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This accessible text offers chapters divided into three parts–political development, processes and institutions, and public policy–to work easily in any course. Western European Government and Politics, Second Edition, is thoroughly updated to include current developments such as the increasing role of women in public life, the growth of immigration into Western Europe, and Europe since the end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The book’s tr… More >>

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The many states of Asia share similar traits but each has situations that are difficult to compare. The United States needs to understand each of them in some detail. The U.S., Japan, and Asia in International Politics focuses on U.S. interests in Asia in its broadest contours—from Japan, China, and the Koreas in the east; a discussion of India in the south; and also to Afghanistan and Pakistan in the west. This book also treats Russia as an Asia–Pacific power. … More >>

The U.S., Japan, and Asia in International Politics

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The emergence of an Islamist movement and the startling buoyancy of Islamic political parties in Turkey–a model of secular modernization, a cosmopolitan frontier, and NATO ally–has puzzled Western observers. As the appeal of the Islamist Welfare Party spread through Turkish society, including the middle class, in the 1990s, the party won numerous local elections and became one of the largest parties represented in parliament, even holding the prime ministership in… More >>

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In The Breakthrough, veteran journalist Gwen Ifill surveys the American political landscape, shedding new light on the impact of Barack Obama’s stunning presidential victory and introducing the emerging young African American politicians forging a bold new path to political power.

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The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama

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This work provides an accessible account of a poorly understood aspect of Jamaican popular culture. It explores the socio-political meanings of Jamaica’s dancehall culture. In particular, the book gives an account of the power relations within the dancehall and between the dancehall and the wider Jamaican society. Hope gives the reader an unmatched insider’s view and explanation of power, violence and gender relations in Jamaica as seen through the prism of the danc… More >>

Inna Di Dancehall: Popular Culture And the Politics of Identity in Jamaica