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  • Going to War with the Other: A Study of U.S. Foreign Policies of Violence

    by Evan O. Renfro ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    The objective of this book was to use Edward Said's theory Orientalism in order to increase our understanding of such how and why the United States goes to war in the manner in which it has and does. I examined all cases of United States foreign policies of overt violence, bounded by and including, Vietnam (1964-1969) and Iraq (2003-2007). What this research showed was quite contrary to ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • Political Graffiti and Global Human Rights

    Take Another Look

    by Philip Hopper, Evan Renfro ...
    Political Graffiti and Global Human Rights: Take Another Look examines the role of political graffiti in the public spaces of Northern Ireland and occupied Palestine, highlighting the ways in which oppressed communities utilize this form of expression to convey resistance, foster community support, preserve the memory of armed struggle, and assert their presence. By drawing a comparative analysis ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

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    Against the Double Blackmail

    by Slavoj Zizek ...
    Popular philosopher and leftist rabble-rouser Slavoj Zizek looks at one of the most desperate situations of our time: the current refugee crisis overwhelming EuropeIn this short yet stirring book, Slavoj Zizek—called “the Elvis of cultural history” by The New York Times—argues that accepting all comers or blocking all entry are both untenable solutions . . . But there is a third option.Today, ... Read more

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  • The Courage of Hopelessness

    A Year of Acting Dangerously

    by Slavoj Zizek ...
    Maverick philosopher Slavoj Zizek returns to explore today's ideological, political and economic battles—and asks whether radical change is possibleIn these troubled times, even the most pessimistic diagnosis of our future ends with an uplifting hint that things might not be as bad as all that, that there is light at the end of the tunnel. Yet, argues Slavoj Zizek, it is only when we have admitted ... Read more

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  • Carceral Humanitarianism

    Logics of Refugee Detention

    by Kelly Oliver ...
    Series series Forerunners: Ideas First
    Coopted by military operations, humanitarianism has never been neutral. Rather than welcoming refugees, host countries assess the relative risks of taking them in versus turning them away, using a risk-benefit analysis that often reduces refugees to collateral damage in proxy wars fought in the war on terrorism. Carceral Humanitarianism testifies that humanitarian aid and human rights discourse ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Gender and the Violence(s) of War and Armed Conflict

    More Dangerous to be a Woman?

    by Stacy Banwell ...
    Series series Emerald Studies in Criminology, Feminism and Social Change
    The ebook edition of this title is Open Access, thanks to Knowledge Unlatched funding, and freely available to read online. Drawing on historical and contemporary case studies, Gender and the Violence(s) of War and Armed Conflict delves into visual as well as text-based materials to unpack gender-based violence(s) perpetrated and experienced by both genders within and beyond the conflict zone ... Read more

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  • The Routledge Handbook of Refugee Narratives

    Edited by Evyn Lê Espiritu Gandhi, Vinh Nguyen ...
    Series series Routledge Literature Handbooks
    This Handbook presents a transnational and interdisciplinary study of refugee narratives, broadly defined. Interrogating who can be considered a refugee and what constitutes a narrative, the thirty-eight chapters included in this collection encompass a range of forcibly displaced subjects, a mix of geographical and historical contexts, and a variety of storytelling modalities. Analyzing novels, ... Read more

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  • Routledge Handbook of Security Studies

    Edited by Myriam Dunn Cavelty, Thierry Balzacq ...
    This revised and updated second edition features over twenty new chapters and offers a wide-ranging collection of cutting-edge essays from leading scholars in the field of Security Studies.The field of Security Studies has undergone significant change during the past 20 years, and is now one of the most dynamic sub-disciplines within International Relations. This second edition has been ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Feminism and War

    Confronting US Imperialism

    by Judy Rohrer, Micere Mugo, Berta Joubert-Ceci, Shahnaz Khan, Zillah Eisenstein, Isis Nusair, Cynthia Enloe, Angela Davis, Jennifer Hyndman, Patricia McFadden, Linda Carty, Nadine Sinno, Huibin Amelia Chew, Leslie Cagan, Elizabether Philipose, Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz, Nellie Hester Bailey, Berenice Malka Fisher ...
    Women across the globe are being dramatically affected by war as currently waged by the USA. But there has been little public space for dialogue about the complex relationship between feminism, women, and war.The editors of Feminism and War have brought together a diverse set of leading theorists and activists who examine the questions raised by ongoing American military initiatives, such as:What ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Nostalgia for the Modern

    State Secularism and Everyday Politics in Turkey

    by Esra Özyürek, George Steinmetz, Julia Adams ...
    Series series Politics, History, and Culture
    As the twentieth century drew to a close, the unity and authority of the secularist Turkish state were challenged by the rise of political Islam and Kurdish separatism on the one hand and by the increasing demands of the European Union, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank on the other. While the Turkish government had long limited Islam—the religion of the overwhelming majority of ... Read more

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  • Forging the World

    Strategic Narratives and International Relations

    by Alister Miskimmon, Ben O'Loughlin, Laura Roselle ...
    Forging the World brings together leading scholars in International Relations (IR) and Communication Studies to investigate how, when, and why strategic narratives shape the structure, politics, and policies of the global system. Put simply, strategic narratives are tools that political actors employ to promote their interests, values, and aspirations for the international order by managing ... Read more

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  • Noam Chomsky on Language, Democracy, and Social Justice

    Noam Chomsky’s Critical Intervention- Foreword by Peter McLaren- Afterword by Pepi Leistyna

    by Pierre W. Orelus, Shirley R. Steinberg ...
    Series Book 458 - Counterpoints
    Every century has witnessed the birth of a few world-transcending intellectuals as well as talented emerging scholars. Noam Chomsky and Pierre W. Orelus are no exception. Using dialogues exchanged over the course of nine years, combined with heartfelt critical essays, Chomsky and Orelus analytically examine social justice issues, such as unbalanced relationships between dominant and subjugated ... Read more

    $47.09 USD