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Good Muslim, Bad Muslimby Mahmood Mamdani
Doubleday Publishing 2005; US$ 12.99In this brilliant look at the rise of political Islam, the distinguished political scientist and anthropologist Mahmood Mamdani brings his expertise and insight to bear on a question many Americans have been asking since 9/11: how did this happen? Mamdani dispels the idea of “good” (secular, westernized) and “bad” (premodern, fanatical) Muslims, pointing out that these judgments refer to political rather than cultural or religious identities. The presumption that there are “good” Muslims readily available to be split off from “bad” Muslims masks a failure to make a political analysis of our times. This book argues that political Islam emerged as the result of a modern encounter with Western power,... more...
Beyond Right and Leftby David McKnight
Allen & Unwin 2005; US$ 29.99Maps the death of politics based on the traditional opposition between Left and Right, and offers a provocative argument for the emergence of a new values-based politics in Australia. more...
Third Republic in France 1870-1940by William Fortescue
Routledge 2000; US$ 40.95An essential introduction to the major political problems, debates and conflicts which are central to the history of the Third Republic in France from 1870 to 1940. more...
Monarchy in South East Asiaby Roger Kershaw
Routledge 2000; US$ 63.95This book is the first study to relate the political history of the South East Asian Monarchy to the politics of the region today. The excellent coverage of this fascinating subject should be of interest to the general reader. more...
Politics of Nation Building and Citizenship in Singaporeby Michael Hill; Kwen Fee Lian
Routledge 1995; US$ 195.00The creation of a national identity has been a central feature of political life in Singapore. A broad strategy of multiculturalism together with the creation of 'Asian values' has served the purpose of building a new national identity. more...
Power in Business and the Stateby Donald L. Barlett
Routledge 2001; US$ 160.00It is commonplace that political power is becoming more centralized and remote. This ground breaking book argues that this happened through a slow development which began before globalisation. more...
Political Power and Democratic Control in Britainby Stuart Weir; David Beetham
Routledge 1998; US$ 69.95The second study carried out under the Democratic Audit of the UK, this volume explores the formal institutions and processes of the liberal democratic state, including the executive, elections, parliament and the civil service. more...
Regional Policy and Planning in Europeby Paul Balchin; Ludek Sykora; Gregory Bull
Routledge 1999; US$ 67.95Presenting a comprehensive overview of the economic basis of integration, this book examines the evolution of various systems of government, planning and forms of devolution. more...
Theatre and the State in Twentieth-Century Irelandby Lionel Pilkington
Routledge 2001; US$ 44.95This major new study presents a political and cultural history of some of Ireland's key national theatre projects from the 1890s to the 1990s. more...
Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Plato and the Republic by Nickolas Pappas
Routledge 1995; US$ 19.95A welcome and accessible companion to one of Plato's most important works. It leads the reader through Plato's life, the background to the Republic , its text and ideas and its continuing influence on Western thought. more...









