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Book SynopsisIn the wake of the global financial crisis, and ongoing savage government cuts across the world, Garry Leech addresses a pressing and necessary topic: the nature of contemporary capitalism, and how it inherently generates inequality and structural violence. Drawing on a number of fascinating case studies from across the world - including the forced displacement of farmers in Mexico, farmer suicides in India, and deaths from preventable and treatable diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa, as well as the unsustainable exploitation of the planet's natural resources - Leech provocatively argues that global capitalism constitutes a form of genocide against the poor, particularly in the global South. Essential and eye-opening the book questions the legitimacy of a system that inevitably results in such large-scale human suffering, while going beyond mere critique to offer a more egalitarian, democratic and sustainable global alternative.Trade ReviewCapitalism has long been known as unfair, exploitative and wasteful; and more recently as ecologically destructive. Garry Leech now moves the indictment to the next, and final, stage. With the precision of a skilled prosecutor and the moral force of an Old Testament prophet, Leech reveals the power that moves the world to be actively and structurally genocidal, responsible in its greed and cold calculation for no less than ten million excess deaths a year. As people now increasingly move to take on this deadly system now in profound crisis, they will find this an indispensable guide. * Joel Kovel, author of The Enemy of Nature *Nearly short enough to be read in one sitting, but so powerful that its arguments will survive the ages * Labor Studies Journal *Leech argues, using convincing empirical evidence, of the destructive effects of contemporary capitalism, showing that the only plausible alternative is a socialist perspective. * Samir Amin *At this time of mass rebellions against the global status quo, Garry Leech puts forth a devastating critique of the capitalist system and the ravages it has inflicted on hundreds of millions of people around the world. This timely study will be of great interest to scholars and students. Beyond the academy, its rigorous analysis of the root cause of suffering and injustice on a mass scale and the vision of a socialist alternative based on human development and ecological sustainability will be vital for those on the frontlines of the current global revolt. This is a must read for those participating in the Arab Spring, the Occupy movement, the Latin American revolutions, the anti-austerity protests in Europe, and for all those fighting against the depredations of the genocidal system that is global capitalism. * William I. Robinson, Professor of Sociology, Global Studies, and Latin American Studies, University of California at Santa Barbara *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. What is Structural Genocide? 2. The Logic of Capital 3. Structural Genocide: The Cases of Mexico and India 4. Structural Genocide: The Case of Sub-Saharan Africa 5. The Truly Inconvenient Truth 6. Legitimizing the Illegitimate 7. The Socialist Alternative Conclusion

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Book SynopsisIn this hugely influential book, originally published in 2001 but just as - if not more - relevant today, Mark Duffield shows how war has become an integral component of development discourse. Aid agencies have become increasingly involved in humanitarian assistance, conflict resolution and the social reconstruction of war-torn societies. Duffield explores the consequences of this growing merger of development and security, unravelling the nature of the new wars and the response of the international community, in particular the new systems of global governance that are emerging as a result. An essential work for anyone studying, interested in, or working in development or international security.Trade ReviewGlobal Governance and the New Wars remains a must-read text for anybody wanting to interrogate the changing contours of global security governance. Anticipating with remarkable foresight the political consequences of the merger between security and development in zones of crises, its insightful prose not only defined a critical canon to move us beyond the conceit of sovereign academics, the force of its message remains as prescient as ever. * Brad Evans, University of Bristol *Duffield's well-written book offers groundbreaking research in the emerging field created by the intersection of international security and international development ...The book offers not only theoretical understanding of the problem but also good research to understand the problem in practice. * D. S. Reveron, Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries *Mark Duffield's book is a must for anyone grappling with the contemporary nature of war and humanitarianism. Taking us beyond the stilted confines of international policy to the politics of modern violence, the argument exposes the way talk of "complex political emergencies" fails to grasp the fundamental characteristics of "emergent political complexes". Duffield lays bare the failings of aid policy in this regard. * David Campbell, Beijing Foreign Studies University *What is needed is to move beyond the idea of war-as-breakdown towards a fundamental rethink about how local elites, ordinary people, and international governments are continuously adapting to war and to global economic change. This breathtaking tour-de-force from one of the leading thinkers in this field points the way forward. * David Keen, London School of Economics and Political Science *Table of ContentsForeword by Antonio Donini Preface to the critique influence change edition 1. Introduction: The New Development-Security Terrain 2. The Merging of Development and Security 3. Strategic Complexes and Global Governance 4. The New Humanitarianism 5. Global Governance and the Causes of Conflict 6. The Growth of Transborder Shadow Economies 7. Non-Liberal Political Complexes and the New Wars 8. Internal Displacement and the New Humanitarianism: Displacement and Complicity in Sudan (Part 1) 9. Aid and Social Subjugation: Displacement and Complicity in Sudan (Part 2) 10. Conclusion: Global Governance, Moral Responsibility and Complexity - Internal Displacement and the New Humanitarianism

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Book SynopsisThrough the efforts of increasingly media-aware NGOs, people in the west are bombarded with images of poverty and inequality in the developing world. Representations of Poverty is the first comprehensive study of the communications and imagery used by international NGOs to represent the developing world. In this meticulously researched and original book, Nandita Dogra examines the full cycle of representation - integrating analyses of the public messages of international development NGOs in the UK with the views of their staff and audiences. Exploring the Europeanised discourses inherent in appeals to this notion of a 'common humanity', she argues for a greater acknowledgment of NGOs as significant mediating institutions which can expand understandings of global inequalities and their historical causation. The book is a timely addition to the growing fields of development and media studies and will be a key resource for academics, policymakers and practitioners alike who have an interest in global poverty, aid, NGOs, and the politics of representation.Trade Review'How exactly do international non-government organisations conceptualise the developing world when they legislate their mandate? This valuable book addresses precisely this question by insightfully and skilfully unearthing the subtext of NGO representations of global poverty, development and rights.' Neera Chandhoke, Professor of Political Science, University of Delhi 'This provocative analysis of the visual language of British international non-governmental development organisations raises a set of important and pressing questions, and deserves to be read by practitioner and researcher alike.' David Lewis, Professor of Social Policy and Development, London School of EconomicsTable of ContentsIntroduction Part I - Difference: People, Spaces and Problems Ch. 2 - Cast of Characters Ch. 3 - Distant Spaces Ch. 4 - Causes and Solutions of Global Poverty Part II - Oneness Ch. 5 - One Humanity Ch. 6 - Uniform First World Part III - Reflexivity Ch. 7 - Connecting with the Lives of Others Ch. 8 - Conclusions: Towards Reflexive Understandings Annex 1 Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisNorth Korea continues to make headlines, arousing curiosity and fear in equal measure. The world’s most secretive nuclear power, it still has Gulag-style prison camps, allows no access to the Internet and bans its people from talking to foreigners without official approval. In this remarkable and eye-opening book, internationally best-selling author Paul French examines in forensic detail the history and politics of North Korea, Pyongyang’s complex relations with South Korea, Japan, China and America, and the implications of Kim Jong-un’s increasingly belligerent leadership following the death of his father, Kim Jong-il. As an already unstable North Korea grows ever more unpredictable, antagonizing enemies and allies alike, North Korea: State of Paranoia delivers a provocative and frightening account of a potentially explosive nuclear tripwire.Trade ReviewIt is refreshing to find an author who analyses North Korea's tumultuous history, regional context and difficult relations with its allies. * South China Morning Post *This is the most accessible starting point for anyone wanting to understand the hermit kingdom. * Kerry Brown, professor and director, China Studies Centre, University of Sydney *Fascinating ... highly readable. * Daily Telegraph *If much reporting on North Korea is hysterical, French has gone the other way ... [a book] written with a brisk confidence. * Financial Times *An admirably clear and calm survey of one of the hardest countries in the world to report on. * The Guardian *Highly readable ... a solid overview of the country’s modern history and how it became a failed state. * Wall Street Journal *Paul French writes with wit, eloquence and rare clarity about the complicated history of North Korea. * Barbara Demick, author of Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea *An excellent introduction to the history and politics of North Korea. * Hyeonseo Lee, North Korean defector *This clear-eyed overview to North Korea’s modern history is packed full of fascinating detail. * Louisa Lim, Beijing correspondent, NPR *Table of ContentsForeword: The Myth and the Reality of the State of Paranoia Introduction: The Paranoid Peninsula Part I: The Juche Nation: Beloved Leaders, Brilliant Thoughts, Power Cuts and Empty Shelves 1. A Normal Day in Pyongyang 2. The Juche State: Political Theory in North Korea 3. The Revolutionary Dynasty: Leadership in North Korea Part II: The Economics of North Korea: Chollima, Speed Battles, Collapse and Famine 4. Economics Pyongyang Style: Command and Control 5. The Worst of Times: Food, Famine and the Arduous March 6. The Start of a Sort of Reform: Change and Regime Survival 7. The Reality of Reform: A Case Study of Sinuiju Part III: Diplomacy and Military: Foreign Relations, Nuclear Crisis and Self-Defence 8. Don't Poke the Snake: US-DPRK relations 9. Nuclear Ambitions Revealed: Bluster, Brinkmanship or Battle? 10. 'Military First' Emerges Part IV: Change, Collapse and Reunification 11. One Korea: The Dream of Reunification 12. Kim3: The Dynasty Continues 13. How Will the Story End? Conclusion: Still the World's Most Dangerous Tripwire

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Book SynopsisThe story of Anglo-American relations in Saudi Arabia during the Second World War has generally been viewed as one of discord and hegemonic rivalry, a perspective reinforced by a tendency to consider Britain's decline and the ascent of US power as inevitable. In this engaging and timely study, Matthew Hinds calls into question such assumptions and reveals a relationship that, though hard-nosed, functioned through interdependence and strategic parity. Drawing upon an array of archives from both sides of the Atlantic, Hinds traces the flow of key events and policies as well as the leading figures who shaped events to show why, how and to what extent the allies and Saudi Arabia became 'mixed up together', in the words of Winston Churchill. Perhaps most fundamentally, Britain and the United States were enthralled by the promise of Saudi Arabia serving as an auxiliary to Allied strategy. Obtaining King Ibn Saud's tacit support or more specifically, his 'benevolent neutrality', meant having vital access, not only to the country's prospective oil reserves, but to its prized geographic location, its centrality within Islam and, as international politics increasingly followed an anti-colonial path, to its credentials as a sovereign and independent Arab state. Given what was at stake, London and Washington saw their engagement in Saudi Arabia as seminal; a genuine blueprint for how to forge a lasting 'Special Relationship' throughout the Middle East. Hinds' bold new interpretation is a vital work that enlarges our understanding of the Anglo-American wartime alliance.Trade ReviewHinds has produced a readable account that makes a convincing case for revising notions of wartime Anglo American rivalry in Saudi Arabia ... A stimulating reinterpretation of Anglo-American relations in Saudi Arabia that deserves to be a central point of reference in any analysis of the evolution of the “special relationship” in the Middle East. * Bustan: The Middle East Book Review *

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Book SynopsisToday international law is everywhere. Wars are fought and opposed in its name. It is invoked to claim rights and to challenge them, to indict or support political leaders, to distribute resources and to expand or limit the powers of domestic and international institutions. International law is part of the way political (and economic) power is used, critiqued, and sometimes limited. Despite its claim for neutrality and impartiality, it is implicit in what is just, as well as what is unjust in the world. To understand its operation requires shedding its ideological spell and examining it with a cold eye. Who are its winners, and who are its losers? How - if at all - can it be used to make a better or a less unjust world? In this collection of essays Professor Martti Koskenniemi, a well-known practitioner and a leading theorist and historian of international law, examines the recent debates on humanitarian intervention, collective security, protection of human rights and the 'fight against impunity' and reflects on the use of the professional techniques of international law to intervene politically. The essays both illustrate and expand his influential theory of the role of international law in international politics. The book is prefaced with an introduction by Professor Emmanuelle Jouannet (Sorbonne Law School), which locates the texts in the overall thought and work of Martti Koskenniemi.Trade ReviewThe book's reflection upon the approaches, styles, and methods of this age and the past in the field of international law is both powerful and provocative, and the synthetic messages emanating from the myriad of strains of thought are of great force of persuasion. Its intensity in analysis and critique is remarkable, and the author does not mince his words. Given the book's distinct narrative style and the number of references to literature, it should be a recommended reading for postgraduate students and scholars in international law and international relations alike. The author's experience may be quite singular, but the viewpoint he possesses and reveals in the book is helpful to any that aspires to study and work in this field. -- Bing Bing Jia * German Yearbook of International Law, Volume 53 *Table of ContentsKoskenniemi: A Critical Introduction by Emmanuelle Jouannet Part I: The Politics of International Law 1. Between Apology to Utopia: The Politics of International Law 2. The Politics of International Law – 20 Years Later Part II: The Law and Politics of Collective Security 3. The Place of Law in Collective Security 4. 'The Lady Doth Protest Too Much': Kosovo, and the Turn to Ethics in International Law Part III: The Politics of Human Rights 5. The Effect of Rights on Political Culture 6. Human Rights, Politics and Love Part IV: Limits and Possibilities of International Law 7. Between Impunity and Show Trials 8. Faith, Identity, and the Killing of the Innocent: International Lawyers and Nuclear Weapons 9. International Law and Hegemony: a Reconfiguration 10. What is International Law For? Part V: The Spirit of International Law 11. Between Commitment and Cynicism: Outline for a Theory of International Law as Practice 12. Style as Method: Letter to the Editors of the Symposium 13. Miserable Comforters: International Relations as New Natural Law 14. The Fate of Public International Law: Between Technique and Politics

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Book SynopsisIn this major new work - the result of a lifetime of intellectual engagement - one of the developing world's most famous thinkers reflects on the times we live in. He argues that US hegemony has reached a dangerous new level under George Bush Jr, and that the US President's hubristic militarism will both lead to a never-ending cycle of wars and block all hopes of social and democratic progress, not just in developing countries, but in the North as well. Samir Amin also rejects the highly ideological notion that the current form of neoliberal capitalism - 'really existing capitalism' in which imperialism is an integral and permanent part - is an inevitable future for humanity, or in fact socially or politically tolerable. At the same time, he is not opposed to globalization as such; indeed he believes the whole world today is irrevocably connected, and that solidarity in diversity is the key to the struggle for a better world. In the body of the book, Amin provides a perspicacious analysis of tendencies within the rich countries - the US, Europe and Japan; the rising powers - China and India; the likely future trajectory of post-Soviet Russia; and the developing world. The central question he pursues is whether there are other hegemonic blocs that may emerge in time to circumscribe American power, and constrain free market capitalism and force it to adjust to demands other than its narrow central economic logic. This important and thought-provoking book identifies the key global campaigns Samir feels progressives should launch around the world. 'Another world is possible.' But, he warns, the diverse citizens' movements loosely gathered together in the World Social Forum must bite the political bullet and recognise that they can only transform the world if they seek political power.Trade Review'...is assuredly not lacking in ambition. This would only be a beginning however.' Frank Lee, ChartistTable of Contents Introduction Being clear about the nature of capitalism and imperialism Is there a desirable form of globalization? 1. The Triad - America, Europe and Japan: united or fragmented? The project of the American ruling class: extension of the Monroe Doctrine to the rest of the world The shifting sands of the European project The clash of political cultures And Japan? 2. Does the rise of China challenge the imperialist order? China's rise: revolution or opening to the world? Market socialism: transition, or short-cut to capitalism? So, what is to be done? An uncertain future 3. Russia out of the tunnel? Basic characteristics of the Soviet system New forms of capitalism in Russia Is there a worthwhile alternative in Russia today? 4. India, a great power? The colonial inheritance Success and limitations of the populist national project The liberal and culturalist drift The long and difficult march of alternative globalization 5. Can solidarity be rebuilt among the countries of the South? A critical balance-sheet of the 'Bandung era' (1955-1975) The roots of Africa's exclusion Is South Africa the weak link in the system? Can the slide of the Arab world be reversed? Latin America and the Caribbean in a tricontinental perspective The East as a new South? A new basis for solidarity among the peoples of the South 6. Reform of the UN as part of a multipolar globalization Managing national sovereignty within the UN framework A balance-sheet of UN activity between 1945 and 1980 Conflict and overlap between economic and political management The empire of chaos: sovereignty, social justice and development go by the board The alternative: constructing social justice, international justice and a new popular sovereignty Proposals for a renaissance of the UN A plan for action 7. Conclusions The difficulties of constructing a multipolar world Can Washington's military project be thwarted? Thinking long-term Four conditions to be satisfied The great strength of the global 'movement' Appendix 1: Multipolarity in the twentieth century The drama of the great revolutions The weight of imperialism, the permanent stagte of the global expansion of capitalism Defence of the post-revolutionary states central to the vanguard's strategic choices Nation-building and/or socialist construction in the radical countries of the periphery Opening debate on the long transition to world socialism Appendix 2: Further reading Index

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Book SynopsisChemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN), terrorism and the 'war on terror' are major features of international relations and global concern. Terrorist threats and actual violence have become increasingly dangerous and lethal since the 1970s. However, the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on 11 September 2001 heralded a new era in terrorist action and were the culmination of a terror campaign against American targets world-wide. "The Changing Face of Terrorism" evaluates the continuing threat and counter-measures since 9/11 and into the 21st century. It is a sober and measured evaluation of the CBRN threat and argues that continuing terror attacks are inevitable and the 'war on terror' will be a continuing feature in international politics and military action. Benjamin Cole shows how effective counter-terrorist measures must be measured and based not only on effective police and military intelligence and action but on careful evaluation of the politics, motivations, scientific and technical abilities of groups - no terrorist group has made a nuclear device - and religious and personal motivation.Trade Review"This topic is unquestionably of major importance, on a par with some of the most serious environmental dangers we face'. Adrian Guelke, Professor of Comparative Politics at the Centre for the Study of Ethnic Conflict, Queen's University, Belfast and author of Terrorism and Global Disorder"Table of Contents1 Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Terrorism in Historical Context 2 Technical Opportunities and Constraints 3 Operational Motivations and Disincentives to Using CBRN Weapons 4 Political Motivations and Disincentives to Using CBRN Weapons 5 Theological Motivations and Disincentives to Using CBRN Weapons 6 Psychological Motivations and Disincentives: The Terrorist Personality and Group Decision Making 7 State-Sponsored CBRN Terrorism: Motivations and Disincentives 8 Homeland Security and Terrorist Decision Making 9 The Future

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Book SynopsisPalestine is fast disappearing. Over many decades Israel has developed and refined policies to disperse, imprison and impoverish the Palestinian people in a relentless effort to destroy them as a nation. It has industrialized Palestinian despair through ever more sophisticated systems of curfews, checkpoints, walls, permits and land grabs. It has transformed the West Bank and Gaza into laboratories for testing the infrastructure of confinement, creating a lucrative 'defence' industry by pioneering the technologies needed for crowd control, surveillance, collective punishment and urban warfare. In this insightful and authoritative new book, leading journalist Jonathan Cook examines the many different guises in which these experiments on the Palestinians are being carried out. Accessible and comprehensive, this is a powerful analysis of one of the most enduring and entrenched conflicts in contemporary world politics.Trade Review'I have been reading Jonathan's work on the internet for years. On Palestine and Israel, I can think of no more reliable source.' - John Pilger 'This is an impressive and timely book written by one of the most knowledgeable writers on the Palestine-Israel conflict. Its insight into the devastating impact of Zionist settler colonialism and its account of the current reality on the ground are unique. A must read for those seeking peace and justice in the Middle East.' - Nur Masalha, Director of the Holy Land Research Project, St Mary's University College (UK), and author of The Bible and Zionism (2007) 'No one is a keener observer of Zionism's true goals, from its bald usurpation of land and resources to its bad faith about seeking real peace. The book provides an unusual depth of evidence and sharp analysis, and a devastating indictment of Zionism. It is a penetrating piece of scholarship and a gem of easy readability.' - Kathleen Christison, former CIA analyst and author of Perceptions of Palestine (1999)Table of Contents Maps Preface Introduction Part 1 1. The Road to Dispossession 2. Greater Israel's Lure 3. Dunam after Dunam 4. Disappearing Palestine Part 2 5. Zionism and its Meanings 6. Life under Occupation 7. Compromised Critics 8. Our Embedded Media 9. Anti-Semitism and its Abuses Afterword: Two-State Dreamers Bibliography

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Book SynopsisDecentering International Relations seeks to actively confront, resist, and rewrite International Relations (IR), a heavily politicized field that is deeply centered in the North/West and privileges certain perspectives, pedagogies, and practices. Is it possible to break the chain of signifiers that always leads IR studies back to the US and its European allies? Through engagement with a variety of theories (ranging beyond the usual 'mainstream' versus 'critical/alternative' binary), and conversations with scholars, activists, and students, the authors invite the reader to participate in an accessible yet provocative experiment to decentre the North/West when we learn, study and do IR. In particular, they examine how the pressing issues of 'human rights', 'globalization', 'peace and security', and 'indigeneity' are simultaneously normative inventions meant to sustain particular power structures and sites for insurgent and subversive attempts to live IR at the margins. Selbin and Nayak have written a remarkable and provocative re-envisioning of a globally important subject.Trade Review'The most innovative and urgent book about international relations theory and practice I've read in decades.' Cynthia Weber, Lancaster University 'Nayak and Selbin effectively engage all of us as students, as people trying to make more reliable, less blinkered sense of international politics. Their style is accessible, the questions they pose crucial. They challenge each of us to seriously think about who "we" are when we talk about "them." That's IR at its best.' Cynthia Enloe, author of Nimo's War, Emma's War: Making Feminist Sense of the Iraq War 'This is a refreshingly unusual book on International Relations. It asks all the right questions, not only about world politics but about the ways they are seen and theorised.' Stephen Chan, author of The End of Certainty 'This superb book audaciously undermines International Relations theory conceived in Western conceit. Without denying Western power, the book asks whether the peoples of the world wake each day forming privileged opinions about us, presuming to give us their prescriptions for what they think we should do.' Richard Peet, Clark University and author of Unholy Trinity 'Nayak and Selbin's well-crafted new volume contributes to the small but growing literature that seeks to "decenter, unsettle, relativize and provincialize" the pseudo-universalisms of a profoundly (neo)colonial International Relations (IR) discipline fundamentally rooted in and reproductive of the self-understandings of the USA/North/West.' Jutta Weldes, University of Bristol 'Nayak and Selbin engage in an important debate which for too long has taken place on the peripheries of our discipline.' Jacqui Ala, University of the WitwatersrandTable of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Interventions 3. Indigenous Peoples: International Affairs...and Fantasies 4. Human Rights (and Wrongs) 5. Globalisation 6. (In)Security: Paradoxes of Peace and Violence 7. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisIn recent years, China and India have become the most important economic partners of Africa and their footprints are growing by leaps and bounds, transforming Africa's international relations in a dramatic way. Although the overall impact of China and India's engagement in Africa has been positive in the short-term, partly as a result of higher returns from commodity exports fuelled by excessive demands from both countries, little research exists on the actual impact of China and India's growing involvement on Africa's economic transformation. This book examines in detail the opportunities and challenges posed by the increasing presence of China and India in Africa, and proposes critical interventions that African governments must undertake in order to negotiate with China and India from a stronger and more informed platform.Trade Review'Readers will find the book to be both educative and critical.' Adebayo Olukoshi, African Institute for Economic Development and Planning 'World hegemonies are shifting from the Atlantic to the Pacific and the Indian Ocean. The rise of China and India, the relative decline of the US and the waning centrality of Europe will all have far-reaching impact on Africa. The new geo-political stratgey of the US expressed openly in the militarisation of the African continent would find the Eastern seaboard of Africa the weakest link in the Indian Ocean rim. Under the circumstances, a deeper understanding of the global situation and its impact on Africa is cricially important. The contributors to this book attempt to provide us with such an understanding. It is most welcome.' Issa G. Shivji, University of Dar es Salaam 'A timely work of scholarship that doesn't shy away from hard questions regarding the implications of Asia's rise for African development. It will be welcomed by academics, policy makers and students alike for its clear-eyed analysis, data and comparative insights.' Chris Alden 'A very valuable addition to a whole series of new and on-going debates about the character of China and India’s engagement with Africa.' Kenneth King, University of EdinburghTable of Contents Foreword: Gunilla Carlsson, Swedish Minister of Development Cooperation Introduction - Fantu Cheru and Cyril Obi Part I: The Big Picture: China and India as Emerging Giants 1. China, India & South Africa: What international relations/political economy in the second decade of the 21st century - Timothy M. Shaw 2. South-South Strategic Bases for Africa to Engage with China - Dot Keet 3. The Growing Shadow of the Tiger: India's burgeoning African engagements - Sanusha Naidu Part II: China and India's Relations with Africa: a historical perspective 4. Sino-African Development cooperation through cultural prism - Liu Haifang 5. India and Africa: Historical and Cultural Relations - Sanjunkta Banerji Bhattacharya 6. India's Foreign Aid Policy Towards Africa - Pranay Sinha Part III: China and India's Growth Surge in Africa 7. China and India's Growth Surge: The case of Manufacturing Exports - Alemayehu Geda and Atnafu G.Meskel Sore 8. Chinese Investment in African Network Industries - Peter Draper, Tsidiso Disenyana and Gilberto Biacuana 9. The role of India's private sector in the health and agricultural sectors of Africa - Renu Modi 10. Women Traders' Response to the Entry of Chinese Wax Prints: Case Studies from Accra, Ghana and Lome, Togo - Linn Axelsson and Nina Sylvanus Part IV: The conflict-development nexus: Precarious Balancing! 11. The Africa Union, China and Peace Operations: defining a new partnership - Kwesi Aning 12. China's Role in the crisis in Darfur - He Wenping 13. China and Zambia: Between Development and Politics - Fred Mutesa Part V: The scramble for African Oil and Resources 14. African Oil in the Energy Security Calculations of China and India - Cyril Obi 15. China and India in Angola: Differing Strategies - Alex Vines 16. Knocking On a Wide Open Door: Chinese Investment in Zambia - Peter Kragelund Part VI: Conclusion 17. Countering 'New Imperialisms' in Africa: What role for the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD)? - Fantu Cheru and Magnus Calais

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Book SynopsisIn this bold intervention, Cudworth and Hobden draw on recent advances in thinking about complexity theory to call for a profound re-envisioning of the study of international relations. As a discipline, IR is wedded to the enlightenment project of overcoming the 'hazards' of nature, and thus remains constrained by its blinkered 'human-centred' approach. Furthermore, as a means of predicting major global-political events and trends, it has failed consistently. Instead, the authors argue, it is essential we develop a much more nuanced and sophisticated analysis of global political systems, taking into account broader environmental circumstances, as well as social relations, economic practices and formations of political power. Essentially, the book reveals how the study of international politics is transformed by the understanding that we have never been exclusively human. An original work that is sure to provoke heated debate within the discipline, Posthuman International Relations combines insights from complexity theory and ecological thinking to provide a radical new agenda for a progressive, twenty-first century, International Relations.Trade ReviewMaterialism is making a long overdue comeback in International Relations. This impressive volume will make an important contribution to that. Drawing on developments within complexity theory Cudworth and Hobden have done IR a valuable service in resituating the human in its overdetermined complex socio-material environment. This book will surely be at the forefront of a new materialism in IR. * Colin Wight, Professor, Government and International Relations, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Sydney *This book undertakes an ambitious (yet, peaceful) revolt against the anthropocentric paradigms of IR. Bringing together complexity thinking and posthumanist philosophy, Cudworth and Hobden make a radical assault on the common wisdoms of the study of world politics. They do not merely rethink IR, they reinvent it. This reinvention is complete in the sense that it not only profoundly disrupts the dominant anthropocentric narratives, but also offers new tools for grasping the complex connections and linkages in the international system. Indeed, if IR is to offer any viable responses to current global problems, it needs to realise that humans are 'of', not just 'on', Planet Earth. In this exceptional book, Cudworth and Hobden show how this can be done. * Emilian Kavalski, University of Western Sydney *This is an exceptionally useful dissection of the interplays between complexity, the 'environment' and international politics. Scholars and practitioners in many disciplines/areas will find this illuminating and trenchant. * John Urry, Distinguished Professor, Department of Sociology, Lancaster University *Table of Contents1. Introducing Complexity and Posthumanism to International Politics 2. Complexity Theory in the Study of the Social World 3. Complex International Systems 4. Emergent Features in International Systems 5. Complex Ecologism 6. The Politics of Posthumanism 7. For a Posthuman International Relations Bibliography

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Book SynopsisFrom Recipients to Donors examines the emergence, or re-emergence, of a large number of nations as partners and donors in international development, from global powers such as Brazil, China and India, to Gulf states such as Saudi Arabia, to former socialist states such as Poland and Russia. The impact of these countries in international development has grown sharply, and as a result they have become a subject of intense interest and analysis. This unique book explores the range of opportunities and challenges this phenomenon presents for poorer countries and for development policy, ideology and governance. Drawing on the author’s rich original research, whilst expertly condensing published and unpublished material, From Recipients to Donors is an essential critical analysis and review for anyone interested in development, aid and international relations.Trade ReviewThe rise of China, India, Brazil and other "emerging" powers is challenging a development assistance system long dominated by wealthy industrialized countries. Emma Mawdsley's new book is the best guide yet to these changes. Equally adept with the language of theory and of practice, Mawdsley draws a smart, careful and nuanced portrait of a brave new world of donors and development partners. Powerful, well-researched and sensitive to the complex realities, this is the right book at just the right time. Anyone wanting to understand the complex new geographies of aid and development cooperation must read this book. * Professor Deborah Bräutigam, American University *Emma Mawdsley has written a rigorous, original and compelling account of the changing landscapes of aid and development cooperation. From Recipients to Donors is simply the best available account we have of these shifting geopolitical realities. * Professor Stuart Corbridge, London School of Economics *With the international aid system in a turbulent transition, Emma Mawdsley's excellent book on the so-called new donors from the South could not have come at a better time. Her comprehensive analysis enables the reader to understand the role of emerging powers as they shape the future of international development cooperation beyond a western-dominated OECD-DAC. * Thomas Fues, senior researcher and head of Training Department, German Development Institute *Emma Mawdsley provides a brilliant overview and perceptive analysis of the rise of the non-DAC donors and its implications for aid and development. This is an important and timely text. * Vicky Randall, emeritus professor, University of Essex *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Contexts: the rising powers and mainstream foreign aid 2. Histories and lineages of non-DAC aid and development cooperation 3. The (re-)emerging development partners today: institutions, recipients and flows 4. Modalities and practices: the substance of (re-)emerging development partnerships 5. Discourse, imagery and performance: constructing non-DAC development assistance 6. Institutional overtures, challenges and changes: changing development governance 7. From aid to development effectiveness and New Global Partnerships Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn this revealing new book, Bøås and Dunn explore the phenomenon of 'autochthony' - literally ‘son of the soil’ - in African politics. In contemporary Africa, questions concerning origin are currently among the most crucial and contested issues in political life, directly relating to the politics of place, belonging, identity and contested citizenship. Thus, land claims and autochthony disputes are the hallmark of political crises in many places on the African continent. Examining the often complex reasons behind this recent rise of autochthony across a number of high-profile case studies - including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, and Kenya - this is an essential book for anyone wishing to understand the impact of this crucial issue on contemporary African politics and conflicts.Trade ReviewEmpirically rich and beautifully written, this book's account of the rise of an exclusionary autochtony discourse in Africa in the legitimization of political violence is paradigm-busting. It shows how and why conventional arguments focusing on natural resources, environmental scarcity, or even ethnicity miss the mark entirely and instead how the disruptions of economic liberalization, decentralization, and political liberalization have exacerbated melancholic uncertainty and nervousness about belonging and its inextricable tie to land and citizenship rights -- with parallels throughout the world. It is a must read for anyone interested in civil war, its cycles of recurrence, the potential for civil war, and the need for change in current policies of peace-building. * Susan L. Woodward, The Graduate Center, City University of New York *This book addresses a critical and badly neglected issue in the politics of modern Africa, and makes a vital contribution to understanding the dynamics of conflict in the continent. * Christopher Clapham, Centre of African Studies, Cambridge University *Politics of Origin in Africa argues that the definition of citizenship on exclusionary terms or the activation of ethnicity and autochthony discourses are an integral component of state-making practices. Through detailed empirical studies of violent manifestations observed in Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya and the DRC, Morten Bøås and Kevin Dunn decipher interactions between space and identity, politics and memory, land ownership and landlessness. The outcome is an insightful and stimulating discussion of strategies associated with situations where the redistribution of resources within the neopatrimonial state and through its big men is highly dysfunctional. * Daniel C. Bach, University of Bordeaux *In this compelling study of how identity and conflict may be linked in Africa, Bøås and Dunn provide detailed case studies of the Ivory Coast, DRC, Liberia and Kenya to show how the narrative of autochthony is deployed to create the Other, often with violent consequences. As the authors convincingly substantiate, the construction and exploitation of labels and identifications, such as autochthony, reflect a symptom, rather than a cause, of Africa's maldevelopment. * Ian Taylor, School of International Relations, University of St. Andrews *Authocthony has become an important term for discussing identity politics and its relations in francophone Africa. Showing its centrality to the non-francophone countries as well, Politics of Origin in Africa reveals the inadequacy of the literature purporting resource curse on the one hand and resource scarcity on the other as the root cause for conflicts in the continent. Highlighting authocthony as "a strategy and not a fact", the authors bring the issue of local conflicts over land control and property rights to the fore, connecting them to political discourses and practices of both local and national character. This gives the book a truly refreshing, insightful and not least necessary perspective on African conflicts. * Mats Utas, The Nordic Africa Institute *The authors' compelling insights, rooted in a deep understanding of the politics of patronage, reveal how powerful forces in the global economy disrupt old patterns of stability and how the introduction of democratic elections and administrative decentralization can in fact aggravate conflict. This is an essential book both for scholars and analysts seeking to understand the new trajectories of conflicts in African countries, and the decisive shift away from top-down networks of authority to uncertain and often contentious centres of power. * William Reno, Northwestern University *Table of Contents1. Introduction: conflict, land scarcity and tales of origin 2. Autochthony, melancholy and uncertainty in contemporary African politics 3. Liberia: civil war and the 'Mandingo question' 4. Kenya: majimboism, indigenous land claims and electoral violence 5. Democratic Republic of Congo: 'dead certainty' in North Kivu 6. Côte d'Ivoire: production and the politics of belonging 7. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisEarly twentieth-century Iran had been dominated by the competing influences of the two great imperial powers of the time - Russia and Britain - making it difficult for a third power to establish a foothold. But an emergent, highly industrialised and assertive Germany in the 1930s became an attractive ally through which Iran could cut loose from domination by Britain and the Soviet Union, allowing it to seek modernity outside the constraints of old imperial interests. This led to the development of close commercial ties between Reza Shah's Persia and Hitler's Germany in the interwar period, an aspect of German foreign policy that is often overlooked. It was the National Bank of Persia, established in 1927 under German management, and with Kurt Lindenblatt as its governor, that was to be the vehicle for Germany's commercial expansion into Iran. The Bank was a vital engine driving industrialisation, even after Lindenblatt retired and was followed by Gholam Reza Amir-Khosrari and a board of directors including Hossein Ala and Abdul Hossein Hazhir. By the mid-1930s, a new German foreign policy approach of active diplomacy fortified initial inroads into the Iranian economy, building upon the foundations laid by individual entrepreneurs, the National Bank and the construction of the Trans-Iranian Railway. Iran evolved into an attractive country for international trade and, at the outbreak of World War II, Germany was Iran's largest trading partner - surpassing both the Soviet Union and Britain. These close ties reveal a complex relationship between Germany and Iran, and an admiration of the Nazi's brand of industrial, scientific and organisational progress. It was, however, a relationship that came to an abrupt end with the Allied invasion of Iran in 1941 that deposed the Shah. Khatib-Shahidi delves into previously untapped German primary sources to explore the nature of German involvement in Iran between the wars, examining how it came to be moulded by a handful of individuals. This book is a revealing resource on the historical ties between Iran and Germany, making it indispensable for students and researchers of European Imperialism and Colonialism in the Middle East as well as of Iranian Political and Economic History.Trade Review'Dr Khatib-Shahidi has written a most percipient history of the surprising role the National Bank of Persia played in German-Iranian relations before World War II. He has based his study on an exhaustive trawl through German archives including that of the Ministry of Finance and of the German Foreign Ministry in Berlin. From the many dispatches and reports the reader gains a clear insight into the machinations of the German directors of the Bank in their attempts to further their political and economic goals. This is a most valuable addition to the history of Iran's foreign relations and of German policy and to the economic history of the Middle East in general.' Derek Hopwood, University of Oxford 'This is an excellent and long overdue study of an important but hitherto neglected subject. Based on a thorough examination of German archives, some only recently available, the book sheds much light on the relations between Germany under Adolf Hitler and Reza Shah's Iran. Its account of the National Bank of Persia is highly original but it also contains a wealth of information about the broader political and economic history of interwar Iran, much of which will be new to an English-speaking readership. The book is well written and it will become essential reading for specialists on the period as well as being of interest to a wider general audience.' Stephanie Cronin, University of OxfordTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: Persia, the International Environment, and the German Economic Approach Chapter 2: German Foreign Policy Towards Persia Chapter 3: German Foreign and Economic Relations in Persia: Their Evolution and the Role of the National Bank Chapter 4: Challenges for German Foreign Policy towards Persia and the National Bank Chapter 5: The National Bank Controversy and the End of the Taimurtash Era Chapter 6: The Lindenblatt Affair and the National Bank Chapter 7: Germany’s Political Relations Advance Economic Influence in Persia Chapter 8: Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisCan John D. Negroponte be described as 'The Last American Diplomat'? In a career spanning 50 years of unprecedented American global power, he was the last of a dying breed of patrician diplomats - devoted to public service, a self-effacing and ultimate insider, whose prime duty was to advise, guide and warn. Negroponte served as US ambassador to Honduras, Mexico, the Philippines and Iraq; he was US Permanent Representative to the UN, Director of National Intelligence and Deputy Secretary of State to George W. Bush. His was a high-flying and seemingly conventional career but one full of surprises. He opposed Kissinger in Vietnam, argued against direct military action against Marxists in Central America and warned that the Iraq War could be another 'Vietnam'. George W. Liebmann's incisive account of Negroponte's life and career is based on personal and shared experience, as well as thorough research and interviews with Negroponte and other leading actors. It will provide fascinating reading for students and researchers interested in the inside-story of American diplomacy, revealing personal and policy struggles, and the underlying fissures present even in the world's last remaining superpower.Trade Review'The Last American Diplomat is a true masterpiece, a book far above the standards and the contents of the great majority of the dozens of, often ephemeral, works published each year about the theme and themes of American foreign policy. It is a most detailed and finely written tome about the career and the character of John D. Negroponte, an American whose name is known or remembered, alas, by few who ought to. But there is more to it. George Liebmann has written excellent biographies of men and diplomats who had incarnated the standards of what might be called -necessarily imprecisely, but essentially truly - of "the old diplomacy". This study of Negroponte is a prime example of Liebmann's historical philosophy as well as his architectural examination of his protaganist's public career.' - John LukacsTable of ContentsAuthor’s Preface 1. Preparation for Diplomacy 2. Hong Kong , Trade, and a New China 3. Vietnam and Limited War 4. The Value of Reflection: Stanford Interlude 5. Kissinger and the Use and Non-Use of Force 6. Ecuador: Limiting the Environmental Commons 7. Thessaloniki : Consular Work and Outposts 8. Fisheries, Nationalism, and Conservation 9. Refugees and Asia: Generosity Revived 10. Proxy Wars and Central America 11. Treaties, Diseases and the Environment: A New International Politics 12. NSC and the Avoidance of Problems 13. NAFTA and the New Politics of Regional Trade 14. The Philippines: Recessional from Empire 15. Panama : Recessional, Act II 16. McGraw-Hill: Publishing for a World Market 17. The Security Council and World Order 18. Iraq: Time, Politics, and the Limits of Force 19. Intelligence: Analysis Replaces Adventurism 20. State Department and Capacity-Building Conclusion: Hegemony Limited and Realism Revived

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Book SynopsisProvocation is the key theme in the antagonistic relationship between the US and post-revolution Iran. The two nations are the source of a growing tension felt around the globe. "Politics of Confrontation" is a penetrating critique of international relations theory within the historical framework of US-Iranian relations from the early reign of the Shah to the revolution under the Ayatollah Khomeini, with particular emphasis on the final years during the Carter administration. This thorough examination provides the first in-depth look at US documents seized from the American Embassy by revolutionary students during the infamous hostage crisis. Babak Ganji's findings are an essential addition to the discourse of foreign policy theorists as well as being invaluable for historians of the US, Iran and the Cold War.Trade Review"'An outstanding piece of research which offers an important and original perspective on the history of US-Iranian relations' (Professor John Dumbrell, University of Leicester)"Table of ContentsAcknowledgements 1. US Policy towards Iran 2. The Carter Administration’s Regional Strategy and Policy towards Iran 3. The development of religious opposition to the Shah 4. The formation of the Tripoli Bloc and the radical challenge to the regional order 5. Revolutionary crisis in Iran 6. Policy currents and the Iranian revolution 7. The intensification of the revolutionary crisis 8. US policy during the collapse of the ancient regime and the victory of the revolution 9. The regional impact of the Iranian revolution 10. The Carter administration’s modus vivendi with the revolutionary regime 11. US strategies and the Iranian hostage crisis 12. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the hostage crisis 13. The Failure of the hostage rescue mission and the continuation of the negotiations 14. Iran-Iraq war and developments in the hostage crisis 15. Post-election shift of US strategy in Iran and the region 16. Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisFar from having to 'scram from Africa' following the abandonment of her 'East of Suez' role, and despite the problems of Mau Mau, and the even the Suez debacle on a larger international stage, Britain continued to vigorously pursue imperial African interests. And Kenya was centre-stage. Much scholarship has been devoted to the Emergency (1952-60), fear of a post-Mau Mau civil war, de-colonization and setting up independent Kenya but little on British policy in pursuing her vital interests beyond independence. "Britain, Kenya and the Cold War", shows Britain maintaining her strategic priorities in Kenya - cultivating the moderate Kenyatta government, giving up the unacceptable colonial army base, but retaining military camps, rights of overflying, staging and training, and arming and training the Kenyan military, including internal security. Kenyan de-colonization and British defence interests were intimately linked and vital within the context of the Cold War and East-West regional rivalry.Trade Review'David Percox tells us, for the first time, and from intimate, previously secret, primary sources, the fascinating early history of this military relationship between Britain and Kenya. Kenya was never merely a 'Happy Valley' of aristocratic white settlement. In the First World War it was the base from which the Kaiser was driven out of East Africa and, in the Second, from which Mussolini was ejected from Ethiopia. The British army re-learned its guerrilla tactics in order to defeat Mau Mau in Kenya's forests, and looked to a Kenya base for conducting an 'East of Suez' strategy during the Cold War. No wonder the British protected and armed the man they had most feared, Jomo Kenyatta, erstwhile 'leader to darkness and death' transformed into robust Cold War ally. Percox ends this first-rate study by giving neo-colonialism a precise, ironic, and martial meaning.' - John Lonsdale, Emeritus Professor of Modern African History, University of Cambridge; 'The historical study of Kenya's decolonization, always a popular topic in African historiography, has reached a new stage... David Percox, drawing on newly accessible colonial records at the British Public Record Office and concentrating on defence and security issues, argues that the pathway to the transfer of power was far from the orderly one that recent historical studies have proposed.' - Robert Tignor, Rosengarten Professor of Modern and Contemporary History, Princeton UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction Defence and Internal Security, 1945-52 British Counter-Insurgency in Kenya, 1952-6 East Africa, East of Suez, 1956-7 East Africa, East of Suez II, 1957-9 Internal Security and Decolonisation, 1956-9 Internal Security and Decolonisation II, 1959-65 Defence and Decolonisation, 1956-65 Conclusion

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Book SynopsisAfter the proclamation of the Truman Doctrine in 1947, the United States became deeply involved in Greek affairs. By 1952, however, the pro-Western government of Marshal Papagos began to support the nationalist ‘Enosis’ movement in Cyprus and called for an end to British colonial rule in the island. The opposition of the US, Britain and Turkey to these demands brought Greece face-to-face with its closest allies at the United Nations in 1954 and led to the outbreak of the first major crisis within NATO since its creation. Greece and the Cold War examines these developments from the novel perspective of critical international theory and exposes the unexplored connections between dependence and nationalism in Greek foreign policy. Drawing on a wide range of American, British and Greek archival sources, it argues that nationalism and compliance with the collective interests of NATO were two irreconcilable objectives in Greek foreign policy after 1952. At the same time, the book tells the story of how the post-Civil War governments of Greece, for a variety of political, cultural and ideological reasons, treated these two objectives as essentially compatible, resulting in the adoption of a dualist policy. This self-contradictory diplomatic doctrine, which the author refers to as “dependent nationalism”, lies at the heart of Greece’s post-War failures both to emancipate its politics from US intervention and to peacefully end its regional dispute with Turkey over Cyprus. The book deploys an interdisciplinary approach which brings together the diverse perspectives of diplomatic history, foreign policy analysis and political sociology.Trade ReviewA compelling history that alerts the reader to the geopolitics of the Greek world and the word. Absorbing in its details while eye-opening in its transnational conceptualization. * Gonda Van Steen, Koraes Chair of Modern Greek and Byzantine History, Language and Literature, King’s College London, UK *Interweaving an account of Greek foreign policy in the wake of Greece’s civil war with the latest International Relations theory, Alexander Kazamias achieves the impossible: a solid work of history, based on extensive archival research, which is located within a sophisticated conceptual framework. * Martyn Rady, Masaryk Professor Emeritus of Central European History, UCL, UK *In this trenchant analysis of Greek foreign policy, Alexander Kazamias shows how resurgent irredentism, far from being independent of colonialism, could fatally fuse with the self-interested goals of a declining but still massively powerful British imperium and the virulent anti-communism of the Cold War. Rejecting political and cultural stereotypes, Kazamias crafts a disturbingly credible account of how this toxic ideological brew has continued to plague Greek foreign relations while concomitantly condemning Cyprus to geopolitical limbo. He thereby elucidates the long-term effects of colonialism and its reincarnation in postcolonial hegemonies. * Michael Herzfeld, author of Subversive Archaism: Troubling Traditionalists and the Politics of National Heritage *Table of ContentsIntroduction Conceptualizing the Dualism of Greek Foreign Policy Hegemony, Dependence and the US Policy Review of 1952 The Domestic Structures of the Post-Civil War Political System From Dependence to Dualism: Cyprus enters Greek Foreign Policy Dependent Nationalism: ‘Operating between two Notions’ The Semi-Internationalization of the Cyprus Question: The UN Appeal The Dualist Aspects of Foreign Economic Policy Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisFor centuries the Islamic world has, by turns, been both reviled and admired in the West. Since the time of the Crusades, Europeans have viewed Muslim culture and religion through the unique distorting lens of Orientalism, colouring all aspects of their perception and generating a curious blend of fascination and distrust. Historian, sociologist and Middle East specialist Maxime Rodinson presents an account of this relationship, in a history that is balanced and concise yet insightful.Trade Review'sure to become a favourite of American scholars of the Middle East. It is short, succinct, erudite, and greatly reassuring' -Richard W. Bulliet 'Is the history of Islam and the West... merely a record of battles and bigotry? This book makes clear that the relationship has been much subtler. By chronicling, succinctly and elegantly, the West's changing images of Islam, Rodinson - one of the leading French scholars of Islam and the Middle East - demolishes the notion of two monolithic blocs frozen in eternal hostility' -London Review of Books 'Rodinson's serious work is an analytical history of Europe's varying attitudes, positive and negative, towards Islam and the Middle East... Deserves reading.' -The EconomistTable of ContentsPart 1 Western views of the Muslim world: the Middle Ages; toward a less polemical image; coexistence and reconciliation; from coexistence to objectivity; the birth of Orientalism; the enlightenment; the 19th century; challenges to Eurocentrism. Part 2 Toward a new approach to Arab and Islamic studies: traditional Orientalism in the past; the present crisis and current problems; the present state of the craft - the continuance of the past impetus; theologocentrism in scholarship; new fields and disciplines; regional influences in Islamic studies; the modalities of future progress; proposals for future study.

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Book SynopsisThe revival and power of religious feelings among Muslims since the Iranian revolution presents a complicated and often perplexing picture of the politics of modern Islam. What are the ideas which have influenced the direction of these trends? Here, Hamis Enayat provides an answer by describing and interpreting some of the major Islamic political ideas, especially those expressed by Iranians and Egyptians, as well as thinkers from Pakistan, India, Lebanon, Syria and Iraq. He examines the political differences between the two main schools in Islam - Shi'ism and Sunnism. Also covered in the book is: the concept of the Islamic state; and the Muslim response to the challenge of alien and modern ideologies such as nationalism, democracy and socialism - as well as notions of Shi'i modernism.Trade Review'Enayat's book makes a significant contribution to understanding the complexities of a situation involving the two most important Muslim communities as they are forced to share a single political space.'- Asian AffairsJOURNAL OF ORIENTAL AND AFRICAN STUDIES'...this title will for long remain a classic and redoubtable piece of scholarship...an essential reading for all those interested in and "insider's" analysis of the Islamic political thought and indeed for all students of political history.- Amidu Olalekan Sanni, Lagos State University

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Book SynopsisSecurity has long been a central organizing concept of international relations. Until the 1980s, students of the discipline understood its simple essence in terms of arms races and balances of power. However, the issues have changed considerably in the 1990s, and this text aims to help students understand these changes. Many attempts have been made to redefine the concept, leading to a proliferation of terms such as true security, global security, common security and environmental security, but there has been little precision associated with the use of these terms which have often been used in confusing and contradictory ways. In attempting to help students deal with the confusion, this book seeks to outline the theoretical tools at the disposal of students for their own rethinking of security. These tools offer innovative ways of looking at a central concept of the discipline. It outlines some of these alternatives in the context of the third world, which, it is argued, has been neglected by the traditional conceptualization of security.Table of ContentsRethinking the Third World; neo-realism; critical theory; environmental/ecological philosophies and security; engaging with other fields and disciplines; security and development; security and sustainable development.

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Book SynopsisExacerbated by the Gulf War, the plight of the Kurds is one of the most urgent problems facing the international community. This authoritative study of the Kurdish people provides a deep and varied insight into one of the largest primarily tribal communities in the world. It covers the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, the great Kurdish revolt against republican Turkey, the birth of Kurdish nationalism and the situation of the Kurdish people in Iraq, Turkey and Iran today. Van Bruinessen's work is already recognized as a key contribution to this subject. Tribe by tribe, he accounts for the evolution of power within Kurdish religious and other lineages, and shows how relations with the state have played a key constitutive role in the development of tribal structures. This is illustrated from contemporary Kurdish life, highlighting the complex interplay between traditional clan loyalties and their modern national equivalents. This book is essential to any Middle East collection. It has serious implications for the study of tribal life elsewhere, and it documents the history of what has until recently been a forgotten people.Table of Contents Preface Introduction How this book came to be written Subject of this study A note on the written sources 1. General Information on Kurdistan Geography Geopolitical situation Population Other economic activities: crafts/industries and trades Language Religion The Kurdish national movement, 1960-85 Iranian Kurdistan and the Islamic Revolution The Iran-Iraq war and the Kurds Saddam Hussein's solution to the Kurdish question Recent changes in Turkey's attitude 2. Tribes, Chieftains and Non-tribal Groups The tribe and its subdivisions Kurdish terms Blood feud and other conflicts Higher than the tribe? Leadership and conflicts Leadership: titles and functions The guest-house Economic aspects: tribute to the agha Leadership situation among a number of different tribes Power as a process: the colonization of the northern Jazira Subject 'non-tribal' peasantry and their relations with tribal Kurds The guran and the Guran Nomads and peasants: one or two peoples? Conclusion 3. Tribes and the State Introduction The incorporation of Kurdistan into the Ottoman Empire The political history of some Kurdish emirates Administrative organization of Ottoman Kurdistan in the sixteenth century Internal organization of the Kurdish emirates Political changes in the nineteenth century The rise of Bedr Khan Beg and the fall of the emirate of Botan The new land code and its effects The establishment of Kurdish tribal militias: the Hamidiye Mustafa Pasha of the Miran Ibrahim Pasha of the Milan Changes in the early twentieth century Conclusions 4. Shaikhs: mystics, saints and politicians Introductory remarks God incarnate Dervish and sufi orders Sufi and dervish orders: organized popular mysticism The history of the Qadiri order as an example Qadiri shaikhs in Kurdistan The Naqshbandi tariqa and the Naqshbandi order Why did the Naqshbandi order spread so rapidly? Rituals of the Qadiri order The Naqshbandi ritual Shaikh and khalifa: relations with other shaikhs The shaikh and his followers Millenarianism Decline of the shaikhs' influence Islamic revival: the Nurcu movement 5. Shaikh Said's Revolt Introduction History of Kurdish national consciousness The end of the Ottoman Empire and the birth of the Republic of Turkey The first Kurdish political organizations Shaikh Said's revolt External and internal support for the revolt The Naqshbandi order and the revolt The religious versus the nationalist character of the revolt

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Book SynopsisHighlighting gendered violence across layers of social and political organization, from the military to the sexual, this book explores the connections between international security, intra-state conflict and ‘domestic‘ violence. International in scope, it makes the links between the local and the global and between the public and the private, in its discussion of gendered violence. Claiming that it is not enough to simply ‘add‘ women to international relations theory, the contributors to this book brilliantly demonstrate how much more fruitful an in-depth analysis of the different layers of gendered violence can be. This book will be necessary reading for students and academics of women‘s studies, international relations and political theory.Table of Contents 1. Introduction - Susie Jacobs, Ruth Jacobson and Jennifer Marchbank Part I: The Global Context: Security and Conflict 2. Re-packaging Notions of Security: A Sceptical Feminist Responds - Lee-Anne Broadhead 3. Wars Against Women: Metaphor or Reality? Gendered Violence and the Militarised State - Liz Kelly 4. Transforming Conflict: Some Thoughts on a Gendered Understanding of Conflict Processes - Judy el-Bushra 5. Engendering the State in Refugee Women's Claims for Asylum - Heaven Crawley 6. Women, the State and War - Francine D'Amico Part II: Resistance and Autonomy 7. Shifting Relationships and Competing Discourses in Post-Mao China: The All-China Women's Federation and the People's Republic - Jude Howell 8. Violence Against Women in Brazil: International Influences on Local Policy - Fiona Macaulay 9. Women's Strategies of Resistance to Intimate Violence in Calcutta - Purna Sen 10. Women and Peace in Northern Ireland: A Complicated Relationship - Ruth Jacobson 11. Gender, Community and Nation: The Myth of Innocence - Parviter Mukta. Conclusion - Susie Jacobs

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Book SynopsisFew states in the modern world have had a less promising birth than Jordan. When in 1921 the Hashemite Emir Abdallah was recognized as the ruler of this romantic backwater of the former Ottoman Empire, it was sparsely populated, extremely poor, and widely regarded as ungovernable. Today against all the odds, Jordan has become one of the most prosperous and stable of Middle Eastern countries and a major player in the region's politics. In this political history, Kamal Salibi attempts to explain how this transformation was achieved. The book traces the story of modern Jordan from its origins in the Arab revolt at the end of World War I and the political success of the astute and colourful founder of its ruling dynasty. It includes a detailed examination of the far-reaching implications for Jordan of the Palestinian tragedy and a constantly tense relationship with neighbouring Israel and it shows how King Hussein, the longest surviving ruler in the contemporary Middle East, has guided the country through these difficult times to introduce democracy in 1988.Table of ContentsThe land and its story; "the stone which the builders refused"; the dynastic background; the founder; putting the country together; Abdullah and the Palestinian; a kingdom at a price; learning the game of nations; the difficult years; two sovereignty in conflict; "a stone for the corner".

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Book SynopsisFor decades, the United States ran covert operations into Tibet in an attempt to help Tibetan exiles take back their country from the Chinese. These operations have never been disclosed-until now.

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Book SynopsisWhen The Hope of Israel was translated into English in 1652, its argument from Scripture that messianic redemption would not come to the Jewish people until they were scattered in all the corners of the Earth aroused great interest and played an instrumental part in the discussions in the Commonwealth under Cromwell which eventually led to the readmission of the Jews in 1656. This edition of that English text includes an introduction and notes which place the work in the intellectual context of its time.Trade Review'The editors are to be commended not merely for their editions of the text, but more specifically for their most informative and detailed introduction. Its ninety-five pages provide a scholarly but immensely readable background to Menasseh's life and times.' Jewish Chronicle 'Doubly welcome. The editors' introduction is admirable in its elucidation of Menasseh's life and times, the Marrano background and the messianic atmosphere of the mid-seventeenth century.'L. K., PolinTable of ContentsForewordAbbreviationsEditions and translationsIntroductionAmsterdam: From the Marranos to a Portuguese Jewish Community Menasseh ben Israel: A New Look at his Life and Work, 1604-1657 Esperanca de Israel, 1650Wall's English Translation of the Latin TextA Note on the English TranslationFacsimile of the Title PageThe Epistle DedicatoryMenasseh ben Israel to the Courteous ReaderThe Authors of Other Nations, which are Quoted in this TreatiseThe Hebrew Books, and Authors The Relation of Antonio MontezinosThe Hope of Israel A Note on Moses Wall by Richard H. PopkinBibliographyIndex of Place and Proper Names

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