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Would the Islamic State ever renounce violence? In the current political climate, the question seems preposterous. Yet, at the height of a terrorist campaign against tourists in Egypt during the 1990s, nobody expected that the group behind the attacks would issue and...
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Oxford University Press
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2020-08-18
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A unique theory of what happens when leaders fear a revolution abroad will spread to their own country and how that affects international relations.
When do leaders fear that a revolution elsewhere will spread to their own polities, and what are the international...
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Oxford University Press
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2020-08-18
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An in-depth account of why countries' treacherous foreign policies often have harmless origins, how this predicament shapes international politics, and what to do about it.
The increasing unpredictability of state behavior in recent world politics is a surprising...
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Oxford University Press
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2020-08-18
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An original theory and meticulous analysis of how advocates of political secularization emerged historically and why they succeeded in some contexts but not others.
Why do some countries adopt secular institutions while others do not? In The Origins of Secular...
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Oxford University Press
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2020-08-18
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An investigation of what consolidating religion as a technology of peacebuilding and development does to people's accounts of their religious and cultural traditions and why interreligious peacebuilding entrenches colonial legacies in the present.
Throughout the global...
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Oxford University Press
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2020-08-18
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Cities come in all shapes and sizes, with different patterns and forms. Streets might be strictly gridded or curvilinear. Buildings might be tightly packed or spread out. Patterns and forms might reflect the highest aspirations, or they might simply be responses to...
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Oxford University Press
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2020-08-18
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Die Coronakrise wirkt als Seismograph der gegenwärtigen Gesellschaft.Die Widersprüche und Pathologien werden unmittelbar sichtbar und insbesondere die gesellschaftsprägende Kraft der Digitalisierung führt deutlich vor Augen, dass Gestaltung das Gebot der Stunde ist....
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Springer VS
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2020-08-18
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Taking the reader through a long view of American history, What Happened to the Vital Center? offers a novel and important contribution to the ongoing scholarly and popular discussion of how America fell apart and what might be done to end the Cold Civil War that...
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Oxford University Press
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2020-08-18
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The #MeToo movement has catalyzed an international discussion about the routine challenges women face in their professional lives as a result of male-dominated industries and office cultures. These include well-documented cases of sexual harassment and assault, but also...
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Oxford University Press
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2020-08-18
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In a devastating and urgent work of investigative journalism, Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hamby uncovers the tragic resurgence of black lung disease in Appalachia, its Big Coal cover-up, and the resilient mining communities who refuse to back down. Decades ago, a...
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Little, Brown and Company
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2020-08-18
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War and conflict are a reality of life throughout the world. While much is written about the impact of violence and disorder, how people and organisations adapt to these environments is poorly understood. This book tells the often hidden story of people managing,...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-08-17
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This book explores the role of elected leaders in disaster management. Filling a significant gap in disaster literature, the authors take a pragmatic approach to the relationships between the public under threat, the operational response, and the interests and actions...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-08-17
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Public opinion research has been under a great deal of criticism over the last few years as it failed to accurately predict a series of important outcomes around the world. As a result, polls are now assumed to be inaccurate at best, manipulative at worst. Nevertheless,...
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Palgrave Pivot
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2020-08-17
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This publication offers the most wide-ranging examination to date of an intriguing country, one that is often misunderstood. It serves as a comprehensive reference for the growing field of Israel studies and is also a significant resource for students and scholars of...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2020-08-15
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It can be easy to forget the critical role that maritime transport plays in the global economy, but international maritime transportation is still responsible for around 90% of global trade. Protecting the maritime infrastructure essential for this trade from terrorism...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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2020-08-15
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Rivers are a vital component of ecology-the earth's hydrological cycle depends on them. However, across the world, rivers are under stress and even in crisis. With rising populations, the demand for river water is increasing. Many rivers fail to reach the sea because of...
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Oxford University Press
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2020-08-15
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This book is concerned with socially engaged art projects in the Chinese countryside, with the artists and intellectuals who are involved, the villagers they meet and the local authorities with whom they negotiate. In recent years an increasing number of urban artists...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-08-14
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Europe is a continent whose history has, in one form or another, long been dominated by integration. And yet the European integration process is often treated as synonymous with the evolution of just one particular, and until recently geographically quite limited,...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2020-08-14
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This book analyses democratization and democracy in South Korea since 1960. The book starts with an analysis of the distinctive characteristics of bureaucratic authoritarianism and how democratic transition had been possible after inconclusive and protracted “tug of...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2020-08-14
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Why would an authoritarian regime expand social welfare provision in the absence of democratization? Yet China, the world's largest and most powerful authoritarian state, has expanded its social health insurance system at an unprecedented rate, increasing enrollment...
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Oxford University Press
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2020-08-14
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