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Since the inception of the United States, certain democratic principles have been inherent to the nation's political identity. Theoretically, this means that all citizens should receive equal representation and opportunity. However, income inequality has grown in recent years and shows no signs of slowing. Some argue that the wealthy are given unequal power over the government and society as a whole, creating an oligarchy. The viewpoints in this volume examine the development of the country from political, social, and economic perspectives to determine whether the country can still be considered a democracy.

Understanding trans-Pacific interactions : the liberal inter-imperial order in the "Pacific" region, 1920-1960 / Tomoko Akami -- The Institute of Pacific Relations (1925-61) : hidden origins of IR study / Seiko Mimaki -- Manchukuo's quest for "recognition" and the Institute of Pacific Relations / Yoshie Takamitsu -- International cultural exchange programs in the prewar period as a space for acculturation : the Japan-America Student Conference and the Philippines-Japan Student Conference / Nobuyuki Nakamura -- The regeneration of international society in the Asia-Pacific : toward the postwar years / Hiroo Nakajima -- Westernization narratives reexamined : through the eyes of Edwin O. Reischauer and John K. Fairbank / Jon Thares Davidann -- William R. Castle and his Japanese connections : focusing on the period after he left the State Department / Izumi Hirobe -- Japanese Americanists' visions of the Asia-Pacific order : from the prewar to the postwar years / Hiroo Nakajima -- SSRC's Committee on Comparative Politics and the struggle to construct a general theory of political modernization using the Japanese model : scholarly endeavors of Robert E. Ward / Yutaka Sasaki.

"The Weight of Whiteness invites white people to wade mindfully into the inherited epistemic and affective weight of whiteness. It examines the ways that white supremacy and privilege continue to anesthetize white people from the inherited damage that whiteness does to our collective humanity"--

Introduction / Cristiano Rizzi -- Role of reforms in China's rise and the need to build a peaceful coexistence to avoid other trade wars / Xugang Yu -- Trade confrontation between China and the US: understanding the background and respective positions / Xugang Yu and Cristiano Rizzi -- Prolonging or resurgence of the US-China trade confrontation: possible consequences and implications for Europe / Cristiano Rizzi & Mario Tettamanti - China-EU reinforced trade relations: a consequence of the trade tensions between China and the US / Cristiano Rizzi and Mario Tettamanti -- Surge in investments in the EU by Chinese companies: M&A as the preferred method / Cristiano Rizzi -- Progress of the RMB as an international currency / Mario Tettamanti -- Shaping a new international trade order with the EU-China BIT and a possible US-China BIT: is multilateralism transforming into tripolarism? / Cristiano Rizzi -- Conclusion / Cristiano Rizzi.

About the author -- Acknowledgements -- List of figures -- List of maps -- List of tables -- List of abbreviations -- List of prominent individuals -- Introduction -- Turkey's relations with the Republic of China on Taiwan (1949-1971). Strong anti-communist solidarity between Turkey and the Republic of China in the 1950s. Ankara's relations with Taipei and Beijing in the Post-Cuban Missile Crisis. Emerging eastern Turkistan Diaspora in Turkey and the rise of anti-PRC stance in the Turkish Public -- Turkey's establishment of diplomatic ties with the People's Republic of China and initial engagements (1971-1991). Early period of relations (August 1971-1980). Flourishing Sino-Turkish partnership (1981-1991). Increasing economic and cultural exchanges. The Uyghurs as a bridge of friendship between China and Turkey -- The strained Sino-Turkish relations (1992-1997). The Uyghur first policy of Turkey. Seeking normalization between Ankara and Beijing. Establishing Turkey's trade office in Taiwan -- Ankara's Beijing first policy (1997-2009). Developing military cooperation. Rising economic partnership. The 2009 Urumqi Riot and outbreak of a crisis between Ankara and Beijing. Low-profile relations between Turkey and Taiwan-- Adjusting Turkey's relations with China (2010-2020). Establishing Sino-Turkish strategic cooperation. Intensified military-to-military relations. Deepening economic partnership. Increasing Chinese cultural influence over Turkey. The Uyghur issue : from the Syrian War to re-education camps in Xinjiang. Turkey's cautious but steady economic relations with Taiwan -- Silk Road cooperation. Silk Road Initiatives of Russia, the United States, the European Union, Japan, South Korea, and India. China's Belt Road Initiative. Turkey's middle corridor. China-Pakistan economic corridor and Turkey. Compatibility between the middle corridor and the Silk Road economic Belt. Compatibility between the middle corridor and the 21st century Maritime Silk Road -- Future perspectives for Turkey-China relations. Turkey's interest to the Shanghai cooperation organization and BRICS. Russia's role in the Sino-Turkish relationship. Building a partnership or an alliance between China and Turkey? -- Conclusion -- Index.

"This book will differ from other books on gun violence in that it will serve as both a primer and a handbook for public health practitioners, advocates, students, and the public, and will make information about the public health approach to gun violence accessible. Using a conceptual framework that has led to successes in decreasing motor vehicle related deaths and disability, the book will focus on effective strategies to engage in productive dialogue about gun safety while protecting the rights of responsible gun owners. It is meant to be a resource rather than a textbook to be read cover-to-cover"--

With in-depth empirical analysis of a range of case studies, this book offers a comprehensive genealogy of the concepts of economy, despotism and voluntary servitude and provides a thorough and coherent reflection on the wider socio-political agenda of contemporary societies.

"This book presents a globally-oriented, state-based conception of citizenship. It responds to both the increasing polarization between nationalists and those who view themselves as citizens of the world, and the expanding responsibility gap between states that perpetuate global injustices and the citizens in whose name they act. Hobden argues that citizens of liberal western democracies can be held collectively morally responsible for the unjust acts of their state in the international realm. While citizenship is state-based, citizens have duties of global justice that are grounded in virtue of their citizenship of a particular state, and therefore the collective can be blamed, punished (within limits), expected to apologize, and held liable for remedial duties. The book explores how this conception of citizenship approaches the conditions of contemporary societies: citizens of vastly differing wealth and education; states that often act beyond the realm of their mandate; semi-democratic regimes; and the rise of non-citizen residents. It advocates for an active citizenry, with obligations to make use of a wide-range of democratic channels in the pursuit of justice, including social media and consumer activism."

Introduction: secrecy, security, and the covert imaginary -- Deciphering Venona: time, space, and the mobilization of secrecy -- On Orford Ness, an island full of national secrets -- The 9/11 commission: secrecy and public inquiry -- Anti-deportation: migration and the aesthetics of secrecy.

Unpacking the puzzle -- Norms, ideas, and state policy : a theoretical framework -- Key concepts : opposing ideas and domestic and international norms in Japan -- Japan's arms trade ban policy -- The arms trade ban policy during the Cold War : shared norm, different ideas -- Relaxing the arms trade ban policy in the post-Cold War period : the influence of international trends -- Japan's peacekeeping policy -- Dispatching the Self-Defence Forces in the Cold War period : divisive ideas in domestic politics -- The Gulf War and Japan's participation in United Nations peacekeeping operations : the internalisation of an international norm -- Japan's evolving peacekeeping policy in the post-Cold War period : Interaction between domestic and international norms -- Japan's evolving military roles -- Japan's expanding security roles in the1990s and 2000s : the emergence of collective security -- Peace and security legislation : Regulative effects of a domestic norm -- Conclusions.

Introduction -- "Too Clubby to Fail": Wall Street Banks Win, Thrifts and Community Banks Lose -- Increased Risk Taking Due to Deregulation -- Deregulation, Politics, and Criminal Prosecutions -- The Four Major Waves of Change in the 1990s That -- Laid the Groundwork for the 2008 Financial Crisis -- Washington Mutual in the Age of Consolidation of the Financial Industry -- Record Profits and the Stunning Growth of Shadow Banking -- Record Banking Profits and Growth, but There Is a Canary in the Mine -- The Financial Crisis Hits -- The Aftermath of the Financial Crisis -- Part One: Investigations and Lawsuits: 2010 -- Part Two: Investigations and Lawsuits: 2011-2014 -- The Fast Buildup of the Next Shadow Banking System -- The Makings of the Next Financial Crisis -- Recommendations to Avoid the Next Financial Crisis -- Afterword: COVID-19 Strikes.

"Since the publication of James Smith's groundbreaking book on the Magdalene laundries in 2007, many developments have made the issue even more topical. Even though, the lack of access to archives and records of religious orders remains a major obstacle to writing a comprehensive history of the Magdalene laundries, the accessibility of witness testimony and the publication of the McAleese report in 2013 have opened up new avenues of research and methodology. Written from the perspective of a French academic using French theory, holocaust studies and memory studies to analyze an eminently Irish question, the present publication proposes to make an assessment of the way the issue has evolved from being a media story at the onset of the twenty-first century to becoming a subject worthy of historians' attention. If the McAleese report was a formative moment in anchoring the Magdalene laundries into the national narrative, this book will show how it also contributed to dis-remembering the laundries by offering a doctored and state-sponsored version of what really happened within the institutions and contributed to preventing proper memorialization. It will show how in the absence of official memorialization, cultural and activist memorial practices have emerged and developed to ensure that this particularly painful and infamous episode in the history of the nation state does not fall into oblivion"--

This multidisciplinary book brings the topics of rights, identity, and race together to examine what it means to be oppressed, how oppression works, and what we both as individuals and as a community can do about it, using the Iranian American community as a case study.

"Muḥammad ibn Ḥabīb (d. 860), a specialist in Arab history, tribal genealogy, and poetry, who lived in Baghdad, collected in his Prominent Murder Victims many accounts of murderers and murder victims from the legendary pre-Islamic past, such as how Bilqīs, the Arabic name for the Queen of Sheba, came to power, to the murders ordered by viziers or caliphs in the early Islamic centuries. A lengthy appendix deals with poets from pre- and early Islamic times who were killed. The stories are entertaining as well as informative. Strikingly, the author refrains from explicit moralising. The present book offers a richly annotated English translation together with an improved Arabic text and indexes of persons, places, and rhymes"--