The focus of all the essays in this collection is the problem of state power in Communist regimes. The problematic nature of the relationship between state and society has troubled the marxist tradition since its inception and continues to be an unresolved issue for its contemporary theorists. Western attempts to characterise the state formations of Communist regimes are equally notoriously debatable and fraught with methodological problems. Both indigenous and Western attempts to theorise these formations are thoroughly reviewed in the early chapters of this book. Later chapters, each written by an expert in the field, go on to explore particular issues (the problem of nationalism within a multi-national state, for instance) or the recent experience of selected Communist regimes in attempting to adapt their institutions to meet new problems. Special attention is paid to the USSR in view of the enormous significance of the Soviet State and the extent to which it has served as a model. Other case studies have been included on the basis that these state formations display unique features (Yugoslavia), that size and importance commends them (China), or that failure in the process of institutional adaptation is instructive for their pathology (Poland).What this book sets out to do is to bring a variety of approaches and a varied expertise to bear upon a very large but relatively neglected issue in contemporary politics―the nature of the state formations of Communist regimes.

The State In Socialist Society

Politics & Social Sciences

Harding, N., ed.

Politics & Government

SUNY Press

Words in the Wilderness: Critical Literacy in the Borderlands (Interruptions Border Testimon)

Blends vivid personal accounts and sophisticated theoretical analysis to make a compelling book about one teacher's experience teaching on an Athabascan Indian Reservation in Alaska. Using the author’s intensely personal, reflective, provocative account of his time teaching on an Athabascan Indian Reservation in Alaska, Words in the Wilderness uniquely draws together individual experience and difficult abstract theory to make an educational, inspiring, and thought-provoking work.

Words in the Wilderness: Critical Literacy in the Borderlands (SUNY series, INTERRUPTIONS: Border Testimony(ies) and Critical Discourse/s)

Biographies & Memoirs

Brown, Stephen Gilbert

Professionals & Academics

Berch Berberoglu examines the dynamic social forces and political turmoil that plague the contemporary Middle East. Turmoil in the Middle East highlights the impact of imperialism, war, and political turmoil in the Middle East throughout the course of the twentieth-century―from the devastation of the First World War through the many crises and conflicts that have led to cycles of war, uprisings, coups, revolts, and revolutions. It focuses on the internal contradictions of Middle Eastern states driven by the dynamics of class conflict and class struggle in various realms of society and social relations. Berberoglu examines the political economy of long-embedded conflicts and crises in the Middle East, paying special attention to the role of powerful, external forces stemming from Western imperialism and led by Britain, France, and later the United States.

Turmoil in the Middle East : Imperialism, War, and Political Instability

History

Berberoglu, Berch

Middle East

On Narrow Ground: Urban Policy and Ethnic Conflict in Jerusalem and Belfast (SUNY series in Urban Public Policy)

Uses case studies of Jerusalem and Belfast to explore how cities function in the midst of nationalistic conflict. Examining how nationalistic ethnic conflict penetrates the building of cities, this book explores whether urban policymaking may independently influence the shape and magnitude of that conflict. Bollens utilizes an analytic lens to study the complex spatial and psychological qualities of unique urban arenas of nationalistic conflict and the obstacles faced by policymakers in improving intergroup relations. An integrative analytic approach combining the perspectives of political science, urban planning, geography, and social psychology is used to examine such urban issues as sovereignty, territoriality, group identity, and community organization. Focusing on Jerusalem and Belfast as examples of urban polarization, the book describes struggles over local policymaking that are intensified by disputes reflecting racial, nationalist, and/or religious fractures. Because these cities are important microcosms of regional and international conflict, they constitute an essential analytical scale for studying contemporary intrastate patterns and processes of ethnic conflict, violence, and their management.

Bollens, Scott A.

Europe

Uses case studies of Jerusalem and Belfast to explore how cities function in the midst of nationalistic conflict. Examining how nationalistic ethnic conflict penetrates the building of cities, this book explores whether urban policymaking may independently influence the shape and magnitude of that conflict. Bollens utilizes an analytic lens to study the complex spatial and psychological qualities of unique urban arenas of nationalistic conflict and the obstacles faced by policymakers in improving intergroup relations. An integrative analytic approach combining the perspectives of political science, urban planning, geography, and social psychology is used to examine such urban issues as sovereignty, territoriality, group identity, and community organization. Focusing on Jerusalem and Belfast as examples of urban polarization, the book describes struggles over local policymaking that are intensified by disputes reflecting racial, nationalist, and/or religious fractures. Because these cities are important microcosms of regional and international conflict, they constitute an essential analytical scale for studying contemporary intrastate patterns and processes of ethnic conflict, violence, and their management.

Review Essays in Israel Studies: Books on Israel, Volume V (SUNY series in Israeli Studies)

Introduces the cutting edge issues and current scholarship in the interdisciplinary field of Israel Studies. Representing a wide array of disciplines: economics, history, literature, political science, anthropology, and sociology, this book offers original examinations of the state of scholarship about Israel, as well as insightful assessments of contemporary Israeli society, politics, economy, and culture. The contributors review and analyze more than sixty recent publications, half of them in Hebrew or Arabic, showcasing important literature not readily accessible to European and North American readers. Continuing the tradition established by the preceding volumes, Review Essays in Israel Studies offers a rich and varied treatment of new scholarship and enhances our understanding of Israel studies today.

Notable scholars explore James Rosenau's postinternational paradigm--an alternative view to traditional international relations. Bringing together notable authors to explore James Rosenau’s postinternational paradigm, this book makes an important contribution to the study of international relations theory. It includes a concluding chapter by Rosenau himself which responds individually and collectively to his critics. Contributors include, Eric Drew Cooper, Ralph Dimuccio, Mary Durfee, Yale H. Ferguson, Heidi H. Hobbs, Ole R. Holsti, Margaret P. Karns, Joseph Lepgold, Ronnie D. Lipschutz, Richard W. Mansbach, Dario Moreno, Nicholas Onuf, V. Spike Peterson, and James N. Rosenau.

Pondering Postinternationalism: A Paradigm for the Twenty-First Century? (SUNY series in Global Politics)

Film Genre 2000: New Critical Essays (SUNY series, Cultural Studies in Cinema/Video)

Covering over 100 feature films in critical depth and detail, this reader provides an excellent introduction to American genre filmmaking since 1990. These previously unpublished essays by prominent film scholars each address a different film genre--from science fiction to romance to '90s noir--as well as the ways in which genre filmmaking as a whole has been changed by the new technologies and market forces that are shaping the future of cinema. One of the peculiar aspects of recent American genre filmmaking is its apparent facelessness, its desire to subsume itself into the larger framework of genre cinema, and not to identify each film as a unique exemplar. What this book argues, among other things, is that the implicit message in contemporary genre films is rarely that which is signified by a film's external or even internal narrative structure. What drives the thematic and structural concerns of recent genre cinema is the recovery of initial investment, made all the more pressing by the fact that each film released theatrically now represents an investment of many millions of dollars. For better or worse, American genre cinema dominates the globe. The Hollywood genre film has become one of America's most prolific and profitable social exports. These contemporary genre films all seek to further the values of their nation of origin as they journey through the world on film, videotape, DVDs, and television; it is the pervasive influence, and numerous subjects, of these films that are analyzed here. Contributors include Heather Addison, Chuck Berg, Ton Conley, David M. Desser, Wheeler Winston Dixon, Marc Miller, Catherine Preston, Stephen Prince, David Sanjek, Mark A. Reid, John Tibbets, Jim Welsh, and Ron Wilson.

Humor & Entertainment

Movies

Codes and Contradictions: Race, Gender Identity, and Schooling (Suny Series, Power, Social Identity, and Education)

This in-depth look at a diverse group of young women at an alternative high school illuminates issues of race, class, gender, and identity formation, and shows the enormous power of schools to re-orient young women from school failure to success.This book examines the variations in the constitution of female gender in a group of young working class women of African American, Latina, U.S., Puerto Rican, and white European backgrounds who are enrolled in an alternative high school for students at risk of academic failure. It then analyzes the school processes that impact on the shaping of the young women’s gender identities and provides evidence that female gender identity among various racial or ethnic backgrounds can be very dissimilar. It also illustrates the enormous power of schools to re-orient young women who have previous experiences of academic failure to view education as crucial to attaining their future goals.

Codes and Contradictions: Race, Gender Identity, and Schooling (SUNY series, Power, Social Identity, and Education)

Weiler, Jeanne Drysdale

Social Sciences

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The State In Socialist Society

Words in the Wilderness: Critical Literacy in the Borderlands (SUNY series, INTERRUPTIONS: Border Testimony(ies) and Critical Discourse/s)

Turmoil in the Middle East : Imperialism, War, and Political Instability

On Narrow Ground: Urban Policy and Ethnic Conflict in Jerusalem and Belfast (SUNY series in Urban Public Policy)

On Narrow Ground: Urban Policy and Ethnic Conflict in Jerusalem and Belfast (SUNY series in Urban Public Policy)

Review Essays in Israel Studies: Books on Israel, Volume V (SUNY series in Israeli Studies)

Review Essays in Israel Studies: Books on Israel, Volume V (SUNY series in Israeli Studies)

Pondering Postinternationalism: A Paradigm for the Twenty-First Century? (SUNY series in Global Politics)

Film Genre 2000: New Critical Essays (SUNY series, Cultural Studies in Cinema/Video)

Codes and Contradictions: Race, Gender Identity, and Schooling (SUNY series, Power, Social Identity, and Education)