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The Poisoned Chalice of Us Democracy

Author : John Young
Publisher : Zed Books
ISBN 13 : 1350374598
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book The Poisoned Chalice of Us Democracy written by John Young and published by Zed Books. This book was released on 2024 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Western-style democracy is in decline the world over. The US-led international order, which has largely been responsible for pushing Western-style democracy on the rest of the world, is increasingly challenged by China, Russia, and the former US client-states in the Middle East. To understand why this is happening and where we can go from here, it makes sense to look to the Global South, where Western-style democracy has never developed strong roots, and where alternative models have already begun to emerge. Drawing on decades of personal, on-the-ground experience as well as on extensive research, renowned investigative journalist John Young offers a groundbreaking new account of this history and these emerging alternatives. Focusing on the countries in which his expertise is most authoritative-Ethiopia, Sudan, and South Sudan-Young shows how Western democracy repeatedly, inevitably fails not because of flaws in its political model, but rather because of flaws in its development model. Its exclusive focus on the supremacy of market capitalism, Young demonstrates, necessarily entails a loss of national sovereignty and a truncated notion of human rights that leaves little room for citizens' engagement or socio-economic justice. Such blind-spots and shortcomings account for much of the struggle and conflict that have plagued the Horn of Africa since the 1970s, they reverberate throughout similar developments across the Global South, and they are what have refocused new and innovative grassroots struggles to overcome national oppression, end unequal development, and raise living standards. For its rich first-hand accounts of grassroots social and economic developments in the Horn of Africa, and for its theoretical rigor in extrapolating the lessons of those developments to interactions between Western market-democracy and democracy in the Global South, this book is a must-read for researchers and students interested in development studies, international political economy, African studies, and politics and international relations"--

The Poisoned Chalice of US Democracy

Author : John Young
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350374601
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book The Poisoned Chalice of US Democracy written by John Young and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-12-28 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a radical reflection, John Young contends that the US model of democracy has failed the Global South because its emphasis on the supremacy of market capitalism entails a loss of national sovereignty and a truncated notion of human rights that leaves little room for citizens' engagement or socioeconomic justice. The Global South needs democracy, but the US model does not address issues of national oppression or economic injustices by raising living standards and ensuring national sovereignty. However, the US international liberal order is increasing being challenged, and a multipolar world is emerging that provides opportunities for people in the Global South to construct systems of democracy that meet their needs rather than those of the US.

Welcome to the Poisoned Chalice

Author : James K. Galbraith
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300224222
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Welcome to the Poisoned Chalice written by James K. Galbraith and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2016-06-21 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The economic crisis in Greece is a potential international disaster and one of the most extraordinary monetary and political dramas of our time. The financial woes of this relatively small European nation threaten the long-term viability of the Euro while exposing the flaws in the ideal of continental unity. "Solutions" proposed by Europe’s combined leadership have sparked a war of prideful words and stubborn one-upmanship, and they are certain to fail, according to renowned economist James K. Galbraith, because they are designed for failure. It is this hypocrisy that prompted former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, when Galbraith arrived in Athens as an adviser, to greet him with the words “Welcome to the poisoned chalice.” In this fascinating, insightful, and thought-provoking collection of essays—which includes letters and private memos to both American and Greek officials, as well as other previously unpublished material—Galbraith examines the crisis, its causes, its course, and its meaning, as well as the viability of the austerity program imposed on the Greek citizenry. It is a trenchant, deeply felt commentary on what the author calls “economic policy as moral abomination,” and an eye-opening analysis of a contemporary Greek tragedy much greater than the tiny economy of the nation itself.

#HashtagActivism

Author : Sarah J. Jackson
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262356511
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book #HashtagActivism written by Sarah J. Jackson and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2020-03-10 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This “well-researched, nuanced” study of the rise of social media activism explores how marginalized groups use Twitter to advance counter-narratives, preempt political spin, and build diverse networks of dissent (Ms.) The power of hashtag activism became clear in 2011, when #IranElection served as an organizing tool for Iranians protesting a disputed election and offered a global audience a front-row seat to a nascent revolution. Since then, activists have used a variety of hashtags, including #JusticeForTrayvon, #BlackLivesMatter, #YesAllWomen, and #MeToo to advocate, mobilize, and communicate. In this book, Sarah Jackson, Moya Bailey, and Brooke Foucault Welles explore how and why Twitter has become an important platform for historically disenfranchised populations, including Black Americans, women, and transgender people. They show how marginalized groups, long excluded from elite media spaces, have used Twitter hashtags to advance counternarratives, preempt political spin, and build diverse networks of dissent. The authors describe how such hashtags as #MeToo, #SurvivorPrivilege, and #WhyIStayed have challenged the conventional understanding of gendered violence; examine the voices and narratives of Black feminism enabled by #FastTailedGirls, #YouOKSis, and #SayHerName; and explore the creation and use of #GirlsLikeUs, a network of transgender women. They investigate the digital signatures of the “new civil rights movement”—the online activism, storytelling, and strategy-building that set the stage for #BlackLivesMatter—and recount the spread of racial justice hashtags after the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and other high-profile incidents of killings by police. Finally, they consider hashtag created by allies, including #AllMenCan and #CrimingWhileWhite.

The Crisis of American Foreign Policy

Author : G. John Ikenberry
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691139695
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book The Crisis of American Foreign Policy written by G. John Ikenberry and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Was George W. Bush the true heir of Woodrow Wilson, the architect of liberal internationalism? Was the Iraq War a result of liberal ideas about America's right to promote democracy abroad? In this timely book, four distinguished scholars of American foreign policy discuss the relationship between the ideals of Woodrow Wilson and those of George W. Bush. The Crisis of American Foreign Policy exposes the challenges resulting from Bush's foreign policy and ponders America's place in the international arena. Led by John Ikenberry, one of today's foremost foreign policy thinkers, this provocative collection examines the traditions of liberal internationalism that have dominated American foreign policy since the end of World War II. Tony Smith argues that Bush and the neoconservatives followed Wilson in their commitment to promoting democracy abroad. Thomas Knock and Anne-Marie Slaughter disagree and contend that Wilson focused on the building of a collaborative and rule-centered world order, an idea the Bush administration actively resisted. The authors ask if the United States is still capable of leading a cooperative effort to handle the pressing issues of the new century, or if the country will have to go it alone, pursuing policies without regard to the interests of other governments. Addressing current events in the context of historical policies, this book considers America's position on the global stage and what future directions might be possible for the nation in the post-Bush era.

Psychology of Democracy

Author : Ashley Weinberg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108477755
Total Pages : 471 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Psychology of Democracy written by Ashley Weinberg and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-03-03 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about all our futures and demonstrates how essential insights from political psychology can nurture and safeguard democracy.

The Role of External Support in Nonviolent Campaigns

Author : Erica Chenoweth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781943271368
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (713 download)

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Download or read book The Role of External Support in Nonviolent Campaigns written by Erica Chenoweth and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-04 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nonviolent campaigns usually take place in complex domestic and international settings, where support from outside actors can be a double-edged sword. We argue that nonviolent campaigns tend to benefit the most from external assistance that allows them to generate high participation, maintain nonviolent discipline, deter crackdowns, and elicit security force defections. But various forms of external assistance have mixed effects on the characteristics and outcomes of nonviolent campaigns. We use original qualitative and quantitative data to examine the ways that external assistance impacted the characteristics and success rates of post-2000 maximalist uprisings. Among other findings, we argue that long-term investment in civil society and democratic institutions can strengthen the societal foundations for nonviolent movements; that activists who receive training prior to peak mobilization are much more likely to mobilize campaigns with high participation, low fatalities, and greater likelihood of defections; that donor coordination is important to be able to effectively support and leverage nonviolent campaigns; and that concurrent external support to armed groups tends to undermine nonviolent movements in numerous ways. Flexible donor assistance that supports safe spaces for campaign planning and relationship-building, and multilateral diplomatic pressure that mitigates regime repression can be particularly helpful for nonviolent campaigns.

The U.S. Democratic Review

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book The U.S. Democratic Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1856-08 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Identity

Author : Francis Fukuyama
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374717486
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book Identity written by Francis Fukuyama and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestselling author of The Origins of Political Order offers a provocative examination of modern identity politics: its origins, its effects, and what it means for domestic and international affairs of state In 2014, Francis Fukuyama wrote that American institutions were in decay, as the state was progressively captured by powerful interest groups. Two years later, his predictions were borne out by the rise to power of a series of political outsiders whose economic nationalism and authoritarian tendencies threatened to destabilize the entire international order. These populist nationalists seek direct charismatic connection to “the people,” who are usually defined in narrow identity terms that offer an irresistible call to an in-group and exclude large parts of the population as a whole. Demand for recognition of one’s identity is a master concept that unifies much of what is going on in world politics today. The universal recognition on which liberal democracy is based has been increasingly challenged by narrower forms of recognition based on nation, religion, sect, race, ethnicity, or gender, which have resulted in anti-immigrant populism, the upsurge of politicized Islam, the fractious “identity liberalism” of college campuses, and the emergence of white nationalism. Populist nationalism, said to be rooted in economic motivation, actually springs from the demand for recognition and therefore cannot simply be satisfied by economic means. The demand for identity cannot be transcended; we must begin to shape identity in a way that supports rather than undermines democracy. Identity is an urgent and necessary book—a sharp warning that unless we forge a universal understanding of human dignity, we will doom ourselves to continuing conflict.

Star Trek: The Fall: The Poisoned Chalice

Author : James Swallow
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476722226
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book Star Trek: The Fall: The Poisoned Chalice written by James Swallow and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Based upon Star trek and Star trek: the next generation created by Gene Roddenberry and Star trek: deep space nine created by Rick Berman & Michael Piller."

Comparative Constitutional Law

Author : Tom Ginsburg
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857931210
Total Pages : 681 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (579 download)

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Download or read book Comparative Constitutional Law written by Tom Ginsburg and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 681 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This landmark volume of specially commissioned, original contributions by top international scholars organizes the issues and controversies of the rich and rapidly maturing field of comparative constitutional law. Divided into sections on constitutional design and redesign, identity, structure, individual rights and state duties, courts and constitutional interpretation, this comprehensive volume covers over 100 countries as well as a range of approaches to the boundaries of constitutional law. While some chapters reference the text of legal instruments expressly labeled constitutional, others focus on the idea of entrenchment or take a more functional approach. Challenging the current boundaries of the field, the contributors offer diverse perspectives - cultural, historical and institutional - as well as suggestions for future research. A unique and enlightening volume, Comparative Constitutional Law is an essential resource for students and scholars of the subject.

The American

Author : Robert Ellis Thompson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The American written by Robert Ellis Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Fear City

Author : Kim Phillips-Fein
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 0805095268
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Fear City written by Kim Phillips-Fein and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2017-04-18 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST An epic, riveting history of New York City on the edge of disaster—and an anatomy of the austerity politics that continue to shape the world today When the news broke in 1975 that New York City was on the brink of fiscal collapse, few believed it was possible. How could the country’s largest metropolis fail? How could the capital of the financial world go bankrupt? Yet the city was indeed billions of dollars in the red, with no way to pay back its debts. Bankers and politicians alike seized upon the situation as evidence that social liberalism, which New York famously exemplified, was unworkable. The city had to slash services, freeze wages, and fire thousands of workers, they insisted, or financial apocalypse would ensue. In this vivid account, historian Kim Phillips-Fein tells the remarkable story of the crisis that engulfed the city. With unions and ordinary citizens refusing to accept retrenchment, the budget crunch became a struggle over the soul of New York, pitting fundamentally opposing visions of the city against each other. Drawing on never-before-used archival sources and interviews with key players in the crisis, Fear City shows how the brush with bankruptcy permanently transformed New York—and reshaped ideas about government across America. At once a sweeping history of some of the most tumultuous times in New York's past, a gripping narrative of last-minute machinations and backroom deals, and an origin story of the politics of austerity, Fear City is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the resurgent fiscal conservatism of today.

Civil Resistance

Author : Erica Chenoweth
Publisher : What Everyone Needs to Know(r)
ISBN 13 : 0190244399
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Civil Resistance written by Erica Chenoweth and published by What Everyone Needs to Know(r). This book was released on 2021-03-05 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring both historical cases of civil resistance and more contemporary examples such as the Arab Awakenings and various ongoing movements in the United States, Civil Resistance: What Everyone Needs to Know® provides a comprehensive and engaging review of the current field of knowledge.

Why Civil Resistance Works

Author : Erica Chenoweth
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231527489
Total Pages : 451 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Why Civil Resistance Works written by Erica Chenoweth and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2011-08-09 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than a century, from 1900 to 2006, campaigns of nonviolent resistance were more than twice as effective as their violent counterparts in achieving their stated goals. By attracting impressive support from citizens, whose activism takes the form of protests, boycotts, civil disobedience, and other forms of nonviolent noncooperation, these efforts help separate regimes from their main sources of power and produce remarkable results, even in Iran, Burma, the Philippines, and the Palestinian Territories. Combining statistical analysis with case studies of specific countries and territories, Erica Chenoweth and Maria J. Stephan detail the factors enabling such campaigns to succeed and, sometimes, causing them to fail. They find that nonviolent resistance presents fewer obstacles to moral and physical involvement and commitment, and that higher levels of participation contribute to enhanced resilience, greater opportunities for tactical innovation and civic disruption (and therefore less incentive for a regime to maintain its status quo), and shifts in loyalty among opponents' erstwhile supporters, including members of the military establishment. Chenoweth and Stephan conclude that successful nonviolent resistance ushers in more durable and internally peaceful democracies, which are less likely to regress into civil war. Presenting a rich, evidentiary argument, they originally and systematically compare violent and nonviolent outcomes in different historical periods and geographical contexts, debunking the myth that violence occurs because of structural and environmental factors and that it is necessary to achieve certain political goals. Instead, the authors discover, violent insurgency is rarely justifiable on strategic grounds.

From the Embassy

Author : George T. Dempsey
Publisher : Liffey Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From the Embassy written by George T. Dempsey and published by Liffey Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Dempsey served as a US diplomat in Madrid, Vienna, The Hague, Venezuela and Dublin. It was in Dublin where, as First Secretary for Political Affairs, he experienced the overtly-expressed contempt in which United States foreign policy is widely held in Ireland. In From the Embassy Dempsey argues strongly on a case-by-case basis that his country's foreign policy has been, and remains, based on sound moral and political principles. It is not the United States but its critics who have questions to answer about the correct response to enemies of democracy and freedom. In particular, he argues, it is Ireland's political, academic and media elites who have allowed an outdated and unhelpful left-wing fixation with the United States to destroy the integrity of their own country's foreign policy debate. Drawing on his experience in UN-sponsored negotiations between the West and the developing world and negotiations between the Communist Bloc and the West, Dempsey places Ireland in the context of relationships between the developed and developing world and between the European Union and the United States.He makes a compelling case for the important role Ireland can play in international affairs, but only if Irish media and opinion-makers can refrain from their prevailing view that denigrates and condemns and even vilifies American foreign policy and make a more constructive contribution to the debate. From the Embassy is a passionate and robust defence of US foreign policy as well as a devastating attack on prevailing Irish misconceptions about the use of American power in an increasingly dangerous world.

Population and Development

Author : Tim Dyson
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1848139136
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book Population and Development written by Tim Dyson and published by Zed Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-07-04 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The demographic transition and its related effects of population growth, fertility decline and ageing populations are fraught with controversy. When discussed in relation to the global south and the modern project of development, the questions and answers become more problematic. Population and Development offers an expert guide on the demographic transition, from its origins in Enlightenment Europe through to the rest of the world. Tim Dyson examines how, while the phenomenon continues to cause unsustainable population growth with serious economic and environmental implications, its processes have underlain previous periods of sustained economic growth, helped to liberate women from the domestic domain, and contributed greatly to the rise of modern democracy. This accessible yet scholarly analysis will enable any student or expert in development studies to understand complex and vital demographic theory.