George R. Andrews Herrick Chapman New York University Press
The recent revival of democracy across much of the globe, and the fragility of many of the new regimes, has inspired renewed interest in the origins of dictatorship and democracy in modern times. Assembling renowned specialists on Eastern and Western Europe, the U.S., Latin America and Japan, The Social Construction of Democracy explores the reasons for the success and failure of democracies over the past 100 years. With its sharp portraits of nations on four continents, George Reid Andrews and Herrick Chapman shed light on the historical process by which state institutions and...
The recent revival of democracy across much of the globe, and the fragility of many of the new regimes, has inspired renewed interest in the origin...
-Surprisingly readable and studded with nuggets of insight.- --The Daily Yomiuri
-This insightful, well-written, fascinating book offers new understandings, not only of Japan, but also of American culture. It is essential for those in anthropology, psychology, sociology, and psychiatry who are interested in culture, as well as those in law and the business community who deal with Japan.- --Paul Ekman, Ph.D., Director, Human Interaction Laboratory, Langley Porter Institute, University of California, San Francisco
- A] thoughtful cross-cultural study of...
-Surprisingly readable and studded with nuggets of insight.- --The Daily Yomiuri
-This insightful, well-written, fascinating book ...
Religion and the Creation of Race and Ethnicity is the first collection devoted to demonstrating the role that religion and myth have played in the creation of the categories of -race- and -ethnicity.-
When scholars approach religion and race, they tend to focus on such issues as how African Americans have expressed Christianity, or how Japanese or Mexicans have lived -religiously.- This volume, meant specifically for those new to the field, brings together an ensemble of prominent scholars and illuminates instead the role religious myths have played in shaping those very...
Religion and the Creation of Race and Ethnicity is the first collection devoted to demonstrating the role that religion and myth have play...
-Lawrence H. White deals with a major issue of the 1990s--reprivatization of money. He makes a cogent argument and presents evidence that private, competing currencies would provide more monetary stability than do central banks. Surprisingly enough, modern private money may emerge first in Eastern Europe, where the gap between the economy's need and the government's money is greates.- --Richard Rahn, Vice President and Chief Economists, U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
-Boldly, White makes a persuasive case for free banking....In time, we may well look back and regard Competition and...
-Lawrence H. White deals with a major issue of the 1990s--reprivatization of money. He makes a cogent argument and presents evidence that private, ...
