"Why is it that terrorism has become such a central factor in our lives despite all the efforts to eradicate it? Ranging from early modern Europe to the contemporary Middle East, Martin Miller reveals the foundations of modern terrorism. He argues that the French Revolution was …
Explores the impact of protests on social change and on the distribution of political power, particularly greater access of subordinate groups to government policy makers. A theory of political opportunities helps explain these issues about the origins, activities and outcomes o…
Contains 11 essays which discuss critically the conception of civil society implicit in donor assistance programmes and the methods by which donors implement such aid. Focuses largely on two aid programmes: USAID and PHARE (the European Community programme for assistance).
As an upbeat and peaceful uprising quickly and brutally descended into a zero-sum civil war, Syria has crumbled from a regional player into an arena in which a multitude of local and foreign actors compete. The volatile regional fault lines that run through Syria have ruptured d…
L'histoire de l'insurrection du 1er mars 1921 : 15.000 marins et soldats de cette ville située à l'ouest de Petrograd se soulevèrent contre le gouvernement du Conseil des commissaires du peuple. Ils furent au total 27.000 à protester contre les réquisitions de vivres destinées a…
"An important and original work ... The collection demonstrates that ... there is no simple equation linking economic liberalization and political democratization to either peace and development or war and state unravelling. Instead, the authors suggest that by analyzing the mec…
'From Protest to Parties' provides a unique window into the politics of mobilization and protest in closed political regimes, shedding light on how the choices of political elites affects organizational development--Résumé de l'éditeur.