In contrast to a globalizing approach to 'transnational organized crime,' this edited volume studies socio-historical environments in which mafia-esque violence has found a fertile ground for growth and development within the political arena.
It develops a new multidisciplinary framework to explain news that brings together previously distinct levels of analysis:... Læs mere
Since the demise of the Pinochet dictatorship in 1990, collaboration and complicity - both in the torture chamber and civil society - have been taboo topics not only for the Chilean left but also for society at large.
Thisvolume advances extant reflections on the state constituted as the Ur-Power in society, particularly in Africa.It analyzes how various agents within the Nigerian society'encounter' the state - ranging from the most routine form of contact to thespectacular.
In this sweeping, definitive work, historian David Crowe offers an unflinching account of the long and troubled history of genocide and war crimes. From... Læs mere
Although the Igbo constitute one of the largest ethnic nationalities of Nigeria and the West African sub-region,... Læs mere
This innovative study examines the work of exiles from the Soviet Union who returned to a reformed post-Soviet Russia to... Læs mere
Using first-person narratives collected through oral history interviews, this groundbreaking book collects black women's memories of their public and private lives during the period of legal segregation in the American South.
The first full-length study of sensationalist and melodramatic elements in Hardy's novels uses six of his texts to demonstrate the ways in which... Læs mere
US Constitution states that the President is subject to removal from office upon impeachment and conviction of treason, bribery and 'other high... Læs mere
The history and politics of secularism and the public role of religion in France, India, Turkey, and the United States. It interprets the varieties of secularism... Læs mere
This study explores the roles played by magic in contemporary African warfare, specifically through the case of... Læs mere