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New Books in Political Science

Cornell
University Press

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Contents
Cornell Studies in Money…………………………………………………………….1
Cornell Studies in Political Economy……………………………………………2
Cornell Studies in Security Affairs………………………………………………5
Security Studies & International Relations…………………………………..8
Immigration………………………………………………………………………………9
Development Studies…………………………………………………………………10
Political Philosophy……………………………………………………………………11
Area Studies
Japan……………………………………………………………………………………12
China……………………………………………………………………………………13
Southeast Asia ………………………………………………………………………..15
Korea……………………………………………………………………………………16
Central Asia……………………………………………………………………………16
The Middle East………………………………………………………………………17
Africa……………………………………………………………………………………18
Europe…………………………………………………………………………………19
The United States…………………………………………………………………..20

Featured Title—The New Book by the Pioneer of Organizational Studies

The Ambiguities of Experience


James G. March
“March is a pioneer in the field of organizational decision
making. For decades March, perhaps the wisest philosopher
of management, has illuminated how humans think and be-
have, and he continues to do so in this book. He begins by
reminding us of just how deeply beholden we have become,
in our organizational lives, to the idea of experiential learn-
ing. The problem is that learning from experience involves
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2010 | Cloth ISBN 978-0-8014-4877-5
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Cornell University Press


Cornell Studies in Money
A series edited by Eric Helleiner and Jonathan Kirshner

Tax Havens
How Globalization Really Works
Ronen Palan, Richard Murphy, and Christian Chavagneux
“Impeccably researched and packed with new insights, this
groundbreaking book exposes financial capitalism’s best-kept
secret.”—John Christensen, Director, Tax Justice Network
International Secretariat, London
2010 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7612-9
280 pages | $24.95 (Catalog Price: $19.96)

The Future of the Dollar


Edited by Eric Helleiner and Jonathan Kirshner
“This book offers great value in presenting different approaches
and views on the future of the dollar. And reading through a
rather heterogeneous collection of contributions one cannot but
agree with editors Helleiner and Kirshner that the field of dollar
studies is so ridden with disagreements that it would be virtu-
ally impossible to conclude with a coherent, let alone common,
view.”—International Affairs
2009 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7561-0
272 pages | $22.95 (Catalog Price: $18.36)

Subprime Nation
American Power, Global Capital, and the Housing Bubble
Herman M. Schwartz
“In Subprime Nation, Herman M. Schwartz brings his char-
acteristic iconoclasm to the deep roots of the current interna-
tional economic crisis. He investigates how the assertion and ex-
tension of American economic power led to the boom in Ameri-
can financial and housing markets, which set the stage for the
crisis.”—Jeffry Frieden, Harvard University
2009 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7567-2
280 pages | $24.95 (Catalog Price: $19.96)

New in Paperback
Regulating Capital
Setting Standards for the International Financial System
David Andrew Singer
“Singer focuses on the financial regulatory process in major
industrial countries; the tensions between regulatory prudence
and international competitiveness; the constant possibility of a
legislative intervention, especially after financial crises; and the
efforts by national regulators to preserve their autonomy through,
paradoxically, the international negotiation of common norms.”
—Foreign Affairs
2007 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7671-6
176 pages | $21.00 (Catalog Price: $16.80)

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Cornell Studies in Political Economy
A series edited by Peter J. Katzenstein

Constructing the International Economy


Edited by Rawi Abdelal, Mark Blyth, and Craig Parsons
“Constructing the International Economy is an impassioned,
compelling case for stepping back from the realist view of the
modern economy to understand how its institutions, practices,
and theories have been constructed by human agents.”
—Frank Dobbin, Harvard University
2010 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7588-7
304 pages | $24.95 (Catalog Price: $19.96)

Asia’s Flying Geese


How Regionalization Shapes Japan
Walter F. Hatch
“Asia’s Flying Geese connects social organization, economics,
and politics to bring the study of East Asian regionalism to life.
In this landmark book on an extremely important topic, Hatch
explains Japan’s economic stagnation and subsequent transfor-
mation by looking at its ties to East Asia.”
—Mark Tilton, Purdue University
2010 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7647-1
304 pages | $24.95 (Catalog Price: $19.96)

Public Law and Private Power


Corporate Governance Reform in the Age of Finance Capitalism
John W. Cioffi
“In Public Law and Private Power, John W. Cioffi takes on a big
topic with a mixture of theory, description, and vivid, interesting
case studies. By comparing the superimportant economies of
Germany and the United States, Cioffi provides great value.”
—Peter A. Gourevitch, author of Politics in Hard Times
2010 | Cloth ISBN 978-0-8014-4904-8
304 pages | $39.95 (Catalog Price: $31.96)

Power and the Governance of Global Trade


From the GATT to the WTO
Soo Yeon Kim
“Power and the Governance of Global Trade is particularly in-
sightful in mapping how power has shaped the rules governing
global trade and showing that those rules created uneven distri-
butional effects that persist to this day.”
—Brian Pollins, The Ohio State University
2010 | Cloth ISBN 978-0-8014-4886-7
200 pages | $39.95 (Catalog Price: $31.96)

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Cornell Studies in Political Economy

Hierarchy in International Relations


David A. Lake
“What distinguishes the various forms of hierarchy, from co-
lonialism to modern alliances, is the amount of sovereignty
signed over to the leading state. Lake uses this insight to ex-
plore patterns of U.S.-led hierarchy in the security and economic
realms, relying on measures such as the presence of U.S. mili-
tary bases, exchange-rate linkages, and trade dependence.”
—Foreign Affairs
2009 | Cloth ISBN 978-0-8014-4756-3
248 pages | $39.95 (Catalog Price: $31.96)

Mirrors of the Economy


National Accounts and International Norms in
Russia and Beyond
Yoshiko M. Herrera
“Empirically rich and theoretically innovative, Mirrors of the
Economy offers original insights into the interaction of domestic
and international factors producing major institutional change.”
—Matthew Evangelista, Cornell University
2010 | Cloth ISBN 978-0-8014-4585-9
272 pages | $49.95 (Catalog Price: $19.96)

Whose Ideas Matter?


Agency and Power in Asian Regionalism
Amitav Acharya
“Especially when discussing the Cold War period, this work is an
important contribution to the understanding of the history of
multilateral cooperation in the region. It usefully complements
rational theorizing, as well as the usual explanations of why
ASEAN is so weakly institutionalized: incomplete processes of
nation-building (for instance in Cambodia and Timor-Leste); in-
tra-ASEAN dissonances (for instance about the future regional
role of the United States and China, and contested territorialities
in the South China Sea); and the vast economic, social, cultural
and political differences between the countries.”
—International Affairs
2009 | Cloth ISBN 978-0-8014-4751-8
200 pages | $39.95 (Catalog Price: $31.96)

Globalizing in Hard Times


The Politics of Banking-Sector Opening in the Emerging World
Leonardo Martinez-Diaz
“Beyond carefully revealing how globalization refracts through
domestic political economies, the book is also a model for the-
oretically informed, cross-regional comparative analysis and
should find its way into central theoretical debates in interna-
tional political economy, comparative politics, and the politics of
banking, as well as ongoing controversies over the optimal roles
of states and markets in development.”
—Ben Ross Schneider, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2009 | Cloth ISBN 978-0-8014-4755-6
256 pages | $45.00 (Catalog Price: $36.00)

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Cornell Studies in Political Economy

Networked Politics
Agency, Power, and Governance
Edited by Miles K ahler
“This pathbreaking volume generates a set of exciting research
questions about the role of networks in world politics and of-
fers some innovative methodologies to facilitate their empirical
investigation. Anyone interested in new ways of thinking about
world politics should read Networked Politics.”
—Robert O. Keohane, Princeton University
2009 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7476-7
288 pages | $22.95 (Catalog Price: $18.36)

Also of Interest

States’ Gains, Labor’s Losses


China, France, and Mexico Choose Global Liaisons, 1980–2000
Dorothy J. Solinger
“States’ Gains, Labor’s Losses is an ambitious, original, and im-
portant book. Solinger carefully examines the evolution of la-
bor relations across three very different countries in response
to heightened exposure to global economic forces. The book not
only offers compelling insights for the study of political econo-
my and industrial relations but also demonstrates the utility of
cross-regional comparative analysis.”
—Rudra Sil, University of Pennsylvania
2009 | Cloth ISBN 978-0-8014-4777-8
264 pages | $45.00 (Catalog Price: $36.00)

Protection for Exporters


Power and Discrimination in
Transatlantic Trade Relations, 1930–2010
Andreas Dür
“In this well-argued and provocative new book, Andreas Dür pos-
its a new argument as to why the United States and the European
Community have focused on preferential trade agreements. Us-
ing empirical and qualitative analysis, Dür forces us to rethink
why these trade agreements have proliferated. Trade scholars
will be discussing this book extensively in the years to come.”
—Susan Ariel A aronson, George Washington University
2010 | Cloth ISBN 978-0-8014-4823-2
264 pages | $39.95 (Catalog Price: $31.96)

Forced to Be Good
Why Trade Agreements Boost Human Rights
Emilie M. Hafner-Burton
“Forced to Be Good is fascinating and important. Emilie M. Hafner-
Burton provides a compelling account of how the United States
and Europe have used preferential trade arrangements to protect
human rights in foreign countries.”
—Edward D. Mansfield, University of Pennsylvania
2009 | Cloth ISBN 978-0-8014-4643-6
240 pages | $39.95 (Catalog Price: $31.96)

4 Cornell University Press


Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
A series edited by Robert J. Art, Robert Jervis, and Stephen M. Walt

Why Intelligence Fails


Lessons from the Iranian Revolution and the Iraq War
Robert Jervis
“In Why Intelligence Fails, Jervis examines two important U.S.
intelligence lapses and tries to account for what went awry. After
both, the CIA hired Jervis—a longtime student of international
affairs—to help the agency sort out its mistakes. He thus brings
an invaluable perspective as a smart outsider with sufficient in-
side access to appraise the agency’s blind spots.”
—The Wall Street Journal
2010 | Cloth ISBN 978-0-8014-4785-3
248 pages | $27.95 (Catalog Price: $22.36)

Exporting the Bomb


Technology Transfer and the Spread of Nuclear Weapons
Matthew Kroenig
“Kroenig presents a novel supply-side approach to nuclear pro-
liferation and challenges the conventional wisdom that nuclear
exports are driven by economic considerations. Kroenig con-
cludes that although sensitive nuclear assistance is unlikely to be
provided to terrorists, strategic incentives for sensitive nuclear
exports to states will remain.”—Arms Control Today
2010 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7640-2
248 pages | $22.95 (Catalog Price: $22.36)

Living Weapons
Biological Warfare and International Security
Gregory D. Koblentz
“Koblentz provides an up-to-date and comprehensive analysis of
biological weapons as a strategic problem that should become
the standard text in the field. The book draws lessons about in-
telligence, verification, and oversight, and also about what strate-
gic value the offending countries sought to extract by pursuing
such weapons. Through a careful examination of actual cases,
Koblentz has done his best to get the true measure of the bioter-
rorist threat.”—Foreign Affairs
2009 | Cloth ISBN 978-0-8014-4768-6
272 pages | $35.00 (Catalog Price: $28.00)

Weapons of Mass Migration


Forced Displacement, Coercion, and Foreign Policy
Kelly M. Greenhill
“Greenhill’s Weapons of Mass Migration shines a bright light on
strategically engineered migration. And this is, unfortunately, no
minor issue. Greenhill gives the subject the attention it deserves,
skillfully unpacks why some states engage in forced migration
while others do not, discovers interesting theoretical twists, and
derives tractable policy recommendations.”
—Arms Control Today
2010 | Cloth ISBN 978-0-8014-4871-3
360 pages | $35.00 (Catalog Price: $28.00)

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Cornell Studies in Security Affairs

The Military Lens


Doctrinal Difference and Deterrence Failure in
Sino-American Relations
Christopher P. Twomey
“The Military Lens makes a strong contribution to the theoretical
literature on deterrence and political use of force as well as to
an understanding of the historical case studies: the Korean War,
the Taiwan issue in the 1950s, and the 1973 Arab-Israeli War.”
—Robert S. Ross, Boston College
2010 | Cloth ISBN 978-0-8014-4914-7
280 pages | $35.00 (Catalog Price: $28.00)

The Power Problem


How American Military Dominance Makes Us Less Safe,
Less Prosperous, and Less Free
Christopher A. Preble
“In his new book, Preble contends that an overpowering military
makes the United States weaker, not stronger. The results in-
clude such costly misadventures as Somalia and Iraq.”
—The Washington Post
2009 | Cloth ISBN 978-0-8014-4765-5
232 pages | $26.95 (Catalog Price: $21.56)

New in Paperback
Reputation and International Politics
Jonathan Mercer
1996 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7489-7
248 pages | $24.95 (Catalog Price: $19.96)

New in Paperback
Occupational Hazards
Success and Failure in Military Occupation
David M. Edelstein
“Occupational Hazards is one of those rare books that seamlessly
blends theory, historical case studies, and policy relevance. I re-
ally hope that it attracts the attention it deserves from U.S. poli-
cymakers, the ones who most need to do so before they embark
on future military occupations.”—Perspectives on Politics
2008 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7624-2
248 pages | $22.95 (Catalog Price: $18.36)

New in Paperback
Sorry States
Apologies in International Politics
Jennifer Lind
“At a time when nations and societies around the world are engag-
ing in remarkable new means to restore comity in the aftermath
of violence and brutality, detailed and comparative studies of na-
tional successes and failures in reconciliation are sorely needed.
Lind’s work will stand as a valued contribution in this humane
project.”—Journal of Japanese Studies
2008 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7628-0
256 pages | $22.95 (Catalog Price: $17.56)

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Security Studies & International Relations

Sex, Drugs, and Body Counts


The Politics of Numbers in Global Crime and Conflict
Edited by Peter Andreas and Kelly M. Greenhill
“If you’re a journalist, a gluttonous consumer of news, or are eas-
ily swayed by the slapdash, stop what you’re doing and go buy a
copy of Sex, Drugs, and Body Counts. Then, sit down in front of
your computer and send me an e-mail to thank me for helping to
end your enslavement to the dodgy numbers that taint journal-
ism and public policy. It’s not just a good book. It’s a great book.
And it belongs forever on your bookshelf.”
—Jack Shafer, Slate.com
2010 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7618-1
288 pages | $24.95 (Catalog Price: $19.96)

No Man’s Land
Globalization, Territory, and
Clandestine Groups in Southeast Asia
Justin V. Hastings
“Engaging and accessible, No Man’s Land is a fascinating book
on extremely timely and important topics—terrorism, insurgen-
cy, and cross-border crime.”
—Peter Andreas, Brown University
2010 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7679-2
272 pages | $22.95 (Catalog Price: $18.36)

War on Sacred Grounds


Ron E. Hassner
“Taking religion seriously is a challenge in the field of political
science. Instead of diluting the religious factor under more fa-
miliar paradigms Ron E. Hassner, in his highly original book,
tackles brilliantly the issue of integrating religion into the field
of political science.”
—Olivier Roy, author of The Failure of Political Islam
2009 | Cloth ISBN 978-0-8014-4806-5
248 pages | $29.95 (Catalog Price: $23.96)

New in Paperback
Channels of Power
The UN Security Council and U.S. Statecraft in Iraq
Alexander Thompson
“Thompson’s books adds to the small but growing body of work
addressing why powerful countries would channel foreign poli-
cies through IOs. Channels of Power is very well written and re-
searched and is an important contribution to the literature on
international organizations and security policy.”
—Political Science Quarterly
2009 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7637-2
280 pages | $24.95 (Catalog Price: $19.96)

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Security Studies & International Relations

Protection by Persuasion
International Cooperation in the Refugee Regime
Alexander Betts
“In this excellent book, Betts explains why states cooperate to protect
those who flee persecution and violence and seek protection across
borders. In doing so, he deepens our understanding of the modern
refugee regime and international cooperation writ large.”
—Stephen John Stedman, Stanford University
2009 | Cloth ISBN 978-0-8014-4824-9
232 pages | $45.00 (Catalog Price: $36.00)

Plutonium
A History of the World’s Most Dangerous Element
Jeremy Bernstein
“Irony and drama shape Bernstein’s accounts of amazing feats of
scientific deduction and world-endangering secrets, which give
way to a sobering overview of the environmental damage caused
by plutonium-producing reactors and the enormous threats em-
bodied in today’s global plutonium inventory.”—Booklist
2009 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7517-7
216 pages | $17.95 (Catalog Price: $14.36)

Rebels without Borders


Transnational Insurgencies in World Politics
Idean Salehyan
“Rebels without Borders is an interesting and important contribution
to the study of civil war. It is a model of twenty-first century po-
litical science—clearly written, a strong multimethod research de-
sign, ambitious and, ultimately, very persuasive.”
—Stephen Saideman, McGill University
2009 | Cloth ISBN 978-0-8014-4744-0
216 pages | $39.95 (Catalog Price: $31.96)

Federations
The Political Dynamics of Cooperation
Chad Rector
“Rector’s clear explanation builds on the broad literature on co-
operation and the narrower literature on institutional choice and
federalism and adds the exquisite dimension of elucidating not
simply why countries federate but why they choose this option over
self-sufficiency or joining an international organization.”
—Carol S. Weissert, Florida State University
2009 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7524-5
224 pages | $24.95 (Catalog Price: $19.96)

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Immigration

Border Games
Policing the U.S.-Mexico Divide, Second Edition
Peter Andreas
“Vicente Fox has already set the cat among the pigeons
with his call for an open border between the two countries. Just
how provocative—and how politically impossible to implement—
this suggestion is becomes immediately apparent in Andreas’ re-
markably timely book.”—Foreign Affairs
2009 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7540-5
200 pages | $19.95 (Catalog Price: $15.96)
Cornell Studies in Political Economy

Creative State
Forty Years of Migration and
Development Policy in Morocco and Mexico
Natasha Iskander
“The relationship between migration and development has long
been a topic of scholarly and policy fascination, and no more
so than today. Packed with fascinating material, all of which
is presented in a compelling way, Creative State is an essential
resource.”—Roger Waldinger, UCLA
2010 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7599-3
392 pages | $29.95 (Catalog Price: $23.96)
An ILR Press Book

Bringing Outsiders In
Transatlantic Perspectives on Immigrant Political Incorporation
Edited by Jennifer L. Hochschild and John H. Mollenkopf
“Bringing Outsiders In is a must-read for scholars who are
looking to deepen their understanding on how citizenship law,
right-wing politics, public attitudes, and immigration policies
affect the level and types of political engagement among immi-
grants in our liberal democracies.”
—Demetrios G. Papademetriou, President,
Migration Policy Institute
2009 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7514-6
392 pages | $29.95 (Catalog Price: $23.96)

Locating Migration
Rescaling Cities and Migrants
Edited by Nina Glick Schiller and Ayşe Çağlar
This book provides a new approach to the study of migrant
settlement and transnational connection in which cities rather
than nation-states, ethnic groups, or transnational communi-
ties serve as the starting point for comparative analysis. Neither
negating nor privileging the nation-state, Locating Migration
provides ethnographic insights into the various ways in which
migrants and specific cities together mutually constitute and
contest the local, national, and global.
2010 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7687-7
288 pages | $29.95 (Catalog Price: $23.96)

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Development Studies

Privatizing Water
Governance Failure and the World’s Urban Water Crisis
K aren Bakker
“By challenging the idea that privatization and public ownership
are opposed—and indeed the only—alternatives, Bakker shines
light on an issue of fundamental importance to all citizens and
countless policymakers. Karen Bakker makes the case for mov-
ing beyond existing policy approaches and shows why a new par-
adigm committed to flexibility and pragmatism is by far the best
option.”—Noel Castree, University of Manchester
2010 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7464-4
320 pages | $24.95 (Catalog Price: $19.96)

Spiritual Economies
Islam, Globalization, and the Afterlife of Development
Daromir Rudnyckyj
“In anthropology, the value of inspiring ideas in any period depends on their realization in
convincing ethnographic achievements. In this regard, Spiritual Economies is a bravura
performance: at the site of Krakatau Steel, it shows the power and kinship of experiments
in neoliberal economy, religious revival, ethnography—and para-ethnography—all in the
same frame.”—George E. Marcus, author of Ethnography Through Thick and Thin
2010 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7678-5
304 pages | $24.95 (Catalog Price: $19.96)
Expertise: Cultures and Technologies of Knowledge

Case Studies in Food Policy for Developing Countries


The food problems now facing the world—scarcity and starvation, contamination and
illness, overabundance and obesity—are both diverse and complex. In three volumes that
serve as valuable teaching tools, they call upon the wisdom of disciplines including eco-
nomics, nutrition, sociology, anthropology, environmental science, medicine, and geogra-
phy to create a holistic picture of the state of the world’s food systems today.

Case Studies in Food Policy for Developing Countries, Volume I


Policies for Health, Nutrition, Food Consumption, and Poverty
Edited by Per Pinstrup-Andersen and Fuzhi Cheng
2009 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7554-2 | 272 pages | $24.95 (Catalog Price: $19.96)

Case Studies in Food Policy for Developing Countries, Volume II


Domestic Policies for Markets, Production, and Environment
Edited by Per Pinstrup-Andersen and Fuzhi Cheng
2009 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7555-9 | 296 pages | $24.95 (Catalog Price: $19.96)

Case Studies in Food Policy for Developing Countries, Volume III


Institutions and International Trade Policies
Edited by Per Pinstrup-Andersen and Fuzhi Cheng
2009 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7556-6 | 264 pages | $24.95 (Catalog Price: $19.96)

10 Cornell University Press


Political Philosophy

Habermas
Introduction and Analysis
David Ingram
“This is a marvelous resource for anyone interested in better
understanding the difficult and voluminous work of Jürgen Hab-
ermas. It is clearly written, comprehensive, and fair-minded in its
exegesis; moreover, it provides at the same time a highly intelligent,
critical analysis of central themes in the writings of Habermas.”
—Stephen K. White, University of Virginia
2010 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7601-3
384 pages | $26.95 (Catalog Price: $21.56)

Political Aesthetics
Crispin Sartwell
“Political Aesthetics is a lively and provocative book highly re-
commended for all who wish to think deeply about the complex
relations between the aesthetic and the political.”
—Philip Alperson, Temple University
2010 | Cloth ISBN 978-0-8014-4890-4
272 pages | $35.00 cloth (Catalog Price: $28.00)

The Just City


Susan S. Fainstein
“Fainstein’s commitment to social justice shines through this
work, and she provides a challenging approach to evaluating urban
development projects from this perspective. The result is a valu-
able and stimulating contribution  to planning theory and to the
evaluation of urban policy.”
—Patsy Healey, Newcastle University
2010 | Cloth ISBN 978-0-8014-4655-9
224 page | $29.95 (Catalog Price: $23.96)

A Plato Primer
J. D. G. Evans
“There is a philosophical classiness and freshness about this book
that should give it an immediate place on reading lists.”
—J. Rowe, University of Durham
2010 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7683-9
176 pages | $18.95 (Catalog Price: $15.16)

Mourning Happiness
Narrative and the Politics of Modernity
Vivasvan Soni
“Mourning Happiness is meticulous and wide-ranging. Soni
has made a stunning argument for happiness as a foundational
problem in politics.”
—Wai Chee Dimock, Yale University
2010 | Cloth ISBN 978-0-8014-4817-1
512 pages | $49.95 (Catalog Price: $39.96)

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Japan

Changing Politics in Japan


Ikuo K abashima and Gill Steel
“Kabashima and Steel have done it! They have insightfully
and forcefully revealed how the Japanese ‘regime change’ of 2009
was prepared at the grassroots level. Changing Politics in Japan fea-
tures a vast amount of data from the ‘perspective from below,’ the
citizen/elite and voter/party relationships.”
—Takashi Inoguchi, University of Tokyo
2010 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7600-6
184 pages | $19.95 (Catalog Price: $15.96)

The Rise and Fall of Japan’s LDP


Political Party Organizations as Historical Institutions
Ellis S. Krauss and Robert J. Pekkanen
“This is, in my view, the best book ever written on the Japan’s Liberal Democratic
Party (LDP). Krauss and Pekkanen have done incredibly careful and comprehensive re-
search that they use to develop insightful and original analysis.”
—Ethan Scheiner, UC Davis
2010 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7682-2
344 pages | $26.95 (Catalog Price: $21.56)

Imperial Japan at Its Zenith


The Wartime Celebration of the Empire’s 2,600th Anniversary
Kenneth J. Ruoff
“In describing the mass mobilizations that accompanied the
celebration in 1940 of the putative 2,600th anniversary of Japan’s
founding by the mythical emperor Jimmu, Ruoff brilliantly illumi-
nates issues related to war, nation formation, modernization, and
the relationships among them.”
—Julien Victor Koschmann, Cornell University
2010 | Cloth ISBN 978-0-8014-4866-9
288 pages | $39.95 (Catalog Price: $31.96)
A Study of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University

New in Paperback
Site Fights
Divisive Facilities and Civil Society in Japan and the West
Daniel P. Aldrich
“Site Fights is an impressive book that pushes the reader to
reconsider the role of civil society in state policymaking. It is of
great interest to scholars in comparative politics and civil society
research, activists, and policymakers alike.”
—Japanese Journal of Political Science
2010 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7622-8
272 pages | $22.95 (Catalog Price: $18.36)

New in Paperback
Think Global, Fear Local
Sex, Violence, and Anxiety in Contemporary Japan
David Leheny
2006 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7534-4
248 pages | $19.95 (Catalog Price: $15.96)

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China

Mao’s New World


Political Culture in the Early People’s Republic
Chang-tai Hung
“Mao’s New World offers a broad new narrative of the first decade
of Communist rule, focusing on the Party’s use of culture in
establishing its new political order. Chang-tai Hung provides an
expansive, panoramic view of the first decade of the People’s Re-
public that makes clear the central place of the arts in the Party’s
political strategy.”
—Richard Kraus, author of Pianos and Politics in China
2010 | Cloth ISBN 978-0-8014-4934-5
368 pages | $39.95 (Catalog Price: $31.96)

The River Runs Black


The Environmental Challenge to China’s Future, Second Edition
Elizabeth C. Economy
“The only hope, as Economy sees it, is that China’s desire to be
seen as a modern member of the international community will
lead to better environmental protection. And she makes a solid
case that the rest of the world, in particular the United States,
has a strong interest in encouraging such progress.”
—Foreign Affairs
2010 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7613-6
360 pages | $19.95 (Catalog Price: $15.96)
A Council on Foreign Relations Book

Socialist Insecurity
Pensions and the Politics of Uneven Development in China
Mark W. Frazier
“Frazier offers an excellent contribution to research on the welfare
state by thoroughly examining the factors that have shaped the
unique development of China’s old age pension system. This
meticulously researched book shows us both the promise and
peril of China’s growing state role in the protection of old age
income risks.”
—Sarah M. Brooks, The Ohio State University
2010 | Cloth ISBN 978-0-8014-4822-5
224 pages | $35.00 (Catalog Price: $28.00)

In Search of Paradise
Middle-Class Living in a Chinese Metropolis
Li Zhang
“Against the appalling backdrop of the construction laborers’
living conditions and of massive patterns of eviction and disloca-
tion, Zhang shows how realtors deploy national laws and social-
ist and environmental values, with a sometimes self-interested
cynicism that nevertheless also answers to the drive to generate
a wholesale spatial restructuring—from face-lifts to high-rise
fortresses—of Chinese society and subjectivity.”
—Michael Herzfeld, Harvard University
2010 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7562-7
272 pages | $23.95 (Catalog Price: $19.16)

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China

China 2020
How Western Business Can—and Should—Influence Social and
Political Change in the Coming Decade
Michael A. Santoro
“In this great book, Michael A. Santoro adds in significant and
important ways to the dialogue over the economic reforms in
China and how these reforms give rise to many complexities in
the areas of politics and human rights.”
—Doug Guthrie, New York University
2009 | Cloth ISBN 978-0-8014-4695-5
184 pages | $21.95 (Catalog PriceL $17.56)

New in Paperback
China’s Water Warriors
Citizen Action and Policy Change
Andrew C. Mertha
“Addressing the role of forces outside the government in China’s
policymaking, Mertha’s China’s Water Warriors makes a sig-
nificant and insightful contribution. Mertha takes advantage of
three campaigns to resist the construction of dams that occur
at roughly the same time, and in the same region, yet result in
three different outcomes.”—Political Science Quarterly
2008 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7668-6
200 pages | $21.00 (Catalog Price: $16.80)

New in Paperback
China’s Longest Campaign
Birth Planning in the People’s Republic, 1949–2005
Tyrene White
“White’s careful reading of documentary evidence from the
1950s leads to a nuanced and interesting picture of internal de-
bates within the Chinese leadership and among intellectuals
about birth-control issues in a period prior to mandatory family
planning.”
—Martin K. Whyte, Harvard University
2006 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7539-9
320 pages | $23.95 (Catalog Price: $19.16)

New in Paperback
Digital Dragon
High-Technology Enterprises in China
Adam Segal
“This book is packed with solid information and exceptional
insights. Segal examines the record of firms in four cities and
concludes that success or failure depends very much on the prac-
tices of the local governments.”—Foreign Affairs
2002 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7636-5
200 pages | $22.95 (Catalog Price: $18.36)
Cornell Studies in Political Economy

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Southeast Asia

Distributed for Southeast Asia Program Publications

Cultures at War
The Cold War and Cultural Expression in Southeast Asia
Edited by Tony Day and Maya H. T. Liem
“Day and Liem’s consideration of a broad range of cultural forms
remind us that the Cold War’s influence on culture and its produc-
ers was as varied and complex as the Southeast Asian countries it
touched.”—Richard A. Ruth, United States Naval Academy
2010 | Paper ISBN 978-0-87727-751-4
304 pages | $25.95 (Catalog Price: $20.76)

The Ambiguous Allure of the West


Traces of the Colonial in Thailand
Edited by Rachel V. Harrison and Peter A. Jackson
Foreword by Dipesh Chakrabarty
“The Ambiguous Allure of the West finally and decisively pulls Thai
studies away from its long-dominant introspection and its focus on
an alleged Thai exceptionalism and sites it firmly in mainstream
comparative and theoretical contexts.”
—Ian Brown, School of Oriental and African Studies, London
2010 | Paper ISBN 978-0-87727-607-4
320 | $23.95 (Catalog Price: $19.16)

State of Authority
State in Society in Indonesia
Edited by Gerry Van Klinken and Joshua Barker
State of Authority offers a range of detailed case studies based on
fieldwork in many different settings around Indonesia. The stud-
ies bring to life figures of authority who have sought to carve out
positions of power for themselves using legal and illegal means.
2009 | Paper ISBN 978-0-87727-750-7
232 pages | $23.95 (Catalog Price: $19.16)

Dependent Communities
Aid and Politics in Cambodia and East Timor
Caroline Hughes
Dependent Communities investigates the political situations in
contemporary Cambodia and East Timor, where powerful inter-
national donors intervened following deadly civil conflicts. This
comparative analysis critiques international policies that focus on
rebuilding state institutions to accommodate the global market.
2009 | Paper ISBN 978-0-87727-748-4
275 pages | $23.95 (Catalog Price: $19.16)

Phan ChÂu Trinh and His Political Writings


Edited by Vinh Sinh
Phan Châu Trinh (1872–1926) was the earliest proponent of demo-
cracy and popular rights in Vietnam. Vinh Sinh’s masterly intro-
duction to Phan Châu Trinh’s essays illuminate both this turbu-
lent era and the courageous intelligence of the author.
2009 | Paper ISBN 978-0-87727-749-1
152 pages | $20.95 (Catalog Price: $16.76)

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Southeast Asia | Korea | Central Asia

The Golden Triangle


Inside Southeast Asia’s Drug Trade
Ko-lin Chin
“Chin has written a detailed account of the most recent develop-
ments of both heroin and methamphetamine production and traf-
ficking in the Wa Special Region of northern Burma—that is, the
heart of the modern Golden Triangle. His book exposes the great
complexity of the actors and structure of the drug trade in one of
the world’s most remote and unknown areas.”
—Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy, Centre national de
la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
2009 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7521-4
296 pages | $22.50 (Catalog Price: $18.00)

New in Paperback
The Making of Minjung
Democracy and the Politics of Representation in South Korea
Namhee Lee
“This book is the best, and virtually the only, political ethnography
of South Korean antigovernment political activism by students
and intellectuals during the 1980s turbulent democratization pe-
riods. While a few works have been published regarding the politi-
cal democratization processes in South Korea recently, they fail to
achieve the accuracy and in-depth description that Namhee Lee
has provided through this meticulous survey of real life experi-
ences of South Korean activists.”—Korean Studies
2007 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7573-3
368 pages | $24.95 (Catalog Price: $19.96)

Weapons of the Wealthy


Predatory Regimes and Elite-Led Protests in Central Asia
Scott Radnitz
“Weapons of the Wealthy is simply one of the best examples
of deep, qualitative, theory-driven research that I have seen. This
book is a significant step in building a body of theory on how poli-
tics really works in hybrid regimes.”
—Henry E. Hale, George Washington University
2010 | Cloth ISBN 978-0-8014-4953-6
248 pages | $35.00 (Catalog Price: $28.00)

New in Paperback
Organizations at War in Afghanistan and Beyond
Abdulkader H. Sinno
“Sinno’s finding should end the current search of U.S. policymakers
for a ‘moderate Taliban’ that can be broken off from the insurgency.
The Taliban remains a formidable organization, and his book is a
formidable account of why.”
—Perspectives on Politics
2007 |Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7578-8
252 pages | $24.95 (Catalog Price: $19.96)

16 Cornell University Press


The Middle East

Islam in the World Today


A Handbook of Politics, Religion, Culture, and Society
Edited by Werner Ende and Udo Steinbach
“A new and updated version of the classic Der Islam in der Gegenwart,
now in its fifth edition, this first English-language translation
gives non-German speakers access to one of the most authori-
tative works on Islam in the modern world. An impressive ref-
erence at a bargain price; essential for all public and academic
libraries.”—Library Journal
2010 | Cloth ISBN 978-0-8014-4571-2
1128 pages | $85.00 (Catalog Price: $68.00)

Princes, Brokers, and Bureaucrats


Oil and the State in Saudi Arabia
Steffen Hertog
“Toward the end of his career, the great Yale political scientist
Charles Lindblom advised us to abandon the hopeless pursuit of
scientific ‘laws’ and ‘discoveries’ and instead concentrate on what
we can indeed do well: correcting the discipline’s own errors and
getting the facts straight. Hertog does both with consummate
style and skill in Princes, Brokers, and Bureaucrats.”
—Robert Vitalis, University of Pennsylvania
2010 | Cloth ISBN 978-0-8014-4781-5
312 pages | $35.00 cloth (Catalog Price: $28.00)

Evolving Nationalism
Homeland, Identity, and Religion in Israel, 1925–2005
Nadav G. Shelef
“Evolving Nationalism is a delight. It will make a significant con-
tribution to nationalist theory, moving it from some of its over-
determined and too-pat explanations and to an understanding of
the history of Israel. I found Shelef’s approach very persuasive
and his use of evidence judicious and convincing.”
—Joel S. Migdal, University of Washington
2010 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7675-4
296 pages | $24.95 (Catalog Price: $19.96)

City of Strangers
Gulf Migration and the Indian Community in Bahrain
Andrew M. Gardner
“Amid the dizzying array of changes taking place across the Persian
Gulf, Andrew M. Gardner sheds light on the pervasive but little-
studied phenomenon of labor migration. He has produced an
extremely effective and useful analysis of labor migration both
in Bahrain and elsewhere in the region. City of Strangers is a
must-read for anyone interested in the serious study of the Per-
sian Gulf in general and its small sheikdoms in particular.”
—Mehran K amrava, Georgetown University
2010 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7602-0
216 pages | $19.95 (Catalog Price: $15.96)
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Africa

Darfur and the Crisis of Governance in Sudan


A Critical Reader
Edited by Salah M. Hassan and Carina E. Ray
Foreword by Andreas Eshete
“Darfur has involved clashes of identity, rivalry over resources,
the role of the postcolonial state in creating and managing cri-
sis, and the phenomenon of geography as the mother of his-
tory. This volume explores these particularly complex crises of
governance in an interdisciplinary and comprehensive manner
designed to elicit both understanding and critical analysis.”
—Ali A. Mazrui, SUNY Binghamton
2009 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7594-8
524 pages | $39.95 (Catalog Price: $31.96)
Published in collaboration with the Prince Claus Fund Library

Killing Neighbors
Webs of Violence in Rwanda
Lee Ann Fujii
“Killing Neighbors incorporates a sophisticated approach to histor-
ical factors and gives voice to people ‘in the hills’ as well as to po-
litical leaders. It makes a much-needed contribution both to the
field of Rwandan studies and of genocide studies, substituting
data for ideology and local voices for political tracts. Understand-
ing how genocide happens requires more studies such as this.”
—David Newbury, Smith College
2009 | Cloth ISBN 978-0-8014-4705-1
224 pages | $29.95 (Catalog Price: $23.96)

The African Food System and Its Interactions


with Human Health and Nutrition
Edited by Per Pinstrup-Andersen
While much is known about African food systems and about
African health and nutrition, our understanding of the interac-
tion between food systems and health and nutrition is deficient.
The authors of The African Food System and its Interactions with
Human Health and Nutrition examine how public policy and re-
search aimed at the food system and its interaction with human
health and nutrition can improve the well-being of Africans and
help achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals.
2010 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7692-1
384 pages | $29.95 (Catalog Price: $23.96)
Published in Cooperation with the United Nations University

The Socioeconomic Dimensions of


HIV/AIDS in Africa
Edited by David E. Sahn
The authors in this volume examine the HIV/AIDS crisis in
Africa, which persists despite major strides in averting deaths
due to antiretroviral therapy. They tell an important story of the
distinct nature of the disease and its socioeconomic implications.
2010 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7693-8
360 pages | $29.95 (Catalog Price: $23.96)
Published in Cooperation with the United Nations University

18 Cornell University Press


Europe

A Community of Europeans?
Transnational Identities and Public Spheres
Thomas Risse
“Risse provides a fascinating, comprehensive, and wise analysis of
European identity. This book is a model of conceptual clarity, em-
pirical richness, and theoretical acuity that is certain to shape both
the field of European studies and debate about the future of Europe.”
—Gary Marks, UNC–Chapel Hill
2010 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7648-8
304 pages | $24.95 (Catalog Price: $19.96)

Red to Green
Environmental Activism in Post-Soviet Russia
Laura A. Henry
“Red to Green is a very carefully researched and meticulous study of
environmental movements in post-Soviet Russia. It is well written
and theoretically sophisticated. It fills an important gap in the ex-
isting literature on comparative environmental activism.”
—Jane I. Dawson, Connecticut College
2010 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7641-9
296 pages | $24.95 (Catalog Price: $19.96)

Hijacked Justice
Dealing with the Past in the Balkans
Jelena Subotic´
“Subotic argues that international and national courts and truth
commissions have been used to dispose of political opponents,
secure economic assistance, or grease the way into the European
Union. The writing and argumentation are a model of what social
science should be.”—Foreign Affairs
2009 | Cloth ISBN 978-0-8014-4802-7
224 pages | $35.00 (Catalog Price: $28.00)

Farmers on Welfare
The Making of Europe’s Common Agricultural Policy
Ann-Christina L. Knudsen
“Farmers on Welfare offers an original and compelling ideal-typical
portrait of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) as a welfare pol-
icy and makes a significant contribution to the literature. Students
of the CAP and European Union politics alike will find it both
highly informative and entertaining.”—International Affairs
2009 | Cloth ISBN 978-0-8014-4727-3
368 pages | $45.00 (Catalog Price: $36.00)

The Impossible Border


Germany and the East, 1914–1922
Annemarie H. Sammartino
“The Impossible Border is an excellent book. Sammartino dramatic-
ally reveals the impact on the precarious state of Weimar Germany
of mass migration in the aftermath of total war.”
—Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius, the University of Tennessee
2010 | Cloth ISBN 978-0-8014-4863-8
248 pages | $39.95 (Catalog Price: $31.96)

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The United States

The Eccentric Realist


Henry Kissinger and the Shaping of American Foreign Policy
Mario Del Pero
“The Eccentric Realist is a brilliant discussion of the decidedly un-
realistic nature of Kissinger’s realism, the circularity of his bipolar
view of the world, and his ultimate defeat at the hands of newly
powerful neoconservative forces.”
—Marilyn B. Young, New York University
2009 | Cloth ISBN 978-0-8014-4759-4
208 pages | $24.95 (Catalog Price: $19.96)

An Outsider in the White House


Jimmy Carter, His Advisors, and the
Making of American Foreign Policy
Betty Glad
“In a fascinating study of the interaction between Jimmy Carter
and his advisors, Glad has enriched our understanding of the the
individuals, the processes, and the substance of American foreign
policy.”—Robert Jervis, Columbia University
2009 | Cloth ISBN 978-0-8014-4815-7
414 pages | $29.95 (Catalog Price: $23.96)

New in Paperback
Atomic Tragedy
Henry L. Stimson and the Decision to
Use the Bomb against Japan
Sean L. Malloy
“Malloy approaches the decision to use the bomb from the persp-
ective of a key player, Secretary of War Henry Stimson, who had
evident misgivings about the prospective use of the atomic bomb,
and concern about the implications of its use for future peace and
security.”—Foreign Affairs
2008 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7629-7
248 pages | $19.95 (Catalog Price: $15.96)

New in Paperback
Crude Awakenings
Global Oil Security and American Foreign Policy
Steve A. Yetiv
“Crude Awakenings is smart, practical, and convincing. Mr. Yetiv
argues that while trade and ‘dependency’ may put nations into con-
flict, it also pulls them together.”—The Wall Street Journal
2004 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7650-1
248 pages | $24.95 (Catalog Price: $19.96)

Black Yanks in the Pacific


Race in the Making of American Military Empire after World War II
Michael Cullen Green
“Black Yanks in the Pacific is an innovative analysis of the interplay
between U.S. racial politics, foreign policy, and the American oc-
cupations of Japan and Korea.”
—Michael Schaller, University of Arizona
2010 | Cloth ISBN 978-0-8014-4896-6
224 pages | $35.00 (Catalog Price: $28.00)
The United States in the World

20 Cornell University Press


The United States

The Myth of Voter Fraud


Lorraine C. Minnite
“This book is a must-read for anyone concerned with voter fraud in
twenty-first-century America. Minnite defines voter fraud so as
to allow the careful, systematic investigation of the subject she
reports in this volume. I highly recommend it.”
—Chandler Davidson, editor, Minority Vote Dilution
2010 | Cloth ISBN 978-0-8014-4848-5
312 pages | $29.95 (Catalog Price: $23.96)

In the Shadow of FDR


From Harry Truman to Barack Obama, Fourth Edition
William E. Leuchtenburg
“In the Shadow of FDR shrewdly sets forth the special cruelty of the
dilemma Roosevelt’s successors have all faced: ‘If he did not
walk in FDR’s footsteps, he ran a risk of having it said that he
was not a Roosevelt but a Hoover. Yet to the extent that he did
copy FDR, he lost any chance of marking out his own claim to
recognition.’”—The New York Times Book Review
2009 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7568-9
432 pages | $24.95 (Catalog Price: $19.96)

She Was One of Us


Eleanor Roosevelt and the American Worker
Brigid O’Farrell
“In She Was One of Us, Brigid O’Farrell brings to light not only
Eleanor Roosevelt’s significant work with unions but also the
labor movement’s contributions to the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights. Our labor history is enriched and our  ef-
forts to secure workers’ rights are enhanced by reading Eleanor
Roosevelt’s inspiring words and following her call to action close
to home and around the world. She was, indeed, one of us.”
—Richard L. Trumka, President, AFL-CIO
2010 | Cloth ISBN 978-0-8014-4880-5
304 pages | $29.95 (Catalog Price: $23.96)
An ILR Press Book

Black Power at Work


Community Control, Affirmative Action, and
the Construction Industry
Edited by David Goldberg and Trevor Griffey
“Goldberg and Griffey go to the heart of why construction trade
jobs were among the most hotly contested during the civil rights
and black power decades of the 1960s and 1970s. The politics
of black power come to life not in abstract manifestos but in the
daily grind to win concrete economic opportunity for people and
communities in the racially segregated postwar metropolis.”
—Robert Self, Brown University
2010 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7431-6
280 pages | $24.95 (Catalog Price: $19.96)
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The United States

Foreclosed
High-Risk Lending, Deregulation, and the
Undermining of America’s Mortgage Market
Dan Immergluck
“Foreclosed is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand
how the mortgage market really works and the sources of the cur-
rent mortgage market meltdown.”
—Susan M. Wachter, University of Pennsylvania
2009 | Cloth ISBN 978-0-8014-4772-3
264 pages | $29.95 (Catalog Price: $23.96)

Activists in City Hall


The Progressive Response to the Reagan Era in Boston and Chicago
Pierre Clavel
“Brimming with insights and thoughtful commentary on political
strategies, this book could be used as a springboard by coming
generations of activists and planners.”
—G. William Domhoff, author of Who Rules America?
2010 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7655-6
256 pages | $19.95 (Catalog Price: $15.96)

Urban America Reconsidered


Alternatives for Governance and Policy
David Imbroscio
“Urban America Reconsidered raises very provocative questions
about the current direction of research in urban politics. Imbroscio
Urban America
Reconsidered
presents an intriguing perspective on the future of urban policy
Alternatives for Governance and Policy action in the United States”—L arry Bennett, DePaul University
2010 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7565-8
David Imbroscio
224 pages | $19.95 (Catalog Price: $15.96)

New in Paperback
A New New Deal
How Regional Activism Will Reshape the American Labor Movement
Amy B. Dean and David B. Reynolds
Foreword by Harold Meyerson
“A New New Deal helps union organizers make the most of the mult-
iple identities of workers in the fight against the overlapping injus-
tices they face.”— Dorian T. Warren, Columbia University
2009 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7665-5
304 pages | $19.95 (Catalog Price: $15.96)
An ILR Press Book | A Century Foundation Book

This Could Be the Start of Something Big


How Social Movements for Regional Equity Are
Reshaping Metropolitan America
Manuel Pastor Jr., Chris Benner, and Martha Matsuoka
“I know of no comparable work that so integrates the many topics
covered here—the regional equity movement is in the authors’
debt. This book is for students, scholars, activists, policymakers,
political leaders, and foundation officers who say they want to ex-
pand opportunities in this country.”
—James O. Gibson, Center for the Study of Social Policy
2009 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7462-0
272 pages | $19.95 (Catalog Price: $15.96)

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The United States

Stretched Thin
Poor Families, Welfare Work, and Welfare Reform
Sandra Morgen, Joan Acker, and Jill Weigt
“Stretched Thin is a tour de force. It proves that the best schol-
arship makes for good politics. The story is sobering but present-
ed in highly accessible prose and based on stunning empirical
research. It tells us all we need to know about neoliberal social
welfare policy today: it fails to deliver for the poor. Here is en-
gaged scholarship at its best. Read it and weep!”
—Sanford Schram, author of Welfare Discipline
2010 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7510-8
256 pages | $22.95 (Catalog Price: $18.36)

Brown in Baltimore
Howell S. Baum School Desegregation and the Limits of Liberalism
Howell S. Baum

BROWN
IN BALTIMORE
“Baum digs deep into Baltimore’s history of school desegregation
to uncover how the city’s ‘liberalism’ actually led to a pattern
of political and civic abandonment. Baum illustrates how ‘lib-
School Desegregation and the Limits of Liberalism
eralism’ muffled racial conflict and consequently weakened the
city’s capacity to address issues of race and equality in its public
schools.”—Marion Orr, Brown University
2010 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7652-5
296 pages | $24.95 (Catalog Price: $19.96)

Affirmative Action for the Future


James P. Sterba
“Sterba has thoroughly canvassed the subject of affirmative
action, and his arguments in this book are very clear and compel-
ling. Affirmative Action for the Future will be read eagerly by any-
one interested in affirmative action and social justice, whether
their primary focus is on philosophy, law, political science, race
theory, or feminism.”
—Anita M. Superson, author of The Moral Skeptic
2009 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7591-7
144 pages | $17.95 (Catalog Price: $14.36)

New in Paperback
Failure to Protect
America’s Sexual Predator Laws and
the Rise of the Preventive State
Eric S. Janus
“Failure to Protect is a vitally important book that demonstrates
how we have drastically undermined the protections of our Con-
stitution by creating a class of citizens for whom these protec-
tions no longer apply. The book raises this question: if one class
of citizens can be excluded from the Bill of Rights, what other
classes can also be excluded later on? This book should be essen-
tial reading for lawyers, law students, and those who care about
preserving our liberties.”—Charles Reich, Yale L aw School
2006 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7531-3
200 pages | $21.95 (Catalog Price: $17.56)

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The United States

War, Revenue, and State Building


Financing the Development of the American State
Sheldon D. Pollack
“Pollack impressively comparative perspective ensures that this
book could be put to good use in a number of courses on Ameri-
can political development. In Pollack’s view, the American state,
which had virtually no tax capacity at its birth, has developed a
very effective revenue system today—one largely shaped by the
nation’s wartime experiences.”
—David Brian Robertson, University of Missouri–St. Louis
2009 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7586-3
336 pages | $24.95 (Catalog Price: $19.96)

Becoming American under Fire


Irish Americans, African Americans, and
the Politics of Citizenship during the Civil War Era
Christian G. Samito
“Samito shows how African American and Irish American
soldiers helped earn equal citizenship for their people by fight-
ing for the Union. Becoming American under Fire is essential
reading for an understanding of this important transformation
in the American polity.”
— James M. McPherson, Princeton University
2009 | Cloth ISBN 978-0-8014-4846-1
320 pages | $39.95 (Catalog Price: $31.96)

An Elusive Unity
Urban Democracy and Machine Politics in
Industrializing America
James J. Connolly
“Drawing together a significant number of the writings on this sub-
ject and contributing his own primary research, Connolly ex-
plains the development of what came to be called ‘machine’ or
‘boss’ politics over the period from the end of the Civil War up
to 1920.”
—Maureen A. Flanagan, Michigan State University
2010 | Cloth ISBN 978-0-8014-4191-2
280 pages | $39.95 (Catalog Price: $31.96)

New in Paperback
The Politics of Size
Representation in the United States, 1776–1850
Rosemarie Zagarri
“Zagarri’s book is as brilliant as it is bright. Drawing her inspira-
tion from the principles and practice of human geography, she
shows that the demographic theory of representation was ideal
for expansionism, though it ironically provided the environment
in which sectionalism could arise in its ugly, antebellum form.”
—Choice
1987 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8014-7639-6
180 pages | $19.95 (Catalog Price: $15.96)

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