Political oppression and persecution

South Sudan is the world''s youngest independent country.

South Sudan is the world''s youngest independent country.

A systematic examination of emotions and world politics, showing how emotions underpin political agency and collective action after trauma.

A systematic examination of emotions and world politics, showing how emotions underpin political agency and collective action after trauma.

The brand new John Rebus thriller from the iconic Number One bestseller Ian Rankin: one of the must-read books of the year.

This book explores the diverse immigrant experiences in urban West Africa, where some groups integrate seamlessly while others face exclusion and violence.

This book explores the diverse immigrant experiences in urban West Africa, where some groups integrate seamlessly while others face exclusion and violence.

A unique and revealing portrait of Saddam Hussein''s Iraq which was every bit as authoritarian and brutal as Stalin''s Russia or Mao''s China.

A unique and revealing portrait of Saddam Hussein''s Iraq which was every bit as authoritarian and brutal as Stalin''s Russia or Mao''s China.

Die Rede von einer "Herrschaft der Richter" ist nicht bloß eine polemische Spitze gegen Gerichtsentscheidungen.

The fully updated third edition of "e;Farewell, My Nation"e; considers the complex and often tragic relationships between American Indians, white Americans, and the U.

The fully updated third edition of "e;Farewell, My Nation"e; considers the complex and often tragic relationships between American Indians, white Americans, and the U.

Rising labour unrest is changing Chinese governance from below; Elfstrom shows that this is occurring in unexpected and contradictory ways.

Rising labour unrest is changing Chinese governance from below; Elfstrom shows that this is occurring in unexpected and contradictory ways.

Explores the different military responses to popular uprisings during the 2011 Arab Spring in Egypt, Syria, Tunisia, and Libya.

Investigates state responses to the Kimberley Process, an international agreement meant to reduce the trade of conflict diamonds.

Investigates state responses to the Kimberley Process, an international agreement meant to reduce the trade of conflict diamonds.

Compares the crucial role of Arab armies in state building, a decade after the 2011 Arab Uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen and Syria.

Compares the crucial role of Arab armies in state building, a decade after the 2011 Arab Uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen and Syria.

Argues that North American settler colonialism included episodes of genocide of Indigenous peoples as defined by the United Nations Genocide Convention.

Provides an original analysis of the routine and spectacular forms of violence deployed by the Asad regime in Syria over the last four decades.

Sheds new light on the relationship between tolerance and religion, concluding that local religious minorities are most likely to protect pluralism.

Explores issues of global relevance around journalism''s relationship with political power through the lens of Southeast Asian states.

Provides an original analysis of the routine and spectacular forms of violence deployed by the Asad regime in Syria over the last four decades.

Explores issues of global relevance around journalism''s relationship with political power through the lens of Southeast Asian states.

Examining how gender impacts political sex scandals in the United States, this book explains how political sex scandals contribute to the mistrust of government and identifies why these events have serious consequences for our political system.

Contests over Berlin''s streets in the interwar period reveal the fragility of consumer capitalism, urban order, and liberal democracy.

Turkey''s hostile approach to the LGBTI community leads Muedini to document the history of LGBTI rights, rights abuses, and activist strategies to secure LGBTI rights in Turkey.

Turkey''s hostile approach to the LGBTI community leads Muedini to document the history of LGBTI rights, rights abuses, and activist strategies to secure LGBTI rights in Turkey.

Zero Tolerance analyzes the cycles of repression and violence that grip Xinjiang, clarifying the policies and interests that drive China''s mistreatment of its Uyghur minority.

Zero Tolerance analyzes the cycles of repression and violence that grip Xinjiang, clarifying the policies and interests that drive China''s mistreatment of its Uyghur minority.

A haunting literary and visual journey deep into Russia's past -- and present.

From Jail to Jail is the political autobiography of Sutan Ibrahim gelar Tan Malaka, an enigmatic and colorful political thinker of twentieth-century Asia, who was one of the most influential figures of the Indonesian Revolution.

Behind a gruesome ISIS beheading video lies the untold story of the men in orange and the faith community that formed these unlikely modern-day saints and heroes.

One of the few Western commentators to have lived in the region, journalist Nick Holdstock travels into the heart of the province reveals the Uyghur story as one of repression and hardship.

Although often overlooked, anti-Polish sentiment was central to Nazi ideology.

Steve Biko was an exceptional and inspirational leader, a pivotal figure in South African history.

The South China Sea has a rich and turbulent history.

The uprisings which spread across the Middle East and North Africa in late 2010 and 2011 irrevocably altered the way in which the region is now perceived.

Stalinism, that particularly brutal phase of the Communist experience, came to an end in most of Europe with the death of Stalin in 1953.

Although often overlooked, anti-Polish sentiment was central to Nazi ideology.

Today Russia and human rights are both high on the international agenda.

The arrest of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the head of the Yukos oil company, on 25 October 2003, was a key turning point in modern Russian history.

Under violent military dictatorship, Operation Condor and the Dirty War scarred Argentina from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s, leaving behind a legacy of repression, state terror, and political murder.

1970s South Korea is characterized by many as the "e;dark age for democracy.

With the new edition of my book "e;Between Utopia and Tyranny: The Fascination and Horror of Communism"e; I offer you an in-depth analysis of the phenomenon of "e;communism"e;, introducing you to the history and ideologies behind one of the most influential political movements of the 20th century.

Rapley analyses witch hunts in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and finds many of the same elements repeated in more recent miscarriages of justice - from the Dreyfus case for treason in late nineteenth-century France, to the persecution of the Scottsboro Boys in Alabama for the gang rape of two white girls in the 1930s, to the Guildford and Maguire terrorist prosecutions in Britain in the 1970s.

Rapley analyses witch hunts in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and finds many of the same elements repeated in more recent miscarriages of justice - from the Dreyfus case for treason in late nineteenth-century France, to the persecution of the Scottsboro Boys in Alabama for the gang rape of two white girls in the 1930s, to the Guildford and Maguire terrorist prosecutions in Britain in the 1970s.

The first Western scholar to have access to the records of the Communist Party of the Kalinin province, Boterbloem supplements archival evidence with published accounts and interviews with those who survived the last years of Stalin's life, taking us into their lives.