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The central focus of this book is to explain the social mechanisms through which the radicalization processes on the part of al-Shabaab unfolded. The author argues that radicalization dynamics exerted their influence at the onset in relation to the formation of the warlord alliance known as the ARPCT and, more tellingly, escalated in the Ethiopian invasion of Somalia.

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The go-to text for understanding both the historical development and contemporary contours of foreign policy analysis.

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A vividly written and timely polemic tackling the burning injustices shaping British society today.

Intelligently written and powerfully argued. Paul Mason

Witty, scathing, and entertaining. Danny Dorling

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Tracking the development of Foucault's key concepts

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Why is France so often relegated to the background in studies of international relations This book seeks to redress this balance, exploring the relationship between the United States, United Kingdom and France, and its wider impact on the theory and practice of international relations.

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Magisterial As engagingly readable as a good novel Observer

The definitive biography of Generalissimo Francisco Franco, from the acclaimed historian Paul Preston.

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Focusing on Franklin Delano Roosevelt, this book contains a chronology, an introduction, and a bibliography. The dictionary section contains cross-referenced entries on the people, events, organizations, and policies that defined his life.

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The first global history of free speech shows we need to understand the past to address the challenges of the future.

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What is free speech, how is it justified, and do we actually have it This accessible guide is written by a leading academic expert and explores one of the great ongoing topics of the modern age.

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Leading political writer Timothy Garton Ash presents ten guiding principles for freedom of expression in the digital age, which are the result of a unique global conversation on the website: www.freespeechdebate.com

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Freedom in the World is the standard-setting comparative assessment of global political rights and civil liberties. The methodology of this survey is derived in large measure from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and these standards are applied to all countries and territories.

President Bush promised to democratize the Middle East, but the results so far have dispirited democracy advocates and brought their project into disrepute.

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A Second Edition of Thomas Friedmans stunning book, the first edition of which won the American National Book Award.

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"The book addresses an issue of fast-growing concern in the academic and non-academic debate on climate change: the role and responsibility of the oil and gas industry, and the consequent implications for climate policy and politics, and for the governance of climate change"--

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The how-to guide for the twenty-first century radical - by the man who inspired democracy movements across the world, most recently in the Arab Spring.

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Globalisation was once the vision of the future; not any more. How we make things is changing, and with it the world order.

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Shows how influential well-informed and well-developed media attention has become in forming policies to resolve ethnic and religious conflict and humanitarian crises. The authors argue that the media and humanitarians can collaborate effectively to alter both the attitudes of the public and the actions of policymakers regarding ethnic conflict and humanitarian crises.

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In the period from 1970 to the early 1990s, Republican leaders launched three major reforms of the federal system. Although all three initiatives advanced decentralization as a goal, they were remarkably different in their policy objectives, philosophical assumptions, patterns of politics, and policy outcomes.

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A real life thriller, packed with characters that even John le Carr couldn't dream of. If this doesn't scare you, then you're not paying attention. Oliver Bullough

They thought they would be safe in Britain. They were wrong.

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