Political Science

Sovereigns, Quasi Sovereigns, and Africans Race and Self-Determination in International Law Siba N’Zatioula Grovogui 1996 Spring

Examines the relationship between international law and decolonization in Africa.

Beyond Sovereign Territory The Space of Ecopolitics Thom Kuehls 1996 Spring

An ecological critique of political thought that insists on the centrality of ethics.

Rape Warfare The Hidden Genocide in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia Beverly Allen 1996 Spring

A shocking and impassioned exposé of new and horrifying methods of war in the Balkans.

Texts of Power Emerging Disciplines in Colonial Bengal Partha Chatterjee, Editor 1995 Fall

The case of Bengal illustrates the interaction of colonialism and modernity.

Capitalism Peter Saunders 1995 Fall

A compelling look at the future of capitalism in a postcommunist world.

The Ethos of Pluralization William E. Connolly 1995 Fall

A skeptical examination of the inclusiveness of pluralism.

Words of Welfare The Poverty of Social Science and the Social Science of Poverty Sanford F. Schram 1995 Spring

Offers an important and enlightening critique of how welfare policy is analyzed and set in the U.S., illustrating that how we study issues affects what ultimately gets done about them. Issues examined include the drawing of the poverty line, the setting of benefit levels, the feminization of poverty, homelessness, the underclass, welfare dependency, recent attempts to reform welfare, and the implications for welfare in the emerging global, postindustrial economy. Schram demonstrates how research on these issues can be done differently and more effectively.

The Politics of Social Protest Comparative Perspectives on States and Social Movements J. Craig Jenkins and Bert Klandermans, Editors 1995 Spring

Bringing together celebrated scholars from diverse traditions and backgrounds, this volume focuses on the reciprocal relationships among social movements, states, and political parties. The essays are organized around three key questions: Why do citizens resort to the often risky and demanding strategy of using disruptive protest when other channels of political intervention appear to be available? What is the relationship between social protest movements and systems of political representation? And what is the impact of the structure and development of the state on social movements themselves? Contributors include Ronald Aminzade, Paul Burstein, Russell J. Dalton, Donatella della Porta, Henry Dietz, Rachel L. Einwohner, Steven E. Finkel, Jerrold D. Green, Jocelyn Hollander, Hanspeter Kriesi, Diarmuid Maguire, Bronislaw Misztal, Edward N. Muller, Michael Nollert, Karl-Dieter Opp, Dieter Rucht, Michael Wallace, and Gadi Wolfsfeld.

Internationalism and Its Betrayal Micheline R. Ishay 1995 Spring

Although internationalism is typically understood to be diametrically opposed to nationalism, Micheline Ishay argues to the contrary, maintaining that internationalism often incorporates an individualist element that manifests itself as nationalism during critical periods such as war. Internationalism and Its Betrayal explores the tensions and contradictions between ideas of nationalism and internationalism, focusing on the major political thinkers from the early modern period into the nineteenth century.

The Spectacle of Democracy Spanish Television, Nationalism, and Political Transition Richard Maxwell 1994 Fall

Shows the changes in television in Spain following the demise of Franco and his dictatorship.

Forsaking our Children Bureaucracy and Reform in the Child Welfare System John M. Hagedorn None

Getting Specific Postmodern Lesbian Politics Shane Phelan 1994 Fall

The only book to debate lesbian political theory.

Unstable Frontiers Technomedicine and the Cultural Politics of “Curing” AIDS John Nguyet Erni 1994 Fall

John Erni gives a hopeful view of how we might challenge the way scientists, healers, and the mass media look at the task of treating AIDS.

Micro-Politics Agency in a Postfeminist Era Patricia S. Mann 1994 Spring

Offers a radical alternative to feminist identity politics. According to Mann’s bold and original analysis, our political agency is prior to our sense of identity today. Micro-Politics provides a framework in which hierarchies of race, sex, class, as well as gender are figured as contested sites of struggle in our everyday lives.

Hegemony and Power On the Relation between Gramsci and Machiavelli Benedetto Fontana 1993 Fall

Presents a comparative and textual exploration of Gramsci’s interpretation of Machiavelli’s political anlayses. This valuable contribution to our understanding of Gramsci includes a comparison of the major Machiavellian ideas such as the nature of political knowledge, the new principality, the concept of the people, and the relation between thought and action, to Gramsci’s concepts of hegemony, moral and intellectual reform, and the collective will.