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  • International Politics of the Arctic International Politics of the Arctic
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    International Politics of the Arctic

    This book offers a wide-ranging account of the emerging issues of international politics in the Artic, and the emerging Geopolitical debates that surround the region.In this thorough but accessible book covering environmental issues, the author examines...
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  • Transforming Urban Water Supplies in India Transforming Urban Water Supplies in India
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    Transforming Urban Water Supplies in India

    This book is a unique study of the politics of water supply infrastructures in three metropolitan cities in contemporary India - Bangalore, Chennai and Kochi. It examines the process of change in water supply infrastructure initiated by notable Public...
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  • New Dimensions of Politics in India New Dimensions of Politics in India
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    New Dimensions of Politics in India

    Following India's general election in May 2009, this book undertakes a critical evaluation of the performance of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA). It presents a thorough analysis of the UPA coalition government, and by providing an understanding of...
    $258.72

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  • The Role of Ideas in Political Analysis The Role of Ideas in Political Analysis
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    The Role of Ideas in Political Analysis

    Despite the proliferation of ideational accounts in the last decade or so, the debate over the role of ideas remains caught up in a series of disputes over the ontological foundations, epistemological status and practical pay-off of the (re)turn to...
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  • A UN 'Legion' A UN 'Legion'
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    A UN 'Legion'

    A fresh examination of the origins, evolution and future of proposals for a UN 'Legion' - a permanent military force recruited, trained and deployed by the UN. This new book shows how this idea has grown, re-emerged and evolved in direct connection...
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  • Participants in the International Legal System Participants in the International Legal System
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    Participants in the International Legal System

    The international legal system has weathered sweeping changes over the last decade as new participants have emerged. International law-making and law-enforcement processes have become increasingly multi-layered with unprecedented numbers of non-State...
    $187.26

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  • Revolt on the Right Revolt on the Right
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    Revolt on the Right

    Winner of the Political Book of the Year Award 2015The UK Independence Party (UKIP) is the most significant new party in British politics for a generation. In recent years UKIP and their charismatic leader Nigel Farage have captivated British politics,...
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  • Europeanization and New Member States Europeanization and New Member States
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    Europeanization and New Member States

    This book examines the Europeanization of the polity and politics of a new EU Member State. Using social network analysis in a comparative research design, it provides a systematic analysis of the effects of Europeanization on the institutions, policy...
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  • The Politics of Public Sector Performance The Politics of Public Sector Performance
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    The Politics of Public Sector Performance

    It is widely believed that the state in developing countries is weak. The public sector, in particular, is often regarded as corrupt and dysfunctional. This book provides an urgently needed corrective to such overgeneralized notions of bad governance in...
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  • The Politics of Land and Food Scarcity The Politics of Land and Food Scarcity
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    The Politics of Land and Food Scarcity

    In recent years the issue of food security has become centre stage in the global agenda. Since the 2007/8 food price crisis, a number of works have been published on the topic, addressed from various perspectives: economic, social and...
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  • Minority Governments in India Minority Governments in India
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    Minority Governments in India

    India's national parliamentary elections typically result in the election of majority parliaments and the formation of a single-party majority government. However, India's national party system has changed beyond recognition since the parliamentary...
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  • American Sanctions in the Asia-Pacific American Sanctions in the Asia-Pacific
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    American Sanctions in the Asia-Pacific

    Sanctions are a persistent - many would argue increasingly central - component of American efforts to shape foreign policy outcomes in the Asia-Pacific. The use of sanctions in the context of two of the most pressing regional security issues currently on...
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  • International Terrorism Post-9/11 International Terrorism Post-9/11
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    International Terrorism Post-9/11

    This edited volume brings together both western and non-western approaches to counter-terrorism in the post-9/11 era. This multi-cultural study of counter-terrorism strategies identifies common lessons from failed and successful attempts to counter the...
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  • India as an Asia Pacific Power India as an Asia Pacific Power
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    India as an Asia Pacific Power

    The emergence of India as a regional and potentially global power is forcing us to rethink our mental map of the Asia Pacific. We are only just beginning to discern how India may alter the global economic landscape. How will the rise of India change the...
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  • Fleeing Homophobia Fleeing Homophobia
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    Fleeing Homophobia

    Each year, thousands of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) asylum seekers apply for asylum in EU Member States.This book considers the position of LGBTI asylum seekers in European asylum law. Developing an encompassing approach to...
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  • Gender and Transitional Justice Gender and Transitional Justice
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    Gender and Transitional Justice

    Gender and Transitional Justice provides the first comprehensive feminist analysis of the role of international law in formal transitional justice mechanisms. Using East Timor as a case study, it offers reflections on transitional justice administered by...
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  • Social Networks and Japanese Democracy Social Networks and Japanese Democracy
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    Social Networks and Japanese Democracy

    Many who critique democracy as practiced in East Asia suggest that the Confucian political culture of these nations prevents democracy from being the robust participatory type, and limits it to a spectacle designed to create obedience from the public...
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  • The Palestinian Military The Palestinian Military
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    The Palestinian Military

    This book analyzes Palestinian attempts to create an organized military force from the period of the Mandate up to the present day.Beginning with a comparative overview of the relationship between insurgent movements and the quest to build up a standard...
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  • Freedom and Terror Freedom and Terror
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    Freedom and Terror

    This book examines reason and unreason in the legal and political responses to terrorism.Terrorism is often perceived as sheer madness, unreasonable use of extreme violence and senseless, futile political action. These assertions are challenged by this...
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  • Globalization, Culture and Society in Laos Globalization, Culture and Society in Laos
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    Globalization, Culture and Society in Laos

    Incorporating original fieldwork carried out over a period of more than ten years, combined with innovative theoretical argument, Globalization, Culture and Society in Laos presents one of the first sociological investigations into modern Laos. Boike...
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  • Social Capital and Peace-Building Social Capital and Peace-Building
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    Social Capital and Peace-Building

    This new edited collection illustrates the paradoxical power of social capital in creating and resolving conflict.This is the first book to bring the two faces of social capital together in a single volume, and includes previously unpublished case...
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  • International Assistance to the Palestinians after Oslo International Assistance to the Palestinians after Oslo
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    International Assistance to the Palestinians after Oslo

    Why has the West disbursed vertiginous sums of money to the Palestinians after Oslo? What have been donors' motivations and above all the political consequences of the funds spent?Based on original academic research and first hand evidence, this book...
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  • Democracy in the Arab World Democracy in the Arab World
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    Democracy in the Arab World

    Despite notable socio-economic development in the Arab region, a deficit in democracy and political rights has continued to prevail. This book examines the major reasons underlying the persistence of this democracy deficit over the past decades and...
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  • The Political History of European Integration The Political History of European Integration
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    The Political History of European Integration

    The Maastricht Treaty in 1992 was based on neoliberal ideas of a market-driven European economy and democracy, and continues to be seen as a step towards a new stage of unification: towards a more federal Europe based on market integration. The...
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  • The New Politics of European Civil Society The New Politics of European Civil Society
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    The New Politics of European Civil Society

    This multi-disciplinary book captures the evolving practices of European civil society that stretch across the local, national, European and global realm. It consolidates existing research and reviews its' conceptual, normative and empirical-analytical...
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  • Law and Government in Israel Law and Government in Israel
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    Law and Government in Israel

    While most current studies on law and politics in Israel focus on the legal aspects of public policymaking within the courts, this book explores the relationship between law and government from a positive perspective. That is to say that the question...
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  • Symbolism and Power in Central Asia Symbolism and Power in Central Asia
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    Symbolism and Power in Central Asia

    This book not only widens our understandings of developments in this geopolitically important region but also contributes to broader studies of representation, ritual, power and identity.This book was published as a special issue of Europe-Asia Studies.
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  • Conflict, Security and the Reshaping of Society Conflict, Security and the Reshaping of Society
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    Conflict, Security and the Reshaping of Society

    A PDF version of this book is available for free in open access via www.tandfebooks.com as well as the OAPEN Library platform, www.oapen.org. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license and is...
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  • The Political Economy of Aid in Palestine The Political Economy of Aid in Palestine
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    The Political Economy of Aid in Palestine

    Despite for many years receiving the highest per capita aid worldwide, the economies of the West Bank and Gaza Strip have failed to achieve any lasting developmental outcomes and suffer from major weaknesses which undermine their very survival. This book...
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  • Chinese Society Chinese Society
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    Chinese Society

    This bestselling introduction to Chinese society uses the themes of resistance and protest to explore the complexity of life in contemporary China. An interdisciplinary and international team of China scholars draw on perspectives from sociology,...
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  • Civil Society and Activism in Europe Civil Society and Activism in Europe
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    Civil Society and Activism in Europe

    This book examines the role of civil society organizations in several advanced European democracies: Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Specifically the book focuses on how voluntary organizations contribute to civic and...
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  • Democratization and the European Union Democratization and the European Union
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    Democratization and the European Union

    This book examines in depth the impact of the EU on aspects of the quality of democracy in eight selected post-communist countries. Considering both the political and legal aspects of the dynamics among institutions and focussing on inter-institutional...
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  • Sedition and the Advocacy of Violence Sedition and the Advocacy of Violence
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    Sedition and the Advocacy of Violence

    This book employs the theoretical framework of 'speech act theory' to analyse current legislative frameworks and cases pertaining to sedition or the advocacy of violence and the issue of freedom of speech. An analysis of the relation between speech and...
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  • Conflict Management in Divided Societies Conflict Management in Divided Societies
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    Conflict Management in Divided Societies

    This exciting and innovative new textbook takes a multi-perspective approach to the study of conflict management in divided societies. Offering a wide range of perspectives from the leading experts in the field, the work explains...
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  • Russia's Federal Relations Russia's Federal Relations
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    Russia's Federal Relations

    The development of centre-regional relations has been at the forefront of Russian politics since the formation of the Russian state and numerous efforts have been made by the country's subsequent rulers to create a political model that would be suitable...
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  • Truth Commissions and Transitional Societies Truth Commissions and Transitional Societies
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    Truth Commissions and Transitional Societies

    Despite the increasing frequency of truth commissions, there has been little agreement as to their long-term impact on a state's political and social development. This book uses a multi-method approach to examine the impact of truth commissions on...
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  • Democratic Citizenship and War Democratic Citizenship and War
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    Democratic Citizenship and War

    This edited volume explores the theoretical and practical implications of war and terror situations for citizenship in democratic states. Citizenship is a key concept in Western political thought for defining the individual's relations with society. The...
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  • New Directions in Federalism Studies New Directions in Federalism Studies
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    New Directions in Federalism Studies

    Federalism has experienced a remarkable renaissance in recent decades - as an alternative way to accommodate ethnic differences; as a tool to combat remote, undemocratic and ineffective central governments; and lastly, as a means to promote economic...
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  • Security, Emancipation and the Politics of Health Security, Emancipation and the Politics of Health
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    Security, Emancipation and the Politics of Health

    This book develops a new theoretical framework for the study of security issues and applies this to the case of health. Building on the work of the 'Welsh School' of Security Studies, and drawing on contributions from the wider critical security...
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  • Critical Perspectives on Human Security Critical Perspectives on Human Security
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    Critical Perspectives on Human Security

    This new book presents critical approaches towards Human Security, which has become one of the key areas for policy and academic debate within Security Studies and IR.The Human Security paradigm has had considerable significance for academics,...
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  • Deradicalising Violent Extremists Deradicalising Violent Extremists
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    Deradicalising Violent Extremists

    Terrorism remains one of the major threats facing the world community. While literature on the subject is dominated by discussion of the factors leading individuals and groups to join violent extremist, terrorist groups, the question of what can lead...
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  • Political Philosophy in Japan Political Philosophy in Japan
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    Political Philosophy in Japan

    Political Philosophy in Japan focuses on the politics of Japan's pre-eminent philosophical school - the Kyoto School - and particularly that of its founder, Nishida Kitarô (1870-1945). Existing literature on Nishida is dismissive of there being serious...
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  • Maoism in India Maoism in India
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    Maoism in India

    The rise of Maoism as one of the organized political movement in India is the outcome of a historical situation. Both colonialism and the failure of the Indian state to implement land reforms more stringently in the aftermath of independence resulted in...
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  • West Africa and the U.S. War on Terror West Africa and the U.S. War on Terror
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    West Africa and the U.S. War on Terror

    Since the terrorist attacks on the American homeland on September 11, 2001, fighting the menace has become the frontier issue on the U.S.' national security agenda. In the case of the African Continent, the United States has, and continues to accord...
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  • Regionalism in South Asia Regionalism in South Asia
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    Regionalism in South Asia

    The dramatic surge in regional integration schemes over the past two decades has been one of the most important developments in world politics. Virtually all countries are now members of at least one regional grouping. South Asia is no exception to this...
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