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  • Media Framing of the Muslim World

    Conflicts, Crises and Contexts

    by H. Rane, J. Ewart, John Martinkus ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    Media Framing of the Muslim World examines and explains how news about Islam and the Muslim world is produced and consumed, and how it impacts on relations between Islam and the West. The authors cover key issues in this relationship including the reporting on war and conflict, terrorism, asylum seekers and the Arab Spring. ... Read more

    $98.09 USD

  • Living with Robots

    Emerging Issues on the Psychological and Social Implications of Robotics

    Edited by Richard Pak, Ewart J. de Visser, Ericka Rovira ...
    Living with Robots: Emerging Issues on the Psychological and Social Implications of Robotics focuses on the issues that come to bear when humans interact and collaborate with robots. The book dives deeply into critical factors that impact how individuals interact with robots at home, work and play. It includes topics ranging from robot anthropomorphic design, degree of autonomy, trust, individual ... Read more

    $112.49 USD

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  • Islamic Exceptionalism

    How the Struggle Over Islam Is Reshaping the World

    by Shadi Hamid ...
    In Islamic Exceptionalism, Brookings Institution scholar and acclaimed author Shadi Hamid offers a novel and provocative argument on how Islam is, in fact, "exceptional" in how it relates to politics, with profound implications for how we understand the future of the Middle East. Divides among citizens aren't just about power but are products of fundamental disagreements over the very nature and ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • How Terrorism Ends

    Understanding the Decline and Demise of Terrorist Campaigns

    by Audrey Kurth Cronin ...
    “A landmark study."—Robin Wright, The New YorkerWhy every terrorist movement comes to an end—and how this history can help us combat today's terrorist threatsAmid the fear following 9/11 and more recent terror attacks, it is easy to forget the most important fact about terrorist campaigns: they always come to an end—and often far more quickly than expected. Contrary to what many assume, when it ... Read more

    $24.49 USD

  • The Battle for British Islam

    Reclaiming Muslim Identity from Extremism

    by Sara Khan, Tony McMahon ...
    Across Britain, Muslims are caught up in a battle over the very nature of their faith. And extremists appear to be gaining the upper hand. Sara Khan has spent the past decade campaigning for tolerance and equal rights within Muslim communities, and is now engaged in a new struggle for justice and understanding - the urgent need to counter Islamist-inspired extremism.In this timely and courageous ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Making of a Salafi Muslim Woman

    Paths to Conversion

    by Anabel Inge ...
    The spread of Salafism--often referred to as "Wahhabism"--in the West has intrigued and alarmed observers since the attacks of 9/11. Many see it as a fundamentalist interpretation of Islam that condones the subjugation of women and fuels Jihadist extremism. This view depicts Salafi women as the hapless victims of a fanatical version of Islam. Yet in Britain, growing numbers of educated women- ... Read more

    $25.69 USD

  • Hamas and Civil Society in Gaza

    Engaging the Islamist Social Sector

    by Sara Roy ...
    Series series Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics
    A revealing look at Islamic social institutions in Gaza and the West BankMany in the United States and Israel believe that Hamas is nothing but a terrorist organization, and that its social sector serves merely to recruit new supporters for its violent agenda. Based on Sara Roy's extensive fieldwork in the Gaza Strip and West Bank during the critical period of the Oslo peace process, Hamas and ... Read more

    $24.49 USD

  • Apartheid in Palestine

    Hard Laws and Harder Experiences

    Edited by Ghada Ageel ...
    “Of all the crimes to which Palestinians have been subjected through a century of bitter tragedy, perhaps none are more cruel than the silencing of their voices. The suffering has been most extreme, criminal, and grotesque in Gaza, where Ghada Ageel was one of the victims from childhood. This collection of essays is a poignant cry for justice, far too long delayed.” —Noam Chomsky There are more ... Read more

    $20.19 USD

  • Jihadi Terrorism and the Radicalisation Challenge

    European and American Experiences

    Edited by Rik Coolsaet ...
    Osama bin Laden's demise in May 2011 marked only the symbolic end of an era. By the time of his killing, he no longer represented the Robin Hood icon that once stirred global fascination. Ten years after the 11 September 2001 attacks, jihadi terrorism has largely lost its juggernaut luster. It now mostly resembles a patchwork of self-radicalising local groups with international contacts but ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Radical Islam Rising

    Muslim Extremism in the West

    by Quintan Wiktorowicz ...
    Although the West denounces the spread of radical Islam in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and elsewhere in the Muslim world, it tends to overlook the development of Islamic extremism in its own societies. Over the past several decades, groups like al-Qaeda have been supported by thousands of citizens of the United States, the United Kingdom, and other Western democracies. Rejecting their national ... Read more

    $44.59 USD

  • Muted Modernists

    The Struggle over Divine Politics in Saudi Arabia

    by Madawi Al-Rasheed ...
    Analysis of both official and opposition Saudi divine politics is often monolithic, conjuring images of conservatism, radicalism, misogyny and resistance to democracy. Madawi Al-Rasheed challenges this stereotype as she examines a long tradition of engaging with modernism that gathered momentum with the Arab uprisings and incurred the wrath of both the regime and its Wahhabi supporters. With this ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

  • Political Islam in Europe and the Mediterranean

    Three contributions

    by Walid Phares, Lorenzo Vidino, Amr Hamzawy ...
    Series series Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies Research Papers
    Political Islam is becoming increasingly important to European politicians and policymakers. This research paper gathers together three edited papers from the event ‘The Atlantic Seminar: Understanding Political Islam’, organised by the CES and the Political Academy of the Austrian People’s Party (Polak) and International Republican Institute in Vienna (IRI). The three authors emphasise the need ... Read more

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