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Many Americans believe that foreign military intervention is central to protecting our domestic freedoms. But Christopher J. Coyne and Abigail R. Hall urge engaged citizens to think again. Overseas, our government takes actions in the name of defense that would not be permissible within national borders. Emboldened by the relative weakness of governance abroad, the U.S. government is able to experiment with a broader range of social controls. Under certain conditions, these policies, tactics, and technologies are then re-imported to America, changing the national landscape and increasing the extent to which we live in a police state. Coyne and Hall examine this pattern—which they dub "the boomerang effect"—considering a variety of rich cases that include the rise of state surveillance, the militarization of domestic law enforcement, the expanding use of drones, and torture in U.S. prisons. Synthesizing research and applying an economic lens, they develop a generalizable theory to predict and explain a startling trend. Tyranny Comes Home unveils a new aspect of the symbiotic relationship between foreign interventions and domestic politics. It gives us alarming insight into incidents like the shooting in Ferguson, Missouri and the Snowden case—which tell a common story about contemporary foreign policy and its impact on our civil liberties.

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Compulsory ujamaa villages in Tanzania, collectivization in Russia, Le Corbusier's urban planning theory realized in Brasilia, the Great Leap Forward in China, agricultural "modernization" in the Tropics-the twentieth century has been racked by grand utopian schemes that have inadvertently brought death and disruption to millions. Why do well-intentioned plans for improving the human condition go tragically awry?In this wide-ranging and original book, James C. Scott analyzes failed cases of large-scale authoritarian plans in a variety of fields. Centrally managed social plans misfire, Scott argues, when they impose schematic visions that do violence to complex interdependencies that are not-and cannot-be fully understood. Further, the success of designs for social organization depends upon the recognition that local, practical knowledge is as important as formal, epistemic knowledge. The author builds a persuasive case against "development theory" and imperialistic state planning that disregards the values, desires, and objections of its subjects. He identifies and discusses four conditions common to all planning disasters: administrative ordering of nature and society by the state; a "high-modernist ideology" that places confidence in the ability of science to improve every aspect of human life; a willingness to use authoritarian state power to effect large- scale interventions; and a prostrate civil society that cannot effectively resist such plans.

Sociology of policy --- Authoritarianism. --- Central planning --- Social engineering. --- Social aspects. --- Social engineering --- Authoritarianism --- Social aspects --- #SBIB:327.4H10 --- #SBIB:39A4 --- 321.64 --- 342.25 --- 911.3:30 --- 841 Politiek bestel --- 844 Sociale structuur --- 321.64 Autoritair regime. Nationalistische bewegingen. Moderne dictatuur --- Autoritair regime. Nationalistische bewegingen. Moderne dictatuur --- 342.25 Centralisatie. Decentralisatie --- Centralisatie. Decentralisatie --- Engineering, Social --- Social control --- Political science --- Authority --- Central economic planning --- Centrally planned economy --- Economic planning --- National planning --- State planning --- Economic policy --- Planning --- Ontwikkelingsproblematiek: algemeen --- Toegepaste antropologie --- Social geography --- #A0309SO --- Planification économique --- Ingénierie sociale. --- Autoritarisme. --- Aspect social. --- Planification centrale --- Ingénierie sociale --- Autoritarisme --- Aspect social --- Central planning. --- Economic development --- E-books --- Central planning -- Social aspects.. --- Social engineering.. --- Central planning - Social aspects

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Social movement theory identifies factors that can predict the success or failure of social movements; however, they have left out the influence of corporate elites. American Fascism and the New Deal makes a strong case for factoring in the strength of relevant corporate elite power in the prediction of social movements.

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Consumption and Gender in Southern Europe since the Long 1960s offers an in-depth analysis of the relationship between gender and contemporary consumer cultures in post-authoritarian Southern European societies. The book sees a diverse group of international scholars from across the social sciences draw on 14 original case studies to explore the social and cultural changes that have taken place in Spain, Portugal and Greece since the 1960s. This is the first scholarly attempt to look at the countries' similar political and socioeconomic experiences in the shift from authoritarianism to democracy through the intersecting topics of gender and consumer culture. This comparative analysis is a timely contribution to the field, providing much needed reflection on the social origins of the contemporary economic crisis that Spain, Portugal and Greece have simultaneously experienced. Bringing together past and present, the v. elaborates on the interplay between the current crisis and the memory of everyday life activities, with a focus on gender and consumer practices. Consumption and Gender in Southern Europe since the Long 1960s firmly places the Southern European region in a wider European and transatlantic context. Among the key issues that are critically discussed are 'Americanization', the 'cultural revolution of the Long 1960s' and representations of the 'Model Mrs Consumer' in the three societies. This is an important text for anyone interested in the modern history of Southern Europe or the history of gender and consumer culture in modern Europe more generally.--

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Authoritarianism --- Autoritarisme --- Tunisia --- Tunisie --- Politics and government --- Economic conditions --- Social conditions --- Politique et gouvernement --- Conditions économiques --- Conditions sociales --- TN / Tunisia - Tunesië - Tunisie --- 37 --- 323.0 --- 331.30 --- Geografische economie. Monografieën van streken en landen. --- Binnenlandse politiek: algemeenheden. --- Economische toestand. --- Conditions économiques --- Binnenlandse politiek: algemeenheden --- Economische toestand --- Geografische economie. Monografieën van streken en landen --- Tunis (Protectorate) --- Tunisyah --- Tunisskai︠a︡ Respublika --- Tunesien --- Jumhuriya at-Tunisiya --- Republic of Tunisia --- République tunisienne --- Jumhūrīyah al-Tūnisīyah --- Túnez --- チュニジア --- Chunijia --- チュニジア共和国 --- Chunijia Kyōwakoku --- Economic conditions. --- Politics and government. --- Social conditions.