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Forged Through Fire: War, Peace, and the Democratic Bargain

By: John Ferejohn,Frances McCall Rosenbluth

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Forged Through Fire: War, Peace, and the Democratic Bargain

By: John Ferejohn,Frances McCall Rosenbluth

Peace, many would agree, is a goal that democratic nations should strive to achieve. But is democracy, in fact, dependent on war to survive? Having spent their celebrated careers exploring this provocative question, John Ferejohn and Frances McCall Rosenbluth trace the surprising ways in which governments have mobilized armies since antiquity, discovering that our modern form of democracy not only evolved in a brutally competitive environment but also quickly disintegrated when the powerful elite no longer needed their citizenry to defend against existential threats. Bringing to vivid life the major battles that shaped our current political landscape, the authors begin with the fierce warrior states of Athens and the Roman Republic. While these experiments in “mixed government” would serve as a basis for the bargain between politics and protection at the heart of modern democracy, Ferejohn and Rosenbluth brilliantly chronicle the generations of bloodshed that it would take for the world’s dominant states to hand over power to the people. In fact, for over a thousand years, even as medieval empires gave way to feudal Europe, the king still ruled. Not even the advancements of gunpowder—which decisively tipped the balance away from the cavalry-dominated militaries and in favor of mass armies—could threaten the reign of monarchs and “landed elites” of yore. The incredibly wealthy, however, were not well equipped to handle the massive labor classes produced by industrialization. As we learn, the Napoleonic Wars stoked genuine, bottom-up nationalism and pulled splintered societies back together as “commoners” stepped up to fight for their freedom. Soon after, Hitler and Stalin perfectly illustrated the military limitations of dictatorships, a style of governance that might be effective for mobilizing an army but not for winning a world war. This was a lesson quickly heeded by the American military, who would begin to reinforce their ranks with minorities in exchange for greater civil liberties at home. Like Francis Fukuyama and Jared Diamond’s most acclaimed works, Forged Through Fire concludes in the modern world, where the “tug of war” between the powerful and the powerless continues to play out in profound ways. Indeed, in the covert battlefields of today, drones have begun to erode the need for manpower, giving politicians even less incentive than before to listen to the demands of their constituency. With American democracy’s flanks now exposed, this urgent examination explores the conditions under which war has promoted one of the most cherished human inventions: a government of the people, by the people, for the people. The result promises to become one of the most important history books to emerge in our time.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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163149161X

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The Political Economy of Japan's Low Fertility

By: Frances McCall Rosenbluth

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The Political Economy of Japan's Low Fertility

By: Frances McCall Rosenbluth

This book takes an interdisciplinary approach to one of Japan's thorniest public policy issues: why are women increasingly forgoing motherhood? At the heart of the matter lies a paradox: although the overall trend among rich countries is for fertility to decrease as female labor participation increases, gender-friendly countries resist the trend. Conversely, gender-unfriendly countries have lower fertility rates than they would have if they changed their labor markets to encourage the hiring of women—and therein lies Japan's problem. The authors argue that the combination of an inhospitable labor market for women and insufficient support for childcare pushes women toward working harder to promote their careers, to the detriment of childbearing. Controversial and enlightening, this book provides policy recommendations for solving not just Japan's fertility issue but those of other modern democracies facing a similar crisis.

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Stanford University Press

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080476820X

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9780804768207

Women, Work, and Politics

The Political Economy of Gender Inequality

By: Torben Iversen,Frances McCall Rosenbluth,Professor Frances Rosenbluth, PhD

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Women, Work, and Politics

The Political Economy of Gender Inequality

By: Torben Iversen,Frances McCall Rosenbluth,Professor Frances Rosenbluth, PhD

This book presents an original and groundbreaking approach to gender inequality. Looking at women's power in the home, in the workplace, and in politics from a political economy perspective, the authors demonstrate that equality is tied to demand for women's labor outside the home, which is a function of structural, political, and institutional conditions.--[book jacket].

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221

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Yale University Press

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0300153104

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9780300153101

Japan Transformed

Political Change and Economic Restructuring

By: Frances Rosenbluth,Michael F. Thies

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Japan Transformed

Political Change and Economic Restructuring

By: Frances Rosenbluth,Michael F. Thies

With little domestic fanfare and even less attention internationally, Japan has been reinventing itself since the 1990s, dramatically changing its political economy, from one managed by regulations to one with a neoliberal orientation. Rebuilding from the economic misfortunes of its recent past, the country retains a formidable economy and its political system is healthier than at any time in its history. Japan Transformed explores the historical, political, and economic forces that led to the country's recent evolution, and looks at the consequences for Japan's citizens and global neighbors. The book examines Japanese history, illustrating the country's multiple transformations over the centuries, and then focuses on the critical and inexorable advance of economic globalization. It describes how global economic integration and urbanization destabilized Japan's postwar policy coalition, undercut the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's ability to buy votes, and paved the way for new electoral rules that emphasized competing visions of the public good. In contrast to the previous system that pitted candidates from the same party against each other, the new rules tether policymaking to the vast swath of voters in the middle of the political spectrum. Regardless of ruling party, Japan's politics, economics, and foreign policy are on a neoliberal path. Japan Transformed combines broad context and comparative analysis to provide an accurate understanding of Japan's past, present, and future.

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Princeton University Press

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1400835097

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9781400835096

Responsible Parties

Saving Democracy from Itself

By: Frances Rosenbluth,Ian Shapiro

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Saving Democracy from Itself

By: Frances Rosenbluth,Ian Shapiro

How popular democracy has paradoxically eroded trust in political systems worldwide, and how to restore confidence in democratic politics In recent decades, democracies across the world have adopted measures to increase popular involvement in political decisions. Parties have turned to primaries and local caucuses to select candidates; ballot initiatives and referenda allow citizens to enact laws directly; many places now use proportional representation, encouraging smaller, more specific parties rather than two dominant ones.Yet voters keep getting angrier.There is a steady erosion of trust in politicians, parties, and democratic institutions, culminating most recently in major populist victories in the United States, the United Kingdom, and elsewhere. Frances Rosenbluth and Ian Shapiro argue that devolving power to the grass roots is part of the problem. Efforts to decentralize political decision-making have made governments and especially political parties less effective and less able to address constituents’ long-term interests. They argue that to restore confidence in governance, we must restructure our political systems to restore power to the core institution of representative democracy: the political party.

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Yale University Press

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0300241054

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The Politics of Oligarchy

Institutional Choice in Imperial Japan

By: J. Mark Ramseyer,Frances McCall Rosenbluth

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The Politics of Oligarchy

Institutional Choice in Imperial Japan

By: J. Mark Ramseyer,Frances McCall Rosenbluth

This book examines the failure of the Meiji oligarchy to design institutions capable of protecting their hold on power in Japan.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521636493

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Forged Through Fire: War, Peace, and the Democratic Bargain

By: John Ferejohn,Frances McCall Rosenbluth

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By: John Ferejohn,Frances McCall Rosenbluth

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Women, Work, and Politics

The Political Economy of Gender Inequality

By: Torben Iversen,Frances McCall Rosenbluth,Professor Frances Rosenbluth, PhD

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The Political Economy of Gender Inequality

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Japan's Political Marketplace

By: J. Mark Ramseyer,Frances McCall Rosenbluth

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Japan's Political Marketplace

By: J. Mark Ramseyer,Frances McCall Rosenbluth

Mark Ramseyer and Frances McCall Rosenbluth show how rational-choice theory can be applied to Japanese politics. Using the concept of principal and agent, Ramseyer

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Harvard University Press

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0674042530

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Responsible Parties

By: Frances McCall Rosenbluth,Ian Shapiro

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Responsible Parties

By: Frances McCall Rosenbluth,Ian Shapiro

How popular democracy has paradoxically eroded trust in political systems worldwide, and how to restore confidence in democratic politics Democracies across the world are adopting reforms to bring politics closer to the people. Parties have turned to primaries and local caucuses to select candidates. Ballot initiatives and referenda allow citizens to enact laws directly. Many democracies now use proportional representation, encouraging smaller, more specific parties rather than two dominant ones. Yet voters keep getting angrier. There is a steady erosion of trust in politicians, parties, and democratic institutions, culminating most recently in major populist victories in the United States, the United Kingdom, and elsewhere. Frances Rosenbluth and Ian Shapiro argue that devolving power to the grass roots is part of the problem, not the solution. Efforts to decentralize political decision-making make governments and especially political parties less effective and less able to address constituents' long-term interests. To revive confidence in governance, we must restructure our political systems to restore power to the core institution of representative democracy: the political party.

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Forged Through Fire: War, Peace, and the Democratic Bargain

Forged Through Fire: War, Peace, and the Democratic Bargain

The Political Economy of Japan's Low Fertility

The Political Economy of Japan's Low Fertility

Women, Work, and Politics

Women, Work, and Politics

Japan Transformed

Japan Transformed

Responsible Parties

Responsible Parties

The Politics of Oligarchy

The Politics of Oligarchy

Forged Through Fire: War, Peace, and the Democratic Bargain

Forged Through Fire: War, Peace, and the Democratic Bargain

Women, Work, and Politics

Women, Work, and Politics

Japan's Political Marketplace

Japan's Political Marketplace

Responsible Parties

Responsible Parties

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