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Looking at how emergencies in the past and present have shaped the development of democracy, the author argues that democracies must resist emergency's pull to focus on life's necessities (food, security, and bare essentials) because these tend to privatize and isolate citizens rather than bring us together on behalf of hopeful futures.

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Terrorism is a complex threat, and the American government is expected to deter or intervene in every attack. For that reason, the government must be better prepared to respond to acts of terror. This title analyzes the emergency response to the bombing of the Alfred P Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995.

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Terrorism is a complex threat, and the American government is expected to deter or intervene in every attack. For that reason, the government must be better prepared to respond to acts of terror. This title analyzes the emergency response to the bombing of the Alfred P Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995.

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The disappearance and formation of states and nations after the end of the Cold War have proved puzzling to both theorists and policymakers. This book argues that this lack of conceptual preparation stems from two tendencies in conventional theorizing.

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An engaging, nontechnical discussion of the infectious diseases and other biological threats that pose the highest risk to humans, presented in the context of relevant environmental and sociological trends.

What biological agents should we truly be afraid of

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This edited collection addressses both theoretical issues and actual case studies of human rights violations in the African context.

Shepherd, a pioneer in African studies, provides a pathbreaking overview of the political economy of African human rights.

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Albert Nelson's study explores several important questions in this area: Does greater representation in fact result in proportionally greater influence in political parties and policy outcomes Nelson explains how these elements translate into practical political results in both legislatures and the power base provided by political parties.

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This book examines emerging defense technologies such as directed energy weapons, nanotech devices, and bioscience applications that have the potential to dominate international relations in the future, just as nuclear weapons and space infrastructure-assisted conventional weapons do now.

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This undergraduate text examines the implication for the US, EU, Japan, and the world of the rising political and economic influence of the BRIC countries.

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This undergraduate text examines the implication for the US, EU, Japan, and the world of the rising political and economic influence of the BRIC countries.

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Inthis book scholars specializing in the Middle East and Central Asia provide fresh analysis and cutting-edge critique of phenomena and events across the region. Authors draw on multiple disciplinary traditions and cover a broad geography, in order to challenge understandings and propose new forms of scholarly engagement.

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Increasingly the Middle East and its growing population face a highly complex and fragile security system. The book analyzes these emerging security challenges in a comprehensive and systematic manner. It draws national and regional security issues into both the global security and human security perspectives.

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Increasingly the Middle East and its growing population face a highly complex and fragile security system. The book analyzes these emerging security challenges in a comprehensive and systematic manner. It draws national and regional security issues into both the global security and human security perspectives.

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This compelling book examines what causes compulsive eating, and provides methods for dealing with the emotional and psychological issues at the root of the problem.

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This book brings Theodor Herzl's The Jewish State into dialogue with Sigmund Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams in order to shed light on and offer an explanation for Israels troubled and uncertain position in current international relations.

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In Empire Lite, Michael Ignatieff explores both sides of what he sees as a new global empire - the imperial and the humanitarian - and argues that the international community has failed to engage intelligently with the problems of nation building in the aftermath of apocalyptic events.

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Does America face the same destiny endured by ancient Rome Beginning with a Roman story strikingly parallel to the American Abu Ghraib scandal, Madden provides a much-needed historical context to this burning contemporary debate. Photos throughout.

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A powerful plea for a solution to the Israel/Palestine conflict that provides dignity and rights for all.

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Offers a comprehensive empirical analysis of the ways in which participatory democracy can be used to effect social change. Using city-wide data and six neighborhood case studies, this book explores how determined Chicago residents, police officers, teachers, and community groups worked to banish crime.

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Argues that pre-election presidential debates are not primarily about presidential policy-making. Rather, they are opportunities to demonstrate a candidate's ability to lead by summarising, in a specific test of presidential character, the larger conflict between the candidates.

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Encountering Extremism presents a unique, in-depth and critical analysis of a profoundly important subject: preventing and countering extremism. The volume presents a valuable multidisciplinary analysis of both theoretical and practical aspects related to extremism. The volume provides an overview of the timeliest debates on the topic and the possibility for the reader to "encounter extremism".