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    • Traditional Authority and Security in Contemporary Nigeria

    Publication Type: eBook

    Authors:
    • Ehrhardt, David; Oladimeji Alao, David; Umar, M. Sani

    Abstract: Exploring the contentious landscape of Nigeria’s escalating violence, this book describes the changing roles of traditional authorities in combatting contemporary security challenges. Set against a backdrop of widespread security threats – including in...

    Chinese Macrosecuritization

    Publication Type: eBook

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    Abstract: This book provides a holistic picture of Chinese global security discourses, with a focus on macrosecuritizations. The work examines how the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has aligned itself within global security discourses. This is approached throu...

    Human Security and Empowerment in Asia

    Publication Type: eBook

    Authors:
    • Caballero-Anthony, Mely; Mine, Yoichi; Ishikawa, Sachiko

    Abstract: In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, this edited volume revisits the framework of human security and development. It examines the protection-empowerment nexus as applied to various vulnerable groups and populations affected by the pandemic. While t...

    Women, Life, Freedom

    Publication Type: eBook

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    Abstract: The Laurence and Lynne Brown Democracy Medal, presented by the McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Penn State, recognizes outstanding individuals, groups, and organizations that produce innovations to further democracy in the United States or around ...

    State Fragility

    Publication Type: eBook

    Authors:
    • Bizhan, Nematullah

    Abstract: Presenting case studies and comparisons across seven countries, this book addresses key questions as to the nature of state fragility, policies used to mitigate it, assessment of outcomes and prospects. It offers a novel empirical contribution in exami...

    Symbolic Objects in Contentious Politics

    Publication Type: eBook

    Authors:
    • Abrams, Benjamin; Gardner, Peter

    Abstract: When we observe protest marches, striking workers on picket lines, and insurgent movements in the world today, a litany of objects routinely fill our field of vision. Some such objects are ubiquitous the world over, like flags, banners, and placards. O...

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    Waiting For The Revolution To End

    Publication Type: eBook

    Abstract: Waiting for the Revolution to End explores the Syrian revolution through the experiences of citizens in exile. Based on more than three years of embedded fieldwork with Syrians displaced in the border city of Gaziantep (southern Turkey), the book place...

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    Factional-Ideological Conflicts in Chinese Politics

    Publication Type: eBook

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    Abstract: This book reconstructs the factional-ideological conflicts surrounding socialist transformation and political reform in China that were played out through ‘factional model-making’, a norm-bound mechanism for elites of the Chinese Communist Party to con...

    Artificial Intelligence and International Conflict in Cyberspace

    Publication Type: eBook

    Authors:
    • Cristiano, Fabio; Broeders, Dennis; Delerue, François; Douzet, Frédérick; Géry, Aude

    Abstract: This edited volume explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming international conflict in cyberspace. Over the past three decades, cyberspace developed into a crucial frontier and issue of international conflict. However, scholarly work on...

    Warping Time

    Publication Type: eBook

    Abstract: Warping Time shows how narratives of the past influence what people believe about the present and future state of the world. In Benjamin Ginsberg and Jennifer Bachner’s simple experiments, in which the authors measured the impact of different stories t...

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