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  • Retrofitting Leninism

    Participation without Democracy in China

    by Dimitar Gueorguiev ...
    Retrofitting Leninism explains, through the lens of China, how open governance and modern information technology come together to sustain a tightly controlled but socially responsive system of authoritarianism. When closed authoritarian regimes reform and open up, they often fail, most eventually breakdown. The People's Republic of China stands as a notable exception. How has the ruling Chinese ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD

  • New Threats to Academic Freedom in Asia

    Edited by Dimitar D. Gueorguiev ...
    Series series Asia Shorts
    New Threats to Academic Freedom in Asia examines the increasingly dire state of academic freedom in Asia. Using cross-national data and in-depth case studies, the authors shed light on the multifaceted nature of academic censorship and provide reference points to those working in restrictive academic environments. ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD

  • New Threats to Academic Freedom in Asia

    Edited by Dimitar D. Gueorguiev ...
    Series series Asia Shorts
    New Threats to Academic Freedom in Asia examines the increasingly dire state of academic freedom in Asia. Using cross-national data and in-depth case studies, the authors shed light on the multifaceted nature of academic censorship and provide reference points to those working in restrictive academic environments. ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD

  • China's Governance Puzzle

    Enabling Transparency and Participation in a Single-Party State

    by Edmund J. Malesky, Jonathan R. Stromseth, Dimitar D. Gueorguiev ...
    China is widely viewed as a global powerhouse that has achieved a remarkable economic transformation with little political change. Less well known is that China's leaders have also implemented far‐reaching governance reforms designed to promote government transparency and increase public participation in official policymaking. What are the motivations behind these reforms and, more importantly, ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

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    Why Religious Militants Kill

    by Jessica Stern ...
    An expert in violent extremism delivers a "serious and provocative . . . odyssey into the hearts and minds of religious terrorists" from Pakistan to Oklahoma ( The New York Times Book Review).A New York Times Notable BookFor four years, Jessica Stern interviewed extremist members of three religions around the world: Christians, Jews, and Muslims. Traveling extensively—to refugee camps in Lebanon, ... Read more

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  • Realism and Democracy

    American Foreign Policy after the Arab Spring

    by Elliott Abrams ...
    America is turning away from support for democrats in Arab countries in favor of 'pragmatic' deals with tyrants to defeat violent Islamist extremism. For too many policymakers, Arab democracy is seen as a dangerous luxury. In Realism and Democracy, Elliott Abrams marshals four decades of experience as an American official and leading Middle East expert and shows that deals with tyrants will not ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD

  • Patronal Politics

    Eurasian Regime Dynamics in Comparative Perspective

    by Henry E. Hale ...
    Series series Problems of International Politics
    This book proposes a new way of understanding events throughout the world that are usually interpreted as democratization, rising authoritarianism, or revolution. Where the rule of law is weak and corruption pervasive, what may appear to be democratic or authoritarian breakthroughs are often just regular, predictable phases in longer-term cyclic dynamics - patronal politics. This is shown through ... Read more

    $48.99 CAD

  • Saudi Arabia in Transition

    Insights on Social, Political, Economic and Religious Change

    Edited by Bernard Haykel, Thomas Hegghammer, Stéphane Lacroix ...
    Making sense of Saudi Arabia is crucially important today. The kingdom's western province contains the heart of Islam, and it is the United States' closest Arab ally and the largest producer of oil in the world. However, the country is undergoing rapid change: its aged leadership is ceding power to a new generation, and its society, dominated by young people, is restive. Saudi Arabia has long ... Read more

    $40.99 CAD

  • The Other Saudis

    Shiism, Dissent and Sectarianism

    by Toby Matthiesen ...
    Series Book 46 - Cambridge Middle East Studies
    Toby Matthiesen traces the politics of the Shia in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia from the nineteenth century until the present day. This book outlines the difficult experiences of being Shia in a Wahhabi state, and casts new light on how the Shia have mobilised politically to change their position. Shia petitioned the rulers, joined secular opposition parties and founded Islamist movements. ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

  • The International Relations of the Persian Gulf

    by F. Gregory Gause, III ...
    Gregory Gause's masterful book is the first to offer a comprehensive account of the international politics in the Persian Gulf across nearly four decades. The story begins in 1971 when Great Britain ended its protectorate relations with the smaller states of the lower Gulf. It traces developments in the region from the oil 'revolution' of 1973–4 through the Iranian revolution, the Iran-Iraq war ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • Understanding Russian Politics

    by Stephen White ...
    A fresh and compelling interpretation of Russian politics by a leading authority, this textbook focuses on political developments in the world's largest country under Putin and Medvedev. Using a wealth of primary sources, it covers economic, social and foreign policy, and the 'system' of politics that has developed in recent years. Opposing arguments are presented and students are encouraged to ... Read more

    $67.99 CAD

  • Russia Against the Rest

    The Post-Cold War Crisis of World Order

    by Richard Sakwa ...
    In this book Richard Sakwa provides a new analysis of the end of the Cold War and the subsequent failure to create a comprehensive and inclusive peace order in Europe. The end of the Cold War did not create a sustainable peace system. Instead, for a quarter of a century a 'cold peace' reflected the tension between cooperative and competitive behaviour. None of the fundamental problems of European ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD