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Ancient World

Political Science

Athens A History of the World's First Democracy

Mitchell Thomas N.

ISBN: PB: 9780300246605, Yale University Press, August 2019
368 pp., 19.7x12.7 cm, 12 black&white illus., 5 maps

The first democracy, established in ancient Greece more than 2,500 years ago, has served as the foundation for every democratic system of government instituted down the centuries. In this lively history, author Thomas N. Mitchell tells the full and r...

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Asia

Political Science

Red Flags Why Xi's China Is in Jeopardy

Magnus George

ISBN: PB: 9780300246636, Yale University Press, August 2019
248 pp., 19.7x12.7 cm

<p>Under President Xi Jinping, China has become a large and confident power both at home and abroad, but the country also faces serious challenges. In this critical take on China's future, economist George Magnus explores four key traps that Chin...

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Political Science

General

Authority Construction and Corrosion

Lincoln Bruce

ISBN: PB: 9780226481982, University of Chicago Press, August 2019
235 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 18 tables

What is authority? How is it constituted? How ought one understand the subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) relations between authority and coercion? Between authorized and subversive speech? In this fascinating and intricate analysis, Bruce Lincoln...

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Political Science

Peacekeeper, Humanitarian, Abuser Children at Risk Worldwide

Freedman Rosa, Blakemore Sarah, Lemay-Hebert Nicolas

ISBN: PB: 9781787381131, Hurst Publishers, August 2019
224 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! Thousands of organisations around the world are doing all they can to protect children, but many more are putting them at risk – and there is no single international legal framework or justice system to hold them to account. U...

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Political Science

Black Wave How Networks and Governance Shaped Japan's 3/11 Disasters

Aldrich Daniel P.

ISBN: PB: 9780226638430, ISBN: HB: 9780226638263, University of Chicago Press, July 2019
272 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 12 line drawings, 12 tables

Despite the devastation caused by the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and 60-foot tsunami that struck Japan in 2011, some 96% of those living and working in the most disaster-stricken region of Tohoku made it through. Smaller earthquakes and tsunamis have k...

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Political Science

Arab Political Thought Past and Present

Corm Georges

ISBN: HB: 9781849048163, Hurst Publishers, July 2019
288 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! This book demonstrates the vitality of Arab political thought and its major controversies. It shows that the key players involved, far from being constrained by a theological-political straitjacket, have often demonstrated stro...

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Middle East

Political Science

Arafat and Abbas Portraits of Leadership in a State Postponed

Klein Menachem

ISBN: HB: 9781787381438, Hurst Publishers, July 2019
256 pp., 26.1x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! This landmark volume presents vivid and intimate portraits of Palestinian Presidents Yasser Arafat and Mahmoud Abbas, revealing the impact these different personalities have had on the struggle for national self-determination....

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Political Science

Social Democracy in the Making Political and Religious Roots of European Socialism

Dorrien Gary

ISBN: HB: 9780300236026, Yale University Press, June 2019
600 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm

The fallout from twenty years of neoliberal economic globalism has sparked a surge of interest in the old idea of democratic socialism – a democracy in which the people control the economy and government, no group dominates any other, and every citiz...

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Political Science

Good Enough for Government Work The Public Reputation Crisis in America (And What We Can Do to Fix It)

Lerman Amy E.

ISBN: PB: 9780226630205, ISBN: HB: 9780226630175, University of Chicago Press, June 2019
304 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 26 line drawings, 8 tables

American government is in the midst of a reputation crisis. An overwhelming majority of citizens – Republicans and Democrats alike – hold negative perceptions of the government and believe it is wasteful, inefficient, and doing a generally poor job m...

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Political Science

Great Broadening How the Vast Expansion of the Policymaking Agenda Transformed American Politics

Jones Bryan D., Theriault Sean M., Whyman Michelle

ISBN: PB: 9780226625942, ISBN: HB: 9780226625805, University of Chicago Press, June 2019
326 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 90 line drawings, 4 tables

Beginning in the late 1950s and continuing through the 1970s, the United States experienced a vast expansion in national policy making. During this period, the federal government extended its scope into policy arenas previously left to civil society...

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