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Many governments in semi-democratic regimes have adopted participatory democratic institutions to promote development and accountability. But limited resources, weak civil society, and a history of authoritarian politics make building subnational democratic institutions...
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OUP Oxford
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2025-03-11
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Each year, the Supreme Court of the United States announces new rulings with deep consequences for our lives. This seventh volume in Palgrave’s SCOTUS Decisions series explains and contextualizes the landmark cases of the US Supreme Court in the term ending 2024....
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2025-03-10
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The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region stands as a remarkable crossroads of tradition and modernity, shaped by millennia of history under empires, colonial powers, and global influences. This book unpacks the intricate dynamics of the region, examining how...
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Springer
Parution :
2025-03-10
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This book provides an overview of the major developments in Kazakhstan over the past decade. In analyzing a series of challenges (such as the need on behalf of the current Kazakh president – Kassym-Jomart Tokayev – to restore legitimacy in the government in the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2025-03-10
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Civil resistance campaigns have led to some of the most important international developments in recent years, yet little is known of the role that civilian actors can play in challenging the use of violence by militant groups. This book examines the role that social...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2025-03-07
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In War through an Intersectional Lens, author Keshab Giri looks at how women combatants experience “pre-war,” “war,”and “post-war” both in public and private spheres by using intersectionality both
as a theoretical framework and...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2025-03-07
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This book explains the evolution of nuclear doctrines along the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st in an evolving geopolitical context, particularly the potential use of nuclear weapons to blackmail or aggressively sanctuarize territorial gains, as it has been...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2025-03-07
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Grandchildren of immigrants belonging to groups that have achieved high socioeconomic status choose which identities to leverage in the host country's political arena. The scholarship about political incorporation often assumes that immigrant groups and their...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2025-03-07
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The open access book analyzes cross-border cooperation (CBC) in Central Asia from a comparative perspective. It provides new insights into four main areas: (1) It highlights international experiences in CBC to identify best practices for Central Asian states; (2)...
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Springer
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2025-03-06
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Not Just Another Cold War considers how the emerging superpower rivalry between the US and China compares to the Cold War, and what that means for the future of global politics. By contrasting the current US-China rivalry with a well-understood conflict, the authors...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2025-03-05
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A country's areas of strategic interest are defined by its values, principles, and expectations. In this context, unprecedented opportunities are emerging for two key Atlantic States—Brazil and Morocco—to forge a mutually beneficial partnership. This premise underscores...
Editeur :
Policy Center for the New South
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2025-03-05
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According to a pervasive view in the discipline of International Relations (IR): a) realism is a historical tradition, stretching all the way back to Thucydides; b) despite the important theoretical differences among themselves, realists uphold the same set of core...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2025-03-05
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This book explores aspects of creating cities and structures with a focus on sustainability. It provides an analysis of contemporary methodologies, technologies, and principles essential for designing urban environments and buildings that significantly reduce...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2025-03-04
Collection :
Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation
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This in-depth history of our nation’s 46 presidents is now fully revised and updated to include Donald Trump’s eventful term in office, Joe Biden’s presidency, and the results of the 2024 presidential election. The Presidents Fact...
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Black Dog & Leventhal
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2025-03-04
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Since the mid-2000s Venezuela has been ranked one of the most violent countries in the world as homicides and police violence skyrocketed. Much has been written about the country's turn to Chavismo but scholarship has ignored what will perhaps be the revolution's most...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2025-03-04
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This volume offers a variety of perspectives on Turkey’s democratic backsliding since 2010 as the ruling Justice and Development Party and President Recep T. Erdogan have consolidated their rule. It highlights numerous historical, ideological, and structural forces that...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2025-03-03
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«Based on extensive archival sources, this book provides a much-needed look behind the surface of the Imperial German state at war. In contrast to the image of a rapacious and finely tuned war machine, Kless illustrates the frictions, uncertainties, and rivalries that...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2025-03-03
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In our modern world of propaganda, social media enclaves, misinformation, and manipulation, the connection between 'the will of the people' and political action has broken down, political divisions are becoming increasingly intractable, and democracies are growing ever...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2025-03-03
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Despite the not-so-distant invocations of the “end of history,” representative democracy is, today, under siege even from corners where one once might have expected strong sympathy and support. Indeed, confidence in representative democracy has, in recent years, been...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2025-03-03
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This pioneering volume examines Europeanism in the new international society that emerged after the First World War through the League of Nations, with a focus on the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), the Baltic countries, and the Balkans. The book analyzes...
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Springer
Parution :
2025-03-01
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