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Is Democracy Exportable? by Zoltan Barany
RRP: £78.00Booksplease Price: £74.93Can democratic states transplant the seeds of democracy into developing countries? What have political thinkers going back to the Greek city-states thought about their capacity to promote democracy?... -
Is Democracy Exportable? by Zoltan Barany 9780521748322
RRP: £32.00Booksplease Price: £30.45Can democratic states transplant the seeds of democracy into developing countries? What have political thinkers going back to the Greek city-states thought about their capacity to promote democracy?... -
The Legacies of Communism in Eastern Europe by Zoltan Barany
RRP: £24.00Booksplease Price: £18.25The volume pays special attention to the impact of the Communist legacies on four areas: politics, society, the economy, and the environment. The book is divided into two parts: Part 1 looks at these... -
Democratic Breakdown and the Decline of the Russian Military by Zoltan Barany
RRP: £38.00Booksplease Price: £31.19Why have Russian generals acquired an important political position since the Soviet Union's collapse while at the same time the effectiveness of their forces has deteriorated? Why have there been no... -
Security Sector Reform in Constitutional Transitions by Zoltan Barany
RRP: £100.00Booksplease Price: £79.80Security sector reform (SSR) is central to the democratic transitions currently unfolding across the globe, as a diverse range of countries grapple with how to transform militias, tribal forces, and... -
Russian Politics: Challenges of Democratization by Zoltan Barany 9780521805124
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £23.76What went wrong in Russia's decade-old post-communist transition? A group of leading young scholars answer this question by offering assessments of five crucial political arenas during the Yeltsin... -
Russian Politics: Challenges of Democratization by Zoltan Barany 9780521801195
RRP: £75.00Booksplease Price: £72.27What went wrong in Russia's decade-old post-communist transition? A group of leading young scholars answer this question by offering assessments of five crucial political arenas during the Yeltsin... -
Ethnic Politics after Communism by Zoltan Barany 9780801472763
RRP: £32.00Booksplease Price: £27.10The Soviet Union encompassed dozens of nationalities and ethnicities, and in the wake of its collapse, the politics of ethnicity within its former borders and throughout Eastern Europe have undergone... -
How Armies Respond to Revolutions and Why by Zoltan Barany 9780691204109
RRP: £28.00Booksplease Price: £23.53An exploration of military responses to revolutions and how to predict such reactions in the futureWe know that a revolution's success largely depends on the army's response to it. But can we... -
The Political Economy of Gulf Defense Establishments by Zoltan Barany 9781108959759
RRP: £18.00Booksplease Price: £16.52The six monarchies on the Arabian Peninsula have devoted enormous sums to defense in past decades. Nevertheless, the gap between their expensive armaments and their capacity to deter aggression... -
Democratic Breakdown and the Decline of the Russian Military by Zoltan Barany 9780691247731
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £24.18A rare, behind-the-scenes look at Russian military politicsWhy have Russian generals acquired an important political position since the Soviet Union's collapse while at the same time the... -
Armies of Arabia: Military Politics and Effectiveness in the Gulf by Zoltan Barany 9780190866204
RRP: £28.99Booksplease Price: £26.56Armies of Arabia is the first comprehensive analysis of the Gulf monarchies' armed forces, including their political, social, and economic characteristics, foreign relations, and battleground... -
The Future of NATO Expansion: Four Case Studies by Zoltan Barany 9781107405189
Booksplease Price: £32.12In 1999 three East-Central European states (Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic) gained membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Professor Barany argues that, once it began, the... -
The Future of NATO Expansion: Four Case Studies by Zoltan Barany 9780521821698
RRP: £90.00Booksplease Price: £86.14In 1999 three East-Central European states (Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic) gained membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Professor Barany argues that, once it began, the... -
The East European Gypsies: Regime Change, Marginality, and Ethnopolitics by Zoltan Barany 9780521804103
RRP: £54.00Booksplease Price: £52.79This 2001 book is an attempt by a social scientist to explain the predicament of Gypsies (or Roma), Eastern Europe's largest ethnic minority, and their relationship to the region's states and... -
States without Armies: Why They Exist and How They Survive Zoltan Barany 9780197679678
Booksplease Price: £34.47One of the fundamental assumptions regarding the modern state is that it must have the capacity to defend itself from external enemies. Yet, there are twenty-one countries today-one ninth of the... -
The East European Gypsies: Regime Change, Marginality, and Ethnopolitics by Zoltan Barany 9780521009102
RRP: £32.00Booksplease Price: £28.78This 2001 book is an attempt by a social scientist to explain the predicament of Gypsies (or Roma), Eastern Europe's largest ethnic minority, and their relationship to the region's states and... -
The Soldier and the Changing State: Building Democratic Armies in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas by Zoltan Barany
RRP: £40.00Booksplease Price: £33.03The Soldier and the Changing State is the first book to systematically explore, on a global scale, civil-military relations in democratizing and changing states. Looking at how armies supportive of... -
The Soldier and the Changing State: Building Democratic Armies in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas by Zoltan Barany 9780691137681
RRP: £95.00Booksplease Price: £85.73The Soldier and the Changing State is the first book to systematically explore, on a global scale, civil-military relations in democratizing and changing states. Looking at how armies supportive of... -
The Military And Society In The Former Eastern Bloc by Constantine Danopoulos
RRP: £73.99Booksplease Price: £63.29In The Military and Society in the Former Eastern Bloc , an assortment of regional specialists in military relations are gathered together to comment on the current state of the military in a number... -
An Introduction to Ethnic Conflict by Milton J. Esman
Booksplease Price: £56.13Written by one of the world's leading scholars in the field, this book provides an excellent introduction to ethnic conflict in the contemporary world. In ten concise chapters, Milton Esman explores... -
An Introduction to Ethnic Conflict by Milton J. Esman 9780745631172
Booksplease Price: £19.71Written by one of the world's leading scholars in the field, this book provides an excellent introduction to ethnic conflict in the contemporary world. In ten concise chapters, Milton Esman explores... -
Dilemmas of Transition: The Hungarian Experience by Aurel Braun 9780847690053
Booksplease Price: £66.58Exploring the controversies and problems surrounding post-communist transitions, this innovative volume brings together a distinguished group of political scientists, economists, historians, and... -
Security in the Gulf: Local Militaries before British Withdrawal by Ash Rossiter
RRP: £94.00Booksplease Price: £89.69The British Empire employed a diverse range of strategies to establish and then maintain control over its overseas territories in the Middle East. This new interpretation of how Britain maintained... -
Security in the Gulf: Local Militaries before British Withdrawal by Ash Rossiter 9781108726269
Booksplease Price: £31.24The British Empire employed a diverse range of strategies to establish and then maintain control over its overseas territories in the Middle East. This new interpretation of how Britain maintained... -
The Military Transition: Democratic Reform of the Armed Forces Narcis Serra 9780521133449
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £29.08Civilian control of the armed forces is crucial for any country hoping to achieve a successful democratic transition. In this remarkable book, Narcis Serra, Spanish Minister of Defence between 1982... -
The Military Transition: Democratic Reform of the Armed Forces by Narcis Serra 9780521133449 [USED COPY]
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £2.41Civilian control of the armed forces is crucial for any country hoping to achieve a successful democratic transition. In this remarkable book, Narcis Serra, Spanish Minister of Defence between 1982... -
Democratization and Authoritarianism in the Arab World by Larry Diamond 9781421414164
Booksplease Price: £35.40Beginning in December 2010, a series of uprisings swept the Arab world, toppling four longtime leaders and creating an apparent political opening in a region long impervious to the "third wave" of... -
The Military Transition: Democratic Reform of the Armed Forces by Narcis Serra 9780521116671
RRP: £81.00Booksplease Price: £77.29Civilian control of the armed forces is crucial for any country hoping to achieve a successful democratic transition. In this remarkable book, Narcis Serra, Spanish Minister of Defence between 1982... -
Defect or Defend: Military Responses to Popular Protests in Authoritarian Asia by Professor Terence Lee 9781421415161
Booksplease Price: £55.59Although social movements and media can help destabilize authoritarian governments, not all social protest is effective or culminates in the toppling of dictatorships. Frequently, the military's... -
The Political Economy of State-Society Relations in Hungary and Poland: From Communism to the European Union by Anna Seleny 9780521835640
RRP: £47.00Booksplease Price: £45.41The profound transformations that preceded the downfall of Communism originated in Poland and Hungary, but played out in strikingly different ways. Hungary led through economic reform, Poland through... -
Electoral Systems and Political Context: How the Effects of Rules Vary Across New and Established Democracies by Robert G. Moser
RRP: £62.00Booksplease Price: £59.58Electoral Systems and Political Context illustrates how political and social context conditions the effects of electoral rules. The book examines electoral behavior and outcomes in countries that use... -
Civil-Military Relations and Shared Responsibility: A Four-Nation Study by Dale R. Herspring 9781421409283
Booksplease Price: £62.84Dale R. Herspring considers the factors that allow some civilian and military organizations to operate more productively in a political context than others, bringing into comparative study for the... -
Military Courts, Civil-Military Relations, and the Legal Battle for Democracy: The Politics of Military Justice Brett J. Kyle 9780367677213
RRP: £44.99Booksplease Price: £40.94The interaction between military and civilian courts, the political power that legal prerogatives can provide to the armed forces, and the difficult process civilian politicians face in reforming...