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Title : Asia's Transformations Politics of Protection Rackets in Post-New Order Indonesia Series: Asia's Transformations Hardcover: 220 pages Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (April 8, 2015) Language: English ISBN-10: 0415569125 ISBN-13: 978-0415569125 Description : Gangs and militias have been a persistent feature of social and political life in Indonesia. During the authoritarian New Order regime they constituted part of a vast network of sub-contracted coercion and social control on behalf of the state. Indonesia’s subsequent democratisation has seen gangs adapt to and take advantage of the changed political context. New types of populist street based organisations have emerged that combine predatory rent-seeking with claims of representing marginalised social and economic groups. Based on extensive fieldwork in Jakarta this book provides a comprehensive analysis of the changing relationship between gangs, militias and political power and authority in...

A fragmented continent latin america and the global politics of climate change Title : A fragmented continent latin america and the global politics of climate change Authors      : Guy Edwards, J.Timmons Roberts, Ricardo Lagos Contributor    Ricardo Lagos Edition    illustrated Publisher    MIT Press, 2015 ISBN    0262528118, 9780262528115 Length    304 pages Description : Latin American countries have increased their influence at the United Nations climate change negotiations and offered potential solutions on coping with global warming. But in the face of competing priorities, sometimes these climate policies are jettisoned, undermined, or simply ignored. A Fragmented Continent focuses on Latin America's three major blocs at the U.N. climate negotiations and how they attempt to balance climate action with building prosperity. Brazil has reduced its deforestation but continues ...

30 Second Politics Title : 30 Second Politics Hardcover: 160 pages Publisher: Metro Books (2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 143513334X ISBN-13: 978-1435133341 Description :  You may be OK with standard stuff like Conservatism and Democracy, but do you really know what Patrimonialism is? And what about Oligarchy? Anarcho-syndicalism? Politics is, we are willing to bet, the most passionately argued-over subject matter, and yet how many of us flounder around in confrontational debates because we have no grip on political theory, just a vague notion that they are all out to get us? 30-Second Politics will help dispel this fog mistrust and paranoia. It challenges political theorists of all colors to come up with no-frill, no-spin, tell-it-like-it-is explanations of the 50 most important political -isms, -archies, and -ocracies that have pertained since the time of Periclean Athens. At no public expense, the book explains each political theory in nothing more than...