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In this classic text, now in its fourth edition, Gilbert Rist provides a complete and powerful ov...

This unique and insightful book is the first comprehensive study of think-tanks both based in and...

Critically positions international volunteering within an understanding of the wider geopolitical...

Tamil Tigers explores the birth and death of one of the most ruthless armed groups of recent times.

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Discounted for a couple of decades as a viable solution, nuclear power is undergoing a resurgence...

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At the start of the twenty-first century the story of Africa's engagement with international law ...

The 1948 Palestine War is known to Israelis as 'the War of Independence'. But for Palestinians, t...

Climate change is the greatest challenge of the age, and yet fierce disagreement still exists ove...

'The role of the indigenous population in the formation of the Bolivarian constitution is one of ...

The mineral-rich mountains of Tibet so far have been largely untouched by China's growing economy...

When asked in 2016 if he would step down as President of South Sudan, Salva Kiir replied 'my exit...

Media matters. From encouraging charitable donations and delivering public health messages to pro...

In this groundbreaking book, Arnold August explores Cuba's unique form of democracy, presenting a...

This volume brings together the practical insights and experiences of individuals and organisatio...

'In this revealing new book, Beas and Dunn explore the phenomenon of 'autochthony' - literally 's...

By demonstrating that Western conceptions of 'civil society' have provided the framework for inte...

By demonstrating that Western conceptions of 'civil society' have provided the framework for inte...

Since independence in 1963, Kenya has seen the steady growth of mutual aid arrangements; a practi...

'Maasai leader and activist Meitamei Dapash teams with historian Mary Poole to offer a new versio...

The figure of the supplicant negro-a figure famously represented in Josiah Wedgewood's 18th-centu...

In this open access book, Kofi Anani finds ways forward through the Blended Representation Princi...

Autocratization in Contemporary Ugandaanalyses two interrelated outcomes: autocratisation, manife...

In this important, multidisciplinary, open access study, Daniel Akech Thiong shows that the relat...

This open access book offers the first full-length, empirical deep-dive into everyday policework ...

This groundbreaking collection offers the first book-length contribution to ongoing debates aroun...

'Curated by the up-and-coming scholar Eric Tsimi in collaboration with the distinguished anthropo...

The first book-length comparative analysis of state-sponsored internet shutdowns across all regio...

This open access edited volume brings together a multidisciplinary team of scholars to investigat...

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Leading Horn of Africa expert Charlotte Touati exposes the role played by Canadian gold mining co...

Drawing on rich archival sources and summarizing extensive interviews with women who participated...

This open access edited volume brings together a team of linguists to explore how indigenized var...

With this powerful book, Edmund O'Sullivan aims to radically alter the role of education in build...

Throughout Africa, growing numbers of women are coming together and making their voices heard, mo...

This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the global aid scene.

In Diary of a Child Called Souad, El Saadwi gives us a young female protagonist whose spirit long...

'Against the white sand, the contours of my father's body were well defined, emphasized its exist...

'The emerging rock-star of Europe's anti-austerity uprising.'Daily Telegraph'A spirited book.' Ne...

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Space is both a product and a prerequisite of social relations, it has the potential to block and...