Thy Neighbor's Wife

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Pleasant Surprise!

a page turner

An Excellent read that isn't what you expect

A very good read

Great attention to detail......

Thy Neighbor's Wife
Georgia Beers
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Pleasant Surprise!.......2007-05-04

I thought this would be a very average book - it was much better! I thought the story line was terrific. Very insightful, I could swear the author had a great deal of inside knowledge regarding how straight women come out later in life (post marriage), if not she sure did her research! There were a couple of romance sequences that absolutely sizzled. It was a quick read, since I didn't want to put it down. Well worth it! I will be quite willing to read another Georgia Beers novel again. I would love it if she wrote a second installment!

a page turner.......2007-02-25

This was the first book I have ever read by Georgia Beers. I loved it! It kept my interest from page 1 to the end! I would recommend it to anyone who likes to read Lesbian romance books!

An Excellent read that isn't what you expect.......2006-04-11

This is a romance but I found it more a story of the coming to awareness by both main characters.

I was hesitant to read this novel as infidelity is a big turn off for me but both women take the main character's marriage commitment seriously.

The married person, Jennifer, is something of a enabler, trying to please those around her which isn't hard to do until the summer when she and her husband buy a new home. She and her husband spend very little time together and have always been best friends but you couldn't call them lovers. They have followed the path that their families and friends expected from them. The marriage is falling apart well before Jennifer meets Alex with neither husband nor wife wanting to confront and address the issues that have created a sterile yet pleasant marriage that is becoming an unhappy place very quickly.

We don't get a handle on Alex until later in the novel. She is quite different from Jennifer in that she has actively distanced herself from every relationship in fear that greater hurt awaits her. So she never makes an emotional commitment, even to someone who loves her dearly.

Both characters are wonderfully likeable and honorable so you are delighted that they both reach awareness that their actions (or inactions) in the past have caused them to be in a place that is not fulfilling and they take the steps necessary to change for the better.

I especially liked the subsidiary characters and found the husband and the close friends very believable. I enjoyed the authors first novel `Turning The Page' very much and look forward to her next novel to be published in July 2006.

This from the Publisher's website - Alex Foster's life is exactly as she wants it. She's quit her job as an English teacher and has decided to hole up in her newly acquired lake house for the summer to try her hand at writing a novel. She has close friends; she has her dog; she plays volleyball. She is content.

Jennifer Wainwright is a young, wealthy suburbanite who's life is exactly as she expected it would be. She's married to her high school sweetheart who is about to inherit his father's law firm. She has friends. And she has the whole summer to work on decorating the new house on the lake she and her husband have just purchased as their summer home. She is content.

A chance meeting over a runaway pooch is the start of a journey for each woman. Over the course of one unbelievable summer set on the beautiful shores of Canandaigua Lake in upstate New York, these two women will teach one another, learn from one another, question their own beliefs and expectations, and unwittingly fall in love.

A very good read.......2005-12-03

I read this book in less than a day. The story flowed, and her characters were developed well. I truly enjoyed this book.

Great attention to detail.............2005-10-18

This story pays great detail to the place where the characters live. It involves you in a way you feel part of the story. Great Love story... I could read it again......

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It's Research...No, Really, It Is.
An interesting look at sex
Talese, the Italian Stallion.
An Extraordinary Book
Polyamory, pornography, and the 1970s sex industry

Thy Neighbor's Wife
Gay Talese
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ASIN: 0345472705
Release Date: 1995-03-01

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"Engrossing and provocative." Library Journal

Bestselling author Gay Talese's exploration into the hidden and changing sex lives of Americans from all walks of life shocked the world when it was first published in 1981. Now considered a classic, this fascinating personal oddysey and revealing public reflection on American sexuality changed the way Americans looked at themselves and one another.

From the Paperback edition.

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It's Research...No, Really, It Is........2007-02-25

This book must have been a phenomenon back in the 80s. Gay Talese: conservative gentleman, respected journalists, family man, and...sex researcher. In the last twenty pages, or so, of this book, Talese opens up and recounts for the reader his personal odyssey of visiting massage parlors, sex shows, strip clubs, as well as his philandering experiences shacking up at free love communities in California -- all before the outbreak of AIDS. Talese speaks about himself in the third person, probably as a narrative technique to distance himself from the guilt he might have felt participating in such research as a married man. While the soul searching wasn't quite enough for me, the journalism really hit the mark. Talese describes the history of pornography, from the time it was banned in the U.S., up through the major Supreme Court obsenity cases of the 60's and 70's. Along the way, Talese tells the story of Playboy power-man Hugh Heffner, describing his hedonistic lifestyle in envious detail. (There is a naughty man buried inside Talese. TNW treats the voyeuristic reader to the show Talese puts on as he lets us watch this naughty man struggle to climb out.)

The book also chronicles a number of "regular" folks from the 70's who happened to fall into Talese's circle of aquaintences as he was writing the book. (It did, after all, take Talese nine years to write TNW -- and, as an aside, I never did figure out why Talese chose this title; never, once, does he write about his or any neighbor's wife. He could be refering, however, to the general "free love" culture that emerged in the 60s and 70s.) These "regular" folk are supposed to represent the average 1970s American. Not once was I conviced that the people Talese followed through his narrative were actually average. But this is secondary. The journalism is first-rate.

I bought this book because I am a student of the narrative non-fiction genre. Talese is a Master of the discipline. This book keep the Master's reputation secure. If you're looking to learn about writing non-fiction, and you're looking for a topic a little out of the ordinary, choose this book. Talese's most recent book from a few years ago, A WRITER'S LIFE, is said to briefly follow-up (in a few chapters) with his observations about American sexuality. I have not read this new book, but it will be interesting to see what 25 years have done to this man's perceptions.

An interesting look at sex.......2007-02-11

Mr Talese is clear about his interest in sex.
Sex was reborn (as a public issue) in the late sixties.
Today, sex is all over the media (and maybe, this is not good news).
Sex is life.
This is an interesting book if you are interested in the history of sex.
If you are interested in sex, don't read this book. Do it.
If, however, you wish to understand how the liberalization of sex in the US came about, read this book. And you'll do it with pleasure.
Isn't that what sex is all about?

Talese, the Italian Stallion........2006-01-05

While I enjoyed "Unto the Sons", and may read Talese's other works, I only thought so-so of this endless tome on the sex industry in the USA. I like his style of writing non-fiction in an engrossing manner, like reading a novel. His section on Noyes and the Oneidan community was wonderful. Then there is Hugh Hefner, who has sexual relationships with countless women, but was hot and bothered when his wife had an affair. And Talese's nine-year commitment to the work is highly commendable. But the scope of such a work needed more/wider coverage. The selection of scenes were few, and overdone. Not much on Masters & Johnson, or Sheryl Hite (sp.?) or Alfred Kinsey. The material on judicial matters, while important was tedious. Sandstone Retreat was saturated with coverage as well. After "Unto the Sons", a wonderful work on Italo-Catholics, who, like me, have roots in southern Italy, this was a let down. Catholicism becomes a punching bag in this work. He might have set up a thesis - antithesis dialogue about the understanding behind Pope Paul VI's "Humanae Vitae", but didn't do that either. In the end he speaks of his italian Catholic background as a means to help him live in a licenteous, heathenistic manner, one that nearly rips his marriage apart. Very strange.

An Extraordinary Book.......2003-11-24

This is a vital book, a work of witty and searching defiance in the face of American puritanism. Why on earth is it out of print?!

Polyamory, pornography, and the 1970s sex industry.......2003-02-23

Gay Talese spent the 1970s studying the Sexual Revolution in the USA. He was no detached scientific observer in a white lab coat like Masters and Johnson. He threw himself into his work with enthusiasm. He lived the life he studied and the results of his work are in this book. But this is not just one man's report from the sexual frontier. As a disciplined reporter, he conducted countless interviews, but as a participant he was able to obtain trusting relationships. This is not Sociology; he reports on the people making money from the Sexual Revolution and their customers. It is primarily a book about men using women's sexuality to make money from other men.

This is not an exhaustive history but rather a look at selective people and their impact on the times. John and Barbara Williamson's Sandstone Retreat, a sexually open community in the hills near Los Angeles, is one group that Talese focuses on. Through interviews with many of the participants he explores the effects polyamory (openly maintaining multiple sexual relationships) has on the couples who belong to this group.

A large portion of the book examines the publishing pioneers who, after World War II, risked fines and jail to sell erotic books and magazines in the US. The Post Office laws against sending sexual materials through the mail was the core legal restraint in the US and Anthony Comstock was the chief enforcer of this law. Some of Comstock's more famous exploits are recounted. Talese also reports on the Supreme Court, its decisions, the Presidential Commission on Obscenity and Pornography, and the Nixon White House's response to the loosening sexual climate. Hugh Hefner, one of the most famous people in sexual publishing, is also studied in some detail.

Feminism was another revolution developing in the 1970s, but Talese only gives it passing mention. The only feminist mentioned is Betty Dodson, whose drawings of female genitalia and visits to Sandstone are discussed.

Talese also looks into the history of sexual expression and repression in the US. John Humphrey Noyes and the Oneida Community is looked at as a precursor to the open sexuality of the 70s. The community was built on Noyes' concepts of Perfectionism which included communal sharing that extended to sexual relationships.

These are just the major themes. A 20 page alphabetic Index ends the book with entries from Abortion to Emile Zola. I found the history of sexually explicit publishing most interesting. The depth of the personal interviews related to the Sandstone community was excellent. So much has changed in the past 25 years in terms of sexual expression and the sex industry. This book is a wonderful study of this period and the people involved.

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It is a remarkable twist in history that over a period of 30 years the only full-fledged military campaigns waged by the United States have been initiated by a father and son-the two presidents Bush. Yet rather than representing a continuity in American policy, the wars launched by the Bushes have revealed a vast chasm between those who believe the New World should stand as a beacon for global freedom, and those who think that America should be its unilateral enforcer.

In The Wars of the Bushes: A Father and Son as Military Leaders, military historian Stephen Tanner describes the four major military conflicts launched by the presidents Bush. After a brief description of America's military experience from Vietnam to the end of the Cold War, he begins his in-depth examinations with the invasion of Panama and the Gulf War, which were launched by Bush the elder. Both were characterized by decisive, overwhelming force, matching military capability to geopolitical goals with decisive results. Having positioned America as the moral, as well as military, leader of the world, Bush the elder also cushioned the collapse of the Soviet Union with diplomacy rather than warfare, an achievement that may have been his greatest triumph.

In Bush the son, Tanner has found it difficult to recognize the father, though acknowledging that while the former was greeted by the fall of the Berlin Wall in the first autumn of his presidency, the latter was greeted by the fall of New York's Twin Towers, an altogether more frightening event. But while the father built upon his opportunities to position America at the head of a global alliance, the son has adopted novel doctrines such as pre-emption and pre-eminence, which have left the United States shorn of world support.

Standing apart from other analysts, Tanner criticizes the American war in Afghanistan as a timid failure, in which Bush the younger claimed a hollow victory while allowing the leadership of the Taliban, and most importantly, Al Qaeda to escape.

He then examines the long build-up to the invasion of Iraq, during which the younger Bush divested himself of the worldwide respect earned by his father in order to prosecute a war that had nothing to do with 9/11. The great WMD scare of 2002 is described in all its propagandistic intensity, as well as Americ'as ensuing invasion and occupation. In Iraq, according to Tanner, the United States has undertaken its first war in which it creates more enemies than it can destroy.

The Wars of the Bushes provides a juxtaposition between the father's vision of America's role in the world and the son's. On the one hand stood the world's sole remaining superpower as an admired nation on the cusp of a Pax Americana, and on the other, now in the 21st century, we stand as the mistrusted head of a disparate Coalition of the Willing. Between the two Bush presidencies, the Clinton years are also examined in these pages, for all their fascination.

As the American armed forces currently fight their longest, bloodiest war since Vietnam-unwisely, as then, attempting to subdue an older, foreign culture-this book provides a valuable perspective by comparing the presidencies of two men related by blood but not by experience and character, or in a shared view of America's unique qualities.

In The Wars of the Bushes, Tanner posits that the United States has recently taken a detour along its path to true greatness. But the solution is clear, he believes, and to solve the problem Bush the son need only look back slightly in history-to the surehanded grasp of American policies and principles that were once held by his father.

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A Tale of Two Books.......2007-10-12

While reading the first half of Stephen Tanner's book, THE WARS OF THE BUSHES: A FATHER AND SON AS MILITARY LEADERS, I was exceedingly impressed with Tanner's ability to simply report the historical facts. In fact, I surmised that one hundred years from now, when today's crop of political pundits and spin doctors are long gone and forgotten, Tanner's book could be used as a High School text book on the late 20th/ early 21st century American political scene.

This is precisely the way historical content should be recorded. There is minimal editorializing, it is simply a recording of the factual evidence with no political sway one way or the other. Leave the reader up to forming their own opinions.

If this were a two-part book, I would give the first part 5 stars. But then on page 145, about midway through the book, a transformation takes place. This is when the subject matter changes to George W. Bush. This is also when Mr. Tanner seems no longer capable of being a credible historian.

Tanner sees the entire Iraq War as an abject failure from the very start. His mantra in the entire second half of the book seems to be, Bush LIED! I HATE BUSH! Even the summary chapter can be clearly delineated thusly; Bush 41, good, very good. Bush 43, bad, very bad.

Don't get me wrong, Tanner does attempt to make a case to bolster his findings, though I believe he falls far short in painting Bush 43 as the bumbling dolt he would like readers to believe. For a book that started out so well, Tanner's editorializing in the second half is inexcusable.

Father and son and their wars........2007-07-18

Tanner relates the recent conflicts of the United States since 1989. Tanner shows how George H. W. Bush was probably a much better president in international relations than either his son or Clinton. Clinton frittered away his power and George W. Bush took a unilateralist approach that angered much of the world. I think Tanner strikes it correctly in this regard.

Where I disagree with Tanner is in his last chapter. He discusses the latest war in Iraq and relates the quagmire the U.S. has gotten itself in. This is obvious. However,in several references to Fallujah, Tanner relates how 150 U.S. soldiers and marines were killed in this town, and how 650 women and children from the local population were killed. He equates the resistance with freedom fighters. He obviously has not read Bing West's book on Fallujah. This was a nest of Sunni insurgents, with Al Queda in Iraq as one of the groups fighting. Berg was beheaded here. The insurgents lost 1000-2000 in the various battles, and the town carried out lots of beastly activities (car bombings in Baghdad, etc.). I am sure I would equate this fighting with the war on terrorism. The civilian casualties were also suspect, since much of the town was evacuated prior to the Marine siege. West details this in his book.

This is an OK read. The last chapter before the conclusion may have some questionable material. However Tanner is right when he says that Bush 43 could learn a lot from Bush 41.

The Truth.......2005-06-22

I finished this book feeling despair and a lot of anger at our quagmire in Iraq. It is an eye-opener and a must-read for anyone wanting to know the truth. It is easy-to-understand non-partisan history.

Wars of the Bushes.......2004-12-16

There are times when the present is more interesting than the past, but we've yet to see an occasion when familiarity with history has not been invaluable to one's perception of current events. This is could not be more true than now since the United States lived through the 9/11 attacks. We are the strongest nation in history and recently entered new territory.
Stephen Tanner's," Wars of the Bushes" has a great look on foreign policy that begins with the first Bush presidency. It focuses on the different approaches of father and son to war that are visible in each approach to Iraq. Bush II, Tanner notes, has stomped his father's achievements through reckless unilateralism. To make this case, Tanner compares Bush I's actions in Panama and the Gulf to Bush II's Iraq War. Of course, Bush I comes out shining, and in contrast, Bush II appears dumbfounded. Bush I helped lift the US military by planning for quick, decisive victories won by using overwhelming force to achieve a well defined, limited objective. These limited objectives were the capture of Manuel Noriega and the expulsion of Saddam Hussein from Kuwait. In contrast, Bush II fights wars without clear goals; he fights terror, rightly characterized by Tanner as a tactic of the enemy rather than the enemy itself.
In Bush the son, Tanner has found it difficult to recognize the father, though acknowledging that while the former was greeted by the fall of the Berlin Wall in the first autumn of his presidency, the latter was greeted by the fall of New York's Twin Towers, an altogether more frightening event. But while the father built upon his opportunities to position America at the head of a global alliance, the son has adopted novel doctrines such as pre-emption and pre-eminence, which have left the United States shorn of world support.
Standing apart from other analysts, Tanner criticizes the American war in Afghanistan as a timid failure, in which Bush the younger claimed a hollow victory while allowing the leadership of the Taliban, and most importantly, Al Qaeda to escape. According to Tanner, The United States has undertaken its first war in which it creates more enemies than it can destroy. He tries to explain the long build-up to the invasion of Iraq, during which the younger Bush divested himself of the worldwide respect earned by his father in order to prosecute a war that had nothing to do with 9/11. While ideologues may agree or disagree about the wisdom of this new path in light of the events of 9/11, the book provides a solid foundation for such discussion.
For anyone unaccustomed to reading about current events in anything more than a newspaper, "The Wars of the Bushes" is very entertaining and definitely informative. Stephen Tanner does not praise anyone and present facts without neat solutions. This book gives the reader a balanced understanding of events that occurred over the last fifteen years. One of the books on the "must read" list for those interested in the policies and behavior of the present administration.

Wars of the Bushes..........2004-12-15

Tanner gives an account of the major wars that were fought by both presidents. For former President Bush it was Panama and the Gulf War and for current President Bush, it is war in Afghanistan and the war in Iraq. The book claims to take a "non-partisan examination of America's military operations and foreign policy since the end of the Cold War to the occupation of Iraq...", but the reader soon finds by the time they reach current President Bush, that a biased very is in fact taken. This book examines the question of why wars begin.

Tanner discusses much more different causes of war rather than what the causes of peace are. However, many people feel that the two are interchangeable and can be used vice versa. No matter whom the leader, the environment and things happening in the surroundings also effect what causes war or peace. For instance, something this book neglected to talk about, why was the world so adamant on supporting Bush Sr. in his Gulf War, but reluctant to support President Bush in his war on Iraq and war on terrorism. It seems as though many countries wanted to back the U.S. led Gulf War, but many neglected to even consider the government's reasoning for invading Iraq in an effort to bring peace and stability to a state dominated by a ruthless dictator. Lastly, this book claimed to be a non-partisan account of the wars that had U.S. involvement during the presidential term of George Bush Sr. and George Bush Jr. However, an in-depth look into this book shows that it demonstrates a biased view against President Bush.

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Two sharply contrasting views of China exist today. On the one hand a rising superpower predicted to have the largest economy in the world by mid century, on the other hand a brutal, anachronistic and authoritarian regime, a threat to geo-stability and to the economies of the industrial world. So which China is the real China? Randall Peerenboom addresses this question by exploring China's economy, political and legal system, and most controversially, its record on civil, political and personal rights in the context of the developing world. Avoiding polemic and relying on empirical evidence, he compares China's performance not with first world countries such as the US and UK but with other middle income countries and highlights the often hypocritical stance of an international community which demands standards from others that it does not match at home. He also critically evaluates the benefits of globalisation and democratisation and the normative values of the West set against Beijing's determination to retain its cultural and political integrity. This book seeks to bridge the gap in understanding about China and to create a firmer foundation for mutual trust, while recognising that there are inevitable risks in a shift in global power of this magnitude that will require hard headed pragmatism at times where interests collide.

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Models of Democracy
Superb
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David Held
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Release Date: 2006-08-29

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In a succinct and far-reaching analysis, David Held provides an introduction to major theories of democracy from classical Greece to the present, along with a critical discussion of what democracy should mean today.

This new edition has been extensively revised and updated to take into account significant transformations in world politics. A new chapter on deliberative democracy has been added, which focuses on how citizen participation can be increased in politics, and how that participation can become more informed.

Like its predecessor, the third edition of Models of Democracy combines lucid exposition and clarity of expression with careful scholarship and originality, making it highly attractive to students and experts in the field. The third edition will prove essential reading for all those interested in politics, political theory, and political philosophy.

Praise for the second edition:

“Held’s new book on models of democracy is itself a model of its kind—a meticulously edited, easily accessible, and clearly signposted critical analysis of theories of democracy from classical antiquity to the present day.”—Ethics

“In this timely and thought-provoking study, Held provides a critical reassessment of major theories of democracy from ancient Greece to the present, along with his own prescription for revitalizing contemporary democratic politics. . . . This volume should be read and pondered by anyone interested in the future of democracy.”—The Annals

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Models of Democracy.......2006-07-03

I was very satisfied with the book. It came in excellent condition and I didn't wait long to receive it. I would purchase from this seller again.

Superb.......2006-04-18

This is a superb book as an entry road into democratic theory. It is far-reaching but not too superficial, the analysis and interpretation are spot on, and the critical lines persued are persuasive and important. Although the solution is not fully expanded Held makes it clear that this is not his intention as this is primarily a survey of democratic theory over the years rather than a constructive thesis.

good introduction into political theory.......1998-10-02

Excellent introduction into political theory, giving good background on the current political debates. However, the solution proposed, a "cosmopolitian democracy", does not seem very concrete.

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Many believe that equality of opportunity will be achieved when the prospects of children no longer depend upon the wealth and education of their parents. Many also believe that democracy is the political institution that will bring about justice. This study asks whether democracy, modeled as competition between political parties that represent different interests in the polity, will result in educational funding policies that will, at least eventually, produce citizens with equal capacities (human capital), thus breaking the link between family background and child prospects.

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Taiwan in the 21st Century: Aspects and limitations of a development model (Politics in Asia)
J. & As Greene
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Throughout the twentieth century Taiwan was viewed as a model - whether in terms of a model colony, a model China or a development model. This perception was based on the notion of Taiwan undergoing an economic miracle and political developments. Yet much of TaiwanÂ's history is unique and may not be readily replicable elsewhere.

Written by an impressive line up of contributors from the US, UK, Taiwan, France and Hong Kong, this book analyzes TaiwanÂ's economic and political achievements, and asks whether it is possible to identify through the experience of a single nation Â- Taiwan Â- the makings of a replicable model.

This book will appeal to students and scholars of Taiwan, political economy, and Asia-Pacific regional development issues.

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Eleventh in AAHE and Campus Compactâ€™s series on service-learning in the disciplines, this book focuses on incorporating service-learning in communication, one of the fastest growing disciplines in higher education. The first part provides a strong argument on why service-learning should be part of the communication curriculum, while the second part dramatically demonstrates the ways in which service-learning has a natural affinity for the communication discipline.

Capitalist Restructuring, Globalisation and the Third Way: Lessons from the Swedish Model (Routledge/Ripe Studies in Global Political Economy)

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J. Magnus Ryner
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This book addresses the contemporary debate about the 'Third Way' in European social democracy, by analysing the i exemplar /i case of social democracy-'the Swedish model'. The author argues strongly against the widely held belief that the nature of contemporary capitalist restructuring and globalization has rendered traditional social democracy obsolete.

Civil Society: The American Model and Third World Development

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Civil Society: The American Model and Third World Development
Howard Wiarda
Manufacturer: Westview Press
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ASIN: 0813340764

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Using case studies from sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East, and including such critical countries as South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, Brazil, Mexico, and Egypt, Civil Society focuses on the processes and politics of dismantling "corporate" (state directed) economies in the Third World in order to move toward civil societies of free associability and democracy. The book presents a number of significant findings and recommendations, for example:
Civil society plays an emerging role in East Asia and Latin America but is still weak in sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East.
No one model of development fits all countries. It is imperative to recognize and accommodate indigenous aspects of civil society in development.
Corporatism will remain especially important in countries at a middle level of development as they make the transition from authoritarianism to democracy. REVIEW: "Will stimulate thought and debate over the western model of civil society and its application in the less developed world." (Michael Kryzanek, Chair of the Department of the Political Science, Bridgewater State College) REVIEW: "Wiarda is one of the leading scholars of 'corporatism,' and he has been for decades." (Phil Kelly, professor of political science, Emporia State University)

Game Theory and the Transition to Democracy: The Spanish Model

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Game Theory and the Transition to Democracy: The Spanish Model
Josep Maria Colomer
Manufacturer: Edward Elgar Publishing
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ASIN: 1858982014

The Social Democratic State: The Swedish Model and the Bureaucratic Problem of Social Reforms (Pitt Series in Policy and Institutional Studies)

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The Social Democratic State: The Swedish Model and the Bureaucratic Problem of Social Reforms (Pitt Series in Policy and Institutional Studies)
Rothstein Bo
Manufacturer: University of Pittsburgh Press
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