The republican era and the emergence of communist leadership during the anti-Japanese war of resistance -- The ascent of the vigilante militia : the violent antecedents of Mao's war communism -- The onset of collectivization and popular dissatisfaction with Mao's "yellow bomb" road -- The...

In the debate on authoritarian resilience, the importance of persuasion to regime legitimacy has been widely acknowledged, yet a conceptual framework explaining the role of persuasion is still lacking. Against this backdrop, we argue that the framing perspective (Benford and Snow 2000) provides...

"The book aims to counter the normative functioning of creativity in contemporary capitalism with a plethora of alternatives to radical creative practices. In the first part, titled 'Creative Capitalism', five authors analyze the forms of contemporary capitalism: on the one hand, there are new...

This book tries to decenter work on the history of capitalism by looking at the longue durée from the tenth century; at regions as diverse as Song China, South and South East Asia, Latin America and the Ottoman and Safavid Empires; and exploring the plurality of developments over this extended...

The ends and means of public policy / Mark Fabian -- Behavioural theories and public policy / Uwe Dulleck -- Institutions matter : an introduction to the role of institutions in public policy / Julia Talbot-Jones -- Regulatory theories and frameworks / Elizabeth Bluff -- Why do we need...