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Syrian Requiem: The Civil War and Its Aftermath by Itamar Rabinovich
RRP: $32.25$25.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780691193311Author Itamar RabinovichFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Princeton University PressPublisher Princeton University PressWeight(grams) 140g -
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: What Everyone Needs to Know (R) by Dov Waxman 9780190625320
RRP: $70.95$52.31No conflict in the world has lasted as long, generated as many news headlines, or incited as much controversy as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Yet, despite, or perhaps because of, the degree of international attention it receives, the conflict is... -
Palestine: Matters of Truth and Justice by Azmi Bishara
RRP: $25.80$23.01In January 2020, US President Donald Trump announced his 'deal of the century'. Supposedly intended to 'resolve' the Palestine-Israel conflict, it accepted Israeli occupation as a fait accompli. Azmi Bishara places this normalisation of occupation in its... -
The Hidden Ancestral Identity of the American Negro: Why Black Lives Matter? by Radine a America-Harrison 9780970545510
RRP: $19.29$16.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780970545510Author Radine a America-HarrisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Quantum Leapslc PublicationsPublisher Quantum Leapslc... -
Refuge: Rethinking Refugee Policy in a Changing World by Paul Collier 9780190659158
RRP: $28.37$17.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780190659158Author Fellow Paul CollierFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint OUP IndiaPublisher OUP IndiaWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 206mm * 137mm * 18mm -
States of Subsistence: The Politics of Bread in Contemporary Jordan by Jose Ciro Martinez
RRP: $33.53$26.88On any given day in Jordan, more than nine million residents eat approximately ten million loaves of khubz 'arabi-the slightly leavened flatbread known to many as pita. Some rely on this bread to avoid starvation; for others it is a customary pleasure... -
British Politics by Dennis Kavanagh
$79.89The fifth edition of British Politics is a significantly expanded work that draws on the contribution of three new political scientists and redresses the balance between the historical context of British Politics and key theoretical debates. British... -
The European Union in Crisis by Desmond Dinan 9781137604255
$53.26The European Union (EU) is in crisis. The crisis extends beyond Brexit, the fluctuating fortunes of the eurozone and the challenge of mass migration. It cuts to the core of the EU itself. Trust is eroding; power is shifting; politics are toxic;... -
Gender, Ethnicity, and Violence in Kenya's Transitions to Democracy: States of Violence by Lyn Ossome 9781498558303
RRP: $116.10$101.66Critiquing the valorization of democracy as a means of containing violence and stabilizing political contestation, this book draws links between the democratization process and sexual/gendered violence observed against women during electioneering periods... -
Promoting Democracy, Reinforcing Authoritarianism: US and European Policy in Jordan by Benjamin Schuetze 9781108737012
RRP: $39.98$32.83Appearing against the backdrop of Jordan's remarkable levels of authoritarian stability and accounting for Jordan being one of the highest recipients of US and European 'democracy promotion' funding, Promoting Democracy, Reinforcing Authoritarianism... -
North Korea's Hidden Revolution: How the Information Underground Is Transforming a Closed Society by Jieun Baek
RRP: $35.48$30.04The story of North Korea's information underground and how it inspires people to seek better lives beyond their country's borders One of the least understood countries in the world, North Korea has long been known for its repressive regime. Yet it is far... -
Energy Kingdoms: Oil and Political Survival in the Persian Gulf by Jim Krane 9780231179300
RRP: $36.12$28.12After the discovery of oil in the 1930s, the Gulf monarchies-Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Bahrain-went from being among the world's poorest and most isolated places to some of its most ostentatiously wealthy. To... -
Offshore Citizens: Permanent Temporary Status in the Gulf by Noora Lori
RRP: $39.98$29.48When it comes to extending citizenship to certain groups, why might ruling elites say neither 'yes' nor 'no', but 'wait'? The dominant theories of citizenship tend to recognize clear distinctions between citizens and aliens; either one has citizenship or... -
War and Peace in the Taiwan Strait by Scott L. Kastner
RRP: $32.25$25.27As tensions continue to rise between the People's Republic of China and Taiwan, numerous analysts and officials have warned of a growing risk of military conflict, which could potentially draw in the United States. How worried should we be about a war in... -
Divided Armies: Inequality and Battlefield Performance in Modern War by Jason Lyall
RRP: $45.15$36.30How do armies fight and what makes them victorious on the modern battlefield? In Divided Armies, Jason Lyall challenges long-standing answers to this classic question by linking the fate of armies to their levels of inequality. Introducing the concept of... -
A Fish in the Water by Mario Vargas Llosa 9780571175123
RRP: $19.34$12.64Mario Vargas Llosa's A Fish in the Water is a twofold book: a memoir by one of Latin America's most celebrated writers, beginning with his birth in 1936 in Arequipa, Peru; and the story of his organization of the reform movement which culminated in his... -
Bridge Over Blood River: The Rise and Fall of the Afrikaners by Kajsa Norman
RRP: $23.21$20.82Nelson Mandela is dead and his dream of a rainbow nation in South Africa is fading. Twenty years after the fall of apartheid the white Afrikaner minority fears cultural extinction. How far are they prepared to go to survive as a people? Kajsa Norman's... -
Defending Iran: From Revolutionary Guards to Ballistic Missiles by Gawdat Bahgat
RRP: $39.98$29.48Since the 1979 revolution, the ruling establishment of Iran has developed and articulated a defense strategy reflective of the country's Iran-Iraq war experience and its international isolation. Its asymmetrical warfare doctrine, use of irregular forces... -
Who Killed Berta Caceres?: Dams, Death Squads, and an Indigenous Defender's Battle for the Planet by Nina Lakhani
RRP: $24.50$20.19The very first time Honduran environmental activist Berta Caceres met the writer Nina Lakhani, Caceres said, "The army has an assassination list with my name at the top. I want to live, but in this country there is total impunity. When they want to kill... -
Foreign Policy in Post-Genocide Rwanda: Elite Perceptions of Global Engagement by Jonathan R. Beloff 9780367523718
RRP: $51.59$45.23This book examines how Rwandan elites within the government, private sector and civil society perceive the nation's political and economic relationship with the international community. Using testimonies and interviews of Rwandan political, military and... -
Heroes to Hostages: America and Iran, 1800–1988 by Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet 9781009322133
RRP: $33.53$28.88It is easy to forget, given the oppositional dynamic between Iran and the United States of the last 50 years, that these two countries once shared productive partnership. Tracing US-Iran relations over two turbulent centuries, Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet... -
Stand on Guard: Reassessing Threats to Canada's National Security by Stephanie Carvin 9781487524517
$44.14In Stand on Guard, Stephanie Carvin sets out to explain the range of activities considered national security threats by Canadian security services today. As new forms of terrorism and extremism appear, especially online, we need a responsibly widened... -
Surveillance State: Inside China's Quest to Launch a New Era of Social Control by Josh Chin
RRP: $30.95$23.41It is a story born in Silicon Valley and America's "War on Terror," and now playing out in alarming ways on China's remote Central Asian frontier. As a minority separatist movement strains against Party control, China's leaders have built a dystopian... -
A Social History Of Women And Gender In The Modern Middle East by Margaret Lee Meriwether 9780813321011
RRP: $64.49$56.12Synthesizing the results of the extensive research on women and gender done over the last twenty years, Margaret L. Meriwether and Judith E. Tucker provide an accessible overview of the scholarship on women and gender in the nineteenth- and... -
A Nation-State by Construction: Dynamics of Modern Chinese Nationalism by Suisheng Zhao
RRP: $36.11$31.14This is the first historically comprehensive, up-to-date analysis of the causes, content, and consequences of nationalism in China, an ancient empire that has struggled to construct a nation-state and find its place in the modern world. It shows how... -
The European Union: A Beginner's Guide by Alasdair Blair 9781851688982
RRP: $12.89$9.74The world's greatest importer and exporter, the European Union is an economic heavyweight with a GDP even larger than the US. But how much do we really know about the nature and aims of the EU, the benefits and costs membership brings, and its impact on... -
Serkeftin: A Narrative of the Rojava Revolution by Marcel Cartier
RRP: $14.18$12.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789040128Author Marcel CartierFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Zero BooksPublisher Zero Books -
The 'New Turkey' and its Discontents by Simon Waldman
RRP: $24.50$22.42The Turkey of today little resembles that of recent decades. Its economy has expanded hugely, new political elites have emerged, and the once powerful Kemalist military is no longer a potent and dominant political player. Meanwhile, new prosperity has... -
The Regulatory State in an Age of Governance: Soft Words and Big Sticks by R. King 9780230500396
RRP: $58.04$58.01Presents an account of the regulatory state and governance. This book examines both key concepts and theories, and important policy domains, and utilizes comparative, historical and transnational perspectives. It questions whether the regulatory state... -
The Art of Coexistence: How You and I Can Save the World by Ilchi Lee 9781947502246
RRP: $28.38$24.88Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781947502246Author Ilchi LeeFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Best Life MediaPublisher Best Life Media -
Being Young, Male and Saudi: Identity and Politics in a Globalized Kingdom by Mark C. Thompson 9781316636367
RRP: $34.82$29.93Although the position of Saudi women within society draws media attention throughout the world, young Saudi men remain part of a silent mass, their thoughts and views rarely heard outside of the Kingdom. Based on primary research across Saudi Arabia with... -
Ambiguities of Domination: Politics, Rhetoric, and Symbols in Contemporary Syria by Lisa Wedeen
RRP: $30.96$29.71Treating rhetoric and symbols as central rather than peripheral to politics, Lisa Wedeen's groundbreaking book offers a compelling counterargument to those who insist that politics is primarily about material interests and the groups advocating for them... -
The Emergence of Iranian Nationalism: Race and the Politics of Dislocation by Reza Zia-Ebrahimi
RRP: $28.38$22.39Reza Zia-Ebrahimi revisits the work of Fath?ali Akhundzadeh and Mirza Aqa Khan Kermani, two Qajar-era intellectuals who founded modern Iranian nationalism. In their efforts to make sense of a difficult historical situation, these thinkers advanced an... -
New Perspectives on Middle East Politics: Economy, Society, and International Relations by Robert Mason 9781617979903
RRP: $38.69$31.17An ideal primer on contemporary Middle East Politics, covering the entire MENA region from an interdisciplinary perspective This compelling volume examines important and cross-cutting themes in the study of contemporary Middle East and North African... -
United They Stood: The Story of the UK Firefighters' Dispute 2002-4 by Roger V. Seifert 9781905007189
RRP: $25.80$24.82During the winter months of 2002-03 there was played out the most significant and bitter industrial dispute in the UK since the miners' strike of 1984-85. There then followed a further eighteen months of protracted negotiations, overshadowed by the... -
Time and Power in Azraq Refugee Camp: A Nine-To-Five Emergency by Melissa Gatter
RRP: $64.50$52.52The politics and governance of Jordan's Azraq camp for Syrian refugeesAzraq refugee camp, built in 2014 and host to forty thousand refugees, is one of two official humanitarian refugee camps for Syrian refugees in Jordan. Time and Power in Azraq Refugee... -
Brazil on the Rise: The Story of a Country Transformed by Larry Rohter 9780230120730
RRP: $14.18$12.51In this hugely praised narrative, New York Times reporter Larry Rohter takes the reader on a lively trip through Brazil's history, culture, and booming economy. Going beyond the popular stereotypes of samba, supermodels, and soccer, he shows us a... -
The Wall Between Us: Notes from the Holy Land by Matthew Small 9781910266304
RRP: $12.89$9.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910266304Author Matthew SmallFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Legend Press LtdPublisher Legend Press LtdWeight(grams) 183g -
The Estate Origins of Democracy in Russia: From Imperial Bourgeoisie to Post-Communist Middle-Class by Tomila V. Lankina
RRP: $45.14$39.33A devastating challenge to the idea of communism as a 'great leveller', this extraordinarily original, rigorous, and ambitious book debunks Marxism-inspired accounts of its equalitarian consequences. It is the first study systematically to link the... -
Jihad in Saudi Arabia: Violence and Pan-Islamism since 1979 by Thomas Hegghammer
RRP: $33.53$28.37Saudi Arabia, homeland of Osama bin Laden and many 9/11 hijackers, is widely considered to be the heartland of radical Islamism. For decades, the conservative and oil-rich kingdom contributed recruits, ideologues and money to jihadi groups worldwide. Yet...