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Political Science

New Continentalism Energy and Twenty-first-century Eurasian Geopolitics

Calder Kent E.

ISBN: PB: 9780300171020, Yale University Press, May 2012
416 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 53 black&white illus.

In this groundbreaking book, Kent Calder argues that a new transnational configuration is developing in Asia, driven by economic growth, rising energy demand, and the collapse of longstanding geopolitical boundaries. What Calder calls the New Silk Ro...

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Political Science

Global Palestine

Collins John

ISBN: PB: 9781849041812, ISBN: HB: 9781849041829, Hurst Publishers, December 2011
208 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! "Global Palestine" offers a unique perspective on one of the world's most enduring political controversies by exploring a deceptively simple question: what does Palestine mean for the globe? The book begins from three overlappi...

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Political Science

Securing Approval Domestic Politics and Multilateral Authorization for War

Chapman Terrence L.

ISBN: PB: 9780226101224, ISBN: HB: 9780226101217, University of Chicago Press, April 2011
208 pp., 22.6x15 cm, 19 tables, 11 line illus.

Among the most momentous decisions that leaders of a state are called upon to make is whether or not to initiate warfare. How their military will fare against the opponent may be the first consideration, but not far behind are concerns about domestic...

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America

Politics and Partnerships The Role of Voluntary Associations in America's Political Past and Present

Clemens Elisabeth S., Guthrie Doug

ISBN: PB: 9780226109978, ISBN: HB: 9780226109961, University of Chicago Press, February 2011
352 pp., 22.6x15.2 cm, 13 tables, 3 halftones, 17 line illus.

Exhorting people to volunteer is part of the everyday vocabulary of American politics. Routinely, members of both major parties call for partnerships between government and nonprofit organizations. These entreaties increase dramatically during times...

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America

Political Science

Cruel and Unusual The Culture of Punishment in America

Cusac Anne-Marie

ISBN: PB: 9780300168013, ISBN: HB: 9780300111743, Yale University Press, October 2010
336 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm

The statistics are startling. Since 1973, America's imprisonment rate has multiplied over five times to become the highest in the world. More than two million inmates reside in state and federal prisons. What does this say about our attitudes toward...

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Political Science

Hyperpolitics An Interactive Dictionary of Political Science Concepts

Calise Mauro, Lowi Theodore J.

ISBN: PB: 9780226091020, ISBN: HB: 9780226091013, University of Chicago Press, October 2010
264 pp., 25.4x17.7 cm

Fifteen years in the making, "Hyperpolitics" is an interactive dictionary offering a wholly original approach for understanding and working with the most central concepts in political science. Designed and authored by two of the discipline's most dis...

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Political Science

Pacific Alliance Reviving U.S.-Japan Relations

Calder Kent E.

ISBN: PB: 9780300168341, Yale University Press, September 2010
312 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 25 black&white illus.

Despite the enduring importance of the U. S. -Japan security alliance, the broader relationship between the two countries is today beset by sobering new difficulties. In this comprehensive comparative analysis of the transpacific alliance and its pol...

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Political Science

In Search of the Balkan Recovery The Political and Economic Reemergence of South-Eastern Europe

Cviic Christopher, Sanfey Peter

ISBN: PB: 9781849040709, ISBN: HB: 9781849040693, Hurst Publishers, August 2010
256 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! In the early '90s the Balkans was rocked by the collapse of communism and the violent break-up of Yugoslavia. But the last decade has seen a transformation of South-Eastern Europe into one of the most dynamic emerging markets i...

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Anthropology

Political Science

Neoliberal Frontiers An Ethnography of Sovereignty in West Africa

Chalfin Brenda

ISBN: PB: 9780226100616, ISBN: HB: 9780226100593, University of Chicago Press, July 2010
304 pp., 23x15 cm, 3 maps, 1 figure, 3 tables, 24 halftones

In "Neoliberal Frontiers", Brenda Chalfin presents an ethnographic examination of the day-to-day practices of the officials of Ghana's Customs Service, exploring the impact of neoliberal restructuring and integration into the global economy on Ghanai...

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Biography & Memoires

Political Science

Conversations with Jacqueline Rose

Chaudhuri Supriya, Sen Aveek, Bechler Rosemary, Moore Henrietta, Frosh Stephen, Lerman Anthony

ISBN: PB: 9780857425928, Seagull Books, July 2010
153 pp., 21.4x14.6 cm

In this collection of conversations that were conducted in Calcutta, at the London School of Economics, through Jewish Book Week, and on the radical website openDemocracy, internationally renowned Jewish scholar Jacqueline Rose explores the debates t...

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