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Political Science

Theory of Militant Democracy The Ethics of Combatting Political

Kirshner Alexander S.

ISBN: PB: 9780300188240, Yale University Press, February 2014
224 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm

How should pro-democratic forces safeguard representative government from anti-democratic forces? By granting rights of participation to groups that do not share democratic values, democracies may endanger the very rights they have granted; but denyi...

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Fragile Empire How Russia Fell in and Out of Love with Vladimir Putin

Judah Ben

ISBN: PB: 9780300205220, Yale University Press, February 2014
352 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 20 illus.

From Kaliningrad on the Baltic to the Russian Far East, journalist Ben Judah has travelled throughout Russia and the former Soviet republics, conducting extensive interviews with President Vladimir Putin's friends, foes, and colleagues, government of...

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Political Science

Justice and Peace Interdisciplinary Perspectives on a Contested Relationship

Hellmann Gunther

ISBN: PB: 9783593399829, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, February 2014
196 pp., 21.5x13.9 cm

Justice and peace are key concepts in the discourse of many academic disciplines. Conceptually, they are obviously linked, but perennial disputes surround the question of their interdependence and whether priority must be accorded to justice or peace...

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Political Science

America

Think Tanks in America

Medvetz Thomas

ISBN: PB: 9780226143668, ISBN: HB: 9780226517292, University of Chicago Press, February 2014
344 pp., 23x15 cm, 7 tables, 1 map, 12 line illus.

Over the past half-century, think tanks have become fixtures of American politics, supplying advice to presidents and policymakers, expert testimony on Capitol Hill, and convenient facts and figures to journalists and media specialists. But what are...

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Political Science

Anthropology

Spirits in Politics Uncertainties of Power and Healing in African Societies

Meier Barbara, Steinforth Arne S.

ISBN: PB: 9783593399157, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, February 2014
265 pp., 21.5x13.9 cm

"Spirits in Politics" explores the interface between religion and politics in African societies by examining recent and ongoing research in a variety of regional settings. Case studies from across the African continent exemplify how – and at which so...

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Political Science

Systemic Risk The Myth of Rational Finance and the Crisis of Democracy

Willke Helmut, Becker Eva, Rostasy Carla

ISBN: PB: 9783593399881, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, February 2014
282 pp., 21.5x13.9 cm, 23 colour plates, 2 halftones

Five years have passed since the outbreak of one of the worst financial crises the world has ever witnessed. Yet, despite the exceedingly diverse range of publications that have sought to explain the causes and the logic of the crisis, central questi...

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Literary Criticism

Political Science

Listening to the Loom Essays on Literature, Politics and Violence

Nagaraj D. R.

ISBN: HB: 9780857421920, Seagull Books, February 2014
392 pp., 21.6x14 cm

"Listening to the Loom" brings to light a previously unknown body of ideas and essays from renowned Indian Dalit scholar D. R. Nagaraj, representing his most important writings on literature, politics, and violence. Comprised of thirteen pieces – the...

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Political Science

Political Biography of an Earthquake Aftermath and Amnesia in Gujarat, India

Simpson Edward

ISBN: PB: 9781849042871, Hurst Publishers, February 2014
288 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! For those so-minded, the aftermath of an earthquake presents opportunities to intervene. Thus, in Gujarat, following the disaster of 2001, leaders were deposed, proletariats created, religious fundamentalism incubated, the stat...

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Political Science

Kindly Inquisitors The New Attacks on Free Thought (Expanded Edition)

Rauch Jonathan

ISBN: PB: 9780226145938, University of Chicago Press, January 2014
216 pp., 21.5x13.9 cm

"A liberal society stands on the proposition that we should all take seriously the idea that we might be wrong. This means we must place no one, including ourselves, beyond the reach of criticism; it means that we must allow people to err, even where...

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Political Science

Other

Sectarian Politics in the Persian Gulf

Potter Lawrence G.

ISBN: PB: 9781849043380, Hurst Publishers, January 2014
320 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! Long a taboo topic, as well as one that has alarmed outside powers, sectarian conflict in the Middle East is on the rise. The contributors to this book examine sectarian politics in the Persian Gulf, including the GCC states, Y...

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