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Arab Revolutions and World Transformations

Arab Revolutions and World Transformations

Author: Anna Agathangelou (York University, Canada) ,  Nevzat Soguk (RMIT University, Australia)
ISBN: 9780415635929
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Stories about institutions and regimes that have failed us are echoing worldwide. This book critically engages the...  Read More >>

Routledge Handbook of Peacebuilding

Routledge Handbook of Peacebuilding

Author: Roger Mac Ginty (Durham University, UK)
ISBN: 9780415690195
Format: Hardback
$504.00

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The Myth of Martyrdom: What Really Drives Suicide Bombers, Rampage Shooters, and Other Self-Destructive Killers

The Myth of Martyrdom: What Really Drives Suicide Bombers,...

Author: Adam Lankford
ISBN: 9780230342132
Format: Hardback
$53.89

For decades, experts have maintained that suicide terrorists are so fully committed to their cause they don't fear...  Read More >>

Genocide and its Threat to Contemporary International Order

Genocide and its Threat to Contemporary International...

Author: A. Gallagher
ISBN: 9781137280251
Format: Hardback
$84.99

For far too long the discipline of International Relations has failed to engage with the study of genocide.  Read More >>

The Wiley–Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements

The Wiley–Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political...

Author: DA Snow ,  Donatella della Porta
ISBN: 9781405197731
Format: Hardback
$1100.33

Comprehensive, authoritative, interdisciplinary, and up-to-date, The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and...  Read More >>

History Education and Post-Conflict Reconciliation: Reconsidering Joint Textbook Projects

History Education and Post-Conflict Reconciliation:...

Author: Karina Korostelina (George Mason University, USA) ,  Simone Lässig (Georg-Eckert Institut, Germany)
ISBN: 9780415523899
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This book analyzes the role of history education in conflict and post-conflict societies, describing common history...  Read More >>

Democratic Enlightenment: Philosophy, Revolution, and Human Rights 1750-1790

Democratic Enlightenment: Philosophy, Revolution, and...

Author: Jonathan Israel (Professor of Modern History, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton)
ISBN: 9780199668090
Format: Paperback
$59.95

Jonathan Israel's radical new account of the late Enlightenment highlights forgotten currents and figures. Running...  Read More >>

Chinese Complaint Systems: Natural Resistance

Chinese Complaint Systems: Natural Resistance

Author: Qiang Fang (University of Minnesota Duluth, USA)
ISBN: 9780415811811
Format: Hardback
$305.00

Complaint systems have existed in China for many years, and in 2004, a debate took place in the People’s Republic...  Read More >>

Deception: Spies, Lies and How Russia Dupes the West

Deception: Spies, Lies and How Russia Dupes the West...

Author: Edward Lucas
ISBN: 9781408831038
Format: Paperback
$22.99

To tell the story of post-Soviet espionage, Lucas draws on exclusive interviews with Russia's top NATO spy, Herman...  Read More >>

Faces of State Terrorism

Faces of State Terrorism

Author: Laura Westra (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy and University of Windsor, Canada)
ISBN: 9781280688171
Format: Electronic book text
$718.08

This book examines the numerous illegal measures states use, from unlawful imprisonment and curtailing of civil...  Read More >>

Political Worlds of Women: Activism, Advocacy, and Governance in the Twenty-First Century

Political Worlds of Women: Activism, Advocacy, and Governance...

Author: Mary Hawkesworth
ISBN: 9781281827104
Format: Electronic book text
$133.06

A thorough introduction to women's political struggles in the local, national, regional, transnational, and international...  Read More >>

It's Ok to Leave the Plantation: The New Underground Railroad

It's Ok to Leave the Plantation: The New Underground...

Author: Clarence Mason Weaver
ISBN: 9781530949519
Format: Paperback
$52.80

With all of the Turmoil in the land, finally, a book to cut through the rhetoric. This book is a journey from an...  Read More >>

Terrorism and Counterterrorism: A Moral Assessment

Terrorism and Counterterrorism: A Moral Assessment

Author: Carl Wellman
ISBN: 9789400760066
Format: Paperback
$129.35

This book presents a definition of terrorism that is broad and descriptive and much needed to prevent misunderstanding....  Read More >>

Meeting Democracy: Power and Deliberation in Global Justice Movements

Meeting Democracy: Power and Deliberation in Global...

Author: Donatella della Porta (European University Institute, Florence) ,  Dieter Rucht (Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung)
ISBN: 9781107028302
Format: Hardback
$232.88

This innovative empirical study looks at the internal practices of deliberation and democratic decision-making in...  Read More >>

Perspectives of Psychological Operations (PSYOP) in Contemporary Conflicts: Essays in Winning Hearts and Minds

Perspectives of Psychological Operations (PSYOP) in...

Author: Ron Schleifer
ISBN: 9781845195854
Format: Paperback
$49.99

A collection of essays that provides analysis and commentary on: psychological warfare in the battle against terrorism,...  Read More >>

Terrorism in Perspective

Terrorism in Perspective

Author: Sue Mahan ,  Pamala L. Griset
ISBN: 9781452225456
Format: Paperback
$371.00

Terrorism in Perspective combines original thematic overview essays with the best of the existing literature.  Read More >>

Welcome to the Desert of the Real: Five Essays on September 11 and Related Dates

Welcome to the Desert of the Real: Five Essays on September...

Author: Slavoj Zizek ,  Slavoj I Ek (University of London)
ISBN: 9781781680193
Format: Paperback
$22.99

Probing beneath the level of TV punditry, i ek offers a highly original and readable account that serves as a fascinating...  Read More >>

The Spirit of Terrorism

The Spirit of Terrorism

Author: Jean Baudrillard ,  Chris Turner
ISBN: 9781781680209
Format: Paperback
$22.99

"Baudrillard sees the power of terrorists as lying in the symbolism of slaughter - not merely the reality of death,...  Read More >>

The Portable Malcolm X Reader: A Man Who Stands for Nothing Will Fall for Anything

The Portable Malcolm X Reader: A Man Who Stands for...

Author: Manning Marable ,  Garrett Felber
ISBN: 9780143106944
Format: Paperback
$62.99

A look at Malcolm X's life and times from his Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer, Manning Marable Manning Marable's...  Read More >>

Social Movements in Latin America: Neoliberalism and Popular Resistance

Social Movements in Latin America: Neoliberalism and...

Author: J. Petras ,  Henry Veltmeyer
ISBN: 9781137300119
Format: Paperback
$84.99

The authors trace out the development of capitalism and U.S. imperialism in Latin America in the latest phase of...  Read More >>

An International History of Terrorism: Western and Non-Western Experiences

An International History of Terrorism: Western and Non-Western...

Author: Jussi M. Hanhimäki (Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland) ,  Bernhard Blumenau (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geveva, Switzerland)
ISBN: 9780415635400
Format: Hardback
$305.00

The aim of this book is to provide readers with the tools to understand the historical evolution of terrorism and...  Read More >>

Stolen: Escape from Syria

Stolen: Escape from Syria

Author: Louise Monaghan
ISBN: 9781780575919
Format: Paperback
$25.85

In the middle of one of the worst civil wars in Syria's history, Louise Monaghan crossed a heavily guarded border...  Read More >>

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