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Faith and Social Capital After the Debt Crisis

Palgrave Macmillan
The founding father of 'social capital', Pierre Bourdieu, said that treating the church as an economic enterprise would lead to uproar, disbelief and the...
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Faith, Fallibility, and the Virtue of Anxiety
An Essay in Religion and Political Liberalism

Palgrave Macmillan
The relationship between religion and liberal-democratic society has emerged as one of the defining issues of the twenty-first century. Drawing together...
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Diplomacy and Nation-Building in Africa
Franco-British Relations and Cameroon at the End of Empire
International Library of African Studies

I.B. Tauris
Cameroon stands as a remarkable example of nation-building in the aftermath of European domination. Split between the French and British empires after World...
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Secret Manoeuvres in the Dark
Corporate Spying on Activists

Pluto Press
The exposure of undercover policeman Mark Kennedy in the "eco-activist" movement revealed how the state monitors and undermines political activism. This book...
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Research Design in European Studies
Establishing Causality in Europeanization

Palgrave Macmillan
A seminal text in European studies, which addresses issues of research design and causal analysis. The chapters draw on different methodological traditions,...
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Statesmanship, Character, and Leadership in America

Palgrave Macmillan
Statesmanship, Character and Leadership demonstrates how individual leaders acted at critical turning points in American history. Terry Newell's analysis...
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K. O. Mbadiwe
A Nigerian Political Biography, 1915-1990

Palgrave Macmillan
This book offers a comprehensive political biography of Kingsley Ozuomba Mbadiwe, (1915-1990), a central figure in Nigerian political history for more than...
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The European Union and Multilateral Governance
Assessing EU Participation in United Nations Human Rights and Environmental Fora

Palgrave Macmillan
An interdisciplinary approach to the study of the EU in UN human rights and environmental governance which addresses the legal and political science...
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Struck Out
Why Employment Tribunals Fail Workers and What Can be Done

Pluto Press
Every year, over a hundred thousand workers bring claims to the Employment Tribunal. The settling of disputes between employers and unions has been exchanged...
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The European Union and Global Development
An 'Enlightened Superpower' in the Making?

Palgrave Macmillan
An assessment of the capacity of the EU to coordinate actors and policies with regards to global development. The authors argue that the EU and its member...

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Permanent Emergency
Inside the TSA and the Fight for the Future of American Security

Palgrave Macmillan
Since 2001 the TSA has accepted responsibility for protecting over two million people a day at U.S. airports and managing transportation operations around...
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The Third Industrial Revolution
How Lateral Power Is Transforming Energy, the Economy, and the World

Palgrave Macmillan
The Industrial Revolution, powered by oil and other fossil fuels, is spiraling into a dangerous endgame. The price of gas and food are climbing, unemployment...
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Real-Time Diplomacy
Politics and Power in the Social Media Era

Palgrave Macmillan
The 2011 uprisings in the Middle East proved that democracy retains its appeal, even to people who have long lived without it. They also illustrated how, in a...
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Haiti
The Tumultuous History - From Pearl of the Caribbean to Broken Nation

Palgrave Macmillan
Why has Haiti been plagued by so many woes? Why have multiple U.S. efforts to create a stable democracy in Haiti failed so spectacularly? Philippe Girard...
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The Lost Majority
Why the Future of Government Is Up for Grabs - and Who Will Take It

Palgrave Macmillan
In today’s fraught political climate, one thing is indisputable: the dream of the emerging Democratic majority is dead. How did the Democrats, who seemed...
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Why We Hate the Oil Companies
Straight Talk from an Energy Insider

Palgrave Macmillan
As president of Shell Oil, John Hofmeister was known for being a straight shooter, willing to challenge his peers throughout the industry. Now, he’s a man on a...
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Cartel
The Coming Invasion of Mexico's Drug Wars

Palgrave Macmillan
Having followed Mexico's cartels for years, border security expert Sylvia Longmire takes us deep into the heart of their world to witness a dangerous...
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The Mind of the Terrorist
The Psychology of Terrorism from the IRA to al-Qaeda

Palgrave Macmillan
A psychiatrist examines why terrorists decide to attack
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Treasure Islands
Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens

Palgrave Macmillan
A thrilling ride inside the world of tax havens and corporate masterminds While the United States experiences recession and economic stagnation and European...
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Borderless Economics
Chinese Sea Turtles, Indian Fridges and the New Fruits of Global Capitalism

Palgrave Macmillan
Acentury ago, migrants often crossed an ocean and never saw their homelands again. Today, they call - or Skype - home the moment their flight has landed, and...
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The Southern Tiger
Chile's Fight for a Democratic and Prosperous Future

Palgrave Macmillan
Former Chilean president Ricardo Lagos provides a fascinating glimpse inside his country's meteoric rise on the world stage. A leader in the underground...
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The New American Economy
The Failure of Reaganomics and a New Way Forward

Palgrave Macmillan
As a domestic policy advisor to Ronald Reagan, Bruce Bartlett was one of the originators of Reaganomics, the supply-side economic theory that conservatives...
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The Political System of the European Union

Palgrave Macmillan
Systematically revised and rewritten throughout and updated to cover the impact of the Lisbon Treaty, this highly-successful and ground-breaking text remains...
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Electoral Systems
A Comparative Introduction

Palgrave Macmillan
Electoral Systems examines the six principle types of electoral system currently in use in more than seventy of the world's democracies. A common format is...