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Three models of popularity of executives were tested on governors in nine states. The three models are policy reactions, political predispositions, and generalized attitudes. Some support for all three was found, but strong and uniform support was found for the general attitudes model. Findings here are reconciled with the dominant policy reactions model.

Cover -- American Industry in International Competition -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- 1. American Industry in International Competition -- 2. The Politics of Competitive Erosion in the U.S. Steel Industry -- 3. Decline in an Expanding Industry: Japanese Competition in Color Television -- 4. Trade and Development in the Semiconductor Industry: Japanese Challenge and American Response -- 5. The Politics of Protection in the U.S. Textile and Apparel Industries -- 6. Adjustment in the Footwear Industry: The Consequences of Orderly Marketing Agreements -- 7. Beyond the Age of Ford: The Strategic Basis of the Japanese Success in Automobiles -- 8. Italian Small Business Development: Lessons for U.S. Industrial Policy -- 9. Conclusions: What to Do Now? -- Index.

Abstract
This article weaves together different postwar moments in the first half of the twentieth century to investigate how rejuvenationist narratives of a "fresh start" helped societies across the divides of geography and ideology to recuperate from the ravages of war. Apart from initiating boys and girls into ideologically specific and gendered regimes of citizenship, the older generation crafted reverse rites of passage to absolve themselves of responsibility for violent conflicts that had resulted in unspeakable death and suffering. Youth organizations became key sites for making young bodies useful to the dual task of regenerating war-torn nations and exonerating those whose actions had contributed to war in the first place. The need for acquitting the old was particularly pressing in light of disputes about who was to blame for the loss of young lives—disputes that often carried the tonality of ageism rather than party politics. If recapturing the innocence of youth became tantamount to deflecting questions of guilt and accountability, then bonding with youth allowed powerful men (less so women) who bore the scars of struggle to engage in deliberate acts of erasure. The disremembering of age and history endowed the ruling classes with seemingly innocuous possibilities, especially the possibility to acquire a clean slate on which to forge new collective identities within the redemptive framework of youth. Just as history is distorted by memory, rejuvenation opened up new futures while giving license to forgetting troubling pasts.

Social change through creativity : music in mainland China's schools and community / Wai-Chung Ho, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong -- Preparing competent policy practitioners : how to be an effective advocate for your clients / Fredi Giesler, PhD, Department of Social Work, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI, USA -- A panorama on sports policies in Brazil / Fernando A. Starepravo, PhD, Felipe Canan, and Luciana L. S. R. Santos, Programa de Pós-Graduação, Associado em Educação Física, UEM/UEL, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, PR, Brasil -- A study of young students' musical preferences in contemporary Hong Kong / Siu-Hang Kong, Department of Music, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China -- Network actors in public policy / Olga Mikhaylova, Department of Public Administration, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia -- Social change in Nigeria : implications for teaching and learning in tertiary institutions / Grace Oyouvwe Abamba, Department of Educational Foundations & Administration, College of Education Agbor, Delta State, Nigeria -- Index

Duncan reviews 'The Lord Cornbury Scandal: The Politics of Reputation in British America' by Patricia U. Bonomi.

'Not by Politics Alone: The Enduring Influence of the Christian Right' by Sara Diamond is reviewed.

This open access book discusses the socio-political context of the COVID-19 crisis and questions the management of the pandemic emergency with special reference to how this affected the governance of migration and asylum. The book offers critical insights on the impact of the pandemic on migrant workers in different world regions including North America, Europe and Asia. The book addresses several categories of migrants including medical staff, farm labourers, construction workers, care and domestic workers and international students. It looks at border closures for non-citizens, disruption for temporary migrants as well as at special arrangements made for essential (migrant) workers such as doctors or nurses as well as farmworkers, 'shipped' to destination with special flights to make sure emergency wards are staffed, and harvests are picked up and the food processing chain continues to function. The book illustrates how the pandemic forces us to rethink notions like membership, citizenship, belonging, but also solidarity, human rights, community, essential services or 'essential' workers alongside an intersectional perspective including ethnicity, gender and race.