Politics & International Relations
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Experiencing Globalization
Religion in Contemporary Contexts
Edited by Derrick M. Nault, Bei Dawei, Evangelos Voulgarakis, Rab Paterson, Cesar Andres-Miguel Suva
This collection of essays, with special reference to Asia, analyzes religion through lived experience and reveals how religious phenomena are inextricably linked to globalizing processes.
Anthem Press
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9780857285591
February 2013
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£115.00 / $115.00This collection of essays, with special reference to Asia, analyzes religion through lived experience and reveals how religious phenomena are inextricably linked to globalizing processes.
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An Introduction to Changing India
Culture, Politics and Development
Sirpa Tenhunen, Minna Säävälä
This book provides a comprehensive view on rapidly changing India. It covers Indian culture, politics, economy and technology, as well as population and environmental issues.
Anthem Press
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9780857288059
December 2012
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£24.95 / $24.95This book provides a comprehensive view on rapidly changing India. It covers Indian culture, politics, economy and technology, as well as population and environmental issues.
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Statemaking and Territory in South Asia
Lessons from the Anglo–Gorkha War (1814–1816)
Bernardo A. Michael
This volume seeks to understand how European colonization transformed the organization of territory in South Asia through an examination of the territorial disputes that underlay the Anglo–Gorkha War of 1814–1816 and subsequent efforts of the colonial state to reorder its territories.
Anthem Press
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9780857285195
December 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00This volume seeks to understand how European colonization transformed the organization of territory in South Asia through an examination of the territorial disputes that underlay the Anglo–Gorkha War of 1814–1816 and subsequent efforts of the colonial state to reorder its territories.
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A Guide to Marx’s ‘Capital’ Vols I–III
Kenneth Smith
This book provides a comprehensive guide to all three volumes of Karl Marx’s ‘Capital’, with advice on further reading and points for further discussion.
Anthem Press
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9780857285065
November 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00This book provides a comprehensive guide to all three volumes of Karl Marx’s ‘Capital’, with advice on further reading and points for further discussion.
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Economists and the Powerful
Convenient Theories, Distorted Facts, Ample Rewards
Norbert Häring, Niall Douglas
This book explores the workings of the modern global economy – in which competition is imperfect and influence of power is ubiquitous – and reveals the vast difference between the true workings of capitalism and the myths that mainstream economics would have us believe.
Anthem Press
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9780857285461
October 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00This book explores the workings of the modern global economy – in which competition is imperfect and influence of power is ubiquitous – and reveals the vast difference between the true workings of capitalism and the myths that mainstream economics would have us believe.
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Europe’s Unfinished Currency
The Political Economics of the Euro
Thomas Mayer
The Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) of the European Union is a unique historical experiment, as no monetary union of sovereign states has survived to date. This book explores how it could work, and develops scenarios of how things might evolve in case of failure.
Anthem Press
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9780857285485
October 2012
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£26.95 / $26.95The Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) of the European Union is a unique historical experiment, as no monetary union of sovereign states has survived to date. This book explores how it could work, and develops scenarios of how things might evolve in case of failure.
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The Politics of Enlightenment
Constitutionalism, Republicanism, and the Rights of Man in Gaetano Filangieri
Vincenzo Ferrone
translated by Sophus A. ReinertWritten by one of Italy’s leading historians, this book analyses the Neapolitan nobleman Gaetano Filangieri and his seven-volume ‘Science of Legislation’ in their historical context, expounding on his legacy for the histories of constitutional republicanism, liberalism, and political economy.
Anthem Press
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9780857289704
September 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00Written by one of Italy’s leading historians, this book analyses the Neapolitan nobleman Gaetano Filangieri and his seven-volume ‘Science of Legislation’ in their historical context, expounding on his legacy for the histories of constitutional republicanism, liberalism, and political economy.
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Organising Neoliberalism
Markets, Privatisation and Justice
Edited by Philip Whitehead, Paul Crawshaw
This collection of essays explores the impact of neoliberalism within different organisational domains from both theoretical and empirical perspectives.
Anthem Press
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9780857285331
September 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00This collection of essays explores the impact of neoliberalism within different organisational domains from both theoretical and empirical perspectives.
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Responsible Citizens
Individuals, Health and Policy under Neoliberalism
B. J. Brown, Sally Baker
‘Responsible Citizens’ reveals how rising emphasis on the individual has gone hand in hand with an increase in subtle authoritarianism – particularly within public services – such that a kind of ‘governance through responsibility’ is today being enforced upon the population.
Anthem Press
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9780857284587
June 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Responsible Citizens’ reveals how rising emphasis on the individual has gone hand in hand with an increase in subtle authoritarianism – particularly within public services – such that a kind of ‘governance through responsibility’ is today being enforced upon the population.
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Development and Semi-periphery
Post-neoliberal Trajectories in South America and Central Eastern Europe
Edited by Renato Boschi, Carlos Henrique Santana
This book is a collection of articles focusing on comparative analysis of the development trajectories in the semi-periphery countries of South America and Central and Eastern Europe.
Anthem Press
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9780857284402
March 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00This book is a collection of articles focusing on comparative analysis of the development trajectories in the semi-periphery countries of South America and Central and Eastern Europe.
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Re-framing Democracy and Agency in India
Interrogating Political Society
Edited by Ajay Gudavarthy
This volume critically unpacks the concept of ‘political society’, formulated as a response to the idea of civil society in a postcolonial context.
Anthem Press
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9780857283504
March 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00This volume critically unpacks the concept of ‘political society’, formulated as a response to the idea of civil society in a postcolonial context.
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Marxism in Dark Times
Select Essays for the New Century
Sobhanlal Datta Gupta
This volume is a collection of essays on an alternative understanding of Marxism, anchored in the ideas of humanism, democracy and pluralism.
Anthem Press
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9789380601199
February 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00This volume is a collection of essays on an alternative understanding of Marxism, anchored in the ideas of humanism, democracy and pluralism.
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The Security-Development Nexus
Peace, Conflict and Development
Edited by Ramses Amer, Ashok Swain, Joakim Öjendal
‘The Security-Development Nexus: Peace, Conflict and Development’ explores the concept of the security-development nexus from a variety of perspectives. Its collected essays investigate conceptual issues via case studies from Africa, Asia and Europe.
Anthem Press
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9780857283511
January 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00‘The Security-Development Nexus: Peace, Conflict and Development’ explores the concept of the security-development nexus from a variety of perspectives. Its collected essays investigate conceptual issues via case studies from Africa, Asia and Europe.
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Toward Leader Democracy
Jan Pakulski, András Körösényi
‘Toward Leader Democracy’ investigates how today’s liberal democratic regimes are increasingly moving toward a pronounced focus on political leaders and their image, and explores the mechanics, evolution and implications of this phenomenon.
Anthem Press
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9780857283887
January 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Toward Leader Democracy’ investigates how today’s liberal democratic regimes are increasingly moving toward a pronounced focus on political leaders and their image, and explores the mechanics, evolution and implications of this phenomenon.
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Religion and the State
A Comparative Sociology
Edited by Jack Barbalet, Adam Possamai, Bryan S. Turner
This volume explores key issues in the modern tensions between state and religions by exploring a number of case studies from around the world.
Anthem Press
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9780857287984
December 2011
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£115.00 / $115.00This volume explores key issues in the modern tensions between state and religions by exploring a number of case studies from around the world.
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Tobacco Control in Africa
People, Politics and Policies
Edited by Jeffrey Drope
This collection is an important contribution to the literature on global public health and international development, featuring the most comprehensive evidence-based analysis of tobacco policy in the African region.
Anthem Press
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9780857287830
October 2011
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£115.00 / $115.00This collection is an important contribution to the literature on global public health and international development, featuring the most comprehensive evidence-based analysis of tobacco policy in the African region.
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Greece’s ‘Odious’ Debt
The Looting of the Hellenic Republic by the Euro, the Political Elite and the Investment Community
Jason Manolopoulos
This book analyses the causes of the current Eurozone and Greek crisis. Jason Manolopoulos combines his experience of the global financial system, European politics and Greek society, to explore the economic policies, historical legacy, psychological biases that have shaped an ongoing drama.
Anthem Press
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9780857287717
May 2011
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£29.95 / $29.95This book analyses the causes of the current Eurozone and Greek crisis. Jason Manolopoulos combines his experience of the global financial system, European politics and Greek society, to explore the economic policies, historical legacy, psychological biases that have shaped an ongoing drama.
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Aboard the Democracy Train
A Journey through Pakistan's Last Decade of Democracy
Nafisa Hoodbhoy
'Aboard the Democracy Train' is a gripping front-line account of Pakistan's decade of turbulent democracy (1988-1999), as told through the eyes of the only woman reporter working during the Zia era for the nation's leading English language newspaper.
Anthem Press
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9780857289674
April 2011
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£24.95 / $24.95‘Aboard the Democracy Train’ is a gripping front-line account of Pakistan’s decade of turbulent democracy (1988-1999), as told through the eyes of the only woman reporter working during the Zia era for the nation’s leading English language newspaper.
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Liberal Peace In Question
Politics of State and Market Reform in Sri Lanka
Edited by Kristian Stokke, Jayadeva Uyangoda
This book examines the politics of crafting liberal peace in contemporary intrastate conflicts using Sri Lanka’s failed attempt to negotiate peace with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
Anthem Press
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9781843318965
January 2011
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£115.00 / $115.00This book examines the politics of crafting liberal peace in contemporary intrastate conflicts using Sri Lanka’s failed attempt to negotiate peace with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
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A New India?
Critical Reflections in the Long Twentieth Century
Edited by Anthony P. D'Costa
foreword by Deepak NayyarThis volume critically examines the notion of a ‘new’ India by recognizing that India is changing remarkably and by exposing the many economic, social, and political contradictions that are integral to contemporary India.
Anthem Press
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9780857286642
December 2010
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£115.00 / $115.00This volume critically examines the notion of a ‘new’ India by recognizing that India is changing remarkably and by exposing the many economic, social, and political contradictions that are integral to contemporary India.
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Inclusive Growth, Full Employment, and Structural Change
Implications and Policies for Developing Asia
Jesus Felipe
'Inclusive Growth, Full Employment, and Structural Change: Implications and Policies for Developing Asia' discusses policies to achieve inclusive growth in developing Asia, including those relating to agriculture, investment, certain state interventions, monetary, fiscal, and the role of the state as employer of last resort.
Anthem Press
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9780857289582
October 2010
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Inclusive Growth, Full Employment, and Structural Change: Implications and Policies for Developing Asia’ discusses policies to achieve inclusive growth in developing Asia, including those relating to agriculture, investment, certain state interventions, monetary, fiscal, and the role of the state as employer of last resort.
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Blood on the Stone
Greed, Corruption and War in the Global Diamond Trade
Ian Smillie
'Blood on the Stone' is a gripping account of the cartel, warlords, gun runners and shadowy traders who populated Africa’s bloody diamond wars, and the faltering, decade-long effort to clean up an entire industry.
Anthem Press
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9780857289797
August 2010
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Blood on the Stone’ is a gripping account of the cartel, warlords, gun runners and shadowy traders who populated Africa’s bloody diamond wars, and the faltering, decade-long effort to clean up an entire industry.
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Bulgaria and Europe
Shifting Identities
Edited by Stefanos Katsikas
'Bulgaria and Europe: Shifting Identities' offers a comprehensive analysis of Bulgaria's relationship with the European continent, focusing particularly on its accession to the EU and the aftermath.
Anthem Press
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9781843318460
June 2010
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Bulgaria and Europe: Shifting Identities’ offers a comprehensive analysis of Bulgaria’s relationship with the European continent, focusing particularly on its accession to the EU and the aftermath.
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Churchill, Eden and Indo-China, 1951-1955
Nông Văn Dân
'Churchill, Eden and Indo-China, 1951-1955' provides a historical analysis of the administrations of Churchill and Eden, focusing on the broad international context of decolonized Indo-China.
Anthem Press
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9781843318774
June 2010
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Churchill, Eden and Indo-China, 1951-1955’ provides a historical analysis of the administrations of Churchill and Eden, focusing on the broad international context of decolonized Indo-China.