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India-Japan Sustainability and Technology-led Social Transformation

Edited By: Anjula Gurtoo, Rajib Shaw, Satish Kumar Yawale

£77.99

Uniting traditional and technological sustainability, this book explores the India-Japan partnership's potential. It delves into new tech, international relations, and climate change, offering a forward-looking perspective on sustainable development for policymakers and industry.

Uniting traditional and technological sustainability, this book explores the India-Japan partnership’s potential. It delves into new tech, international relations, and climate change, offering a forward-looking perspective on sustainable development for policymakers and industry.

Contemporary Arts Across Political Divides

Difficult Conversations

Edited By: Alla Myzelev, Tijen Tunali

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In a world devastated by crisis, what can art do to create democratic spaces? Artists, activists, and curators analyze how to bridge political divides and foster dialogue. Using global case studies, this book pushes for a broader, more conflict-oriented understanding of art.

The Japan Self-Defense Forces Law

Translation, History, and Analysis

Edited By: Robert D. Eldridge, Musashi Katsuhiro

From £38.99

The first book to examine the Japan Self-Defense Forces Law, this provides a historical overview of its function since 1954. It includes the first full English translation of the Law, incorporating all 160+ changes. Essential for students, scholars, and practitioners.

The Great Powers’ Nuclear Diplomacy toward Iran, 2003-2015

By: Ioana Constantin-Bercean

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This book examines the nuclear negotiations between the Great Powers and Iran from 2003-2015. It also assesses the period following the US withdrawal from the JCPOA, and the current efforts to save the Iran Nuclear Agreement.

Challenges to Local Governance in the Pandemic Era

Perspectives from South Asia and Beyond

Edited By: John S. Moolakkattu, Jos Chathukulam

From £37.99

This volume is a collection of articles on the experiences of local governments in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. With a focus on South Asia, it also provides perspectives from Europe, Africa and Latin America, offering clues for sustainable policy in the post-COVID era.

Greece Between East and West

Culture and Geopolitics (Durrell Studies 7)

Edited By: Richard Pine

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This book examines Greece's pivotal role between East and West, exploring the tension between “westernisation” and the enduring values of its eastern legacy. This is explored through culture, politics, music, historical cities, and more. With a Foreword by Roderick Beaton.

This book examines Greece’s pivotal role between East and West, exploring the tension between “westernisation” and the enduring values of its eastern legacy. This is explored through culture, politics, music, historical cities, and more. With a Foreword by Roderick Beaton.

Electronic Voting in Government Elections to Promote Democracy

By: K. M. Nurul Huda

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Manual elections are weakened by human interference, causing irregularities and delays. This book argues that electronic voting should be implemented in both mature and new democracies to ensure accurate, swift poll results.

Women and Social Change in Pakistan

By: Shehzadi Zamurrad Awan

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What forces shape the lives of Punjabi women in Pakistan? This study analyzes the impact of education, media, and legislation on their socio-cultural, legal, and economic rights, drawing on extensive interviews and surveys to foster a compelling debate.

Whistleblowing and Whistleblowers in Africa

Promoting Accountable and Ethical Societies

Edited By: Purshottama Reddy, Chris Jones, Pregala Pillay, Sakhile Zondi

£74.99

This book examines whistleblowing's crucial role in combating corruption in Africa. Drawing on case studies and lived experiences from across the continent, it provides deep insights into the challenges whistleblowers face and the mechanisms for promoting accountability.

This book examines whistleblowing’s crucial role in combating corruption in Africa. Drawing on case studies and lived experiences from across the continent, it provides deep insights into the challenges whistleblowers face and the mechanisms for promoting accountability.

International Law and the Use of Force against Terrorism

By: Shadi Adnan Alshdaifat

£74.99

Alshdaifat argues that nation states throughout the world, particularly in Asia and Europe, have, since ancient times, been vulnerable to invasion by other nation states. He contends that the fight against terrorism is long and complex, but the end is known in advance.

The Round Table Movement and the Fall of the ‘Second’ British Empire (1909-1919)

By: Andrea Bosco

£73.99

This volume discusses the strategies and means employed by the Round Table Movement to maintain the British Empire’s global prominence. Its main argument is that we did not have a “British century” and an “American century” but, rather, four centuries of Anglo-Saxon supremacy

In the Iberian Peninsula and Beyond

A History of Jews and Muslims (15th-17th Centuries) Vols. 1 & 2

Edited By: Maria Filomena Lopes de Barros, Lúcia Liba Mucznik, José Alberto R. Silva Tavim

£73.99

Beginning with the forced conversion of Iberian Jews and Muslims, these volumes examine the effects on their diasporas, focusing on approaches from language and culture to identity discourses and interchanges between those communities.

Dialogue Across Divides

The Pugwash Conferences in the Twenty-First Century

By: Poul Erik Christiansen, Katariina Simonen

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This is the untold story of the Pugwash Conferences, Nobel Peace Prize winners who played a behind-the-scenes role in the world's most intractable conflicts, from the Iran nuclear issue to talking to the Taliban, carving out a niche as contributors to diplomatic breakthroughs.

This is the untold story of the Pugwash Conferences, Nobel Peace Prize winners who played a behind-the-scenes role in the world’s most intractable conflicts, from the Iran nuclear issue to talking to the Taliban, carving out a niche as contributors to diplomatic breakthroughs.

Globalized Injustice

Relational Contexts and Modalities of Resistance

Edited By: Mustapha Sheikh, Silvia M. Mendes, Vanessa S. Fraga

£72.99

This volume unearths the pervasive injustices shaping our world. It highlights the lived experiences and resistance of marginalized groups while challenging readers to recognize oppression, foster solidarity, and embrace the possibility of transformation.

Public Budgeting as Key for Public Accountability and Good Governance

By: Emeka Ejikonye

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This book tackles government underperformance, widely blamed on a lack of public accountability and widespread corruption. The author argues that the solution lies in government budgetary practice, showing how public budgeting can establish accountability in governance.

African Democratic Montage

Case Studies on Ghana, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Kenya

By: E. Ike Udogu

£72.99

African states have the tools for democracy, but their varied application leads to fragile outcomes, rights violations, and military coups. This book explores why, using case studies to reveal the path to true democratic consolidation and good governance.

Democracy Challenged in the 2022 Presidential Succession in Kenya

The African Imperial President

By: Jeffrey Steeves

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An intense struggle defined Kenya's 2022 presidential succession, driven by the incumbent president’s determination to shape the outcome. This book explores the tools an Imperial President used to circumvent restrictions, revealing the barriers to democracy in Africa.

An intense struggle defined Kenya’s 2022 presidential succession, driven by the incumbent president’s determination to shape the outcome. This book explores the tools an Imperial President used to circumvent restrictions, revealing the barriers to democracy in Africa.

Human Rights in Everyday Life in India

The Praxis from Below

By: Shalu Nigam

£72.99

This work uses field-based examples from India to show how human rights discourse is a double-edged sword. While oppressors manipulate the rights paradigm to justify oppression, the oppressed leverage the same language to contest marginalization and assert their dignity.

Emerging African Geopolitics

In the Shadow of Conflicts

Edited By: Huriye Yıldırım Çinar, Ferdi Güçyetmez

£72.99

This book explores the intricate tapestry of African geopolitics, examining the continent's socio-economic challenges and prospects. It navigates Africa's complex interactions with global powers, the lingering shadows of colonialism, and the quest for a promising future.

This book explores the intricate tapestry of African geopolitics, examining the continent’s socio-economic challenges and prospects. It navigates Africa’s complex interactions with global powers, the lingering shadows of colonialism, and the quest for a promising future.

Challenges and Opportunities of the Ambiguous Post-Pandemic World

Edited By: Ahmet Gökbel, Erman Akıllı, Burak Güneş

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This book discusses the COVID-19 pandemic's effects on both high-level politics and people’s inner worlds. Through diverse religious, historical, social, and legal analyses, it offers broad perspectives and questions the future of international security.

This book discusses the COVID-19 pandemic’s effects on both high-level politics and people’s inner worlds. Through diverse religious, historical, social, and legal analyses, it offers broad perspectives and questions the future of international security.