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Political Science

Birth of Hegemony Crisis, Financial Revolution, and Emerging Global Networks

Sobel Andrew C.

ISBN: PB: 9780226767604, ISBN: HB: 9780226767598, University of Chicago Press, September 2012
296 pp., 23x15 cm, 4 tables, 1 line illus.

With American leadership facing increased competition from China and India, the question of how hegemons emerge – and are able to create conditions for lasting stability – is of utmost importance in international relations. The generally accepted wis...

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Political Science

Law

Electing Judges The Surprising Effects of Campaigning on Judicial Legitimacy

Gibson James L.

ISBN: PB: 9780226291086, ISBN: HB: 9780226291079, University of Chicago Press, September 2012
240 pp., 23x15 cm, 20 tables, 1 halftone, 15 line illus.

In "Electing Judges", leading judicial politics scholar James L. Gibson responds tothe growing chorus of critics who fear that the politics of running for office undermine judicial independence and even the rule of law. While many people have opinion...

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America

Political Science

State and the Stork The Population Debate and Policy Making in US History

Hoff Derek S.

ISBN: HB: 9780226347622, University of Chicago Press, September 2012
392 pp., 23x15 cm

From the colonial era to the present, the ever-shifting debate about America's prodigious population growth has exerted a profound influence on the evolution of politics, public policy, and economic thinking in the United States. In a remarkable shif...

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Business & Economics

Political Science

Institutional Foundations of Impersonal Exchange Theory and Policy of Contractual Registries

Arrunada Benito

ISBN: HB: 9780226028323, University of Chicago Press, August 2012
320 pp., 23x15 cm, 2 tables, 10 line illus.

Governments and development agencies spend considerable resources building property and company registries to protect property rights. When these efforts succeed, owners feel secure enough to invest in their property and banks are able use it as coll...

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Political Science

General

Building Resilience Social Capital in Post-Disaster Recovery

Aldrich Daniel P.

ISBN: PB: 9780226012889, ISBN: HB: 9780226012872, University of Chicago Press, August 2012
248 pp., 23x15 cm, 18 tables, 20 line illus.

Each year, natural disasters threaten the strength and stability of communities worldwide. Yet responses to the challenges of recovery vary greatly and in ways that aren't explained by the magnitude of the catastrophe or the amount of aid provided by...

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Political Science

Before the Convention Strategies and Choices in Presidential Nomination Campaigns

Aldrich John H.

ISBN: PB: 9780226012704, University of Chicago Press, August 2012
272 pp., 23x15 cm

Campaigns to win the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations are longer, more complex, and more confusing to the observer than the general election itself. The maze of delegate-selection procedures includes state primaries and caucuses as...

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Political Science

Crossing Borders, Shifting Boundaries National and Transnational Identities in Europe and Beyond

Hollinger Franz, Hadler Markus

ISBN: PB: 9783593396125, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, August 2012
355 pp., 21.6x14 cm

The articles in this volume investigate the topic of ethnic, national, and transnational identities. Using a wide range of theoretical and methodological approaches, the impact of cross-national migration, changes in political borders, collective mem...

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Political Science

From the Far Right to the Mainstream Islamophobia in Party Politics and the Media

Ansari Humayun, Hafez Farid

ISBN: PB: 9783593396484, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, August 2012
210 pp., 21.6x14 cm

This volume focuses on how the far right's views of Islam have been increasingly co-opted by both liberal and conservative parties and woven into the policies of Western governments over the past two decades. The unprecedented influence of xenophobic...

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Political Science

Buying Power A History of Consumer Activism in America

Glickman Lawrence B.

ISBN: PB: 9780226298672, ISBN: HB: 9780226298658, University of Chicago Press, June 2012
424 pp., 23x15 cm, 1 table, 35 halftones

A definitive history of consumer activism, "Buying Power" traces the lineage of this political tradition back to our nation's founding, revealing that Americans used purchasing power to support causes and punish enemies long before the word boycott e...

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Political Science

America

American Diplomacy Fiftieth-Anniversary Expanded Edition

Kennan George F.

ISBN: PB: 9780226431482, University of Chicago Press, June 2012
224 pp., 20.3x13.2 cm

For more than sixty years, George F. Kennan's "American Diplomacy" has been a standard work on American foreign policy. Drawing on his considerable diplomatic experience and expertise, Kennan offers an overview and critique of the foreign policy of a...

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