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Liberalism of Care Community, Philosophy, and Ethics
ISBN: PB: 9780226745350, ISBN: HB: 9780226745213, University of Chicago Press, March 2021
288 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
Attention to care in modern society has fallen out of view as an ethos of personal responsibility, free markets, and individualism has taken hold. The Liberalism of Care argues that contemporary liberalism is suffering from a crisis of care, manifest...
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£28,00
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£84,00
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Probable Justice Risk, Insurance, and the Welfare State
ISBN: PB: 9780226730936, ISBN: HB: 9780226730769, University of Chicago Press, September 2020
272 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
Decades into its existence as a foundational aspect of modern political and economic life, the welfare state has become a political cudgel, used to assign blame for ballooning national debt and tout the need for personal responsibility. At the same t...
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Peacekeeper, Humanitarian, Abuser Children at Risk Worldwide
ISBN: PB: 9781787381131, Hurst Publishers, August 2019
224 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! Thousands of organisations around the world are doing all they can to protect children, but many more are putting them at risk – and there is no single international legal framework or justice system to hold them to account. U...
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£14,99
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Welcoming New Americans? Local Governments and Immigrant Incorporation
ISBN: PB: 9780226572659, ISBN: HB: 9780226572512, University of Chicago Press, August 2018
368 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 26 line drawings, 15 tables
Even as Donald Trump's election has galvanized anti-immigration politics, many local governments have welcomed immigrants, some even going so far as to declare their communities "sanctuary cities" that will limit cooperation with federal immigration...
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£74,00
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Russian "Hybrid Warfare" Resurgence and Politicisation
ISBN: HB: 9781849048811, Hurst Publishers, May 2018
288 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! During the last decade, "Hybrid Warfare" has become a novel yet controversial term in academic, political and professional military lexicons, intended to suggest some sort of mix between different military and non-military mean...
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£30,00
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In Their Own Words Understanding Lashkar-e-Tayyaba
ISBN: HB: 9781849045728, Hurst Publishers, August 2017
288 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! This path-breaking volume reveals a little-known aspect of how Lashkar-e-Tayyaba, a jihadist terrorist group, functions in Pakistan and beyond by translating and commenting upon a range of publications produced and disseminated...
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£40,00
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See it/Shoot it The Secret History of the CIA's Lethal Drone Program
ISBN: HB: 9780300218541, Yale University Press, June 2017
368 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm
An illuminating study tracing the evolution of drone technology and counterterrorism policy from the Reagan to the Obama administrations. This eye-opening study uncovers the history of the most important instrument of U.S. counterterrorism today: th...
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Master Plan ISIS, Al Qaeda, and the Jihadi Strategy for Final Victory
ISBN: HB: 9780300221497, Yale University Press, February 2017
376 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 17 black&white illus.
An incisive narrative history of the Islamic State, from the 2005 master plan to reestablish the Caliphate to its quest for Final Victory in 2020. Given how quickly its operations have achieved global impact, it may seem that the Islamic State materi...
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£20,00
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Unfinished Revolutions Yemen, Libya, and Tunisia After the Arab Spring
ISBN: HB: 9780300215632, Yale University Press, May 2016
304 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 5 black&white illus.
Post-revolution states often find that once dictators have been deposed, other problems arise, such as political polarization and the threat of civil war. A respected commentator on Middle Eastern politics, Ibrahim Fraihat examines three countries gr...
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Legitimizing Science National and Global Public (1800-2010)
ISBN: PB: 9783593504872, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, March 2016
300 pp., 20.3x13.9 cm, 8 halftones and 8 line drawings
Since the founding in 1660 of the Royal Society, London, scientists engaging in experimental research have sought to establish a base for exploratory work in communities and their political institutions. This connection between science and the nation...
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