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  • The Politics of Terrorism, Third Edition,

    by Michael Stohl ...
    Series series Public Administration and Public Policy
    This book provides the reader with an introduction to the concept and practice of terrorism embedded within a firm understanding of politics and social structure. It explores the major theories, typologies, strategies, ideologies, practices, and responses to contemporary political terrorism. ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Fragile States

    by Lothar Brock, Hans-Henrik Holm, Georg Sorenson, Michael Stohl ...
    Series series War and Conflict in the Modern World
    Today a billion people, including about 340 million of the world's extreme poor, are estimated to live in 'fragile states'. This group of low-income countries are often trapped in cycles of conflict and poverty, which make them acutely vulnerable to a range of shocks and crises.This engaging book defines and clarifies what we mean by fragile states, examining their characteristics in relation to ... Read more

    $17.00 USD

  • Constructions of Terrorism

    An Interdisciplinary Approach to Research and Policy

    Edited by Michael Stohl, Dr. Richard Burchill, Scott Howard Englund ...
    Discussions about the meaning of terrorism are enduring in everyday language, government policy, news reporting, and international politics. And disagreements about both the definition and the class of violent events that constitute terrorism contribute to the difficulty of formulating effective responses aimed at the prevention and management of the threat of terrorism and the development of ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • States and Peoples in Conflict

    Transformations of Conflict Studies

    Edited by Michael Stohl, Mark I. Lichbach, Peter Grabosky ...
    This volume evaluates the state of the art in conflict studies. Original chapters by leading scholars survey theoretical and empirical research on the origins, processes, patterns, and consequences of most forms and contexts of political conflict, protest, repression, and rebellion. Contributors examine key pillars of conflict studies, including civil war, religious conflict, ethnic conflict, ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

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  • Who Rules the World?

    by 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 ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Cultural Evolution

    by Ronald F. Inglehart ...
    Cultural Evolution argues that people's values and behavior are shaped by the degree to which survival is secure; it was precarious for most of history, which encouraged heavy emphasis on group solidarity, rejection of outsiders, and obedience to strong leaders. For under extreme scarcity, xenophobia is realistic: if there is just enough land to support one tribe and another tribe tries to claim ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Comparative Politics

    Rationality, Culture, and Structure

    by Mark Irving Lichbach, Alan S. Zuckerman ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
    Comparative Politics: Rationality, Culture, and Structure is a revised second edition of the volume that guided students and scholars through the intellectual demands of comparative politics. Retaining a focus on the field's research schools, it now pays parallel attention to the pragmatics of causal research. Mark Lichbach begins with a review of discovery, explanation and evidence and Alan ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • 9-11

    Was There an Alternative?

    by Noam Chomsky ...
    In 9-11, published in November 2001 and arguably the single most influential post 9-11 book, internationally renowned thinker Noam Chomsky bridged the information gap around the World Trade Center attacks, cutting through the tangle of political opportunism, expedient patriotism, and general conformity that choked off American discourse in the months immediately following. Chomsky placed the ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Sacred and Secular

    Religion and Politics Worldwide

    by Pippa Norris, Ronald Inglehart ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Social Theory, Religion and Politics
    This book develops a theory of existential security. It demonstrates that the publics of virtually all advanced industrial societies have been moving toward more secular orientations during the past half century, but also that the world as a whole now has more people with traditional religious views than ever before. This second edition expands the theory and provides new and updated evidence from ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Failed States

    The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy

    by Noam Chomsky ...
    Series series American Empire Project
    "It's hard to imagine any American reading this book and not seeing his country in a new, and deeply troubling, light."—The New York Times Book ReviewThe world's foremost critic of U.S. foreign policy exposes the hollow promises of democracy in American actions abroad—and at home.The United States has repeatedly asserted its right to intervene militarily against "failed stat... ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Modernization, Cultural Change, and Democracy

    The Human Development Sequence

    by Ronald Inglehart, Christian Welzel ...
    This book demonstrates that people's basic values and beliefs are changing, in ways that affect their political, sexual, economic, and religious behaviour. These changes are roughly predictable: to a large extent, they can be interpreted on the basis of a revised version of modernisation theory presented here. Drawing on a massive body of evidence from societies containing 85 percent of the world ... Read more

    $43.99 USD

  • Necessary Illusions

    Thought Control in Democratic Societies

    by Noam Chomsky ...
    Series series CBC Massey Lectures
    In his national bestselling 1988 CBC Massey Lectures, Noam Chomsky inquires into the nature of the media in a political system where the population cannot be disciplined by force and thus must be subjected to more subtle forms of ideological control. Specific cases are illustrated in detail, using the U.S. media primarily but also media in other societies. Chomsky considers how the media might be ... Read more

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