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Kurdish Identity, Islamism, and Ottomanism: The Making of a Nation in Kurdish Journalistic Discourse (1898-1914) by Deniz Ekici 9781793612618
RRP: $73.50$65.00A major common misconception in scholarship on Kurdish journalistic discourses is that Kurdish intellectuals of the late Ottoman period cannot be portrayed as Kurdish nationalists. This theory prevails because of the belief that they not only endorsed... -
Weibo Feminism: Expression, Activism, and Social Media in China by Dr Aviva Xue
RRP: $48.28$42.23On China's biggest social media platform, Weibo, feminists are staying one step ahead of the censors. Weibo Feminism is the first book to explore in-depth the connections and forms of resistance that feminist activists in China are making in online... -
Near Abroad: Putin, the West, and the Contest over Ukraine and the Caucasus by Gerard Toal
RRP: $65.08$55.31Vladimir Putin's intervention into the Georgia/South Ossetia conflict in summer 2008 was quickly recognized by Western critics as an attempt by Russia to increase its presence and power in the "near abroad", or the independent states of the former Soviet... -
Understanding South Africa by Carien du Plessis
RRP: $41.98$37.42When Nelson Mandela emerged from decades in jail to preach reconciliation, South Africans truly appeared a people reborn as the Rainbow Nation. Yet, a quarter of a century later, the country sank into bitter recriminations and rampant corruption under... -
A Concise History of the Middle East Arthur Goldschmidt Jr. 9780813350912
RRP: $104.98$93.45A Concise History of the Middle East provides a comprehensive introduction to the history of this turbulent region. Spanning from pre-Islam to the present day, it explores the evolution of Islamic institutions and culture, the influence of the West,... -
Nazism and German Society, 1933-1945 by David F. Crew 9780415082402
RRP: $83.98$73.63The image of the Third Reich as a monolithic state presiding over the brainwashed, fanatical masses, retains a tenacious grip on the general public's imagination. However, a growing body of research on the social history of the Nazi years has revealed... -
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: What Everyone Needs to Know (R) by Dov Waxman 9780190625320
RRP: $115.50$85.16No 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: $42.00$37.46In 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: $31.40$26.57Apologies 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... -
States of Subsistence: The Politics of Bread in Contemporary Jordan by Jose Ciro Martinez
RRP: $50.38$43.76On 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... -
The Children of China's Great Migration by Rachel Murphy
RRP: $62.98$57.54In China in 2018 over 200 million rural migrants worked away from their home villages, fuelling the country's rapid economic boom. In the 2010s over sixty-one million rural children had at least one parent who had migrated without them, while nearly half... -
Gender, Ethnicity, and Violence in Kenya's Transitions to Democracy: States of Violence by Lyn Ossome 9781498558303
RRP: $189.00$165.50Critiquing 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... -
Energy Kingdoms: Oil and Political Survival in the Persian Gulf by Jim Krane 9780231179300
RRP: $58.80$45.78After 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... -
Dragon's Teeth: Tales from North Kosovo by Ian Bancroft
RRP: $46.20$37.76Twenty years on from the end of war, the status of the north of Kosovo remains disputed. Ten years on from Kosovos declaration of independence from Serbia, the norths predominantly Serb population continues to resist integration. Education, health, and... -
The Stillborn: Notebooks of a Woman from the Student-Movement Generation in Egypt by Arwa Salih
RRP: $42.00$35.66Arwa Salih was a member of the political bureau of the Egyptian Communist Workers Party, which was founded in the wake of the Arab-Israeli War and the Egyptian student movement of the early 1970s. Written more than a decade after Salih quit the party and... -
War and Peace in the Taiwan Strait by Scott L. Kastner
RRP: $52.50$41.14As 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... -
A Fish in the Water by Mario Vargas Llosa 9780571175123
RRP: $31.48$20.58Mario 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... -
Ukraine and the Art of Strategy by Sir Lawrence Freedman 9780190902889
RRP: $83.98$51.01One of the most serious crises since the end of the Cold War began with Russia's seizure and annexation of Crimea in March 2014 and subsequent 'secret' war in Eastern Ukraine. As more territory was taken from Eastern Ukraine, Western countries countered... -
Bridge Over Blood River: The Rise and Fall of the Afrikaners by Kajsa Norman
RRP: $37.78$33.89Nelson 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... -
Vernacular Rights Cultures: The Politics of Origins, Human Rights, and Gendered Struggles for Justice by Sumi Madhok
RRP: $157.50$142.25Vernacular Rights Cultures offers a bold challenge to the dominant epistemologies and political practices of global human rights. It argues that decolonising global human rights calls for a serious epistemic accounting of the historically and politically... -
The New Testament in Muslim Eyes: Paul's Letter to the Galatians by Shabbir Akhtar
RRP: $88.18$77.18This book explores Christian origins by examining a key New Testament epistle, Paul's letter to the Galatian churches, seen by Christians as the charter of Christian liberty from the inherited Jewish law. The New Testament in Muslim Eyes provides a close... -
Defending Iran: From Revolutionary Guards to Ballistic Missiles by Gawdat Bahgat
RRP: $65.08$47.99Since 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... -
Foreign Policy in Post-Genocide Rwanda: Elite Perceptions of Global Engagement Jonathan R. Beloff (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK) 9780367523718
RRP: $83.98$73.63This 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... -
Being Young, Male and Saudi: Identity and Politics in a Globalized Kingdom by Mark C. Thompson 9781316636367
RRP: $56.68$48.72Although 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... -
Heroes to Hostages: America and Iran, 1800–1988 by Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet 9781009322133
RRP: $54.58$47.02It 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... -
We Created Chavez: A People's History of the Venezuelan Revolution by George Ciccariello-Maher
RRP: $50.38$43.76Since being elected president in 1998, Hugo Chavez has become the face of contemporary Venezuela and, more broadly, anticapitalist revolution. George Ciccariello-Maher contends that this focus on Chavez has obscured the inner dynamics and historical... -
Islam and Human Rights: Tradition and Politics Ann Elizabeth Mayer 9780813344676
RRP: $92.38$80.72Islam and Human Rights is a probing examination of how the Islamic tradition has been exploited for political ends by regimes and institutions seeking to legitimize policies inimical to human rights. Ann Elizabeth Mayer critically appraises Islamic human... -
From Triumph to Crisis: Neoliberal Economic Reform in Postcommunist Countries by Hilary Appel
RRP: $60.88$51.28The postcommunist countries were amongst the most fervent and committed adopters of neoliberal economic reforms. Not only did they manage to overcome the anticipated domestic opposition to 'shock therapy' and Washington Consensus reforms, but many... -
Scottish Independence: Yes or No by Alan Cochrane
RRP: $16.78$12.92In September 2014, a referendum will be held in Scotland to decide whether or not Scotland should become independent and cease to be part of the United Kingdom. In this book, two of the nation's leading political commentators will address both sides of... -
Japan Emerging: Premodern History to 1850 Karl F. Friday 9780813344836
RRP: $115.48$101.05Japan Emerging provides a comprehensive survey of Japan from prehistory to the nineteenth century. Incorporating the latest scholarship and methodology, leading authorities writing specifically for this volume outline and explore the main developments in... -
North Korea's Hidden Revolution: How the Information Underground Is Transforming a Closed Society by Jieun Baek
RRP: $57.75$48.91The 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... -
Serkeftin: A Narrative of the Rojava Revolution Marcel Cartier 9781789040128
RRP: $23.08$19.68Apologies 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: $39.88$36.50The 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: $94.48$94.44Presents 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 European Union in Crisis by Desmond Dinan 9781137604255
$86.71The 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;... -
A Nation-State by Construction: Dynamics of Modern Chinese Nationalism by Suisheng Zhao
RRP: $58.78$50.69This 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 Art of Coexistence: How You and I Can Save the World by Ilchi Lee 9781947502246
RRP: $46.20$40.51Apologies 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 -
The Emergence of Iranian Nationalism: Race and the Politics of Dislocation by Reza Zia-Ebrahimi
RRP: $46.20$36.46Reza 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... -
United They Stood: The Story of the UK Firefighters' Dispute 2002-4 by Roger V. Seifert 9781905007189
RRP: $42.00$40.40During 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... -
Brazil on the Rise: The Story of a Country Transformed by Larry Rohter 9780230120730
RRP: $23.08$20.37In 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...