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  • Indigenous Civil Society in Latin America
    Pascal Lupien
    Over the past decade, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Chile have been buffeted by intensive transformations. Political scientist Pascal Lupien here reveals how Indigenous political activists responded to these changes as part of their long, ongoing struggles for equal citizenship rights and economic and political power. Such activists are often thought to rely solely on disruptive, large...
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    38,02 €

  • Proscribing peace
    Sophie Haspeslagh
    Proscribing peace shows how the listing of armed groups as terrorists has made pre-negotiations harder and more prolonged. Drawing on fieldwork in Colombia during the negotiation with the FARC, Sophie Haspeslagh introduces the concept of ’linguistic ceasefire’ which becomes a central pre-condition for the initiation of a peace process. ...
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    35,76 €

  • Saving the World from Nuclear War
    Vincent J Intondi
    Examines how the June 12, 1982, rally for nuclear disarmament paved the way for a new generation of activists.On June 12, 1982, one million people filled the streets of New York City and rallied in Central Park to show support for the United Nations’ Second Special Session on Disarmament. They demanded an end to the nuclear arms race and called for a shift from military funds t...
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    58,17 €

  • Desarrollo y paz territorial
    Juan David Muñoz Quintero
    Desarrollo y paz territorial: Concepciones, políticas y prácticas de los diferentes agentes productores del territorio. Buenos Aires, Cauca (2016-2019)Autor: Juan David Muñoz QuinteroLibélula Editores © 2023Con la firma del Acuerdo Final para la Terminación del Conflicto y la Construcción de una Paz Estable y Duradera, en Colombia se empezó a hablar de la construcción de paz te...
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    14,56 €

  • 夕照漫笔(上)
    中筠 资
    '资中筠先生,大概是今天学术界、文化界、思想界中一位最受尊敬的老前辈了。'--梁文道 '她不阿世、不迎俗,以独立的人格,自立于天地之间。'--杨继绳 '作者绝少废话,叙述简练直白,切中肯綮,持论倘正,隐藏启蒙理想,这是上一世代的大家风范。'--豆瓣读者'无异议' '资中筠先生实乃真的勇士,遗世独立、风骨傲然的士人也!'--豆瓣读者龙辰 本书是继2011年《资中筠自选集》、2013年《老生常谈》之后,著名学者资中筠的又一个自选集,收入其2013-2022年间尚未入集的文章,以及讲座整理稿、访谈记录。全书共两卷、八辑,涉及学术思考、公共话题、私人生活等各个方面。上卷四辑为:文化教育、公益与社会改良、闲情与杂感、访谈录,下卷四辑为:历史与救国、世界观察、思故人、音乐家园。 资先生的主要著...
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    28,63 €

  • At the Crossroads of Music and Social Justice
    Brenda M Romero
    Music is powerful and transformational, but can it spur actual social change? A strong collection of essays, At the Crossroads of Music and Social Justice studies the meaning of music within a community to investigate the intersections of sound and race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, and differing abilities. Ethnographic work from a range of theoretical frame...
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    51,29 €

  • At the Crossroads of Music and Social Justice
    Brenda M Romero
    Music is powerful and transformational, but can it spur actual social change? A strong collection of essays, At the Crossroads of Music and Social Justice studies the meaning of music within a community to investigate the intersections of sound and race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, and differing abilities. Ethnographic work from a range of theoretical frame...
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    128,79 €

  • Cyber Laundering
    Nathalie Rébé
    This book illustrates current cyber laundering practices and the underlying risks associated with them, such as cross-border crimes and terrorism financing. Despite the existence of international regulations and strong worldwide cooperation, countermeasures and international response efforts are often hindered by enforcement and jurisdictional issues, as well as online asset re...
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    166,63 €

  • Working Together for Development Results
    Asian Development Bank
    This publication shows how ADB continues to explore new ways to deepen its relationship with civil society organizations (CSOs) and increase the impact of its development projects in South Asia. Drawing on comprehensive data, it emphasizes how meaningful CSO involvement throughout the lifecycle of a development project helps ensure ADB’s schemes are more organized and better de...
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    34,03 €

  • The Political Theory of Salvage
    Jason Kosnoski
    Explores the political and theoretical significance of the use of salvaging discarded materials by social movements during their protest activities. ...
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    121,43 €

  • WWF and Arctic environmentalism
    Danita Catherine Burke
    This book explores WWF’s approach toward engagement in the Circumpolar North and reasons why it is relatively well-received by key northern audiences. It argues that the foundation of WWF’s success is based on four inter-related strategic pillars: legacy, networks, scientific research and communication style. ...
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    157,64 €

  • Jihadist Tendencies in West Africa
    Saron Messembe Obia
    This book presents the menace posed by Boko Haram in Nigeria. National responses have varied from soft and heavy hand approach, in spite the devastating humanitarian crisis and the destruction imputed by Boko Haram. This work highlights issues necessary in addressing the root causes of violent extremism in West Africa, thereby analyzing terrorist financing, in order to prevent ...
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    39,86 €

  • Disability Dialogues
    Andrew J Hogan
    A historical look at how activists influenced the adoption of more positive, inclusive, and sociopolitical views of disability.Disability activism has fundamentally changed American society for the better--and along with it, the views and practices of many clinical professionals. After 1945, disability self-advocates and family advocates pushed for the inclusion of more positiv...
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    67,10 €

  • Jihadist Tendencies in West Africa
    Saron Messembe Obia
    This book presents the menace posed by Boko Haram in Nigeria. National responses have varied from soft and heavy hand approach, in spite the devastating humanitarian crisis and the destruction imputed by Boko Haram. This work highlights issues necessary in addressing the root causes of violent extremism in West Africa, thereby analyzing terrorist financing, in order to prevent ...
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    39,67 €

  • Pakistan in the Eye of a Thunderstorm
    Musa Khan Jalalzai
    Collaboration of Pakistan army, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and civilian agencies in mollycoddling and wrecking image of Pakistan in international community raised several questions, including the political involvement of the country’s army in politics and alliance making. In the past 72 years, Pakistan army came on the scene for the first time at a crossroad and failed t...
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    39,38 €

  • The United States Secret Service Failed To Prepare for Insurrection Day
    Cincinnatus [AI] / United States Secret Service
    This volume reprints 850 pages of threat analysis and evaluation documents prepared by the United States Secret Service  Protective Intelligence & Assessment Division prior to the January 6, 2021 insurrection at the US Capitol. The documents were requested by Bloomberg News under the Freedom of Information Act. This contemporaneous work product provides a direct view into one...
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    80,89 €

  • Practical Anarchism
    Scott Branson
    You may not realise it, but you are probably already practicing anarchism in your daily life. From relationships to school, work, art, even the way you organise your time, anarchism can help you find fulfilment, empathy and liberation in the everyday.From the small questions such as ’Why should I steal?’ to the big ones like ’how do I love?’, Scott Branson shows that anarchism ...
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    127,25 €

  • Pakistan in the Eye of a Thunderstorm
    Musa Khan Jalalzai
    Collaboration of Pakistan army, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and civilian agencies in mollycoddling and wrecking image of Pakistan in international community raised several questions, including the political involvement of the country’s army in politics and alliance making. In the past 72 years, Pakistan army came on the scene for the first time at a crossroad and failed t...
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    48,80 €

  • Mobilizing Romani Ethnicity
    Anna Mirga-Kruszelnicka
    The Roma issue is generally treated as a European matter. Indeed, the Roma are the largest European minority-their presence outside of Europe is a result of various waves of migration over the past four hundred years. Likewise, the stereotypes associated with the Roma-the problematized, stigmatized status of a 'Gypsy' as well as the historical and contemporary manifestations of...
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    108,25 €

  • Combating Terrorism in the 21st Century
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    141,43 €

  • Global Perspectives on the Psychology of Terrorism
    Nika Chitadze
    The constant threat of terror leads to the destabilization of the political, economic, and social situation in the state. Lack of confidence in personal safety contributes to the growth of anxiety, fears, and mental stress, which negatively affects psychological health, leading to the development of various psychosomatic disorders among the population. Global Perspectives on th...
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    216,22 €

  • China’s New Engagement with Taliban and the Wakhan Corridor
    Musa Khan Jalalzai
    Pakistani Mullah Abdul Aziz of Lal Masjid in his recent interview with a local journalist (Quran orders to become terrorists: Maulana Abdul Aziz, SAMVADA-25 August 2021) communicated that the Holy Quran has ordained Muslims to become terrorists against enemies of Allah. His interview generated a new perception that now Pakistan wants to justify terrorism and jihad from the Holy...
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    48,64 €

  • Sustained Terrorism on Africa
    Tatah Mentan
    Human beings indeed need not justify terrorism of any kind, regardless of whether one is Muslim, Christian or Jew, because it is the axis of evil and devastation of mankind. Terrorism on Africa has been a ubiquitous presence against which the democratic values of African civilization are ranged-a demon to be exorcised at all costs, even at the cost of civil liberties. However, ...
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    78,22 €

  • The rise of global Islamophobia in the War on Terror
    This international edited volume examines the rise of global Islamophobia in the War on Terror across the global North and South, its impact on Muslims and Muslim communities, and resistance confronting it. ...
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    169,60 €

  • Remembrances
    Soghomon Tehlirian / Bedo Demirdjian / Bedros Demirdjian
    This is the memoir of an avenger who assassinated the former Ottoman Minister of Interior Talaat Pasha in the streets of Berlin in 1921. Tehlirian was a victim of the Armenian Genocide and held Talaat Pasha responsible for the deaths of his entire family in Yerznga in Ottoman Turkey. The memoir depicts Tehlirian’s witness to the Armenian Genocide of 1915, how he attempted to tr...
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    33,34 €

  • X Bench
    Matthew Vandenberg
    The antics/speeches of Blues (Blue Party) MP Matthew Vandenberg, at the NSW Parliament House, in Sydney.This party is decidedly the most progressive in Australia.This is the first sequel to a story from FREE LATIFA. ...
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    34,16 €

  • Why Are We In The Place That We Are In ! Change Starts With You
    Timothy Mario Williams
    This book takes a deep dive into where we are as a country. We look at our current affairs’ that have been in the news and across our states. The social unrest that we have never experienced in this country. The COVID-19 pandemic that seems to never end and all the lives it claims. We look at the presidential race and all the drama it manifests with the big lie the race was sto...
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    28,70 €

  • Technologies of Human Rights Representation
    Analyzes the effects of new technologies on human rights, with a particular focus on how representations of technology affect our ability to understand and control it. ...
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    42,11 €

  • Disaster Anarchy
    Rhiannon Firth
    Anarchists have been central in helping communities ravaged by disasters, stepping in when governments wash their hands of the victims. Looking at Hurricane Sandy, Covid-19, and the social movements that mobilized relief in their wake, Disaster Anarchy is an inspiring and alarming book about collective solidarity in an increasingly dangerous world. As climate change and neolibe...
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    126,99 €

  • Handbook of Terrorism in the Middle East
    ROHAN GUNARATNA
    In the Middle East, the world’s deadliest organizations, the Islamic State and al Qaeda have firmly established their presence in the Levant and the Gulf. In parallel, state- sponsored Shia threat networks, groups and cells, notably the Lebanese Hezbollah and Houthis operate throughout the Middle East and beyond. Exploiting the conflict zones and their cascading ideologies, bot...
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    144,90 €