Essays reflecting the art of political and social analysis. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Lawrence Davidson.
• Authors: Davidson, Lawrence, 1945-
• Contents: Essays Reflecting the Art of Political and Social Analysis TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1: PROLOGUE: ON THE ART OF ANALYSIS CHAPTER 2: SOME CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS CONTEXTUALIZING CHAPTER ONE ANALYSIS ONE: THE ROLE OF THE INTELLECTUAL ANALYSIS TWO: NATIONALISM VS. CAPITALISM ANALYSIS THREE: THE MIND OF THE POOR ANALYSIS FOUR: FROM CHARITY TO MAYHEM ANALYSIS FIVE: CONTEXTUALIZING SEXUAL HARRASSMENT ANALYSIS SIX: FREE CHOICE VS. MEDIA DETERMINISM CHAPTER 3: THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW CONTEXTUALIZING CHAPTER TWO ANALYSIS ONE: INTERNATIONAL LAW AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY ANALYSIS TWO: WHY WE NEED THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT ANALYSIS THREE: INTERNATIONAL LAW VS. U.S. DOMESTIC PRACTICE ANALYSIS FOUR: TRUMP, JERUSALEM AND INTERNATIONAL LAW CHAPTER 4: THE UNITED STATES SECTION ONE - STRUCTURAL SHORTCOMINGS CONTEXTUALIZING SECTION ONE ANALYSIS ONE: THE STRUCTURAL PROBLEM WITH LOBBIES ANALYSIS TWO: LOBBY, LOBBIFICATION, LOBBIFIED ANALYSIS THREE: DEMOCRACY TAKES A HIT SECTION TWO - OTHER DOMESTIC POLITICAL PROBLEMS CONTEXTUALIZING SECTION TWO ANALYSIS ONE: A SOBER LOOK AT U.S. DEMOCRACY ANALYSIS TWO: TOLERANCE AS A PREREQUISITE FOR CIVILIZATION ANALYSIS THREE: THERE IS NOTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT IGNORANCE ANALYSIS FOUR: FREEDOM AND HIGH ANXIETY ANALYSIS FIVE: IMMIGRANT IRONY ANALYSIS SIX: FREE SPEECH OR BRIBERY? ANALYSIS SEVEN: JUSTICE CORRUPTED ANALYSIS EIGHT: A FUTURE FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY? SECTION THREE - U.S. FOREIGN POLICY CONTEXTUALIZING SECTION THREE ANALYSIS ONE: AMERICAN GONE STUPID OVER IRAN ANALYSIS TWO: THE STATE DEPARTMENT GOES BAD ANALYSIS THREE: CUSTOMIZING TRUTH ANALYSIS FOUR: ENDLESS WAR SECTION FOUR -THE ATTACKS ON 11 SEPTEMBER 2001 CONTEXTUALIZING SECTION FOUR ANALYSIS ONE: IGNORANCE AND 9/11 ANALYSIS TWO: THE SAUDI ROLE ON SEPTEMBER 11 ANALYSIS THREE: WILL THERE BE MORE 9/11s? CHAPTER 5: ON TRUMP, GUNS AND TORTURE SECTION ONE - THE TRUMP PHENOMENON CONTEXTUALIZING SECTION ONE ANALYSIS ONE: HOW ORIGINAL IS DONALD TRUMP? ANALYSIS TWO: DONALD TRUMP'S AMERICA ANALYSIS THREE: CRUELTY AS A CAMPAIGN COME-ON ANALYSIS FOUR: THE WHITE HOUSE- MERCENARY CONNECTION ANALYSIS FIVE: DONALD TRUMP'S BEHAVIORAL LEGACY SECTION TWO - THE GUN CULTURE CONTEXTUALIZING SECTION TWO ANALYSIS ONE: AN AMERICAN MOTTO: FREE, ARMED AND STUPID ANALYSIS TWO: THE OPPORTUNIST AND THE FANATICS ANALYSIS THREE: WAR CULTURE AND GUN CULTURE: THEY'RE RELATED SECTION THREE - ON TORTURE, TERROR AND ABUSE CONTEXTUALIZING SECTION THREE ON TORTURE ANALYSIS ONE: THE FORGOTTEN FUTILITY OF TOR TURE ON TERRORISM ANALYSIS TWO: TERRORISM AND SOME HARD TRUTHS ANALYSIS THREE: DOMESTIC TERRORISM AMERICAN STYLE ON INSTITUTIONALIZED ABUSE ANALYSIS FOUR: WAR AND INSTITUTIONALIZING ABUSE CHAPTER 6: ISRAEL, ZIONISM AND THE JEWS CONTEXTUALIZING CHAPTER FIVE SECTION ONE - ISRAEL ANALYSIS ONE: ISRAEL: LEGITIMACY AND BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS TWO: WHY THE ISRAELIS ARE RECEPTIVELY VIOLENT ANALYSIS THREE: THE PEACE PROCESS HUSTLE ANALYSIS FOUR: POLITICIZING ANTI-SEMITISM SECTION TWO - ZIONISM ANALYSIS FIVE: THE ZIONIST SCENARIO: NOW AND IN THE FUTURE ANALYSIS SIX: ZIONISM GOES FROM BAD TO WORSE ANALYSIS SEVEN: GENOCIDAL YEARNINGS ANALYSIS EIGHT: CRIMINALIZING CRITICISM: A ZIONIST PROJECT ANALYSIS NINE: WHOSE ACADEMIC FREEDOM ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? ANALYSIS TEN: THE LIBERAL ZIONIST DILEMMA SECTION THREE - THE JEWS ANALYSIS ELEVEN: ISRAEL DIVIDES THE JEWS ANALYSIS TWELVE: BUT IS IT GOOD FOR THE JEWS? ANALYSIS THIRTEEN: GETTING PAST THE ISSUE OF BEING JEWISH CHAPTER 7: VILLAINS AND HEROES CONTEXTUALIZING CHAPTER SIX INTRODUCTORY ANALYSIS: GETTING RID OF BAD EXAMPLES SECTION ONE - VILLAINS ANALYSIS ONE: THE GRIEVOUS RETURN OF HENRY KISSINGER ANALYSIS TWO: JOHN BOLTON'S LOVE OF BOMBS ANALYSIS THREE: DAVID HOROWITZ AND AN ACT OF SLANDER ANALYSIS FOUR: BENJAMIN NETANYAHU'S IDEOLOGICALLY DICTATED WORLDVIEW ANALYSIS FIVE: DONALD TRUMP'S EVOLVING MASS MOVEMENT SECTION TWO - HEROES ANALYSIS SIX: THE WHISTLE BLOWER AS HERO ANALYSIS SEVEN: CRIMINALIZING THE TRUTH TELLERS ANALYSIS EIGHT: IN PRAISE OF RICHARD FALK ANALYSIS NINE: HANEEN ZOABI: ANOTHER PERSECUTED TRUTH-TELLER ANALYSIS TEN: IN DEFENSE OF AMIRA HASS CHAPTER 8: CONCLUSION SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER?.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 320; Political science; Political science -- Analysis; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Essays; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / National; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Reference; Political Science -- Government -- General; Political Science -- General; Politics & government; Comparative politics; Political theory; Comparative politics; Political Science -- History & Theory; Political science & theory; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319980058
• Related ISBNs: 331998005X; 9783319980041
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