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Political Science

Policing and Prisons in the Middle East Formations of Coercion

Khalili Laleh, Schwedler Jillian

ISBN: PB: 9781849040587, Hurst Publishers, October 2010
352 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! The emergence of the modern Middle East has been accompanied by a concentration of coercive power in the state. Although the region has encompassed numerous Mukhabarat (secret police) states, extensive policing and carceral reg...

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Political Science

Europe

Why the Dreyfus Affair Matters

Begley Louis

ISBN: PB: 9780300168143, Yale University Press, September 2010
272 pp., 19.7x13.3 cm

In December 1894, Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a brilliant French artillery officer and a Jew of Alsatian descent, was court-martialed for selling secrets to the German military attache in Paris based on perjured testimony and trumped-up evidence. The sen...

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Political Science

Pacific Alliance Reviving U.S.-Japan Relations

Calder Kent E.

ISBN: PB: 9780300168341, Yale University Press, September 2010
312 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 25 black&white illus.

Despite the enduring importance of the U. S. -Japan security alliance, the broader relationship between the two countries is today beset by sobering new difficulties. In this comprehensive comparative analysis of the transpacific alliance and its pol...

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Political Science

World Rule Accountability, Legitimacy, and the Design of Global Governance

Koppell Jonathan G. S.

ISBN: PB: 9780226450995, University of Chicago Press, September 2010
392 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 46 tables, 3 illus.

Dilemmas from climate change to financial meltdowns make it clear that global interconnectedness is the norm in the twenty-first century. As a result, global governance organizations (GGOs) – from the World Trade Organization to the Forest Stewardshi...

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Political Science

Strengthening Peace in Post-Civil War States Transforming Spoilers into Stakeholders

Hoddie Matthew, Hartzell Caroline A.

ISBN: PB: 9780226351254, ISBN: HB: 9780226351247, University of Chicago Press, September 2010
280 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 3 tables, 1 map, 1 line illus.

Among the more frequent and most devastating of conflicts, civil wars – from Yugoslavia to Congo – frequently reignite and even spill over into the international sphere. Given the inherent fragility of civil war peace agreements, innovative approache...

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Political Science

Philosophy

States of Violence An Essay on the End of War

Gros Frederic

ISBN: HB: 9781906497187, Seagull Books, September 2010
321 pp., 20.1x16.3 cm

According to political philosopher Frederic Gros, traditional notions of war and peace are currently being replaced by ideas of intervention and security. But while we may be able to speak of an end to war, this does not imply an end to violence. On...

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Political Science

Philosophy

Fable of the World A Philosophical Enquiry into Freedom in Our Times

Mairet Gerard

ISBN: HB: 9781906497194, Seagull Books, September 2010
346 pp., 19.8x16 cm

Modern political theory begins with the rise of the philosophical concept and practice of sovereignty in the sixteenth century. Over the course of the next several centuries, sovereignty was generalized as the form of the modern state – eventually, t...

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Political Science

In Search of the Balkan Recovery The Political and Economic Reemergence of South-Eastern Europe

Cviic Christopher, Sanfey Peter

ISBN: PB: 9781849040709, ISBN: HB: 9781849040693, Hurst Publishers, August 2010
256 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! In the early '90s the Balkans was rocked by the collapse of communism and the violent break-up of Yugoslavia. But the last decade has seen a transformation of South-Eastern Europe into one of the most dynamic emerging markets i...

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Political Science

Political Islam Observed

Volpi Frederic

ISBN: PB: 9781849040617, Hurst Publishers, August 2010
244 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! This book offers a framework for understanding the interaction between the academic disciplines 'observing' contemporary political Islam and the individuals and communities being 'observed' practising it. Volpi investigates how...

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Political Science

Leviathan Or The Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civill

Hobbes Thomas

ISBN: PB: 9780300118384, Yale University Press, July 2010
576 pp., 21x14 cm

Written by Thomas Hobbes and first published in 1651, "Leviathan" is widely considered the greatest work of political philosophy ever composed in the English language. Hobbes' central argument – that human beings are first and foremost concerned with...

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