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  • Displacement Economies in Africa

    Paradoxes of Crisis and Creativity

    Edited by Amanda Hammar ...
    Series series Africa Now
    Large-scale displacement - whether caused by war, state-related political or development projects, different forms of political violence, structural crisis, or even natural disasters - evokes many stereotyped assumptions about those forcibly displaced or emplaced. At the same time there is a problematic lack of attention paid to the diversity of actors, strategies and practices that reshape the ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

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  • Escape from Camp 14

    One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West

    by Blaine Harden ...
    **“If you have a soul, you will be changed forever by Blaine Harden’s *Escape from Camp 14." —*Mitchell Zuckoff, New York Times bestselling author of Lost in Shangri-LaThe heartwrenching New York Times bestseller about the only known person born inside a North Korean prison camp to have escaped**North Korea’s political prison camps have existed twice as long as Stalin’s Soviet gulags and twelve ... Read more

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  • South Sudan

    The Untold Story from Independence to Civil War

    by Hilde F. Johnson ...
    In July 2011, South Sudan was granted independence and became the world's newest country. Yet just two-and-a-half years after this momentous decision, the country was in the grips of renewed civil war and political strife. Hilde F. Johnson served as Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan from July 2011 until July 2014 ... Read more

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  • The Egyptians

    A Radical History of Egypt's Unfinished Revolution

    by Jack Shenker ...
    The award-winning journalist and longtime Cairo resident delivers a "meticulous, passionate study" of the ongoing battle for contemporary Egypt ( The Guardian).On January, 25, 2011, a revolution began in Egypt that succeeded in ousting the country's longtime dictator Hosni Mubarak. In The Egyptians, journalist Jack Shenker uncovers the roots of the uprising and explores the country's current state ... Read more

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  • Making Sense of the Central African Republic

    by Roland Marchal, Ned Dalby, Faouzi Kilembe, Ledio Cakaj, Nathaniel Olin, Enrica Picco, Stephen W. Smith, Laurence D. Wohlers ...
    Lying at the centre of a tumultuous region, the Central African Republic and its turbulent history have often been overlooked. Democracy, in any kind of a meaningful sense, has eluded the country. Since the mid-1990s, army mutinies and serial rebellion in CAR have resulted in two major successful coups. Over the course of these upheavals, the country has become a laboratory for peacebuilding ... Read more

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  • Global Governance and the New Wars

    The Merging of Development and Security

    by Mark Duffield ...
    Series series Critique Influence Change
    In this hugely influential book, originally published in 2001 but just as - if not more - relevant today, Mark Duffield shows how war has become an integral component of development discourse. Aid agencies have become increasingly involved in humanitarian assistance, conflict resolution and the social reconstruction of war-torn societies. Duffield explores the consequences of this growing merger ... Read more

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  • State of Rebellion

    Violence and Intervention in the Central African Republic

    by Louisa Lombard ...
    Series series African Arguments
    Shortlisted for the Fage and Oliver Prize 2018In 2013, the Central African Republic was engulfed by violence. In the face of the rapid spread of the conflict, journalists, politicians, and academics alike have struggled to account for its origins.In this first comprehensive account of the country's recent upheaval, Louisa Lombard shows the limits of the superficial explanations offered thus far – ... Read more

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  • The Health Practitioner's Guide to Climate Change

    Diagnosis and Cure

    Edited by Fiona Adshead, Jenny Griffiths, Mala Rao, Allison Thorpe ...
    Highly commended in the Public Health category, BMA Medical Awards 2010 There are enormous health benefits from tackling climate change. This is the first book to set out what health practitioners can do to prevent the worst impacts of climate change, to make health services sustainable, and to design healthy, sustainable communities. The book: - provides an introduction for health practitioners ... Read more

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  • Dancing Bears

    True Stories of People Nostalgic for Life Under Tyranny

    by Witold Szablowski ...
    Translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones ...
    ***As heard on NPR’s All Things Considered*“Utterly original.” —The New York Times Book Review“Mixing bold journalism with bolder allegories, Mr. Szabłowski teaches us with witty persistence that we must desire freedom rather than simply expect it.” —Timothy Snyder, New York Times bestselling author of On Tyranny and The Road to UnfreedomAn incisive, humorous, and heartbreaking account of people ... Read more

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  • Security and Sustainable Development in Myanmar

    by Helen James ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series
    Helen James considers security in Myanmar/Burma. She uses the ideas put forward in the United Nations Development Programme's 1994 report, of human, as opposed to state and security, going on to argue that freedom from want, and freedom from fear (of the regime) are in fact mutually supportive ideas, and that the security of the people and the security of the state are in fact in a symbiotic ... Read more

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  • The Horn of Africa

    Intra-State and Inter-State Conflicts and Security

    Edited by Redie Bereketeab ...
    The Horn of Africa, comprising Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan and Somalia, is the most conflict-ridden region in Africa. This book explores the origins and impact of these conflicts at both an intra-state and inter-state level and the insecurity they create.The contributors show how regional and international interventions have compounded pre-existing tensions and have been driven by competing ... Read more

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  • The Future of African Peace Operations

    From the Janjaweed to Boko Haram

    Edited by Cedric De Coning, Linnéa Gelot, John Karlsrud ...
    Series series Africa Now
    Facing threats ranging from Islamist insurgencies to the Ebola pandemic, African regional actors are playing an increasingly vital role in safeguarding peace and stability across the continent. But while the African Union has demonstrated its ability to deploy forces on short notice and in difficult circumstances, the challenges posed by increasingly complex conflict zones have revealed a widening ... Read more

    $32.39 USD