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Guarding the Guardians
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2010; US$ 99.95This book reviews the intrusion of the armed forces in African politics by examining contemporary armies and their impact on society. It revisits the various explanations of military takeovers in Africa and disentangles the notion of the military as a progressive force. The study argues the necessity of new civil-military relations in Africa, calling... more...
South Africa
SAGE Publications 1996; US$ 57.00South Africa held its first fully democratic elections in April 1994. The process was an archetypal case of a negotiated transition of a regime, and as such it is of great interest to students of constitutional mechanisms. The contributors to this book discuss the process, the difficulties and the achievements in the transformation of the South Africa's... more...
Iraq, Democracy and the Future of the Muslim World
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 155.00Iraq, democracy and Islam are powerful global forces which shape not only many aspects of the lives of Muslims, but the lives of other citizens of the world as well. This book explores many of the challenging questions posed by the interconnections between these three forces, concentrating on issues which have global significance and which have been... more...
The Route to Power in Nigeria
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2009; US$ 85.00Proceeding from a longitudinal analysis of Nigeria's governorship history, this book shows how personalities have overwhelmed institutions, to the detriment of the country's democratic consolidation. more...
Interpreting Islamic Political Parties
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2009; US$ 95.00Interpreting Islamic Political Parties offer a critical analysis and explanation of the evolution, institutionalization and current developments of Islamic political parties. The volume contains case studies of Islamic political parties in Algeria, Egypt, Indonesia, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Somalia, South Africa and Sudan. more...
Political Transformations and Political Entrepreneurs
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2009; US$ 85.00This book presents a theoretical framework based on the empirical context of the Israeli political system to evaluate under what conditions and in what ways can fundamental institutional changes occur in a democratic political system. more...
Progress in Public Management in the Middle East and North Africa
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2010; US$ 70.00The MENA-OECD Governance Programme supports public sector reform in the Middle East and North African (MENA) region. Since its inception in 2003, the programme has helped the region to improve institutions for good governance through continuous policy review and reform. The need to accelerate economic growth has been the primary impetus, but MENA governments... more...
Overseas Chinese, Ethnic Minorities and Nationalism
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 130.00Elena Barabantseva looks at the close relationship between state-led nationalism and modernisation, with specific reference to discourses on the overseas Chinese and minority nationalities. The interplay between modernisation programmes and nationalist discourses has shaped China?s national project, whose membership criteria have evolved historically.... more...
Les constitutions arabes et l'Islam
Presses de l''niversite du Quebec 2005; US$ 21.75La lecture des Constitutions arabes -de leur lettre comme de leur pratique- par le biais du pluralisme juridique permet de comprendre la nature et la portée des transformations qui sont à l'oeuvre dans ces États, tant ceux qui restent essentiellement attachés à des valeurs traditionnelles que les plus avancés dans... more...
From Subject to Citizen
Cambridge University Press 1997; US$ 34.00This important, theoretically sophisticated work explores the concepts of liberal democracy, citizenship and rights. more...









