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Leveraging

A Political, Economic and Societal Framework

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  • © 2014

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Editors:
  1. David M. Anderson

    1. Washington, USA

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  • Examines the role of bargaining leverage, resource leverage and investment leverage across societal sectors

  • Investigates the role of leverage in the economic crisis of 2008-09 and in the broader context of the theory of capitalism

  • Discusses the risk and theory behind over-leveraging in both economic and political contexts

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. A Leverage Framework

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • David M. Anderson
      Pages 3-34

  4. Leverage and Politics: Domestic, State, and International

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81
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    2. The Morality of Leverage and the Leverage of Morality

      • Richard H. Dees
      Pages 83-93

    3. Leveraging Public Judgment

      • Samantha Woolsey Ball
      Pages 95-106

    4. Leverage in a Labor–Management Relationship: Maximizing the Use of Leverage by Finding a Constructive Leverage Mean

      • Aaron A. Hilger
      Pages 107-118

    5. Leverage and the Regulatory Process

      • Thomas H. Stanton
      Pages 119-130

    6. The Advantages and Pitfalls of Leveraging Humanitarian Development and Diplomacy Toward National Security

      • David Alpher
      Pages 131-141

  5. Leverage and Social Relations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-143
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    2. Leveraging in Modern and Contemporary Families

      • David M. Anderson
      Pages 145-161

    3. From the Leverage Ethic and the Leverage Mean to a National Paid Parental Leave Policy

      • David M. Anderson
      Pages 163-173

  6. Next Steps

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 175-175
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    2. Next Steps

      • David M. Anderson
      Pages 177-191

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 193-197
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About this book

This book considers the current domestic and global political and economic landscape and  will show that there are three different but related kinds of leverage that together have emerged as the dominant strategy in economics, politics and international relations. The economic crisis of 2008-09 was called by most economists a crisis of “over-leverage.” Yet no one has argued that there has also been a leverage crisis or at least a “leverage challenge,” in other aspects of life. The This book argues that there is a “leverage mean” in between the extremes of too little leverage and too much leverage that provides the basis for resolving the various crises and challenges. This book, which grows out of a Brookings Institution paper “The Age of Leverage,” will analyze bargaining leverage, resource leverage and economic investment leverage and should draw the attention of students and teachers in political and economic philosophy.

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“This book has introduced the leverage mean concept and developed a leverage framework to analyse a wide range of economic, social, and political issues. … The book is quite philosophical and could be an eye-opener for many academics. The approach is innovative and results are appealing and interesting. It is very useful in motivating us to think about many social or political issues from a new angle for a better and deeper understanding.” (Steven Li, Economic Record, Vol. 92 (296), March, 2016) 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Washington, USA

    David M. Anderson

About the editor

David M. Anderson is Senior Vice President, State Relations, at The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars.  He has taught at The George Washington University, the University of Cincinnati, and Johns Hopkins University. 

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