Politics, social theory, history of ideas

POLITICS, SOCIAL THEORY, HISTORY OF IDEAS

Becoming a Parent

Contemporary Contexts and Challenges during the Transition to Parenthood Catherine McMahon

Provides an evidence-based overview of the challenges of becoming a parent in a broad range of contemporary contexts.

December 2022 229 x 152 mm c.300pp 9781108799287 Paperback £26.99 / US$34.99 P

The Cambridge Handbook of Parenting

Amanda Sheffield Morris Julia Mendez Smith

Comprehensive review of the science and practice of parenting in diverse cultural contexts, including policy implications and interventions.

Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology

August 2022 244 x 170 mm c.800pp 9781108813129 Paperback £49.99 / US$64.99 P

Why Boredom Matters

Education, Leisure, and the Quest for a Meaningful Life Kevin Hood Gary

Boredom is an enduring and troublesome problem. This book explores the ways that teachers can support students in their struggle with boredom.

August 2022 216 x 138 mm c.200pp 9781108813921 Paperback £22.99 / US$29.99 P

A History of Thailand

Fourth edition

Chris Baker and Pasuk Phongpaichit

A History of Thailand offers a lively and accessible account of Thailand’s political, economic, social, and cultural history.

August 2022 229 x 152 mm c.356pp 9781009014830 Paperback £22.99 / US$29.99 G

After Authoritarianism

Transitional Justice and Democratic Stability Monika Nalepa

This book shows that transitional justice succeeds when it makes transparent secret legacies of the former authoritarian regime.

Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions

June 2022 229 x 152 mm c.300pp 9781009073714 Paperback £26.99 / US$34.99 P

Streets in Motion

The Making of Infrastructure, Property, and Political Culture in Twentieth-century Calcutta Ritajyoti Bandyopadhyay

Studies Calcutta’s 20th century features through the dialectic of motion and obstruction, analysing how space and polity shaped each other.

Metamorphoses of the Political: Multidisciplinary Approaches

August 2022 229 x 152 mm c.320pp 9781009100113 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C

Cognitive Development in Infancy and Childhood

Mary Gauvain

This Element explores the biological, psychological, social, and cultural contributions to the development of human cognition.

Elements in Child Development

August 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781108958127 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P

Subaltern Frontiers

Agrarian City-Making in Gurgaon Thomas Cowan

The book examines how globalised urban labour and property markets are produced by agrarian actors, institutions, spaces and territories.

September 2022 229 x 152 mm c.220pp 9781009100472 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C

Saffron Republic

Hindu Nationalism and State Power in India Edited by Thomas Blom Hansen and Srirupa Roy

Approaches contemporary Hindutva as an example of a democratic authoritarianism or an authoritarian populism.

Metamorphoses of the Political: Multidisciplinary Approaches

August 2022 229 x 152 mm c.330pp 9781009100489 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C

Divided Environments

An International Political Ecology of Climate Change, Water and Security Jan Selby Gabrielle Daoust and Clemens Hoffmann

An original ‘international political ecology’ analysis of the implications of climate change and water scarcity for twentyfirst-century conflict and security.

September 2022 229 x 152 mm c.300pp 9781009107600 Paperback £26.99 / US$34.99 P

The Classical and Christian Origins of American Politics

Political Theology, Natural Law, and the American Founding Kody W. Cooper Justin Buckley Dyer

Shows how the American founding was deeply influenced by the classical Christian naturallaw tradition.

August 2022 229 x 152 mm c.225pp 9781009107846 Paperback £26.99 / US$34.99 P

Examining Motivations in Social Discussion Experiments

Elizabeth C. Connors Matthew T. Pietryka John Barry Ryan

This Element argues that the value of interpersonal political communication depends on the motivations of the people involved.

Elements in Experimental Political Science

July 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781009114288 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P

The Deep Roots of Modern Democracy

Geography and the Diffusion of Political Institutions John Gerring Brendan Apfeld Tore Wig and Andreas Forø Tollefsen

Explores the deep roots of modern democracy, focusing on geography and long-term patterns of global diffusion.

August 2022 229 x 152 mm c.360pp 24 b/w illus. 8 maps 54 tables 9781009114899 Paperback £29.99 / US$39.99 P

The Odds Revisited

Political Economy of the Development of Bangladesh K. A. S. Murshid

Explains Bangladesh’s record of ‘outlier’ development through a multi-sectoral approach combining economics, politics, and history.

South Asia in the Social Sciences, 18

August 2022 229 x 152 mm c.240pp 9781009123136 Hardback £85.00 / US$110.00 C

Australian Politics in the Twenty-First Century

Old Institutions, New Challenges

Second edition

Stewart Jackson Joff Lelliott, Shannon Brincat Josephine Bourne Nick Economou

Australian Politics in the TwentyFirst Century is an invaluable introduction to the Australian political system.

November 2022 253 x 203 mm c.376pp 9781009108232 Paperback £66.99 / US$86.99 X

Women, Gender and Religious Nationalism

Edited by Amrita Basu and Tanika Sarkar

Explores women’s roles and contributions in Hindu nationalism and nationalist organizations in the contemporary Indian context.

Metamorphoses of the Political: Multidisciplinary Approaches

October 2022 229 x 152 mm c.250pp 9781009123143 Hardback £90.00 / US$120.00 C

Resisting Backsliding

Opposition Strategies against the Erosion of Democracy Laura Gamboa

This book examines how opposition strategies can help or hinder potential autocrats’ ability to erode democracy.

October 2022 229 x 152 mm c.320pp 9781009164078 Paperback £26.99 / US$34.99 P

Russian Politics Today

Stability and Fragility Susanne A. Wengle

An accessible, nuanced introduction to contemporary Russian politics with the theme of stability vs. fragility as its overarching framework.

October 2022 246 x 189 mm c.425pp 9781009165907 Paperback £29.99 / US$39.99 X

House of the People

Parliament and the Making of Indian Democracy Ronojoy Sen

An institutional history of Indian parliament, democracy and politics combining archival materials, interviews and visuals.

October 2022 228 x 152 mm c.320pp 9781009180252 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C

The Secular Imaginary

Gandhi, Nehru and the Idea(s) of India Sushmita Nath

It sheds light on Indian narratives of secularity – Gandhian sarva dharma samabhava, Nehruvian secularism and Gandhi-Nehru tradition.

August 2022 228 x 152 mm c.300pp 9781009180290 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C

Frustrated Majorities

How Issue Intensity Enables Smaller Groups of Voters to Get What They Want Seth J. Hill

Issue intensity explains why some politicians propose policies that frustrate majorities and some voters do not participate in politics.

Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions

September 2022 229 x 152 mm c.200pp 12 b/w illus. 19 tables 9781009167673 Paperback £25.99 / US$34.99 P

Undue Process

Persecution and Punishment in Autocratic Courts Fiona Feiang Shen-Bayh

This book explains how courts can be used to repress political challengers, institutionalize punishment, and undermine the rule of law.

Cambridge Studies in Law and Society

September 2022 229 x 152 mm c.240pp 9781009197144 Paperback £26.99 / US$34.99 P

Coping with Global Institutional Change

A Tale of India’s Textile and Pharmaceutical Industries Preet S. Aulakh and Raveendra Chittoor

It uses multi-level analytical approach to provide insights on two industries that coped with WTO initiated global institutional change.

August 2022 229 x 152 mm 248pp 9781009176330 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C

An Uneasy Hegemony

Politics of State-building and Struggles for Justice in Sri Lanka Shyamika Jayasundara-Smits

It departs from the scholarship produced on Sri Lanka, and re-introduces the neo-Marxist approaches through the works of Antonio Gramsci.

South Asia in the Social Sciences, 19

August 2022 229 x 152 mm c.280pp 9781009199247 Hardback £90.00 / US$120.00 C

Greed and Guns

Imperial Origins of the Developing World Atul Kohli

This Element demonstrates how imperialism helps great powers enhance their own economic well-being at the expense of the developing world.

Elements in the Politics of Development

October 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781009199742 Paperback c. £15.00 / c. US$20.00 P

Freedom in Captivity

Negotiations of Belonging along Kashmir’s Frontier Radhika Gupta

Ethnography of Shias living along frontiers of Kashmir, negotiating belonging to India by calibrating transnational religious-cultural ideas with nationalist ideologies.

November 2022 229 x 152 mm c.290pp 9781009201612 Hardback £85.00 / US$110.00 C

Unity through Division

Political Islam, Representation and Democracy in Indonesia Diego Fossati

With a focus on Indonesia, this book studies representation to explain why public satisfaction with democracy may increase despite democratic backsliding.

October 2022 229 x 152 mm c.250pp 9781009203036 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C

Rationalism in Politics

Peter J. Steinberger

Argues for the discourse of truthboth ‘factual’ and ‘rational’-as an essential and defining feature of political enterprise.

August 2022 229 x 152 mm c.250pp 9781009204422 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C

Hybrid Sovereignty in World Politics

Swati Srivastava

Argues that the global order is constructed from sovereign hybridity, where power flows without regard to public and private boundaries.

Cambridge Studies in International Relations

September 2022 229 x 152 mm c.280pp 9781009204507 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C

U.S. and Latin American Relations

Third edition

Gregory B. Weeks and Michael E. Allison

A textbook providing theoretical and historical analyses for understanding contemporary USLatin American relations.

December 2022 244 x 170 mm c.326pp 14 b/w illus. 8 tables 9781009205962 Paperback £31.99 / US$42.99 X

Monitors and Meddlers

How Foreign Actors Influence Local Trust in Elections Sarah Sunn Bush Lauren Prather

Investigates how foreign actors influence citizens’ trust in elections, and cases where outside intervention has enhanced or undermined election integrity.

August 2022 229 x 152 mm c.280pp 9781009204316 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C

Signing Away the Bomb

The Surprising Success of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime Jeffrey M. Kaplow

This book explains how and why the nuclear nonproliferation regime has been successful, even without the characteristics usually seen in effective institutions.

November 2022 229 x 152 mm c.320pp 9781009216739 Hardback c. £85.00 / c. US$110.00 C

The Illusion of Accountability

Transparency and Representation in American Legislatures Justin H. Kirkland and Jeffrey J. Harden

This book shows that legislative transparency does not impact representation directly, but instead aids organized interests in influencing legislatures.

August 2022 229 x 152 mm c.350pp 9781009219631 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C

Legitimacy Politics

Elite Communication and Public Opinion in Global Governance Lisa Dellmuth Jonas Tallberg

Bridging international relations, comparative politics, and cognitive psychology, this book explores how elites shape the popular legitimacy of international organizations.

December 2022 229 x 152 mm c.250pp 44 b/w illus. 9 tables 9781009222037 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C

Sunni City

Tripoli from Islamist Utopia to the Lebanese ‘Revolution’ Tine Gade

Analyses contentious politics in Tripoli, Lebanon’s Sunni city, and the relations between Islamist and sectarian groups in governing the city.

Cambridge Middle East Studies, 69

November 2022 229 x 152 mm c.248pp 9781009222761 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C

The Counterinsurgent Imagination

A New Intellectual History Joseph MacKay

A critical intellectual history of counterinsurgency, from early modernity to the present, analyzing military manuals, their authors, and their use.

LSE International Studies

November 2022 229 x 152 mm c.300pp 9781009225823 Paperback c. £24.99 / c. US$32.99 P

Prophetic Times

Visions of Emancipation in the History of Italy Maurizio Viroli

Provides the visions of social emancipation that we need.

November 2022 229 x 152 mm c.300pp 9781009233187 Hardback c. £30.99 / c. US$39.99 P

Majorities, Minorities, and the Future of Nationhood

Liav Orgad Ruud Koopmans

A thought-provoking dialogue on majority and minority rights among world-leading scholars.

September 2022 229 x 152 mm c.320pp 9 b/w illus. 2 tables 9781009233354 Paperback £26.99 / US$34.99 P

Trajectories of Authoritarianism in Rwanda

Elusive Control before the Genocide Marie-Eve Desrosiers

Uses original archival and interview material to reconsider authoritarian politics in Rwanda in the decades before the 1994 genocide.

African Studies, 161

November 2022 229 x 152 mm c.279pp 9781009224789 Hardback £90.00 / US$120.00 C

The Politics of Comprehensive School Reforms

Cleavages and Coalitions Katharina Sass

This book provides a comparativehistorical analysis of school politics in Norway and Germany, inspired by Rokkanian cleavage theory.

Cambridge Studies in the Comparative Politics of Education

August 2022 229 x 152 mm c.320pp 9781009235181 Hardback £90.00 / US$120.00 C

Under the Gun

Political Parties and Violence in Pakistan Niloufer A. Siddiqui

The book draws on Pakistan’s experience to explore why and when political parties engage in violence or ally with militant actors.

November 2022 229 x 152 mm c.300pp 9781009242523 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C

Closed for Democracy

How Mass School Closure Undermines the Citizenship of Black Americans Sally A. Nuamah

This book analyzes how publicschool closures and the costly battles waged to stop them undermine the citizenship of Black Americans.

November 2022 229 x 152 mm c.240pp 9781009247443 Paperback £22.99 / US$29.99 P

The Profits of Distrust

Citizen-Consumers, Drinking Water, and the Crisis of Confidence in American Government Manuel P. Teodoro Samantha Zuhlke and David Switzer

The choices people make about drinking water reveal deeper lessons about trust in government and civic life.

Business and Public Policy

August 2022 229 x 152 mm c.300pp 64 b/w illus. 46 tables 9781009244855 Paperback £26.99 / US$34.99 P

Making Bureaucracy Work

Norms, Education and Public Service Delivery in Rural India Akshay Mangla

This book examines when and how public bureaucracies work for disadvantaged citizens through a comparative study of primary education in rural India.

Cambridge Studies in the Comparative Politics of Education

November 2022 229 x 152 mm c.350pp 9781009258012 Hardback £85.00 / US$110.00 C

State-Building as Lawfare

Custom, Sharia, and State Law in Postwar Chechnya Egor Lazarev

This book explores how politicians and individuals use state and non-state legal systems to achieve political goals in Chechnya.

Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics

December 2022 229 x 152 mm c.300pp 9781009245951 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C

The Politics of Immigration Beyond Liberal States

Morocco and Tunisia in Comparative Perspective Katharina Natter

Compares authoritarian Morocco and democratizing Tunisia to examine whether autocracies make fundamentally different immigration policies than democracies.

December 2022 229 x 152 mm c.280pp 9781009262620 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C

The Founding of Modern States

Richard Franklin Bensel

This book examines the rise of the modern state through six historical case studies of state formation.

October 2022 229 x 152 mm c.568pp 9781009247214 Paperback £29.99 / US$39.99 P

The Distributive Politics of Environmental Protection in Latin America and the Caribbean

Isabella Alcañiz Ricardo A. Gutiérrez

This Element focuses on environmental protection, as both government good and service, that has become part of distributive politics.

Elements in Politics and Society in Latin America

August 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781009263436 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P

Recognition Politics

Indigenous Rights and Ethnic Conflict in the Andes Lorenza B. Fontana

A critical analysis of influential theories on identity politics and recognition in the Global South which proposes new policy solutions.

Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics

December 2022 229 x 152 mm c.250pp 9781009265539 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C

Election Violence in Zimbabwe

Human Rights, Politics and Power Vimbai Chaumba Kwashirai

Explores the history and significance of election violence in Zimbabwe from the 1980s to the present day.

December 2022 229 x 152 mm 320pp 9781107190818 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C

Contested Representation

Challenges, Shortcomings and Reforms Claudia Landwehr Thomas Saalfeld Armin Schäfer

This volume analyses the crisis of democratic representation in liberal democracies and offers reforms for representative institutions.

SSRC Anxieties of Democracy

October 2022 229 x 152 mm c.320pp 9781009267724 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C

Opening Up By Cracking Down

Labor Repression and Trade Liberalization in Democratic Developing Countries Adam Dean

Details how democratic developing countries used labor repression to overcome labor union opposition to free trade.

Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions

October 2022 229 x 152 mm c.180pp 9781108478519 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C

Security

A Philosophical Investigation David A. Welch

Presents a philosophical approach to the concept of ‘security’, and offers practical guidance to help states better allocate resources (time, effort, money, talent) better to various security problems.

August 2022 c.294pp 9781009270120 Paperback £22.99 / US$29.99 P

Civil Society in Southeast Asia

Power Struggles and Political Regimes Garry Rodan

This Element explains how capitalist dynamics help form coalitions in ideological struggles over state-civil society power relationships.

Elements in Politics and Society in Southeast Asia

August 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781108707428 Paperback c. £15.00 / c. US$20.00 P

The Circuit of Detachment in Chile

Understanding the Fate of a Neoliberal Laboratory Kathya Araujo

Elements in Politics and Society in Latin America

August 2022 9781009310710 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P

Quest for Democracy

Liberalism in the Modern Arab World Line Khatib

Examines the underground and overlooked actors and activities of liberal activism and liberal counter-cultures in the modern Arab world.

November 2022 229 x 152 mm c.288pp 9781108710978 Paperback £26.99 / US$34.99 P

The Post-Partisans

Anti-Partisans, AntiEstablishment Identifiers, and Apartisans in Latin America Carlos Meléndez

This Element focuses on the development of typology of postpartisan political identities.

Elements in Politics and Society in Latin America

July 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781108717366 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P

Violence and Representation in the Arab Uprisings

Benoît Challand

Considers the history of citizenship in Yemen and Tunisia to explain why democratic participation was undermined after the 2011 revolutionary wave.

The Global Middle East, 21

December 2022 229 x 152 mm c.304pp 9781108748261 Paperback c. £18.99 / c. US$31.99 P

Creating Human Nature

The Political Challenges of Genetic Engineering Benjamin Gregg

Introduces the new field of ‘political bioethics,’ focusing on the peculiarly political questions posed by human genetic engineering.

October 2022 229 x 152 mm c.250pp 9781108789714 Paperback £26.99 / US$34.99 P

Fundamental Perspectives on International Law

Seventh edition

Tracy H. Slagter John D. Van Doorn William Slomanson

A user-friendly, comprehensive, and modern account of international law combining political science and law for students at multiple levels.

November 2022 244 x 170 mm c.600pp 9781108813891 Paperback c. £39.99 / c. US$49.99 X

Hong Kong

Global China’s Restive Frontier Ching Kwan Lee

CK Lee situates the post-1997 China–Hong Kong contestation in the broader context of ‘global China.’

Elements in Global China

July 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781108823913 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P

Garments without Guilt?

Global Labour Justice and Ethical Codes in Sri Lankan Apparels Kanchana N. Ruwanpura

Explores how labour struggles in the post-1977 period in Sri Lanka provided important resistance to capitalist processes.

June 2022 228 x 152 mm 224pp 9781108832014 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C

Beyond ‘Plata O Plomo’

Drugs and State Reconfiguration in Colombia Gustavo Duncan

This Element interprets how narcotrafficking and private armies interacted with the process of configuration of the state in Colombia.

Elements in Politics and Society in Latin America

August 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781108810326 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P

Accidental Gamblers

Risk and Vulnerability in Vidarbha Cotton Sarthak Gaurav and Thiagu Ranganathan

A study of farmers’ gamble with cotton in Vidarbha, India by relying on historical research and 12 years of longitudinal study.

October 2022 228 x 152 mm c.260pp 9781108832298 Hardback c. £75.00 / c. US$105.00 C

Schooling the Nation

Education and Everyday Politics in Egypt Hania Sobhy

Uses first-hand accounts from Egyptian schools to show how governance, legitimation and belonging were shaped before and after the 2011 uprising.

The Global Middle East

December 2022 229 x 152 mm c.300pp 9781108832380 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C

A Broken Record

Institutions, Community and Development in Pakistan Atiyab Sultan

Explores the microeconomic history of the Punjab to situate many popular, current themes in development studies in the historical context.

August 2022 228 x 152 mm c.230pp 9781108832632 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C

In the Shadow of the Mill

Workers’ Neighbourhoods in Ahmedabad, 1920s to 2000s Rukmini Barua

Presents a historical ethnography of two workers’ neighbourhoods in Ahmedabad, a city in Western India.

August 2022 228 x 152 mm c.300pp 9781108838115 Hardback £85.00 / US$110.00 C

The Digital Transformation and Japan’s Political Economy

Ulrike Schaede Kay Shimizu

This Element explores how the Japanese state is trying to balance the unfolding demands of the digital economy.

Elements in Politics and Society in East Asia

June 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781108925709 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P

Japan as a Global Military Power

New Capabilities, Alliance Integration, BilateralismPlus Christopher W. Hughes

This Element argues that Japan has fundamentally shifted its military posture over the last three decades.

Elements in Politics and Society in East Asia

July 2022 c.75pp 9781108971478 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P

Global China as Method

Ivan Franceschini and Nicholas Loubere

This Element examines the ways in which China and it’s people form an integral part of the global capitalist system.

Elements in Global China

August 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781108995566 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P

Battleground

Asymmetric Communication Ecologies and the Erosion of Civil Society in Wisconsin Lewis A. Friedland Dhavan V. Shah, Michael W. Wagner Katherine J. Cramer, Chris Wells Jon Pevehouse

This Element looks into how politics, social life, and communication intersect and create conditions of polarization and democratic decline.

Elements in Politics and Communication

August 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781108925068 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P

Abstraction in Experimental Design

Testing the Tradeoffs Ryan Brutger Joshua D. Kertzer Jonathan Renshon Chagai M. Weiss

This Element explores how political scientists designing experiments address how abstract their experimental stimuli should be.

Elements in Experimental Political Science

July 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781108995597 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P