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Political Science

Tulis Jeffrey K., Mellow Nicole

ISBN: PB: 9780226515328, ISBN: HB: 9780226515298, University of Chicago Press, February 2018
224 pp., 21.6x13.9 cm

American politics is typically a story about winners. The fading away of defeated politicians and political movements is a feature of American politics that ensures political stability and a peaceful transition of power. But American history has also...

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Africa

Political Science

Specter of Global China Politics, Labor, and Foreign Investment in Africa

Lee Ching Kwan

ISBN: PB: 9780226340838, University of Chicago Press, February 2018
256 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 20 colour plates, 1 halftone, 2 tables

China has recently emerged as one of Africa's top business partners, aggressively pursuing its raw materials and establishing a mighty presence in the continent's booming construction market. Among major foreign investors in Africa, China has stirred...

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Political Science

Law

Defence of Constitutionalism Or the Czech Question in Post-National Europe

Priban Jiri

ISBN: PB: 9788024634234, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, February 2018
280 pp., 20.3x15.2 cm

Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! More than a century after the publication of Czech politician Tomaš Garrigue Masaryk's study "The Czech Question", Czech politics – instead of the nation's historical struggle for s...

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Political Science

Law

Legislative Style

Bernhard William, Sulkin Tracy

ISBN: PB: 9780226510286, ISBN: HB: 9780226510149, University of Chicago Press, February 2018
272 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 36 line drawings, 26 tables

Once elected, members of Congress face difficult decisions about how to allocate their time and effort. On which issues should they focus? What is the right balance between working in one's district and on Capitol Hill? How much should they engage wi...

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Political Science

Why Parties Matter Political Competition and Democracy in the American South

Aldrich John H., Griffin John D.

ISBN: PB: 9780226495378, ISBN: HB: 9780226495231, University of Chicago Press, February 2018
304 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 72 halftones, 17 line drawings, 20 tables

Since the founding of the American Republic, the North and South have followed remarkably different paths of political development. Among the factors that have led to their divergence throughout much of history are differences in the levels of compet...

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Performing Arts

Political Science

Season in the Congo

Cesaire Aime

ISBN: PB: 9780857424877, ISBN: HB: 9781905422944, Seagull Books, February 2018
168 pp., 20.3x12.7 cm

This play by renowned poet and political activist Aime Cesaire recounts the tragic death of Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of the Congo Republic and an African nationalist hero. "A Season in the Congo" follows Lumumba's efforts to free the...

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Political Science

Towards a History of the National-Popular in Bolivia

Mercado Rene Zavaleta

ISBN: HB: 9780857423580, Seagull Books, February 2018
304 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

Bolivia's foremost social and political theorist, Rene Zavaleta Mercado held diplomatic and ministerial posts with the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement in the 1950s and '60s, before eventually aligning with the Marxist left, where he developed the...

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Middle East

Political Science

Salman's Legacy The Dilemmas of a New Era in Saudi Arabia

Al-Rasheed Madawi

ISBN: HB: 9781849049658, Hurst Publishers, February 2018
368 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! King Salman of Saudi Arabia began his rule in 2015 confronted with a series of unprecedented challenges. The dilemmas he has faced are new and significant, from leadership shuffles and falling oil prices to regional and interna...

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Political Science

Biography & Memoires

Inside the Mind of Marine Le Pen

Eltchaninoff Michel

ISBN: PB: 9781849049344, Hurst Publishers, February 2018
232 pp., 19.8x13 cm

For sale in CIS only! What drives Marine Le Pen and France's Front National? Has her party really changed its ways, or is she merely rebranding its old ideas and policies for a new era? In the age of Brexit and Trump, France too has seen a growing...

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Political Science

Biography & Memoires

Inside the Mind of Vladimir Putin

Eltchaninoff Michel

ISBN: PB: 9781849049337, Hurst Publishers, February 2018
208 pp., 19.8x13 cm

For sale in CIS only! The Russian president's landmark speeches, interviews and policies borrow heavily from great Russian thinkers past and present, from Peter the Great to Dostoevsky and Solzhenitsyn. They offer powerful visions of strong leaders...

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