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Philosophy

Law

Ethics of Interrogation

Skerker Michael

ISBN: PB: 9780226761626, ISBN: HB: 9780226761619, University of Chicago Press, May 2012
280 pp., 23x15 cm

The act of interrogation, and debate over its use, pervade our culture, whether through fictionalized depictions in movies and television or discussions of real-life interrogations on the news. But despite daily mentions of the practice in the media,...

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Political Science

Literary Criticism

Mosaic Constitution Political Theology and Imagination from Machiavelli to Milton

Hammill Graham

ISBN: HB: 9780226315423, University of Chicago Press, May 2012
344 pp., 23x15 cm, 3 halftones

It is a common belief that scripture has no place in modern, secular politics. Graham Hammill challenges this notion in "The Mosaic Constitution", arguing that Moses's constitution of Israel, which created people bound by the rule of law, was central...

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Political Science

Rational Empires Institutional Incentives and Imperial Expansion

Blanken Leo J.

ISBN: PB: 9780226056746, ISBN: HB: 9780226056739, University of Chicago Press, May 2012
218 pp., 25x15 cm, 4 tables, 3 halftones, 1 line illus.

The nineteenth century marked the high point of imperialism, when tsarist Russia expanded to the Pacific and the sun was said never to set on the British Empire. Imperialism remains a perennial issue in international relations today, and nowhere is t...

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Political Science

Combating Jihadism American Hegemony and Interstate Cooperation in the War on Terrorism

Mendelsohn Barak

ISBN: PB: 9780226520124, ISBN: HB: 9780226520117, University of Chicago Press, May 2012
304 pp., 23x15 cm

Although terrorism is an age-old phenomenon, jihadi ideology is distinctive in its ambition to abandon the principle of state sovereignty, overthrow the modern state system, and replace it with an extremely radical interpretation of an Islamic world...

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Photography

Culture Studies

Cruel Radiance Photography and Political Violence

Linfield Susie

ISBN: PB: 9780226482514, ISBN: HB: 9780226482507, University of Chicago Press, May 2012
344 pp., 23x15 cm, 20 halftones

In "The Cruel Radiance", Susie Linfield challenges the idea that photographs of political violence exploit their subjects and pander to the voyeuristic tendencies of their viewers. Instead she argues passionately that looking at such images – and lea...

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Political Science

Cutting the Fuse The Explosion of Global Suicide Terrorism and How to Stop It

Pape Robert A., Feldman James K.

ISBN: PB: 9780226645650, University of Chicago Press, April 2012
360 pp., 23x15 cm, 11 tables, 34 line illus.

Almost every week, suicide bombers attack. We know the danger – suicide attacks kill more people than all other forms of terrorism – and in response we have sacrificed the lives of soldiers and civilians, trillions of dollars, and America's reputatio...

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Political Science

Business & Economics

Transformative Political Leadership Making a Difference in the Developing World

Rotberg Robert I.

ISBN: PB: 9780226728995, ISBN: HB: 9780226728988, University of Chicago Press, April 2012
216 pp., 23x15 cm

Accomplished political leaders have a clear strategy for turning political visions into reality. Through well-honed analytical, political, and emotional intelligence, leaders chart paths to promising futures that include economic growth, material pro...

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Business & Economics

Political Science

Political Economy of Pipelines A Century of Comparative Institutional Development

Makholm Jeff D.

ISBN: HB: 9780226502106, University of Chicago Press, April 2012
288 pp., 23x15 cm, 3 halftones, 5 line illus.

With global demand for energy poised to increase by more than half in the next three decades, the supply of safe, reliable, and reasonably priced gas and oil will continue to be of fundamental importance to modern economies. Central to this supply ar...

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Political Science

Broken Ballots Will Your Vote Count?

Jones Douglas W., Simons Barbara

ISBN: PB: 9781575866369, ISBN: HB: 9781575866376, University of Chicago Press, Center for the Study of Language and Information, April 2012
420 pp., 23x15 cm

For many of us, the presidential election of 2000 was a wake-up call. The controversy following the vote count led to demands for election reform. But the new voting systems that were subsequently introduced to the market have serious security flaws,...

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Political Science

Perils of Global Legalism

Posner Eric A.

ISBN: PB: 9780226675756, ISBN: HB: 9780226675749, University of Chicago Press, March 2012
296 pp., 23x15 cm, 5 tables, 2 line illus.

The first months of the Obama administration have led to expectations, both in the United States and abroad, that in the coming years America will increasingly promote the international rule of law – a position that many believe is both ethically nec...

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