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Arbitrary states : social control and modern authoritarianism in Museveni's U…
This book places literature on the post-colonial African state in conversation with literature on modern authoritarianism, using this to frame over ten months of qualitative field research on Uganda's informal security actors - including vigilante groups, local militias, and community police. Based on this research, the book presents an original framework - called 'institutionalized arbitrarine…
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- 1
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- 9780198856474
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- 230p
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- 306.2089935 TAP a
Sensational internationalism : the Paris Commune and the remapping of America…
In refocusing attention on the Paris Commune as a key event in American political and cultural memory, Sensational Internationalism radically changes our understanding of the relationship between France and the United States in the long nineteenth century.
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- 9781474411226
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- xii, 240 p. : ill.
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- 970.980 COG s
Indigenous peoples, natural resources and governance : agencies and interactions
This book offers multidisciplinary perspectives on the changing relationships between states, indigenous peoples and industries in the Arctic and beyond. It offers insights from Nordic countries, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Russia to present different systems of resource governance and practices of managing industry-indigenous peoples’ relations in the mining industry, renewable resour…
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- 9781003131274
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- xiv, 216 p. : ill.
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- 333.2 TEN i
Cultures in conflict : religion, history and gender in Northern Europe c. 180…
This book includes studies of main conflict areas in modern Western societies where religion has been a central element, ranging from popular movements and narratives of opposition to challenges of religious satire and anti-clerical critique. Special attention is given to matters of politics and gender. With this theme, it provides a useful guide to conflict areas in modern European religious h…
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- 9783631847312
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- 222 p.
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- 274 ALE c
Negotiating the religious in contemporary everyday life in the "Islamic world"
The contributions to the present volume show that the countries that are often presented in the literature as forming part of a stereotypical and seemingly monolithic “Islamic world” in fact represent considerable diversity. From Iran to Senegal, we encounter a vast array of social and religious structures, historical trajectories, political regimes and relative positions of societies and i…
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- 9783863954932
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- 260 p.
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- 390 LOI n
Africa's soft power : philosophies, political values, foreign policies and cu…
This book investigates the ways in which soft power is used by African countries to help drive global influence. Selecting four of the countries most associated with soft power across the continent, this book delves into the currencies of soft power across the region: from South Africa’s progressive constitution and expanding multinational corporations, to Nigeria’s Nollywood film industry …
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- 9781000402179
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- ix. :ill. ;266 p.
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- 327.96 OLU a
Competition in world politics : knowledge, strategies and institutions
The »return of great power competition« between (among others) the US, China, Russia and the EU is a major topic in contemporary public debate. But why do we think of world politics in terms of »competition«? Which information and which rules enable states and other actors in world politics to »compete« with one another? Which competitive strategies do they pursue in the complex environme…
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- 9783839457474
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- 306 p.
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- 300 RUS c
Islamic and muslim studies in Australia
The eight articles published in this Special Issue present original, empirical research, using various methods of data collection and analysis, in relation to topics that are pertinent to the study of Islam and Muslims in Australia. The contributors include long-serving scholars in the field, mid-career researchers, and early career researchers who represent many of Australia’s universities e…
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- 9783036512235
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- ix, 198 p. ; ill
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- -
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- 2X7.03 RAN i
Testing knowledge : toward an ecology of diagnosis
This volume presents the collective adventure of Dingdingdong, the Institute for the Co-production of Knowledge about Huntington’s Disease, founded in 2012 between Paris and Brussels. Katrin Solhdju’s Testing Knowledge: Toward an Ecology of Diagnosis pursues the question of taming the violence of the new species of medical foreknowledge represented by genetic testing. Adopting historical an…
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- 9781953035462
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- ix, 187 p. : ill.
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- 616.851 SOL t
God's babies : natalism and bible interpretation in modern America
The human population's annual total consumption is not sustainable by one planet. This unprecedented situation calls for a reform of religious cultures that promote a large ideal family size. Many observers assume that Christianity is inevitably part of this problem because it promotes "family values" and statistically, in America and elsewhere, has a higher birthrate than nonreligious people. …
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- 9781783740543
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- x, 248 p. : ind. ; 24 cm
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- 261.835 MCK g
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