‘fair’ resource revenue sharing • Advances the argument that the land acquisition drive in India is mired in the politics of two contradictory developmental claims October 2020 228 x 152 mm c.300pp 978-1-108-48692-7 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C
Convergence and Diversity in the Governance of Higher Education Comparative Perspectives
Edited by Giliberto Capano | Università degli Studi, Bologna, Italy This volume offers a comprehensive set of approaches to understanding the changing dimensions of higher education governance, the structural, institutional, and regional-national drivers precipitating convergence and divergence in governance approaches, and maps the directions of change, their consequences and outcomes. • Comprehensive global overview of higher education governance in
North America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America • Offers theoretical advancement in the study of higher education systems, appealing to those seeking new, innovative conceptual and theoretical approaches to frame their scholarship • Provides a detailed conceptual breakdown of various facets of governance in higher education including internationalization, research, accountability, quality assurance, and institutional decisionmaking
Cambridge Studies in Comparative Public Policy
October 2020 229 x 152 mm c.400pp 978-1-108-48396-4 Hardback £95.00 / US$125.00 C
Monopsony Capitalism Power and Production in the Twilight of the Sweatshop Age
Ashok Kumar | Birkbeck, University of London This book explores the combination of capital’s changing composition and labour’s subjective agency to examine whether the waning days of the ‘sweatshop’ have indeed begun. Focused on the garment and footwear sectors, it introduces a universal logic that governs competition and reshapes the chain. • Analyses workers’ collective action at various sites of production – China, India, Honduras, United States primarily, and Vietnam,
Cambodia, Bangladesh, Indonesia secondarily • Contributes to ongoing strategies to bolster workers’ bargaining power in sectors plagued by poverty and powerlessness
Development Trajectories in Global Value Chains
September 2020 228 x 152 mm c.295pp 978-1-108-73197-3 Paperback £29.99 / US$39.99 C
Contention in Times of Crisis Recession and Political Protest in Thirty European Countries
Edited by Hanspeter Kriesi | European University Institute, Florence The first comprehensive overview of the waves of protest that spread across Europe in the wake of the Great Recession, examining thirty countries. It will appeal to students and scholars interested in social movements, political protest, contentious politics, and protest event analysis. • Provides a comprehensive overview of political protest in Europe during the Great Recession • Shows the variation of political protest across three key regions of
Europe: northwestern, southern and central-eastern Europe • Authored by a team of leading academics in the field of European politics August 2020 228 x 152 mm c.300pp 50 b/w illus. 34 tables 978-1-108-83511-4 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C
Women and the Holy City The Struggle over Jerusalem’s Sacred Space
Lihi Ben Shitrit | University of Georgia Jerusalem’s Temple Mount/al-Haram al-Sharif is one of the holiest places in the world for Jews and Muslims and a constant feature in the IsraeliPalestinian conflict. This study addresses the gendered dimensions of inter-communal disputes over sacred space in Jerusalem and the role of women in these conflicts. • The first comprehensive and comparative account of women’s involvement in the contestation over Jerusalem’s sacred space • Explores both Jewish-Israeli and Muslim-Palestinian cases, as well as both progressive and conservative movements in one sacred space • Sheds light on the complex and problematic usage of the discourse of religious freedom in contested holy sites December 2020 229 x 152 mm c.304pp 978-1-108-48547-0 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C
Endgames Military Response to Protest in Arab Autocracies
Hicham Bou Nassif | Claremont McKenna College, California Building on interviews with Arab officers, extensive fieldwork and archival research, as well as hundreds of memoirs published by Arab officers, this study explores the military politics of the 2011 Arab Spring in Egypt, Syria, Tunisia, and Libya. • An exploration of military politics in Egypt, Syria, Tunisia, and Libya, before and during the 2011 Arab Spring • Shows how divergent combinations of coup-proofing tactics account for different patterns of military politics across the Middle East • Based on extensive fieldwork and archival research, as well as hundreds of memoirs published by Arab officers October 2020 228 x 152 mm c.300pp 978-1-108-84124-5 Hardback £74.99 / US$99.99 P 978-1-108-81015-9 Paperback £27.99 / US$34.99 P
Managing Transition The First Post-Uprising Phase in Tunisia and Libya
Sabina Henneberg | The Johns Hopkins University, Maryland Examining the factors that shaped the first interim governments of Tunisia and Libya which formed in the immediate aftermath of popular uprisings that brought down their long-standing dictators, including decisions around leadership, institutional reform, transitional justice, and the electoral processes themselves. • Examines factors that shaped the first interim governments of Tunisia and Libya in the immediate aftermath of the uprisings that brought down their long-standing dictators • Traces the importance of the key features and decisions made during these transition periods • Demonstrates how both actors’ decisions and internal structural conditions interact to shape political transition October 2020 228 x 152 mm c.275pp 978-1-108-84200-6 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C
Trust and the Islamic Advantage Religious-Based Movements in Turkey and the Muslim World
Avital Livny | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign This book will interest scholars and students of comparative politics, Middle East politics, religion, and collective action. Examining the rise of Islamicbased politics and economics, Livny argues that these movements have a comparative advantage because they inspire feelings of trust among individuals with a shared, religious group-identity. • Combines qualitative and quantitative research • Defines the key conditions that make interpersonal trust necessary for cooperation and coordination • Combines existing theories of social (group) identity with theories of religion, identifying previously unexplored similarities between the two September 2020 228 x 152 mm c.256pp 978-1-108-48552-4 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C
Surviving the War in Syria Survival Strategies in a Time of Conflict
Justin Schon | University of Florida Based on extensive fieldwork in Turkey, Jordan, Kenya, and the United States, with over two hundred interviews with Syrian refugees, this study examines how repertoires of survival strategies, including fighting, protesting, collaborating, hiding, and migration, are a critical framework for understanding civilian behaviour in conflict zones. • Examines entire repertoires of survival strategies, not just migration, in a unique framework for understanding civilian behaviour in conflict zones • Based on extensive fieldwork in Turkey, Jordan, Kenya, and the United
States, with over two hundred interviews with Syrian refugees • Will guide new research on civil wars, affecting how we think about other survival strategies, from political, violent, to environmental threats September 2020 228 x 152 mm c.210pp 978-1-108-84251-8 Hardback £29.99 / US$39.99 P
International Relations in the Middle East Hegemonic Strategies and Regional Order
Ewan Stein | University of Edinburgh Developing an original theoretical approach to understanding the roots of regional conflict and cooperation, this is an accessible course book on international relations in the Middle East, covering domestic and international foreign policy dynamics in a range of states, including Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Turkey. • An accessible course book on international relations in the Middle East covering domestic and international foreign policy dynamics • Enables specialist and non-specialist readers to gain insight into how and why Middle Eastern regional order has changed over time • Presents a century of foreign policy trajectories in a range of states, including Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Turkey December 2020 228 x 152 mm 288pp 978-1-107-18189-2 Hardback £64.99 / US$84.99 P 978-1-316-63302-1 Paperback £21.99 / US$28.99 P
Winning Lebanon Youth Politics, Populism, and the Production of Sectarian Violence, 1920–1958
Dylan Baun | University of Alabama, Huntsville Using unique sources to highlight the daily lives of the young men and women of Lebanon’s youth politics, this study traces the political and cultural history of a diverse set of youth-centric organizations from the 1920s to 1950s to reveal how their distinct type of politics and populism would play a role in the making of modern Lebanon. • A cultural and political history of youth culture and youth-centric organizations in Lebanon from 1920–1958 • Outlines how the politics and populism established by youth movements played a significant role in the making of modern Lebanon • Adds new perspectives on popular culture and youth social formation in the history of the modern Middle East
Cambridge Middle East Studies, 59
November 2020 229 x 152 mm c.250pp 978-1-108-49152-5 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C
The Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan
Joas Wagemakers | Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands A wide-ranging account of the Muslim Brotherhood’s long history and complex relationship with the Jordanian state, parliament and society since its founding in 1945, showing the ideological and behavioural development of a group which relies on age-old concepts derived from classical Islam to influence beliefs in the modern-day nation-state. • An in-depth account of the Muslim Brotherhood’s long history, ideological development and complex relationship with the Jordanian state, parliament and society • Shows the fascinating internal ideological consistency of a group which relies on age-old concepts derived from classical Islam to influence beliefs in the modern-day nation-state • A detailed study of Islamist ideology that helps explain political science debates on the moderation of fundamentalist groups
Cambridge Middle East Studies, 60
September 2020 228 x 152 mm c.325pp 978-1-108-83965-5 Hardback £64.99 / US$84.99 P 978-1-108-81353-2 Paperback £22.99 / US$29.99 P
Amnon Aran | City University London The first study of Israeli foreign policy towards the Middle East and selected world powers, including China, India, the European Union and the US since the end of the Cold War to the present, providing essential historical context for the domestic political scene during these pivotal decades. • Provides the first account of Israeli foreign policy since the end of the
Cold War to the present • Demonstrates how Israeli foreign policy has been shaped by three domestic factors, the decision-makers, the security network and Israeli national identity • Offers new information about specific episodes in Israeli foreign policy since the end of the Cold War
Cambridge Middle East Studies, 61
December 2020 228 x 152 mm 300pp 978-1-107-05249-9 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C
Rethinking Conflict at the Margins Dalits and Borderland Hindus in Jammu and Kashmir
Mohita Bhatia | Stanford University, California This book departs from the conventional Kashmir-centric analysis of the conflict situation and expands the debate by linking it critically to the aspirations of Jammu region. Rich with narratives, this book talks about the Jammu and Kashmir conflict from the perspective of marginalized Hindu communities of the region. • Brings Jammu at the centre stage of conflict and explores the voices of the people along the border • Highlights the diversity of Jammu and Kashmir • Looks at socio-political issues beyond the conflict September 2020 228 x 152 mm c.275pp 978-1-108-83602-9 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C
Kashmir in the Aftermath of Partition
Shahla Hussain | St. John’s University, USA It is intended for audience interested in decolonization, identity, sovereignty. It shifts focus from the statist perceptions that construe Kashmir as a disputed region between India and Pakistan. It takes a people-centered approach to delve into Kashmiri experiences to capture the complexity of popular discourses and nationalist rhetoric. • Contributes to understanding of themes of identity, sovereignty, and self-determination • Provides a historically grounded study of post-colonial Kashmir • Addresses the political trajectory that led to India’s recent unilateral decision to ultimately abrogate Article 370 and Article 35 A of the
Indian constitution, the basis of Kashmir’s constitutional relationship with India December 2020 228 x 152 mm c.350pp 978-1-108-49046-7 Hardback c. £85.00 / c. US$110.00 C
Brewing Resistance Indian Coffee House and the Emergency in Postcolonial India
Kristin Victoria Magistrelli Plys | University of Toronto This book details the movement against India’s Emergency based on newly uncovered archival evidence and oral histories. • Places the significance of the Emergency in global and historical context • Shows how both left and right movements formed linkages in order to resist the state during Emergency September 2020 228 x 152 mm c.355pp 978-1-108-49052-8 Hardback £90.00 / US$125.00 C
Housing and Politics in Urban India Opportunities and Contention
Swetha Rao Dhananka | University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (HES-SO), School of Social Work Fribourg (HETS-FR) Provides a comprehensive insight into community processes and the imbricated worlds of formal policy prescription, implementation and informal practices of negotiation and political loyalties that affect housing provisions for the urban poor. • Maps India’s political opportunities in its institutional blueprint, but also in everyday practices • Fine-grained analysis of India’s formal and informal set-up to understand ongoing social and political dynamics • Combines concepts from various disciplines and northern and southern contexts to provide a rich analytical toolkit September 2020 228 x 152 mm c.250pp 978-1-108-48426-8 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C
Toxic Politics China’s Environmental Health Crisis and its Challenge to the Chinese State
Yanzhong Huang | Council on Foreign Relations and Seton Hall University This book is for policymakers, students, scholars, and concerned citizens who are interested in Chinese affairs, politics, international relations, the environment, public health, and public policy. Huang presents new evidence of China’s deepening health crisis and examines the implications for Chinese politics and China’s international ascendance. • Explains China’s deepening health crisis as a failure of governance connected to pathologies inherent in the Chinese state • Maps implications for the future, considering the resilience of the
Chinese party-state, the viability of the China model, and China’s ability to project its influence internationally • Integrates perspectives from research on the environment, public health, policy, politics, and international relations November 2020 228 x 152 mm c.300pp 978-1-108-84191-7 Hardback £64.99 / US$89.99 P 978-1-108-81528-4 Paperback £22.99 / US$29.99 P
The Children of China’s Great Migration
Rachel Murphy | University of Oxford A longitudinal exploration of how different left-behind rural Chinese children are affected by family separation, how they feel about their migrant parents and current caregivers, and how they deal with intense study pressures in the face of disadvantage. A key text for those interested in family, gender, education, development and migration. • Based on rich first-hand interviews with left-behind children and their caregivers, as well as migrant parents in the cities • Casts fresh light on changing gender and generational relationships in rural families as China rapidly urbanizes • Provides a multi-faceted insight into children’s experiences of parental migration and how their experiences, sentiments and relationships evolve overtime August 2020 228 x 152 mm c.300pp 978-1-108-83485-8 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C
From Empire to Nation State Ethnic Politics in China
Yan Sun | City University of New York Many scholars perceive ethnic politics in China as an untouchable topic due to lack of data and contentious, even prohibitive, politics. This book reveals rare knowledge and findings, offering a historical-political perspective on China’s contemporary ethnic conflict to reveal its roots in its incomplete transition from empire to nation state. • Reveals rare knowledge and findings through field trips, local contacts and conversations, a large body of local documents, reports and policy debates • Provides comparative contexts from different ethnic groups and regions • Shows how China’s ethnic strife is rooted in historical legacies, which also highlighting how it is affected by contemporary issues September 2020 228 x 152 mm c.250pp 2 b/w illus. 1 map 30 tables 978-1-108-84029-3 Hardback £74.99 / US$99.99 P 978-1-108-79441-1 Paperback £26.99 / US$34.99 P
Securing China’s Northwest Frontier Identity and Insecurity in Xinjiang
David Tobin | University of Manchester In the first study to incorporate majority Han and minority Uyghur perspectives on ethnic relations in Xinjiang following mass violence during July 2009, David Tobin analyses how official policy shapes identity and security dynamics on China’s northwest frontier. • Brings the region of Xinjiang into mainstream debates on China’s domestic and foreign policy • The first book to use fieldwork in Ürümchi following the July 2009 violence • Shows how Chinese nationalism shapes and is shaped by Xinjiang’s history of integration into China October 2020 228 x 152 mm c.288pp 978-1-108-48840-2 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C
The Volatility Curse Exogenous Shocks and Representation in Resource-Rich Democracies
Daniela Campello | Getulio Vargas Foundation Economic performance is a strong predictor of political outcomes, but in much of the developing world it is highly dependent on exogenous international factors. Examining implications for democracy, this book is for scholars and students of international and comparative political economy, democratic theory, behavior, and Latin American politics. • Challenges assumptions about economic voting as a mechanism of democratic accountability, showing the limits of this for developing countries where economic performance is volatile and highly contingent on exogenous international factors • Derives insights from cross-national analysis, drawing on macro- and micro-level evidence from Latin America and other regions • Examines how (exogenously induced) economic volatility shapes both voter behavior and the incentives for politicians • Highlights how economic volatility contributes to explain political instability and weak institutions November 2020 228 x 152 mm c.300pp 978-1-108-84179-5 Hardback c. £80.00 / c. US$110.00 P 978-1-108-79535-7 Paperback c. £28.99 / c. US$36.99 P
Authoritarian Police in Democracy Contested Security in Latin America
Yanilda María González | Harvard University, Massachusetts This book explains the persistence of violent, unaccountable policing in Latin American democracies. It is for scholars, students, educators, policy makers, journalists, advocates, and ordinary citizens who are concerned with the relationship between police and communities, human rights, democracy, and police reform. • Develops a theoretical framework to understand the structural power of police as political actors and to elucidate the tensions between police and democracy • Provides comparative analysis of police reform and continuity over time and across three countries • Brings together theoretically and substantively important debates across scholarly literatures that do not typically engage with each other December 2020 229 x 152 mm c.250pp 978-1-108-83039-3 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C 978-1-108-82074-5 Paperback £26.99 / US$34.99 C
Edited by Diana Kapiszewski | Georgetown University, Washington DC Latin America has a long history of political, socioeconomic, and ethnic exclusion. This book examines how enduring democracy, amid this inequality, engendered a movement toward greater inclusion across the region. Explaining unprecedented reforms and limits to further change, it will appeal to scholars of Latin American and comparative politics. • Provides a clear conceptual and theoretical framework that unifies diverse chapters • Includes a range of leading scholars, and offers readers a rich set of studies covering the theme of inclusion • Presents original arguments in a language accessible to undergraduates and other readers without specialized training in political science November 2020 229 x 152 mm c.420pp 978-1-108-84204-4 Hardback £90.00 / US$120.00 C
Decadent Developmentalism The Political Economy of Democratic Brazil
Matthew M. Taylor | American University, Washington DC This book describes the institutional context that has thwarted the emergence of either a capable developmental or a neoliberal alternative in Brazil since the return to democracy in 1985. The work is a key source for scholars and students of comparative political economy, political science, economics, sociology, and development studies. • Offers a comprehensive overview of the five interlocking institutional domains that have defined Brazil’s political economy since 1985 • Provides a theoretical argument for why incremental reforms may not sum up to a significant shift in the overall performance of a national economy • Opens a dialogue between disparate literatures on economics, business, executive-legislative relations, judicial oversight and bureaucratic politics November 2020 229 x 152 mm c.340pp 978-1-108-84228-0 Hardback c. £75.00 / c. US$105.00 C
Votes, Drugs, and Violence The Political Logic of Criminal Wars in Mexico
Guillermo Trejo | University of Notre Dame, Indiana This book is for scholars, students, journalists, and policy makers who study criminal violence, narco wars, transitions to democracy, corruption, and Mexican and Latin American politics. It analyzes the outbreak and intensification of Mexico’s crime wars, revealing the political foundations of largescale criminal violence in new democracies. • Develops a political theory of peace and violence in the criminal underworld to explain the outbreak of criminal wars in new democracies • Provides the first complete scholarly account of the outbreak and intensification of Mexico’s narco wars over the previous decades • Uses a multi-method approach, combining extensive statistical analyses and case studies, to assess the causal impact of political variables on the dynamics of criminal violence while also testing rival economic and social explanations
Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
September 2020 228 x 152 mm c.354pp 978-1-108-84174-0 Hardback £79.99 / US$105.00 P 978-1-108-79527-2 Paperback £26.99 / US$34.99 P
The Political Economy of the Kimberley Process
Nathan Munier | Tokyo International University Investigating state responses to the Kimberley Process, an ambitious international agreement meant to reduce the trade of conflict diamonds, this study looks at the political economy of resource-wealthy states in Africa to understand why some African states have higher levels of compliance and co-operation than others. • Investigates the Kimberley Process, one of the most ambitious international agreements in history aimed at reducing the trade of conflict diamonds • Focuses on the domestic political economy of states, in contrast to past theories of state responses to international agreements • Uses cross country comparisons to explain why states that regularly ignore international agreements will use scarce resources to raise their level of compliance with the Kimberley Process September 2020 228 x 152 mm c.210pp 7 tables 978-1-108-83970-9 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C
Roadblock Politics The Origins of Violence in Central Africa
Peer Schouten | Danish Institute for International Studies Using the roadblock as an entry point, Schouten delves into the turbulent history and ongoing conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Central African Republic (CAR), offering a unique approach to what drives state formation and conflict in the region – one revolving around control over movement instead of territory or people. • Focuses on a crucial element of what drives conflict and governance in
Central Africa • Maps more than a thousand roadblocks in the region to show how rebels and state security forces exercise control and have power over these narrow points of passage • Offers a radical alternative to explanations that foreground control over minerals, territory or population as key drivers of Central Africa’s violent history December 2020 229 x 152 mm c.256pp 978-1-108-49401-4 Hardback £64.99 / US$84.99 P 978-1-108-71381-8 Paperback £22.99 / US$29.99 P
Science, Policy and Development in Africa Challenges and Prospects
R. Sooryamoorthy | University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Offering a comprehensive historical and empirical study of science in both colonial and postcolonial Africa, R. Sooryamoorthy brings to light the connections between science, policy and development in African nations for important insights into potential opportunities and challenges facing Africa in science, technology and development. • A comprehensive study of science in both colonial and post-colonial
Africa • Provides an in-depth understanding of the connection between the production of science and the development of society • Provides important insights into the potential and challenges for Africa in science, technology and development September 2020 228 x 152 mm 352pp 16 b/w illus. 978-1-108-84203-7 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C
Jihadists of North Africa and the Sahel Local Politics and Rebel Groups
Alexander Thurston | University of Cincinnati Looking at jihadist movements from the inside, examining their internal disagreements and how they relate to the communities around them, this study draws on case studies from North Africa and the Sahel to shed new light on the phenomenon of mass-based jihadist movements and proto-states. • Looks at jihadist movements from the inside, uncovering their activities and internal politics over the past three decades in North Africa and the Sahel • Demystifies and contextualises jihadist propaganda using in-depth, critical analysis of Arabic-language jihadist statements • Offers policymakers new ways of thinking about the causes of insecurity by engaging with widespread assumptions about what motivates jihadists October 2020 228 x 152 mm c.292pp 978-1-108-48866-2 Hardback £64.99 / US$84.99 P 978-1-108-72686-3 Paperback £22.99 / US$29.99 P
Constraining Dictatorship From Personalized Rule to Institutionalized Regimes
Anne Meng | University of Virginia By examining the emergence of constitutional rules and power-sharing in Africa, Meng explains how some dictatorships become institutionalized, rulebased systems. This book is of interest to scholars of African and comparative politics studying political economy, formal theory, democratization, comparative constitutions, and presidential power. • Introduces an original dataset that offers readers new measures of regime institutionalization • Offers a clear, thorough application of case studies to the theoretical scholarship on authoritarian regimes • Adopts a mixed-methods approach that presents technical material in accessible language
Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions
August 2020 228 x 152 mm c.264pp 32 b/w illus. 34 tables 978-1-108-83489-6 Hardback £79.99 / US$105.00 P 978-1-108-79247-9 Paperback £29.99 / US$39.99 P
