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Navigating Local Transitional Justice: Agency at Work in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone (2023)
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Martin, L. S. (2023). Navigating Local Transitional Justice: Agency at Work in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone. Cambridge University Press

In post-war Sierra Leone, a range of transitional justice mechanisms were implemented to address experiences of conflict, violence, and human rights violations. Much of the research on local transitional justice processes has focused on the work of o... Read More about Navigating Local Transitional Justice: Agency at Work in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone.

The Anglo-American military relationship: arms across the ocean (2023)
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Rees, W. (in press). The Anglo-American military relationship: arms across the ocean. Oxford University Press

This book focuses on Anglo-American military cooperation since the end of the Cold War. It argues that military cooperation has been an important source of ballast underpinning the broader ‘Special Relationship’. This cooperation has been relatively... Read More about The Anglo-American military relationship: arms across the ocean.

Bearing Witness: Contemporary Slave Narratives and the Global Antislavery Movement (2022)
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Nicholson, A. (2022). Bearing Witness: Contemporary Slave Narratives and the Global Antislavery Movement. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (CUP). https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009039741

Since the 1990s, modern slavery has been recognized as a global problem, with campaigners around the world providing assessments of its nature and extent, its drivers, and possible solutions for ending it. However, largely absent from the global anti... Read More about Bearing Witness: Contemporary Slave Narratives and the Global Antislavery Movement.

The Secret Royals: Spying and the Crown, from Victoria to Diana (2021)
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Aldrich, R., & Cormac, R. (2021). The Secret Royals: Spying and the Crown, from Victoria to Diana. Atlantic Books

For the first time, The Secret Royals uncovers the remarkable relationship between the Royal Family and the intelligence community, from the reign of Queen Victoria to the death of Princess Diana. In an enthralling narrative, Richard J. Aldrich an... Read More about The Secret Royals: Spying and the Crown, from Victoria to Diana.

Consequences of context : how the social, political, and economic environment affects voting (2021)
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Schmitt, H., Segatti, P., & van der Eijk, C. (Eds.). (2021). Consequences of context : how the social, political, and economic environment affects voting. Rowman & Littlefield

This book presents the most extensive study to date of how context influences citizens’ electoral behaviour. Context consists of aspects of the political, economic and social domains, and citizens’ electoral behaviour involves their participation in... Read More about Consequences of context : how the social, political, and economic environment affects voting.

Fighting for Water: Resisting Privatization in Europe (2021)
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Bieler, A. (2021). Fighting for Water: Resisting Privatization in Europe. Bloomsbury Publishing. https://doi.org/10.5040/9780755640409

In the wake of the global financial crisis, water services have come under renewed neoliberal assault across Europe. At the same time, the struggle against water privatization has continued to pick up pace; from the re-municipalization of water in Gr... Read More about Fighting for Water: Resisting Privatization in Europe.

The West’s War Against Islamic State: Operation Inherent Resolve in Syria and Iraq (2021)
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Mumford, A. (2021). The West’s War Against Islamic State: Operation Inherent Resolve in Syria and Iraq. Bloomsbury Publishing

On the 29th of June 2014 ISIS declared the establishment of a caliphate stretching across territories in Iraq and Syria. In response, Operation Inherent Resolve, a US-led 77 nation coalition, was launched to respond to the threat of Islamic State. Th... Read More about The West’s War Against Islamic State: Operation Inherent Resolve in Syria and Iraq.

Developing Freedom: The Sustainable Development Case for Ending Modern Slavery, Forced Labour, Human Trafficking (2021)
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Cockayne, J. (2021). Developing Freedom: The Sustainable Development Case for Ending Modern Slavery, Forced Labour, Human Trafficking. New York: United Nations University

This project aimed to establish and promote a clear case for the global development community to prioritize anti-slavery and anti-trafficking in development programming and policies. Sustainable Development Goal Target 8.7 commits states to fight mod... Read More about Developing Freedom: The Sustainable Development Case for Ending Modern Slavery, Forced Labour, Human Trafficking.

Self and City in the Thought of Saint Augustine (2020)
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Holland, B. (2020). Self and City in the Thought of Saint Augustine. New York: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19333-1

Self and City in the Thought of Saint Augustine provides a detailed exegesis of the analogy between the self (as body and soul, always in relation to other such beings) and the city (or political society) in the thought of St. Augustine of Hippo (354... Read More about Self and City in the Thought of Saint Augustine.

Changing European visions of disaster and development : rekindling Faust's humanism (2020)
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Pupavac, V., & Pupavac, M. (2020). Changing European visions of disaster and development : rekindling Faust's humanism. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield

Goethe’s 1832 poem Faust offers a vision of humanity realising freedom and prosperity through transcending natural adversity. Changing European Visions of Disaster and Development returns to Faust as a way of exploring the rise and fall of European h... Read More about Changing European visions of disaster and development : rekindling Faust's humanism.

De kern van de politiek (2020)
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VAN DER EIJK, C. (2020). De kern van de politiek. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

Electoral Shocks: The Volatile Voter in a Turbulent World (2019)
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Fieldhouse, E., Green, J., Evans, G., Mellon, J., Prosser, C., Schmitt, H., & van der Eijk, C. (2019). Electoral Shocks: The Volatile Voter in a Turbulent World. Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198800583.001.0001

'Electoral Shocks' offers a novel perspective on British elections, focusing on the role of electoral shocks in the context of increasing electoral volatility. It demonstrates and explains the long-term trend in volatility, how shocks have contribute... Read More about Electoral Shocks: The Volatile Voter in a Turbulent World.

Divided Allies: Strategic Cooperation against the Communist Threat in the Asia-Pacific during the Early Cold War (2019)
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Gill, D., & Robb, T. (2019). Divided Allies: Strategic Cooperation against the Communist Threat in the Asia-Pacific during the Early Cold War. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press

By directly challenging existing accounts of post-World War II relations among the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand, Divided Allies is a significant contribution to transnational and diplomatic history. At its... Read More about Divided Allies: Strategic Cooperation against the Communist Threat in the Asia-Pacific during the Early Cold War.