GENERAL & COMPARATIVE POLITICS

Brookings Institution Press

EXPLORING HATE An Anthology

Edited by Robert McKenzie, Dipayan Ghosh & Joshua Geltzer The threat of real-world violence from hateful extremism is growing. In the wake of these and other attacks, there is an increasing public outcry for governments, tech companies, and others to address the deadly effects of hate-inspired violence. This work explores the different manifestations and consequences of hate today, and offers concrete and actionable solutions.

Jun 2022 314pp 9780815738039 Paperback £22.95 / €27.00

University of Michigan Press

ELECTORAL CAMPAIGNS, MEDIA, AND THE NEW WORLD OF DIGITAL POLITICS

Edited by David Taras & Richard Davis Today, political leaders and candidates for office must campaign in a multi-media world not only through the traditional media forums, but also through new digital media, particularly social media. This volume chronicles how Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, email, and memes are used successfully and unsuccessfully to influence elections.

Mar 2022 352pp 9780472055180 Paperback £44.50 / €52.00 9780472075188 Hardback £72.95 / €85.00

University of Michigan Press

NORMALIZATION IN WORLD POLITICS

Gëzim Visoka & Nicolas Lemay-Hébert Traces discourses and practices associated with normalcy in world politics. The authors focus on how dominant states and international organisations try to manage global affairs through imposing normalcy over fragile states, restoring normalcy over disaster-affected states, and accepting normalcy over suppressive states.

Feb 2022 224pp 9780472039012 Paperback £24.50 / €28.00 9780472132898 Hardback £56.95 / €66.00

Rutgers University Press

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES RISE UP The Global Ascendency of Social Media Activism

Edited by Bronwyn Carlson & Jeff Berglund Global Media and Race

Illustrates the impact of social media in expanding the nature of Indigenous communities and social movements. Social media has bridged distance, time, and nation states to mobilise Indigenous peoples to build coalitions and stand in solidarity with one another. Indigenous Peoples Rise Up serves as one of the first studies of Indigenous social media use and activism.

Aug 2021 270pp 9781978808775 Paperback £24.50 / €28.00 9781978808782 Hardback £56.95 / €66.00

SPEAKING TRUTHS Young Adults, Identity, and Spoken Word Activism

Valerie Chepp The twenty-first century is already riddled with protests demanding social justice, and young people are leading the charge. Drawing upon detailed observations and in-depth interviews, the author uncovers how spoken word poetry - and young people's participation in it - contributes to a broader understanding of contemporary social justice activism, including this generation's attention to the political importance of identity, well-being, and love.

Feb 2022 228pp 9781978801103 Paperback £22.95 / €27.00 9781978801110 Hardback £56.95 / €66.00

The University of Alabama Press

CLIMATE POLITICS ON THE BORDER Environmental Justice Rhetorics

Kenneth Walker Rhetoric Culture and Social Critique Series

Explores the ways climate changes are negotiated politically in a border community. Kenneth Walker takes a place-based approach to his study of San Antonio to explore how extreme weather events and responses to them shape local places, publics, and politics.

Jan 2022 216pp 9780817321116 Hardback £39.95 / €47.00

Brookings Institution Press

HIGHLIGHT EXPLORING HATE An Anthology

Edited by Robert McKenzie, Dipayan Ghosh & Joshua Geltzer For further details, please see page 21.

Jun 2022 314pp 9780815738039 Paperback £22.95 / €27.00

The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press

GLOBALIZATION AFTER THE PANDEMIC

Qin Hui Translated by David Ownby Edges Series

Contends that China has achieved success in imposing coercive lockdowns to control the virus, but that it will be a challenge to prevent the normalisation of emergency measures from worsening human rights conditions. The West, in contrast, must learn how democracies can efficiently enter a state of emergency and put an end to these measures at the proper time.

Feb 2022 132pp 9789882372313 Hardback £24.50 / €28.00

City University of Hong Kong Press

FACTS AND ANALYSIS Canvassing COVID-19 Responses

Edited by Linda Chelan Li Offers informative comparative case studies that shed light on key questions around the COVID-19 pandemic. Each country case is perceptively analysed and includes a detailed timeline allowing readers to view each response with hindsight and extrapolate the data to better understand what the future holds.

Jul 2021 332pp 9789629375966 Hardback £29.50 / €34.00

Cognella Academic Publishing

THE INTRODUCTION TO POLITICS ANTHOLOGY Knowledge, Power, Action

Teri J. Walker Provides students with a curated collection of articles that will familiarise them with key concepts and perspectives that relate to the study of politics and political science. This is an ideal resource for foundational courses in politics and political science.

Dec 2021 520pp 9781793517579 Paperback £149.00 / €172.00

University of Georgia Press

eBook available TRANSECTING SECURITYSCAPES Dispatches from Cambodia, Iraq, and Mozambique

Till F. Paasche & James Derrick Sidaway Geographies of Justice and Social Transformation Series

An innovative book on the everyday life of security, told via an examination of three sites: Cambodia, the Kurdistan region of Iraq, and Mozambique. The authors' study of how security is enacted in these sites enables comparative reflections on diversity and commonality in ‘securityscapes'.

Dec 2021 180pp 9780820360614 Paperback £17.95 / €20.00 9780820360607 Hardback £92.95 / €108.00

IGI Global

eBook available HANDBOOK OF RESEARCH ON CHANGING WORLD ECONOMIC ORDER IN THE POST-PANDEMIC PERIOD

Sushanta Kumar Mahapatra & Vishal Sarin Provides scientific knowledge of the current economic scenarios across the globe with a comprehensive overview of the pandemic and regional initiatives, trends of trade and development, and approaches to overcome obstacles of globalisation and the impacts on global trade and economic development in light of the pandemic.

Jan 2022 470pp 9781799868965 Hardback £277.00 / €319.00

Lynne Rienner Publishers

COMPARATIVE POLITICS OF THE GLOBAL SOUTH Linking Concepts and Cases, Fifth Edition

December Green & Laura Luehrmann In this new edition, the authors continue to offer an innovative blend of theory and empirical material as they introduce the politics of what was once called the ‘third world’. A central theme throughout the new edition is how the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated troubling trends and amplified longstanding socioeconomic and political problems.

Jul 2022 522pp 9781955055550 Paperback £31.50 / €36.00

THE CORRUPTION DILEMMA Controlling the Power of the Powerful

Stephen D. Morris Confronts a fundamental dilemma: How can we control power, when power essentially determines what we can, and cannot, control? More specifically, how can we control the power of those actors who use that very power to influence our understanding of corruption and shape our efforts to fight it, all in accordance with their own interests?

Jun 2022 175pp 9781955055284 Hardback £68.95 / €80.00

CYBER INTELLIGENCE Actors, Policies, and Practices

Constance S. Uthoff Cyber espionage and cybercrimes are increasing in both frequency and sophistication - requiring the collection of actionable intelligence in order to combat them. Constance Uthoff provides a comprehensive overview of cyber intelligence, explaining what it is, why it is needed, who is doing it, and how it is done.

Oct 2021 430pp 9781626379664 Paperback £36.50 / €43.00 9781626379657 Hardback £79.95 / €93.00

INFO OPS From World War I to the Twitter Era

Edited by Ofer Fridman, Vitaly Kabernik & Francesca Granelli Since antiquity, information has been used in conflict - to deceive, to demoralise, to sow fear. Not until the twentieth century, though, did information operations become so central to war. In this book, the authors assess the evolving role and increasing relevance of information operations from World War I to the present digital age.

Jan 2022 280pp 9781626379954 Hardback £79.50 / €92.00

PANDEMIC MEDICINE Why the Global Innovation System Is Broken, and How We Can Fix It

Kathryn C. Ibata-Arens Advances in International Political Economy

Analyses the rise and decline of the global innovation system for new drug development and proposes a policy framework for fast-tracking the implementation of new discoveries and preparing for future pandemics.

Aug 2021 190pp 9781626379718 Paperback £22.50 / €26.00 9781626379695 Hardback £76.95 / €89.00

McFarland

CLIMATE CHANGE AND DISASTER RESILIENCE Challenges, Actions and Innovations in Urban Planning

Edited by Joaquin Jay Gonzalez III, Roger L. Kemp & Alan R. Roper Brings together lucid essays and case studies from both scholars and individuals on the front lines who manage international collaborations, lead local communities, provide services for people impacted by disasters, and drive policy change that will lead to a sustainable future.

Jan 2022 220pp 9781476682433 Paperback £37.95 / €44.00

GOVERNMENT ISSUED OPINION The Dark Science of Manipulating Perceptions and Policies

Dennis F. Poindexter Explains the mechanisms of influence campaigns and how they affect outcomes in policy making, often in surprising ways. Chapters detail examples of influence campaigns waged by various governments throughout the years and suggests how the public consciousness should combat these strategies.

Mar 2022 277pp 9781476687124 Paperback £28.50 / €33.00

University of Michigan Press

BRIDGING STATE AND CIVIL SOCIETY Informal Organizations in Tajik/Afghan Badakhshan

Suzanne Levi-Sanchez Provides an in-depth study of parts of Central Asia and Afghanistan that remain marginalised from the larger region. Suzanne Levi-Sanchez provides nine case studies, each an independent look at an informal organisation, but also part of a larger picture that helps the reader understand the key role that informal organisations play.

Nov 2021 360pp 9780472132775 Hardback £68.95 / €80.00

CAPITAL CHOICES Sectoral Politics and the Variation of Sovereign Wealth, Revised Edition

Juergen Braunstein Analyses the creation of different sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) from a comparative political economy perspective, arguing that different state-society structures at the sectoral level are the drivers for SWF variation.

Feb 2022 226pp 9780472038862 Paperback £24.50 / €28.00

THE CAUSES OF POST-MOBILIZATION LEADERSHIP CHANGE AND CONTINUITY A Comparative Analysis of Post-Color Revolution in Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, and Georgia

Vasili Rukhadze New Comparative Politics

Examines the factors that contributed to post-uprising leadership durability in Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, and Georgia in 2004-12. Using structured, focused comparison and process tracing, Vasili Rukhadze argues that the key independent variable influencing post-mobilisation leadership durability is ruling coalition size and cohesion.

Aug 2021 272pp 9780472132652 Hardback £59.95 / €70.00

CHEAP TALK Disability and the Politics of Communication

Joshua St. Pierre Corporealities: Discourses of Disability

Flips the script on communication disability, positioning the unruly, disabled speaker at the centre of analysis to challenge the belief that more communication is unquestionably good. Joshua St Pierre brings together the dysfluent speaker, the talking head, and the troll to show how speech is made cheap to meet the inhuman needs of capital.

May 2022 240pp 9780472055340 Paperback £28.50 / €33.00 9780472075348 Hardback £59.95 / €70.00

HIGHLIGHT ELECTORAL CAMPAIGNS, MEDIA, AND THE NEW WORLD OF DIGITAL POLITICS

David Taras & Richard Davis For further details, please see page 21.

Mar 2022 352pp 9780472055180 Paperback £44.50 / €52.00 9780472075188 Hardback £72.95 / €85.00

HIGHLIGHT NORMALIZATION IN WORLD POLITICS

Gëzim Visoka & Nicolas Lemay-Hébert For further details, please see page 22.

Feb 2022 224pp 9780472039012 Paperback £24.50 / €28.00 9780472132898 Hardback £56.95 / €66.00

THAT COULD BE US News Media, Politics, and the Necessary Conditions for Disaster Risk Reduction

Thomas Jamieson & Douglas A. Van Belle Provides reasons for optimism about the prospect of disaster risk reduction (DRR) in at-risk communities around the world. Observing communities are able to learn from the experiences of stricken areas and pursue policies that ultimately save lives and reduce economic damage from disasters.

Mar 2022 232pp 9780472132997 Hardback £52.95 / €60.00

Naval Institute Press

DIGITAL INFLUENCE MERCENARIES Profits and Power Through Information Warfare

James J. F. Forest In today’s online attention economy, supply and demand have created a rapidly growing market for firms and entrepreneurs using the tactics, tools, and strategies of digital influence warfare to gain profit and power. This book focuses on the more malicious types of online activity conducted by these ‘digital influence mercenaries’.

Apr 2022 328pp 9781682477229 Hardback £37.95 / €44.00

Pentagon Press LLP

HOW CORONA TORMENTED MANKIND The Way Ahead

U.V. Singh Focusing on the COVID-19 global pandemic, this book examines the global unpreparedness to the crisis, as well the unequal struggle across the world to deal with it. The book presents a way forward, demonstrating how we can securely and productively move ahead.

Jan 2022 206pp 9789390095445 Hardback £23.95 / €28.00

Rutgers University Press

HIGHLIGHT INDIGENOUS PEOPLES RISE UP The Global Ascendency of Social Media Activism

Edited by Bronwyn Carlson & Jeff Berglund Global Media and Race

For further details, please see page 22.

Aug 2021 270pp 9781978808775 Paperback £24.50 / €28.00 9781978808782 Hardback £56.95 / €66.00

RISKY CITIES The Physical and Fiscal Nature of Disaster Capitalism

Albert S. Fu Nature, Society, and Culture

Provides a critical examination of global urban development, capitalism, and its relationship with environmental hazards. Risky Cities is not simply about post-catastrophe profiteering. This book focuses on the way in which disaster capitalism has figured out ways to commodify environmental bads and manage risks.

Mar 2022 188pp 9781978820302 Paperback £24.50 / €28.00 9781978820319 Hardback £97.50 / €113.00

RESONANT VIOLENCE Affect, Memory, and Activism in Post-Genocide Societies

Kerry Whigham Genocide, Political Violence, Human Rights

Explores both the enduring impacts of genocidal violence and the varied ways in which states and grassroots collectives respond to and transform this violence through memory practices and grassroots activism. The book demonstrates how ordinary individuals come together to engage with a violent past to pave the way for a less violent future.

Feb 2022 268pp 9781978825550 Paperback £32.50 / €38.00 9781978825567 Hardback £97.50 / €113.00

HIGHLIGHT SPEAKING TRUTHS Young Adults, Identity, and Spoken Word Activism

Valerie Chepp For further details, please see page 22.

Feb 2022 228pp 9781978801103 Paperback £22.95 / €27.00 9781978801110 Hardback £56.95 / €66.00

BESTSELLERS

TRANSNATIONAL MARRIAGE AND PARTNER MIGRATION Constellations of Security, Citizenship, and Rights

Edited by Anne-Marie D'Aoust Politics of Marriage and Gender: Global Issues in Local Contexts

Investigates the ways in which marriage and partner migration processes have become the object of state scrutiny, and the site of sustained political interventions in several states around the world. Contributors reveal how marriage and partner migration have become battlegrounds for political participation, control, and exclusion.

Feb 2022 306pp 9781978816701 Paperback £34.95 / €40.00 9781978816718 Hardback £105.00 / €122.00

United Nations Publications

STATE OF THE WORLD'S INDIGENOUS PEOPLES Rights to Lands, Territories and Resources

United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs Offers a wide-ranging perspective on indigenous peoples' rights to lands, territories and resources, examining legislation and agreements at the national and international level, identifying successful practices and continued obstacles, and suggesting ways forward.

Jul 2021 192pp 9789211304183 Paperback £37.95 / €44.00

Brookings Institution Press

THE REGULATORY CRAFT Controlling Risks, Solving Problems, and Managing Compliance

Malcolm K. Sparrow Tackles one of the most pressing public policy issues of our time: the reform of regulatory and enforcement practice. Malcolm K. Sparrow shows how the vogue prescriptions for reform fail to take account of the distinctive character of regulatory responsibilities - which involve the delivery of obligations rather than just services.

2000 370pp 9780815780656 Paperback £21.95 / €26.00

Hoover Institution Press

“TRICKLE DOWN" THEORY AND “TAX CUTS FOR THE RICH”

Thomas Sowell This essay unscrambles the gross misconceptions that have made rational debates about tax policies virtually impossible for decades.

2012 20pp 9780817916152 Paperback £4.95 / €6.00

Lynne Rienner Publishers

THE NATION-STATE AND GLOBAL ORDER A Historical Introduction to Contemporary Politics, Second Edition

Walter C. Opello, Jr. & Stephen J. Rosow Argues that the current neo-liberal state does not represent a new form, but is an attempt to reconstitute the managerial state in the context of globalisation.

2004 319pp 9781588262899 Paperback £22.50 / €26.00

TOTALITARIAN AND AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES

Juan J. Linz Develops the fundamental distinction between totalitarian and authoritarian systems. This book emphasises the personalistic, lawless, non-ideological type of authoritarian rule the author calls the ‘sultanistic regime’.

2000 275pp 9781555878900 Paperback £21.50 / €25.00

University of Michigan Press

PARADIGMS AND SAND CASTLES Theory Building and Research Design in Comparative Politics

Barbara Geddes Analytical Perspectives on Politics

Demonstrates the relationship between thoughtful research design and the collection of persuasive evidence in support of theory. It teaches the craft of research through interesting and carefully selected examples from the field of comparative development studies.

2003 304pp 9780472068357 Paperback £19.95 / €24.00

PROCESS-TRACING METHODS Foundations and Guidelines

Derek Beach & Rasmus Brun Pedersen Introduces a refined definition of process tracing, differentiating it into three distinct variants and explaining the applications for and limitations of each. The authors develop the underlying logic of process tracing, including how one should understand causal mechanisms and how Bayesian logic enables strong within-case inferences.

2013 248pp 9780472051892 Paperback £29.95 / €35.00

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