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Islam

Political Science

Louer Laurence

ISBN: HB: 9781849042024, Hurst Publishers, October 2012
176 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! Although Iran's Islamic Revolution had an electrifying effect on Shiite movements in Lebanon, Iraq, the Gulf and Saudi Arabia, there exists a tendency to explain away much of Shiite politics in the Middle East as inextricably l...

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Middle East

Political Science

Violence of Petro-Dollar Regimes Algeria, Iraq and Libya

Martinez Luis

ISBN: HB: 9781849041744, Hurst Publishers, October 2012
224 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! During the 1970s, owing to their oil 'rents', Algeria, Iraq and Libya all seemed engaged in a swift modernisation process. Oil was the godsend that would enable these states to catch up economically. Algeria was a 'Mediterranea...

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Political Science

Middle East

Iraq's Democratic Moment

Hadid Foulath

ISBN: HB: 9781849042185, Hurst Publishers, October 2012
288 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! In 1920, a massive uprising took place against British occupation of Mesopotamia. This initiated a struggle for democracy that pitted nationalist leaders against the British, their local political allies and a newly-installed m...

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Political Science

Moral Foundations of Politics

Shapiro Ian

ISBN: PB: 9780300185454, Yale University Press, September 2012
302 pp., 23.8x16.2 cm, 8 graphs

When do governments merit our allegiance, and when should they be denied it? Ian Shapiro explores this most enduring of political dilemmas in this innovative and engaging book. Building on his highly popular Yale courses, Professor Shapiro evaluates...

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Political Science

Mobilizing Inclusion Transforming the Electorate Through Get-out-the-vote Campaigns

Bedolla Lisa Garcia, Michelson Melissa R.

ISBN: PB: 9780300166781, Yale University Press, September 2012
312 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 5 black&white illus.

Which get-out-the-vote efforts actually succeed in ethnoracial communities – and why? Analyzing the results from hundreds of original experiments, the authors of this book offer a persuasive new theory to explain why some methods work while others do...

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Business & Economics

Political Science

Design and Implementation of US Climate Policy

Fullerton Don, Wolfram Catherine

ISBN: HB: 9780226269146, University of Chicago Press, September 2012
344 pp., 23x15 cm, 28 tables, 1 halftone, 27 line illus.

Economic research on climate change has been crucial in advancing our understanding of the consequences associated with global warming as well as the costs and benefits of the various policies that might reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. As natio...

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Political Science

Birth of Hegemony Crisis, Financial Revolution, and Emerging Global Networks

Sobel Andrew C.

ISBN: PB: 9780226767604, ISBN: HB: 9780226767598, University of Chicago Press, September 2012
296 pp., 23x15 cm, 4 tables, 1 line illus.

With American leadership facing increased competition from China and India, the question of how hegemons emerge – and are able to create conditions for lasting stability – is of utmost importance in international relations. The generally accepted wis...

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Political Science

Law

Electing Judges The Surprising Effects of Campaigning on Judicial Legitimacy

Gibson James L.

ISBN: PB: 9780226291086, ISBN: HB: 9780226291079, University of Chicago Press, September 2012
240 pp., 23x15 cm, 20 tables, 1 halftone, 15 line illus.

In "Electing Judges", leading judicial politics scholar James L. Gibson responds tothe growing chorus of critics who fear that the politics of running for office undermine judicial independence and even the rule of law. While many people have opinion...

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America

Political Science

State and the Stork The Population Debate and Policy Making in US History

Hoff Derek S.

ISBN: HB: 9780226347622, University of Chicago Press, September 2012
392 pp., 23x15 cm

From the colonial era to the present, the ever-shifting debate about America's prodigious population growth has exerted a profound influence on the evolution of politics, public policy, and economic thinking in the United States. In a remarkable shif...

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Business & Economics

Political Science

Institutional Foundations of Impersonal Exchange Theory and Policy of Contractual Registries

Arrunada Benito

ISBN: HB: 9780226028323, University of Chicago Press, August 2012
320 pp., 23x15 cm, 2 tables, 10 line illus.

Governments and development agencies spend considerable resources building property and company registries to protect property rights. When these efforts succeed, owners feel secure enough to invest in their property and banks are able use it as coll...

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