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 After Democracy: Imagining Our Political Future
Democracy has long been considered an ideal state of governance.
What if it’s not? Perhaps it is not the end goal but, rather, the
transition stage to something better. We have lent our cheer and
support and sacrificed lives for revolutions meant to place democracy
where it does not exist. But change is gradual. Revolutions... | | Global Tabloid
At the risk of tempting fate or even history, we suggest that there is a spectre
stalking the global mediasphere. This spectre is the tabloid. Like any good spectre,
it is hard to pin down. Critical neglect has played a part in this. It is a tendency we
aim to correct. For a time in the 1990s, discussions of the tabloid or the... | | |
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Women in Ming China (Asian Voices)
This groundbreaking work provides an original and deeply knowledgeable overview of Chinese women and gender relations during the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644). Bret Hinsch explores in detail the central aspects of female life in this era, including family and marriage, motherhood, political power, work, inheritance, education,... | | John P. Slough: The Forgotten Civil War General
John Potts Slough, the Union commander at the Battle of Glorieta Pass, lived a life of relentless pursuit for success that entangled him in the turbulent events of mid-nineteenth-century America. As a politician, Slough fought abolitionists in the Ohio legislature and during Kansas Territory's fourth and final constitutional... | | Bengal 2021 : An Election Diary
"On 20 May 2011, Mamata Banerjee was sworn in as the first female chief minister of West Bengal, bringing an end to thirty-three years of CPI(M) rule. ‘Poriborton!’ screamed the morning papers, echoing Trinamool Congress’s catchphrase for bringing in change. A decade later, amidst allegations against the TMC of political... |
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