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Politics, social theory, history of ideas
First-Time Parenting Journeys
Expectations and Realities Damien W. Riggs Clare Bartholomaeus
Presents stories of Australian heterosexual couples to explore social norms about reproduction in the transition to first-time parenthood.
March 2023 229 x 152 mm c.172pp 9781316513989 Hardback £85.00 / US$110.00 C
Ukraine’s Unnamed War
Before the Russian Invasion of 2022 Dominique Arel Jesse Driscoll
A concise account of the roots of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, describing how the 2013–14 intra-Ukrainian political clashes were exploited by Russia.
January 2023 229 x 152 mm c.320pp 7 b/w illus. 6 maps 3 tables 9781009055949 Paperback £26.99 / US$34.99 P
Relational Health
How Social Connection Impacts Our Physical and Mental Wellbeing Laura S. Richman
Relational health offers a new framework for prevention and treatment efforts to improve health outcomes.
February 2023 229 x 152 mm c.250pp 9781316515570 Hardback £22.99 / US$29.99 P
Streets in Motion
The Making of Infrastructure, Property, and Political Culture in Twentieth-century Calcutta Ritajyoti Bandyopadhyay
Studies Calcutta’s 20th century features through the dialectic of motion and obstruction, analysing how space and polity shaped each other.
Metamorphoses of the Political: Multidisciplinary Approaches
November 2022 229 x 152 mm c.320pp 9781009100113 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C POLITICS, SOCIAL THEORY, HISTORY OF IDEAS
Locked Out of Development
Insiders and Outsiders in Arab Capitalism Steffen Hertog
This Element explains how divisions between insiders and outsiders among firms and workers in the Arab world hold back development.
Elements in the Politics of Development
January 2023 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781009045575 Paperback £17.00 / US$22.00 P
Subaltern Frontiers
Agrarian City-Making in Gurgaon Thomas Cowan
The book examines how globalised urban labour and property markets are produced by agrarian actors, institutions, spaces and territories.
December 2022 229 x 152 mm c.220pp 9781009100472 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C
Token Forces
How Tiny Troop Deployments Became Ubiquitous in UN Peacekeeping Katharina P. Coleman Xiaojun Li
The Element explains how ‘token’ contributions became the most common way states participate in UN peace operations.
Elements in International Relations
December 2022 9781009048835 Paperback £17.00 / US$22.00 P
Saffron Republic
Hindu Nationalism and State Power in India Edited by Thomas Blom Hansen Srirupa Roy
Approaches contemporary Hindutva as an example of a democratic authoritarianism or an authoritarian populism.
Metamorphoses of the Political: Multidisciplinary Approaches
November 2022 229 x 152 mm c.330pp 9781009100489 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C
Australian Politics in the Twenty-First Century
Old Institutions, New Challenges
Second edition
Stewart Jackson Joff Lelliott Shannon Brincat Josephine Bourne Nick Economou
Australian Politics in the Twenty-First Century is an invaluable introduction to the Australian political system.
December 2022 253 x 203 mm c.376pp 9781009108232 Paperback £66.99 / US$86.99 X
Zero Tolerance
Repression and Political Violence on China’s New Silk Road Philip B. K. Potter Chen Wang
Zero Tolerance analyzes the cycles of repression and violence that grip Xinjiang, clarifying the policies and interests that drive China’s mistreatment of its Uyghur minority.
December 2022 229 x 152 mm c.244pp 47 b/w illus. 5 maps 18 tables 9781009114905 Paperback £22.99 / US$29.99 P
Constructing Political Expertise in the News
Kathleen Searles Yanna Krupnikov John Barry Ryan Hillary Style
The Element studies types of political experts that are probably to be interviewed and how their characteristics affect news judgements.
Elements in Politics and Communication
December 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781009108430 Paperback £17.00 / US$22.00 P
The Odds Revisited
Political Economy of the Development of Bangladesh K. A. S. Murshid
Explains Bangladesh’s record of ‘outlier’ development through a multi-sectoral approach combining economics, politics, and history.
South Asia in the Social Sciences, 18
November 2022 229 x 152 mm c.240pp 9781009123136 Hardback £85.00 / US$110.00 C
Relationality
The Inner Life of Public Policy Raul P. Lejano Wing Shan Kan
Policy situations can be understood through a relational lens, seeing policy as emerging from the working and reworking of relationships.
Elements in Public Policy
December 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781009113199 Paperback £17.00 / US$22.00 P
Women, Gender and Religious Nationalism
Edited by Amrita Basu Tanika Sarkar
Explores women’s roles and contributions in Hindu nationalism and nationalist organizations in the contemporary Indian context.
Metamorphoses of the Political: Multidisciplinary Approaches
November 2022 229 x 152 mm c.250pp 9781009123143 Hardback £90.00 / US$120.00 C
Deadly Decision in Beijing
Succession Politics, Protest Repression, and the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre Yang Su
A play-by-play account of the elite politics that led to the military crackdown during the 1989 Tiananmen protests in China.
March 2023 229 x 152 mm c.330pp 9781009114202 Paperback £22.99 / US$29.99 P
The Politics of Religious Party Change
Islamist and Catholic Parties in Comparative Perspective A. Kadir Yildirim
The book examines how religious institutional structures affect Islamist and Catholic political parties in the Middle East and Western Europe.
Cambridge Studies in Social Theory, Religion and Politics
January 2023 229 x 152 mm c.320pp 9781009170741 Hardback £85.00 / US$110.00 C
Democracy or Authoritarianism
Islamist Governments in Turkey, Egypt, and Tunisia Sebnem Gumuscu
Traces the evolution of three Islamist governments to explain why some commit to democracy while others devolve into authoritarianism.
March 2023 229 x 152 mm c.296pp 9781009178235 Hardback £85.00 / US$110.00 C
House of the People
Parliament and the Making of Indian Democracy Ronojoy Sen
An institutional history of Indian parliament, democracy and politics combining archival materials, interviews and visuals.
December 2022 228 x 152 mm c.320pp 9781009180252 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C
The Secular Imaginary
Gandhi, Nehru and the Idea(s) of India Sushmita Nath
It sheds light on Indian narratives of secularity – Gandhian sarva dharma samabhava, Nehruvian secularism and Gandhi-Nehru tradition.
November 2022 228 x 152 mm c.300pp 9781009180290 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C
An Uneasy Hegemony
Politics of State-building and Struggles for Justice in Sri Lanka Shyamika Jayasundara-Smits
It departs from the scholarship produced on Sri Lanka, and re-introduces the neo-Marxist approaches through the works of Antonio Gramsci.
South Asia in the Social Sciences, 19
November 2022 229 x 152 mm c.280pp 9781009199247 Hardback £90.00 / US$120.00 C
The Two Logics of Autocratic Rule
Johannes Gerschewski
This book provides an innovative theoretical framework for studying and comparing autocratic rule across the globe.
February 2023 229 x 152 mm c.300pp 9781009199414 Hardback £85.00 / US$110.00 C
Africa’s Fourth Industrial Revolution
Landry Signé
Examines the meaning, drivers, and implications of the growth of new technologies, and the Fourth Industrial Revolution for Africa.
February 2023 229 x 152 mm c.200pp 9781009200011 Paperback £22.99 / US$29.99 P
You Can’t Always Say What You Want
The Paradox of Free Speech Dennis Baron
Today’s struggle for free speech is placed into historical context to explore how laws protect, or threaten, less-powerful speakers.
January 2023 229 x 152 mm c.240pp 9781009198905 Hardback £20.00 / US$27.95 T
Freedom in Captivity
Negotiations of Belonging along Kashmir’s Frontier Radhika Gupta
Ethnography of Shias living along frontiers of Kashmir, negotiating belonging to India by calibrating transnational religious-cultural ideas with nationalist ideologies.
South Asia in the Social Sciences
February 2023 229 x 152 mm c.290pp 9781009201612 Hardback £85.00 / US$110.00 C
Making International Institutions Work
The Politics of Performance Ranjit Lall
This book explains why some international institutions succeed and others fail – and what we can do to improve them.
January 2023 229 x 152 mm c.412pp 9781009216289 Hardback £100.00 / US$130.00 C
The Counterinsurgent Imagination
A New Intellectual History Joseph MacKay
A critical intellectual history of counterinsurgency, from early modernity to the present, analyzing military manuals, their authors, and their use.
LSE International Studies
January 2023 229 x 152 mm c.300pp 9781009225823 Paperback £26.99 / US$34.99 P
Undermining the State from Within
The Institutional Legacies of Civil War in Central America Rachel A. Schwartz
Illuminates how wartime institutional transformations undermine core state functions with legacies for political and economic development.
March 2023 229 x 152 mm c.300pp 9781009219891 Paperback £26.99 / US$34.99 P
The Ties That Bind
Immigration and the Global Political Economy David Leblang Benjamin Helms
Immigration integral to globalization, creating connections and mobilizing investments in human and financial capital across countries.
December 2022 229 x 152 mm c.278pp 9781009233279 Paperback £22.99 / US$29.99 P
Legitimacy Politics
Elite Communication and Public Opinion in Global Governance Lisa Dellmuth Jonas Tallberg
Bridging international relations, comparative politics, and cognitive psychology, this book explores how elites shape the popular legitimacy of international organizations.
January 2023 229 x 152 mm c.250pp 44 b/w illus. 9 tables 9781009222037 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C
CAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN COMPARATIVE POLITICS
Good Governance in Nigeria
Rethinking Accountability and Transparency in the Twenty-First Century Portia Roelofs
Drawing on original fieldwork in Nigeria, Portia Roelofs reconsiders what good governance means, focusing on accountability and transparency.
January 2023 229 x 152 mm c.264pp 9781009235426 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C
Trajectories of Authoritarianism in Rwanda
Elusive Control before the Genocide Marie-Eve Desrosiers
Uses original archival and interview material to reconsider authoritarian politics in Rwanda in the decades before the 1994 genocide.
African Studies, 161
November 2022 229 x 152 mm c.279pp 9781009224789 Hardback £90.00 / US$120.00 C
CAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN COMPARATIVE POLITICS
STATEBUILDING
AS LAWFARE
Custom, Sharia, and State Law in Postwar Chechnya
EGOR LAZAREV
State-Building as Lawfare
Custom, Sharia, and State Law in Postwar Chechnya Egor Lazarev
This book explores how politicians and individuals use state and non-state legal systems to achieve political goals in Chechnya.
Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
November 2022 229 x 152 mm c.300pp 9781009245951 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C
Montesquieu
Let There Be Enlightenment Catherine Volpilhac-Auger Edited and translated by Philip Stewart
How it came about that a man who was in no way destined for literature and politics authored texts considered foundational for modern democracies.
January 2023 229 x 152 mm c.262pp 9781009249096 Hardback £29.99 / US$39.99 P
The Scarce State
Inequality and Political Power in the Hinterland Noah L. Nathan
This book presents a new theory about the power of ostensibly weak states in hinterland regions of the developing world.
Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
January 2023 229 x 152 mm c.310pp 9781009261128 Paperback c. £26.99 / c. US$34.99 P
Political Theory of the Digital Age
Where Artificial Intelligence Might Take Us Mathias Risse
This book investigates how artificial intelligence might influence our political practices and ideas, and how we should respond.
April 2023 229 x 152 mm c.400pp 9781009255196 Paperback £29.99 / US$39.99 P
The Godless Crusade
Religion, Populism and Right-Wing Identity Politics in the West Tobias Cremer
Explores how right-wing populists use religion as a cultural identity marker against minorities, while remaining distanced from Christian values, beliefs, and institutions.
February 2023 229 x 152 mm c.284pp 9781009262149 Paperback £22.99 / US$29.99 P
Black Markets and Militants
Informal Networks in the Middle East and Africa
Second edition
Khalid Mustafa Medani
An explanation of why youth join militant organizations and how informal networks influence the character and objectives of social movements.
September 2022 229 x 152 mm c.426pp 9781009257725 Paperback £22.99 / US$34.99 C
Parties, Political Finance, and Governance in Africa
Extracting Money and Shaping States in Benin and Ghana Rachel Sigman
Explains the strategies political parties use to extract money from the state and how these strategies shape government performance.
February 2023 229 x 152 mm c.332pp 9781009262835 Hardback £85.00 / US$110.00 C
India’s Bangladesh Problem
The Marginalization of Bengali Muslims in Neoliberal Times Navine Murshid
An innovative analysis of the experience of Bengali Muslims on the Indian side of the IndiaBangladesh border.
March 2023 229 x 152 mm c.300pp 9781009259422 Hardback £85.00 / US$110.00 C
When the People Rule
Popular Sovereignty in Theory and Practice Edited by Ewa Atanassow Thomas Bartscherer David A. Bateman
This volume reinvigorates the study of popular sovereignty in theory and practice, illuminating the meaning and future of liberal democracy.
SSRC Anxieties of Democracy
February 2023 229 x 152 mm c.350pp 9781009263788 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C
Democratization and the State
Competence, Control, and Performance in Indonesia’s Civil Service Jan Henryk Pierskalla
This Element shows that democratization leads to a more competent civil service, but does not automatically increase state performance.
Elements in Political Economy
December 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781009264815 Paperback £17.00 / US$22.00 P
Propaganda in Autocracies
Institutions, Information, and the Politics of Belief Erin Baggott Carter Brett L. Carter
Drawing on the largest collection of propaganda ever assembled, this book explains why propaganda varies so dramatically across autocracies.
Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions
February 2023 229 x 152 mm c.350pp 84 b/w illus. 52 tables 9781009271233 Paperback £26.99 / US$34.99 P
Robustness and Fragility of Political Orders
Leader Assessments, Responses, and Consequences Edited by Richard Ned Lebow Ludvig Norman
A comparative, interdisciplinary study of the robustness and fragility of political orders that focuses on leader understandings and their consequences.
November 2022 229 x 152 mm c.300pp 1 b/w illus. 9781009265027 Hardback £85.00 / US$110.00 C
A Kingdom of This World Taylor C. Boas
This book analyzes the rise of evangelical Christians in Latin American electoral politics, comparing six Latin American countries.
Cambridge Studies in Social Theory, Religion and Politics
February 2023 229 x 152 mm c.315pp 9781009275071 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C
Recognition Politics
Indigenous Rights and Ethnic Conflict in the Andes Lorenza B. Fontana
A critical analysis of influential theories on identity politics and recognition in the Global South which proposes new policy solutions.
Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
January 2023 229 x 152 mm c.250pp 9781009265539 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C
Inequality across State Lines
How Policymakers Have Failed Domestic Violence Victims in the United States Kaitlin Sidorsky Wendy J. Schiller
This book identifies specific factors that explain why domestic violence policies in the United States fail to keep women safe.
December 2022 229 x 152 mm c.262pp 9781009279161 Paperback £22.99 / US$29.99 P
Industrialization and Assimilation
Understanding Ethnic Change in the Modern World Elliott D. Green
This book explains why industrialization is the most important factor driving assimilation and ethnic change in the modern world.
December 2022 229 x 152 mm c.225pp 31 b/w illus. 5 maps 15 tables 9781009268370 Paperback £26.99 / US$34.99 P
The Age of Discontent
Populism, Extremism, and Conspiracy Theories in Contemporary Democracies Matthew Rhodes-Purdy Rachel Navarre Stephen Utych
Examines how emotions caused by economic crises inflame racial, ethnic, and regional tensions, consequently promoting populism, extremism, and conspiracy theories.
February 2023 229 x 152 mm c.300pp 9781009279390 Hardback £85.00 / US$110.00 C
The Government of Chance
Sortition and Democracy from Athens to the Present Yves Sintomer
This book provides the first systematic reconstruction of sortition in politics and democracy from Athens to contemporary experiments.
February 2023 229 x 152 mm c.314pp 9781009285636 Hardback £85.00 / US$110.00 C
India and the Gulf
Theoretical Perspectives and Policy Shifts Edited by Harsh V. Pant Hasan T. Alhasan
Draws on the theories and methods of International Relations and Foreign Policy Analysis to study India’s contemporary Gulf policy.
January 2023 229 x 152 mm c.220pp 9781009310840 Hardback c. £80.00 / c. US$110.00 C
Precolonial Legacies in Postcolonial Politics
Representation and Redistribution in Decentralized West Africa Martha Wilfahrt
West Africa’s precolonial kingdoms left behind social norms and identities that affect elite behavior and subnational development today.
Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
December 2022 229 x 152 mm c.318pp 9781009286183 Paperback £22.99 / US$29.99
The Governance Cycle in Parliamentary Democracies
A Computational Social Science Approach Scott de Marchi Michael Laver
This book provides tractable computational analyses of the crucial but complex processes of government formation and survival.
Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
February 2023 229 x 152 mm c.200pp 9781009315487 Paperback £26.99 / US$34.99 P
Everyday Choices
The Role of Competing Authorities and Social Institutions in Politics and Development Ellen M. Lust
Setting the state and non-state authorities on equal footing fosters knowledge accumulation and more effective development programming.
Elements in the Politics of Development
December 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781009306126 Paperback £17.00 / US$22.00 P
THE GLOBAL MIDDLE EAST
Xx Xx
Cover image:
The Politics of the European Union
Third edition
Herman Lelieveldt Sebastiaan Princen
An introduction to the European Union from a comparative politics perspective, systematically analysing its functioning through comparison with national political systems.
Cambridge Textbooks in Comparative Politics
April 2023 242 x 180 mm c.380pp 18 b/w illus. 1 map 15 tables 9781009318341 Paperback c. £27.99 / c. US$35.99 X
CAMBRIDGE TEXTS IN THE HISTORY OF
POLITICAL THOUGHT
Edited by Max Skjönsberg
CATHARINE MACAULAY POLITICAL WRITINGS
Catharine Macaulay: Political Writings
Catharine Macaulay Edited by Max Skjönsberg
The first modern scholarly edition of the published writings of 18thcentury historian and political pamphleteer Catharine Macaulay.
Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
March 2023 216 x 140 mm c.329pp 9781009307444 Paperback £24.99 / US$29.99 P
KASHANI-SABET
Heroes to Hostages
— THE GLOBAL MIDDLE EAST —
Heroes to Hostages
America and Iran, 1800–1988
— FIROOZEH KASHANI-SABET —
Heroes to Hostages
America and Iran, 1800–1988 Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet
Outlines the evolving U.S.Iran relationship from 1800 until 1988, highlighting the intersection of diplomatic, social, and cultural changes.
The Global Middle East
April 2023 229 x 152 mm c.368pp 9781009322133 Paperback c. £18.99 / c. US$31.99 P
Ahmad Qabel and Contemporary Islamic Thought
Rational Shariah in Twenty-First-Century Iran Lloyd Ridgeon
April 2023 9781009322225 Hardback £95.00 / US$125.00 C
The Puzzle of Clientelism
Political Discretion and Elections Around the World Miriam A. Golden Eugenia Nazrullaeva
This Element presents novel data on legislator reelection rates of lower house national legislators from nearly 100 democracies.
Elements in Political Economy
January 2023 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781009323215 Paperback £17.00 / US$22.00 P
The Political Economy of Segmented Expansion
Latin American Social Policy in the 2000s Camila Arza, Rossana Castiglioni Juliana Martínez Franzoni Sara Niedzwiecki, Jennifer Pribble and Diego Sánchez-Ancochea
Latin America’s social policy expansion of the early 2000s was significant yet segmented.
Elements in Politics and Society in Latin America
December 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781009344111 Paperback £17.00 / US$22.00 P
Global Policymaking
The Patchwork of Global Governance Vincent Pouliot Jean-Philippe Thérien
This book provides a new theoretical framework for the study of global governance and applies it to three vital United Nations global policies.
Cambridge Studies in International Relations, 162
March 2023 229 x 152 mm c.280pp 1 b/w illus. 12 tables 9781009344968 Paperback £26.99 / US$34.99 P
Prosecutors, Voters and The Criminalization of Corruption in Latin America
The Case of Lava Jato Ezequiel A. Gonzalez-Ocantos Paula Muñoz Chirinos Nara Pavão Viviana Baraybar Hidalgo
Studies the largest foreign bribery case in history to identify the drivers, impact and dilemmas of resolute anti-corruption efforts.
Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
April 2023 229 x 152 mm c.350pp 9781009329842 Hardback £95.00 / US$125.00 C
Election Violence in Zimbabwe
Human Rights, Politics and Power Vimbai Chaumba Kwashirai
Explores the history and significance of election violence in Zimbabwe from the 1980s to the present day.
March 2023 229 x 152 mm 320pp 9781107190818 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C
Democratic Respect
Populism, Resentment, and the Struggle for Recognition Christian F. Rostbøll
A new analysis of the struggle over respect and recognition in modern democracy that characterizes the global rise of populism.
April 2023 229 x 152 mm c.280pp 9781009340878 Paperback £26.99 / US$34.99 P
Medieval Muslim Mirrors for Princes
An Anthology of Arabic, Persian and Turkish Political Advice Edited and translated by Louise Marlow
Introduces some major examples of the medieval Arabic, Persian and Turkish mirror for princes literatures, in their historical and intellectual contexts.
Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
January 2023 216 x 140 mm c.320pp 9781108442923 Paperback £22.99 / US$29.99 P
The Struggle for Supremacy in the Middle East
Saudi Arabia and Iran Simon Mabon
Outlines the impact of the rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran across the Middle East, challenging assumptions about ‘proxy wars’ and sectarianism.
March 2023 229 x 152 mm c.268pp 9781108461443 Paperback £22.99 / US$29.99 P
Violence and Representation in the Arab Uprisings
Benoît Challand
Considers the history of citizenship in Yemen and Tunisia to explain why democratic participation was undermined after the 2011 revolutionary wave.
The Global Middle East, 21
January 2023 229 x 152 mm c.304pp 9781108748261 Paperback £25.99 / US$34.99 P
The Role of Tarbiyah and Dakwah in the Evolution of Islamism Joseph Chinyong Liow
This Element draws together two bodies of work: Islamic social movements and political Islam in Indonesia and Malaysia.
Elements in Politics and Society in Southeast Asia
August 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781108705585 Paperback £17.00 / US$22.00 P
China and Global Food Security
Shaohua Zhan
This Element offers a nuanced analysis of China’s food strategy and its impacts on global food security.
Elements in Global China
November 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781108823814 Paperback £17.00 / US$22.00 P
Organized Labor in Southeast Asia
Teri L. Caraway
This Element analyzes the roots of labor weakness in the region and assesses the contemporary state of labor movements there.
Elements in Politics and Society in Southeast Asia
January 2023 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781108722407 Paperback £17.00 / US$22.00 P
Feminisms in Latin America
Pro-choice Nested Networks in Mexico and Brazil Gisela Zaremberg and Débora Rezende de Almeida
Plurality within feminist networks and access to the state strengthen feminist’s abilities to face conservative antiabortion attacks.
Elements in Politics and Society in Latin America
December 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781108825962 Paperback £17.00 / US$22.00 P
The Cambridge Companion to Montesquieu
Edited by Keegan Francis Callanan Sharon Ruth Krause
This volume presents Montesquieu as philosopher, novelist, historian, economic thinker, empirical political scientist and political theorist
Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
February 2023 229 x 152 mm c.300pp 9781108745925 Paperback £26.99 / US$34.99 P
Accidental Gamblers
Risk and Vulnerability in Vidarbha Cotton Sarthak Gaurav Thiagu Ranganathan
A study of farmers’ gamble with cotton in Vidarbha, India by relying on historical research and 12 years of longitudinal study.
January 2023 228 x 152 mm c.260pp 9781108832298 Hardback £115.00 / US$150.00 C
Schooling the Nation
Education and Everyday Politics in Egypt Hania Sobhy
Uses first-hand accounts from Egyptian schools to show how governance, legitimation and belonging were shaped before and after the 2011 uprising.
The Global Middle East
November 2022 229 x 152 mm c.300pp 9781108832380 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C
A Broken Record
Institutions, Community and Development in Pakistan Atiyab Sultan
Explores the microeconomic history of the Punjab to situate many popular, current themes in development studies in the historical context.
November 2022 228 x 152 mm c.230pp 9781108832632 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C
In the Shadow of the Mill
Workers’ Neighbourhoods in Ahmedabad, 1920s to 2000s Rukmini Barua
Presents a historical ethnography of two workers’ neighbourhoods in Ahmedabad, a city in Western India.
November 2022 228 x 152 mm c.300pp 9781108838115 Hardback £85.00 / US$110.00 C
The Meaning of Democracy in Southeast Asia
Liberalism, Egalitarianism and Participation Diego Fossati Ferran Martinez i Coma
Conceptions of democracy have implications for democratic legitimacy and political behavior.
Elements in Politics and Society in Southeast Asia
December 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781108977661 Paperback £17.00 / US$22.00 P
State and Social Protests in China
Yongshun Cai Chih-Jou Jay Chen
This Element explores the government response to protests in China, and its consequences for the mobilization of collective action.
Elements in Politics and Society in East Asia
December 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781108987301 Paperback £17.00 / US$22.00 P
Reforming to Survive
The Bolshevik Origins of Social Policies Magnus B. Rasmussen Carl Henrik Knutsen
The Element analyses data and deep-dives into Norwegian history to show how elite fear of revolution drives welfare state expansion.
Elements in Political Economy
January 2023 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781108995474 Paperback £17.00 / US$22.00 P
Edited by Gregory Conti Albert Venn Dicey
Collects the writings of the constitutional theorist A.V. Dicey on democracy and the referendum for the first time.
Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
March 2023 216 x 140 mm c.274pp 9781108958172 Paperback £22.99 / US$29.99 P
What Went Right
Sustainability Versus Dependence in Nepal’s Hydropower Development Mark Liechty
Through the study of Nepal, shows a successful alternative to dominant energy infrastructure development paradigms typically imposed on developing countries.
August 2022 229 x 152 mm 332pp 9781316514900 Hardback £90.00 / US$120.00 C
