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Through the Lens of Israel

Explorations in State and Society

By: Joel S. Migdal,Robert F Philip Professor of International Studies Joel S Migdal

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Through the Lens of Israel

Explorations in State and Society

By: Joel S. Migdal,Robert F Philip Professor of International Studies Joel S Migdal

Essays on the formation of Israeli state and society during the twentieth century.

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SUNY Press

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0791449858

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9780791449851

Dictionary of African Biography

By: Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong,Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

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Dictionary of African Biography

By: Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong,Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

From the Pharaohs to Fanon, Dictionary of African Biography provides a comprehensive overview of the lives of the men and women who shaped Africa's history. Unprecedented in scale, DAB covers the whole continent from Tunisia to South Africa, from Sierra Leone to Somalia. It also encompasses the full scope of history from Queen Hatsheput of Egypt (1490-1468 BC) and Hannibal, the military commander and strategist of Carthage (243-183 BC), to Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana (1909-1972), Miriam Makeba and Nelson Mandela of South Africa (1918 -).

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0195382072

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9780195382075

The Ethical Challenge of Auschwitz and Hiroshima

Apocalypse or Utopia?

By: Darrell J. Fasching,Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies Darrell J Fasching

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The Ethical Challenge of Auschwitz and Hiroshima

Apocalypse or Utopia?

By: Darrell J. Fasching,Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies Darrell J Fasching

This book addresses the problem of religion, ethics, and public policy in a global technological civilization. It attempts to do what narrative ethicists have said cannot be done--to construct a cross-cultural ethic of human dignity, human rights, and human liberation which respects the diversity of narrative traditions. It seeks to do this without succumbing to either ethical relativism or ethical absolutism. The author confronts directly the dominant narrative of our technological civilization: the Janus-faced myths of "Apocalypse or Utopia." Through this myth, we view technology ambivalently, as both the object of our dread and the source of our hope. The myth thus renders us ethically impotent: the very strength of our literal utopian euphoria sends us careening toward some literal apocalyptic "final solution." The demonic narrative that dominated Auschwitz ("killing in order to heal") is part of this Janus-faced technological mythos that emerged out of Hiroshima. And it is this mythic narrative which underlies and structures much of public policy in our nuclear age. This book proposes a coalition of members of holy communities and secular groups, organized to prevent any future eruptions of the demonic. Its goal is to construct a bridge not only over the abyss between religions, East and West, but also between religious and secular ethics.

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388

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SUNY Press

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0791413756

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9780791413753

The Resilience of Parliamentary Politics in Kuwait

Parliament, Rentierism, and Society

By: VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR COURTNEY. FREER,Courtney Freer

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The Resilience of Parliamentary Politics in Kuwait

Parliament, Rentierism, and Society

By: VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR COURTNEY. FREER,Courtney Freer

The first English language political history of Kuwaiti parliament, this book provides an unprecedented holistic treatment of grassroots contemporary Kuwaiti politics in English in over two decades, incorporating the country's political dynamics into broader debates about the limits of authoritarianism and the practice of democracy in the Arab world, particularly in oil-wealthy states. Author Courtney Freer uses the lens of parliamentary elections as a means of understanding the political ideologies that have dominated in Kuwait since independence. As such, it situates the dynamics of Kuwaiti politics within broader political science debates about whether democratic institutions in "hybrid regimes" are meaningful arenas for popular contestation or only serve to enhance autocratic rule. Given the varying portrayals of Kuwait as robust authoritarianism, "upgraded" authoritarianism, or a noteworthy site of democratic participation, The Resilience of Parliamentary Politics in Kuwait: Parliament, Rentierism, and Society focuses on the ideologies that have mobilized political blocs, rather than solely focusing on the institutions of political power themselves. Freer includes extensive fieldwork and the use of Arabic and English primary sources to assess and examine the institutional setting that Kuwait presents and traces the dominant ideological strands in the country, considering the comparative mobilizational potential of ascriptive identities like tribe and sect.

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Oxford University Press

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0197570364

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9780197570364

Revolutionary Emotions

The Roots of Revolutionary Waves

By: Assistant Professor of Political Science Silvana Toska

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Revolutionary Emotions

The Roots of Revolutionary Waves

By: Assistant Professor of Political Science Silvana Toska

For centuries, revolutionaries have spoken of the emotional arousal that motivated them to revolt. Studies of revolutions, however, rarely give these emotional narratives the power that actors themselves recount. This book argues that revolutionary waves, from 1848 to the present, cannot be explained without the emotions that motivated potential revolutionaries to imitate revolts in neighboring states. The shared identity of revolutionaries across borders leads to a shared emotional arousal and adoption of protest frames and methods. By grounding the theory in revolutionaries' emotional narratives and breaking down the dichotomies that plague revolution research-structure/agency, domestic/ international--Revolutionary Emotions provides a powerful new theory of revolutionary diffusion and success.

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Oxford University Press

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0197774865

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9780197774861

Ethnic Stratification and Economic Inequality around the World

The End of Exploitation and Exclusion?

By: Professor Max Haller,Anja Eder

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Ethnic Stratification and Economic Inequality around the World

The End of Exploitation and Exclusion?

By: Professor Max Haller,Anja Eder

A systematic examination of the interaction between class structures, social stratification and ethnic differentiation, Ethnic Stratification and Economic Inequality around the World sheds light on the manner in which social structures produce different levels of economic inequality, offering a fivefold typology of patterns of ethnic stratification, which can be applied to present-day world regions.

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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1409449521

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9781409449522

The Nixon Administration and the Middle East Peace Process, 1969-1973

From the Rogers Plan to the Outbreak of the Yom Kippur War

By: Dr Boaz Vanetik,Professor Zaki Shalom

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The Nixon Administration and the Middle East Peace Process, 1969-1973

From the Rogers Plan to the Outbreak of the Yom Kippur War

By: Dr Boaz Vanetik,Professor Zaki Shalom

The Yom Kippur War was a watershed moment in Israeli society and a national trauma whose wounds have yet to heal some four decades later. In the years following the war many studies addressed the internal and international political background prior to the war, attempting to determine causes and steps by political players and parties in Israel, Egypt and the United States. But to date there has been no comprehensive study based on archival materials and other primary sources. Classified documents from that period have recently become available and it is now possible to examine in depth a crucial period in Middle East history generally and Israeli history in particular. The authors provide a penetrating and insightful viewpoint on the question that lies at the heart of the Israeli polity and military: Was an opportunity missed to prevent the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War? The book provides surprising answers to long-standing issues: How did National Security Adviser, Henry Kissinger, succeed in torpedoing the efforts of the State Department to bring about an interim agreement between Israel and Egypt in 1971?; Would that agreement have allowed Israel to hold on to most of the Sinai Peninsula for many years and at the same time avert the outbreak of the war; Did Golda Meir reject any diplomatic initiative that came up for discussion in the years preceding the war?; Was the White House's Middle East policy throughout 1973 a catalyst for war breaking out?

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Liverpool University Press

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1782840753

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9781782840756

Book's by Professor Mark Tessler

Through the Lens of Israel

Through the Lens of Israel

Dictionary of African Biography

Dictionary of African Biography

The Ethical Challenge of Auschwitz and Hiroshima

The Ethical Challenge of Auschwitz and Hiroshima

The Resilience of Parliamentary Politics in Kuwait

The Resilience of Parliamentary Politics in Kuwait

Revolutionary Emotions

Revolutionary Emotions

Ethnic Stratification and Economic Inequality around the World

Ethnic Stratification and Economic Inequality around the World

The Nixon Administration and the Middle East Peace Process, 1969-1973

The Nixon Administration and the Middle East Peace Process, 1969-1973

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