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The Politics of the Pandemic in Eastern Europe and Eurasia: Blame Game and Governance (Studies in Contemporary Russia)
by Margarita ZavadskayaThis book provides a comprehensive overview of the political impact of the COVID-19 emergency in central and eastern Europe and Eurasia. Offering a theoretical framework linking the authoritarian, post-Soviet institutional legacy with patterns of political behavior, support and governments’ policies, the expert contributors argue that domestic political regimes mediate and shape citizens’ perceptions of public health crises, and the very regimes’ political survival. The authors explore how the pandemic affected regime change, government stability, business groups and civil societies in more than 15 countries of the region from the discovery of the virus to the vaccination rollout. The studies rely on a broad range of empirical evidence from the region – survey, state statistics, ethnography and interviews. Formulating, explaining and empirically testing the causal mechanisms that drive political accountability and support through a cross-country comparison and in-depth case studies of popular and electoral support attempting to highlight any patterns specific to the region, this book contributes to studies of governance and political accountability in low-trust countries with authoritarian legacies and proclivities. Drawing on an interdisciplinary approach that brings together area studies, history, sociology and political science, it will also be of value to those interested in systematic effect of political regimes on handling public health crises.
School Turnarounds: The Essential Role of Districts (Educational Innovations Series)
by Heather ZavadskyThe inspiration for this book was a crucial observation: that if the school turnaround movement is to have widespread and lasting consequences, it will need to incorporate meaningful district involvement in its efforts. The result is a volume that considers school turnaround efforts at the district level, examining the evidence thus far and indicating fruitful directions for district-based initiatives going forward. At the heart of the book are case studies of districts—in Philadelphia, Charlotte-Mecklenburg, Denver, Sacramento, and Long Beach—that have developed systemwide policies and programs for instituting turnaround reforms in their member schools. These cases—and the book as a whole—bring district-based initiatives and options into the larger discussion of the turnaround movement and its potential for improving chronically low-performing schools.
School Turnarounds: The Essential Role of Districts
by Heather Zavadsky Steven J. AdamowskiThe inspiration for this book was a crucial observation: that if the school turnaround movement is to have widespread and lasting consequences, it will need to incorporate meaningful district involvement in its efforts. The result is a volume that considers school turnaround efforts at the district level, examining the evidence thus far and indicating fruitful directions for district-based initiatives going forward. At the heart of the book are case studies of districts--in Philadelphia, Charlotte-Mecklenburg, Denver, Sacramento, and Long Beach--that have developed systemwide policies and programs for instituting turnaround reforms in their member schools. These cases--and the book as a whole--bring district-based initiatives and options into the larger discussion of the turnaround movement and its potential for improving chronically low-performing schools.
Bastardos y Borbones: Los hijos desconocidos de la dinastía
by José María ZavalaUn apasionante recorrido por el pasado más turbio y desconocido de la dinastía de los Borbones: el de los hijos secretos de reyes y príncipes, a quienes, para evitar el escándalo, se negó su verdadera condición A principios del siglo XIX, los cimientos de la dinastía de los Borbones se tambalean: María Luisa de Parma, esposa del rey Carlos IV, confiesa que el monarca no es el padre de ninguno de sus hijos. A partir de ese día, la bastardía será la tónica en este lujurioso linaje desde los numerosos amantes de la reina Isabel II, uno de los cuales fue el verdadero padre de Alfonso XII, hasta Alfonso XIII -conocido como el "rey de los bastardos"-, padre de numerosos hijos ilegítimos, entre ellos, posiblemente un célebre actor español que llegó a interpretarle en el cine, incluyendo a Juan Carlos I, que tampoco se ha librado de que le adjudicasen la paternidad de una hija ilegítima. Con ayuda de documentos inéditos rescatados de los archivos del Ministerio de Justicia, el Archivo Histórico Nacional y el Palacio Real, así como de valiosos testimonios de amigos y familiares, José María Zavala nos brinda en Bastardos y Borbones un inolvidable recorrido a través de las vidas de todos ellos y sus esperanzas de ser, al fin, reconocidos. Reseña:«Muerto prematuramente Juan Balansó, Zavala es quizá el mayor conocedor de las interioridades de los Borbones.»Carmelo López-Arias Montenegro
Infantas: De la primogénita de Felipe V a la sucesora de Felipe VI
by José María ZavalaUn recorrido apasionante por el pasado, presente y futuro de las mujeres de la dinastía borbónica, veinte infantas que pudieron reinar en España De la hija de Felipe V a la del actual Príncipe de Asturias, Leonor. ¿La última? ¿Sabía por qué a la segunda infanta de la dinastía, María Josefa Carmela de Borbón y Sajonia, se la motejó como «la de los huesos frágiles»? ¿Y el verdadero motivo de que a la infanta Carlota Joaquina se la apodase «la intrigante» o a Luisa Carlota «la celestina»? ¿Conoce la razón por la cual la infanta Elvira desfila por estas páginas como «la fogosa» y a la infanta Cristina se la denomina «la equilibrista»? Romances secretos, infidelidades, complots, muertes trágicas, matrimonios regios por razones de Estado... y divorcios sonados. Esta completa galería de infantas se compone de veinte inusitados retratos que abarcan los últimos siglos de la historia de España hasta la actualidad, donde la infanta Leonor se erige como inmediata sucesora de su padre, el príncipe Felipe, quién sabe si Felipe VI, rey de España, algún día. Reseñas:«Zavala nos da un inolvidable paseo de la mano por la historia.»Julia Navarro
Pasiones regias
by José María ZavalaTodas las dinastías esconden oscuros secretos: deslealtades, infidelidades, bastardías, asesinatos, confabulaciones palaciegas... Pasiones regias. De los Saboya a los Borbones, las intrigas más desconocidas y escandalosas de la Historia es un fascinante recorrido por ese desconocido pasado de las familias reales que han marcado la historia de Europa. ¿Por qué se considera a Juan Carlos I el «rey del lujo»? ¿Por qué Cristina de Suecia era tan caprichosa y extravagante? ¿Intentó Catalina de Médici asesinar por celos a Diana de Poitiers, amante de su esposo Enrique II de Francia? ¿Cómo murió en realidad la princesa italiana Mafalda de Saboya, prisionera de la Gestapo? ¿Qué era lo que más aborrecía la reina francesa Isabel de Baviera? ¿Era Luis Felipe de Orleáns hijo de un carcelero? ¿Murió envenenada la emperatriz María Luisa de Austria? ¿Dónde está enterrado el rey Luis XI de Francia? Tras el gran éxito de La maldición de los Borbones y Bastardos y Borbones, José María Zavala vuelve a encajar con amenidad y rigor las piezas más dispersas y desconocidas del puzle dinástico. La crítica ha dicho...«Zavala ocupa hoy el trono de los saberes regios.»Amadeu Fabregat «Zavala nos da un inolvidable paseo de la mano por la Historia.»Julia Navarro
Es la hora de México
by Margarita ZavalaDe cara a las elecciones presidenciales de 2018, Margarita Zavala delinea, con un estilo claro y conciso, su visión del país y su propuesta política y social para cambiar México. Margarita. Mi propuesta es un libro que explica la visión que Margarita Zavala tiene de México y enlista las propuestas que la panista llevará a la práctica en caso de ganar la Presidencia de la República en 2018. Con una prosa sencilla y directa, la exdiputada federal ofrece una perspectiva humanista para concretar los cambios que México requiere. En la obra se evidencia el hondo conocimiento que Zavala tiene del PAN, pues, militante de dicho partido desde su juventud, ha interiorizado las directrices que dan sustento a esa agrupación. En cinco capítulos que ahondan en los mayores retos del país, Zavala recuerda que parte del camino hacia el progreso y el bienestar ya ha sido recorrido, pero también que esimportante concretar acciones responsables para desatar el potencial de la nación y solucionar los problemas que aún afronta.
La guerra en palabras
by Oswaldo ZavalaUna historia intelectual de la hegemonía que funcionó como la plataforma para lanzar la “guerra contra el narco”: primero desde un plano simbólico y después como una campaña permanente de violencia organizada. Basado en una investigación de archivos oficiales, reportajes periodísticos, estudios académicos y producciones culturales sobre el tráfico de drogas, Oswaldo Zavala revisa el arco histórico del lenguaje en el que se inscriben un relato de guerra con personajes intercambiables en lugares variables que configuran la ilusión sobre el “narco” en nuestra sociedad contemporánea, con atención especial en los productos culturales sobre el tráfico de drogas en general. .
Las Buscadoras: Madres que buscan personas desaparecidas en México
by Noé ZavaletaEllas buscan a sus hijas, sus hijos, maridos y familiares. Es una historia cotidiana en nuestro país. Les empezaron a decir &“tesoros&”, a los restos óseos hallados en las múltiples fosas clandestinas de nuestro país. Principalmente en las entidades de Veracruz, Sinaloa, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán y recientemente en Guanajuato. Este libro recopila, el viacrucis endemoniado de la búsqueda en vida y en muerte de los desaparecidos en México. Más de 70 mil ausencias y contando, acumulando, por cientos, por miles.Sus familiares se agruparon en &“Colectivos&”. No los une una filiación política, ni un gustos personales, tampoco una creencia religiosa, ni un estatus social, sino la &“ausencia&” de un ser querido. Un familiar &“tragado por la tierra&” en los cientos de agujeros negros que existen en México.The SeekersThey look for their daughters, their sons, husbands and relatives. It is an everyday story in our country. They will say "treasures" to the skeletal remains found in the many clandestine graves in our country. Mainly in the entities of Veracruz, Sinaloa, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán and recently in Guanajuato. This book compiles the demonic via crucis of the search in life and in death for the disappeared in Mexico. More than 70 thousand absences and counting, accumulating, by hundreds, by miles.His relatives were grouped into "Collectives". They are not united by a political affiliation, or a personal taste, or a religious belief, or a social status, but the "absence" of a loved one. A relative "swallowed by the earth" in the hundreds of black holes that exist in Mexico.
Cities for Sale: Municipalities as Public Relations and Marketing Firms
by Staci M. ZavattaroToday's cities are competing with each other on many levels—for our business, for our residency, for our tourism dollars, for our employment, and much more. Especially in light of market models of governance seeping into the public sector, it has become both necessary and prudent for city staff to undertake place promotion to attract many potential stakeholders. In Cities for Sale, Staci M. Zavattaro reveals that cities are increasingly acting like private-sector public relations and marketing firms in scope, value, and practice. To promote their cities, public administrators are embracing tactics such as branding, media relations, in-house publication, and the use of volunteers or outside organizations as PR surrogates. This shift in communication patterns from providing public information to city self-promotion has, Zavattaro argues, both positive and negative implications for democratic governance and citizen participation.
City Sextons: Tales from Municipal Leaders (Routledge Research in Public Administration and Public Policy)
by Staci M. ZavattaroCity sextons are a dying breed and in this book sextons from throughout the United States share their experiences as a city’s chief death expert. With a view to investigating their role in local governance processes, how they contribute to public engagement in cities, and what are some misconceptions about this role, Staci M. Zavattaro sheds light on unique public servants that are rarely – if at all – discussed in public administration research. Themes discussed include: background stories on each sexton interviewed; vignettes of their most interesting stories that can be used as case studies in public administration practice and teaching; public history functions; self-care strategies they use to deal with the stress of the position. City Sextons: Tales from Municipal Leaders will be of key interest to scholars studying public management, emotional labor, and leadership.
Place Branding through Phases of the Image
by Staci M. ZavattaroAs places face increased competition for human and capital resources, public managers turn toward corporate-like governance strategies and branding practices to shape places and organizations. However, for better or worse, these organizations begin to resemble highly competitive, private-sector public relations and marketing firms. Place branding is taking hold within many organizations, including city governments, yet very few scholars take a public administration approach when exploring the causes and effects of branding practices. In Place Branding through Phases of the Image, Zavattaro explains how city promotional strategies can take the place of corporate governance structures through phases of the image. She examines how city government entities are undertaking place branding practices, with the realization that relying too much on image rather than a balance between image and substance has serious implications for democratic, collaborative governance. This book creates a workable framework that simultaneously serves as a cautionary tale for building a promotional campaign focused exclusively on image.
Public Branding and Marketing: A Global Viewpoint
by Staci M. ZavattaroThis edited volume details public branding and marketing from a global, comparative perspective. Place branding and marketing practices are now prominent in cities, states, nations, regions, and organizations all over the world. While disciplines such as hospitality management, tourism marketing, and business marketing have made inroads into understanding the intricacies of place branding, research in public administration and policy is still emerging. This volume fills that research gap. Including accounts from both the academic and practitioner communities, this book bridges the academic-practitioner divide and provides a holistic account of branding and marketing in public organizations as well as immediate application and lessons learned. The book takes an explicit public administration approach, focusing on a wide range of topics such as branding leadership, co-creation, stakeholder engagement, education, non-profit marketing and branding, and city administration. The book is divided into four sections. Section I highlights the process of developing and communicating public branding and marketing efforts. Section II focuses specifically on how social media and other digital technologies are used to communicate and evaluate place branding strategies. Section III centers on branding at the local government level. Section IV highlights how various stakeholder groups come together (or not) when participating in strategic branding efforts. Presenting various methodologies, approaches, and implications of place branding and marketing across differing social, cultural, political, and economic conditions, this book will be of use to scholars and students in public. administration, tourism studies, and business administration as well as professionals and practitioners in the public branding and marketing field.
Social Media for Government: Theory and Practice
by Staci M. Zavattaro Thomas A. BryerSocial media is playing a growing role within public administration, and with it, there is an increasing need to understand the connection between social media research and what actually takes place in government agencies. Most of the existing books on the topic are scholarly in nature, often leaving out the vital theory-practice connection. This book joins theory with practice within the public sector, and explains how the effectiveness of social media can be maximized. The chapters are written by leading practitioners and span topics like how to manage employee use of social media sites, how emergency managers reach the public during a crisis situation, applying public record management methods to social media efforts, how to create a social media brand, how social media can help meet government objectives such as transparency while juggling privacy laws, and much more. For each topic, a collection of practitioner insights regarding the best practices and tools they have discovered are included. Social Media for Government responds to calls within the overall public administration discipline to enhance the theory-practice connection, giving practitioners space to tell academics what is happening in the field in order to encourage further meaningful research into social media use within government.
Housing The New Russia
by Jane R. ZaviscaIn Housing the New Russia, Jane R. Zavisca examines Russia's attempts to transition from a socialist vision of housing, in which the government promised a separate, state-owned apartment for every family, to a market-based and mortgage-dependent model of home ownership. In 1992, the post-Soviet Russian government signed an agreement with the United States to create the Russian housing market. The vision of an American-style market guided housing policy over the next two decades. Privatization gave socialist housing to existing occupants, creating a nation of homeowners overnight. New financial institutions, modeled on the American mortgage system, laid the foundation for a market. Next the state tried to stimulate mortgages-and reverse the declining birth rate, another major concern-by subsidizing loans for young families. Imported housing institutions, however, failed to resonate with local conceptions of ownership, property, and rights. Most Russians reject mortgages, which they call "debt bondage," as an unjust "overpayment" for a good they consider to be a basic right. Instead of stimulating homeownership, privatization, combined with high prices and limited credit, created a system of "property without markets. " Frustrated aspirations and unjustified inequality led most Russians to call for a government-controlled housing market. Under the Soviet system, residents retained lifelong tenancy rights, perceiving the apartments they inhabited as their own. In the wake of privatization, young Russians can no longer count on the state to provide their house, nor can they afford to buy a home with wages, forcing many to live with extended family well into adulthood. Zavisca shows that the contradictions of housing policy are a significant factor in Russia's falling birth rates and the apparent failure of its pronatalist policies. These consequences further stack the deck against the likelihood that an affordable housing market will take off in the near future.
Decentring the Indian Nation (Routledge Revivals)
by John Zavos Andrew WyattFirst published in 2003, Decentring the Indian Nation examines the various centrifugal forces apparent in recent Indian politics. After achieving independence in 1947 India’s elite opted to build a modern nation-state. This idea was carefully nurtured during the fight for freedom from British rule by the dominant Congress movement. In recent years, the idea of a centralised state has been challenged from a number of directions. Strong regional political movements have questioned the assumption that India’s federal system requires a dominant centre. The related trend of identity-based mobilisation has challenged settled notions of Indian national identity. The authors discuss the idea that as a nation, India is becoming ‘decentred’, and consider the implications of this idea for the development of the Indian polity. This book will be of interest to students of politics, geography and development.
Drones and Unmanned Aerial Systems
by Aleš ZavršnikThis book tackles the regulatory issues of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) or Remotely-Piloted Aerial Systems (RPAS), which have profound consequences for privacy, security and other fundamental liberties. Collectively known as "drones," they were initially deployed for military purposes: reconnaissance, surveillance and extrajudicial executions. Today, we are witnessing a growth of their use into the civilian and humanitarian domain. They are increasingly used for goals as diverse as news gathering, aerial inspection of oil refinery flare stacks, mapping of the Amazonian rain-forest, crop spraying and search and rescue operations. The civil use of drones is becoming a reality in the European Union and in the US. The drone revolution may be a new technological revolution. Proliferation of the next generation of "recreational" drones show how drones will be sold as any other consumer item. The cultural perception of the technology is shifting, as drones are increasingly being used for humanitarian activities, on one hand, but they can also firmly be situated in the prevailing modes of postmodern governance on the other hand. This work will be of interest to researchers in Criminology and Criminal Justice interested in issues related to surveillance, security, privacy, and technology. It will also provide a criminological background for related legal issues, such as privacy law, aviation law, international criminal law, and comparative law.
Crime and Transition in Central and Eastern Europe
by Aleš Završnik Alenka ŠelihFull-scale political change affects every level of a society, but perhaps nowhere as strikingly as in the areas of crime policy and law enforcement. Over the past two decades, the European nations that have moved from totalitarianism toward democracy have come to embody this trend, yet reliable sources on crime and law enforcement in these countries have not been readily accessible to the West. Representing viewpoints seldom available to outsiders, the contributors to Crime and Transition in Central and Eastern Europe analyze changes in criminal activities and crime control strategies in the region, explain the political background underlying these developments, and assess their long-term social impact. Experts from Slovenia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Bosnia and Herzegovina discuss the politicization of crime, the ongoing paradoxes regarding civil liberties, and the future of crime policy in comparative and country-specific terms. Among the topics featured in the book: Crime and crime control in transitional countries, politics, the media, and public perception of crime, surveillance: from national security to private industry, penal policy and political change, emerging trends: economic and organized crime, human trafficking, juvenile delinquency, new perspectives on corruption in the region. With this fascinating insight, Crime and Transition in Central and Eastern Europe is a singular reference for researchers and policymakers in criminology and political science, and historians with a special interest in European affairs and policy.
Artificial Intelligence, Social Harms and Human Rights (Critical Criminological Perspectives)
by Aleš Završnik Katja SimončičThis book critically explores how and to what extent artificial intelligence (AI) can infringe human rights and/or lead to socially harmful consequences and how to avoid these. The European Union has outlined how it will use big data, machine learning, and AI to tackle a number of inherently social problems, including poverty, climate change, social inequality and criminality. The contributors of this book argue that the developments in AI must take place in an appropriate legal and ethical framework and they make recommendations to ensure that harm and human rights violations are avoided. The book is split into two parts: the first addresses human rights violations and harms that may occur in relation to AI in different domains (e.g. border control, surveillance, facial recognition) and the second part offers recommendations to address these issues. It draws on interdisciplinary research and speaks to policy-makers and criminologists, sociologists, scholars in STS studies, security studies scholars and legal scholars.
Landscape Performance Modeling Using Rhino and Grasshopper
by Phillip ZawarusThis is a guidebook for landscape architects to learn the fundamental practices and use of the computational software Rhino 3D and the plugin Grasshopper for parametric modeling, landscape inventory, and performative analysis. This process visually connects intangible and abstract information with physical and spatial relationships to signify the impact ecological, climate, and cultural factors have on landscape performance and decision making. Each chapter begins with a summary of the performance method and its application in different projects, outlining the expected goals from industry standard equations and operations. Chapters cover parametric modeling scripts to measure ecosystem services of stormwater management, erosion control, tree benefits, outdoor comfort, accessibility, and many others. Using photographs, tables, and parametric scripts to create qualitative and quantitative representations of landscape performance and ecosystem services, readers will learn to communicate the impact and significance of their outputs. This book will be beneficial to educators, students, and professionals interested in using computational modeling as a performance assessment and graphic visualization tool.
Al Jazeera Phenomenon: Critical Perspectives on New Arab Media
by Mohamed ZayaniFew phenomena in the Arab world are more controversial than Al Jazeera - the satellite television news channel that, despite its brief history, has made its impact known throughout the world and changed the face of a formerly parochial Arab media.This timely collection of articles, many by Arabic-speaking scholars, gives us more information and analysis of the network - and how it has affected the public and even the foreign policies of Western governments - than any other of the very few books published in English up to now.The book provides rare insights into Al Jazeera's politics, its agenda, its programs, its coverage of regional crises, and its treatment of the West. The authors attempt to gauge the station's impact on ordinary Arab viewers, understand its effect on an increasingly visible Arab public sphere, and map out the role it plays in regional Arab politics. The image of Al Jazeera that emerges from this book is much more complex than its depiction in American media. It reveals the powerful role that the network plays in shaping ideas and reconstructing Arab identities during a crucial juncture in Middle Eastern history and politics.
Lviv’s Uncertain Destination: A City and Its Train Terminal from Franz Joseph to Brezhnev
by Andriy ZayarnyukLviv’s Uncertain Destination examines the city’s tumultuous twentieth-century history through the lens of its main railway terminal. Whereas most existing studies of eastern European cities centre their stories on discrete ethnic groups, milestone political events, and economic changes, this book’s narrative is woven around an important site within the city’s complex spatial matrix. Combining architectural, economic, social, and everyday life history, Andriy Zayarnyuk shows how different political regimes created dissimilar social spaces even on the same streets and in the same buildings. His narrative leads us to rethink how the late imperial Habsburg and Romanov, Stalinist and post-Stalinist Soviet, interwar Polish, and Nazi German regimes produced, structured, and controlled urban space. Focusing on railway workers, the book also draws attention to the history of Lviv’s wage earners, who constituted the majority of the city’s adult population.
Novel and Nation in the Muslim World
by Elisabeth �zdalga Daniella KuzmanovicThis book explores the relationship between fictional literature and nation formation in the wider Muslim world. Through twelve unique case studies, it shows how the complex entanglements of nation, religion, and modernity in the process of political and cultural identity formation are probed and verbalized in fiction. The collection of studies in the book is unique. The chapters move beyond well-researched Arab-Muslim core settings such as Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, and Palestine, and focus onother Arabic and non-Arabic Muslim majority countries, including Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Azerbaijan, Iraq, and Iran. The contributions link these literary narratives to the formation of national identities in culturally and linguistically diverse - even antagonistic - settings. The book is excellent reading for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in Middle Eastern studies, cultural studies, comparative literature, postcolonial studies, anthropology, and sociology, as well as thoseinterested in Muslim societies, and nationalism.
The Allocation of Regulatory Competence in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme
by Josephine Van ZebenThe European Union's Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) is the world's largest carbon trading market. This book offers a new perspective on the EU ETS as a multi-level governance regime, in which the regulatory process is composed of three distinct 'competences' - norm setting, implementation, and enforcement. Are these competences best combined in a single regulator at one level of government or would they be better allocated among a variety of regulators at different levels of government? The combined legal, economic, and political analysis in this book reveals that the actual allocation of competences within the EU ETS diverges from a hypothetical ideal allocation in important ways, and provides a political economy explanation for the existing allocation of norm setting, implementation and enforcement competences among various levels of European government.
The Value of Resilience: Securing life in the twenty-first century (Interventions)
by Chris ZebrowskiThe Value of Resilience represents one of the first systematic studies of resilience in the field of security studies. At the turn of the twenty-first century, resilience has become a ‘buzz-word’ within fields as diverse as network engineering, ecosystems management, child psychology and military training programmes. Resilience has emerged as a solution to the common problematic of radical contingency experienced across these fields. At its most general level resilience is understood as the capacity to absorb, withstand and ‘bounce-back’ quickly and efficiently from a perturbation. It is considered to be both a natural property and a quality which can be improved within a broad array of complex systems. Rather than treating resilience as either a unified concept or technique of governance, this book analyses resilience as an emergent security value. Utilizing a biopolitical analytic, it demonstrates that the value of resilience has appreciated alongside transformations in the order of power/knowledge enacted by political economies of security. Zebrowski argues that resilience was not lying in wait for the march of science to provide the conditions for its recognition. Nor was it concealed by the distortions of ideology which lifted with the culmination of the Cold War. There is nothing natural about resilience. By drawing attention to the complex historical processes and significant governmental efforts required to make resilience possible, this book aims to open up a space through which the value of resilience may be more critically interrogated. It will be of interest to students and scholars of international relations, security studies and conflict resolution.