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  • Topologies of Power

    Beyond territory and networks

    de John Allen ...
    Series series CRESC
    Topologies of Power amounts to a radical departure in the way that power and space have been understood. It calls into question the very idea that power is simply extended across a given territory or network, and argues that power today has a new found ‘reach’. Topological shifts have subtly altered the reach of power, enabling governments, corporations and NGOs alike to register their presence ... Leer más

    $69.99 USD

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  • The Marriott Cell

    An Epic Journey from Cairo's Scorpion Prison to Freedom

    de Mohamed Fahmy, Carol Shaben ...
    Award-winning journalist Mohamed Fahmy's widely anticipated account of his wrongful incarceration in Cairo's maximum-security Scorpion Prison for terrorists and political leaders, and his subsequent battle for justice, opens a remarkable window onto the closed world of Islamic fundamentalism and the bloody geopolitical struggles that dominate our headlines. An important book that reads like a ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

  • America at War with Itself

    de Henry A. Giroux ...
    Series series City Lights Open Media
    From poisoned water and police violence in our cities, to gun massacres and hate-mongering on the presidential campaign trail, evidence that America is at war with itself is everywhere around us. The question is not whether or not it's happening, but how to understand the forces at work in order to prevent conditions from getting worse. Henry A. Giroux offers a powerful, far-reaching critique of ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Sex and World Peace

    de Bonnie Ballif-Spanvill, Mary Caprioli, Valerie Hudson, Chad Emmett ...
    Sex and World Peace unsettles a variety of assumptions in political and security discourse, demonstrating that the security of women is a vital factor in the security of the state and its incidence of conflict and war.The authors compare micro-level gender violence and macro-level state peacefulness in global settings, supporting their findings with detailed analyses and color maps. Harnessing an ... Leer más

    $22.99 USD

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    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Political Philosophy

    A Very Short Introduction

    de David Miller ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    This book introduces readers to the concepts of political philosophy. It starts by explaining why the subject is important and how it tackles basic ethical questions such as 'how should we live together in society?' It looks at political authority, the reasons why we need politics at all, the limitations of politics, and whether there are areas of life that shouldn't be governed by politics. It ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Why Geography Matters

    More Than Ever

    de Harm de Blij ...
    In recent years our world has seen transformations of all kinds: intense climate change accompanied by significant weather extremes; deadly tsunamis caused by submarine earthquakes; unprecedented terrorist attacks; costly wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; a terrible and overlooked conflict in Equatorial Africa costing millions of lives; an economic crisis threatening the stability of the international ... Leer más

    $16.99 USD

  • The Cyprus Conspiracy

    America, Espionage and the Turkish Invasion

    de Brendan O'Malley, Ian Craig ...
    In 1974 the Greek colonels ousted the Greek-Cypriot leader of Cyprus, Archbishop Makarios, and Turkey retaliated by invading and seizing a third of the island. Cyprus remains split in two, like Berlin before the wall came down, bristling with troops and spying bases, and permanently policed by the United Nations. Henry Kissinger claimed he could do nothing to stop the coup because of the Watergate ... Leer más

    $29.99 USD

  • Open Letter

    On Blasphemy, Islamophobia, and the True Enemies of Free Expression

    de Charb ...
    An impassioned defense of the freedom of speech, from Stéphane Charbonnier, a journalist murdered for his convictions.On January 7, 2015, two gunmen stormed the offices of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. They took the lives of twelve men and women, but they called for one man by name: "Charb."Known by his pen name, Stèphane Charbonnier was editor in chief of Charlie Hebdo, an ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

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  • Democracy's Fourth Wave?

    Digital Media and the Arab Spring

    de Philip N. Howard, Muzammil M. Hussain ...
    Series series Oxford Studies in Digital Politics
    Did digital media really "cause" the Arab Spring, or is it an important factor of the story behind what might become democracy's fourth wave? An unlikely network of citizens used digital media to start a cascade of social protest that ultimately toppled four of the world's most entrenched dictators. Howard and Hussain find that the complex causal recipe includes several economic, political and ... Leer más

    $37.99 USD

  • Extreme Speech and Democracy

    Edición de Ivan Hare, James Weinstein ...
    A commitment to free speech is a fundamental precept of all liberal democracies. However, democracies can differ significantly when addressing the constitutionality of laws regulating certain kinds of speech. In the United States, for instance, the commitment to free speech under the First Amendment has been held by the Supreme Court to protect the public expression of the most noxious racist ... Leer más

    $59.99 USD

  • The Transparent Traveler

    The Performance and Culture of Airport Security

    de Rachel Hall ...
    At the airport we line up, remove our shoes, empty our pockets, and hold still for three seconds in the body scanner. Deemed safe, we put ourselves back together and are free to buy the beverage we were prohibited from taking through security. In The Transparent Traveler Rachel Hall explains how the familiar routines of airport security choreograph passenger behavior to create submissive and ... Leer más

    $23.99 USD

  • Syria under Bashar al-Asad

    Modernisation and the Limits of Change

    de Volker Perthes ...
    Series series Adelphi series
    Syria entered a new phase with the death of its long-serving leader, Hafiz al-Asad, and the accession of his son Bashar in 2000. While the new president has disappointed much of the hopes for political opening which he himself has created, Syria is clearly undergoing a process of change. The author analyses the factors of economic and political change in the country, and gives a portrait of its ... Leer más

    $49.99 USD