Gunpoint Capitalism
Enforcing Industrial Order in Karachi
ISBN: HB: 9781911723783,
Hurst Publishers,
February 2025
384 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm, 15 illus.
384 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm, 15 illus.
Globalised manufacturing, multinational hegemony, street violence and urban securitisation come together in this eye-opening study of Karachi's economic "order".
On 11 September 2012, over 250 workers of Ali Enterprises, which produced jeans for t...
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45.00 GBP
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Golden Land Ablaze
Coups, Insurgents and the State in Myanmar
ISBN: PB: 9781911723684,
Hurst Publishers,
September 2024
280 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
280 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
A world-leading expert on Myanmar assesses the ongoing popular uprising against the military junta that deposed Aung San Suu Kyi.
Myanmar's generals didn't expect the nation to rise up against the coup they staged in February 2021. But after decad...
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25.00 GBP
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Fixing France
How to Repair a Broken Republic
ISBN: HB: 9781805260998,
Hurst Publishers,
October 2023
352 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm
352 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm
A French-Algerian journalist's stark critique of her crisis-ridden country – how does France work, how did it get here, and how can it change?
France – the romanticised, revolutionary land of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity for all – is failing....
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22.00 GBP
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Hazaras and the Afghan State
Rebellion, Exclusion and the Struggle for Recognition
ISBN: PB: 9781787387744,
ISBN: HB: 9781849047074,
Hurst Publishers,
June 2022
288 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
288 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
The Hazaras of Afghanistan have borne the brunt of many of the destructive forces unleashed by the establishment of the Afghan monarchy in 1747. The history of their relationship with the Afghan state has been punctuated by frequent episodes of eth...
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20.00 GBP
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40.00 GBP
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Great Game in West Asia
Iran, Turkey and the South Caucasus
ISBN: PB: 9781849047067,
Hurst Publishers,
April 2017
320 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
320 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
"The Great Game in West Asia" examines the strategic competition between Iran and Turkey for power and influence in the South Caucasus. These neighbouring Middle East powers have vied for supremacy and influence throughout the region and especially...
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25.00 GBP
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Jihad and Death
The Global Appeal of Islamic State
ISBN: HB: 9781849046985,
Hurst Publishers,
April 2017
160 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
160 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
How has ISIS been able to muster support far beyond its initial constituency in the Arab world and attract tens of thousands of foreign volunteers, including converts to Islam, and seemingly countless supporters online? In this compelling intervent...
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19.99 GBP
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Arab Migrant Communities
in the GCC
ISBN: PB: 9781849045889,
Hurst Publishers,
March 2017
256 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
256 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
Long a recipient of migrants from its surrounding areas, the Arabian Peninsula today comprises a mosaic of communities of diverse ethnic, cultural, linguistic and religious origins. For decades, while the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states have...
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25.00 GBP
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Republic of Islamophobia
The Rise of Respectable Racism in France
ISBN: PB: 9781849046886,
Hurst Publishers,
March 2017
208 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
208 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
Islamophobia in France is on the increase. Muslims are being subjected to unprecedented scrutiny of what they wear, eat and say. Racist acts and rhetoric are increasingly common. Leading public figures, meanwhile, continue to contest the use of the...
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19.99 GBP
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Yemen Endures
Civil War, Saudi Adventurism and the Future of Arabia
ISBN: HB: 9781849048057,
Hurst Publishers,
March 2017
320 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
320 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
Why is Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil exporter, involved in a costly and merciless war against its mountainous southern neighbour Yemen, the poorest country in the Middle East? When the Saudis attacked the hitherto obscure Houthi militia, wh...
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30.00 GBP
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From Independence to Revolution
Egypt's Islamists and the Contest for Power
ISBN: PB: 9781849047050,
Hurst Publishers,
February 2017
240 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
240 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm
"From Independence to Revolution" tells the story of the complicated relationship between the Egyptian population and the nation's most prominent political opposition – the Islamist movement. Most commentators focus on the Muslim Brotherhood and ra...
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25.00 GBP
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