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“douglas lemke”

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  • Parity and War

    Evaluations and Extensions of The War Ledger

    by Douglas Lemke ...
    Parity and War is an impressive explanation of why peace predominates in the international arena and why, on occasion, wars do start. Useful for college students and scholars alike, the work scrutinzes and tests ideas about power preponderance, first discussed over a decade ago in the widely acclaimed book The War Ledger. An alternative to traditional realism, power preponderence contends that ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • How States Die

    Membership and Survival in the International System

    by Douglas Lemke ...
    When states die, there are massive consequences for neighboring states and sometimes for the entire international system. Somalia's death in 1991 created a safe haven for criminal non-state actors and has unsettled the Horn of Africa for decades. When the Iraqi state was dismantled in 2003, a similar set of consequences plagued the Middle East and the international system more broadly. In How ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

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    How States Die

    Membership and Survival in the International System

    by Douglas Lemke ...
    Narrated by Stephen Caffrey ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 48 min

    When states die, there are massive consequences. Somalia's death in 1991 created a safe haven for criminal non-state actors and has unsettled the Horn of Africa for decades. When the Iraqi state was dismantled in 2003, a similar set of consequences plagued the Middle East and the international system more broadly.In How States Die, Douglas Lemke provides an analysis of this phenomenon by ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

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    Also available as: eBook

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  • Paradigms and Sand Castles

    Theory Building and Research Design in Comparative Politics

    by Barbara Geddes ...
    Series series Analytical Perspectives On Politics
    Paradigms and Sand Castles demonstrates the relationship between thoughtful research design and the collection of persuasive evidence in support of theory. It teaches the craft of research through interesting and carefully selected examples from the field of comparative development studies.Barbara Geddes is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Los Angeles. ... Read more

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  • The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion

    by John R. Zaller ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Public Opinion and Political Psychology
    In this 1992 book John Zaller develops a comprehensive theory to explain how people acquire political information from elites and the mass media and convert it into political preferences. Using numerous specific examples, Zaller applies this theory to the dynamics of public opinion on a broad range of subjects, including domestic and foreign policy, trust in government, racial equality, and ... Read more

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  • Mobilizing for Human Rights

    International Law in Domestic Politics

    by Beth A. Simmons ...
    This volume argues that international human rights law has made a positive contribution to the realization of human rights in much of the world. Although governments sometimes ratify human rights treaties, gambling that they will experience little pressure to comply with them, this is not typically the case. Focusing on rights stakeholders rather than the United Nations or state pressure, Beth ... Read more

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  • Partisan Hearts and Minds: Political Parties and the Social Identities of Voters

    by Donald Green, Bradley Palmquist, Eric Schickler ...
    In this, the first major treatment of party identification in twenty years, three political scientists assert that identification with political parties still powerfully determines how citizens look at politics and cast their ballots. Challenging prevailing views, they build a case for the continuing theoretical and political significance of partisan identities.The authors maintain that ... Read more

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  • The Endurance of National Constitutions

    by Zachary Elkins, Tom Ginsburg, James Melton ...
    Constitutions are supposed to provide an enduring structure for politics. Yet only half live more than nine years. Why is it that some constitutions endure while others do not? In The Endurance of National Constitutions Zachary Elkins, Tom Ginsburg and James Melton examine the causes of constitutional endurance from an institutional perspective. Supported by an original set of cross-national ... Read more

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  • Waves of War

    Nationalism, State Formation, and Ethnic Exclusion in the Modern World

    by Andreas Wimmer ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
    Why did the nation-state emerge and proliferate across the globe? How is this process related to the wars fought in the modern era? Analyzing datasets that cover the entire world over long stretches of time, Andreas Wimmer focuses on changing configurations of power and legitimacy to answer these questions. The nationalist ideal of self-rule gradually diffused over the world and delegitimized ... Read more

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  • Constitutions in Authoritarian Regimes

    Edited by Tom Ginsburg, Alberto Simpser ...
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    Constitutions in authoritarian regimes are often denigrated as meaningless exercises in political theater. Yet the burgeoning literature on authoritarian regimes more broadly has produced a wealth of insights into particular institutions such as legislatures, courts and elections; into regime practices such as co-optation and repression; and into non-democratic sources of accountability. In this ... Read more

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  • Sharing Power, Securing Peace?

    Ethnic Inclusion and Civil War

    by Lars-Erik Cederman, Simon Hug, Julian Wucherpfennig ...
    Does power sharing bring peace? Policymakers around the world seem to think so. Yet, while there are many successful examples of power sharing in multi-ethnic states, such as Switzerland, South Africa and Indonesia, other instances show that such arrangements offer no guarantee against violent conflict, including Rwanda, Yugoslavia, Zimbabwe and South Sudan. Given this mixed record, it is not ... Read more

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