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statistical and narrative evidence, Chwieroth and Walter show that this point applies
not just to the bankers, who are commonly seen as the key players in these complex
financial events, but also to the households whose deposits and savings are at risk.
This observation has powerful implications for how financial crises play out in our
modern era of mass democratic politics. The literature on financial crises will never
be the same.'
Barry Eichengreen, George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics

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HIGH

and Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley

'A fascinating and novel argument about the politics of finance before and after

the Great Recession. Tracing the development and effects of an enlarged "bailout"
constituency, involving both wealthy and middle class citizens, this book offers
valuable lessons about finance, class politics and the workings of democracy.'

CR IMES

Nancy Bermeo, Senior Research Fellow Nuffield College University of Oxford,
PIIRS Senior Scholar, Princeton University

J EFFR EY M. CH W I EROT H is Professor of International Political Economy in

the Department of International Relations, and a research associate of the Systemic
Risk Centre, at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is the

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author of Capital Ideas: The IMF and the Rise of Financial Liberalization (2010).

A N DR EW WA LTER is Professor of International Relations in the School of Social
and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne. His books include China,

the United States, and Global Order (Cambridge, 2011, with Rosemary Foot), East

Asian Capitalism (2012, ed. with Xiaoke Zhang) and Global Financial Governance
Confronts the Rising Powers (2016, ed. with C. R. Henning).

A H IS TORY OF
I M PE AC H M E N T
F O R T H E AG E
OF T RU M P

Jeffrey M. Chwieroth and Andrew Walter

For the third time in forty-five years,

America is talking about impeaching a
president, but the impeachment provisions
of the American constitution are widely
misunderstood. In High Crimes and

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THE WEALTH EFFECT

AND MISDEMEANORS

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and resolution of financial crises. Marshalling an amazing array of historical,

Chwieroth
and Walter

'Special-interest politics figure importantly in all scholarly analyses of the causes

,

Misdemeanors, constitutional scholar
Frank Bowman offers unprecedented clarity

How the Great Expectations
of the Middle Class Have Changed
the Politics of Banking Crises

to the question of impeachment, tracing

its roots to medieval England through its
adoption in the Constitution and 250 years
of American experience. By examining
the human and political history of those
who have faced impeachment, Bowman
demonstrates that the framers intended
impeachment to be a flexible tool, adaptable
to the needs of any age. Written in a lively,
engaging style, the book combines a deep
historical and constitutional analysis of the
impeachment clauses, a coherent theory of

when impeachment should be used to protect
constitutional order against presidential
misconduct, and a comprehensive
presentation of the case for and against
impeachment of President Trump. It is an
indispensable work for the present moment.

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"A landmark book."
The Observer

Williams

MATT GROSSMANN

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NEWELL

"This is the biography of tyranny we have been waiting for."
Norman Doidge, author of The Brain that Changes Itself
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"Reading this refreshing and rejuvenating book will
make you think hard about how life should be lived."
Tim Wu, author of The Attention Merchants

"A very insightful and perceptive analysis of one of the crucial issues of
our age: how we spend our time in the infosphere. It will be the starting
point for anyone who wishes to create a better future."
Luciano Floridi, University of Oxford

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"In the Arab Spring, technology helped us topple a dictator - and then
it tore us apart. The competition for attention poses a fundamental
problem for today's society, and no one has gone deeper into this issue
than James Williams ... If you care about the future of society, pay
attention to this book."
Wael Ghonim, internet activist
"Passionate, provocative, personal and funny! Drawing on philosophy
and video games, ancient literature and current science, Stand Out Of Our
Light helps us to see what's currently happening to the human experience
and how we can take back control."
David Runciman, University of Cambridge

POWER, INJUSTICE, AND TERROR

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"On the contemporary attention crisis, there is no writer who has thought
deeper than Williams. His pivotal insight is the recognition that attention
is the fuel of our lives, the ingredient essential to any self-chosen goal.
Reading this refreshing and rejuvenating book will make you think
hard about how life should be lived."
Tim Wu, Columbia University and author of The Attention Merchants

How the
Conservative Revolution
Stalled in the States

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