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Contours of the Illiberal State Governing Circulation in the Smart Economy
ISBN: PB: 9783593510170, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, November 2019
292 pp., 21.5x13.9 cm, 7 halftones
The post-Cold War era was marked by the emergence of unprecedented new networks of international private trade, cooperation, and circulation of goods that promised to render the state nearly obsolete – at least in theory. The essays collected in this...
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£34,00
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Core Europe and Greater Eurasia A Roadmap for the Future
ISBN: PB: 9783593507842, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, May 2018
226 pp., 21.6x13.9 cm, 2 tables, 2 figures
In today's world, interstate wars are fairly rare – but when they happen, they tend to be more complicated than in the past, combining regional causes with the involvement of external actors as well. This book looks at that problem in the wake of the...
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£28,50
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Revolutions and Counter-Revolutions 1917 and Its Aftermath from a Global Perspective
ISBN: HB: 9783593507057, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, September 2017
400 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
Unquestionably a watershed year in world history, 1917 not only saw the Russian Revolution and the US entry into World War I, it also marked a foundational moment in determining global political structures for the remaining twentieth century. Yet whi...
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£37,50
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Secessionist Rule Protracted Conflict and Configurations of Non-State Authority
ISBN: PB: 9783593506296, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, February 2017
425 pp., 21.6x14 cm, 1 halftone, 3 maps, 7 tables
In this timely investigation of secessionist entities in post-Soviet territories, Smolnik explores how political authority is organized, produced, and reproduced in conditions of violent conflict. Drawing on case studies of unrecognized or only parti...
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£36,00
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Beyond Decent Work The Cultural Political Economy of Labour Struggles in Indonesia
ISBN: PB: 9783593506449, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, February 2017
244 pp., 21.6x14 cm, 7 halftones, 3 tables
"Beyond Decent Work" explores the history of the Indonesian labor movement, using three contemporary case studies to shed light on the development of Indonesia's labor struggles and trade union strategies. Drawing on extensive and recent qualitative...
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£36,00
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Policy Debates as Dynamic Networks German Pension Politics and Privatization Discourse
ISBN: PB: 9783593505701, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, November 2016
360 pp., 21.6x14 cm, 100 tables
How do policy debates work? How can interest groups and legislators influence political processes through the media? This book introduces discourse network analysis as a methodological toolbox for the study of policy debates. With this set of methods...
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£40,50
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Southern Europe? Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Greece from the 1950s Until the Present Day
ISBN: PB: 9783593504827, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, March 2016
280 pp., 21.5x13.9 cm
According to mainstream discourse of the Cold War, post-1945 Western Europe was essentially a homogeneous historical space fully integrated into modern industrial society. But as "Southern Europe?" makes clear, Western European societies were in fact...
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£44,50
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Legitimizing Science National and Global Public (1800-2010)
ISBN: PB: 9783593504872, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, March 2016
300 pp., 20.3x13.9 cm, 8 halftones and 8 line drawings
Since the founding in 1660 of the Royal Society, London, scientists engaging in experimental research have sought to establish a base for exploratory work in communities and their political institutions. This connection between science and the nation...
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£44,50
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Global Common Good Intercultural Perspectives on a Just and Ecological Transformation
ISBN: PB: 9783593503189, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, August 2015
250 pp., 21.6x13.9 cm
Global challenges such as poverty, climate change, and economic crises are all problems that the global community must face collectively. But in order to do so successfully, we need to engage in a continued intercultural dialogue on alternative appro...
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£49,50
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Justice and Peace Interdisciplinary Perspectives on a Contested Relationship
ISBN: PB: 9783593399829, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, February 2014
196 pp., 21.5x13.9 cm
Justice and peace are key concepts in the discourse of many academic disciplines. Conceptually, they are obviously linked, but perennial disputes surround the question of their interdependence and whether priority must be accorded to justice or peace...
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£37,00
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