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"Kamandaki's Nītisāra, or The Essence of Politics, redefined the field of political thought in early medieval India and became one of the most influential works in the genre across South and Southeast Asia. It was likely written during or shortly after the Gupta Empire (c. 325-550 C.E.) and enjoyed wide popularity for nearly a millennium. An elegant introduction to the intricacies of statecraft, The Essence of Politics encompasses virtually all aspects of elite social life, making it indispensable for generals, spies, ministers, and other members of the royal court, especially poets writing about war and conquest. Addressed directly to the king, its lessons range from the finer points of military strategy and economic policy to the moral qualities of effective rulers. Kamandaki anchors political practice in intellectual and spiritual discipline. His model of leadership, based on self-control and personal cultivation, is as relevant today as it was in its own time. The Sanskrit text, presented here in the Devanagari script, accompanies a new English prose translation"--

Susan B. Anthony, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Hilary Clinton are just a few of the most well known names in politics for forging new paths for women in a traditionally male-dominated field. However, many lesser-known women groundbreakers have changed the world by stepping out of the background and onto the political stage. This biographical text covers the lives of fascinating women in politics, from the earliest suffragette movements to modern-day women who could one day become the first female president of the United States. Readers are encouraged to seek careers that could place them with this text's legendary ladies. This text uses age-appropriate language to explain complex political and social topics, while informative fact boxes and a comprehensive timeline provide additional opportunities for learning

"What is the role of literature in the formation of the state? Anthony J. Cascardi takes up this fundamental question in Cervantes, Literature, and the Discourse of Politics, a comprehensive analysis of the presence of politics in Don Quixote. Cascardi argues that when public speech is constrained, as it was in seventeenth-century Spain, politics must be addressed indirectly, including through comedy, myth, and travellers' tales. Cervantes, Literature, and the Discourse of Politics convincingly reengages the ancient roots of political theory in modern literature by situating Cervantes within a long line of political thinkers. Cascardi notably connects Cervantes' political theory to Plato's, much as the writer's literary criticism has been firmly linked to Aristotle's. He also shows how Cervantes' view of literature provided a compelling alternative to the modern, scientific politics of Machiavelli and Hobbes, highlighting the potential interplay of literature and politics in an ideal state."--P. [i]

The dynamics of revenue and expenditure policy in contemporary Mexico / Gabriel Farfán-Mares -- Empresarios, sociedad civil y esquemas de gobernanza / Cristina Puga -- Candidaturas independientes en México : un caso de movilización del cambio jurídico / Reyes Rodríguez Mondragón -- Campaigns and elections : five assumptions about mediated politics / Yolanda Meyenberg Leycegui -- La comunicación presidencial en México : Fox, Calderón y Peña / Rubén Aguilar Valenzuela -- The Mexican agenda in Latin America : the Pacific Alliance / Natalia Saltalamacchia -- What is actually happening with the "Mexican moment?" / Amalia D. García Medina -- A panorama of Mexico : governance, crime and justice information / Mario Palma Rojo and Victoria Bonilla -- Modernization of the municipal government in Mexico / Mauricio Valdés Rodríguez

The struggles for independence in Latin America during the first half of the nineteenth century were accompanied by a wide-ranging debate about political rights, nationality and citizenship. In South American Independence , Catherine Davies, Claire Brewster and Hilary Owen investigate the neglected role of gender in that discussion. Examining women writers from Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, and Colombia, the book traces the contradictions inherent in revolutionary movements that, while arguing for the rights of all, remained ambivalent, at best, about the place of women. Through studies of b

General Introduction xiii . - Mauricio A. Font. - . - Part I Economy. - . - Introduction: Economic Liberalization. - 3 (6). - Mauricio A. Font. - . - 1 Perspective on a Changing Cuba. - 9 (13). - Mauricio A. Font. - . - 2 Updating Cuba's Economic Model. - 22 (14). - Omar Everleny Perez Villanueva. - . - 3 Cuba's Evolving Public Policies toward Small Enterprise. - 36 (14). - Archibald R. M. Ritter. - . - 4 New Forms of Enterprise in Cuba's Changing Economy. - 50 (14). - Camila Pineiro Harnecker. - . - 5 Foreign Exchange Constraints: Crisis, Adjustment, and Gradual Exit. - 64 (17). - Pavel Vidal Alejandro. - . - 6 Sector agropecuario y lineamientos. - 81 (16). - Armando Nova Gonzalez. - . - 7 Cuba's Agricultural Transformations: Moving toward Market Socialism?. - 97 (14). - Mario A. Gonzalez-Corzo. - . - 8 Tourism in Cuba: Barriers to Economic Growth and Development. - 111 (13). - Hilary Becker. - . - 9 Cuba's Socialist Economy from Distorted Tertiarization to Market-Compatible Reforms. - 124 (13). - Alberto Gabriele. - . - 10 Forecasting Cuba's Economy: Two Years, Five Years, and Twenty Years. - 137 (28). - Emily Morris. - . - Part II Politics and Civil Society. - . - Introduction. - 165 (4). - Carlos Riobo. - . - 11 Cuba: Institutional Challenges for a Heterodox Reform. - 169 (7). - Carlos Alzugaray. - . - Armando Chaguaceda Noriega. - . - 12 The Politics of Culture in Cuba. - 176 (15). - Yvon Grenier. - . - 13 Expansion of the Religious Media in Contemporary Cuba. - 191 (12). - Margaret E. Crahan. - . - 14 Indirect Confrontation: The Evolution of the Political Strategy of the Cuban Catholic Church. - 203 (16). - Robert A. Portada III. - . - 15 Race in Cuban Society Today: The Letter and the Spirit. - 219 (9). - Miguel Barnet. - . - 16 Sparks of Civil Society in Cuba: Afro-Cuban Cultural Production, Artistic Interventions, and the Struggle for a New Public Sphere. - 228 (15). - Zoya Kocur. - . - 17 Clase versus raza en Cuba: la cuestion racial y el alzamiento del Partido Independiente de Color bajo la perspectiva anarquista (1902-1913). - 243 (15). - Amparo Sanchez Cobos. - . - 18 Cuban Freemasons in the Development of Civil Society and Political Opening. - 258 (15). - Jorge Luis Romeu. - . - Part III Cuba and the World. - . - Introduction. - 273 (4). - Carlos Riobo. - . - 19 Cuba's Reintegration into a Changing World. - 277 (10). - Mauricio A. Font. - . - 20 Globalization and the Socialist Multinational: Cuba at the Intersection of Business and Human Rights. - 287 (13). - Larry Cata Backer. - . - 21 La posicion comun de la Union Europea respecto a Cuba: una reflexion critica. - 300 (16). - Jose Chofre-Sirvent. - . - Carmen Anton-Guardiola. - . - 22 North Americans in Cuba in the 1960s. - 316 (14). - David Strug. - . - 23 Reinventing Guantanamo: Cuba-US Biofuel Production Capability. - 330 (16). - J. R. Paron. - . - Maria P. Aristigueta. - . - Conclusion 346 (5). - Mauricio A. Font. - . - Appendix: Economic Indicators 351 (2). - Janaina Said. - . - Acronyms and Terms 353 (4). - Bibliography 357 (31). - Index 388 (17). - About the Contributors 405 . - Close. - . -