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C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd Inside the Arab State
Book SynopsisInside the Arab State offers a comprehensive examination of contemporary Arab politics before and after the 2011 uprisings. Mehran Kamrava examines a broad range of political, economic, and social variables that shaped conceptions of power, functions and institutions of the state, the rise and evolution of social movements, the eruption of civil war in some countries and fragile polities in others, and evolving civil–military relations before and after the 2011 uprisings. Beginning with an examination of politics, and more specifically political institutions, in the Arab world from the 1950s on, the book traces the challenges faced by Arab states, and the wounds they inflicted on their societies and on themselves along the way. And at the crux of the book are the 2011 uprisings, states' responses to them, and efforts by political leaders to carve out new forms of legitimacy, as well as the reasons for the emergence and rise of the Islamic State. Power, and an increasingly narrow conception of it in terms of submission and conformity, remains at the heart of Arab politics, popular protests and yearnings for change notwithstanding. The 2011 uprisings changed much in the Arab world, but even more has stayed the same.Trade Review'Inside the Arab State is a top pick for understanding the Arab state and politics.’ -- Middle East Quarterly'An important book for understanding Arab politics and, in particular, the internal dynamics affecting the behaviour of many of the Arab states.’ -- Bustan: The Middle East Book Review'A major contribution to the study of Arab politics, Mehran Kamrava’s Inside the Arab State strikes a rare balance: theoretically rigorous yet accessible; panoramic but also rich in detail. It jettisons many of the usual tropes of the region in favour of a sophisticated argument that weaves together institutions, state-society relations, and the processes of contestation. A must-read for scholars, students and informed policymakers.' -- Frederic Wehrey, Senior Fellow, Middle East Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, author of 'The Burning Shores: Inside the Battle for the New Libya''An impressive accomplishment. In this concise and accessible account, Mehran Kamrava provides a sophisticated and nuanced survey of major trends in contemporary Arab politics. Offering a deeply informed and unsparing perspective on state dynamics and state-society relations in the years prior to and following the uprisings of 2011, Inside the Arab State is an essential guide to the challenges confronting Arab politics in the twenty-first century.' -- Steven Heydemann, Ketcham Professor of Middle East Studies, Smith College'An ideal primer for students and scholars seeking to grasp institutional continuity and change in the contemporary Arab world.' -- Jason Brownlee, Professor, Department of Government, University of Texas at Austin'Unlike some specialists, Mehran Kamrava has ranged widely in his pathbreaking analyses of the Middle East, taking on subjects as diverse as Iranian intellectual life, the plight of the Palestinians, and the emergence of small hydrocarbon giants like Qatar. In this book he steps back to capture the big picture of the evolution of politics in the region, from postcolonial nationalism to the heartbreaking failures of the Arab Spring youth revolts. This is essential reading, from one of our keenest observers of the region.' -- Juan Cole, Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History, University of Michigan; author of 'The New Arabs: How the Millenial Generation is Changing the Middle East'
£23.75
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd Yemen and the World: Beyond Insecurity
Book SynopsisContemporary Yemen has an image problem. It has long fascinated travellers and artists, and to many embodies both Arab and Muslim authenticity; it stands at important geostrategic and commercial crossroads. Yet, strangely, global perceptions of Yemen are of an entity that is somehow both marginal and passive, yet also dangerous and problematic. The Saudi offensive launched in 2015 has made Yemen a victim of regional power struggles, while the global ‘war on terror’ has labelled it a threat to international security. This perception has had disastrous effects without generating real interest in the country or its people. On the contrary, Yemen’s complex political dynamics have been largely ignored by international observers—resulting in problematic, if not counterproductive, international policies. Yemen and the World offers a corrective to these misconceptions and omissions, putting aside the nature of the world’s interest in Yemen to focus on Yemen’s role on the global stage. Laurent Bonnefoy uses six areas of modern international exchange—globalisation, diplomacy, trade, migration, culture and militant Islamism—to restore Yemen to its place at the heart of contemporary affairs. To understand Yemen, he argues, is to understand the Middle East as a whole. Trade Review‘An intensely detailed examination of this ancient land on the southern tip of the Arabian peninsula. [The] current civil conflict can be better understood by a reading of Yemen and the World, perhaps more so than any other published account.’ -- CHOICE‘A thoroughly researched and compelling analysis that makes a solid contribution to Yemen studies by providing an insightful look at Yemeni international interactions over the past two centuries.’ -- Bustan: The Middle East Book ReviewThis is an outstanding book, an incisive and in-depth look at Yemeni international interactions over the past two centuries. Bonnefoy's examination of migrants, merchants, and refugees, and literature, song, and poetry takes the reader on a far richer and highly compelling journey than others have done. -- Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Fellow for the Middle East, Rice University Baker Institute for Public Policy, and Associate Fellow in the Middle East & North Africa Programme, Chatham HouseBonnefoy deftly weaves together historical and contemporary analysis through the lens of transnational flows of ideas, people, and claims. This is essential to a better understanding of what is (and is not) new about Yemen's axes of conflict and potential for sustainable peace. -- Stacey Philbrick Yadav, Chair of the International Relations Program, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, and author of 'Islamists and the State: Legitimacy and Institutions in Yemen and Lebanon''A splendid documentation of Yemen's synergies with the world, both in history and contemporary times. Bonnefoy has done a superb job of persuading us of Yemen's vital position in the global community.' -- Marieke Brandt
£31.50
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd The Costliest Pearl: China's Struggle for India's
Book SynopsisThe Indian Ocean's strategic importance to China cannot be underestimated, given the oil, African minerals and container traffic that pass through it. Yet, until now, China has been absent from the region since Admiral Zheng He sailed his fleet through in the fifteenth century, exploring and mapping the waters in a bid to extend the Celestial Empire's trading and tributary system. Beijing's re-entry into the Indian Ocean after 600 years is part of Xi Jinping's 'Belt and Road' megaproject. He is investing trillions of dollars in infrastructure projects around the Ocean rim, including a military base in Djibouti. This has touched off a new and dangerous confrontation. Ranged against China is an informal alliance of India, the US, France, Australia, and, predictably, Japan--Beijing's arch-rival in the Asia–Pacific. Bertil Lintner unearths this dramatic story, profiling the key players, examining the economic and naval balance of power, and scrutinising New Delhi and Beijing's intense competition for the allegiance of small island nations. China is in the Indian Ocean for the long haul, and the entry of big-power politics into this sensitive maritime region will shape its future for decades to come.Trade Review‘Meticulously chronicled . . . [an] illuminating view from the field.'‘Lintner’s decades of reporting from all over Asia lend him shrewd insight into the region’s geography and politics.’ -- Foreign Affairs'Enlightening.'‘Lintner’s book offers more than an account of Chinese efforts to extend its economic, diplomatic and military presence to the far-flung islands of the Indian Ocean. It is a primer on the history and politics of the Indian Ocean rim largely ignored by the mainstream media.' -- Global Asia'A detailed and intriguing account of the rising Chinese superpower's Indian Ocean manoeuvres in a budding new cold war among atolls and island states. This is an indispensable reference tool for anyone interested in this region and in the future of our global order.' -- Lars Ellström, author of 'Road to Kashgar: Notes from a Walk through China''Four-fifths of the container traffic between Asia and the rest of the world, and three-fifths of the world's oil supplies, pass through the Indian Ocean. The new great game takes place here. This book is a comprehensive and enthralling guide to the Ocean's geopolitics, China's designs for the future of the region and the precarious search for balance. Highly recommended.' -- Bruno Maçães, author of 'Belt and Road: A Chinese World Order'
£27.00
Nomad Publishing Tahrir: The Last 18 Days of Mubarak: An Insider's
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Daraja Press Gaza Held in Time A Tapestry of Two Lives
£13.29
Amalion Publishing Le procès de Hissein Habré: Comment les Tchadiens
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£20.85
Duncker & Humblot GmbH Das geoökonomische Potenzial der EU
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£103.92
Brill I Schoeningh Gerechtigkeit und Politik
£100.30
ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon The New Geopolitics in the Caucasus
Book SynopsisFollowing Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the EU's ambition to develop strategic and ambitious partnership(s) based on common values and rules, mutual interests and commitments, as well as shared ownership and responsibility (EEAS) in the countries of the Eastern Partnership has come under much pressure. Whatever remains of this ambitions in the South Caucasus has turned into a frantic attempt to re-define the EU's role in this new geopolitical scenario. This collection focuses on Armenia and Georgia as the two frontline countries in which the beneficial role of the EU and the supposed commonality of values are being questioned most rigorously. Using the perspective of authors from the region, this volume offers unique insights into the debates and perceptions of the EU's involvement in the South Caucasus.
£999.99
Bloomsbury India Civilization-States of China and India: Reshaping
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£80.75
Bloomsbury India Bangladesh on a New Journey: Moving beyond the
Book SynopsisThis volume contributes to understanding Bangladesh's growth story, as it celebrates 50 years of independence. The fastest growing South Asian state is being recognised as an important partner and model case study with increasing global relevance by world powers. Sreeradha Datta reviews many of its critical bilateral relationships, as well as its expanding influence in the region and world beyond, enabling an understanding of how Bangladesh's growth trajectory complements and informs its foreign policy aims. The volume has a mixture of thematic and bilateral chapters, and includes the active Bangladeshi diaspora population and its influence on the country's unfolding narrative. Datta features the viewpoints of key Bangladeshi policy makers; expert takes on how the world is engaging with Bangladesh; and covers the growing salience of Bangladesh's foreign policy, reflecting its new acquired economic status.
£80.75
Bloomsbury India COVID19 in Middle East and North Africa
£80.75
Bloomsbury India Against the Nation: Thinking Like South Asians
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£80.75
Penguin Putnam Inc The Land Trap
£14.37
Penguin Putnam Inc Chokepoints
£11.12
Oxford University Press The Birth of Psychological War
Book SynopsisThe Birth of Psychological War explores the history, politics, and geography of United States psychological warfare in the 20th century against the backdrop of the contemporary ''post-truth era''. From its origins in the Second World War, to the United States'' counterinsurgency campaigns in Vietnam, Whyte traces how the theory and practice of psychological warfare transformed the relationship between the home front and theatres of war. Whyte interrogates the broader political mythologies that animate popular conceptions of psychological war, such as its claim to make war more humane and less violent.On the contrary, The Birth of Psychological War demonstrates the role of psychological warfare in expanding the scope and scale of military violence amidst ostensible efforts to ''win hearts and minds''. While casting a critical eye on psychological warfare, Whyte establishes its continued significance for the contemporary student of international relations.Trade ReviewJeffrey Whyte's The Birth of Psychological Warfare is an excellent example of what Foucault called the 'history of the present'. Whyte provides a fascinating and detailed historical study of the development of psychological warfare and its connection to contemporary concerns around disinformation and cybersecurity. * Stuart Elden, Professor of Political Theory and Geography, Warwick University *Table of ContentsList of Figures Introduction 1: 'A New Geography of Defence' 2: Truth, Territory, Terror 3: Covert Crusade 4: Psywar in Vietnam Conclusion Bibliography Index
£85.50
The University of Chicago Press Place and Politics in Modern Italy 243 Univ
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The University of Chicago Press The Birth of Territory
Book SynopsisTerritory is one of the central political concepts of the modern world and, indeed, functions as the primary way the world is divided and controlled politically. This title provides an account of the emergence of territory within Western political thought.Trade Review"This is a brilliant intellectual exegesis of the concept of territory that will be of wide interest in a range of academic fields, from international relations to historical sociology and the history of political thought." (John Agnew, University of California, Los Angeles)"
£84.00
The University of Chicago Press The Endless Periphery
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£50.40
McGill-Queen's University Press Multilateral Sanctions Revisited
Book SynopsisSanctions are back with a vengeance, with new objectives, measures, challenges, and opportunities. Shaping the thinking of generations of scholars, Canadian Margaret Doxey anticipated and analyzed these issues. Multilateral Sanctions Revisited applies her lessons to the many multilateral sanctions that define our geopolitically contested world.Trade Review“Margaret Doxey (1975) wrote much of her influential work on sanctions in an era characterized by young international institutions, against the backdrop of the geopolitical tensions of the Cold War. The 16 women who contribute to [this book] honor Doxey's scholarship in a time of re-emerging global tensions. Contemporary sanctions are smarter than ever, but they fail to make up for the eroding moral legitimacy of measures imposed outside of the framework of the UN. Regardless of the reader's stand in the debate between respecting the consensus below the ceiling or pursuing higher norms above and beyond it, the inevitable consequence is that multiple unilateral sanctions can never be as effective as truly multilateral ones.” World Affairs"Cutting-edge considerations and scholarly insight … de facto make Multilateral Sanctions Revisited the new reference point in multilateral sanctions studies. Furthermore, as all the contributions(and even reviews) are made by female-only sanctions experts, this volume is … tangible proof of the successful path a once-solitary female voice helped shape for many subsequent female scholars in the discipline.” International Spectator“... expertly and comprehensively explained ... [this] book provides an authoritative guide to the use of multilateral sanctions and the UN’s central role in it. While the future of the UN and multilateral sanctions looks uncertain, this book provides an excellent guide to all aspects of its past and present.” International Affairs
£26.99
John Wiley & Sons NORAD
Book SynopsisWide-ranging changes have been made to the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) since 2006, when the binational agreement was signed in perpetuity. NORAD traces the joint command’s recent history – one marked by technological and structural innovations, but also by unprecedented threats and challenges.Trade Review“Among specialists on foreign and defence relations, and Canada-US relations, this work will immediately become the go-to book on NORAD.” Joseph T. Jockel, St Lawrence University and author of Canada in NORAD, 1957–2007: A History
£91.80
McGill-Queen's University Press NORAD
Book SynopsisWide-ranging changes have been made to the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) since 2006, when the binational agreement was signed in perpetuity. NORAD traces the joint command’s recent history – one marked by technological and structural innovations, but also by unprecedented threats and challenges.Trade Review“Among specialists on foreign and defence relations, and Canada-US relations, this work will immediately become the go-to book on NORAD.” Joseph T. Jockel, St Lawrence University and author of Canada in NORAD, 1957–2007: A History
£26.99
Columbia University Press Japans New Regional Reality Geoeconomic Strategy
Book SynopsisJapan's New Regional Reality offers a comprehensive analysis of Japan's geoeconomic strategy that reveals the country's role in shaping regional economic order in the Asia-Pacific. Saori N. Katada explains Japanese foreign economic policy in light of both international and domestic dynamics.Trade ReviewThis book provides a much-needed analysis of changes in Japan’s regional economic strategy. In giving agency to the Japanese state, Katada makes a major contribution to our understanding not just of contemporary Japan, but of the region as a whole and the potential shape of the world order to come. -- Saadia Pekkanen, editor of Asian Designs: Governance in the Contemporary World OrderAt a time when the future of Asia is narrowly seen through the prism of U.S.-China great power competition, Katada persuasively demonstrates that Japan’s quiet transformation—less mercantilist, more champion of liberalism—will shape the regional order. Her command of the nuanced evolution of Japan’s foreign economic policy across diverse tracks—trade and investment, finance, and development aid—is unparalleled. Essential reading for anyone interested in Asian geoeconomics. -- Mireya Solís, author of Dilemmas of a Trading Nation: Japan and the United States in the Evolving Asia-Pacific OrderThis important book provides a convincing account of the remarkable shift by Japan to lead regional initiatives for liberal economic policy. Katada melds theory and empirical tests to explain how state-led liberalism arose to replace mercantilist industrial policies with a new era of Japanese foreign economic policy. Looking inside domestic decision-making processes and reflecting on the challenge of China’s growing strength, the book offers a comprehensive synthesis. -- Christina L. Davis, author of Why Adjudicate?: Enforcing Trade Rules in the WTOKatada provides a comprehensive synthesis of East Asia’s regional political economy and analyzes Japan’s trade and investment, money and finance, development and foreign aid, showcasing a deep knowledge of Japanese internal and external economic policy. -- Takashi Inoguchi, J.F. Oberlin University * Asian Journal of Comparative Politics *I would expect a broad range of audiences to appreciate the argument presented here in terms of both level—from upper-end undergraduates to postgraduates, researchers, and practitioners—and disciplines/subfield—from political science, quantitative methodology, and comparative politics to IPE, international relations, and even security studies. * Journal of Japanese Studies *Succeeds in providing a comprehensive and nuanced account of this period of dramatic change in Japan’s foreign economic policy that will appeal to area specialists and political economists alike. * Monumenta Nipponica *Table of ContentsList of Figures and TablesList of Japanese TermsAcknowledgmentsList of AcronymsIntroduction1. Japan’s Regional Geoeconomic Strategy2. Foreign Economic Policy, Domestic Institutions, and Regional Governance3. Geoeconomics of the Asia-Pacific4. Transformation in the Japanese Political Economy5. Trade and Investment: A Gradual Path6. Money and Finance: An Uneven Path7. Development and Foreign Aid: A Hybrid PathConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex
£93.60
University of Illinois Press Media in New Turkey
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The rise of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Turkey since the early 2000s and its overseeing of a growing economy and a forceful foreign policy have been one of the key forces shaping the Middle East in a turbulent decade bookended by the September 11 attacks and the Arab Uprisings. In Media in New Turkey , Yesil explores and explains the growth of Turkish media, its travails with the government, and its forays in the Middle East and Central Asia. Deftly eschewing media determinism, Yesil approaches Turkish media as a site of struggle between various strands of democratic and authoritarian politics, Islamism and neoliberalism. Both in its approach to the topic and in the important insights it provides, this book will be an original and lasting contribution to the literature on media, culture, and politics within and beyond the Middle East."--Marwan Kraidy, author of Reality Television and Arab Politics: Contention in Public Life"A very timely and enlightening book… Yesil uses considerable informal interview content as well as reference to abundant published sources to provide an excellent review of the processes that have undermined the rule of law in turkey, whether through state terrorism or political-economic collusion and corruption… Highly recommended."—Choice "From a historical point of view, the book successfully underlines the centralized authoritarian character of the state. . . . It serves as an essential guide for scholars and students investigating recent concerns and/or the rooted tensions in the media-politics-culture triangle."--International Journal of Communication"It is a real treat to read a work on the Middle Eastern media that shows the sociological sophistication employed by Bilge Yesil. This book is packed with stimulating ideas on Turkish media, state, and society that cut through the familiar mind-numbing clichés. Not only categories that have served Middle East experts for so long, but also the myth of Turkish Model dissolves under her scrutiny. This is a timely book and a must-read for students of international communications and any students interested in the contemporary Middle East."--Gholam Khiabany, author of Iranian Media: The Paradox of Modernity"Bilge Yesil's book is a fantastic introduction for those wanting to develop an understanding of the complex relationship between politics, economics, and the media in contemporary Turkey." --H-Net Reviews"A very well-researched book. Everyone interested in contemporary Turkey’s grim media landscape should read it."--Hurriyet Daily News
£77.35
MO - University of Illinois Press Communications in Turkey and the Ottoman Empire
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Burçe Çelik’s book is a superbly documented contribution to the geopolitics of information. For all those interested in a non-Western perspective on global communication, it is an absolute must read.”--Cees Hamelink, University of AmsterdamTable of ContentsAcknowledgement Acronyms and Abbreviations The Ottoman Empire Map, 1830 Introduction Empire Versus Imperialism: Communicative Struggles over Reproduction of the Empire Nation-Building by Communications Developmentalism and the Militarization of Communications Neoliberal Militarism Wiring a New Turkey through Neoliberal and Islamist Populism Epilogue Notes Index
£77.35
University of Illinois Press Israel and the American National Interest
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Israel's special relationship with the united States has come under close public scrutiny in recent months following revelations about Israeli involvement in the Iran-Contra and Jonathan Pollard spy scandals. Cheryl Rubenberg's controversial new book traces the evolution of that relationship from the Truman through the Reagan administrations and challenges the widely held view that close ties between Tel Aviv and Washington have served U. S. interests well in the Middle East. Indeed, she makes a convincing case that, in the two decades since 1967, U.S. policymakers have tended to confuse what is best for Israel with what is best for the United States and to ignore what she regards as the most pressing problem in the Middle East, the quest for a Palestinian homeland." -- Douglas Little, International History Review"Rubenberg has courageously joined the ranks of a 'few good men,' such as Ball and Findley, who have taken professional risks to defy the conventional wisdom surrounding an issue of great importance for generations to come in an increasingly militaristic age. Her book deserves to be read by both Israeli and Arab supporters In addition, it certainly should be read by those who perhaps have little or no sympathy for either side of the conflict but whose concern for American interests is paramount." -- Roberta L. Coles, American-Arab Affairs"Rubenberg has skillfully peeled away the dark, heavy encrustations of mythology in which the Arab-Israeli conflict is cloaked, disclosing realities that bear little resemblance to those confronting the average American newspaper reader." -- George W. Ball, former under secretary of state"The single most satisfactory scholarly study, by far, of the United States-Israeli relationship." -- Richard Falk, author of The End of World Order: Essays on Normative International Relations"All of those concerned about the dangerous situation in the Middle East and the protection of our vital interests there should read and benefit from this valuable book."-- Fred J. Khouri, author of The Arab-Israeli Dilemma
£17.99
University of Illinois Press Media in New Turkey
Book SynopsisIn Media in New Turkey, Bilge Yesil unlocks the complexities surrounding and penetrating today''s Turkish media. Yesil focuses on a convergence of global and domestic forces that range from the 1980 military coup to globalization''s inroads and the recent resurgence of political Islam. Her analysis foregrounds how these and other forces become intertwined, and she uses Turkey''s media to unpack the ever-more-complex relationships. Yesil confronts essential questions regarding: the role of the state and military in building the structures that shaped Turkey''s media system; media adaptations to ever-shifting contours of political and economic power; how the far-flung economic interests of media conglomerates leave them vulnerable to state pressure; and the ways Turkey''s politicized judiciary criminalizes certain speech. Drawing on local knowledge and a wealth of Turkish sources, Yesil provides an engrossing look at the fault lines carved by authoriTrade Review"The rise of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Turkey since the early 2000s and its overseeing of a growing economy and a forceful foreign policy have been one of the key forces shaping the Middle East in a turbulent decade bookended by the September 11 attacks and the Arab Uprisings. In Media in New Turkey , Yesil explores and explains the growth of Turkish media, its travails with the government, and its forays in the Middle East and Central Asia. Deftly eschewing media determinism, Yesil approaches Turkish media as a site of struggle between various strands of democratic and authoritarian politics, Islamism and neoliberalism. Both in its approach to the topic and in the important insights it provides, this book will be an original and lasting contribution to the literature on media, culture, and politics within and beyond the Middle East."--Marwan Kraidy, author of Reality Television and Arab Politics: Contention in Public Life"A very timely and enlightening book… Yesil uses considerable informal interview content as well as reference to abundant published sources to provide an excellent review of the processes that have undermined the rule of law in turkey, whether through state terrorism or political-economic collusion and corruption… Highly recommended."—Choice "From a historical point of view, the book successfully underlines the centralized authoritarian character of the state. . . . It serves as an essential guide for scholars and students investigating recent concerns and/or the rooted tensions in the media-politics-culture triangle."--International Journal of Communication"It is a real treat to read a work on the Middle Eastern media that shows the sociological sophistication employed by Bilge Yesil. This book is packed with stimulating ideas on Turkish media, state, and society that cut through the familiar mind-numbing clichés. Not only categories that have served Middle East experts for so long, but also the myth of Turkish Model dissolves under her scrutiny. This is a timely book and a must-read for students of international communications and any students interested in the contemporary Middle East."--Gholam Khiabany, author of Iranian Media: The Paradox of Modernity"Bilge Yesil's book is a fantastic introduction for those wanting to develop an understanding of the complex relationship between politics, economics, and the media in contemporary Turkey." --H-Net Reviews"A very well-researched book. Everyone interested in contemporary Turkey’s grim media landscape should read it."--Hurriyet Daily News
£20.89
University of Illinois Press Communications in Turkey and the Ottoman Empire
Book SynopsisDe-Westernizing the communications history of Turkey and its imperial predecessor The history of communications in the Ottoman Empire and Turkey contradicts the widespread belief that communications is a byproduct of modern capitalism and other Western forces. Burçe Çelik uses a decolonial perspective to analyze the historical commodification and militarization of communications and how it affected production and practice for oppressed populations like women, the working class, and ethnic and religious minorities. Moving from the mid-nineteenth century through today, Çelik places networks within the changing geopolitical landscape and the evolution of modern capitalism in relationship to struggles involving a range of social and political actors. Throughout, she challenges Anglo- and Eurocentric assumptions that see the non-West as an ahistorical imitation of, or aberration from, the development of Western communications. Ambitious and comprehensiTrade Review“Burçe Çelik’s book is a superbly documented contribution to the geopolitics of information. For all those interested in a non-Western perspective on global communication, it is an absolute must read.”--Cees Hamelink, University of AmsterdamTable of ContentsAcknowledgement Acronyms and Abbreviations The Ottoman Empire Map, 1830 Introduction Empire Versus Imperialism: Communicative Struggles over Reproduction of the Empire Nation-Building by Communications Developmentalism and the Militarization of Communications Neoliberal Militarism Wiring a New Turkey through Neoliberal and Islamist Populism Epilogue Notes Index
£19.79
University of Notre Dame Press Participatory Democracy in Brazil
Book SynopsisThe largely successful trajectory of participatory democracy in post-1988 Brazil is well documented, but much less is known about its origins in the 1970s and early 1980s. In Participatory Democracy in Brazil: Socioeconomic and Political Origins, J. Ricardo Tranjan recounts the creation of participatory democracy in Brazil. He positions the well-known Porto Alegre participatory budgeting at the end of three interrelated and partially overlapping processes: a series of incremental steps toward broader political participation taking place throughout the twentieth century; short-lived and only partially successful attempts to promote citizen participation in municipal administration in the 1970s; and setbacks restricting direct citizen participation in the 1980s. What emerges is a clearly delineated history of how socioeconomic contexts shaped Brazil's first participatory administrations.Tranjan first examines Brazil's long history of institutional exclusion of certain seTrade Review"This pathbreaking study of participatory democracy in Brazil fundamentally challenges the conventional wisdom in a number of ways. Rather than assume that Brazil’s experiments in participatory democracy are urban phenomena that started in the late 1980s as a consequence of its democratic transition, J. Ricardo Tranjan persuasively demonstrates how participatory democracy’s roots date back to rural and urban experiments in participation under military rule. The result is a nuanced understanding of how changes in socioeconomic context and national politics and institutions not only condition local political participation in important ways, but affect the very meaning of political participation. It is a must read for anyone interested in the politics of participation in Latin America." —Philip Oxhorn, McGill University "In Participatory Democracy in Brazil: Socioeconomic and Political Origins, J. Ricardo Tranjan makes an important contribution to broader theoretical debates on political development. Rather than focusing on the now famous participatory budgeting program in Porto Alegre, he extends his analysis to better situate the emphasis on participatory democracy in a larger historical context. His corrective history will be of interest to scholars of participatory democracy, contemporary Brazilian social and political history, and democratic studies." —Brian Wampler, Boise State University"J. Ricardo Tranjan argues for the need to contextualize participatory ideals and practices, and maintains that the much-celebrated cases of the 1990s and 2000s are rooted in less-known cases of the 1970s and 1980s (are, in fact, 'moderations' of those). The formula Tranjan uses for analyzing this context—economic structure and macro-institutional setting—is well-described. The book can be used in courses focusing on 'governance' practices in the developing world or on Brazilian contemporary politics/history." —William Nylen, Stetson University
£25.19
University of Washington Press Upland Geopolitics
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Michael Dwyer’s engaging analysis of upland geopolitics shows that Laos has been the mother of many outlandish ideas, but these ideas have had real, material, environmental and political consequences." * Journal of Peasant Studies *"This book and its focus not only raise critical questions about the stories of Laos but about how scholars can contribute to a lineage of attempts at understanding Southeast Asia in the world. This book and the questions it raises will be of interest to scholars and students focusing on natural resource governance, land grabbing, transnational investment, political ecology, and geopolitics, within and beyond Southeast Asia." * Eurasian Geography and Economics *"With an innovative methodology which accepts complexity rather than obliterating it, Upland Geopolitics epitomizes the difficulties and the struggles that state administrators face in their strive to project state power on a territory over which they proclaim sovereignty." * Asia Major *
£110.48
University of Washington Press Quagmire
Book SynopsisBy exploring the delta as a quagmire in both natural and political terms, Biggs shows how engineered transformations of the Mekong Delta landscape-channelized rivers, a complex canal system, hydropower development, deforestation-have interacted with equally complex transformations in the geopolitics of the region.Trade Review"Biggs has authored an exciting work that clearly breaks new ground. I have little doubt that the book will be well received by multiple audiences." -- Shawn McHale * Asian Studies Review *"Impressively written and well-researched." -- Michitake Aso * Journal of Asian Studies *"Quagmire is also an example of the challenges faced when trying to translate ambitions in historical narrative. How to tell a story of such complexity and nuance? . . . I expect [the answer] will come pretty close to the way Biggs has written his story." -- Maurits Ertsen * Technology and Culture *"Blending disciplinary perspectives from history, anthropology, and geography, Biggs approaches the Mekong Delta as a landscape—as things on the land, as people, institutions, discourses, artifacts, metaphors, and eco-logics—with a particularly unstable morphology." -- Michael Kantor * H-HISTGEOG *"Quagmire offers a neat and fresh storyline, explaining that nation-builders failed to understand the serpentine watercourses and landscapes of the Mekong Delta. . . . Biggs shines a light on the everyday struggles of famers and migrants. . ." -- Geoffrey Cain * Asian Affairs *"I learned that it is not a linear development how people use the environment or how the environment affects people; rather it is a dynamic equilibrium between humans and environment, and it is that interaction which shapes nation-building." -- Ang Cheng Guan * Journal of American-East Asian Relations *"This book is a major achievement that fundamentally recasts our understanding of twentieth-century Vietnamese history. Its deftly written chapters, simultaneously expansive in their concerns yet full of nuance and telling narrative detail, will become the new starting point for further research on the history of southern Vietnam." -- Mark Philip Bradley * American Historical Review *"This work is an original and innovative approach to the contemporary history of Viet Nam. . . . I can recommend this book for graduate students, teachers of colonial and postcolonial Viet Nam, as well as anyone interested in the nexus of environment, modernization, and development." -- Pierre Brocheux * Environmental History *"[A] much-needed perspective on human efforts over time to shape this amphibious land/waterscape. . . . Biggs is clearly a major talent, who has written a path-breaking book that enables us to see, experience, and interpret the delta anew." -- Peter A. Coclanis * Journal of Contemporary Asia *"Biggs's command of the sources, both Vietnamese and Western, is impressive, and his book will interest historians of the Vietnam War as background information. Otherwise, it is an important contribution to Vietnam history and geography. Summing up: Highly recommended." * Choice *Table of ContentsForeword: Nation-Making in the Mekong Mire by William Cronon Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Water's Edge 2. Water Grid 3. Hydroagricultural Crisis 4. Balkanization 5. Modernization 6. American War Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index
£29.66
University of Washington Press Toward a Sustainable Whaling Regime
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University of Wisconsin Press Development in Spirit Religious Transformation
Book SynopsisAs state economic policies promote integration under a single logic of modernist development, many impoverished groups remain on the margins. Development in Spirit explores the practices employed by communities on the fringes of such nation-building projects.Trade ReviewIn this stimulating study, Rumsby shows how Christianity offers the Hmong in northwest Vietnam autonomous resources for engaging with state-directed modernization. Empowered by their faith, the people of this uplands minority have charted a path to development that promises prosperity and coexistence with the state on their own terms." - Philip Taylor, Australian National UniversityTable of Contents CONTENTS Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. Historical Context and Strange Parallels Chapter 2. Changing Livelihoods, Precarious Development Trajectories Chapter 3. The Political Economy of New Christian Elites Chapter 4. Neoliberalism in Everyday Life Chapter 5. Conversion and Gender Relations Conclusion. Alternative Paths to Development? Appendix Bibliography Index
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Yale University Press Treacherous Alliance
Book SynopsisIn this era of superheated rhetoric and vitriolic exchanges between the leaders of Iran and Israel, the threat of nuclear violence looms. This book traces the shifting relations among Israel, Iran, and the United States from 1948 onwards, uncovering the details of secret alliances, treacherous acts, and unsavoury political manoeuvrings.Trade Review"'This work, based on extensive interviews with decision makers in three countries, contributes both to our historical understanding and our current policy debate.' Francis Fukuyama, author of America at the Crossroads 'This book is outstanding and important.' Nikki Keddie, author of Modern Iran: Roots and Results of Revolution"
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John Wiley & Sons Inc The Polar Regions
Book SynopsisThe Polar Regions is a systematic investigation of both the geopolitical commonalties and the differences between the Arctic and the Antarctic. It is the first book to integrate polar studies of this nature with teaching and research on political geography and geopolitics. Based on the premise that geopolitical isolation of the polar regions stands substantially eroded today, the book argues that the contemporary polar scene should be approached and understood in terms of its broader regional as well as global context. It also argues that in the 21st century the two polar regions will be increasingly valued not only for their intrinsic polar merits, but also for their contribution to an understanding of global problems. A critical evaluation of the promise and the performance of the Antarctic Treaty System is provided. The book also examines the ongoing debate about Antarctica, which underlines the need to look beyond the present agreement on the Antarctic and to address the geopoliticTable of ContentsPartial table of contents: The New Geopolitics. Environment at the Poles. Colonization and Demarcation: A Bipolar Geohistory. The Arctic and the Cold War. The Antarctic Treaty System and Multinational Governance. The Post-Cold War Arctic: International Cooperation and DisputeManagement. Conservation and Management of the Environment in theAntarctic. Appendix. References. Index.
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Wiley-Blackwell Territories Boundaries and Consciousness
Book SynopsisRecent years have witnessed the most substantial changes in the world system of states and their boundaries since World War II. The key division between the states in the world system the former deep ideological divide between East and West has disappeared. The border between Finland and Russia was a frontier between East and West and had a long history as a fundamental dividing line between contrasting cultural and political systems. Territories, Boundaries and Consciousness is the first geographical analysis of how this critical border evolved. This original and well-illustrated book is much more than a local study. It presents both a theoretically informed analysis of the construction of territories and their boundaries and a richly detailed geohistory of the changing geography of Finland. It traces the nature of the nation-building process, the rise of the nation state and the changing position of this emerging new state in the world geopolitical landscape. The history of the constTable of ContentsTERRITORIES AND BOUNDARIES IN REGIONAL TRANSFORMATION. Regional Transformation and the Other. Territories, Boundaries and the Discourse on PoliticalGeography. Time, Space and Consciousness: Constructing Nationalism andCommunicating Boundaries. Methodological Contexts. THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF THE FINNISH TERRITORY. Nationalism, Geopolitics and Changing Territories: The Case ofFinland. The Changing Socio-Spatial Consciousness. Signifying Territoriality: The Changing Roles of theFinnish-Russian Boundary. TOWARDS LOCAL EXPERIENCE. Place, Boundary and the Construction of Local Experience. Regional Transformation on the Local Scale: TheInstitutionalization of Vartsila. Back to Karelia. Epilogue: Towards a Global Sense of Place. Appendix. References. Indexes.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Geopolitics of Antarctica
Book SynopsisRecent controversies over the political and environmental management of the Antarctic ensure that it will remain an important global issue. Drawing on recent developments in critical geopolitics and cultural geography, Klaus Dodds examines the six major nations of the Southern hemisphere currently involved in the Antarctic. Each of these nations - Argentina, Australia, Chile, India, New Zealand and South Africa - claims a ''natural'' interest in the future of the polar continent. Geopolitics in Antarctica presents a detailed exploration of the rhetoric and politics behind each of these claims, arguing that they are often based on uncritical understandings of territory, geographical proximity and national identity. The book concludes with an examination of how geographical understandings of the Antarctic continue to influence the management of the frozen continent and Southern Ocean.Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Southern Oceanic Rim States and Antarctica. Critical Geopolitics and Geo-Graphing of Antarctica. Argentina and Antartida Argentina. Australia and Australian Antarctic Territory. Chile and Territorio Chileno Antartico. India and the Antarctic. New Zealand and the Ross Dependency. South Africa and the Antarctic. Conclusions and the Future of Antarctica. References. Index.
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The University of Michigan Press Patchwork Nation
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LUP - University of Michigan Press Complex Rivalry The Dynamics of IndiaPakistan
Book SynopsisA systematic and multivariate inquiry cutting across different IR paradigms to understand the India and Pakistan rivalry is rare or limited. Surinder Mohan contributes to the understanding of India and Pakistan’s rivalry by presenting a new type of framework, also termed as complex rivalry model.Table of Contents List of Figures List of Tables Foreword Acknowledgements 1 Introduction: International Relations Theory and the India-Pakistan Rivalry 2 The Existing Conceptualizations of Rivalry 3 Conceptualizing the Indo-Pakistani Complex Rivalry: A Hub-and-Spokes Framework 4 The Shock of Partition and the Initiation of Complex Rivalry, 1947-58 5 The Development of Complex Rivalry – I: Intensive Phase, 1959-1972 6 The Development of Complex Rivalry – II: Abeyant Phase, 1972-89 7 The Maintenance of Complex Rivalry, 1990-2020 8 Prospects for Rivalry Termination References Index
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The University of Michigan Press Complex Rivalry
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LUP - University of Michigan Press Turkey and the Kurdish Peace Process Actors
Book SynopsisProvides a historical and conceptual account of events in order to detail the key conditions, factors, and events that gave rise to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party conflict in TurkeyTable of Contents Abbreviations Introduction Ch 1: The Historical Beginning of an Intractable Conflict Ch 2: Political Shock and Rebel Transformation: 1993-2005 Ch 3: A New Government Turns the Tide: 2002-2007 Ch 4: Secret Talks and Rising Hopes: 2006-2009 Ch 5: When Dreams Turn to Dust: 2010-2011 Ch 6: Returning to Talks: 2012-2014 Ch 7: War in the Horizon: 2014-2015 Ch: 8 Prospects and Obstacles to Peace Conclusions Epilogue Bibliography
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University of California Press The LowCarbon Contradiction
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsContents List of Illustrations and Table Preface Acronyms Introduction 1. Against the Energy Empire 2. Electrification or Death 3. Blackout 4. Socialist Redistribution and Autonomous Infrastructure 5. The Energy Revolution Conclusion: Energy Transitions and Infrastructural Form Notes Bibliography Index
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MP-MEL Melbourne University SubImperial Power Australia in the International
Book SynopsisHow does Australia operate in the world? And why? In this closely evidenced, original account, former Australian Army intelligence analyst Clinton Fernandes categorically debunks Australia’s greatest myth: that of its own independence.Trade ReviewThis book is a bold and challenging interpretation of not only Australian Foreign Policy, but of the psyche of the nation itself. Fernandes gives us a fast-paced, thought-provoking interpretation which many readers may not like. This is what happens when someone shakes the foundations. But that's the point. Fernandes's analysis will have forced you to ask and answer some profound questions about this nation's place in the world, and the course its leaders chose to chart. Do not let the author's brevity deceive you for this work is also an iceberg—you are reading the tip of a mountain of scholarship, knowledge and analysis that lies out of view. I wholeheartedly recommend this work to any and all with even a passing interest in foreign policy, the dynamics of power and the nature of contemporary Australia. Once you start you will not put it down, and along the way you might just have uncovered a new lens through which to see the world about you." - Professor Craig Stockings, Official Historian of Australian Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and Australian Peacekeeping Operations in East Timor
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Legal Geographies Reader
Book Synopsis* This is the first text to define and sustain the significance of law in relation to geography. * Brings together a range of readings which have, until now, been scattered in different publications, many not easily available.Trade Review"The Reader in Law and Geography combines the talents of diverse professionals focused upon issues of enormous importance" Professor Gordon L. Clark, University of Oxford "The mutual inscription of law in space and of space in law, for so long invisible, emerges in this volume with the utmost clarity and cogency" Professor Boaventura de Sousa Santos, University of Coimbra, PortugalTable of ContentsList of contributors viii Foreword xGordon L. Clark Preface: Where is law? xiiiDavid Delaney, Richard T. Ford, and Nicholas Blomley Acknowledgments xxiii Part I Legal Places 1 Part II National Legalities 151 Part III Globalization and Law 251 Index 319
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Harvard University Press Once Within Borders Territories of Power Wealth
Book SynopsisAt a time when the technologies of globalization are eroding barriers to communication, transportation, and trade, Charles Maier explores the fitful evolution of territories—politically bounded regions whose borders define the jurisdiction of laws and the movement of peoples—as a worldwide practice of human societies.Trade ReviewCharles Maier's new and brilliantly insightful book is a history of how political borders came to be constructed, contested and—or so it appeared—effaced, only to revive with a vengeance. Here is a new and subtle geopolitics for the post-global era of walls and barbed wire. -- Niall Ferguson, author of Kissinger, 1923–1968No other historian of our present age could better this scholarly discourse upon states, borders, sovereignty, and geographic space in modern, post-1500 Europe, America, and the world. Professor Maier's erudition results in a fabulous, original work on what land and sea borders have meant, and still do mean, to governments and peoples, and to state and non-state actors. His easy discussion with some of the greatest European and American public thinkers, geopoliticians, historians, and philosophers is breathtaking. -- Paul Kennedy, author of Engineers of VictoryA brilliant synthesis of a wealth of empirical material about the birth and development of what is conventionally considered to be modernity. -- Geoff Eley, author of Nazism as FascismIn this brilliant and sweeping narrative, Maier shows how, beginning in the seventeenth century, sovereignty and territory became intertwined as states built borders, reorganized systems of labor and capital, and forged domains of law and authority…Maier finds today’s world awash in fast-changing and deeply conflicting ideas about territory. Theinterdependence of economies and the emergence of cyberspace seem to have reduced the salience of physical territorial control and weakened traditional notions of sovereignty and citizenship. But if Maier is correct, territory will continue to claim an important place in the human imagination. -- G. John Ikenberry * Foreign Affairs *It’s rare to find insightful contemporary political commentary in what is primarily a history book. Yet this tome could hardly be more timely. For anyone keen to understand the mass movements that fuelled everything from the EU referendum result to Trump’s election victory, you could do far worse than have a flick through Once Within Borders, exploring how the tinderbox where these particular fires caught ablaze came into existence. -- Chris Fitch * Geographical *Charles Maier’s Once Within Borders is a splendid account of the changing notions of territory over the past five centuries. Maier is among the most distinguished living historians and this timely book has been years in the making…He shows how changing geopolitics, the advent of commercial society, rise of industrial technology and development of new techniques of governance impinged upon evolving the notions of territory. -- Srinath Raghavan * Mint *Charles Maier ask[s] us to consider afresh the commonplace intellectual and experiential twinning of history and geography, of time and space, and by doing so open[s] up compelling new avenues for historical, geographical and social-scientific inquiry…A stimulating analysis of the history of territory as a concept. -- Robert Mayhew * Times Literary Supplement *Maier’s book is a timely reminder that borders go back much farther than debates about border walls and hard borders…Maier shows how borders contributed to the creation of polities and our ideas about them, including sovereignty, in a sweeping review of the past 500 years of western history. -- Krisztina Csortea * International Affairs *
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Harvard University Press Shaper Nations
Book SynopsisShaper Nations provides perspectives on the national strategies of eight countries that are shaping global politics in the twenty-first century. The volume’s authors offer a unique viewpoint: they live and work primarily in the country about which they write, bringing an insider’s feel for national debates and politics.Trade ReviewThe idea that some states, while not Great Powers, play a very large role in shaping the development of their regions is a good one, and the essays by a diverse set of authors provide insightful and well-grounded discussions of the particular cases. Furthermore, they speak to one another and are pulled together by strong introductory and concluding chapters. Readers will learn a lot about an important set of countries, how the U.S. may respond, and what this means for the future of world politics. -- Robert Jervis, author of Why Intelligence FailsShaper Nations is an important book on an important subject: rising powers and their perspectives on the emerging international order. It provides considerable insights into their key national security conceptions, ideas for order, and diverse strategies in an increasingly globalized world. -- T. V. Paul, editor of Accommodating Rising Powers: Past, Present, and Future
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Princeton University Press A World Divided
Book SynopsisThrough vivid histories drawn from virtually every continent, Weitz describes how, since the 18th century, nationalists have struggled to establish their own states that grant human rights to some people. At the same time, they have excluded others through forced assimilation, ethnic cleansing, or even genocide.Trade Review"Finalist for the PROSE Award in World History, Association of American Publishers""Engaging mounting scholarship on the history of human rights, A World Divided approaches the topic by focusing on nation-states as central to understanding human rights. . . . [Weitz’s] book provides a useful entryway to understanding human rights struggles for undergraduates and the general public." * Choice *"[A] wide-ranging and important book is about the global struggle for human rights."---David Lorimer, Paradigm Explorer"An impressive tale with a wide-ranging reflection on the entanglement of two forces that have profoundly shaped the history of the past two hundred and fifty years: the nation-state and human rights."---Jan Eckel, H-Diplo
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