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  • - Inside the War Against Immigration
    av Matthew Carr
    197

    The most authoritative account of what its like to be a migrant seeking access to Europe

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    About Critical Muslim: A quarterly publication of ideas and issues showcasing groundbreaking thinking on Islam and what it means to be a Muslim in a rapidly changing, interconnected world. Each edition centers on a discrete theme, and contributions include reportage, academic analysis, cultural commentary, photography, poetry, and book reviews.

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    307

    About Critical Muslim: A quarterly publication of ideas and issues showcasing groundbreaking thinking on Islam and what it means to be a Muslim in a rapidly changing, interconnected world. Each edition centers on a discrete theme, and contributions include reportage, academic analysis, cultural commentary, photography, poetry, and book reviews.

  • - The Global Resonance of Che, Marley, Tupac and Bin Laden
    av Jeremy Prestholdt
    367

    Through the medium of iconic figures, Prestholdt traces the development of shared global imagery, highlighting the mutability of common references and the commodification of political sentiment since the 1960s

  • - The Odyssey of Indenture
    av Gaiutra Bahadur
    261

    A personal journey into the buried history of Indian indentured women, who left their country and their men for British sugar plantations from 1838 to 1917.

  • - A New History
     
    627

    Clayer and Bougarel's prodigiously researched book is a political and institutional history of the Muslims of south-east Europe since the fourteenth century, focusing on empires, states, political parties, and religious institutions.

  • - The Military and Political Change in Myanmar
    av Renaud Egreteau
    557

    While Myanmar under Aung San Suu Kyi may seem destined for a smooth transition towards an enduring democracy, behind the scenes the military remains very much in control. Egreteau's shrewd analysis is a stark reminder of where the balance of power resides.

  • av Alain Dieckhoff
    346

    This reference work brings together in one volume the multi-faceted culture of Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland, from Borgen to Lordi.

  • - And Must Do Better
    av Jeffrey Herbst
    346

    Is South Africa heading for the rocks? No, argue Mills and Herbst. Their book explains how great strides are being made, especially economically, undermining the rhetoric of disappointment which dominates public debate in the rainbow nation.

  • - A History of the City and Beyond
    av Ian Talbot
    421

    A first general history of one of the greatest cities of South Asia, examining the impact of colonialism: socially, architecturally and politically

  • - The Professionalisation of Humanitarian Security
     
    277

    In recent years what was once unthinkable -- the capture, imprisonment and murder of aid workers in conflict and disaster relief zones -- has become distressingly commonplace. MSF's reflections on the phenomenon will be required reading.

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    346

    This groundbreaking volume explores how post-Arab Spring societies have experienced transitional justice - or not, as the case may be

  • - When Militaries Intervene in Politics, from Iraq to Mauritania
    av Florence Gaub
    400

    This trenchant history of praetorianism in the Arab world recounts the baleful influence of the armed forces in shaping the region's political landscape over the last three decades.

  • - Al-Qaeda and Islamic State's Global Battle of Ideas
     
    461

    The contributors examine whether the challenge presented to al-Qaeda by Islamic State heralds a tectonic shift in international jihadism and how the former may respond to the threat of being usurper.

  • - Targeted Killings in America's Transnational Wars
    av Jack McDonald
    361

    McDonald's book lays bare the legal and political consequences of Washington's pursuit of militarised counterterrorism in the post-9/11 era.

  • - The Ideological, Organisational and Military Innovations of Islamic State
    av Ahmed S. Hashim
    377

    Innovation is key to military success, as Ahmed Hashim explains in his study of how Islamic State functions as a fighting, social media and administrative entity.

  • - The Assyrian Christian Genocide -- A History
    av Joseph Yacoub
    367

    The first general history published in English of the mass killings of 1915 in which the Ottomans sought to extirpate the Aramaic-speaking Assyrian, Syriac and Chaldean Christians of the Middle East.

  • - War, Captivity and Return in Sri Lanka
    av Ajith Boyagoda
    361

    Memoir of the highest-ranking prisoner detained by the Tamil Tigers during Sri Lanka's civil war

  • - Religion and the Free Market
    av Torkel Brekke
    400

    Deregulation of the religious marketplace will foster more harmonious societies, Brekke argues, with religions being treated exactly like any other commodity that can be bought and sold.

  • - The Strategic Logic of Organised Crime
    av James Cockayne
    413,99

    Forcing us to rethink our distinctions between politics, conflict and crime, Cockayne uncovers a world in which states and mafias compete in a 'market for government', and not only states, but also some criminal groups, make war.

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    437

    Most up-to-date examination of the place of the Kurds in the modern world

  • - Islamic Republic, Tropical Autocracy
    av John Robinson
    361

    A first-hand investigation of the seamy, dangerous and greedy politics that underpin a globally renowned tourist destination

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    361

    An original, research-based, volume on Arab migration within the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, rather than from outside

  • - From Opacity to Complexity
    av Luis Martinez
    577

    Algeria is noteworthy for its geopolitical position and the fact it has avoided destabilisation from grassroots uprisings along the lines of the Arab Spring and from hardline Islamists currently plaguing the region

  • - The Struggle Over Divine Politics in Saudi Arabia
    av Madawi Al-Rasheed
    467

    Challenges traditional notions of Saudi conservatism by highlighting the long tradition of engagement with modernism there

  • - Poverty and the Poor in Britain
    av Jeremy Seabrook
    251

    Guide to the landscapes of poverty in Britain, their historic monuments and their secret geography

  • - People and Society in the Wake of Military Rule
    av Marie Lall
    351

    Examine life in Myanmar post-military rule

  • av Daniel G. Maxwell
    497

    A hard-hitting analysis of an African famine: why it happened, why it need not have happened and how the securitisation of the victims hindered attempts to bring aid relief

  • - Norway's Peace Engagement with Sri Lanka
    av Mark Salter
    377

    A fascinating inside look at what it takes to bring irreconcilable foes to the conference table and the pressures of brokering peace in an ethnically riven society at war with itself

  • - India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
    av James Manor
    361

    A rare and hugely successful story in the global development world, Jenkins and Manor present detailed research that convincingly demonstrates the efficacy of the MGNREGA in India

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