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Evolution

Political Science

Man Is by Nature a Political Animal Evolution, Biology, and Politics

Hatemi Peter K., McDermott Rose

ISBN: PB: 9780226319100, ISBN: HB: 9780226319094, University of Chicago Press, October 2011
352 pp., 23x15 cm, 27 tables, 20 line illus.

In "Man Is by Nature a Political Animal", Peter K. Hatemi and Rose McDermott bring together a diverse group of contributors to examine the ways in which evolutionary theory and biological research are increasingly informing analyses of political beha...

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Political Science

Middle East

Mobilizing the Faithful Militant Islamist Groups and Their Constituencies

Malthaner Stefan

ISBN: PB: 9783593394121, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, July 2011
260 pp., 22x14 cm

One of the keys to dealing with militant Islamic groups is understanding how they work with, relate to, and motivate their constituencies".Mobilizing the Faithful" offers a pair of detailed case studies – of the Egyptian groups al-Jamaa al-Islamiyya...

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Political Science

Metropolitan Governance Different Paths in Contrasting Contexts: Germany and Israel

Heinelt Hubert, Razin Eran, Zimmermann Karsten

ISBN: PB: 9783593394015, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, July 2011
350 pp., 22x14 cm

As urban areas have grown and sprawl has spread in recent decades, metropolitan governments around the world have begun to look beyond city borders, establishing regional partnerships to help them deal with issues of transit, resource use, and more"....

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Political Science

Many Reasons to Intervene French and British Approaches to Humanitarian Action

Blanchet Karl, Martin Boris

ISBN: PB: 9781849041423, Hurst Publishers, July 2011
176 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! In the humanitarian field those we rather mockingly call 'French doctors' seem always to be in the vanguard, the first to arrive in any critical situation. If they hold such a position in modern humanitarian intervention it is...

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Political Science

Philosophy

Montesquieu and the Logic of Liberty War, Religion, Commerce, Terrain, Technology, Uneasiness of Mind, the Spirit of Political Vigilance, and the Foundations of the Modern Republic

Rahe Paul A.

ISBN: PB: 9780300168082, Yale University Press, October 2010
400 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm

This fresh examination of the works of Montesquieu seeks to understand the shortcomings of the modern democratic state in light of this great political thinker's insightful critique of commercial republicanism. The western democracies' muted response...

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Africa

Political Science

Milk and Peace, Drought and War Somali Culture, Society and Politics

Hoehne Markus V., Luling Virginia

ISBN: PB: 9781849040457, ISBN: HB: 9781849040440, Hurst Publishers, July 2010
416 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! This volume offers a comprehensive overview of scholarship on Somalia and Somali land, one that transcends the usual boundaries and presents readers with a timely, incisive and compelling introduction to Somali culture, history...

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Political Science

America

Myth of American Exceptionalism

Hodgson Godfrey

ISBN: PB: 9780300164190, Yale University Press, March 2010
240 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm

The idea that the United States is destined to spread its unique gifts of democracy and capitalism to other countries is dangerous for Americans and for the rest of the world, warns Godfrey Hodgson in this provocative book. Hodgson, a shrewd and high...

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Political Science

Middle East

Muslims, Dalits, and the Fabrications of History

Mayaram Shail, Skaria Ajay

ISBN: PB: 9781905422128, ISBN: HB: 9781905422111, Seagull Books, June 2006
350 pp., 21.2x14 cm

How have the dominant histories of the Indian subcontinent been constructed and how do they deal with the subject of Muslims and Dalits or 'Untouchables"? Taking a subaltern approach – the view from below – "Muslims, Dalits, and the Fabrications of H...

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Political Science

Managing and Settling Ethnic Conflicts

Scheckener Ulrich, Wolff Stefan

ISBN: PB: 9781850656913, Hurst Publishers, April 2004
320 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! Interest in the study of ethnic conflict has soared over the past decade, partly due to the ethnic conflicts that have erupted violently, especially in central and Eastern Europe after the collapse of communism, but also in oth...

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