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Police, Provocation, Politics: Counterinsurgency in IstanbulIn Police, Provocation, Politics, Deniz Yonucu presents a counterintuitive analysis of contemporary policing practices, focusing particular attention on the incitement of counterviolence, perpetual conflict, and ethnosectarian discord by the state security apparatus. Situating Turkish policing within a global context and combining archival work and...
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African Interventions: State Militaries, Foreign Powers, and Rebel ForcesForeign military intervention has had a profound impact on post-colonial African history and politics. Interventions have destabilized borderlands, overthrown governments, and taken a devastating toll on populations. Emizet F. Kisangani and Jeffrey Pickering advance a new theoretical framework and combine quantitative, qualitative, and historical...
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The Cambridge History of TerrorismAuthor: Richard EnglishPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 05/20/2021Pages: 718Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 2.70lbsSize: 9.20h x 8.00w x 1.50dISBN: 9781108470162Review Citation(s): Choice 07/01/2022About the AuthorEnglish, Richard: - Richard English is Professor of Politics at Queen's University Belfast.
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Beyond the Boomerang: From Transnational Advocacy Networks to Transcalar Advocacy in International PoliticsEssays that generate a new, empirically grounded theory of transnational advocacy Margaret E. Keck and Kathryn Sikkink introduced the boomerang theory in their 1998 book, Activists beyond Borders: Advocacy Networks in International Politics. It remains one of the first broadly applicable theories for why...
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The Decline of the Left Wing in Israel: Yossi Beilin and the Politics of the Peace ProcessYossi Beilin was a seminal figure during the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. As deputy foreign minister in the second Rabin government, he was responsible for leading the Oslo process, which was the most important attempt to end the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. This...
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Checks in the Balance: Legislative Capacity and the Dynamics of Executive PowerHow access to resources and policymaking powers determines the balance of power between the legislative and executive branches The specter of unbridled executive power looms large in the American political imagination. Are checks and balances enough to constrain ambitious executives? Checks in the Balance...
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The Government of Emergency: Vital Systems, Expertise, and the Politics of SecurityThe origins and development of the modern American emergency state From pandemic disease, to the disasters associated with global warming, to cyberattacks, today we face an increasing array of catastrophic threats. It is striking that, despite the diversity of these threats, experts and officials...
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Shudras'The Shudras echoes Dr Ambedkar's question in Who Were the Shudras? that he asked in 1946. More than 70 years later, Kancha Ilaiah and his team of authors revisit this issue to give Shudras a voice again' -CHRISTOPHE JAFFRELOT The Shudras: Vision for a...
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Pride, Not Prejudice: National Identity as a Pacifying Force in East AsiaAs shown by China's relationship to Japan, and Japan's relationship to South Korea, even growing regional economic interdependencies are not enough to overcome bitter memories grounded in earlier wars, invasions, and periods of colonial domination. Although efforts to ease historical animosity have been made,...
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Managing Violent Religious Extremism in Fragile States: Building Institutional Capacity in Nigeria and KenyaThis book examines how African states can build the institutional capacity to better prevent, manage and cope with the new security challenges posed by violent religious extremism. Despite the evidence that violent religious extremism is exacerbated by underlying social, political, economic and governance factors,...
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Beyond Piety and Politics: Religion, Social Relations, and Public Preferences in the Middle East and North AfricaHow do ordinary men and women in Muslim-majority societies create religion-informed views of political topics such as democracy and economics?Beyond Piety and Politics provides a groundbreaking approach to understanding the depth and variety of political attitudes held by people who consider themselves to be...
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Martin Eden by Jack LondonMartin Eden, semiautobiographical novel by Jack London, published in 1909. The title character becomes a writer, hoping to acquire the respectability sought by his society-girl sweetheart. She spurns him, however, when his writing is rejected by several magazines and when he is falsely accused...
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Kingdom of Nokia: How a Nation Served the Needs of One CompanyKingdom of Nokia tells a fascinating story of corporatism in Finland. How did the mobile phone giant Nokia make the Finnish elite willing to serve the interests of the company?Nokia became a global player in mobile communications in the 1990s, and helped establish Anglo-Saxon...
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En Plein Ciel: Impressions d'Aviateur, Sensations de Vol, La Guerre En AvionEn plein ciel: impressions d'aviateur, sensations de vol, la guerre en avion / Francy Lacroix, ...Date de l'édition originale: 1918Sujet de l'ouvrage: Guerre mondiale (1914-1918) -- TransportLe présent ouvrage s'inscrit dans une politique de conservation patrimoniale des ouvrages de la littérature Française mise en...
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Winds of Change: - a revolution of dandelions and democracy -The clock is ticking . . . and the winds of change are blowing!With the planet in peril and people struggling to survive, it's all hands on deck for the Dandelion Insurrection. As natural - and human-made - disasters strike, the dandelions organize creative...
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Three African American Classics: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Up from Slavery: An Autobiography, The Souls of Black Folk"Throughout his long career, Frederick Douglass cut an imposing figure, renowned as an impassioned abolitionist, a fiery writer and newspaper editor. He was a great public speaker, who became a one-man crusade for black liberation." - Robert McCrum, The Guardian."It is difficult to think...
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Surviving Chinese Communist DetentionOne minute, you're a successful 27 year-old American entrepreneur, co-founding a business in Beijing, China. Years of your life have been dedicated to learning Mandarin, establishing a career and building a life for yourself in East Asia.Next, you're falsely and arbitrarily accused of "illegal...
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Civic Pioneers: Local Stories from a Changing America, 1895-1915At the turn of the 20th century, when industrialization, urbanization, and immigration were radically changing the face of America, an activist government was taking root across the nation.Innovative public servants fought to meet the needs of ordinary people who didn't have access to the...
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Dutiful Love: Empowering Individuals and Families Affected by Mental IllnessElizabeth L. Hinson-Hasty pursues places where care for people with serious mental illness and their families is unraveled in the United States. She picks up threads of empowerment from the Christian tradition to address the distinctive circumstances of individuals and families affected by mental...
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Citizenship and Contemporary Direct DemocracyAuthor: David AltmanPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 04/15/2021Pages: 282Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.92lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.64dISBN: 9781108721776About the AuthorAltman, David: - David Altman is Professor of Political Science and Chair of Comparative Politics at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. His research and teaching...
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