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21. The Soviet Union under Gorbachev (Routledge Revivals)

    Prospects for Reform

    By David A. Dyker

    Series: Routledge Revivals

    Gorbachev’s accession to General Secretary promised great changes to the Soviet Union and its relationship with the rest of the world. This book, first published in 1987, discusses the problems faced by Gorbachev when he entered office and how he planned to tackle them. Gorbachev was a figure of...

    Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
22. The Black Flag (Routledge Revivals)

    A look back at the strange case of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti

    By Brian Jackson

    Series: Routledge Revivals

    First published in 1981, this book reassesses the case of Sacco and Vanzetti, two Italian immigrant anarchists living in Boston in 1920. The pair were accused of a payroll robbery and the murder of two guards for which they were arrested and, after a long trial based on inadequate and prejudiced...

    Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
23. The Coal Question (Routledge Revivals)

    Political Economy and Industrial Change from the Nineteenth Century to the Present Day

    By Ben Fine

    Series: Routledge Revivals

    The coal industry has always occupied a symbolic place in British economic and political life, inspiring debates and arousing passions throughout the last two centuries. This account of the economics of coal, first published in 1990, is unique in its comprehensive three-part approach. First, Ben...

    Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
24. The Future of the Soviet Economic Planning System (Routledge Revivals)

    By David A. Dyker

    On its publication in 1985, this book offered a fresh analysis of the problems faced by the Soviet economy by focussing on the key issues in the economic planning system. David Dyker considers the available options for reform during the 1980s and the most likely developments. Discussing the...

    Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
25. Mythology, Globalization and World Order

    Power, and Deception in the Global Political Economy

    By Mark Bailey

    Series: Rethinking Globalizations

    This book investigates the role that myth plays in constructing and legitimating forms of world order. Using a combination of political philosophy, anthropology, Jungian depth psychology, and IPE approaches, the book demonstrates why theorisation of the role of myth within the discourses of...

    Published March 30th 2013 by Routledge
26. Democratic Transitions

    Modes and Outcomes

    By Gary A Stradiotto, Sujian Guo

    Series: Democratization Studies

    The core research questions were driven by a common theme—what makes democracies succeed and/or fail and does the mode of transition influence the quality of democracy and the longevity or durability of democracy? The transition literature falls short in creating generalizable conclusions about the...

    Published March 30th 2013 by Routledge
27. Deprovincializing Habermas

    Global Perspectives

    Edited by Tom Bailey

    Series: Ethics, Human Rights and Global Political Thought

    This volume engages with Jürgen Habermas’s political theory from critical perspectives, beyond its Western European origins. In particular, it explores the neglected challenges of democratizing, decolonizing and desecularizing his theory for global contexts, and proposes its ‘deprovincializing’...

    Published March 30th 2013 by Routledge India
28. Asia’s Power Dynamics

    Military Change and its Geopolitical Effects

    By Desmond Ball, Raja Mohan, Tim Huxley, Adam Ward

    Series: Adelphi series

    This Adelphi examines defence procurement in Asia against a backdrop of the region’s fragmented security infrastructure. The overlapping alliances, multilateral bodies and regional dialogues are ill-equipped to respond to the changing balance of power, since there is no unified forum through which...

    Published March 29th 2013 by Routledge
29. Radical Left Parties in Europe

    By Luke March

    Series: Extremism and Democracy

    What has happened to the European radical left after the collapse of the USSR? How has it reacted, reformed, even revived? This new volume is one of the first to provide an overview of the main developments in contemporary European radical left parties (those defining themselves as to the left of,...

    Published March 29th 2013 by Routledge
30. Politics and the Art of Commemoration

    Memorials to struggle in Latin America and Spain

    By Katherine Hite

    Series: Interventions

    Memorials are proliferating throughout the globe. States recognize the political value of memorials: memorials can convey national unity, a sense of overcoming violent legacies, a commitment to political stability or the strengthening of democracy. Memorials represent fitful negotiations between...

    Published March 29th 2013 by Routledge