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  • Boko Haram

    The Socio-Economic Drivers

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book investigates the socio-economic determinants of the emergence and persistence of Boko Haram terrorism in Nigeria. Since 2009, Boko Haram continues to capture mainstream news headlines, as well as the imagination of aspiring young Salafi-jihadists around the world who support the notion of a radical Islamist socio-political system. By providing an essential overview of the literature on ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Nuclear Proliferation in South Africa

    History and Politics

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book investigates drivers and trends in nuclear proliferation in the Global South. Based on an in-depth analysis of South Africa’s nuclear history, it examines general causes of proliferation, such as technical capabilities and constraints; a country’s motivation to build a nuclear bomb; and particular domestic and international situations. It also highlights Britain’s role in the development ... Read more

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  • Selected Themes in African Political Studies

    Political Conflict and Stability

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Against the background of a long and continuing record of political instability in Africa, this edited collection presents a multi-disciplinary approach to selected issues in African political studies. The contributions explore a range of political and conflict situations, discuss efforts to develop indigenous conflict resolution mechanisms and consider some of the key political and economic ... Read more

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  • Selected Themes in African Development Studies

    Economic Growth, Governance and the Environment

    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    Against the background of realities of underdevelopment and economic growth, environmental pressures and global governance challenges, this volume presents a broad picture of contemporary issues in African development. The multi-disciplinary collection presents a variety of important themes, covering land questions, housing, water, health, economic liberalization, climate, environment, and gender. ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • The Political Economy of Energy in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Series series Routledge Studies on the Political Economy of Africa
    A deepening ecological crisis is rearing its head in sub-Saharan Africa, as it faces a myriad of challenges in regards to the development of its energy sector. The ‘dirty now and clean up later’ approach to the environment has a strong appeal, particularly because it is often thought of as the last place to try to edge in another priority - especially if that priority is perceived by many to be an ... Read more

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    The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict

    Series series Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare
    For more than a century, from 1900 to 2006, campaigns of nonviolent resistance were more than twice as effective as their violent counterparts in achieving their stated goals. By attracting impressive support from citizens, whose activism takes the form of protests, boycotts, civil disobedience, and other forms of nonviolent noncooperation, these efforts help separate regimes from their main ... Read more

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  • Public Power in the Age of Empire

    by Arundhati Roy ...
    Series series Open Media Series
    In her major address to the 99th annual meeting of the American Sociological Association on August 16, 2004, "Public Power in the Age of Empire," broadcast nationally on C-Span Book TV and on Democracy Now! and Alternative Radio, writer Arundhati Roy brilliantly examines the limits to democracy in the world today. Bringing the same care to her prose that she brought to her Booker Prize-winning ... Read more

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  • Women and the War on Boko Haram

    Wives, Weapons, Witnesses

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    For over a decade, Boko Haram has waged a campaign of terror across northeastern Nigeria. In 2014, the kidnapping of 276 girls in Chibok shocked the world, giving rise to the #BringBackOurGirls movement. Yet Boko Haram's campaign of violence against women and girls goes far beyond the Chibok abductions. From its inception, the group has systematically exploited women to advance its aims. Perhaps ... Read more

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  • Ending Wars

    Series series War and Conflict in the Modern World
    Many books have been written about war, but few have focused on how wars can be brought to an end. Wars are rarely inevitable however and this book is aimed at understanding how violent conflicts can be brought to a close through intervention, mediation and political negotiation.The simple premise underlying the book is that wars between states and wars within states are generally fought by ... Read more

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  • History of the Future

    The Shape of the World to Come Is Visible Today

    by Max Singer ...
    History of the Future presents a set of ideas about where we are in history. It focuses on the great majority of people in each society, and shows that life in the modern world will be almost completely different from all previous human experience. The present time is best understood as a period of transition during which one country after another is following along parallel paths from traditional ... Read more

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  • Zionist Israel and Apartheid South Africa

    Civil society and peace building in ethnic-national states

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    Series series Routledge Studies on the Arab-Israeli Conflict
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  • Dilemmas of Inclusion

    Muslims in European Politics

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