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Political Liberalization in the Persian Gulf
ISBN: HB: 9781850659280, Hurst Publishers, November 2008
288 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! The Persian (or Arab) Gulf countries produce about 30 per cent of the planet's oil, and keep in the ground around 55 per cent of its crude oil reserves, hence the stability of the region's autocratic regimes is vital to the wor...
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£55,00
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Africa's "Agitators" Militant Anti-Colonialism in Africa and the West, 1918-1939
ISBN: PB: 9781850659365, Hurst Publishers, October 2008
496 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! The period between the two World Wars were the peak years of the colonial empires, but they were not unchallenged. Individuals and organisations called for major reforms and an end to white supremacy and colonial rule, contribu...
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£30,00
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Russia and the Balkans Foreign Policy from Yeltsin to Putin
ISBN: HB: 9781850658481, Hurst Publishers, September 2008
300 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! Russian leaders have always considered the Balkans to be an area of special Russian interests. After the end of the Cold War, the region again became the focus of attention with the violent break-up of federal Yugoslavia, as Mo...
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£45,00
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China Returns to Africa A Superpower and a Continent Embrace
ISBN: PB: 9781850658863, Hurst Publishers, June 2008
400 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! The geopolitical landscape of contemporary China-Africa relations has provoked wide media interest. After being conspicuously overlooked during the G8's purported 'Year of Africa', the topic generated wider debate in the build-...
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£25,00
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Guerrilla Movements in Latin America
ISBN: PB: 9781905422593, ISBN: HB: 9781905422586, Seagull Books, May 2008
632 pp., 23.6x16.2 cm, 40 halftones
Che Guevara's death began a legend and closed an era. Based directly on the documents produced by the guerrillas themselves, this is the first comprehensive history of that era. In theory, immense disparity in local wealth combined with the heavy h...
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£22,50
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£75,00
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Politics of Chaos in Middle East
ISBN: PB: 9781850658948, Hurst Publishers, April 2008
160 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! Olivier Roy argues that the unintended and unforeseen consequences of the 'war on terror' have artificially conflated conflicts in the Middle East such that they appear to be the expression of a widespread 'Muslim anger' agains...
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£20,00
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Towards a Romanian Silicon Valley? Local Development in Post-Socialist Europe
ISBN: PB: 9783593381268, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, February 2008
210 pp., 21.2x14 cm, 4 halftones
This book examines local attempts at sustainable development in post-socialist Eastern Europe. Eniko Baga focuses on the small Romanian town of Timisoara as its residents respond to major national and international changes, including the dismantling...
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£26,50
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Tormented by History Nationalism in Greece and Turkey
ISBN: PB: 9781850658993, ISBN: HB: 9781850659051, Hurst Publishers, January 2008
220 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! "Tormented" by Historyis the first comparative study of nationalism in Greece and Turkey. Grounded in an extensive critical review of the popular and scholarly historiography and literature on Greek and Turkish nationalisms, it...
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£18,99
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£40,00
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Iran in World Politics The Question of the Islamic Republic
ISBN: PB: 9781850659037, ISBN: HB: 9781850658962, Hurst Publishers, January 2008
228 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! Why is Iran continuously in the news? How has the Islamic Republic developed ideologically since the 1979 revolution? What are the best ways of comprehending the country at this critical juncture in its history? These are some...
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£20,00
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£45,00
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