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Studies of Left-Wing Ideas

By: R. G. Williams

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This collection of essays on Socialism and Socialist Humanism argues that left-wing ideas are crucial to building a better world.

Sustaining a Resilient Asia Pacific Community

Edited By: Kiran Sagoo, Wilmar Salim

£29.99

This book presents papers by graduate students on sustaining resilience in the Asia Pacific. After identifying contemporary issues, these papers propose frameworks for resolving them from a unique multidisciplinary and multilevel perspective.

Taliban and Anti-Taliban

By: Farhat Taj, Marlowe Nicol

£39.99

In FATA, “the most dangerous place in the world,” a heroic tribal resistance against the Taliban and Al-Qaida has been widely ignored. Based on extensive ground research, this book reveals the indigenous people’s blood-soaked struggle for the first time.

Terror Truncated

The Decline of the Abu Sayyaf Group from the Crucial Year 2002

By: Bob East

£39.99

To distinguish fact from myth, this book traces the crimes and leaders of the widely misunderstood Abu Sayyaf Group. It concludes that the group has been in decline since 2002, and by 2012 existed as fragmented cells rather than an organised entity.

The 1930s

The Reality and the Promise

Edited By: J.B. Bennington, Zenia Sacks DaSilva

£57.99

This volume brings together papers presented at a conference marking the 75th anniversary of Hofstra University, and provides a wide-ranging exploration of the 1930s, discussing the role of the arts, entertainment, politics, literature, and science in that momentous decade.

The Access to Public Information

A Fundamental Right

By: Alejandra Soriano Diaz

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Information is a fundamental right and the pillar for exercising all others. It is the path to holding authorities accountable. This book explores how individuals can participate in public decision-making and reclaim their rightful ownership of public data.

The Ailing Turkish Democracy

The Transformation and Perpetuation of a Hybrid Competitive System

Edited By: Magdalene Antreou

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Turkey's ailing democracy is trapped between liberal and totalitarian rule. This book diagnoses the “disease,” exposing its roots in socio-economic issues, the Kurdish question, and a weak opposition, and analyzes the ruling elite’s conservative response to social change.

Turkey’s ailing democracy is trapped between liberal and totalitarian rule. This book diagnoses the “disease,” exposing its roots in socio-economic issues, the Kurdish question, and a weak opposition, and analyzes the ruling elite’s conservative response to social change.

The American Lobby

Evolution without Rules and Its Legacy of Corruption

By: Steven Billet

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To understand American lobbying today, look to the Gilded Age—a time with no rules, when a lobbyist’s only limit was their imagination. This work examines the controversial and scandalous tools that became the foundation of modern lobbying practice.

The Arab Authoritarian Regime between Reform and Persistence

Edited By: Henner Fürtig

£39.99

Arab authoritarian regimes use liberalisation as a tool to avoid democracy. But what if these self-serving reforms backfire? This book analyses how policies meant to strengthen authoritarian rule may unintentionally destabilise it, leading to democracy by accident.

The Arab Spring Effect on Turkey’s Role, Decision-making and Foreign Policy

By: Fadi Elhusseini

£61.99

Elhusseini analyses Turkey’s role in the Arab world and investigates the effects of the Arab Spring on Turkish foreign policy, decision-making and its role. Particular attention is focused on widespread terms such as strategic depth, neo-Ottomans and the Turkish Model.

The Balance of Power and State Policies

Explaining East Asian Regional Politics, 1992-2012

By: Zhipei Chi

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Using leaked US diplomatic cables, this book provides an inside look at the dynamics between China and its neighbours. It challenges West-dominant narratives to show how East Asia, the 21st century’s most important region, has defied alarmist predictions of instability.

The Camp

Narratives of Internment and Exclusion

Edited By: Colman Hogan, Marta Marin-Dòmine

£39.99

Camps are diverse: from extermination and concentration to refugee and detention. This book explores the universal structure of the camp, analyzing how narratives of internment and exclusion become potential sites of agency and testimony.

The Century of the Emerging World

Development with a Vengeance

By: Paul Dobrescu

£61.99

Dobrescu explores how the first decade of the 21st century was nothing short of “les années folles”. He shows that the long-term tendencies inaugurated during this decade represent a silent revolution, which will lead to a geopolitical reconfiguration hard to envision at present.

The Challenges of Democratic Governance in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic

Edited By: Stanley Naribo Ngoa, Farooq A. Kperogi, Eghosa E. Osaghae

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In this collection, Nigeria’s most notable scholars offer insights into the pitfalls of governance and institutional dysfunctions that threaten the vitality of the Fourth Republic—the nation's longest stretch of democratic rule since the end of military regimes.

In this collection, Nigeria’s most notable scholars offer insights into the pitfalls of governance and institutional dysfunctions that threaten the vitality of the Fourth Republic—the nation’s longest stretch of democratic rule since the end of military regimes.

The Changing Dynamics of the Relations among China, Taiwan, and the United States

Edited By: Cal Clark, Janet Clark

£39.99

China and Taiwan are divided by a sovereignty dispute, with the US in a central role. This book analyzes the triangular relations among Beijing, Taipei, and Washington, exploring what causes shifts from tense rivalry to rapprochement and how stable the future is.

The Crowe Memorandum

Sir Eyre Crowe and Foreign Office Perceptions of Germany, 1918-1925

By: Jeffrey Stephen Dunn

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An "outsider" in the Foreign Office, Sir Eyre Crowe was one of Britain's most significant public servants. His 1907 Memorandum on Germany had a profound influence on foreign policy for forty years, shaping events from WWI to the eve of WWII.

An “outsider” in the Foreign Office, Sir Eyre Crowe was one of Britain’s most significant public servants. His 1907 Memorandum on Germany had a profound influence on foreign policy for forty years, shaping events from WWI to the eve of WWII.

The Development of the Zimbabwe National Defense College, 2004-2012

Edited By: Max John Chinyanganya

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This book interrogates the controversial civil-military relations debate in Zimbabwe. It demonstrates the complexity of the relationship between military institutions and civic societies, particularly in developing countries, and brings this history up to date.

The Dialectics of Globalization

Economic and Political Conflict in a Transnational World

By: Jerry Harris

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Harris challenges the view that nation-states define international relations. He argues a transnational capitalist class now heads a unified world system, creating new conflicts as we transition from national to global capitalism.

The Divided Korean Peninsula

A Window into Everyday Life

By: Nicola Seu

£58.99

Seu details his personal experiences of both North and South Korea, having spent time in the latter state three times over a period of 17 years. Here, he notes the characteristics, the contradictions, merits and defects of this halved and impenetrable country.

The Drama of Presidential Inaugurations and Inaugural Addresses from Washington through to Biden

By: John R. Vile

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This book explores presidential inaugurations from Washington to Biden, offering a summary of each ceremony and an analysis of each speech. While many are forgotten, others by Lincoln, JFK, and Reagan are rhetorical masterpieces providing snapshots of American ideals.