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Building Resilience Social Capital in Post-Disaster Recovery

Aldrich Daniel P.

ISBN: PB: 9780226012889, ISBN: HB: 9780226012872, University of Chicago Press, August 2012
248 pp., 23x15 cm, 18 tables, 20 line illus.

Each year, natural disasters threaten the strength and stability of communities worldwide. Yet responses to the challenges of recovery vary greatly and in ways that aren't explained by the magnitude of the catastrophe or the amount of aid provided by...

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Political Science

Before the Convention Strategies and Choices in Presidential Nomination Campaigns

Aldrich John H.

ISBN: PB: 9780226012704, University of Chicago Press, August 2012
272 pp., 23x15 cm

Campaigns to win the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations are longer, more complex, and more confusing to the observer than the general election itself. The maze of delegate-selection procedures includes state primaries and caucuses as...

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Political Science

Crossing Borders, Shifting Boundaries National and Transnational Identities in Europe and Beyond

Hollinger Franz, Hadler Markus

ISBN: PB: 9783593396125, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, August 2012
355 pp., 21.6x14 cm

The articles in this volume investigate the topic of ethnic, national, and transnational identities. Using a wide range of theoretical and methodological approaches, the impact of cross-national migration, changes in political borders, collective mem...

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Political Science

From the Far Right to the Mainstream Islamophobia in Party Politics and the Media

Ansari Humayun, Hafez Farid

ISBN: PB: 9783593396484, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, August 2012
210 pp., 21.6x14 cm

This volume focuses on how the far right's views of Islam have been increasingly co-opted by both liberal and conservative parties and woven into the policies of Western governments over the past two decades. The unprecedented influence of xenophobic...

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Political Science

EU and Africa From Eurafrique to Afro-Europa

Adebajo Adekeye, Whiteman Kaye

ISBN: PB: 9781849041713, Hurst Publishers, August 2012
536 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! This book offers a holistic and comprehensive assessment of the European Union's relations with Africa, focusing on their historical, political, socio-economic, and cultural dimensions. In the high imperial period from the nine...

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Political Science

Politics and Society in Saudi Arabia The Crucial Years of Development, 1960-1982

Yizraeli Sarah

ISBN: HB: 9781849041706, Hurst Publishers, August 2012
276 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! The events of 9/11 stunned the West and shed new light on Saudi Arabia. Questions were raised about what had driven Saudis – after decades of development and economic expansion – to embrace radical views, display such virulent...

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Biography & Memoires

Political Science

Moshe Dayan Plow and Sword

Bar-On Mordechai

ISBN: HB: 9780300149418, Yale University Press, July 2012
224 pp., 21x14.6 cm

Instantly recognizable with his iconic eye patch, Moshe Dayan (1915-1981) was a powerful yet controversial figure in Israel from the 1950s through 70s. A fearless warrior and a strong-headed, charismatic politician, he was admired for his leadership...

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Political Science

Patterns of Democracy Government Forms and Performance in Thirty-six Countries

Lijphart Arend

ISBN: PB: 9780300172027, Yale University Press, July 2012
368 pp., 21x14 cm, 12 black&white illus.

In this updated and expanded edition of his classic text, Arend Lijphart offers a broader and deeper analysis of worldwide democratic institutions than ever before. Examining thirty-six democracies during the period from 1945 to 2010, Lijphart arrive...

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Business & Economics

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Social Choice and Individual Values

Arrow Kenneth J., Maskin Eric

ISBN: PB: 9780300179316, Yale University Press, July 2012
192 pp., 21x14 cm

Originally published in 1951, "Social Choice and Individual Values" introduced "Arrow's Impossibility Theorem" and founded the field of social choice theory in economics and political science. This new edition, including a new preface by the author a...

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Political Science

Politics, Health and Healthcare Selected Essays

Marmor Theodore R., Klein Rudolf

ISBN: HB: 9780300110876, Yale University Press, July 2012
544 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm

Two towering figures in the field of health care policy analysis, Theodore R. Marmor and Rudolf Klein, reflect on a lifetime of thought in this wide-ranging collection of essays published in the wake of President Obama's health care reform. Presented...

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