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The Biophysical Basis of Excitability
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 512

The Biophysical Basis of Excitability

Defines the basic concepts from biology, mathematics, physics and chemistry that are needed to understand how excitable cells function. Applies them specifically to the study of membrane transport, artificial membranes, signal capturing and analysis in biological systems.

Western Europe’s Small Wars and Counterinsurgencies Since Napoleon
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 246

Western Europe’s Small Wars and Counterinsurgencies Since Napoleon

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Current Catalog
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 786

Current Catalog

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: Unknown
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  • Publisher: Unknown

First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.

The Portuguese Revolution
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 345

The Portuguese Revolution

Building on decades of research, leading scholar Ronald H. Chilcote provides a definitive analysis of the 1974-1975 Portuguese revolution, which captured global attention and continues to resonate today. His study revisits a key historical moment to explain the revolution and its aftermath through periods of authoritarianism and resistance as well as representative and popular democracy. Exploring the intertwined themes of class, state, and hegemony, Chilcote builds a powerful framework for understanding the Portuguese case as well as contemporary political economy worldwide. New to the paperback edition is an epilogue reflecting on the implications for Portugal EU membership and the Eurozone crisis.

Intelligence in Democratic Transitions
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 280

Intelligence in Democratic Transitions

"Reforming the intelligence agencies is essential when a state transitions from authoritarianism to democracy. But what kinds of reforms matter, how do we know when there has been transformation, and how and where do authoritarian legacies persist? Sofia Tzamarelou conducts a comparative examination of three cases, the democratic transitions of Portugal, Greece, and Spain during the 1970s. She draws important conclusions about how to ensure thorough reform and what happens when intelligence democratization is incomplete. She does this through the lens of five Security Sector Reform (SSR) indicators: Lustration, Control & Oversight, Collection, Recruitment, and Civil Society. Although these three European countries started their transition around the same time, they present significantly different results. Legacies of the past and legacy personnel emerge as the main barriers to reform. Other important findings are the relationship between consumers and producers of intelligence and the role of civil society. The study is unique due to the source material used, the countries studied, and its comparative framework for the study of intelligence democratization"--

The Palgrave Handbook of Left-Wing Extremism, Volume 1
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 335

The Palgrave Handbook of Left-Wing Extremism, Volume 1

This handbook provides a broad overview of left-wing extremism and its associated key issues and themes. It breaks new ground by assembling in a single volume a comparative analysis of the phenomenon that is both multidimensional and multidisciplinary. Gathering a wide range of influential scholars who have worked at length in the field of extremism studies from different perspectives, backgrounds, and geographical settings, the Palgrave Handbook of Left-Wing Extremism presents an array of thought-provoking and innovative as well as informative analyses and discussions – both historical and contemporary - about the phenomenon of left-wing extremism and of how researchers conceive of and approach it in their study. The Handbook is designed to be, for the foreseeable future, the reference work for all students, researchers, and general readers interested in achieving a comprehensive understanding of left-wing extremism in all its manifestations, subtleties, and dynamics, and both its current and its potential directions.

Behind Barbed Wire
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 394

Behind Barbed Wire

Most people associate concentration camps with Nazi Germany. Behind Barbed Wire examines how these notorious World War II camps actually reflected a previous use of the system, a system that began almost a century earlier. In truth, Adolf Hitler had studied the American Indian Reservations as he plotted his regime's attack on European Jews and other minorities. Remarkably, in the years between the reservations and the Nazi camps, the United States, along with several other Western powers, implemented concentration camps throughout the globe, each instance employing more and more barbaric measures with harsher and harsher outcomes. Behind Barbed Wire explains how these nations dubiously justi...

Adapting to Win
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 312

Adapting to Win

When insurgent groups challenge powerful states, defeat is not always inevitable. Increasingly, guerrilla forces have overcome enormous disadvantages and succeeded in extending the period of violent conflict, raising the costs of war, and occasionally winning. Noriyuki Katagiri investigates the circumstances and tactics that allow some insurgencies to succeed in wars against foreign governments while others fail. Adapting to Win examines almost 150 instances of violent insurgencies pitted against state powers, including in-depth case studies of the war in Afghanistan and the 2003 Iraq war. By applying sequencing theory, Katagiri provides insights into guerrilla operations ranging from Somali...

Visual Peace
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 421

Visual Peace

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2013-10-18
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  • Publisher: Springer

This book introduces a new research agenda for visual peace research, providing a political analysis of the relationship between visual representations and the politics of violence nationally and internationally. Using a range of genres, from photography to painting, it elaborates on how people can become agents of their own image.

Europe Since 1945
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 341

Europe Since 1945

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2001
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  • Publisher: Unknown

This text brings home the waves of transformation that have washed across Europe in the second half of the 20th century, sketching out general patterns of this change, and exploring some of the local themes and variations in parts of Europe.