Television, Democracy and Elections in Russia

By Sarah Oates

Sarah Oates gives a detailed examination on a central theme in political science: the relationship between democracy and the mass media. This significant book contains a wealth...

January 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46193-1 (Routledge)

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The Qur'an

An Encyclopedia

Edited by Oliver Leaman

A RUSA 2007 Outstanding Reference Title

The Qur'an is the source of inspiration for one of the world's major religions, followed today by over a...

January 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-77529-8 (Routledge)

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North Africa

Politics, Region, and the Limits of Transformation

Edited by Yahia H. Zoubir, Haizam Amirah-Fernández

This volume provides a comprehensive overview of the contemporary Maghreb. Made up of contributions from leading academics in the field, it highlights specific issues of...

January 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-42921-4 (Routledge)

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Iran under Ahmadinejad

The Politics of Confrontation

By Ali M. Ansari

The election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the presidency of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the summer of 2005 thrust Iran into the international limelight...

January 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45486-5 (Routledge)

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Islamic and Middle Eastern Travellers and Geographers

Critical Concepts in Islamic Thought

Edited by Ian Netton

The area of Middle Eastern geography and travel has attracted large numbers of scholars over the last fifty years. This new collection from Routledge features...

2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-35189-8 (Routledge)

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Israel's National Security

Issues and Challenges Since the Yom Kippur War

By Efraim Inbar

This volume presents a comprehensive analysis of Israel's security challenges since the 1973 October War. Efraim Inbar takes the reader on a historical journey through...

2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-44955-7 (Routledge)

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Dimensions of Counter-insurgency

Applying Experience to Practice

Edited by Tim Benbow, Rod Thornton

The once-neglected study of counter-insurgency operations has recently emerged as an area of central concern for Western governments and their military organizations. While counter-insurgency represents...

2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-45037-9 (Routledge)

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Arabic in the City

Issues in Dialect Contact and Language Variation

Edited by Catherine Miller, Enam Al-Wer, Dominique Caubet, Janet C.E. Watson

Filling a gap in the literature currently available on the topic, this edited collection is the first examination of the interplay between urbanization, language variation...

2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-77311-9 (Routledge)

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Reconstructing Post-Saddam Iraq

By Sultan Barakat

Previously published as a special issue of Third World Quarterly, this volume seeks to analyze to what extent the controversial US policy of democratizing the...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46424-6 (Routledge)

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Radical Islam and International Security

Challenges and Responses

Edited by Efraim Inbar, Hillel Frisch

Radical Islam poses a political challenge in the modern world which is like that of no other radical religious movement. Ideologically, it is perceived by...

2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-44460-6 (Routledge)

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