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The war over Iraq Saddam's tyranny and America's mission / by Kaplan, Lawrence (Lawrence F.), 1969-

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State erosion : unlootable resources and unruly elites in Central Asia / by Markowitz, Lawrence P.

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The moulding of Ukraine the constitutional politics of state formation / by Wolczuk, Kataryna

Subjects: “…Constitutional law Ukraine.…”
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Violations of the rules applicable in non-international armed conflicts and their possible causes the case of Somalia / by Alasow, Omar Abdulle

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The background and root causes of the conflicts in Somalia -- Characteristics of conflicts in Somalia -- Traditional Somali customary rules -- Rules of international law applicable to non-international armed conflicts -- Evidence of humanitarian law violations in Somalia -- Possible causes of violations of humanitarian rules -- Appendix one : The war in the Northwest regions (1988-1991) -- Appendix two : The war in the central and Southern regions (1989-2003).…”
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State building in Putin's Russia policing and coercion after communism / by Taylor, Brian D., 1964-

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Good government? Good citizens? courts, politics, and markets in a changing Canada / by Bogart, W. A.

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Darkness at dawn the rise of the Russian criminal state / by Satter, David, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…The Kursk -- Ryazan -- The young reformers -- The history of reform -- The gold seekers -- The workers -- Law enforcement -- Organized crime -- Ulyanovsk -- Vladivostok -- Krasnoyarsk -- The value of human life -- The criminalization of consciousness -- Conclusion : does Russia have a future?…”
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Understanding Ukrainian politics power, politics, and institutional design / by D'Anieri, Paul J., 1965-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Institutions and democracy : questioning the connections -- Power and institutions : overview of the argument -- The evolution of Ukrainian politics 1989-2004 -- Societal divisions and the challenge of liberal democracy in Ukraine -- The constitution and executive-legislative relations -- The electoral law : cause or effect of weak parties? -- Parliamentary rules and party development -- How power politics trumps institutional design -- Ukraine in comparative perspective : electoral authoritarianism in the former Soviet Union and beyond -- Beyond the Orange Revolution : an agenda for further reform.…”
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How Russia really works the informal practices that shaped post-Soviet politics and business / by Ledeneva, Alena V., 1964-

Table of Contents: “…-- Chernyi piar : manipulative campaigning and the workings of Russian democracy -- Kompromat : the use of compromising information in informal politics -- Krugovaia poruka : sustaining the ties of joint responsibility -- Tenevoi barter : shadow barter, barter chains, and nonmonetary markets -- Dvoinaia bukhgalteriia : double accountancy and financial scheming -- Post-Soviet tolkachi : alternative enforcement and the use of law.…”
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After apartheid reinventing South Africa? /

Table of Contents: “…Health and social welfare -- AIDS policy in postapartheid South Africa / Nicoli Nattrass -- The role of social and economic rights in supporting opposition in postapartheid South Africa / Lauren Paremoer and Courtney Jung -- pt. 3. The rule of law -- The pasts and future of the rule of law in South Africa / David Dyzenhaus -- Anticorruption reform efforts in democratic South Africa / Marianne Camerer -- The land question : exploring obstacles to land redistribution in South Africa / Lungisile Ntsebeza. …”
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The Politics of Bad Governance in Contemporary Russia / by Gelʹman, Vladimir, 1965-

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