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Routledge Advances in Geography Selling Ethnic Neighborhoods: The Rise of Neighborhoods as Places of Leisure and Consumption (Paperback)

While ethnic neighborhoods are usually associated with poverty crime and social problems they have also emerged as places of leisure and consumption providing opportunities for numerous entrepreneurs and employees. Local and national governments and... more

Pre-Owned The Media of Conflict: War Reporting and Representations of Ethnic Violence (Paperback) 1856495701 9781856495707

Examining how ethnic categorizations have been constructed this work provides an introductory framework to war and the media.. CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD or better condition. Good Condition: Minimal damage to the cover dust jacket... more

Pre-Owned Multicultural Geographies: The Changing Racial/Ethnic Patterns of the United States Global Academic Publishing Paperback Frazier John W.

9781438436821. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 300. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 300 p. Contains: Unspecified. Global Academic Publishing. Geographical perspectives on the changing patterns of race and... more

From Voting to Violence: Democratization and Nationalist Conflict (Paperback)

From Voting to Violence examines the ways in which democratization can exacerbate nationalist fervor and ethnic conflict if the conditions promoting a successful transition are not in place. The book argues that international organizations sometimes... more

Pre-Owned Violence and Its Alternatives: An Interdisciplinary Reader (Paperback) 0312221517 9780312221515

The proliferation of violence is arguably one of the most crucial topics of concern in an era of ethnic wars on one hand and cultural debates about what constitutes violence in arenas of pornography nationalism race relations the media even... more

Political Elite Identity Mobilisation & Violence in Burundi: 93-18 (Paperback)

Burundi s socio-political space remains fertile ground for divergent identities given its historical past: the monarchic period was free of political and ethnic conflict and there was social homogeneity and cohesion a pure contradiction compared with... more

Lives of Muslims in India: Politics Exclusion and Violence (Paperback)

The fast-consolidating identities along religious and ethnic lines in recent years have considerably minoritised Muslims in India. The wide-ranging essays in this volume focus on the intensified exclusionary practices against Indian Muslims... more

Pre-Owned Violence and its Alternatives: An Interdisciplinary Reader Paperback

The proliferation of violence is arguably one of the most crucial topics of concern in an era of ethnic wars on one hand and cultural debates about what constitutes violence in arenas of pornography nationalism race relations the media even... more

Lives of Muslims in India: Politics Exclusion and Violence (Hardcover)

The fast consolidating identities along religious and ethnic lines in recent years have considerably minoritised Muslims in India. The wide-ranging essays in this volume focus on the intensified exclusionary practices against Indian Muslims... more

Africa in Development: Cooperative Collegial Democracy for Africa and Multi-ethnic Societies: Democracy without Tears (Paperback)

It is no longer a matter of debate to state that the practice of democracy in different African nations is almost always experienced through violence or something near to it. The principal question addressed by this work is Why are many African... more

National and Ethnic Conflict in the 21st Century: Ethnonationalist Conflict in Postcommunist States: Varieties of Governance in Bulgaria Macedonia and Kosovo (Hardcover)

Ethnonationalist Conflict in Postcommunist States investigates why some Eastern European states transitioned to new forms of governance with minimal violence while others broke into civil war. In Bulgaria the Turkish minority was subjected to coerced... more

Rights of marginalised ethnic minorities in County Government in Kenya (Paperback)

The ethnic minorities in Kenya have been targets of long-standing discrimination exclusion and sometimes violence. Poverty within ethnic communities in Kenya has been viewed as both a cause and a manifestation of the diminished rights opportunities and... more

Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific: Fixing Fractured Nations: The Challenge of Ethnic Separatism in the Asia-Pacific (Paperback)

Asia s rising power and wealth offer its many oppressed ethnic minorities hope for greater political freedom and an end to violence. But the reality of this hope is cast into doubt by acute separatist conflict. This book provides fresh and factual... more

Iraq of Its Regions: Cornerstones of a Federal Democracy? (Paperback)

Recent outbursts of sectarian and ethnic violence in Iraq have made many observers question the viability of the state itself. It is said that due to the artificiality of the state and a lack of deep-seated political institutions Iraqi politics is... more

Pre-Owned Dangerous Harvest : Drug Plants and the Transformation of Indigenous Landscapes 9780195143201

The global drug trade and its associated violence corruption and human suffering create global problems that include political and military conflicts ethnic minority human rights violations and stresses on economic development. CONDITION – USED:... more

Democratic Civility: The History and Cross Cultural Possibility of a Modern Political Ideal (Hardcover)

In the aftermath of the cold war political commentators spoke ebulliently of the triumph of liberal democracy over its ideological rivals. Shortly thereafter however a surge of ethnic and religious violence raised doubts about whether democracy could... more

Democratic Civility: The History and Cross Cultural Possibility of a Modern Political Ideal (Paperback)

In the aftermath of the cold war political commentators spoke ebulliently of the triumph of liberal democracy over its ideological rivals. Shortly thereafter however a surge of ethnic and religious violence raised doubts about whether democracy could... more

Pre-Owned International Conflict Resolution After the Cold War Paperback

The end of the Cold War has changed the shape of organized violence in the world and the ways in which governments and others try to set its limits. Even the concept of international conflict is broadening to include ethnic conflicts and other kinds of... more

International Conflict Resolution After the Cold War (Hardcover)

The end of the Cold War has changed the shape of organized violence in the world and the ways in which governments and others try to set its limits. Even the concept of international conflict is broadening to include ethnic conflicts and other kinds of... more

Essays on Human Rights Vulnerability and Human Rights Book 1 (Paperback)

The mass violence of the twentieth century s two world wars--followed more recently by decentralized and privatized warfare manifested in terrorism ethnic cleansing and other localized forms of killing--has led to a heightened awareness of human beings... more

Pre-Owned International Security: Problems and Solutions (Paperback) 1568025874 9781568025872

Conflict--be it war between states ethnic violence civil war or terrorist activity--endures despite immense efforts to end it. How do states cope with conflict minimize future threats and reduce the risk of insecurity? Morgan outlines a spectrum of... more