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51. Publications & Writing
Nationalism and Self-Government: The Politics of Autonomy in Scotland and Catalonia
Scotland and Catalonia, both ancient nations with strong nationalisms within larger states, are exemplars of the management of ethnic conflict in multinational democracies and of global trends toward regional government. Focusing on these two countries, 2000 IDRF Fellow Scott L.
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52. Publications & Writing
New Masters, New Servants: Migration, Development, and Women Workers in China
On March 9, 1996, tens of thousands of readers of a daily newspaper in China's Anhui province saw a photograph of two young women at a local long-distance bus station. Dressed in fashionable new winter coats and carrying luggage printed with Roman letters, the women were returnin…
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53. Publications & Writing
New State Spaces: Urban Governance and the Rescaling of Statehood
Embracing state theory, critical urban studies, and political geography, 1997 IDRF Fellow Neil Brenner traces the fundamental rescaling of state spatial politics, and explores its multifaceted implications for the nature of statehood under contemporary capitalism. Buy from Amazon…
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54. Publications & Writing
Peacebuilding in the Balkans: The view from the Ground Floor
In Peacebuilding in the Balkans, 1998 IDRF Fellow Paula M. Pickering challenges the notion that common people are merely passive recipients of peacebuilding projects. After suffering years of war, Bosnia is the target of international reconstruction effort aimed at reforming poli…
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55. Publications & Writing
Presidential Impeachment and the New Political Instability in Latin America (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)
This book documents the emergence of a new pattern of political instability in Latin America. Traditional military coups have receded in the region, but elected presidents are still ousted from power as a result of recurrent crises. 1999 IDRF Fellow Aníbal Pérez-LiÁ±án shows…
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56. Publications & Writing
Pretty Modern: Beauty, Sex and Plastic Surgery in Brazil
Pretty Modern is a riveting account of Brazil’s emergence as a global leader in plastic surgery. Intrigued by a Carnaval parade that mysteriously paid homage to a Rio de Janeiro plastic surgeon, 2000 IDRF Fellow Alexander Edmonds conducted research that took him from Ipanema so…
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57. Publications & Writing
Procedural Politics: Issues, Influence, and Institutional Choice in the European Union (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)
Using multiple methods and original data, 1998 IDRF Fellow Joseph Jupille’s Procedural Politics develops a theory of everyday politics with respect to rules—procedural politics—and applies it to European Union integration and politics. Beyond illuminating previously under-a…
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58. Publications & Writing
Producing India: From Colonial Economy to National Space
Producing India mounts a formidable challenge to the entrenched practice of methodological nationalism that has accorded an exaggerated privilege to the nation-state as a dominant unit of historical and political analysis. 1997 IDRF Fellow Manu Goswami locates the origins and con…
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59. Publications & Writing
Race and Regionalism in the Politics of Taxation in Brazil and South Africa
…1997 IDRF Fellow Evan Lieberman’s analysis focuses on the politics of taxation as a way of understanding the development of governments. He compares Brazil and South Africa because of their similarities: They are upper-middle-income countries, and highly unequal—both in terms…
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60. Publications & Writing
Recipes for Immortality: Healing, Religion, and Community in South India
Despite the global spread of Western medical practice, traditional doctors are still able to thrive in the modern world. In Recipes for Immortality, 1998 IDRF Fellow Richard Weiss illuminates their continued success by examining the ways in which siddha medical practitioners in T…
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