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Pathways of Autocratization: The Tumultuous Journey of Bangladeshi Politics Ali Riaz (Illinois State University, USA) 9781032711997
RRP: $104.98$91.35Pathways of Autocratization addresses contemporary global politics' one of the most important questions: how does a country regress from a democracy to an autocracy?This book offers a novel framework for understanding the processes that erode democracy... -
Coevolutionary Pragmatism: Approaches and Impacts of China-Africa Economic Cooperation by Xiaoyang Tang 9781009257831
RRP: $48.28$43.39China-Africa economic tie has experienced lasting rapid growth since the 2000s, attracting lots of discussion on its nature and effects. A key question is whether Chinese engagements provide an alternative paradigm to existing mainstream models, like... -
The Politics of Peacebuilding in Africa Thomas Kwasi Tieku (University of Western Ontario, Canada) 9781032034959
RRP: $83.98$73.63This interdisciplinary book brings together innovative chapters that address the entire spectrum of the African peacebuilding landscape and showcases findings from original studies on peacebuilding. With a range of perspectives, the chapters cover the... -
Barack Obama and African American Empowerment: The Rise of Black America's New Leadership by Manning Marable 9780230620520
RRP: $94.48$94.44This book examines the evolution of black leadership and politics since the Civil Rights Movement. It looks at the phenomenon of Barack Obama, from his striking emergence as a successful candidate for the Illinois State Senate to President of the United... -
The Politics of Rights and Southeast Asia by Lynette J. Chua
RRP: $35.70$30.91In this Element, I introduce the socio-legal study of politics of rights as the theoretical framework to understand rights in the culturally and politically diverse region of Southeast Asia. The politics of rights framework is empirically grounded and... -
The Future of British Foreign Policy: Security and Diplomacy in a World after Brexit Christopher Hill 9781509524617
RRP: $105.00$91.37Since 1945, Britain has had to cope with a slow descent from international primacy. The decline in global influence was intended to be offset by the United Kingdom's entry into Europe in 1975, with the result that national foreign policy came to rest on... -
Reconstructing the Middle East: Political and Economic Policy by Abdulwahab Alkebsi
RRP: $104.98$91.35It is clear by now that the label 'Arab Spring' has proven too simplistic to describe the uprisings that upended the political order of the Arab world in late 2010. Brutal crackdowns and civil conflict in Syria, Libya, and Yemen dashed the hopes that... -
International Development: A Global Perspective on Theory and Practice by Paul Battersby 9781446266823
RRP: $83.98$68.59How can we lay the foundation for a more just and peaceful world? How can we prevent communications from fracturing and societies from tearing themselves apart? How should we prioritise economic, social and cultural demands for resources and... -
Sunni City: Tripoli from Islamist Utopia to the Lebanese 'Revolution' by Tine Gade 9781009222761
RRP: $157.50$143.09Tripoli, Lebanon's 'Sunni City' is often presented as an Islamist or even Jihadi city. However, this misleading label conceals a much deeper history of resistance and collaboration with the state and the wider region. Based on more than a decade of... -
Regulating Islam: Religion and the State in Contemporary Morocco and Tunisia by Sarah J. Feuer
RRP: $65.08$47.99Many countries in the Arab world have incorporated Islam into their state- and nation-building projects, naming it the 'religion of the state'. Regulating Islam offers an empirically rich account of how and why two contemporary Arab states, Morocco and... -
Making Peace With The Plo: The Rabin Government's Road To The Oslo Accord David Makovsky 9780813324265
RRP: $92.38$80.72This book explores the personal, domestic, regional, and international factors that led Israel's Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and other top aides to negotiate the peace accords. It describes in fascinating detail the intricacies of the Israel-Palestine... -
The Rise of a Regional Institution in Africa: Agency and Policy-Formation within the ECOWAS Commission by Lukas Maximilian Müller 9781032133089
RRP: $83.98$73.63This book focuses on the ECOWAS Commission, both as an autonomous actor, as well as a policy-making nexus for its member states and external actors. Drawing from a variety of never-before analyzed sources, unpublished internal documents and over 120... -
Information for Autocrats: Representation in Chinese Local Congresses by Melanie Manion
RRP: $50.38$41.98This book investigates the new representation unfolding in Chinese local congresses. Drawing qualitative fieldwork and data analysis from original surveys of 5,130 township, county, and municipal congressmen and women and constituents, Melanie Manion... -
Bully of Asia: Why China's Dream Is the New Threat to World Order by Steven W Mosher
RRP: $35.68$19.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684512997Author Steven W MosherFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Regnery PublishingPublisher Regnery PublishingWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 213mm... -
The Conservative Party: From Thatcher to Cameron Tim Bale (Senior Lecturer in Politics at University of Sussex) 9780745687445
RRP: $115.50$75.29The Conservatives are back, and back with a bang two election wins in a row and, providing they can hold things together, in a pretty good position to win another. But many questions about their recent past, present, and future still remain. Just why... -
The Arab Spring: The Hope and Reality of the Uprisings Mark L. Haas 9780813349749
RRP: $79.78$70.10Beginning in late 2010, peaceful protests against entrenched regimes unexpectedly erupted in a number of Arab countries, causing political upheaval across the region. Through contributions from noted scholars, The Arab Spring provides a comprehensive... -
How Sick Is British Democracy?: A Clinical Analysis by Richard Rose 9783030731229
RRP: $209.98$188.73Forecasts of the death of democracy are often heard and the United Kingdom is on the death watch list. This book challenges such a gloomy view by carefully examining the health of the British body politic from Tony Blair's time in Downing Street to the... -
The British Labour Government and the 1976 IMF Crisis by Mark D. Harmon 9780333678183
RRP: $188.98$188.73The British Labour Government and the 1976 IMF Crisis examines the external pressures vis-a -vis British economic policy that culminated in the 1976 UK-IMF crisis. The postwar development of IMF loan conditionality is reviewed as well as the growing... -
Pipe Dreams: The Plundering of Iraq's Oil Wealth by Erin Banco
RRP: $23.08$19.15What happened to Iraq's oil wealth? Iraq sits on top of more than 140 billion barrels of oil, making it the owner of the world's fifth largest reserves. When the United States invaded in 2003, the Bush Administration promised that oil... -
Framing Risky Choices: Brexit and the Dynamics of High-Stakes Referendums by Ece Ozlem Atikcan
RRP: $62.98$45.91The majority of policymakers, academics, and members of the general public expected British citizens to vote to remain in the European Union in the 2016 referendum. This perception was based on the well-established idea that voters don't like change or... -
In Defence of Europe: Can the European Project Be Saved? by Loukas Tsoukalis
RRP: $44.08$32.19Europe has not been so weak and divided for a long time. Buffeted by a succession of crises, it has shown a strong collective survival instinct but a poor capacity to deliver. In times when the tectonic plates are shifting and tension between global... -
Brexit and British Politics Geoffrey Evans (University of Oxford) 9781509523856
RRP: $84.00$73.65Brexit has changed everything - from our government, to our economy and principal trading relationship, to the organization of our state. This watershed moment, which surprised most observers and mobilized previously apathetic sections of the electorate,... -
Israel Under Netanyahu: Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy by Robert O. Freedman 9780367358761
RRP: $79.78$70.10Examining Benjamin Netanyahu's more than a decade-long period as Israel's Prime Minister, this important book evaluates the domestic politics and foreign policy of Israel from 2009-2019. This comprehensive study assesses Israel's main political parties,... -
The German Polity by Eric Langenbacher 9781538146606
RRP: $88.20$78.39This thoroughly revised and updated edition provides a comprehensive introduction to contemporary Germany, one of the world's foremost economic and political powers. During a series of profound crises over the last decade, including migration challenges,... -
Thatcher's Diplomacy: The Revival of British Foreign Policy by P. Sharp 9780333688106
RRP: $94.48$94.44A wide-ranging, readable and controversial assessment of Thatcher's foreign policy throughout her years in office, 1979-90. Successive chapters cover her partnership with Lord Carrington, the Falklands War, her American policy, her fights with the EC... -
Singapore: Smart City, Smart State by Kent E. Calder 9780815729471
RRP: $52.50$45.76Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815729471Author Kent E. CalderFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm)... -
Israel: Democracy or Apartheid State? by Josh Ruebner 9781566560290
RRP: $31.48$18.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566560290Author Josh RuebnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Olive Branch PressPublisher Interlink Publishing Group, Inc -
Mobilizing for Elections: Patronage and Political Machines in Southeast Asia by Edward Aspinall
RRP: $157.50$143.09Politicians in Southeast Asia, as in many other regions, win elections by distributing cash, goods, jobs, projects, and other benefits to supporters, but the ways in which they do this vary tremendously, both across and within countries. Mobilizing for... -
A Region of Regimes: Prosperity and Plunder in the Asia-Pacific by T. J. Pempel
RRP: $52.48$45.51A Region of Regimes traces the relationship between politics and economics-power and prosperity-in the Asia-Pacific in the decades since the Second World War. This book complicates familiar and incomplete narratives of the "Asian economic miracle" to... -
Rethinking the Haitian Revolution: Slavery, Independence, and the Struggle for Recognition by Alex Dupuy 9781442261112
RRP: $63.00$56.03In this important book, leading scholar Alex Dupuy provides a critical reinterpretation of the Haitian Revolution and its aftermath. Dupuy evaluates the French colonial context of Saint-Domingue and then Haiti, the achievements and limitations of the... -
Governing Africa: 3D Analysis of the African Union's Performance by Thomas Kwasi Tieku 9781786610317
RRP: $73.50$65.00The African Union (AU) is the leading international organization on the African continent. Established in 2001, it consists of fifty-four members, a ten-member Commission, political organs, such as the Assembly, Pan-African Parliament, and a body where... -
Europeanization: New Research Agendas by P. Graziano 9780230204317
RRP: $94.48$94.44This cutting-edge handbook, written by foremost authoritative scholars, presents the main theoretical and empirical issues involved in current Europeanization research. It evaluates the achievements and shortcomings of the growing literature. As an... -
Reform and Nation-Building: Essays on Socio-Political Transformation in Malaysia by Sharifah Munirah Alatas 9781952636424
RRP: $31.48$25.52Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781952636424Author Sharifah Munirah AlatasFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Association for Asian StudiesPublisher Association for Asian Studies -
Greater Tibet: An Examination of Borders, Ethnic Boundaries, and Cultural Areas by P. Christiaan Klieger 9781498506465
RRP: $75.60$66.80The concept of Greater Tibet has surfaced in the political and academic worlds in recent years. It is based in the inadequacies of other definitions of what constitutes the historical and modern worlds in which Tibetan people, ideas, and culture occupy... -
Carl Schmitt and Leo Strauss in the Chinese-Speaking World: Reorienting the Political by Kai Marchal 9781498536288
RRP: $81.90$72.18Carl Schmitt and Leo Strauss in the Chinese-Speaking World: Reorienting the Political examines the reception of Carl Schmitt and Leo Strauss in China and Taiwan. The legacies of both Schmitt, the German legal theorist and thinker who joined the Nazi... -
Deciphering China's Microchip Industry by Fang Chen
RRP: $52.50$45.76The ban on sales of ZTE, imposed by the US, made China feel the weight of a small chip. The ban is termed as a trade war. What is the truth behind this trade friction? Why did the Chinese microchip industry encounter such a predicament? What is the... -
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall by M.J Boyle 9781398428041
RRP: $16.78$12.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398428041Author M.J BoyleFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers -
'Shooting Niagara -- And After?': The Second Reform Act and Its World Robert Saunders (Queen Mary University of London) 9781119387923
RRP: $43.58$38.47Shooting Niagara - And After? is a wide-ranging examination of Britain's Second Reform Act of 1867 and its impact, which doubled the electorate and propelled the country into the age of mass politics. Discusses the political world that the Second Reform... -
Collective Emotions and Political Violence: Narratives of Islamist Organisations in Western Europe by Maéva Clément 9781526167699
RRP: $52.50$45.76How do collective actors move from moderate politics to (violent) extremism? Faced with high risks of repression and implosion, they need to legitimate such radical change to keep members and followers committed to collective action. Drawing on the... -
The Coloniality of Asylum: Mobility, Autonomy and Solidarity in the Wake of Europe's Refugee Crisis by Fiorenza Picozza 9781538150115
RRP: $63.00$56.03Through the concepts of the 'coloniality of asylum' and 'solidarity as method', this book links the question of the state to the one of civil society; in so doing, it questions the idea of 'autonomous politics', showing how both refugee mobility and...