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  • Global Insecurity

    Futures of Global Chaos and Governance

    Edición de Anthony Burke, Rita Parker ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This innovative volume gathers some of the world’s best scholars to analyse the world’s collective international efforts to address globalised threats through global security governance. Addressing global and planetary forms of insecurity that include nuclear weapons, conventional arms, gender violence, climate change, disease, bio weapons, cyber-conflict, children in conflict, crimes against ... Leer más

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  • Who Rules the World?

    de Noam Chomsky ...
    Series series American Empire Project
    A New York Times BestsellerThe world’s leading intellectual offers a probing examination of the waning American Century, the nature of U.S. policies post-9/11, and the perils of valuing power above democracy and human rights.In an incisive, thorough analysis of the current international situation, Noam Chomsky argues that the United States, through its military-first policies and its unstinting ... Leer más

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  • Clooney's War

    South Sudan, humanitarian failure and celebrity

    de Alex Perry ...
    In this book Alex Perry explores how humanitarian activities across the world, including those of celebrities like George Clooney and others brought pressure to bear that resulted in the creation of South Sudan as a separate state. This at a time when senior diplomats believed the chances of the new nation surviving and thriving were slim. Predictably, it seems an outcome that should have solved ... Leer más

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  • Global Discontents

    Conversations on the Rising Threats to Democracy

    Series series The American Empire Project
    In this compelling set of interviews, the intellectual discusses contemporary threats to democracy, from economic inequality to the Trump presidency.In wide-ranging discussions with David Barsamian, his longtime interlocutor, Noam Chomsky asks us to consider "the world we are leaving to our grandchildren": one imperiled by climate change and the growing potential for nuclear war. If the current ... Leer más

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  • Confessions of an Eco-Sinner

    Tracking Down the Sources of My Stuff

    de Fred Pearce ...
    A 2008 Indie Next PickIn Confessions of an Eco-Sinner, Fred Pearce surveys his home and then sets out to track down the people behind the production and distribution of everything in his daily life, from his socks to his computer to the food in his fridge. It’s a fascinating portrait, by turns sobering and hopeful, of the effects the world’s more than six billion inhabitants have on our planet—and ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

  • Improvised Explosive Devices

    The Paradigmatic Weapon of New Wars

    de James Revill ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book begins with an account of the evolution of improvised explosive devices using a number of micro case studies to explore how and why actors have initiated IED campaigns; how new and old technologies and expertise have been exploited and how ethical barriers to IED development and deployment have been dealt with. It proceeds to bring the evidence from the case studies together to identify ... Leer más

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  • Violent Non-State Actors in Africa

    Terrorists, Rebels and Warlords

    Edición de Caroline Varin, Dauda Abubakar ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book explores the rise and impact of violent non-state actors in contemporary Africa and the implications for the sovereignty and security of African states. Each chapter tackles a unique angle on violent organizations on the continent with the view of highlighting the conditions that lead to the rise and radicalization of these groups. The chapters further examine the ways in which ... Leer más

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  • Terrorism, Tourism and the End of Hospitality in the 'West'

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book explores how the contemporary threat of terrorism is eroding the concept of hospitality in the West. Going beyond the immediate effects of terrorism that are daily portrayed in the media and have shaped the foreign policy agenda of politicians in Europe and the US, this study explores the conceptual framework of how terrorism emerged and expanded within the West and shows how it ... Leer más

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  • New Approaches to Countering Terrorism

    Designing and Evaluating Counter Radicalization and De-Radicalization Programs

    de H. El-Said ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Hamed El-Said investigates Counter-de-Rad programmes in Muslim majority and Muslim minority states. This multifaceted book provides a new approach to evaluate Counter-de-Rad Programmes and develops a holistic framework which will allow policy-makers and practitioners to design and effectively implement and assess such programmes in the future. ... Leer más

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  • The No-Nonsense Guide to Global Terrorism

    Series series No-Nonsense Guides
    This is a highly accessible history of terrorism that looks at core examples from the Middle East, instances of state terrorism, and terrorist fringes of political movements. It covers the theories justifying and guiding terrorist acts and the battle of images that accompanies them.Jonathan Barker has taught political science at the universities of Toronto, Arizona, and Dar es Salam. He has ... Leer más

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  • Caring in Crisis? Humanitarianism, the Public and NGOs

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Drawing on an original UK-wide study of public responses to humanitarian issues and how NGOs communicate them, this timely book provides the first evidence-based psychosocial account of how and why people respond or not to messages about distant suffering. The book highlights what NGOs seek to achieve in their communications and explores how their approach and hopes match or don’t match what the ... Leer más

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  • Beyond Social Capital

    The Role of Leadership, Trust and Government Policy in Northern Ireland's Victim Support Groups

    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    Drawing on lessons from civil society in Northern Ireland, Beyond Social Capital examines the limitations of social capital theory in deeply divided societies. It draws on an ethnographic study of victim support groups and evidence from policymakers in Northern Ireland to reconceptualize the traditional bonding-bridging distinction in social capital theory. The role of leadership is particularly ... Leer más

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