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  • States and Power in Africa

    Comparative Lessons in Authority and Control - Second Edition

    by Jeffrey Herbst, Jeffrey Herbst ...
    Series series Princeton Studies in International History and Politics
    Theories of international relations, assumed to be universally applicable, have failed to explain the creation of states in Africa. There, the interaction of power and space is dramatically different from what occurred in Europe. In States and Power in Africa, Jeffrey Herbst places the African state-building process in a truly comparative perspective. Herbst's bold contention—that the conditions ... Read more

    Was $89.99 USD Now $25.19 USD

  • The Future of Africa

    A New Order in Sight

    by Jeffrey Herbst ...
    Series series Adelphi series
    This book provides a review of recent development in Africa. It reviews NEPAD and the AU and suggests what must be done for African countries to reverse their growth and security trajectories by asking if any African country will establish the prerequisites for sustained high-level growth. ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • On the Fault Line

    Managing tensions and divisions within societies

    by Jeffrey Herbst ...
    Societies in all countries are split by major divisions - or 'faultlines' - caused by differences in race, religion, ethnicity, wealth, class or power. Like geological faultlines, some are plainly evident, whereas others are more concealed and can erupt with little warning.Violence along faultlines within states, from Sudan to Iraq to the Congo, is the spark of much contemporary conflict. It has ... Read more

    $16.59 USD

  • Making Africa Work

    A Handbook

    by Greg Mills, Olusegun Obasanjo, Jeffrey Herbst, Dickie Davis ...
    Sub-Saharan Africa faces three big inter-related challenges over the next generation. It will double its population to two billion by 2045. By then more than half of Africans will be living in cities. And this group of mostly young people will be connected with each other and the world through mobile devices. Properly harnessed and planned for, this is a tremendously positive force for change. ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • Democracy Works

    Re-Wiring Politics to Africa's Advantage

    by Greg Mills, Olusegun Obasanjo, Tendai Biti, Jeffrey Herbst ...
    Democracy Works asks how we can learn to nurture, deepen and consolidate democracy in Africa. By analyzing transitions within and beyond the continent, the authors identify a 'democratic playbook' robust enough to withstand threats to free and fair elections. However, substantive democracy demands more than just regular polls. It is fundamentally about the inner workings of institutions, the rule ... Read more

    $30.59 USD

  • Learning From Somalia

    The Lessons Of Armed Humanitarian Intervention

    by Walter S Clarke, Jeffrey Herbst ...
    This book examines the intervention in Somalia and draws lessons for future peacekeeping operations, analyzing many aspects of peacemaking that are not well understood, including efforts to rebuild the police, the dynamics of the economy, and the performance of European armies. ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • How South Africa Works

    And Must Do Better

    by Greg Mills, Jeffrey Herbst ...
    The overwhelming challenge that South Africa faces, and has to date failed to address, is unemployment, which falls especially on African youths who were promised a better future after 1994. If the current unemployment challenge is not addressed, it will be impossible to sustainably lift many millions of people out of poverty. How South Africa Works reviews the country’s major economic ... Read more

    $9.09 USD

  • Building Bridges Among Abraham’s Children

    A Celebration of Michael Berenbaum (Volumes 1 & 2)

    by Richard L. Rubenstein, Michael Berenbaum ...
    Building Bridges Among Abraham’s Children honors the extraordinary career of Professor Michael Berenbaum, a luminary in Holocaust studies, museum design, filmmaking, and interfaith dialogue. With contributions from renowned scholars and close friends, the short and highly readable essays in this collection delve into the core themes that have defined Professor Berenbaum’s work: biblical and ... Read more

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  • Wars, Guns, and Votes

    Democracy in Dangerous Places

    by Paul Collier ...
    An expert on developing nations offers "accessible and very sensible analysis" of America's promotion of democracy abroad—and why it often fails ( Publishers Weekly).Oxford economist Paul Collier gives an eye-opening assessment of the corruption and political violence that plague developing nations across Africa, Latin America, and Asia. While many of these governments meet America's standards for ... Read more

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  • Live Not by Lies

    A Manual for Christian Dissidents

    by Rod Dreher ...
    The New York Times bestselling author of The Benedict Option draws on the wisdom of Christian survivors of Soviet persecution to warn American Christians of approaching dangers.For years, émigrés from the former Soviet bloc have been telling Rod Dreher they see telltale signs of "soft" totalitarianism cropping up in America--something more Brave New World than Nineteen Eighty-Four. Identity ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • Why the Jews?

    The Reason for Antisemitism

    by Dennis Prager, Joseph Telushkin ...
    Series series An Examination of Antisemitism
    From the bestselling authors of The Nine Questions People Ask About Judaism, a compelling discussion of the dangerous rise in antisemitism during the twenty-first century.The very word Jew continues to arouse passions as does no other religious, national, or political name. Why have Jews been the object of the most enduring and universal hatred in history? Why did Hitler consider murdering Jews ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Why Africa Fails

    The case for growth before democracy

    by Elly Twineyo-Kamugisha ...
    Africa should accept that its present malaise is largely due to its own mistakes: greed, poor policies and a lack of leadership. Blaming colonialism for Africa’s failings belongs to the past. Africa has been lessed with great wealth, but where has this wealth gone? Why are so many countries in need of aid? And why has this wealth not filtered down to poor people? Elly Twineyo-Kamugisha surveys ... Read more

    $15.39 USD