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  • German Perspectives on Right-Wing Extremism German Perspectives on Right-Wing Extremism
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    German Perspectives on Right-Wing Extremism

    This book discusses right-wing extremism by analysing Germanophone research on this topic for the first time in English, including unique survey data from Germany and Austria. Highlighting how questions of terminology can become complicated when country...
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  • Medieval Foundations of International Relations Medieval Foundations of International Relations
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    Medieval Foundations of International Relations

    The purpose of this volume is to explore the medieval inheritance of modern international relations. Recent years have seen a flourishing of work on the history of international political thought, but the bulk of this has focused on the early...
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  • Real Democracy Occupy Real Democracy Occupy
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    Real Democracy Occupy

    The liberal representative model of democracy is in a crisis. In protest camps, neighbourhood assemblies and through other non-hierarchical initiatives, the Occupy movement as well as other recent anti-austerity movements are redefining democracy as a...
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  • Evaluating Progress in International Relations Evaluating Progress in International Relations
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    Evaluating Progress in International Relations

    This edited volume offers a systematic evaluation of how knowledge is produced by scholarly research into International Relations. The contributors explore three key questions: To what extent is scientific progress and accumulation of knowledge possible?...
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  • Understanding the Populist Shift Understanding the Populist Shift
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    Understanding the Populist Shift

    During the European elections of 2014, one of the main issues raised by the media was the electoral performance of so called 'populist parties'. The electorate confirmed its deep dissatisfaction with mainstream political parties, voting for far right...
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  • Food Culture and Politics in the Baltic States Food Culture and Politics in the Baltic States
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    Food Culture and Politics in the Baltic States

    This book focuses on food culture and politics in three Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. In popular and scholarly writings, the Baltic states are often seen as a meat-and-potatoes kind of place, inferior to sophisticated cuisines of...
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  • 21st Century Cooperation 21st Century Cooperation
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    21st Century Cooperation

    This edited volume explains the importance of regional public goods (RPGs) for sustainable development and shows why they are particularly important in the context of 21st-century international relations. By presenting a new and original data set and by...
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  • Peace Leadership Peace Leadership
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    Peace Leadership

    This book examines the concept of peace leadership, bringing together scholars and practitioners from both peace and conflict studies and leadership studies.The volume assesses the activities of six peace leaders, the place and role of women and...
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  • Public Policy and the Neo-Weberian State Public Policy and the Neo-Weberian State
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    Public Policy and the Neo-Weberian State

    The neo-Weberian state constitutes an attempt to combine the Weberian model of administration with the principles laid down during the retreat from the bureaucratic management paradigm (new public management and public governance). The concept of...
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  • Russian Foreign Policy in Eurasia Russian Foreign Policy in Eurasia
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    Russian Foreign Policy in Eurasia

    How has Russia increased its strength and power over the last 15 years? By what means did the Kremlin bring Armenia back into its orbit? Why did Azerbaijan and Georgia try to avoid antagonizing Moscow? Can we conclude that Russia has restored its sphere...
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  • Power Relations in the Twenty-First Century Power Relations in the Twenty-First Century
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    Power Relations in the Twenty-First Century

    This volume critiques contemporary power trends by examining key bilateral dynamics between five putative 'poles' of the multipolar order in the twenty-first century.Written by emerging scholars and established academics, this work provides a timely and...
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  • Great Power Multilateralism and the Prevention of War Great Power Multilateralism and the Prevention of War
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    Great Power Multilateralism and the Prevention of War

    Great-power conflict and great-power war are still the most dangerous risks the international community is facing today. This edited volume investigates the feasibility of a modern day concert of powers as a way for managing the risk of great power...
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  • The Labour Church The Labour Church
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    The Labour Church

    This book aims to unpack the core message of the Labour Church and question the accepted views of the movement by pursuing an alternative way of analysing its history, significance and meaning. The religious influences on...
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  • Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Human Rights and Conflict Resolution
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    Human Rights and Conflict Resolution

    Human rights and conflict resolution have been traditionally perceived as two separate fields, sometimes in competition or in tension and occasionally with contradictory approaches towards achieving a lasting peace. Although human rights norms have been...
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  • Challenging Austerity Challenging Austerity
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    Challenging Austerity

    This book analyses social movements and radical political parties' strategies in Spain, Greece, Portugal and Italy from 2008 to today. Events in 2011 such as the Arab Spring and the indignados movement in Spain initiated a new cycle of social protest...
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  • The Political Psychology of Attitudes towards the West The Political Psychology of Attitudes towards the West
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    The Political Psychology of Attitudes towards the West

    Why do some individuals from the imagined "non-West" view the "West" favorably and others do not?　Grounded in psychological authoritarianism and the psychological reactions to experiences of rejection, Björn Goldstein provides a theoretical model to...
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  • Politics and Revolution in Egypt Politics and Revolution in Egypt
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    Politics and Revolution in Egypt

    In the years since the 2011 revolutions, Egypt and the Arab countries in general have moved from a profound moment of hope and democratic potential to deepened authoritarianism and outright war. Among the many political actors who have seen their...
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  • The Israeli Path to Neoliberalism The Israeli Path to Neoliberalism
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    The Israeli Path to Neoliberalism

    In recent years, Israel has deeply and quickly transformed itself from a self-perceived social-democratic regime into a privatized and liberalized "Start-Up Nation" and a highly divided society. This transition to neoliberalism has been coupled with the...
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  • The Tyranny of the Majority The Tyranny of the Majority
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    The Tyranny of the Majority

    Tamás Nyirkos provides a timely and essential reassessment of the concept of the "tyranny of the majority" for the study of democracy today. The analysis is divided into three parts: the first discusses the "prehistory" of majority tyranny; the second...
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  • Changing Landscapes of Urban Citizenship Changing Landscapes of Urban Citizenship
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    Changing Landscapes of Urban Citizenship

    Since the 2008 financial crisis, politics of austerity in Europe have engendered far-reaching socioeconomic and political transformations. The recent refugee 'crisis' has also deeply affected the sociopolitical terrain. Contrary to past arguments about...
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  • Christianity and American State Violence in Iraq Christianity and American State Violence in Iraq
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    Christianity and American State Violence in Iraq

    The world continues to be threatened by non-state, religiously-rationalized violence. While some fail to the see the connections between the United States' intervention in the Middle East and this ongoing threat, the non-state perpetrators of terror...
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  • Creative Involvement Creative Involvement
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    Creative Involvement

    With the enhancement of national power, China's relationship with the outside world is evolving from simple follow-up and passive adaptation to strong participation, proactive engagement and active leadership. That will not only bring about major changes...
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  • Transforming the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Transforming the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
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    Transforming the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

    This book is a collection of essential essays on resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by eminent social psychologist Herbert C. Kelman.Few experts or practitioners know the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as well as Kelman, and for over forty years he...
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  • EU Human Rights and Democratization Policies EU Human Rights and Democratization Policies
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    EU Human Rights and Democratization Policies

    Though the EU has tried to place human rights and democracy at the heart of its external action, there are serious concerns about its capacity to have a significant impact on the situation of human rights and human rights defenders as well as on the...
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  • New Perspectives on the End of the Cold War New Perspectives on the End of the Cold War
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    New Perspectives on the End of the Cold War

    This collection of essays makes a significant contribution to the historiography of the end of the Cold War. Research on the causes and consequences of the end of the Cold War is constantly growing. Initially, it was dominated by fairly simplistic, and...
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  • The Media and Aid in Sub-Saharan Africa The Media and Aid in Sub-Saharan Africa
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    The Media and Aid in Sub-Saharan Africa

    News coverage on Africa is closely connected not only with how Western audiences see the continent, but also with how a wide Western audience builds its opinion on issues that carry consequences for the public's and governments' support and policy...
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  • Equal Recognition, Minority Rights and Liberal Democracy Equal Recognition, Minority Rights and Liberal Democracy
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    Equal Recognition, Minority Rights and Liberal Democracy

    Multiculturalism is not à la mode nowadays. It is attacked by both right-wing populists and mainstream politicians and leaders of liberal democracies. Indeed, conflicts surrounding cultural diversity and recognition are among the most salient issues in...
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  • Aesthetics and Political Culture in Modern Society Aesthetics and Political Culture in Modern Society
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    Aesthetics and Political Culture in Modern Society

    Do aesthetic appeals to senses and emotions in political debate necessarily marginalise political reason and reduce citizens to consumers - thus dangerously undermining democracy? Or is sensuous-emotional engagement, on the contrary, a basic fact of the...
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  • Power in Contemporary Zimbabwe Power in Contemporary Zimbabwe
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    Power in Contemporary Zimbabwe

    In recent years, the Zimbabwe crisis rendered the country and its citizens to be a typical case of 'failed states', the world over. Zimbabwean society was and is still confronted with different challenges which include political, economic and social...
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  • State Interest and the Sources of International Law State Interest and the Sources of International Law
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    State Interest and the Sources of International Law

    This book addresses the disparity between positive non-treaty law and its scholarly assessment in the area of moral concepts, understood as altruistic as opposed to reciprocal legal obligations. It shows how scholars are generously willing to assert the...
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  • Religious Responses to Marriage Equality Religious Responses to Marriage Equality
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    Religious Responses to Marriage Equality

    The Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) ended a 20-year political battle over same-sex marriage in the USA. The ruling in favor of a constitutional right for gays and lesbians to marry reflected growing social acceptance and political...
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  • Emotional Motives in International Relations Emotional Motives in International Relations
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    Emotional Motives in International Relations

    The study of emotions in International Relations is gaining wide-spread attention. Within the "emotional turn" in IR the emotion of rage however has not been given sufficient attention, instead being used as short-hand for irrationality and excess.Rage...
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  • Precariousness, Community and Participation Precariousness, Community and Participation
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    Precariousness, Community and Participation

    This book attempts to explore the effects of neoliberalism on particular forms of community. Guy Standing (2011) has popularised the notion of precariousness to describe the unpredictable neoliberal conditions faced by radically different people...
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  • Japanese Contemporary Politics Japanese Contemporary Politics
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    Japanese Contemporary Politics

    In the postwar period, Japanese politics has evolved considerably, with issues of gender, representation, and household economics becoming increasingly salient. Meanwhile, since the end of the Cold War, Japan has joined other developed states in the...
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  • Migrants, Refugees, and the Media Migrants, Refugees, and the Media
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    Migrants, Refugees, and the Media

    The large-scale movements of refugees and economic migrants from conflict zones to more stable societies have resulted in challenges, both for new entrants and their hosts. This fascinating volume brings together a collection of media analyses focused on...
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  • Online Activism in Latin America Online Activism in Latin America
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    Online Activism in Latin America

    Online Activism in Latin America examines the innovative ways in which Latin American citizens, and Latin@s in the U.S., use the Internet to advocate for causes that they consider just. The contributions to the volume analyze citizen-launched websites,...
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  • Practicing Citizenship in Contemporary China Practicing Citizenship in Contemporary China
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    Practicing Citizenship in Contemporary China

    This book examines citizenship as practiced in China today from a variety of angles. Citizenship in China-and elsewhere in the Global South-has often been perceived as either a distorted echo of the 'real' democratic version in Europe and North America,...
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  • Religion and Social Reconstruction in Africa Religion and Social Reconstruction in Africa
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    Religion and Social Reconstruction in Africa

    Religion has played a major role in both the division and unification of peoples and countries within Africa. Its capacity to cause, and to heal, societal rifts has been well documented. This book addresses this powerful societal force, and explores the...
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  • On the Persistence of the Japanese History Problem On the Persistence of the Japanese History Problem
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    On the Persistence of the Japanese History Problem

    In Japan, people often refer to August 15, 1945 as the end of "that war." But the duration of "that war" remains vague. At times, it refers to the fifteen years of war in the Asia-Pacific. At others, it refers to an imagination of the century long...
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  • Activist Citizenship in Southeast Europe Activist Citizenship in Southeast Europe
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    Activist Citizenship in Southeast Europe

    This volume explores recent episodes of progressive citizen-led mobilisation that have spread across Southeast Europe over the past decade. These protests have allowed citizens the opportunity to challenge prevailing notions of citizenship and provided...
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  • The Liquefaction of Publicness The Liquefaction of Publicness
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    The Liquefaction of Publicness

    The successful Brexit referendum campaign; Donald Trump's election; and the rise of right-wing nationalist-populist political parties and movements - all of these events have incited renewed interest in public communication and the internetised media,...
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