Professional Documents
Culture Documents
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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
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)
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
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu 3
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
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)
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)
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Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
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)
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
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)
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
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)
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)
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Southeast Asia | Korea | Central Asia
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)
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)
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
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)
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)
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The United States
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)
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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)
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
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)
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
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)