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Russia and the New States of Eurasia: The Politics of Upheaval by Karen Dawisha 9780521458955
RRP: $54.17$48.45The old order of stable political alignments within and between the Soviet republics and their nationalities disintegrated with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Russia and the fourteen new states on its borders must now deal with a new and unpredictable... -
Soviet Workers and the Collapse of Perestroika: The Soviet Labour Process and Gorbachev's Reforms, 1985-1991 by Donald A. Filtzer 9780521452922
RRP: $140.61$126.61Soviet Workers and and the Collapse of Perestroika is a comprehensive analysis of the role of labour policy in the development and ultimate collapse of Mikhail Gorbachev's reforms. Drawing on a wide range of sources, Filtzer argues that initially... -
Reforming the Russian Legal System by Gordon B. Smith 9780521450522
RRP: $116.10$93.62Reforming the Russian Legal System is a comprehensive analysis of the forces that are shaping legal reform in the republics of the former USSR. Looking beneath the flow of day-to-day developments, the book examines how traditional indigenous Russian... -
Soviet Foreign Policy in Transition by Roger E. Kanet 9780521413657
RRP: $140.61$126.61Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Investment and Property Rights in Yugoslavia: The Long Transition to a Market Economy by Milica Uvalic 9780521401470
RRP: $140.61$126.61This book was first published in 1992. For decades Yugoslavia had been developing its own model of socialism based on workers' self-management and the increasing use of the market mechanism. As a result, many scholars view the Yugoslav economy... -
Patronage and Politics in the USSR by John P. Willerton 9780521392884
RRP: $140.61$126.61How do Soviet politicians rise to power? How are national and regional regimes formed? How are conflicting political interests brought together as policies are developed in the Soviet Union? In Patronage and Politics in the USSR, first published in 1991,... -
Soviet-British Relations since the 1970s by Alex Pravda 9780521374941
RRP: $134.16$120.27This volume brings together empirical and analytical studies of the nature and evolution of Soviet-British relations during the 1980s. The relationship is placed within the wider context of Soviet policy towards the West and NATO and the pivotal security... -
The Soviet-East German Military Alliance by Douglas A. MacGregor 9780521365628
RRP: $116.09$99.45The German Democratic Republic's emergence as the key political player within the Warsaw Pact intensified debates concerning the critical East German military role in Soviet strategy for the future of Eastern Europe. Douglas Macgregor traces the origins... -
Political Authority and Party Secretaries in Poland, 1975-1986 by Paul G. Lewis 9780521363693
RRP: $135.45$106.31This 1989 book deals with the changing position and role of the Polish United Workers' Party and its apparatus between 1975 and 1986. Particular attention is paid to the provincial party organisation and to the party secretaries who direct its activities... -
Dismantling Democracy in Venezuela: The Chavez Authoritarian Experiment by Allan R. Brewer-Carias 9780521145572
RRP: $39.98$34.61This book examines the process of dismantling the democratic institutions and protections in Venezuela under the Hugo Chavez regime. The actions of the Chavez government have influenced similar processes and undemocratic manoeuvrings in Ecuador, Bolivia,... -
Mapai in Israel: Political Organisation and Government in a New Society by Peter Y. Medding 9780521144513
RRP: $39.98$34.09This 1972 work explains how Mapai governed Israel from 1948 to 1969 when it gave up its independent identity to become a major partner to the newly formed Israeli Labour Party. It analyses how Mapai's dominant role in Israeli society was built up before... -
Dismantling Democracy in Venezuela: The Chavez Authoritarian Experiment by Allan R. Brewer-Carias 9780521195874
RRP: $109.65$93.62This book examines the process of dismantling the democratic institutions and protections in Venezuela under the Hugo Chavez regime. The actions of the Chavez government have influenced similar processes and undemocratic manoeuvrings in Ecuador, Bolivia,... -
Investment and Property Rights in Yugoslavia: The Long Transition to a Market Economy by Milica Uvalic 9780521122580
RRP: $39.98$35.35This book was first published in 1992. For decades Yugoslavia had been developing its own model of socialism based on workers' self-management and the increasing use of the market mechanism. As a result, many scholars view the Yugoslav economy... -
Can Russia Modernise?: Sistema, Power Networks and Informal Governance by Alena V. Ledeneva 9780521110822
RRP: $96.75$79.94In this original, bottom-up account of the evolution of contemporary Russia, Alena Ledeneva seeks to reveal how informal power operates. Concentrating on Vladimir Putin's system of governance - referred to as sistema - she identifies four key types of... -
Soviet-British Relations since the 1970s by Alex Pravda 9780521054973
RRP: $39.98$34.09Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Iran's Political Economy since the Revolution by Suzanne Maloney 9780521506342
RRP: $92.88$84.48Over three decades after the Iranian Revolution reconfigured the strategic landscape in the Middle East, scholars are still trying to decipher its aftereffects. Suzanne Maloney provides the first comprehensive overview of Iran's political economy since... -
The Foreign Policy of the GDR in Africa by Gareth M. Winrow 9780521122597
RRP: $39.98$36.48Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
In Search of Chinese Democracy: Civil Opposition in Nationalist China, 1929-1949 by Edmund S. K. Fung 9780521025812
RRP: $47.72$43.42Why modern China has been unable to institutionalize democracy is a long-standing topic of debate and the ultimate subject of this book. The greatest momentum for democracy, Edmund Fung contends, emerged between 1929 and 1949 with civil opposition to the... -
How Islam Rules in Iran: Theology and Theocracy in the Islamic Republic by Mehran Kamrava 9781009460842
RRP: $38.69$33.46This study provides a comprehensive examination of the evolution of Islam as a ruling framework in postrevolutionary Iran up to the present day. Beginning with the position and structure of Iran's clerical establishment under the Islamic Republic,... -
How Islam Rules in Iran: Theology and Theocracy in the Islamic Republic by Mehran Kamrava 9781009460835
RRP: $103.20$93.10This study provides a comprehensive examination of the evolution of Islam as a ruling framework in postrevolutionary Iran up to the present day. Beginning with the position and structure of Iran's clerical establishment under the Islamic Republic,... -
Politics of the North Korean Diaspora by Sheena Chestnut Greitens 9781009454537
RRP: $64.49$64.31Politics of the North Korean Diaspora examines how authoritarian security concerns shape global diaspora politics. Empirically, it traces the recent emergence of a North Korean diaspora – a globally-dispersed population of North Korean émigrés – and... -
Environmental Politics in East Asia by Mary Alice Haddad 9781009454360
RRP: $64.49$64.31Once viewed as an environmental hazard to the planet, East Asia is now at the forefront of pro-environmental policymaking. The region's progress has been both remarkable and surprising given the pro-business orientation of its political systems and their... -
Political Selection in China: Rethinking Foundations and Findings by Melanie Manion 9781009454193
RRP: $64.49$64.31Political selection is about how individuals are selected to political office – and this substantially determines the quality of governance. The evidence favors democratic elections as the selection institution that produces high governance quality. Yet... -
China's Age of Abundance: Origins, Ascendance, and Aftermath by Feng Wang 9781009444897
RRP: $103.20$93.10Between the 1980s and the present day, China has experienced one of the most consequential economic transformations in world history. One-fifth of the Earth's population has left behind a life of scarcity and subsistence for one of abundance and material... -
Myanmar: A Political Lexicon by Nick Cheesman 9781009454339
RRP: $64.49$64.31Myanmar: A Political Lexicon is a critical inquiry into how words animate politics. Across sixteen entries the lexicon stages dialogues about political speech and action in this country at the nexus of South, East and Southeast Asia. This Element offers... -
Watching the Watchers: Communist Elites, the Secret Police and Social Order in Cold War Europe by Henry Thomson 9781009413596
RRP: $129.00$116.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781009413596Author Henry ThomsonFormat HardbackPage Count 354Imprint Cambridge University PressPublisher Cambridge University Press -
Dialogue with the Dictator: Authoritarian Legitimation and Information Management in Putin's Russia by Hannah S. Chapman 9781009427524
RRP: $103.20$93.10Dialogue with the Dictator illuminates the ways in which authoritarian regimes structure interaction between citizens and leaders to simultaneously manage information dilemmas and build regime legitimacy. In doing so, it demonstrates the conditions under... -
Netanyahu vs The Generals: The Battle for Israel's Future by Guy Ziv 9781009425698
RRP: $90.30$81.67Benjamin Netanyahu has carefully cultivated a self-image as Israel's 'Mr. Security' during his decades of political activity. His reputation as a security-minded leader has resonated with large swathes of the Israeli public, enabling him to become... -
UN Mediators in Syria: The Challenges and Responsibilities of Conflict Resolution by Fadi Nicholas Nassar 9781009413831
RRP: $109.65$98.81Since 2011, the conflict in Syria has been one of the most catastrophic conflicts of our time and a dark stain on the peacemaking abilities of the United Nations (UN). At the heart of this book is a simple but critical question – what do UN mediators... -
Global Civil Society and China by Anthony J. Spires 9781009507523
RRP: $64.49$64.31This Element traces the history of and recent developments in the unstable relationship between global civil society (GCS) and China. It analyses the normative impacts GCS has had on China – including the Chinese state and domestic civil society – and... -
The New Experts: Populist Elites and Technocratic Promises in Modi's India by Anuradha Sajjanhar 9781009349727
RRP: $103.20$93.10If right-populists have had enough of establishment experts, how do they replace them, with whom, and to what effect? Presenting the first in-depth analysis of India's new intellectual elite in the wake of a Hindu supremacist government, The New Experts... -
Chinese Global Infrastructure by Austin Strange 9781009486910
RRP: $64.49$64.31Infrastructure is at the heart of China's presence in global development and is also central to larger debates about Chinese influence. This Element provides a comprehensive account of major, Chinese government-financed infrastructure projects in the... -
Global China's Shadow Exchange by Tak-Wing Ngo 9781009486880
RRP: $64.49$58.01This Element shows China has assumed a historical role in shaping a new turn in globalization. It has assertively engaged in the open globalizing process through its Belt and Road Initiative as well as in the clandestine process through its shadow... -
Ahmad Qābel and Contemporary Islamic Thought: Rational Shariah in Twenty-First-Century Iran by Lloyd Ridgeon 9781009322225
RRP: $122.55$110.23Ahmad Qābel (1954–2012) was one of the key figures in the 'New Religious Thinking' trend of reformist thought, whose radical views were some of the most daring of his generation, seeking to rationalize and modernize Islamic law. In this comprehensively... -
Mobility Economies in Europe's Borderlands: Migrants' Journeys through Libya and the Mediterranean by Marthe Achtnich 9781009310871
RRP: $109.65$98.81The arrival of unauthorised migrants at the shores of southern Europe has been sensationalized into a migration 'crisis' in recent years. Yet, these depictions fail to grasp migrants' experiences and fall short of addressing a more complex phenomenon. In... -
The Politics of Immigration Beyond Liberal States: Morocco and Tunisia in Comparative Perspective by Katharina Natter 9781009262620
RRP: $96.75$87.90Immigration presents a fundamental challenge to the nation-state and is a key political priority for governments worldwide. However, knowledge of the politics of immigration remains largely limited to liberal states of the Global North. In this book,... -
India's Bangladesh Problem: The Marginalization of Bengali Muslims in Neoliberal Times by Navine Murshid 9781009259422
RRP: $109.65$98.81In recent years, Bengali Muslims in India have faced harassment and scapegoating as the trope of the illegal Bangladeshi has gained political currency. India's Bangladesh Problem explores the experience of Bengali Muslims on the Indian side of the... -
Democracy or Authoritarianism: Islamist Governments in Turkey, Egypt, and Tunisia by Sebnem Gumuscu 9781009178235
RRP: $109.65$99.33The first Islamist parties to come to power through democratic means in the Muslim world were those in Turkey, Tunisia, and Egypt. The Justice and Development Party (AKP) won the 2002 election in Turkey, and Ennahda (Renaissance Party) in Tunisia and the... -
Zero Tolerance: Repression and Political Violence on China's New Silk Road by Philip B. K. Potter 9781009100380
RRP: $90.29$82.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781009100380Author Philip B. K. PotterFormat HardbackImprint Cambridge University PressPublisher Cambridge University Press -
China in Global Health: Past and Present by Mary Augusta Brazelton 9781009045667
RRP: $21.93$18.99Mary Brazelton argues that the territories and peoples associated with China have played vital roles in the emergence of modern international health. In the early twentieth century, repeated epidemic outbreaks in China justified interventions by...