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  • Identity, Morality, and Threat

    Studies in Violent Conflict

    by David G. Alpher, Sandra I. Cheldelin, S Ayse Kadayifici-Orellana, Joseph V. Montville, Marc H. Ross, Dennis J.D. Sandole, Peter N. Stearns, Lena Tan, Edward A. Tiryakian, Rom Harré ...
    Identity, Morality, and Threat offers a critical examination of the social psychological processes that generate outgroup devaluation and ingroup glorification as the source of conflict. Dr. Daniel Rothbart and Dr. Karina Korostelina bring together essays analyzing the causal relationship between escalating violence and opposing images of the Self and Other. The essays confront the practice of ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

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  • Modern War

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Richard English ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Warfare is the most dangerous threat faced by modern humanity. It is also one of the key influences that has shaped the politics, economics, and society of the modern period. But what do we mean by modern war? What causes modern wars to begin? Why do people fight in them, why do they end, and what have they achieved? In this accessible and compelling Very Short Introduction, Richard English ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Refugees, Terror and Other Troubles with the Neighbors

    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

    $12.99 USD

  • 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

    $14.99 USD

  • The Faces of Terrorism

    Social and Psychological Dimensions

    by Neil J. Smelser ...
    Series series Science Essentials
    Terrorism is the most clear and present danger we confront today, yet no phenomenon is more poorly understood by policymakers, the media, and the general public. The Faces of Terrorism is the first serious interdisciplinary examination of terrorism in all its facets. What gives rise to it, who are its proponents and how do they think, and how--and why--does it work?Neil Smelser begins by tackling ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Diplomatic Theory of International Relations

    by Paul Sharp ...
    Series Book 111 - Cambridge Studies in International Relations
    Diplomacy does not take place simply between states but wherever people live in different groups. Paul Sharp argues that the demand for diplomacy, and the need for the insights of diplomatic theory, are on the rise. In contrast to conventional texts which use international relations theories to make sense of what diplomacy and diplomats do, this book explores what diplomacy and diplomats can ... Read more

    $40.19 USD

  • Johan Galtung

    Pioneer of Peace Research

    by Johan Galtung, Dietrich Fischer ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This is the first ever anthology of key articles by Johan Galtung, widely regarded as the founder of the academic discipline of peace studies. It covers such concepts as direct, structural and cultural violence; theories of conflict, development, civilization and peace; peaceful conflict transformation; peace education; mediation; reconciliation; a life-sustaining economy; macro-history; deep ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, and Conflict

    by Lester R. Kurtz ...
    The 2nd edition of Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace and Conflict provides timely and useful information about antagonism and reconciliation in all contexts of public and personal life.Building on the highly-regarded 1st edition (1999), and publishing at a time of seemingly inexorably increasing conflict and violent behaviour the world over, the Encyclopedia is an essential reference for students ... Read more

    $1,597.49 USD

  • Geopolitics

    An Introductory Reader

    Edited by Jason Dittmer, Jo Sharp ...
    It has been increasingly impossible to think about our changing world without coming across the term 'geopolitics'. In the wake of the invasion and occupation of Iraq by the United States, United Kingdom, and others, geopolitics has been offered as an explanation for the occupation's failure to reinvent the Iraqi state and as a blueprint for future action. But what is 'geopolitics'?Drawing both on ... Read more

    $115.99 USD

  • The Leadership Imagination

    An Introduction to Taxonomic Leadership Analysis

    by Donald R. LaMagdeleine ...
    Series series New Horizons in Leadership Studies series
    The field of leadership studies needs theory and research techniques that balance conventional science with the arts and humanities in order to capture leadership's moral dimension. Borrowing from Aristotle's account of the three types of knowledge, the author argues that leadership is an in-between form that combines craft-based skill with theoretical knowledge adapted for a specific situation's ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • The Sociology of Terrorism

    People, Places and Processes

    by Stephen Vertigans ...
    This is the first terrorism textbook based on sociological research. It adopts an innovative framework that draws together historical and modern, local and global, and social processes for a range of individuals, groups and societies. Individual behaviour and dispositions are embedded within these broader relationships and activities, allowing a more holistic account of terrorism to emerge. In ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Manufacturing Phobias

    The Political Production of Fear in Theory and Practice

    Edited by Hisham Ramadan, Jeff Shantz ...
    Fear is a powerful emotion and a formidable spur to action, a source of worry and – when it is manipulated – a source of injustice. Manufacturing Phobias demonstrates how economic and political elites mobilize fears of terrorism, crime, migration, invasion, and infection to twist political and social policy and advance their own agendas.The contributors to the collection, experts in criminology, ... Read more

    $31.69 USD