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  Marketcraft - How Governments...

  Steven K. Vogel

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  Modern-day markets do not arise spontaneously or evolve naturally. Rather they are crafted by individuals, firms, and most of all, by governments. Thus "marketcraft" represents a core function of government comparable to statecraft and requires considerable artistry to govern markets effectively. Just as real-world statecraft can be masterful or muddled, so it is with marketcraft. 
   
    
   
  In Marketcraft, Steven Vogel builds his argument upon the recognition that all markets are crafted then systematically explores the implications for analysis and policy. In modern societies, there is no such thing as a free market. Markets are institutions, and contemporary markets are all heavily regulated. The "free market revolution" that began in the 1980s did not see a deregulation of markets, but rather a re-regulation. Vogel looks at a wide range of policy issues to support this concept, focusing in particular on the U.S. and Japan. He examines how the U.S., the "freest" market economy, is actually among the most heavily regulated advanced economies, while Japan's effort to liberalize its economy counterintuitively expanded the government's role in practice.

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  The Evolution of Irish...

  Tom Garvin

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  Professor Tom Garvin's classic work studies the growth of nationalism in Ireland from the middle of the eighteenth century to modern times.
  
  It traces the continuity of tradition from earlier organisations, such as the United Irishmen and the agrarian Ribbonmen of the eighteenth century, through the followers of Daniel O'Connell, the Fenians and the Land League in the nineteenth century to the Irish political parties of today, including Sinn Féin, Fianna Fáil, Labour Party and Fine Gael.
  
  The dual nature of Irish nationalism is shown in sharp focus. Despite the secular and liberal leanings of many Irish leaders and theoreticians, their followers were frequently sectarian and conservative in social outlook. This book demonstrates how this dual legacy has influenced the politics of modern Ireland.
  The Evolution of Irish Nationalist Politics: Table of Contents
  
  - Irish parties and Irish politics
  The Irish republic: post-colonial politics in a western European state
  Political culture and political organisation
  Geography, economics and method
  
  - The origins of Irish popular politics
  Roots of Irish popular nationalism
  The beginnings of urban radical political organisation, 1750–1800
  Agrarianism, religion and revolution, 1760–1800
  
  - The development of nationalist popular politics, 1800–48
  Secret societies before the Famine: the rise of Ribbonism
  Political mobilisation in pre-Famine nationalist Ireland
  
  - Secret societies and party politics after the Famine
  The social background
  Electoral politics after the Famine
  The recrudescence of republicanism: Fenianism and the Agrarians
  The IRB and Irish politics after the Land War
  
  - Agrarianism, nationalism and party politics, 1874–95
  Political mobilisation and the agrarian campaign
  The development of the Irish National League
  The Parnell split: the collapse of the Irish National League
  
  - The reconstruction of nationalist politics, 1891–1910
  The rebuilding of the parliamentary party
  The rise of the Hibernians
  
  - The new nationalism and military conspiracy, 1900–16
  The development of cultural nationalism and the origins of Sinn Féin
  Fenians, Volunteers and insurrection
  
  - Elections, revolution and civil war, 1916–23
  The rise of Sinn Féin
  The electoral landslide of December 1918
  The Republic of Ireland, 1919–23
  
  - The origins of the party system in independent Ireland
  The ancestry of the Irish party system
  The legitimation of the state and the building of political parties
  
  - An analysis of electoral politics, 1923–48
  Parties and elections in the Irish Free State
  Turnout, 1922–44
  Sinn Féin III/Fianna Fáil
  Cumann na nGaedheal/Fine Gael
  The Labour Party
  The farmers' parties
  The break-up of the Treaty party system
  
  - The roots of party and government in independent Ireland
  The central place of party in Irish politics
  Party and the physical force tradition
  The evolution of the Irish state
  Party and government in independent Ireland
  
  - Some comparative perspectives
  Liberal democracy
  The party system in comparative perspective

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  Clarity in the Political Circus...

  Richard Frank

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  Step into the Arena of Reality with "Clarity in the Political Circus: Realizing Fact from Fiction." This book is an expedition for those ready to dissect the intricacies of political engagement and unveil the truth obscured by the spectacle. Begin with an exploration of the individual's role in politics, followed by a journey into the craft of political communication. Decode the power of narratives, persuasion, and the impact of social media on political discourse. 
   
  The guide navigates through the dense forest of propaganda, gaslighting, and tactics used to distort truth. Uncover projection and deflection strategies, exposing their role in political blame games. Chapter Ten reveals the art of drama as a distraction. Analyze the manipulation of emotions in politics, from leveraging fear to dangling hope like a carrot on a stick. 
   
  Distinguish genuine grassroots movements from manufactured ones, known as 'Astroturfing.' The Conclusion encourages active participation, providing critical thinking tools and fact-checking resources in an appendix. "Clarity in the Political Circus" is your companion to pierce through the noise, understand the political show, and engage with reality in an informed and assured way.

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  Constitutional Context - Women...

  Kathleen S. Sullivan

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  This provocative reassessment of the 19th century American women’s movement calls into question its attack on common law traditions. 
   
  While the United States was founded on principles of freedom and equality, its legal traditions are based in British common law. In the nineteenth-century, women’s rights advocates argued that this led to a contradiction: common law rules concerning property and the status of married women were at odds with the nation’s principles. Conventional wisdom suggests that this tactic was successful. But in Constitutional Context, historian Kathleen S. Sullivan offers a fresh perspective. 
   
  In revisiting the era’s congressional debates, state legislation, judicial opinions, news accounts, and work of political activists, Sullivan finds that the argument for universal, abstract rights was not the only—or even the best—path available for social change. Rather than establishing a new paradigm of absolute rights, the women’s movement unwittingly undermined common law’s ability to redress grievances. This contributed to the social, cultural, and political stagnation that characterizes the movement today. 
   
  A challenging and thoughtful study of what is commonly thought of as an era of progress, Constitutional Context provides the groundwork for a more comprehensive understanding and interpretation of constitutional law.

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  How Wealth Rules the World -...

  Ben G. Price

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  This book examines how antidemocratic forces in the U.S. have evolved through history to repress communities and destroy the environment. 
   
  Ben Price reveals how corporate and state interests are systematically cracking down on social movements to insure corporate supremacy in the United States. Combining an illuminating analysis of history with his experience as a leader of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, he demonstrates how a legal paradigm that facilitated slavery and the fossil fuel economy remains an antidemocratic force in the country to this day. 
   
  Price identifies key counterrevolutions in U.S. history that squelched the transformative potential of the Civil War and American Revolution, and traces the roots of colonial and imperial systems of control. He links them to modern “free trade” agreements and other structures used to supersede modern democracy. 
   
  Crucially, Price shares insight into how social movements can plant seeds of a new legal system that makes the liberty, civil rights and dignity of humans and ecosystems its ultimate purpose. In fact, he introduces the reader to people who are doing just that.

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  The Return of Resentment - The...

  Robert A. Schneider

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  The term "resentment" has dominated US news analysis since November 2016. Despite its increased use, this word seems to defy easy categorization. Does "resentment" describe many interlocking sentiments, or is it just another way of saying "anger"? Does it suggest an irrational grievance, as opposed to a legitimate callout of injustice? Does it imply political leanings, or is it nonpartisan by nature? 
   
   
    
  In The Return of Resentment, Robert A. Schneider explores these questions and more, moving from eighteenth-century Britain to the aftermath of the French Revolution to social movements throughout the twentieth century. Schneider illustrates how resentment has morphed across time, coming to express a collective sentiment felt by people and movements across the political spectrum. In this history, we discover resentment's modernity and its ambiguity—how it can be used to dismiss legitimate critique and explain away violence, but also convey a moral stance that demands recognition. Schneider anatomizes the many ways resentment has been used to label present-day movements, from followers of Trump and supporters of Brexit to radical Islamicists and proponents of identity politics. Addressing our contemporary political situation in a novel way, The Return of Resentment challenges us to think critically about the roles different emotions play in politics.

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