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Takes an in-depth look at the present situation in Afghanistan by placing it in the context of the countrys tribal culture, history, and demography. It considers its association with Pakistan, with whom it shares not only a long border, but also the Pashtuns - the largest ethnic component in its populationand the rise of extremism in many parts of the Sunni world.

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Africa 2.0 provides an important history of how two technologies mobile calling and internet were made available to millions of sub-Saharan Africans and the impact they have had on their lives. The book deals with the political challenges of liberalisation and privatisation that needed to be in place in order for these technologies to be built.

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Africa 2.0 provides an important history of how two technologies mobile calling and internet were made available to millions of sub-Saharan Africans and the impact they have had on their lives. The book deals with the political challenges of liberalisation and privatisation that needed to be in place in order for these technologies to be built.

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Liberal philosophy came to Africa through colonialism: it was taught in schools, preached and supported by the churches, and maintained and encouraged by an economic system characterized by competition and maximizing profitcapitalism.

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Looks at the broad issues relating to global human rights within the specific context of Africa. Key concerns include notions of traditional human rights, structural adjustment and its effect on human rights, regional integration and the right to development, and political liberalisation.

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This fresh and invigorating analysis illuminates the often-neglected story of early African American civil rights activism.

African American Civil Rights: Early Activism and the Niagara Movement tells a fascinating story, one that is too frequently marginalized.

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Onwumechili provides an exciting perspective on African military coups, and reminds us that democracy is not synonymous solely with Western societies.

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There was a profound shift in peace and security norms from the African Union (AU) to the Organization of African Unity (OAU). Prevailing explanations of this change focus on the post-Cold War period; whereas this book traces the emergence of norms from the OAU through to the AU arguing that they emerged from within Africa. -- .

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Through the lens of human security their book examines the continent's most pressing security challenges-from identity conflict and failing states to terrorism, disease, and environmental degradation-and in doing so provides a comprehensive look at the complexities of building peace and stability in modern-day Africa. -- .

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Through the lens of human security, this book examines the continent's most pressing security challenges - from identity conflict and failing states to terrorism, disease, and environmental degradation - and in doing so provide a comprehensive look at the complexities of building peace and stability in modern-day Africa.

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In addition, the contributors examine constraints upon women's participation in politics, the feminization of poverty, prostitution, patriarchy and marriage, the inadequacy of gender neutral policies in housing delivery systems, the impact of parental separation and divorce on children, child abuse, and child streetism.

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The author offers kimira, an historical African-centered paradigm rooted in an analysis of cultural groups, as a distinct framework for explicating global political dynamics, and an appropriate starting point toward a new understanding of international affairs.

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Brings together leading experts to examine the future of Australian defence policy in a contested Asia, and imagines the future of Australian strategy after American primacy, plotting strategic futures for a country that faces unprecedented strategic challenges.

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The politics of legitimacy is central to international relations. When states perceive an international organization as legitimate, they defer to it, associate themselves with it, and invoke its symbols. Examining the United Nations Security Council, this book demonstrates how legitimacy is created, used, and contested in international relations.

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This theme is examined from two focal pointsthat of praxis and that of security.

Major theorists such as Robert Dahl and noted democractic leaders such as former Argentine President Raul Alfonsin join forces to spell out the essential ingredients for avoiding disaster in transitional periods of post-authoritarian states.

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This theme is examined from two focal pointsthat of praxis and that of security.

Major theorists such as Robert Dahl and noted democractic leaders such as former Argentine President Raul Alfonsin join forces to spell out the essential ingredients for avoiding disaster in transitional periods of post-authoritarian states.

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An incisive and timely analysis of the impact the Paris terror attacks have had on todays struggles over multiculturalism, integration and freedom of speech.

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Arguing that liberalism, the dominant ideology of the 19th and 20th centuries, has lost its ability to enchant and to organize the world-system, this book examines the disintegration of our modern world-system, explores the historical choices before us, and suggests paths to reconstruction.

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Economic planning dictated a complex network of production and distribution that rendered the former republics dependent on Russia in a variety of ways.

Soviet patterns of government administration and economic management are still evident in all the former republics.

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Economic planning dictated a complex network of production and distribution that rendered the former republics dependent on Russia in a variety of ways.

Soviet patterns of government administration and economic management are still evident in all the former republics.