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Religion and US Politics

The Sleeping Giant has Awoken: The New Politics of Religion in the United States
Edited by Jeffrey W. Robbins and Neal Magee
Afterword by Slavoj Žižek
Introduction by John D. Caputo

A provocative look at the nexus between political conservatism, evangelical Christianity, and American consumerist culture, The Sleeping Giant has Awoken is a collection of essays by young scholars, with a afterword by Slavoj Žižek.

“What are the dangers of religion missing with politics in America? The Sleeping Giant Has Awoken: The New Politics of Religion in the United States is a collection of thoughts on the subject, running from the 2004 presidential race to 2008. The ideas found within offer much knowledge, ideas, and points out many ideas that one may have not have thought of before on the subject. An ideal anthology of essays to expand one’s mind, The Sleeping Giant Has Awoeken is a must for anyone who would truly understand religion’s place in politics.” -The Midwest Book Review

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Some notable 2008 Politics Titles

 Conflict, 2nd Edition
edited by Sandra Cheldelin, Daniel Druckman, and Larissa Fast
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The British Left's 'Great Debate' on Europe
by Andrew Mullen
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The Difference Principle Beyond Rawls
by Chris Wyatt
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 Globalization: Theory and Practice, 3rd Edition
edited by Gillian Youngs and Eleonore Kofman
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The Problem of Political Marketing
by Heather Savigny
edited by Gillian Youngs and Eleonore Kofman
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2009 Politics Titles

As mentioned in the previous post, our list is growing. Some notable 2009 titles include:

Monographs:

• The Second Long March: Struggling Against the Chinese Communists Under the Republic of China (Taiwan) Constitution by Peter Kien-Hong YU
• Conflict Resolution of the Boruca Hydro-Energy Project: Renewable Energy Production in Costa Rica by Warren Haffar and Jurgen Carls
• Misinterpreting Modern Russia: Western Views of Putin and His Presidency by Bruno Sergi
• Resisting the Tide: Cultures of Opposition Under Berlusconi (2001-06) By Daniele Albertazzi, Clodagh Brook, Charlotte Ross, and Nina Rothenberg
• Norman Podhoretz and Commentary Magazine by Nathan Abrams

Textbooks and coursebooks

• China Against the Tides, 3rd Edition by Marc Blecher
• International Conflict Resolution, 2nd Edition by Charles Hauss
• State, Security, and Subject Formation by Magdalena Zolkos, Kamila Stullerova, and Anna Yeatman

Reference

• David Hume by  Christopher Berry
• John Locke by Eric Mack
• Joseph A. Schumpeter by John Medearis
• Thomas Hobbes by Robin Bunce
• The Modern Papacy by Samuel Gregg

All five volumes from the Modern Conservative and Libertarian Thinkers series edited by John Meadowcroft.

... Plus many more in the pipeline!

From the Editor

Hello!

The end of the year is the usual time to take stock of where we're at and look at what's ahead.

First, I want to thank all the scholars and authors who shared their research with me and are working on projects. For all your help, time, and kindness: a heartfelt thanks!

Second, our catalog is growing quickly and starting in 2009, you will start seeing the results of our dedication to developing a scholarly politics list. As a reminder, I am acquiring books for the academic market in the fields of International Relations, Comparative Politics, Political Theory, Public Policy, American Politics and Government. Feel free to share ideas!

I hope to see you soon either at SPSA or ISA.

With warm wishes,

Happy Holidays!

Marie-Claire Antoine
Acquisitions Editor, Politics & IR
mantoine@continuum-books.com

Reviews are in for No Time to Think

No Time to Think by Howard Rosenberg and Charles S. Feldman

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*Starred Review* “The breezy style of this critique belies the incredible research behind it, as Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Rosenberg and investigative journalist Feldman explore the impact of the amped-up, overwrought nature of modern news gathering. The authors talked to a wide range of reporters, including Arianna Huffington, Jim Lehrer, Tom Brokaw, and others, from sources as divergent as CNN News, the Drudge Report, and Access Hollywood, to present a look at the competitive forces at work in speeding news coverage at the cost of accuracy, never mind insight and reflection. Amid predictions that politics this year is moving at the speed of the Internet, with the blogosphere kicking around reaction to campaign news that has yet to make it onto television, Rosenberg and Feldman worry that the speed of news gathering is shaping the news, and not for the better. They offer a history of increasingly speedy news coverage from newsreels to radio and television to the Internet, as well as a diary of blogging and an absorbing dialogue between the two as they look back over their own careers and experiences. Often humorous, completely engrossing.”  –Booklist

“Compelling and insightful…any reader who wants to understand how news outlets such as CNN are run might appreciate a behind-the-scenes glimpse from a longtime insider.”   –Associated Press. Picked up by Carroll County Times, GMA News.TV, and The Canadian Press

Political Predictions

Hillary Clinton will be the Democratic nominee and Bear Stearns will be fine.

These are two out of the ten worst political predictions listed on Foreign Policy's website at http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=4569. Enjoy the read.

What are your predictions for 2009? Feel free to share!

Marie-Claire Antoine
mantoine@continuum-books.com

Coming soon...

Watch out for our new politics titles to be published the first half of 2009!

• The first five volumes of the Major Conservative and Libertarian Thinkers series:
  
  - David Hume by  Christopher Berry
  - John Locke by Eric Mack
  - Joseph A. Schumpeter by John Medearis
  - Thomas Hobbes by Robin Bunce
  - The Modern Papacy by Samuel Gregg
  Series Editor: John Meadowcroft. This 20-volume series provides comprehensive accounts of the works of seminal conservative thinkers from a variety of periods, disciplines, and traditions.  Each volume includes an intellectual biography, historical context, critical exposition of the thinker’s work, reception and influence, contemporary relevance, bibliography including references to electronic resources and an index.
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• The Second Long March: Struggling Against the Chinese Communists Under the Republic of China (Taiwan) Constitution by Peter Kien-Hong
  This work, written by an expert in the politics of Mainland China and Taiwan, looks at the role the Constitution of the Republic of China has played in the development of Taiwan since 1949 and its potential influence on the People's Republic of China.
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• Misinterpreting Modern Russia: Western Views of Putin and His Presidency by Bruno S. Sergi
  Bruno Sergi argues in this new study that the way to know the complete story behind how Putin’s presidency has been viewed in Russia, is to examine closely the hard realities that conditioned Putin’s policies and responses. The book looks beyond the stereotypes to the hard logic of the 1990s, and asks a range of provocative questions about the disintegration of the old Soviet empire and the extraordinary riches that have caused so much opportunity and turmoil in recent years.
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• Resisting the Tide: The Berlusconi Years edited by Charlotte Ross, Daniele Albertazzi, Clodagh Brook, and Nina Rothenberg
  Edited by members of the Department of Italian Studies at the University of Birmingham, and bringing together academics in Britain, Ireland, the US and Italy, this volume takes an international perspective on Italian events. It investigates how resistance to the new conservative culture has been articulated, and how this has been expressed and explained by those involved.
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New Book: Shakespeare's Political and Economic Language

Coming out in January 2009, Shakespeare's Political and Economic Language is a unique dictionary by Vivian Thomas, a lecturer at the universities of Warwick and Birmingham.

A guide to all political and economic terms, concepts and references in Shakespeare, the dictionary covers the whole spectrum from jokes to political invective.

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