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Based on extensive first-hand fieldwork, this book offers rare insight into activist ethnography and the role of emotions and violence in social movement reproduction, with implications extending far beyond the study locale. -- .

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The rise of China could be the most important political development of the twenty-first century. What will China look like in the future What should it look like And what will China's rise mean for the rest of world This book deals with these questions.

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Examines the changes to Australian foreign policy since 9/11 and the rise of global Islamic terrorism. This book covers the main areas of Australian foreign policy - security, trade, development assistance, multilateral institutions and bilateral relations.

More than half a century after the first great gathering of heads of independent Asian and African countries this book presents new and unusual perspectives on the history of the conference. Focusing on some under-researched individuals, countries and themes, the authors demonstrate the historical depth and repercussions of the conference.

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In Behind Closed Doors John Warhurst, an observer of the lobbying industry for thirty years, describes its growing size and importance in Australia. He looks at the many ways in which lobbyists attempt to influence politicians and other decision makers, and assesses their positive and negative roles in the political system.

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Lavrentii Beria has long symbolized all the evils of Stalinism, haunting the public imagination both in the West and in the former Soviet Union. This is a biography of Lavrentii Beria, Stalin's notorious police chief and for many years his most powerful lieutenant.

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A challenge to fundamentally rethink the basis of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict today.

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Establishing Parliament as the ultimate source of power in the land and enshrining basic civil rights, this document can justly claim to serve as the origin of Britains democracy. An introduction by Jonathan Sumption provides historical context and outlines its influence over the centuries, including on recent political events.

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A sharp and insightful analysis of movements against racism, with essential lessons for today's struggles.

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"Thurston has written the definitive history of Boko Haram. By weaving a complex tapestry of politics and religion, he explains the peculiarity and potency of one of the world's most lethal jihadist insurgencies. A violent and secretive sect that was impenetrable even to experts is now laid bare."--William McCants, author of The ISIS Apocalypse.e.

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An urgent, global account of the migration crisis and the function of borders across political, social, cultural, and economic systems.

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An urgent, global account of the migration crisis and the function of borders across political, social, cultural, and economic systems.

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A timely and persuasive discussion of the circumstances, challenges, and possibilities facing the new socialist movement in the US.

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A critical examination of the contradictory rise to power of emerging economies Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.

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Updated to include the 1997 election, New Labour and the Tory Party under William Hague, this covers all aspects of the major British parties - their history, ideals, organization, finances, electoral prospects, and impact on British society. The likely effect of a more intrusive EU is included.

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The Russian Revolution of 1917 was one of the pivotal events in world history, and the Russian Bolshevik Party played a central role in that revolution. This book by British socialist Tony Cliff (1917-2000) traces the building of that party and, in particular, the work of its main architect, Lenin.

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CLR James and Revolutionary Marxism collects some of the most important, but difficult to obtain, articles from the legendary Trinidadian-Marxist.

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A trenchant look at contemporary capitalism's insatiable appetite - and a rallying cry for everyone who wants to stop it from devouring our world