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  • Twilight of the Tigers

    Peace Efforts and Power Struggles in Sri Lanka

    by G.H. Peiris ...
    The fall of Kilinochchi, LTTE's bastion for over a decade, in January 2009 is a landmark in the military campaign by the Sri Lankan government against the rebel group. This turning point in one of the world's most brutal intra-state conflicts needs to be analysed in the wider context of the developments in the country since the initiation of a ceasefire in Decenber 2001. Ths book focuses on the ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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    This is the time when advertising has reached the status of a science. It is based on fixed principles and is reasonably exact. ... Read more

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  • The Cage

    The Fight for Sri Lanka and the Last Days of the Tamil Tigers

    by Gordon Weiss ...
    "The Cage is a tightly written and clear-eyed narrative about one of the most disturbing human dramas of recent years. . . . A riveting, cautionary tale about the consequences of unchecked political power in a country at war. A must-read." —Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker staff writer and author of The Fall of BaghdadIn the closing days of the thirty-year Sri Lankan civil war, tens of thousands of ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • As Texas Goes...

    How the Lone Star State Hijacked the American Agenda

    by Gail Collins ...
    “Gail Collins is the funniest serious political commentator in America. Reading As Texas Goes… is pure pleasure from page one.” —Rachel MaddowA Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year (Nonfiction)As Texas Goes . . . provides a trenchant yet often hilarious look into American politics and the disproportional influence of Texas, which has become the model for not just the Tea Party but also the ... Read more

    $11.69 USD

  • The History of Doing

    An Illustrated Account of Movements for Women’s Rights and Feminism in India, 1800-1990

    by Radha Kumar ...
    A thematic history of the women’s movement in India both before and after independence, this book covers the period from the nineteenth century to the present day. It looks at how women’ s issues were raised, initially by men and as part of the movements for social reform, and then with the involvement of women in the nationalist movement, by women themselves. Using photographs, old and new ... Read more

    $11.49 USD

  • Gandhi

    by David Arnold ...
    Series series Profiles In Power
    Gandhi's is an extraordinary and compelling story. Few individuals in history have made so great a mark upon their times. And yet Gandhi never held high political office, commanded no armies and was not even a compelling orator. His 'power' therefore makes a particularly fascinating subject for investigation. David Arnold explains how and why the shy student and affluent lawyer became one of the ... Read more

    $75.99 USD

  • Robert's Rules of Order (Revised for Deliberative Assemblies)

    Originally published in 1896, “Robert’s Rules of Order,” remains to this day the manual of choice when it comes to conducting orderly productive proceedings. As General Henry M. Robert describes in his preface to the work, “The object of Rules of Order is to assist an assembly to accomplish in the best possible manner the work for which it was designed. To do this it is necessary to restrain the ... Read more

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  • The Indian Constituent Assembly

    Deliberations on Democracy

    Edited by Udit Bhatia ...
    The Indian Constituent Assembly laid the foundations of the largest democracy in the world. The debates between the members of the Assembly form the bedrock of the Indian Constitution. The chapters in this volume propose a range of methodological perspectives from which these critical debates might be read. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, they explore themes such as party politics, ideas of ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Bangladesh

    A Political History since Independence

    by Ali Riaz ...
    Bangladesh is a country of paradoxes. The eighth most populous country of the world, it has attracted considerable attention from the international media and western policy-makers in recent years, often for the wrong reasons: corruption, natural disasters caused by its precarious geographical location, and volatile political situations with several military coups, following its independence from ... Read more

    $153.89 USD

  • Stages of Capital

    Law, Culture, and Market Governance in Late Colonial India

    by Ritu Birla ...
    In Stages of Capital, Ritu Birla brings research on nonwestern capitalisms into conversation with postcolonial studies to illuminate the historical roots of India’s market society. Between 1870 and 1930, the British regime in India implemented a barrage of commercial and contract laws directed at the “free” circulation of capital, including measures regulating companies, income tax, charitable ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • For the Record

    On Sexuality and the Colonial Archive in India

    Series series Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies
    Anjali Arondekar considers the relationship between sexuality and the colonial archive by posing the following questions: Why does sexuality (still) seek its truth in the historical archive? What are the spatial and temporal logics that compel such a return? And conversely, what kind of “archive” does such a recuperative hermeneutics produce? Rather than render sexuality’s relationship to the ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

  • Power, Politics and Performance: A Partnership Approach for Development

    Power, Politics and Performance outlines a convincing case that the best route for the optimum development of Small States requires the dynamics of a Partnership Approach – with its citizens, regional institutions and the global community.Most Hon. Percival Patterson, ON, OCC, PC, QC, Former Prime Minister of JamaicaThe perception of politics as an obstacle to the advancement of the Caribbean must ... Read more

    $9.99 USD