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New Threats and New Actors in International Security(2005)Non-state threats and actors have become key topics in contemporary international security as since the end of the Cold War the notion that state is the primary unit of interest in international security has increasingly been challenged.Vezava: Mehka70,86 € -
Medieval Author in Medieval French Literature(2007)Thirty-five years ago Roland Barthes proclaimed the death of the Author. For medievalists no death has been more timely. The essays in this volume create a prism through which to understand medieval authorship as a process and the medieval author as an agVezava: Mehka70,86 €
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Gentlemen Callers(2005) PALLER, M.From the early Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and one-act Auto-da-Fé , through The Two-Character Play and Something Cloudy, Something Clear , Paller's book investigates how Williams's earliest critics marginalized or ignored his gay characters and why, beginning iVezava: Mehka47,89 €
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Our Common Dwelling(2005) NEWMAN, LANCEOurCommonDwelling explores why America's first literary circle turned to nature in the 1830s and '40s. The works of these great authors, interpreted in historical context, show that both environmental exploitation and conscious love of nature co-evolved aVezava: Mehka70,86 €
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Building a Modern Japan(2005)In the late Nineteenth-century, the Japanese embarked on a program of westernization in the hope of building a strong and modern nation. The second part of the book is devoted to examining the role of technology, and business-state relations in building aVezava: Mehka70,86 €
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Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Middle East(2006) RUSSELL, J.This vital book examines why states seek to gain Weapons of Mass Destruction, a crucial issue in developing strategies against proliferation. Leading experts examine specific countries and the interplay among political, economic, cultural and regional facVezava: Mehka70,86 €
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Presidential Risk Behavior in Foreign Policy(2005) BOETTCHER, WILLIAM A., IIIBringing together research on the situational determinants of risk propensity and on individual personality predispositions, Boettcher draws on findings from political science, psychology, economics, business, and sociology to develop a Risk Explanation FVezava: Mehka70,86 €
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Literary Career and Legacy of Elizabeth Cary, 1613-1680(2007)This is the first book to study the work and influence of Elizabeth Cary, author of the first original play by a woman to be printed in English, The Tragedyie of Mariam (1613). Previous criticism focused concentrated on this and The History of Edward II ,Vezava: Mehka70,86 €
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Partition of Korea After World War II(2006) LEE, JONGSOO JAMESDrawing on multi-archival research in Korean, Russian and English, this book looks at the complexity and changes in Stalin's policy toward Korea for answers about the division of Korea in 1945 and the failure of reunification between 1945 and 1948. Lee arVezava: Mehka70,86 €
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Medieval Literacy and Textuality in Middle High German(2007) VOLFING, A.This study addresses the topics of literacy and texuality in order to develop a new line of interpretation for a landmark of Middle High German literature. Albrecht's Der jüngere Titurel is an intellectually ambitious narrative written ca. 1270 as a prequVezava: Mehka70,86 €
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Van Loon(2005) MINNEN, CORNELIS VANUpon his death, Hendrik van Loon was described in The Times obituary as 'one of the most engaging products of the marriage between Holland and the United States'.Vezava: Mehka70,86 €
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Hidden History of Realism(2006) MOLLOY, S.Challenging the received notions of International Relations theory about a central tradition - Realism - Molloy demonstrates how a belief in a mode of theorization has distorted Realism, forcing the theory of power politics in IR into a paradigmatic straiVezava: Mehka70,86 €
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Democratization and Development(2006)Exploring the political economy of development and democracy in the Middle East, this book provides new insight into the effects of external initiatives for the support of good governance in Arab states, the impact of transnational Islamist networks on deVezava: Mehka70,86 €
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Power, Community, and Racial Killing in East St. Louis(2005) MCLAUGHLIN, M.Malcolm McLaughlin's work presents a detailed analysis of the East St. Louis race riot in 1917, offering new insights into the construction of white identity and racism.Vezava: Mehka70,86 €
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Mixed Electoral Systems(2005) FERRARA, F.,HERRON, E.,NISHIKAWA, M.Using election returns, public opinion surveys, and legislative roll-call data from many mixed systems in every world region, the authors show that contamination systematically affects party strategy, voting behaviour, legislative cohesion and overall strVezava: Mehka70,86 €
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Leading to the 2003 Iraq War(2006) NIKOLAEV, ALEXANDER G.A telling analysis of the pre-war media debate around the globe which set the stage for the 2003 Iraq war. By concentrating on the pre-war coverage, this group of scholars engages in a more open discussion of the issues than would take place during wartimVezava: Mehka70,86 €
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Electoral Politics in South Africa(2006)Ten years into the 'new' South Africa, how does democracy function? and, finally, argues that South Africa is witnessing a 'normalization' of politics. The book speaks to a broad range of topics, all linked through the electoral theme, which get to the heVezava: Mehka70,86 €
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Women and Race in Contemporary U.S. Writing(2007) REAMES, K. LYNCHThis study discovers how contemporary writers have imagined possible relationships between African American and white women that overcome the stereotypical patterns of racism, using novels and autobiographies and focusing on works by William Faulkner, LilVezava: Mehka70,86 €
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National Police Gazette and the Making of the Modern American Man, 1879-1906(2006) REEL, G.This book analyzes the National Police Gazette, the racy New York City tabloid that gained an audience among men and boys of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.Vezava: Mehka70,86 €
