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Between the late 1920s and 1960s, Japan's recording industry produced songs that they simply labeled, "Popular Songs" (ryūkōka). Emerging within the context of the dramatic expansion of mass media during some of the most volatile decades in Japanese history, this musical genre came to occupy the mainstream of Japan's commercial music scene. Tokyo Boogie-Woogie is the first book-length, historical study in English of this musical phenomenon and its impact on the politics of culture in modern Japan. The book focuses on the broad range of self-appointed popular song critics, including musicians, intellectuals, political activists, and government officials, all of whom engaged in a series of contentious debates on these songs' cultural and social merits, or, more frequently, the lack thereof.--

Introduction / Lisa Pine -- PART ONE. FOOD AND HEALTH. Tischkultur : food choices, cooking and diet in Nazi Germany / Nancy Reagin -- Vice in the Third Reich? : alcohol, tobacco and drugs / Jonathan Lewy -- Illness in the state of health / Geoffrey Cocks -- PART TWO. LIFESTYLE. Fashioning women in the Third Reich / Irene Guenther -- A holiday from the Nazis? : everyday tourism in the Third Reich / Kristin Semmens -- Playing with the Third Reich : sports, politics and free time in Nazi Germany / David Imhoof -- Representing the Volksgemeinschaft : art in the Third Reich / Joan L. Clinefelter -- PART THREE. RELIGION. Protestantism in Nazi Germany : a view from the margins / Christopher J. Probst -- Catholic life under Hitler / Kevin P. Spicer -- Christmas as Nazi holiday : colonising the Christmas mood / Joe Perry

Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction Political Disorder and Decay -- PART I ANALYSIS AND APPLICATION -- 1. Majoritarian logic -- 2. Rationality as Prudence: Another Reason for Rules -- 3. The efficacy of arbitrary rules -- 4. Variations on Tullock's road model -- 5. SYMMETRIC TRAGEDIES: COMMONS AND ANTICOMMONS -- 6. MAJORITARIAN MANAGEMENT OF THE COMMONS -- 7. Universalism through Common Access: An Alternative Model of Distributive Majoritarian Politics -- 8. Majoritarian exploitation of the fiscal commons: general taxes-differential transfers -- 9. All voting is strategic -- 10. Public Choice and the Extent of the Market -- 11. Choosing for others: A neglected element in the theory of collective action -- 12. The costs of collectivization, per se -- PART II AMERICA'S FISCAL TRAGEDY -- 13. Institutional sources of America's fiscal tragedy -- Index

"Fatovic's analysis is illuminating and a useful corrective to more simple-minded narratives of American possessive individualism."--The Historian "Well-researched and admirably written. . . . In sum, Fatovic writes to deny that the American framers would have put growing income inequality, chronic wage stagnation, and declining upward mobility beyond the active concern of constitutional government. Measured by this aim, Fatovic's book is a slam dunk."--Review of Politics "[A] nuanced, textually rigorous study that shows the continued relevance of the debates over economic inequality in American political thinking for today and the republican ideas that have, sadly, faded from our view."--Journal of American History "Presents a compelling case that the US's founding generation was deeply concerned about economic inequality. Highly recommended."--Choice.

The ongoing crisis in Europe has dramatic impact on the life in many Southern European cities: Unemployment, social deprivation, poverty, political instability, severe cuts in the welfare state budgets and a wide spread feeling of despair have eroded much of the social foundation of the cities. In this book, contributors from Spain, Greece, Portugal and Italy provide an insight into the complex interference between the different aspects of the crisis. They show that the recent urban crisis is not purely a result of the budgetary problems of the nation state (»austerity urbanism«) but needs to be seen as multiple contestations. It is therefore regarded in connection to the conditions of a changing nation state, cultural diversity, challenged urban planning and politics and a globalized economy.

While sectarian violence has greatly diminished on the streets of Belfast and Derry, proxy battles over the right to define Northern Ireland's identity through its new symbolic landscapes continue. Offering a detailed ethnographic account of Northern Ireland's post-conflict visual transformation, this book examines the official effort to produce new civic images against a backdrop of ongoing political and social struggle. Interviews with politicians, policymakers, community leaders, cultural workers, and residents shed light on the deeply contested nature of seemingly harmonized urban landscapes in societies undergoing radical structural change. Here, the public art process serves as a vital means to understanding the wider politics of a transforming public sphere in an age of globalization and transnational connectivity

Introduction: the protagonists in the Politburo, 1972-76 -- 1. Coming to terms with Lin Biao: "ultra-left" and "ultra-right" on the road to the tenth Party Congress, 1972-73 -- 2. "The Second Cultural Revolution," fall 1973-summer 1974 -- 3. Toward the fourth National People's Congress, August 1974-January 1975 -- 4. Mao, Deng, and the politics of consolidation: from the fourth NPC to summer 1975 -- 5. Deng 's period "in charge:" comprehensive consolidation, July-October 1975 -- 6. The unfolding of a new leadership equation: the turn against Deng and the ascent of Hua, November 1975-March 1976 -- 7. The Tiananmen Incident and Mao's last days, April-September 1976 -- 8. The purge of the "Gang of Four," September-October 1976

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Education, Race, and Politics -- 2 Segregation: Separate and Unequal, through the 1950s -- 3 North Carolina's Response to Brown: The Pearsall Plan, 1952 to 1956 -- 4 Tokenism: From 1956 to 1960 -- 5 The Impact of the Civil Rights Movement: From 1960 to the Mid-1960s -- 6 Early, Limited Desegregation: The Mid- to Late 1960s -- 7 System-wide Desegregation: Late 1960s to Late 1970s -- Epilogue: Reform and Resegregation -- Appendix 1. Key Office Holders -- Appendix 2. Members of the First and Second Pearsall Committees -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Principles, Principals, and Ambition: The Politics of Bureaucratic Entrepreneurship -- 2 Glorious Heroes, Tragic Heroes, Antiheroes: How Bureaucratic Entrepreneurship Happens -- 3 A Theory of Bureaucratic Ambition: Why Bureaucratic Entrepreneurship Happens -- 4 The Market for Bureaucratic Entrepreneurs: Career Path and Professional Innovation -- 5 The Psychology of Bureaucratic Entrepreneurship: Human Motivation and Political Advocacy -- 6 Ramps and Ladders: How Career Systems Foster or Inhibit Bureaucratic Entrepreneurship -- 7 What Bureaucratic Ambition Means for Democracy -- Appendix A: Survey Methodology -- Appendix B: Supplementary Regression Analysis Results -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Introduction: The Problem of Ethics for Existentialism -- 1 The Exception as Reinforcement of the Ethical Norm: The Figures of Abraham and Job in Kierkegaard's Ethical Thought -- 2 A Nietzschean Solution to Ethical Relativism -- 3 The Politics of Authentic Existence -- 4 Yes, She Is an Ethicist: Arendt, Responsibility, and Existentialism -- 5 Sartre on Atheism, Freedom, and Morality in The Humanism of Existentialism -- 6 An Ethics of Measure: Camus and Rousseau -- 7 The Ambiguous Ethics of Beauvoir -- 8 Merleau-Ponty's Embodied Ethics: Rethinking Traditional Ethics -- Conclusion: From the Ethical to the Political -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

"Combining transcultural and comparative approaches, the essays collected here exemplify the best work being done in the emerging field of German-Asian studies. Here, a range of specialists examine the varied, multi-faceted ties between not only the various German states and China over the past two centuries, but also the more personal nature of such relationships during this important period in both these countries' histories. They cover a range of topics including economics, geography, history, human rights, philosophy, literature, politics, and religion. For the first time, they offer the reader a unique look at the role that each of these subjects played in developing what is today a very unique relationship between two of the world's most important political and economic powers"--

Intro -- Cover -- Brief Contents -- Detailed Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I Foundations of Healthcare Marketing -- Chapter 1 The Healthcare Industry And Healthcare Marketing -- Chapter 2 The Growth Of Marketing Efforts In Healthcare -- Chapter 3 Strategy And Healthcare Marketing -- Chapter 4 Ethics And Healthcare Marketing -- Part II The Five P's Of Healthcare Marketing -- Chapter 5 Physicians -- Chapter 6 Patients -- Chapter 7 Payers -- Chapter 8 The Public -- Chapter 9 The Presence Of Politics -- Part III Interpersonal Skills For Healthcare Marketer -- Chapter 10 Communication -- Chapter 11 Conflict Management -- Chapter 12 Teamwork and Leadership -- Part IV Strategic Actions of the Healthcare Marketer -- Chapter 13 Budgeting Basics -- Chapter 14 Strategic Marketing -- Chapter 15 The Marketing Plan -- Glossary -- Index -- About the Authors.

"The Marine Corps has always considered itself a breed apart. Since 1775, America's smallest armed service has been suspicious of outsiders and deeply loyal to its traditions. Marines believe in nothing more strongly than the Corps' uniqueness and superiority, and this undying faith in its own exceptionalism is what has made the Marines one of the sharpest, swiftest tools of American military power. Along with unapologetic self-promotion, a strong sense of identity has enabled the Corps to exert a powerful influence on American politics and culture. Aaron O'Connell focuses on the period from World War II to Vietnam, when the Marine Corps transformed itself from America's least respected to its most elite armed force."--Provided by publisher

2000 Gold Medallion Award winner! Christianity is more than a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. It is also a worldview that not only answers life's basic questions-Where did we come from, and who are we? What has gone wrong with the world? What can we do to fix it?-but also shows us how we should live as a result of those answers. How Now Shall We Live? gives Christians the understanding, the confidence, and the tools to confront the world's bankrupt worldviews and to restore and redeem every aspect of contemporary culture: family, education, ethics, work, law, politics, science, art, music. This book will change every Christian who reads it. It will change the church in the new millennium

Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Reconstruction Violence and the Foundations of the Lynching Era: Unionville, S.C., 1871 -- 2 Black Politics and Lynching after Reconstruction: Giles Good, Yorkville, S.C., 1887 -- 3 Rape and Lynching in the New South: Manse Waldrop, Central, S.C., 1887 -- 4 North Carolina's Turn Against Lynching: J. V. Johnson, Wadesboro, N.C., 1906 -- 5 Lies and Lynching: Richard Puckett, Laurens, S.C., 1913 -- 6 A Wartime Lynching: Rev. Watson T. Sims, Sharon, S.C., 1917 -- 7 A Disgrace to North Carolina: Oliver Moore, Tarboro, N.C., 1930 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z