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  • Water Security at Risk in Australia, China and Japan Water Security at Risk in Australia, China and Japan
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    Water Security at Risk in Australia, China and Japan

    Peter Crawford is well known in Australia and internationally for his leadership in reforming governmental organisations and institutions, notably in environmental and water domains. In recent years he has focused on the role of political ideas and...
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  • New Answers to Old Questions New Answers to Old Questions
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    New Answers to Old Questions

    Outside Myanmar, the 2021 coup d'état has often been portrayed as the end of a hopeful period for the country. In this Adelphi book, Aaron Connelly and Shona Loong argue that the Aung San Suu Kyi government that preceded it was a false dawn, unlikely to...
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  • Crop Production and One Health Crop Production and One Health
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    Crop Production and One Health

    This book discusses the importance of recognizing the relationship between humans, animals, plants, and their environment to attain optimum health results. The key objectives of this work are to identify and track the numerous risk factors to promote...
    $219.00

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  • Transversal Democracy Projection in the Mediterranean Transversal Democracy Projection in the Mediterranean
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    Transversal Democracy Projection in the Mediterranean

    This book expands on the existing literature on the international dimension of democratization by introducing the concept of democracy projection.The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Mediterranean Politics.
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  • The Australian Horn of Plenty The Australian Horn of Plenty
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    The Australian Horn of Plenty

    Hamilton explores in a short history how all men gained the vote, self-government and the secret ballot in South Australia (1856), Victoria (1857) and New South Wales (1858). A vital text for scholars of democracy, Australian Studies, Political Science,...
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  • Physical Security Assessment Handbook Physical Security Assessment Handbook
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    Physical Security Assessment Handbook

    This title has been fully updated to provide a comprehensive guide to identifying man-made threats to an organization, determining the vulnerabilities to those threats, specifying security upgrades to mitigate those threats, and acquiring and...
    $152.00

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  • Ethnofederalism in Cyprus Ethnofederalism in Cyprus
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    Ethnofederalism in Cyprus

    The book develops a robust and holistic theoretical understanding of the intrinsic security concerns which lie at the heart of the protracted conflict in Cyprus.
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  • Forced Migration in Transit Forced Migration in Transit
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    Forced Migration in Transit

    This book compares the life courses of forced migrants in two of the world's most important transit countries: Turkey and Mexico. It examines the local, regional, and global contexts of their experiences, trajectories, and biographical projects, caught...
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  • Small State Referendums Small State Referendums
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    Small State Referendums

    This book explores the unusual and unique experience of direct democracy in the small state of New Zealand, offering an extended study of the law and practice of referendums there. It also expands the field of small state democracy studies by applying...
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  • Roads to Decolonisation Roads to Decolonisation
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    Roads to Decolonisation

    Roads to Decolonisation: An Introduction to Thought from the Global South is an accessible textbook that provides undergraduate students with a vital introduction to theory from the Global South and key issues of social justice.
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  • Power and the Elite in North Korea Power and the Elite in North Korea
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    Power and the Elite in North Korea

    This book explores how political power has shaped the elite and their development in North Korea by examining the change of the elite, their interactions, and specific elite figures, based on the transformation of power structure and characteristics in...
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  • Colonial Philippines in Italian Travel Writing Colonial Philippines in Italian Travel Writing
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    Colonial Philippines in Italian Travel Writing

    The first comprehensive review of all extant 'Italian' chronicles set in the Philippine Islands, this book juxtaposes 'Filipino' Otherness with the unique condition of 'Italian' ambivalence and alterity within Europe.
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  • Evaluation in the Post-Truth World Evaluation in the Post-Truth World
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    Evaluation in the Post-Truth World

    This book explores the nature of evaluative knowledge, the increasing demand in decision-making for evaluation, the post-truth phenomena of anti-science sentiments and illiberal tendencies. The authors within wish to raise awareness and reflection...
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  • Indonesia's Maritime Policy from Independence to 2019 Indonesia's Maritime Policy from Independence to 2019
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    Indonesia's Maritime Policy from Independence to 2019

    Alverdian explores how a distinct national character of maritime governance enables Indonesia to go beyond an archipelagic to a 'maritime' character, focusing on political culture and connecting previous studies on historical changes and geopolitical...
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  • Narrating Peace Narrating Peace
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    Narrating Peace

    This book provides practical tools, models, and frameworks for thinking about how story is structured to help us think about conflict, using a wide range of examples.
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  • The Soviet Far East The Soviet Far East
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    The Soviet Far East

    The Soviet Far East (1957) examines the Soviet economic and political development of the Russian Far East between Lake Baikal and the Pacific, as it gained importance as the geographic base of Soviet power in the Far Eastern theatre of international...
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  • The Limits of Destalinization in the Soviet Union The Limits of Destalinization in the Soviet Union
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    The Limits of Destalinization in the Soviet Union

    The Limits of Destalinization in the Soviet Union (1986) examines the forms, aspects and significance of the phenomenon of rehabilitation in the Soviet Union between 1953 and 1980, when victims of Stalin's terror were released from camps or posthumously...
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  • Constitutional Development in the USSR Constitutional Development in the USSR
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    Constitutional Development in the USSR

    Constitutional Development in the USSR (1981) looks at the political institutions and practices of the Soviet state through the prism of its own constitutional texts. It contains the texts of all four Soviet constitutions, a chapter of commentary...
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  • Contemporary Soviet Government Contemporary Soviet Government
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    Contemporary Soviet Government

    Contemporary Soviet Government (1975) is a leading study of the practice of Soviet government, examined against a background of Soviet Marxism. It presents an analysis of the Soviet political system since the death of Stalin, and places considerable...
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  • The Soviet Union and Terrorism The Soviet Union and Terrorism
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    The Soviet Union and Terrorism

    The Soviet Union and Terrorism (1984) examines the extent of Soviet involvement in international terrorism, and the aims and objectives of Soviet foreign policy. It looks at the evidence of changing Soviet attitudes to terrorism from 1917 to the 1980s,...
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  • Soviet Success Soviet Success
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    Soviet Success

    Soviet Success (1947) deals with Soviet Russia after the Second World War. The author met Stalin, Molotov and other leading personalities in Russia, and here records his conversations with them in full detail. The book looks at the destruction caused by...
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  • The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Politburo The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Politburo
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    The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Politburo

    The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Politburo (1992) is the definitive history and political analysis of this institution. Extensive use of new Soviet sources permitted the authors to provide a comprehensive analysis of the way in which the Politburo...
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  • Improvement of Desert Ranges in Soviet Central Asia Improvement of Desert Ranges in Soviet Central Asia
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    Improvement of Desert Ranges in Soviet Central Asia

    Improvement of Desert Ranges in Soviet Central Asia (1985) examines the progress made in the Soviet Union's attempts to increase desert vegetation without using irrigation or fertilizers. Prominent Soviet scientists analyse the use of ecological...
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  • The Soviet Communist Party The Soviet Communist Party
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    The Soviet Communist Party

    The Soviet Communist Party (1986) provides a concise and accessible description, analysis and assessment of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) and its place in the Soviet political system. It covers the Party's structures, membership,...
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  • The Way of Bitterness The Way of Bitterness
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    The Way of Bitterness

    The Way of Bitterness (1931) is a valuable record of life in Soviet Russia in the early days of Bolshevik rule. It details the story of the rescue of Prince Peter Wolkonsky from Soviet Russia by his wife and it recounts her travels and the conditions she...
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  • The Road to Intervention The Road to Intervention
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    The Road to Intervention

    The Road to Intervention (1988) uses rarely-seen British government papers to analyse the position of the Allied and Russian governments in the last year of the First World War, as the Russian revolution ended their participation in the war.
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  • Soviet Local Politics and Government Soviet Local Politics and Government
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    Soviet Local Politics and Government

    Soviet Local Politics and Government (1983) examines the local government system of the Soviet Union, an important part of the great bureaucracy that ran the country. It looks at the wide range of duties that the local soviets managed, and the attempts...
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  • Communism in Transition Communism in Transition
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    Communism in Transition

    Communism in Transition (1993) examines the mainstays of Communist ideology, and goes on to look at the collapse of Communism in the Soviet Union, and in Eastern Europe. It also analyses Asian and Latin American Communist systems and their challenges to...
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  • Soviet Socialism Soviet Socialism
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    Soviet Socialism

    Soviet Socialism (1987) is based on the author's specialized knowledge of many aspects of Soviet politics, including local government, the Communist Party and the Soviet intelligentsia and covers a selection of interrelated themes drawn from Soviet...
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  • The Cold War Past and Present The Cold War Past and Present
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    The Cold War Past and Present

    The Cold War Past and Present (1987) analyses the generally antagonistic postwar relations between the Soviet Union and the West, particularly America. Following the uneasy wartime alliance, Russia's tightening grip on Eastern Europe and the Berlin...
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  • The Soviet Space Programme The Soviet Space Programme
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    The Soviet Space Programme

    The Soviet Space Programme (1988) presents a comprehensive over-view of the Soviet space programme from its beginnings up to the end of the 1980s. One important theme explored is the degree to which the Soviet space programme was oriented towards...
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  • Local Government in the Soviet Union Local Government in the Soviet Union
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    Local Government in the Soviet Union

    Local Government in the Soviet Union (1987) analyses the Soviet Union's limited success in improving local government. It examines the institutional framework and changes in crucial policy areas, and argues that a fragmented vertical power structure was...
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  • Soviet Communism Soviet Communism
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    Soviet Communism

    Soviet Communism (1989) contains the full text of the 1986 significantly revised foundational documents of Soviet Communism, the Programme and Party Rules - changes agreed following Gorbachev's call for the radical and democratic reform of the Party and...
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  • Gorbachev at the Helm Gorbachev at the Helm
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    Gorbachev at the Helm

    Gorbachev at the Helm (1987) analyses the policy decisions taken at the 27th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in February-March 1986, declared at the time by the Soviet government as a major turning point in Soviet history.
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  • Soviet Succession Struggles Soviet Succession Struggles
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    Soviet Succession Struggles

    Soviet Succession Struggles (1988) is a key study of the history, nature and development of Soviet politics and politicians from the earliest days of Soviet Russia up to the rise of Gorbachev, examining the power struggles between opposing factions...
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  • Indigenous Disability Studies Indigenous Disability Studies
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    Indigenous Disability Studies

    This book provides a comprehensive approach to the perspectives, lived experiences, and socio-cultural beliefs of Indigenous scholars regarding disabilities through a distinctions-based approach.
    $92.00

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  • Gender Equality in UN Peacekeeping Gender Equality in UN Peacekeeping
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    Gender Equality in UN Peacekeeping

    This book investigates to what extent UNSCR 1325/WPS agenda has functioned in practice, to advance women's equality and empowerment in the peacekeeping context and beyond.
    $373.00

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  • Revenue Sources of Local Governments Revenue Sources of Local Governments
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    Revenue Sources of Local Governments

    Author J. Edwin Benton presents a comprehensive overview of the revenue structure for local governments, in general, and for counties, municipalities, townships, special districts, and school districts, in particular.
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  • Weaponizing Conspiracy Theories Weaponizing Conspiracy Theories
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    Weaponizing Conspiracy Theories

    This book analyses the discursive weaponization of conspiracy theories. This text examines the interplay between populism and conspiracism, probing their impact on democratic processes and exploring their broader political implications.
    $373.00

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