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The Israeli Response to Jewish Extremism and Violence
Manchester University Press 2002; US$ 74.95Ami Pedahzur looks at the theoretical issue of how a democracy can defend itself from those wishing to subvert or destroy it without being required to take measures that would impinge upon the basic principles of the democratic idea, with a case study of the Israeli response to Jewish extremism. more...
A decade of democracy in Africa
BRILL 2001; US$ 74.00The democratic experiment in Africa has had a chequered history over the 1990s. Authors in this volume argue that African civil society is less likely to support democracy, they measure African democracy by the women's rights movements and unravel the mythical hope of technology. more...
Conflict Prevention
United Nations University Press 2003; US$ 31.95This publication evaluates the institutional record on conflict prevention, identifies current trends in conflict prevention practice and makes recommendations on improving organizational capacity. It brings together a diverse group of individuals involved in conflict prevention activities. more...
Israeli Institutions At The Crossroads
Taylor & Francis 2005; US$ 150.00This is the ultimate collection of essays about Israeli society, its politics, schisms and institutions. more...
The Changing Japanese Political System
Taylor & Francis 2005; US$ 180.00Examines the impact the 1993 general election had on Japanese politics. Although the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) regained the position of a ruling party within a year, the author questions whether the Japanese political system has managed to maintain the same efficacy as it had prior to 1993. more...
Beyond Right and Left
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...
Legitimacy
World Scientific Publishing Company 2005; US$ 88.40This book documents the bases for a new view of legitimacy in general and in various parts of Asia, including China, Malaysia, South Korea, Taiwan and Japan. The authors see legitimacy anywhere as always partial, rather than total, and somewhat measurable. more...
Supporting Democracy
International Development Research Centre 1999; US$ 20.00In 1993, the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), and the democratic movement of South Africa jointly launched the PoG. Its mission today is the same as it was then: to help South Africa build the capacity to govern itself. Supporting Democracy provides a new window through which to... more...
Democratisation in the Middle East
Aarhus University Press 2005; US$ 26.40The main aim of the book is to provide a forum for opinions held by Arabs who are neither Western puppets nor fanatical nationalists or Islamists, but rather academics with a vast knowledge of the Middle East as well as of the West. more...
Keywords in Australian Politics
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 40.00Political language is often used without explanation in the media, public debate, textbooks and lectures. Keywords in Australian Politics provides Australians with the necessary information to use these terms with confidence in public discussion and debate, from the dinner party to the end-of-semester essay. more...









