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"With Africa as its point of reference and departure, volume II of Africa's Radicalisms and Conservatisms examines why and how the two concepts - radicalisms and conservatisms - should not be taken as mere binaries around which to organize knowledge. It demonstrates that these concepts have multiple and diverse meanings as perceived and understood from different disciplinary vantage points, hence, the deliberate pluralization of the terms. The essays show what happens when one juxtaposes the two concepts and how they are easily intertwined when different peoples' lived experiences of politics, pop-culture, democracy, liberalism, the environment, colonialism, migration, identities, and knowledge, etc. across the length and breadth of Africa are brought to bear on our understandings of these two particularisms"-- Provided by publisher

• Introduction
• A baby tsunami
• All things must pass
• How to spot a boomer
• The politics of the new generation gap
• The post-boomer cultural era has arrived
• Who will inherit the economic boom?
• The importance of what we don't know
• The importance of what we don't know about ourselves
• A new American politics
• Getting from here to wherever "there" is

"A widely-read Washington Post columnist takes a deep dive into what the end of the baby boom means for American politics and economics. Philip Bump, a reporter as adept with a graph as with a paragraph, is popular for his ability to distill vast amounts of data into accessible stories. THE AFTERMATH is a sweeping assessment of how the baby boom created modern America, and where power, wealth, and politics will shift as the boom ends. How much longer than we'd expected will Boomers control wealth? Will millennials get shortchanged for jobs and capital as Gen Z rises? What kind of pressure will Boomers exert on the health care system? How do generations and parties overlap? When will regional identity trump age or ethnic or racial identity? Who will the future GOP voter be, and how does that affect Democratic strategies? What does the Census get right, and terribly wrong? The questions are myriad, and Bump is here to fight speculation with fact Writing with a light hand and deft humor, Bump helps us navigate the flood of data in which our sense of the country now drowns. He fits numbers into a narrative about who we are (including what "we" really means), how we vote, where we live, what we buy-and what predictions we can make with any confidence. We know what will happen eventually to the baby boomers. What we don't know is how the boomer legacies might reshape the country one final time. The answers in this book will help us manage the historic disruption of the American state we are now experiencing"-- Provided by publisher

"It was hardly a surprise to philosophers or members of every religion in the world when economists announced in the 1970s that happiness was not correlated with rises in personal income or national GDP; their traditions had made this point for millennia. But it did prompt a response: the happiness agenda, a movement that endorses metrics indicating happiness and well-being as a guide to public policy, and the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network annual World Happiness Report. A surprising and unnerving 2021 Gallup report revealed that Americans are "thriving" at the highest levels ever measured-despite COVID, declining life expectancy, alarming rises in economic insecurity, political polarization, creeping authoritarianism, stress, and loneliness. This collection challenges the report's assumptions, investigating the nature of happiness and well-being in cross-cultural, multiracial contexts. It examines terminology, theoretical approaches, and measurement criteria; interpretations of self-reports; the sciences of emotion; the importance of culture; and racial and hermeneutic injustice, concluding that there are vast inter- and intracultural differences in ideas and theories about happiness but that all are socially based, culturally specific and normative-ethics-based-in contrast to standard indices and measurements, which are empirical snapshots of economic conditions. If subjective measures of well-being are to guide policy, they must presume a deep connection to social justice, and they work best if the causes of unhappiness and ill-being are identified and solutions to eliminate them are prioritized"-- Provided by publisher

"ישראל סוערת. ואולם, המהפכה המשפטית שהממשלה יזמה, שקרעה את הציבור הישראלי עד כדי סיכון הביטחון הלאומי של המדינה וכלכלתה, היא רק ביטוי חריף לבעיית עומק של החברה בישראל. 75 שנים מיום הקמתה של מדינת ישראל החברה הישראלית אכולה שנאה, עוינות, חשדנות, אלימות מילולית ואף אלימות של ממש. חברה שסועה, פצועה ומפולגת, לא רק לארבעת השבטים שעליהם הצביע נשיא המדינה הקודם ראובן (רובי) ריבלין - חילונים, דתיים-לאומיים, חרדים וערבים - אלא גם לתתי-קבוצות: לאומיות, דתיות, עדתיות, פוליטיות, מגדריות וכלכליות. אכן התגברות הקיטוב החברתי הפכה את ניסיונות ההתמודדות עמו לאחד מהאתגרים החשובים המשחרים לפתחה של מדינת ישראל. מה אפשר לעשות? מה צריך לעשות? כיצד נגיע לאמנה ישראלית? הספר כולל מאמרים קצרים שנכתבו במיוחד על ידי 75 כותבות וכותבים ממגוון רחב מאוד של קבוצות זהוּת ומגזרים - אישי ציבור, אנשי רוח, חוקרים מהאקדמיה, פעילי ארגונים חברתיים ומנהיגי קהילות. אליהם הצטרף נשיא המדינה יצחק הרצוג. המאמרים הקצרים והמרתקים מציעים רעיונות למתווים כלליים לאמנה ישראלית או להתמודדות עם שסעים חברתיים מסוימים. הספר, פרי יצירתם של הפעיל החברתי והמשפטן ירון קנר והפרופסורים שחר ליפשיץ ואריאל בנדור, שניהם דיקנים לשעבר של פקולטות למשפטים, מאגד לראשונה בכריכה אחת, בין השאר, את השופט פרופ' אהרן ברק עם הרב שמואל אליהו; את אלוף דורון אלמוג עם פרופ' עליאן אלקרינאוי; את היזמית אירינה נבזלין עם הזמר והיוצר קובי אוז; את הרב יעקב מדן עם פעיל קהילת הלהט"ב ערן גלובוס; את המשפטנית ד"ר מנאל תותרי-ג'ובראן עם הרבנית עדינה בר שלום; את תא"ל אמל אסעד עם העיתונאי ד"ר אבישי בן חיים; ואת מייסד פורום קהלת פרופ' משה קופל עם מייסד ארגון טבקה לצדק ולשוויון ליוצאי אתיופיה איציק יצחק דסה"--From the publisher. "ישראל סוערת. ואולם, המהפכה המשפטית שהממשלה יזמה, שקרעה את הציבור הישראלי עד כדי סיכון הביטחון הלאומי של המדינה וכלכלתה, היא רק ביטוי חריף לבעיית עומק של החברה בישראל. 75 שנים מיום הקמתה של מדינת ישראל החברה הישראלית אכולה שנאה, עוינות, חשדנות, אלימות מילולית ואף אלימות של ממש. חברה שסועה, פצועה ומפולגת, לא רק לארבעת השבטים שעליהם הצביע נשיא המדינה הקודם ראובן (רובי) ריבלין - חילונים, דתיים-לאומיים, חרדים וערבים - אלא גם לתתי-קבוצות: לאומיות, דתיות, עדתיות, פוליטיות, מגדריות וכלכליות. אכן התגברות הקיטוב החברתי הפכה את ניסיונות ההתמודדות עמו לאחד מהאתגרים החשובים המשחרים לפתחה של מדינת ישראל. מה אפשר לעשות? מה צריך לעשות? כיצד נגיע לאמנה ישראלית? הספר כולל מאמרים קצרים שנכתבו במיוחד על ידי 75 כותבות וכותבים ממגוון רחב מאוד של קבוצות זהוּת ומגזרים - אישי ציבור, אנשי רוח, חוקרים מהאקדמיה, פעילי ארגונים חברתיים ומנהיגי קהילות. אליהם הצטרף נשיא המדינה יצחק הרצוג. המאמרים הקצרים והמרתקים מציעים רעיונות למתווים כלליים לאמנה ישראלית או להתמודדות עם שסעים חברתיים מסוימים. הספר, פרי יצירתם של הפעיל החברתי והמשפטן ירון קנר והפרופסורים שחר ליפשיץ ואריאל בנדור, שניהם דיקנים לשעבר של פקולטות למשפטים, מאגד לראשונה בכריכה אחת, בין השאר, את השופט פרופ' אהרן ברק עם הרב שמואל אליהו; את אלוף דורון אלמוג עם פרופ' עליאן אלקרינאוי; את היזמית אירינה נבזלין עם הזמר והיוצר קובי אוז; את הרב יעקב מדן עם פעיל קהילת הלהט"ב ערן גלובוס; את המשפטנית ד"ר מנאל תותרי-ג'ובראן עם הרבנית עדינה בר שלום; את תא"ל אמל אסעד עם העיתונאי ד"ר אבישי בן חיים; ואת מייסד פורום קהלת פרופ' משה קופל עם מייסד ארגון טבקה לצדק ולשוויון ליוצאי אתיופיה איציק יצחק דסה"--From the publisher.

"The United States is living through a period of polarization and upheaval. We hunger for answers, yet too often turn to the same people and institutions, somehow expecting different outcomes. How can this be? This book takes a different angle. It features award-winning social innovators from all walks of life with decades of experience of working in and with their communities across America. In twenty two deep, idea-packed conversations, they share their analysis, practical insights, and policy recommendations-on how to gain common ground, get the country unstuck, and increase prosperity and wellbeing for all. What their narratives have in common: they see community members -- workers, young people, parents, neighbors, from Appalachia to Silicon Valley, from the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes - not as weak or dependent, but as creative, resourceful, and strong, with unique expertise and lived experience of the problem at hand, whose changemaking energy can be tapped to build a better future for all of us"-- Provided by publisher

• The structure of Roman society
• Families
• Marriage
• Housing and city life
• Domestic and personal concerns
• Education
• Occupations
• Enslaved persons
• Freedmen and freedwomen
• Government and politics
• The Roman army
• Provincial administration
• Women in Roman society
• Leisure and entertainment
• Religion and philosophy.

"As the Romans Did offers a rich, revealing look at everyday Roman life. It provides clear, lively translations of a fascinating array of documents drawn from Latin and Greek source material--from personal letters, farming manuals, medical texts, and recipes to poetry, graffiti, and tombstone inscriptions. Each selection has been translated into readable, contemporary English. Extensive annotations, abundant biographical notes, maps, appendices, cross-references to related topics, and a newly-updated bibliography provide readers with the historical and cultural background material necessary to appreciate the selections. Arranged thematically into chapters on family life, housing, education, entertainment, religion, and other important topics, the translations reveal the ambitions and aspirations not only of the upper class, but of the average Roman citizen as well. They tell of the success and failure of Rome's grandiose imperialist policies and also of the pleasures and hardships of everyday life. Wide-ranging and lively, the second edition of As the Romans Did offers the most lucid account available of Roman life in all its diversity"-- Provided by publisher.

Drawing upon a new perspective of competitive social repositioning and numerous new sources, this book fills the analytical gap caused by the research focus on either macro- or micro-level issues through analysing how everyday Chinese had reacted to and influenced the numerous changes in China from 1964 to 2000.

"The book provides a comprehensive conceptual understanding covering major challenges and pathways to progressively promote inclusive development in Bangladesh. Since independence in 1971, Bangladesh has achieved significant economic growth and social progress, but the benefits have not been shared equitably across all groups in society and there is the demand that inclusive development should be at the core of the country's development agenda. Analysing inclusive development in Bangladesh, the authors present it as synonymous with improving the well-being of all individuals in a comprehensive manner along with upholding the principles of equity and justice. The book shows that the multi-dimensionality of inclusive development facilitates the participation of all in society in development through enhancing capabilities and ensuring equal opportunities. The analysis highlights social investments in specific concerns of the marginalised and disadvantaged groups and unequal structural forces that compel the state to remain biased towards the rich and consequent 'elite capture' of the state in Bangladesh. Arguing that Bangladesh has moved closer towards applying the inclusive development tenets in policy making, the book's findings show that the challenge is the absence of any generic formula to ensure that the country is moving towards a more inclusive development path. A valuable contribution to the study of Bangladesh's changing dynamics of political, economic and social configurations and development economics, the book will be of interest to researchers in the fields of Economics, Asian Studies and Development Studies"-- Provided by publisher

• Manila in the World / Martin F. Manalansan IV, Roland B. Tolentino, and Robert Diaz
• Scenes Not So Fair: Poetic Representations of the Philippine Capital City / Oscar Tantoco Serquiña Jr.
• Smelling Manila / Gary C. Devilles
• A Tale of Three Buildings: The National Film Archive, Marcos Cultural Policy and Anarchival Temporality / Bliss Cua Lim
• Wayward Informality, Queer Urbanism: Manila, the Dark and Decadent City / Ferdinand M. Lopez
• This is Our City: Manila, Popular Music, and the Translocal / Christine Bacareza Balance
• Nodes of a City Labyrinth / John B. Labella
• Of Demolitions and Dispossession: The Everyday Violence of Metro Manila's Growth Politics / Faith R. Kares
• Recalling to Sitio San Roque: Countermapping Urban Spaces in Quezon City / Vanessa Banta
• Infrastructural Futures: Arroyo's Philippines in a Technological Frame / Paul Nadal
• "The struggle continues ...": On the Cruel Optimism of LGBT Organizing / Roland Sintos Coloma
• Sociotechnical Infrastructures: Tracing Gay Socio-Sexual App Socialities in Manila / Paul Michael Leonardo Atienza
• Halimaw: A Hauntology of Manila in Street Art / Louise Jashil R. Sonido
• Endo, Manila Kentex Fire, and Contractualization under Global Capitalism / Jema Pamintuan
• Regime-Made Disaster in Metro Manila: Beyond an Aesthetics Reading of Photographs of Duterte's 'Drug War' / Rosa Cordillera A. Castillo and Raffy Lerma.

"This edited volume deconstructs popular generalizations of Manila. Bringing together scholars from across the humanities and social sciences, this volume presents a series of multidisciplinary lenses to understand the complexities and contradictions of Manila, illustrating the breadth of experience it represents and that its citizens live"-- Provided by publisher.

• Introduction
• Motivating the use of behavioral insights
• The rise and the fall of governmental nudge units
• Diagnosing behavioral mechanisms behind public
• Motivating the use of systems thinking
• Embedding behavioral diagnostics within systems thinking
• Augmenting the public management toolkit with behavioral insights: the PRIx framework
• Using behavioral insights in practice
• Best practices in testing behavioral mechanisms
• Designing for heterogeneous types
• Concluding remarks: the future of policy design
• A toolkit for policy teams
• Index.

This textbook is an introductory guide to applying behavioral sciences and systemic thinking into public policy design and implementation. It presents an innovative public management toolkit to handle wicked social problems those not very responsive to traditional public policy instruments by incorporating insights from the behavioral sciences and systemic design in the diagnostics of public problems, based on the motivations and constraints of the real citizen beyond the ideal citizens perfectly rational intentions and plans devoid of social context or self-control problems. This volume aims to motivate the inclusion of broader and deeper insights from the behavioral sciences especially behavioral economics, cognitive psychology, and social psychology to the repertoire of public managers by introducing new methodologies for diagnosing the root causes behind public problems and for designing effective policies to address them. The new diagnosis tool the MSI framework (an acronym for Motivation, Self-control, and Inattention problems) , will help identify new mechanisms underlying social problems or reinterpret known problems based on behavioral insights. The new methodology for policy design the PRIx framework (an acronym for Pricing policies, Regulatory policies, and Information policies) , will enrich existing policy tools with such behavioral insights. Behavioral Insights for Policy Design: A New Framework for Understanding Wicked Social Problems and Designing Policies for Real Citizens will be a useful and practical guide to public managers and students of graduate and advanced undergraduate courses in public management interested in learning how to apply innovative tools and methodologies inspired by the behavioral sciences into public policy design in a simple and practical way, even when dealing with complex social problems.

• Sowing the oil
• Portrait of a political family
• Aspirations and disparities in the Bolivarian barrio
• Insecurity and the search for moral order
• The moral life of revolution
• Petro-democracy and its ambiguities
• The weight of the future
• The unraveling
• Beyond the magical state.

The nineteenth-century Romantic myth of Bohemia emerged to describe the new conditions faced by artists and writers, who after the previous system of aristocratic patronage collapsed were free to move around in search of success. Yet most real-life bohemians have scant interest in commercial gain and are not so itinerant after all. Tracing these contradictions in bohemian cultures and lifestyles from the early nineteenth century to the present, David Weir explores the myth of Bohemia as it developed in various forms of expression-novels, plays, operas, films-and in key cities, including Paris, Munich, and New York. Weir concludes with a discussion of the legacy of Bohemia today as something outworn and dying, an exhausted tradition that somehow continues