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Political Science

Dynamics of Sunni-Shia Relationships Doctrine, Transnationalism, Intellectuals and the Media

Marechal Brigitte, Zemn Sami

ISBN: HB: 9781849042178, Hurst Publishers, May 2013
320 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! Before the immense changes of the 2011 'Arab Spring', it was Sunni-Shia sectarian rivalry that preoccupied most political analyses of the Middle East. This book presents wide-ranging and up-to-date research that sheds light on...

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Biography & Memoires

Political Science

Diary of Georgi Dimitrov

Dimitrov Georgi, Banac Ivo

ISBN: PB: 9780300191448, Yale University Press, January 2013
584 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, black&white illus.

Georgi Dimitrov (1882-1949) was a high-ranking Bulgarian and Soviet official, one of the most prominent leaders of the international Communist movement and a trusted member of Stalin's inner circle. Accused by the Nazis of setting the Reichstag fire...

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Political Science

Islam

Demystifying the Caliphate

Al-Rasheed Madawi, Kersten Carool, Shterin Marat

ISBN: PB: 9781849042284, Hurst Publishers, January 2013
356 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! In Western popular imagination, the Caliphate often conjures up an array of negative images, while rallies organised in support of resurrecting the Caliphate are treated with a mixture of apprehension and disdain, as if they we...

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Political Science

Democracy and the Left Social Policy and Inequality in Latin America

Huber Evelyne, Stephens John D.

ISBN: PB: 9780226356532, ISBN: HB: 9780226356525, University of Chicago Press, October 2012
368 pp., 23x15 cm, 12 figures, 36 tables

Although inequality in Latin America ranks among the worst in the world, it has notably declined over the last decade, offset by improvements in health care and education, enhanced programs for social assistance, and increases in the minimum wage. In...

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Business & Economics

Political Science

Design and Implementation of US Climate Policy

Fullerton Don, Wolfram Catherine

ISBN: HB: 9780226269146, University of Chicago Press, September 2012
344 pp., 23x15 cm, 28 tables, 1 halftone, 27 line illus.

Economic research on climate change has been crucial in advancing our understanding of the consequences associated with global warming as well as the costs and benefits of the various policies that might reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. As natio...

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Political Science

Difference and Democracy Exploring Potentials in Europe and Beyond

Raube Kolja, Sattler Annika

ISBN: PB: 9783593395029, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, February 2012
380 pp., 22x14 cm, 5 halftones, 5 colour illus.

As Europe becomes increasingly diverse, understanding the effects of differences among citizens within European democracy crucial. The contributors to "Difference and Democracy" take a novel interdisciplinary approach to this important dimension of s...

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Political Science

General

Disciplining the Poor Neoliberal Paternalism and the Persistent Power of Race

Soss Joe, Fording Richard C., Schram Sanford F.

ISBN: PB: 9780226768779, ISBN: HB: 9780226768762, University of Chicago Press, January 2012
368 pp., 23x15 cm, 1 map, 1 table, 45 line illus.

"Disciplining the Poor" lays out the underlying logic of contemporary poverty governance in the United States. The authors argue that poverty governance – how social welfare policy choices get made, how authority gets exercised, and how collective pu...

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Political Science

General

Doctors and Demonstrators How Political Institutions Shape Abortion Law in the United States, Britain, and Canada

Halfmann Drew

ISBN: PB: 9780226313436, ISBN: HB: 9780226313429, University of Chicago Press, October 2011
336 pp., 23x15 cm, 27 halftones

Since "Roe v. Wade", abortion has continued to be a divisive political issue in the United States. In contrast, it has remained primarily a medical issue in Britain and Canada despite the countries' shared heritage".Doctors and Demonstrators" looks b...

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Political Science

Disappearing Center Engaged Citizens, Polarization, and American Democracy

Abramowitz Alan I.

ISBN: PB: 9780300168297, ISBN: HB: 9780300141627, Yale University Press, February 2011
208 pp., 22.1x14.7 cm, 41 black&white illus.

In this timely book, renowned political scientist Alan Abramowitz presents a groundbreaking argument that the most important divide in American politics is not between left and right but rather between citizens who are politically engaged and those w...

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Political Science

Middle East

Dubai Gilded Cage

Ali Syed

ISBN: PB: 9780300152173, Yale University Press, March 2010
288 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 20 illus.

In less than two decades, Dubai has transformed itself from an obscure Gulf emirate into a global centre for business, tourism, and luxury living. It is a fascinating case study in light-speed urban development, hyperconsumerism, massive immigration,...

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