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  • Purges

    How Dictators Fight to Survive

    by Edward Goldring ...
    Purges delves into one of the key tactics that autocrats deploy to maintain power: the removal of individuals from within the regime.From Kim Jong Un's execution of his uncle to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's removal of over a hundred Turkish generals, purges bear significant consequences for the survival and endurance of autocrats. Yet much remains unknown about why dictators use purges and whether they ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

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  • Authoritarian Survival and Leadership Succession in North Korea and Beyond

    by Edward Goldring, Peter Ward ...
    Series series Elements in Politics and Society in East Asia
    Authoritarian Survival and Leadership Succession in North Korea and Beyond examines how dictators manage elites to facilitate succession. Theoretically, it argues that personalistic incumbents facilitate the construction of a power base of elites from outside of their inner circle to help the successor govern once he comes to power. Then, once in office, successors consolidate power by initially ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

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  • China's Forgotten People

    Xinjiang, Terror and the Chinese State

    by Nick Holdstock ...
    One of the few Western commentators to have lived in the region, journalist Nick Holdstock travels into the heart of the province reveals the Uyghur story as one of repression and hardship. With Islamic terrorism in China likely to increase over the next decade, how the Party responds will have global repercussions. China's Forgotten People explains why terrorism is on the rise in the world's most ... Read more

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  • The Uyghurs

    Strangers in Their Own Land

    by Gardner Bovingdon ...
    For more than half a century many Uyghurs, members of a Muslim minority in northwestern China, have sought to achieve greater autonomy or outright independence. Yet the Chinese government has consistently resisted these efforts, countering with repression and a sophisticated strategy of state-sanctioned propaganda emphasizing interethnic harmony and Chinese nationalism. After decades of struggle, ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • The Myth of Ethnic War

    Serbia and Croatia in the 1990s

    by V. P. Gagnon ...
    "The wars in Bosnia-Herzegovina and in neighboring Croatia and Kosovo grabbed the attention of the western world not only because of their ferocity and their geographic location, but also because of their timing. This violence erupted at the exact moment when the cold war confrontation was drawing to a close, when westerners were claiming their liberal values as triumphant, in a country that had ... Read more

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  • Hunger and Fury

    The Crisis of Democracy in the Balkans

    by Jasmin Mujanovic ...
    Less than two decades after the Yugoslav Wars ended, the edifice of parliamentary government in the Western Balkans is crumbling. This collapse sets into sharp relief the unreformed authoritarian tendencies of the region's entrenched elites, many of whom have held power since the early 1990s, and the hollowness of the West's "democratization" agenda. There is a widely held assumption that ... Read more

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  • European Integration of Western Balkans

    From Reconciliation to European Future

    by Lucia Vesnic-Alujevic ...
    Series series Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies Research Papers
    While most of Europe decided to unite in the 20th and 21st century, a country in the Balkans split into seven independent states. The efforts of these states to join the European Union and the reconciliation initiatives between the countries are detailed in this research paper. Despite the efforts of the countries of the region and of the EU, a lot of work is needed before these countries will ... Read more

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  • North Korea in Transition

    Politics, Economy, and Society

    Edited by Kyung-Ae Park, Scott Snyder ...
    Following the death of Kim Jong Il, North Korea has entered a period of profound transformation laden with uncertainty. This authoritative book brings together the world’s leading North Korea experts to analyze both the challenges and prospects the country is facing. Drawing on the contributors’ expertise across a range of disciplines, the book examines North Korea’s political, economic, social, ... Read more

    $48.59 USD

  • Kosovo between War and Peace

    Nationalism, Peacebuilding and International Trusteeship

    Edited by Tonny Brems Knudsen, Carsten Bagge Laustsen ...
    Series series Cass Series on Peacekeeping
    A major contribution to the debate about the reconstruction of Kosovo, and to the general discussion surrounding the revived 'trusteeship institution' model in the context of the UN internationalism of the 1990s and the War on Terror following 9/11.Bringing together leading international scholars, this book presents the latest empirical research alongside detailed theoretical analysis. Examining ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Xi Jinping and the New Chinese Century

    by Abu Rayhan ...
    "Xi Jinping and the New Chinese Century" is a captivating and insightful book that delves into the life, leadership, and ideology of one of the most influential figures of our time, Chinese President Xi Jinping. Authored by Abu Rayhan, this book offers a comprehensive exploration of Xi Jinping's rise to power and his impact on China's domestic and international affairs.The book begins by providing ... Read more

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  • Mao Zedong - The Secrets of the Chinese Revolution and China - The New Superpower

    History Series, #5

    by Matt Green ...
    Series Book 5 - History Series
    Mao Zedong was one of the greatest leaders of China's history.By the time he died in 1976, he had profoundly changed the course of history.In this eBook you will learn more interesting facts about the revolution in China.Many people says that he was responsible for the deaths of perhaps 60 million people.Who will be the next Superpower? Is this China?It seems modern China is a country of ... Read more

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  • State, Society and Markets in North Korea

    by Andrew Yeo ...
    Series series Elements in Politics and Society in East Asia
    Under Kim Jong-un, North Korea has experienced growing economic markets, an emerging 'nouveau riche,' and modest levels of urban development. To what extent is North Korean politics and society changing? How has the growth of markets transformed state-society relations? This Element evaluates the shifting relationship between state, society, and markets in a deeply authoritarian context. If the ... Read more

    $20.49 USD