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Rethinking state politics in India : regions within regions
\"In recent decades, India has been witness to the assertion of geographically, culturally and historically constituted distinct and well-defined regions that display ethnic, communal, caste and other social-political cleavages. This book examines the changing configurations of state politics in India. Focussing on identity politics and development, it explores the specificities of the regions within states - not merely as politico-administrative constructs but also as conceived in historical, geographic, economic, sociological or cultural terms. Adopting a comparative approach, the book looks at alternative theoretical approaches - the quest for homeland, identity, caste politics and public policy. This second edition includes a new Introduction that updates the research in the area, while further developing the theoretical framework.\" --back cover.
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City Bound
Many major American cities are defying the conventional wisdom that suburbs are the communities of the future. But as these urban centers prosper, they increasingly confront significant constraints. InCity Bound, Gerald E. Frug and David J. Barron address these limits in a new way. Based on a study of the differing legal structures of Boston, New York, Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, San Francisco, and Seattle, City Bound explores how state law determines what cities can and cannot do to raise revenue, control land use, and improve city schools.
Frug and Barron show that state law can make it much easier for cities to pursue a global-city or a tourist-city agenda than to respond to the needs of middle-class residents or to pursue regional alliances. But they also explain that state law is often so outdated, and so rooted in an unjustified distrust of local decision making, that the legal process makes it hard for successful cities to develop and implement any coherent vision of their future. Their book calls not for local autonomy but for a new structure of state-local relations that would enable cities to take the lead in charting the future course of urban development. It should be of interest to everyone who cares about the future of American cities, whether political scientists, planners, architects, lawyers, or simply citizens.
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De facto federalism in China
This book is the first attempt to conceptualize China's central-local relations from the behavioral perspective. Although China does not have a federalist system of government, the author believes that, with deepening reform and openness, China's central-local relations is increasingly functioning on federalist principles.
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Governing Neighborhoods in Urban China
Governing Neighborhoods in Urban China
examines the key mechanisms operating at the grassroots
level in China that contribute to urban development and increased
public support for the legitimacy and authority of the Chinese
state. Beibei Tang uncovers new trends and dynamics of
urban neighborhood governance since the 2000s to reveal the
significant factors that contribute to regime survival.
Tang introduces the concept of hybrid authoritarianism, a
governance mechanism an authoritarian state employs to produce
governance legitimacy, public support, and regime sustainability.
Hybrid authoritarianism is situated in an intermediary governance
space between state and society. It accommodates both state and
non-state actors, deals with a wide range of governance issues,
employs flexible governance strategies, and in this context,
ultimately strengthens CCP leadership.
Tang documents processes of hybrid authoritarianism through her
focus on various types of urban neighborhoods, including new urban
middle-class neighborhoods, and the increasing urbanization of the
countryside. Governing Neighborhoods in Urban China
provides a conceptual framework that avoids scholarly approaches
that tend to reify either one-party autocracy or Western-centric
notions of democracy.
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Black mayors, white majorities : the balancing act of racial politics
\"Explores how, if at all, the representation of black interests is being pursued by black mayors and whether Blacks' historically high expectations for black mayors are realistic\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Évolution et mutations de l'État en République du Congo
Structuré en trois parties, cet ouvrage présente quelques étapes essentielles à la compréhension de l'évolution politique et économique du Congo depuis la période précoloniale jusqu'à nos jours. La première partie aborde la structuration sociopolitique du Congo ancien, de l'époque précoloniale à l'époque coloniale. La deuxième partie se penche sur les formes de l'État et de l'économie suivant les évolutions idéologiques que le pays a connues. La troisième partie traite de l'organisation administrative territoriale et de la gouvernance électorale en République du Congo.
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Elizabeth and Hazel : two women of Little Rock
\"The names Elizabeth Eckford and Hazel Bryan Massery may not be well known, but the image of them from September 1957 surely is: a black high school girl, dressed in white, walking stoically in front of Little Rock Central High School, and a white girl standing directly behind her, face twisted in hate, screaming racial epithets. This famous photograph captures the full anguish of desegregation -- in Little Rock and throughout the South -- and an epic moment in the civil rights movement. In this gripping book, David Margolick tells the remarkable story of two separate lives unexpectedly braided together. He explores how the haunting picture of Elizabeth and Hazel came to be taken, its significance in the wider world, and why, for the next half-century, neither woman has ever escaped from its long shadow. He recounts Elizabeth's struggle to overcome the trauma of her hate-filled school experience, and Hazel's long efforts to atone for a fateful, horrible mistake. The book follows the painful journey of the two as they progress from apology to forgiveness to reconciliation and, amazingly, to friendship. This friendship foundered, then collapsed -- perhaps inevitably -- over the same fissures and misunderstandings that continue to permeate American race relations more than half a century after the unforgettable photograph at Little Rock. And yet, as Margolick explains, a bond between Elizabeth and Hazel, silent but complex, endures\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Border Liberties and Loyalties
This book examines the organisation of power and society in north-east England over two crucial centuries in the emergence of the English 'state'. England is usually regarded as medieval Europe's most centralised kingdom, yet the North-East was dominated by liberties - largely self-governing jurisdictions - that greatly restricted the English crown's direct authority in the region. These local polities receive here their first comprehensive discussion; and their histories are crucial for understanding questions of state-formation in frontier zones, regional distinctiveness, and local and national loyalties. _x000B_The analysis focuses on liberties as both governmental entities and sources of socio-political and cultural identification. It also connects the development of liberties and their communities with a rich variety of forces, including the influence of the kings of Scots as lords of Tynedale, and the impact of protracted Anglo-Scottish warfare from 1296. Why did liberties enjoy such long-term relevance as governance structures? How far, and why, did the English monarchy respect their autonomous rights and status? By what means, and how successfully, were liberty identities created, sharpened and sustained? In addressing such issues, this ground-breaking study extends beyond regional history to make significant contributions to the ongoing mainstream debates about 'state', 'society', 'identity' and 'community'._x000B_
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