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Ukraine
Contested Nationhood in a European Context
Inbunden, 2019
762 kr
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Ukraine: Contested Nationhood in a European Context challenges the common view that Ukraine is a country split between a pro-European West and a pro-Russian East. The volume navigates the complicated cultural history of Ukraine and highlights the importance of regional traditions for an …
Australia’s Refugee Politics in the 21st Century
STOP THE BOATS!
Av Kim Huynh
Inbunden, 2023
2112 kr
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Boat arrivals have defined and divided 21st-century Australia. This book examines the ‘Stop the Boats’ era from between the 2013 and 2022 federal elections. During this time the dominant political view has been that to accept a single boat, family or person is to risk being overwhelmed by many …
Political Party Dynamics and Democracy in Sweden:
Developments since the ‘Golden Age’
Av Tommy Moller
Inbunden, 2020
2039 kr
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Sweden has often been described as a democratic forerunner, with one of the world's most stable party systems and with a well-functioning parliamentary system. However, the political landscape in Sweden has undergone a rapid change in recent years. The institutions of the political system – not …
Beyond the Drug War in Mexico
Human rights, the public sphere and justice
Av Wil G. Pansters, Benjamin T. Smith m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
617 kr
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This volume aims to go beyond the study of developments within Mexico’s criminal world and their relationship with the state and law enforcement. It focuses instead on the nature and consequences of what we call the ‘totalization of the drug war’, and its projection on other domains which are key …
Facets of Security in the United Arab Emirates
Av William Gueraiche, Kristian Alexander
Inbunden, 2022
2175 kr
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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has elaborated its own philosophy of security. Driven by emergencies and increasing risks, both in the region and globally, Emirati authorities have developed a sense of anticipation as well as an agility to react promptly to new threats through the ability to assess …
China’s Foreign Policy
The Emergence of a Great Power
Av Andrea Benvenuti, Chien-Peng Chung m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
2112 kr
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This volume explains China’s foreign policy from the perspective of its historical recovery after 1949 and the country’s subsequent rise as a great power, including its transformation into a global power. It also illuminates how China has, in tandem with its rise, developed an increasing array of …
Greece in the 21st Century
The Politics and Economics of a Crisis
Av Vassilis Fouskas, Constantine Dimoulas
Häftad, 2020
602 kr
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For most of the first part of the 21st century Greece has been seen as a critical battlefield for the survival of the powerful and the adjustment or extinction of the weak, as if all the historical contradictions of the global financial crisis and the eurozone crisis were concentrated in that tiny …
Darfur's Political Economy
A Quest for Development
Häftad, 2020
602 kr
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Darfur is a vast region endowed with limited and unexplored natural resources, poor infrastructure, and lack of major development projects, and identifying its economic and human development needs brings us closer to finding ways to alleviate its human suffering and environmental stress. This book …
Disappearances in Mexico
From the 'Dirty War' to the 'War on Drugs'
Av Silvana Mandolessi, Katia Olalde Rico
Inbunden, 2023
1967 kr
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This volume presents an interdisciplinary analysis of the practice of disappearances in Mexico, from the period of the so-called ‘dirty war’ to the current crisis of disappearances associated with the country’s ‘war on drugs’, during which more than 80,000 people have disappeared. The volume brings …
Russian Nationalism and the Russian-Ukrainian War
Av Taras Kuzio
Inbunden, 2022
2175 kr
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This book is the first to provide an in-depth understanding of the 2014 crisis, Russia’s annexation of Crimea and Europe’s de facto war between Russia and Ukraine. The book provides a historical and contemporary understanding behind President Vladimir Putin Russia’s obsession with Ukraine and why …
Russian Nationalism and the Russian-Ukrainian War
Av Taras Kuzio
Häftad, 2024
695 kr
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This book is the first to provide an in-depth understanding of the 2014 crisis, Russia’s annexation of Crimea and Europe’s de facto war between Russia and Ukraine. The book provides a historical and contemporary understanding behind President Vladimir Putin Russia’s obsession with Ukraine and why …
Ukraine
Contested Nationhood in a European Context
Häftad, 2021
313 kr
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Ukraine: Contested Nationhood in a European Context challenges the common view that Ukraine is a country split between a pro-European West and a pro-Russian East. The volume navigates the complicated cultural history of Ukraine and highlights the importance of regional traditions for an …
Barcelona, the Left and the Independence Movement in Catalonia
Häftad, 2021
356 kr
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Created by social movement activists and left-wing parties during years of austerity, Barcelona en Comú, or the Comuns (as they are known in Catalan), won control of the city council of Barcelona in May 2015. The ensuing municipal government gave the city its first ever female mayor in the form of …
Taiwan Issue: Problems and Prospects
Av Benjamin Schreer, Andrew T. H. Tan
Häftad, 2021
604 kr
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While global attention has been focused on other regional issues, such as China-US tensions and North Korea’s nuclear ambitions, little attention has been paid to Taiwan. Yet the so-called Taiwan issue, namely the continued separation of the island from mainland China, remains a major regional …
Bolivia: Geopolitics of a Landlocked State
Häftad, 2021
604 kr
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Bolivia: Geopolitics of a Landlocked State goes beyond the traditional focus on inter-American relations, territorial issues and the maritime question to provide the first comprehensive study of Bolivian foreign policy from independence to the present day. It aims to redress the balance between the …
Basque Contention
Ethnicity, Politics, Violence
Av Ludger Mees
Häftad, 2021
622 kr
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To the outside world, for some half a century, the words ‘Basque Country’ have provoked an almost instant association with the Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA, Basque Homeland and Liberty) separatist group and violent conflict. The Basque Contention: Ethnicity, Politics, Violence attempts to undo this …
Facets of Security in the United Arab Emirates
Av William Gueraiche, Kristian Alexander
Häftad, 2024
697 kr
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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has elaborated its own philosophy of security. Driven by emergencies and increasing risks, both in the region and globally, Emirati authorities have developed a sense of anticipation as well as an agility to react promptly to new threats through the ability to assess …
Unknown War
Anti-Soviet armed resistance in Lithuania and its legacies
Inbunden, 2022
2182 kr
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The armed anti-Soviet resistance movement which arose in the second half of 1944 in Lithuania, as Soviet forces began to reoccupy the Baltic countries and Galicia, sparking a nearly decade-long fierce military conflict, has yet to become established in the common narrative of contemporary European …
Unknown War
Anti-Soviet armed resistance in Lithuania and its legacies
Häftad, 2024
697 kr
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The armed anti-Soviet resistance movement which arose in the second half of 1944 in Lithuania, as Soviet forces began to reoccupy the Baltic countries and Galicia, sparking a nearly decade-long fierce military conflict, has yet to become established in the common narrative of contemporary European …
Disappearances in Mexico
From the 'Dirty War' to the 'War on Drugs'
Av Silvana Mandolessi, Katia Olalde Rico
Häftad, 2024
677 kr
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This volume presents an interdisciplinary analysis of the practice of disappearances in Mexico, from the period of the so-called ‘dirty war’ to the current crisis of disappearances associated with the country’s ‘war on drugs’, during which more than 80,000 people have disappeared. The volume brings …
Territorial Politics and the Party System in Spain:
Continuity and change since the financial crisis
Häftad, 2021
602 kr
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Across Western Europe, the global financial crisis of 2008 and its aftermath not only brought economic havoc but also, in turn, intense political upheaval. Many of the political manifestations of the crisis seen in other Western and especially Southern European countries also hit Spain, where …
Political Party Dynamics and Democracy in Sweden:
Developments since the ‘Golden Age’
Av Tommy Moller
Häftad, 2021
602 kr
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Sweden has often been described as a democratic forerunner, with one of the world's most stable party systems and with a well-functioning parliamentary system. However, the political landscape in Sweden has undergone a rapid change in recent years. The institutions of the political system – not …
Global India
The Pursuit of Influence and Status
Av Chris Ogden
Inbunden, 2023
1894 kr
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India’s anticipated rise to prominence in what has been termed the ‘Asian 21st century’ will have a significant impact upon geopolitics in the coming decades. As India’s stature continues to increase across Asia and the world, appreciating which interests and principles structure the country’s …
China’s Foreign Policy
The Emergence of a Great Power
Av Andrea Benvenuti, Chien-Peng Chung m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
617 kr
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This volume explains China’s foreign policy from the perspective of its historical recovery after 1949 and the country’s subsequent rise as a great power, including its transformation into a global power. It also illuminates how China has, in tandem with its rise, developed an increasing array of …
Electoral Politics in Sri Lanka
Presidential Elections, Manipulation and Democracy
Inbunden, 2022
2039 kr
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This volume examines and analyses electoral politics in Sri Lanka through the theoretical framework of manipulation. The following questions guided the study: how do political actors manipulate elections, and what are the salient features of electoral politics in Sri Lanka? Primary and secondary …
Electoral Politics in Sri Lanka
Presidential Elections, Manipulation and Democracy
Häftad, 2024
617 kr
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This volume examines and analyses electoral politics in Sri Lanka through the theoretical framework of manipulation. The following questions guided the study: how do political actors manipulate elections, and what are the salient features of electoral politics in Sri Lanka? Primary and secondary …
Cyprus 1974: Anatomy of an Invasion
Av Vassilis Fouskas, William Mallinson
Inbunden, 2024
2112 kr
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Conventional wisdom and ideologies hold that responsibility for the partition of the Republic of Cyprus in the wake of Turkey’s multiple advances on the island in summer 1974 rests on domestic ethnic and religious tensions between the Turks and the Greeks. This book, drawing on a wealth of archival …
Cyprus 1974: Anatomy of an Invasion
Av Vassilis Fouskas, William Mallinson
Häftad, 2026
631 kr
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Conventional wisdom and ideologies hold that responsibility for the partition of the Republic of Cyprus in the wake of Turkey’s multiple advances on the island in summer 1974 rests on domestic ethnic and religious tensions between the Turks and the Greeks. This book, drawing on a wealth of archival …
Portugal Since the 2008 Economic Crisis
Resilience and Change
Häftad, 2024
617 kr
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Portuguese democracy is now celebrating its 50th anniversary. Portugal joined the European Union (EU) in 1986, but the enduring legacies of the country’s transition process from authoritarianism to democracy became apparent during the European sovereign debt crisis, when Portugal experienced its …
Global India
The Pursuit of Influence and Status
Av Chris Ogden
Häftad, 2023
544 kr
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India’s anticipated rise to prominence in what has been termed the ‘Asian 21st century’ will have a significant impact upon geopolitics in the coming decades. As India’s stature continues to increase across Asia and the world, appreciating which interests and principles structure the country’s …
