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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...
    $372.01

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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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  • Political Ethics and The United Nations Political Ethics and The United Nations
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    Political Ethics and The United Nations

    Based on a wealth of sources, files and interviews, and including previously unpublished material, this book explores the foundations of the political ethics of Dag Hammarskjöld, the second Secretary-General of the United Nations, examining how they...
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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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  • Russia's European Agenda and the Baltic States Russia's European Agenda and the Baltic States
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    Russia's European Agenda and the Baltic States

    Russian foreign policy has become an increasing concern in 21st century, together with Russia's relations with its former Soviet neighbours - but its relations with the Baltic States are particularly sensitive, given the Baltic membership of NATO and the...
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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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  • Non-State Actors in the Middle East Non-State Actors in the Middle East
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    Non-State Actors in the Middle East

    As the recent revolutions in the Middle East have demonstrated, civil society in this part of the world is on the move. The increasingly important role of non-state actors - a phenomenon of globalization- has characterized developments throughout the...
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  • Between Understanding and Trust Between Understanding and Trust
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    Between Understanding and Trust

    'This is a welcome book. The issues of public understanding of science open many questions. What does "understanding" mean? How does understanding translate into attitudes towards science and trust in scientists? What is the role of the mass media? The...
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  • Nationalism in a Global Era Nationalism in a Global Era
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    Nationalism in a Global Era

    This volume makes a unique contribution to the literature on nations and nationalism by examining why nations remain a vibrant and strong social cohesive despite the threat of globalization.Regardless of predictions forecasting the demise of the...
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  • Nazism in Syria and Lebanon Nazism in Syria and Lebanon
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    Nazism in Syria and Lebanon

    This book reconstructs the intellectual and political encounters with Nazism in Lebanon and Syria under French mandate rule and situates them in the context of an evolving local political culture.
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  • Europe and Tunisia Europe and Tunisia
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    Europe and Tunisia

    This book is concerned with EU democracy promotion inside Tunisia, the first Arab signatory of an Association Agreement with the EU. Focusing on the content, context, mechanisms, and outcomes of democratization via association, the authors examine...
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  • Party Politics in Southeast Asia Party Politics in Southeast Asia
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    Party Politics in Southeast Asia

    Contributing to the growing discourse on political parties in Asia, this book looks at parties in Southeast Asia's most competitive electoral democracies of Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines. It highlights the diverse dynamics of party politics in...
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  • Feminist Strategies in International Governance Feminist Strategies in International Governance
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    Feminist Strategies in International Governance

    The struggle for women's rights and to overcome gender oppression has long engaged the efforts of inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations. Feminist Strategies in International Governance provides a new introduction to the contemporary forms...
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  • Hegemonic Peace and Empire Hegemonic Peace and Empire
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    Hegemonic Peace and Empire

    This book examines the language and the ideology of the Pax Romana, the Pax Britannica and the Pax Americana within the broader contexts of  'hegemony' and 'empire'. It addresses three main themes: a conceptual examination of the way in which...
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  • The United Nations and Human Rights The United Nations and Human Rights
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    The United Nations and Human Rights

    Julie Mertus' highly acclaimed text continues to be the only completely up-to-date comprehensive yet succinct guide to the United Nations human rights system. Today, virtually all UN bodies and specialized agencies are undertaking efforts to incorporate...
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  • Dominant Political Parties and Democracy Dominant Political Parties and Democracy
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    Dominant Political Parties and Democracy

    This book examines dominant parties in both established democracies and new democracies and explores the relationship between dominant parties and the democratic process.Bridging existing literatures, the authors analyse dominant parties at national and...
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  • Critique, Security and Power Critique, Security and Power
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    Critique, Security and Power

    This book aims to engage with contemporary security discourses from a critical perspective. It argues that rather than being a radical, analytical outlook, much critical security theory fails to fulfil its promise to pose a challenge to contemporary...
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  • Islamism, Democracy and Liberalism in Turkey Islamism, Democracy and Liberalism in Turkey
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    Islamism, Democracy and Liberalism in Turkey

    The Justice and Development Party (AKP) were elected to power in 2002 and since then Turkish politics has undergone considerable change. This book is a comprehensive analysis of the AKP, in terms not just of its ideological agenda, but also of its social...
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  • Theories of Political Protest and Social Movements Theories of Political Protest and Social Movements
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    Theories of Political Protest and Social Movements

    Political protest and social movements are ubiquitous phenomena. This book focuses on the current theoretical approaches that aim at explaining them: the theory of collective action, the resource mobilization perspective, political opportunity structure...
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  • Socialist China, Capitalist China Socialist China, Capitalist China
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    Socialist China, Capitalist China

    China is currently encountering increasing social problems, together with the rise of mass discontent and public protest, despite having achieved enormous economic growth after nearly thirty years of market socialism and embracing globalization. The...
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  • The Commonwealth and International Affairs The Commonwealth and International Affairs
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    The Commonwealth and International Affairs

    The Round Table journal (now subtitled The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs) first appeared in 1910. The journal carried a number of articles recognised both by contemporaries and by historians as highly influential in the making of...
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  • The European Union and International Organizations The European Union and International Organizations
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    The European Union and International Organizations

    This volume seeks to explore the complex relationship between the European Union and International Organizations, and to fill a remarkably wide gap in existing literature on the topic.Analysing the way in which the EU engages in some of the most...
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  • Kemalism in Turkish Politics Kemalism in Turkish Politics
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    Kemalism in Turkish Politics

    This book is concerned with Turkey's political evolution, the role of Kemalism, and why a social democratic alternative has never fully developed. Concentrating on the electoral weaknesses of the Turkish centre-left, represented by the Republican...
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  • Regulation in Asia Regulation in Asia
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    Regulation in Asia

    Covering a wide variety of Asian countries, this book explores the complex economic and regulatory factors that generate social demand for state regulation and shows how local networks, courts, democratic processes and civil society have a huge influence...
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  • International Development and Global Politics International Development and Global Politics
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    International Development and Global Politics

    This textbook provides a historical survey of economic and political development theory and practice from 1945. Against the background of changes in global politics, it explores how the project of international development has been shaped in a series of...
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  • Taiwan's Security Taiwan's Security
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    Taiwan's Security

    This is the first explanation and evaluation of Taiwan's defence forces and infrastructure. It examines not only Taiwan's armed forces, but also its Ministry of National Defence, personnel issues, and civil-military relations.This book provides...
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  • The Czech Republic and the European Union The Czech Republic and the European Union
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    The Czech Republic and the European Union

    This book examines the relationship between the Czech Republic and the European Union (EU). The authors examine the Czech Republic's road to EU membership in 2004 and assess how EU accession has affected or changed the Czech Republic, including its...
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  • Postcolonial Politics, The Internet and Everyday Life Postcolonial Politics, The Internet and Everyday Life
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    Postcolonial Politics, The Internet and Everyday Life

    In this ground-breaking study M.I. Franklin explores the form and substance of everyday life online from a critical postcolonial perspective. With Internet access and social media uses accelerating in the Global South, in-depth studies of just how...
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  • Urban Governance and Democracy Urban Governance and Democracy
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    Urban Governance and Democracy

    The issue of local governance is high on the institutional agenda of many local and regional authorities throughout the OECD countries. This book explores the relationship between two key issues of urban governance - leadership and community involvement...
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  • Governance Stories Governance Stories
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    Governance Stories

    An incisive examination of Britain today, which breaks from traditional studies, and takes a new approach to account for massive changes in the make-up of the nation.Over the last twenty years Britain has changed from being governed as a unitary state to...
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  • Intra-Party Politics and Coalition Governments Intra-Party Politics and Coalition Governments
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    Intra-Party Politics and Coalition Governments

    This book explores how intra-party politics affects government formation and termination in parliamentary systems, where the norm is the formation of coalition governments. The authors look beyond party cohesion and discipline in parliamentary...
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