Politics and Violence in Burundi. The Language of Truth in an Emerging State, Paperback - Aidan Russell

Telling a neglected history of decolonisation and violence in Burundi, Aidan Russell examines the political language of truth that drove extraordin...

Illustrates how states appeal to popular morality to forge new group identities and mobilize violence against perceived threats. In an era where st...

DescriptionAmerican violence is schizophrenic. On the one hand, many Americans support the creation of a powerful bureaucracy of coercion made up o...

This accessible introductory textbook looks at the modern relationship between politicians, the press and the public through the language they empl...

Reducere. Indigenous women migrants from Central America and Mexico face harrowing experiences of violence before, during, and after their migration to the U...

Pitches the ideas and aspirations of people on the ground against the theory and assumptions often made by the international development and peace-...

This book develops a comparative study on violence in Jamaica, El Salvador, and Belize based on a theoretical approach, extensive field research, a...

Reducere. In an Abusive State puts forth a powerful argument: that the feminist campaign to stop sexual violence has entered into a problematic alliance with...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: T. R. C. HuttonThe notorious conflict between the Hatfield and the McCoy families of West Virginia and Kentucky is often re...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Judah AlterTranslator: Arthur GreenOne of the leading scholars of Hasidism and modern Jewish theology has brought together ...

Reducere. Quietly passionate and urgently intent, this book belongs to the very best tradition of depth psychology. It appeals first of all to the intelligen...

The Rule of Moderation: Violence, Religion and the Politics of Restraint in Early Modern England - Ethan H. Shagan

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How should we share the truth about the environmental crisis? At a moment when even the most basic facts about ecology and the climate face contest...

Reducere. Editie in limba engleza The main theme of the book, the intelligentsia's position in the 1960-1980, represents a synthesis of the movements the aca...

Reducere. The main theme of the book, the intelligentsia's position in the 1960-1980, represents a synthesis of the movements the academic world was undergoi...

An in-depth and revealing account of the violence that has swept the Central African Republic.

Reducere. Turkey has gone through significant transformations over the last century--from the Ottoman Empire and Young Turk era to the Republic of today--but...

From the deserts of Sudan to the jungles of Colombia, and from the streets of Belfast to the mountains of Kurdistan, paramilitaries have appeared i...

Keywords for Capitalism: Power, Society, Politics is a field guide to the way we talk about politics in the United States today.Publisher: Haymarke...

Reducere. By analytically decoupling war and violence, this book explores the causes and dynamics of violence in civil war. Against the prevailing view that ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Hannah ArendtA collection of studies in which Arendt, from the standpoint of a political philosopher, views the crises of t...

The Israeli army invaded Ramallah in March 2002. A tank stood at the end of Raja Shehadeh's road; Israeli soldiers patrolled from the rooftops. Fou...

Reducere. In February 1971, racial tension surrounding school desegregation in Wilmington, North Carolina, culminated in four days of violence and skirmishes...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Dr Philip (The Open University, UK) SeargeantNumber of pages: 280Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 2...

This volume examines the power that can be imposed, and the misery that is caused, especially for the poor, by the simple act of waiting. Although ...

3, 000 Years of War and Peace in the Maya Lowlands presents the cutting-edge research of 25 authors in the fields of archaeology, biological anthro...

Publisher: BibliogovIllustration(s): black & white illustrationsPublication date: 2012Dimensions: 246 x 189 x 4Cover type: Paperback / softbackRede...

DescriptionSometime in April 1285, five Muslim horsemen crossed from the Islamic kingdom of Granada into the realms of the Christian Crown of Arago...

States are powerful actors in world politics, and we wish to hold them accountable - especially when they violate the rights of their people. By be...

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Chrissie Chapman went to Burundi as a midwife, but stayed to rescue and foster orphans.Publisher: SPCK PublishingAuthor(s): Chrissie ChapmanNumber ...

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Provides a politics-based explanation for the post-1980 transformation of the Turkish welfare system, in which poor relief policies have replaced e...