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South Sudan From Revolution to Independence
ISBN: PB: 9781849041959, Hurst Publishers, July 2012
336 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! In July 2011 the Republic of South Sudan achieved independence, concluding what had been Africa's longest running civil war. The process leading to independence was driven by the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement, a primarily...
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£22,50
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Impossible Indian Gandhi and the Temptations of Violence
ISBN: HB: 9781849041157, Hurst Publishers, July 2012
176 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! This book is about the Mahatma as a political thinker, one who recognised how the quotidian reality of modern life could be radicalised to produce the most extraordinary effects. In this sense he belongs with Lenin, Hitler and...
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£18,99
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Gypsy "Menace" Populism and the New Anti-Gypsy Politics
ISBN: PB: 9781849042208, Hurst Publishers, June 2012
224 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! Across Europe, Roma and Gypsies are suffering increasing intolerance and hostility. A new populist politics, that seeks political meaning in collective experiences and values forms of solidarity rooted in town, class, community...
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£20,00
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Critical Muslim, Volume 03 Fear and Loathing
ISBN: PB: 9781849042222, Hurst Publishers, June 2012
256 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! In the third issue of "Critical Muslim": AbdelWahab El-Affendi on Islamophobia and Orientalism in the age of liberal paranoia, Arun Kundnani on English Defense League and the rise of the far right in Europe, Vinay Lal on Hindu...
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£14,99
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Russian Politics The Paradox of a Weak State
ISBN: HB: 9781849041133, Hurst Publishers, May 2012
224 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! What has become of the Russian state twenty years after the collapse of Communism? Why have the rulers and the ruled turned away from democratic institutions and the rule of law? What explains the Putin regime's often uncoopera...
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£30,00
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Against the Odds Politicians, Institutions and the Struggle Against Poverty
ISBN: PB: 9781849041195, Hurst Publishers, May 2012
288 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! "Against the Odds" is a Machiavellian study of the machinations of three senior politicians in quite different developing countries who adroitly played the tough political game in ways that reduced poverty. The three – former...
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£25,00
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Migrant Labor in the Persian Gulf
ISBN: PB: 9781849042109, Hurst Publishers, May 2012
276 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! In some countries of the Persian Gulf as much as 85 to 90 per cent of the population is made-up of expatriate workers.Unsurprisingly, all of the concerned states spend inordinate amounts of their political energies managing the...
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£27,50
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Nuclear Question in Middle East
ISBN: PB: 9781849042116, Hurst Publishers, May 2012
276 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! The nuclear age is coming to the Middle East. Understanding the scope and motivations for this development and its implications for global security is essential. The last decade has witnessed an explosion of popular and scholar...
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£27,50
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Bring Me Men Military Masculinity and the Benign Facade of American Empire
ISBN: PB: 9781849041775, Hurst Publishers, May 2012
256 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! The masculinity of those who serve in the American military would seem to be indisputable, yet it is full of contradictions. To become a warrior, one must renounce those things in life that are perceived to be unmasculine. Yet...
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£45,00
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History of Libya
ISBN: PB: 9781849042277, Hurst Publishers, May 2012
288 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! John Wright's concise history of Libya begins in the prehistoric Sahara and concludes with the bloody overthrow of the Gadafi regime and the emergence of a 'new' Libya in 2011. After surveying the story of the central Sahara's...
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£14,99
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