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• Introduction Roderick MacFarquhar--
• 1. The establishment and consolidation of the new regime, 1949-57 Frederick C. Teiwes--
• 2. The Great Leap Forward and the split in Yan'an leadership, 1958-65 Kenneth Leiberthal--
• 3. The Chinese state in crisis, 1966-9 Harry Harding--
• 4. The succession to Mao and the end of Maoism, 1969-82 Roderick MacFarquhar--
• 5. The road to Tiananmen: Chinese politics in the 1980s Richard Baum--
• 6. Reaction, resurgence, and succession: Chinese politics since Tiananmen Joseph Fewsmith--
• 7. Globalization and governance under Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao Alice Miller.
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Thirty years ago, China was emerging from one of the most traumatic periods in its history. The Chinese people had been ravaged by long years of domestic struggle, terrible famine and economic and political isolation. Today, China has the world's second largest economy and is a major player in global diplomacy. This volume, written by some of the leading experts in the field, tracks China's extraordinary transformation from the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, through the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution and the death of Chairman Mao, to its dynamic rise as a superpower in the twenty-first century. The latest edition of the book includes a new introduction and a seventh chapter which focuses on the legacy of Deng Xiaoping, the godfather of China's transformation, under his successors Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao.
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• Part I:
• 1. The establishment clause and the 'problem of the church' Steven D. Smith--
• 2. Dueling Clios: Stevens and Scalia on the original meaning of the establishment clause Gerard V. Bradley-- Part II:
• 3. Coercian and religious exercises Kent Greenawalt--
• 4. Religious freedom and (and in) institutions Richard W. Garnett-- Part III:
• 5. Free exercise, religious conscience, and the common good Christopher Wolfe--
• 6. Conscience, religion, and the state Christopher Tollefsen-- Part IV:
• 7. Globalization and the free exercise of religion worldwide Jose Casanova--
• 8. The irony of a globalizing future: economics, technology, identity, and religious liberty William Inboden-- Part V:
• 9. A foreign policy of religious freedom: theoretical and evidentiary foundation Daniel Philpott--
• 10. International religious freedom and moral responsibility Thomas Farr.
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Almost everyone today affirms the importance and merit of religious liberty. But religious liberty is being challenged by new questions (for example, use of the niqab or church adoption services for same-sex couples) and new forces (such as globalization and Islamism). Combined, these make the meaning of religious liberty in the twenty-first century uncertain. This collection of essays by ten of the world's leading scholars on religious liberty takes aim at these issues. The book is arranged around five specific challenges to religious liberty today: the state's responsibility to prevent coercion and intimidation of believers by others within the same faith community; the US's basic moral responsibilities to promote religious liberty abroad; how to understand and apply the traditional right of conscientious objection in today's circumstances; the distinctive problems presented by globalization; and the viability today of an 'originalist' interpretation of the First Amendment religion clauses.
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• What's it about?; Gaining and maintaining power requires consistently training both body and brain; Choosing the right employees can help protect from internal and external threats; Leaders don't have to be loved (but should avoid being hated); Leaders maintain power by ensuring they are needed; Build up your reputation as a leader by achieving great tasks; Being a strong leader requires taking risks; Final summary; Now read the book; Key takeaways; Copyright Page.

• Introduction: thinking about income inequality--
• 1. Beyond the opposition between opportunity and inequality: theories of American beliefs about inequality from the nineteenth century to the present--
• 2. The emergence of a new social issue: media coverage of economic inequality and social class in the United States, 1980-2010--
• 3. American beliefs about income inequality: what, when, who, and why--
• 4. Why do Americans care about income inequality? The role of opportunity--
• 5. Americans' social policy preferences in the era of rising inequality-- Conclusion: a new era of beliefs about inequality.
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It is widely assumed that Americans care little about income inequality, believe opportunities abound, admire the rich, and dislike redistributive policies. Leslie McCall contends that such assumptions are based on both incomplete survey data and economic conditions of the past and not present. In fact, Americans have desired less inequality for decades, and McCall's book explains why. Americans become most concerned about inequality in times of inequitable growth, when they view the rich as prospering while opportunities for good jobs, fair pay and high quality education are restricted for everyone else. As a result, they favor policies to expand opportunity and redistribute earnings in the workplace, reducing inequality in the market rather than redistributing income after the fact with tax and spending policies. This book resolves the paradox of how Americans can express little enthusiasm for welfare state policies and still yearn for a more equitable society, and forwards a new model of preferences about income inequality rooted in labor market opportunities rather than welfare state policies.
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• Preface-- Congressional Staff: Duties & Functions of Selected Positions-- Congressional Salaries & Allowances-- Staff Pay Levels for Selected Positions in House Member Offices, 2009-2013-- Staff Pay Levels for Selected Positions in Senators Offices, FY2009-FY2013-- Index.
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The United States Congress conducts several types of activities for which it employs staff. These activities include assisting Members in official responsibilities in personal, committee, leadership, or administrative office settings. Congressional career tracks generally mirror common stages of other professional careers, but with adaptations to the congressional workplace. These adaptations include relatively short career ladders on which staff may acquire substantial responsibilities in a relatively short period of time, and close support of a Member's legislative and representational responsibilities. This book focuses on positions in House and Senate personal offices, and provides sample position descriptions for 14 positions with similar job titles in each chamber. This book also provides basic information on congressional salaries and allowances.
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• 1. The politics of affluence and austerity--
• 2. Tony's politics: prosperity and performance--
• 3. Gordon's politics: economic crisis and political change--
• 4. 'I agree with Nick': campaigning for change in 2010--
• 5. Making political choices: 2010--
• 6. Bearish Britain: the Coalition in power--
• 7. Choosing how to choose: the AV ballot referendum--
• 8. Performance politics and subjective well-being--
• 9. Valence politics, austerity policies and electoral prospects-- Appendix A. Structure of the 2010 British Election Study-- Appendix B. Measurement.
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Affluence, Austerity and Electoral Change in Britain investigates the political economy of party support for British political parties since Tony Blair led New Labour to power in 1997. Using valence politics models of electoral choice and marshalling an unprecedented wealth of survey data collected in the British Election Study's monthly Continuous Monitoring Surveys, the authors trace forces affecting support for New Labour during its thirteen years in office. They then study how the recessionary economy has influenced the dynamics of party support since the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition came to power in May 2010 and factors that shaped voting in Britain's May 2011 national referendum on changing the electoral system. Placing Britain in comparative perspective with cross-national survey data gathered in the midst of the worst recession since the 1930s, the authors investigate how the economic crisis has affected support for incumbent governments and democratic politics in over twenty European countries.
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• Utilitarianism / Christopher Freiman
• Natural rights / Eric Mack
• Kantanism / Jason Kuznicki
• Contractarianism / Jan Narveson
• Rawlsianism / Kevin Vallier
• Virtue ethics / Mark LeBar
• Objectivism / Neera K. Badhwar
• Ethical intuitionism / Michael Huemer
• Moral pluralism / Jason Brennan.

What's the best political system? What standards should we use to decide, and why? Arguments for Liberty is a guide to thinking about these questions. Two schools of thought have long dominated libertarian discussions about ethics: utilitarianism and natural rights. Those two theories are important, but they're not the only ways people think about ethics and political philosophy. In Arguments for Liberty, you'll find a broader approach to libertarianism. In each of Arguments for Liberty's nine chapters a different political philosopher discusses how his or her preferred school of thought judges political institutions and why libertarianism best meets that standard. Though they end up in the same place, the paths they take diverge in fascinating ways. Readers will find in these pages not only an excellent introduction to libertarianism, but also a primer on some of the most important political and ethical theories.
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• Regional Representations in the EU: An Introduction Regional Representations in the EU: A Framework for Analysis Regional Offices and the Domestic Politics of Europe The Activity Profile of Regional Representations in the EU Resourcing and Organisational Principles Strategic Direction and Accountability Conclusion.
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What are regional representations in the European Union? What do they hope to achieve? Since the mid-1980s, sub-state actors in the EU such as county councils, Lander, Autonomous Communities, local, municipal and city authorities have been opening representative offices in Brussels -- mini 'embassies' for their territories. Although on the surface these representations might look the same, in practice they operate according to very different dynamics. Whilst some rival national governments for a stake in EU policy development, others have more modest ambitions. This book offers a comprehensive assessment of the burgeoning phenomenon of regional representation in the EU. Considering evidence from old member states as well as those which joined the EU more recently, it looks at where strategies and aims differ, positioning various 'types' of representation closer to the work of embassies or to that carried out by lobbying groups. The author also considers how regional representations contribute to our understanding of multi-level governance in the EU.
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During the past two decades, cities have become nerve centers for the production of value. Connected in real time by means of a vast infrastructure network, their productive dynamic has surpassed the organizational and management capabilities of territorially limited States, which are dependent on the international financial flow of capital moving across them. Given that cities are truly the biopolitical factories of the 21st century, the job functions of an urban planner are now identified with those of a highly placed manager in charge of a companys R+D+i, and the mode of governance applied to these is different from that used during previous, historic stages. From different viewpoints (Philosophy, Law, Architecture, and Engineering), this book offers an analysis of the main changes which have taken place in the way cities function. Among other issues, it looks at the management styles applied by public administrations to public spaces (David Thunder; Jorge Leon, Enrique Cano, and Jose Maria Castejon), and the new manner in which social (Julia Urabayen) and legal public (Adriana Ruiz and Alejandro Gomez) and private (Felipe Schwember) segregation is generated. It also looks at the new sociopolitical uses that city inhabitants have given to common spaces beyond the dichotomy of private and public space (Jonas Holst; Carlos Camara). In other words, the chapters included in this book are not an historical approach to the city, but a theoretical reflection on the disciplines that define our post-metropolitan cities. The aim of the book is to understand how cities and the disciplines that are used to make them work function nowadays: governance, politics, and technology. The cities of the 21st century are no longer places where people can live freely (as Weber stated in The City), but spaces divided in at least two different areas: those who have access to ICT and those who do not have that technology, those who live in healthy and safe boroughs, and those who live in poor und unhealthy areas. This book ponders those problems and tries to show how the disciplinarians of the city deal with them.
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• 1. A brief history of the rise of Islamist extremism
• 2. Is Islamist extremism the result of political repression?
• 3. Does Western intervention in the Middle East cause Islamist extremism?
• 4. Does poverty cause Islamist extremism?
• 5. Has the War on Terror been successful?

• 1. Introduction--
• 2. Managing the Cabinet: principal-agent relations in government--
• 3. The structure of British government--
• 4. Who serves in government and how long do they last?--
• 5. The Prime Minister and Cabinet--
• 6. Performance measures and forced exits--
• 7. Ministerial performance and tenure--
• 8. Conclusions-- Bibliography-- Index.
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Accounting for Ministers uses the tools of modern political science to analyse the factors which determine the fortunes of Cabinet ministers. Utilising agency theory, it describes Cabinet government as a system of incentives for prime ministerial and parliamentary rule. The authors use a unique dataset of ministers from 1945 to 2007 to examine the structural and individual characteristics that lead to the selection and durability of ministers. Sensitive to historical context, it describes the unique features of different Prime Ministers and the sorts of issues and scandals that lead to the forced exit of ministers. The authors identify the structural factors that determine ministerial performance and tenure, seeing resignation calls as performance indicators. Probing the nature of individual and collective responsibility within Westminster forms of government, its rigorous analysis provides powerful new insights into the nature of Cabinet government.
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This book talks about the Indian political regime after 2014. It explores the changing meaning of diaspora and reflects upon the nature and features of Diaspora Policy of Prime Minister Modi and its impact on the changing perception about India in the world.

• 1. Molding the institutions of governance: theories of state formation and the contingency of sovereignty in fragile polities--
• 2. Imposing states: foreign rivalries, local collaboration, and state form in peripheral polities--
• 3. Feudalizing the Chinese polity, 1893-1922: assessing the adequacy of alternative takes on state reorganization--
• 4. External influence and China's feudalization, 1893-1922: opportunity costs and patterns of foreign intervention--
• 5. The evolution of foreign involvement in China, 1923-52: rising opportunity costs and convergent approaches to intervention--
• 6. How intervention remade the Chinese state, 1923-52: foreign sponsorship and the building of sovereign China--
• 7. Creating Indonesia, 1893-1952: major power rivalry and the making of sovereign statehood--
• 8. Siam stands apart, 1893-1952: external intervention and rise of a sovereign Thai state--
• 9. Domesticating international relations, externalizing comparative politics: foreign intervention and the state in world politics.
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This book explores ways foreign intervention and external rivalries can affect the institutionalization of governance in weak states. When sufficiently competitive, foreign rivalries in a weak state can actually foster the political centralization, territoriality and autonomy associated with state sovereignty. This counterintuitive finding comes from studying the collective effects of foreign contestation over a weak state as informed by changes in the expected opportunity cost of intervention for outside actors. When interveners associate high opportunity costs with intervention, they bolster sovereign statehood as a next best alternative to their worst fear - domination of that polity by adversaries. Sovereign statehood develops if foreign actors concurrently and consistently behave this way toward a weak state. This book evaluates that argument against three 'least likely' cases - China, Indonesia and Thailand between the late nineteenth and mid-twentieth centuries.
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