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  • Careers in International Affairs

    Ninth Edition

    by Laura E. Cressey, Barrett J. Helmer, Jennifer E. Steffensen, Michael Brannagan, Maryam Hensen, Lisa A. Keathley, Anne M. Steen, Rhiannon Davis0, Karen Courington1, Lisa Kubiske2, Robin Dunnigan3, Brent Woolfork4, Mary DeBree5, Taylor Stager6, Alexandra Riboul7, David A. Gutschmit8, Izumi Nakamitsu9, Cheikh Ousmane Toure0, Ernest J. Herold1, Shilpa Nadhan2, Alexandra Pugachevsky3, Thomas Pellerin4, David A. Weiss5, Maggie Dougherty6, Courtney C. Radsch7, Sarah Moran8, Sharon Rudy9, Michael Comstock0, Hernan Narea1, Richard Gallivan2, Miguel Estien3, Jill Johnson4, Sloan Mann5, Jordan Menzel6, Rich Millies7, Mathew Cahill8, Lisa M. Barry9, Jonathan Huneke0, John Murphy1, Audrey Bracey Deegan2, Marc A. Sorel3, Jackie Day4, Ayham Kamel5, Kaia Miller6, Shyam Sundaram7, Rebecca Bou Chebel-Macmillan8, Anna Tunkel9, Laura J. Mitchell0, Nicole Bibbins Sedaca1, Kevin Massy2, Sujata Thomas3, Allen Wan4, Rima Abushakra5, Nicolette Pizzitola6, Suzanne Petroni7 ...
    This is the essential resource and job-hunting guide for all those interested in international careers in the US government, multinational corporations, banks, consulting companies, international and nongovernmental organizations, the media, think tanks, universities, and more. Careers in International Affairs, now in its ninth edition, provides up-to-date insights about the range of possibilities ... Read more

    $28.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Comparative Elite Sport Development

    Systems, Structures and Public Policy

    Edited by Jonathan Grix, Paul Michael Brannagan, Barrie Houlihan ...
    Now in a fully revised, extended and updated new edition, this is the only book to offer a comparative overview of the development of elite sport systems around the world.The book examines sport policies and programmes in 20 developed and developing countries that have achieved international sporting success, including the United States, the United Kingdom, China, Japan, Brazil, Russia, Australia, ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Qatar and the 2022 FIFA World Cup

    Politics, Controversy, Change

    by Paul Michael Brannagan, Danyel Reiche ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book offers the first, full academic analysis of the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup. Adopting an international relations perspective, the authors critically interrogate the politics and controversy that has surrounded arguably the most controversial sports event ever. In doing so, this text offers up an imperative examination of Qatar’s desired objectives through their investment in global sport ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • Routledge Handbook of Sport in the Middle East

    Edited by Danyel Reiche, Paul Michael Brannagan ...
    This Handbook provides a succinct overview of sport in the Middle East, drawing in scholars from a wide variety of geographical and disciplinary backgrounds (history, politics, sociology, economics and regional studies), with different methodological approaches, to create the ‘go-to’ text on the subject.After the introduction, 33 chapters from leading subject experts cover areas including history, ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Entering the Global Arena

    Emerging States, Soft Power Strategies and Sports Mega-Events

    by Jonathan Grix, Paul Michael Brannagan, Donna Lee ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Set against a backdrop of concerns about the potential break-up or radical change to the global world order, this volume sets out to investigate the use of sports mega-events by a number of emerging states.Sports mega-events, it is argued, can be understood as a key component in states’ ‘soft power’ strategies, that is, their attempts to showcase their nations on the international stage, increase ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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    Gilded Cage

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    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Arab Spring and the Gulf States

    Time to embrace change

    by Mohamed Althani ...
    The most challenging question today for the citizens of any country in the Gulf region is whether it is heading in the right direction to become a durable, sustainable system, fully supported by its people and capable of being defended from internal and external threats. In The Arab Spring and the Gulf States, Mohamed A. J. Althani, a former minister in the Qatari government, analyses the ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Qatar

    Small State, Big Politics

    by Mehran Kamrava ...
    The Persian Gulf state of Qatar has fewer than 2 million inhabitants, virtually no potable water, and has been an independent nation only since 1971. Yet its enormous oil and gas wealth has permitted the ruling al Thani family to exert a disproportionately large influence on regional and even international politics. Qatar is, as Mehran Kamrava explains in this knowledgeable and incisive account of ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Why Yemen Matters

    A Society in Transition

    by Helen Lackner ...
    Series Book 10 - SOAS Middle East Issues
    In November 2011, an agreement brokered by the GCC brought an end to Yemen's tumultuous uprising. The National Dialogue Conference has opened a window of opportunity for change, bringing Yemen's main political forces together with groups that were politically marginalized. Yet, the risk of collapse is serious, and if Yemen is to remain a viable state, it must address numerous political, social and ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Popular Culture and Political Identity in the Arab Gulf States

    Edited by Robert Springborg, Alsharekh Alanoud ...
    Series Book 6 - SOAS Middle East Issues S.
    As the Gulf assumes an ever more important identity in the global political economy, we see the emergence of a new popular and political culture underpinning its increasingly self-confident national identities. This volume explores the new dynamism of the Gulf, reflected not just in high-rise buildings and booming stock markets, but also manifested in the realms of art, ideas and expression, and ... Read more

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  • The Transnational Middle East

    People, Places, Borders

    Edited by Leïla Vignal ...
    Series series New Regionalisms Series
    The Middle East has been undergoing new crises since the powerful socio-political uprisings known as the Arab Spring took place in several countries in 2011. Some countries are experiencing a long-term collapse of their political and social structures out of internal conflicts and external interventions.The Transnational Middle East posits that, in the Middle East, the development of regional ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • The Evolving Arab City

    Tradition, Modernity and Urban Development

    Edited by Yasser Elsheshtawy ...
    Series series Planning, History and Environment Series
    Today cities of the Arab world are subject to many of the same problems as other world cities, yet too often they are ignored in studies of urbanisation.This collection reveals the contrasts and similarities between older, traditional Arab cities and the newer oil-stimulated cities of the Gulf in their search for development and a place in the world order. The eight cities which form the core of ... Read more

    $54.99 USD