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London & New York: Verso Books/An Imprint of the New Left Books, 1998. 1st Published by Verso 1998 . Hardcover. Brand New/Brand New. 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x… Mehr…

London & New York: Verso Books/An Imprint of the New Left Books, 1998. 1st Published by Verso 1998 . Hardcover. Brand New/Brand New. 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x 9¾" tall. Lisa Billard Design, NY (Jacket Design), Do Diligence, NY (Front Jacket Photo). 312 pp. Book and dj in pristine state. Synopsis: This visionary leftist critique of the "new world order" argues that notwithstanding the apparent triumph of big business values from the late 1970s to the present, the resulting free-market, globalized economic system is a failure, producing ever-increasing insecurity and marginalization for the average worker. Elliott, economics editor for the Guardian, and Atkinson, a Guardian reporter, forcefully document the extent to which the middle class has been ravaged by downsizing, vanishing career ladders, growing consolidation of economic power by large firms and low-paid, part-time or home-based work. In their assessment, both Clinton's Democratic centrism and Tony Blair's Labour Party program in Britain offer largely cosmetic reforms but leave essentially intact a laissez-faire capitalism that primarily serves the needs of multinational corporations and a privileged technocratic elite. Calling for a "green Keynesianism," the authors boldly advocate fairer distribution of income both within and between countries; reinvestment in community services; price controls on essential goods and services to benefit the poor at the expense of wealthier consumers; restraints on transnational capital flows; and development of technologies to heal environmental wounds. They weave in a freewheeling cultural history of postwar Britain. Despite the mostly British frame of reference, their study will engage American readers. An acerbic and very funny critique of the culture of modern Britain on which conservatives would do well to reflect., Verso Books/An Imprint of the New Left Books, 1998, 6, White Scar is the story of 14-year-old twins, Ralph, and Alba Millway who find themselves battling with dark forces to secure a wand and the safety of the world. It is a coming-of-age novel as the twins forge their place in an uncertain world. In the year 2050 Aster, a young woman, is accused of murdering four innocent beings. She is magically preserved in a cave, along with the judge who sentenced her, her loyal cat and one of three wands used to imprison her. One hundred years later, Ralph and Alba unwittingly free Aster and their lives become much more complicated. Now they have an epic fight between good and evil, where not everything is as it seems. Set in Yorkshire in 2150, following a Global War ended by a meteor smashing into Earth, this book takes the atmospheric White Scar caves in Yorkshire and puts them at the heart of a magical adventure story perfect for middle-grade readers.Pre-order now for delivery after 28 October 2021., Book Guild Publishing Ltd, 28 Oct 2021, 6, Australian Army. Paperback. Crease to corner of back cover, otherwise good condition. Includes papers on Trade and National Security; Regionalism versus Globalism: Australia's Defence Strategy after 11 September 2001; Trust, Influence and Networks: Creating Conditions for Nonconventional Assisted Recovery in Urban Areas of the Middle East; Australian Light-armoured Vehicles (ASLAV) as Mounted Cavalry: Vanguard for a Hardened Army; The Use of Pre-emptive and Preventive Force in an Age of Terrorism: Some Ehtical and Legal Considerations etc. 292pp. ISSN 1448-2843. ., Australian Army, 0, Lost in the Sacred poses questions about the Muslim world that no other book by a Western writer has dared to ask. Focusing on the Arab Middle East, Dan Diner asks what caused the Muslim world to lag behind so dramatically. Is Western dominance to blame? Or is the problem even with Islam itself? These questions, however unsettling, need to be asked--and they are being posed all across the Muslim world today. This book provides cautious answers that are no less disturbing than the questions. Diner argues that Islam's cultural stasis is not due to the Muslim faith itself, but to the nature of the sacred it is infused with and that penetrates every aspect of life--spiritual and material. He reveals how the sacred in Islam suspends the acceleration of social time, hinders change, and circumvents secularization and modernity. Diner takes readers on an unforgettable intellectual journey, from today's global conflicts back into the distant past. He describes the Muslim encounter with the emerging West in early modernity, the challenges Western imperial expansion posed in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the time-suspending impact of Arabic as a sacred language, the prevention of print, the classical age of Islam with its dazzling heights of learning and culture--and much more. Diner traces an entangled perspective, combining the spiritual with the social, and the cultural with the political. Throughout, he draws our attention to the urgent need for secularization and modernization in Islam. The Muslim world is in crisis. Lost in the Sacred explains why., 5, Australian Army. Paperback. Good condition. Includes papers on Trade and National Security; Regionalism versus Globalism: Australia's Defence Strategy after 11 September 2001; Trust, Influence and Networks: Creating Conditions for Nonconventional Assisted Recovery in Urban Areas of the Middle East; Australian Light-armoured Vehicles (ASLAV) as Mounted Cavalry: Vanguard for a Hardened Army; The Use of Pre-emptive and Preventive Force in an Age of Terrorism: Some Ehtical and Legal Considerations etc. 292pp. ISSN 1448-2843. ., Australian Army, 0, London & New York: Verso Books/An Imprint of the New Left Books, 1998. 1st Published by Verso 1998 . Hardcover. Brand New/Brand New. 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x 9¾" tall. Lisa Billard Design, NY (jacket Design by), Do Diligence, NY (Front Jacket Photo by). 312 pp. Book and dj in pristine state. Synopsis: This visionary leftist critique of the "new world order" argues that notwithstanding the apparent triumph of big business values from the late 1970s to the present, the resulting free-market, globalized economic system is a failure, producing ever-increasing insecurity and marginalization for the average worker. Elliott, economics editor for the Guardian, and Atkinson, a Guardian reporter, forcefully document the extent to which the middle class has been ravaged by downsizing, vanishing career ladders, growing consolidation of economic power by large firms and low-paid, part-time or home-based work. In their assessment, both Clinton's Democratic centrism and Tony Blair's Labour Party program in Britain offer largely cosmetic reforms but leave essentially intact a laissez-faire capitalism that primarily serves the needs of multinational corporations and a privileged technocratic elite. Calling for a "green Keynesianism," the authors boldly advocate fairer distribution of income both within and between countries; reinvestment in community services; price controls on essential goods and services to benefit the poor at the expense of wealthier consumers; restraints on transnational capital flows; and development of technologies to heal environmental wounds. They weave in a freewheeling cultural history of postwar Britain. Despite the mostly British frame of reference, their study will engage American readers. An acerbic and very funny critique of the culture of modern Britain on which conservatives would do well to reflect., Verso Books/An Imprint of the New Left Books, 1998, 6, 1967. Cornell University Press, New York. 1st printing 1967. Book in good condition & DJ in acceptable condition. NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean text. Tight binding. Bright orange boards. Some bumping on corners/edges from shelfwear. Dust Jacket is rubbed, several small, closed tears near edges. Not price-clipped. 'As history repeats itself in teh Middle East, much can be gained from a careful look at the causes and the results of the Sinai Campaign of October 1956. This incisive study of small-state diplomacy focuses on Israel's foreign policy as it culminated in the campaign. The objectives of Israeli policy-and the means employed to achieve them-are discussed in terms of the contemporary theory of international relations, and the policy's global as well as regional implications are analyzed in depth. In his concluding chapter, the author notes the parallels and the differences between the events leading up to the 1956 conflict and those preceding the Six-Day War in June 1967.'-{from the dust jacket}There are signs of visible wear which may include markings, bookplate or authors name, bumping, small tears, non-major spine or binding defects but book is still wholly intact. SEE PICTURES for any wear or defects. Condition based on age of book. To ensure you receive the quality of book expected we provide pictures of NOTICEABLE WEAR for ALL books we sell with marked conditions of GOOD + . If you have any questions at all dont hesitate to send us an email., Cornell University Press, 1967, 2.5, Cambridge University Press/Hurst Publication, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. New. From Tangier to Jakarta, and from Western capitals to those of the Arab world, Saudi Arabia has confirmed its status as a kingdom without borders. Its political influence, religious expansion and media empires are now applauded, debated or contested and both local recipients of Saudi largesse and governments enmeshed in Saudi agendas debate a phenomenon that so far has attracted more sensational reporting than serious scholarly analysis. Kingdom Without Borders is the first volume to shed light on this growing regional and international power and its ambitions to project its influence beyond its frontiers in three interrelated spheres of activity. The volume brings together established scholars from Europe, the US, the Middle East and Asia to map the historical roots and contemporary manifestations of Saudi expansionism. Combining both top-down and grass roots analysis, contributors interrogate the reality and impact of Saudi transnational connections on local politics, religious affiliation and media genres. This exploration leads to a reassessment of the changing nature of state and society in Saudi Arabia in an age of globalisation. It highlights contradictions within Saudi Arabia with the emergence of multiple actors in the state and the consolidation of new non-state actors who, thanks to a second oil boom, may either consolidate or subvert the state. Contributors also trace the impact of Saudi religious, financial and political influence on receiving societies, - including Yemen, the USA and Lebanon - their objective being to move the discussion away from accusations and counter accusations about support for terrorism to offer a nuanced approach to how local contexts are shaped by external actors in a globalised world. Contents Acknowledgements List of contributors Introduction: an assessment of Saudi political, religious and media expansion PART I POLITICS BEYOND FRONTIERS 1. Between imara, empire and oil: Saudis in the frontier society of the Persian Gulf 2. Saudi expansion: the Lebanese connection, 1924—1952 3. Determinants and characteristics of Saudi role in Lebanon: the post-civil war years 4. Ambivalent ally: Saudi Arabia and the ‘war on terror’ 5. Producing ‘reformed Islam’: a Saudi contribution to the US projects of global governance 6. Kingdom with borders: the political economy of Saudi—European relations PART II THE PROSPECTS AND LIMITS OP RELIGIOUS EXPANSION 7. The reflitarion of Wahhabism in Arabic sources, 1745—1932 8. The role of religious ideology in the expansionist policies of Saudi Arabia 9. The minaret and the palace: obedience at home and rebellion abroad 10. Yusufal—Uyairi and the rransnationahsauon of Saudi jihadisrn 11. Salafism in Yemen: a ‘Saudisation’? 12. Saudi expansion, the Salafi campaign and Ai-abised Islam in Indonesia 13. The ‘Arab’ in global militancy. 14. Saudi Arabian expansion in the United States: half - hearted scholars missionary work meets rock-solid resistance PART III THE MEDIA AND MULTIPLE ACTORS 15. Saudi Arabia’s media mask 16. Maintaining Saudi Arabia’s cordon sanitaire in the Arab media 17. Bedouiriisation or liberalisation of culture? The paradox in the Saudi monopoly of the Arab media Index Printed Pages: 395., Cambridge University Press/Hurst Publication, 2008, 6<

2008, ISBN: 9781850659310

Gebundene Ausgabe

Paperback. Very Good., 3, Cambridge University Press/Hurst Publication, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. New. From Tangier to Jakarta, and from Western capitals to those of the Arab worl… Mehr…

Paperback. Very Good., 3, Cambridge University Press/Hurst Publication, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. New. From Tangier to Jakarta, and from Western capitals to those of the Arab world, Saudi Arabia has confirmed its status as a kingdom without borders. Its political influence, religious expansion and media empires are now applauded, debated or contested and both local recipients of Saudi largesse and governments enmeshed in Saudi agendas debate a phenomenon that so far has attracted more sensational reporting than serious scholarly analysis. Kingdom Without Borders is the first volume to shed light on this growing regional and international power and its ambitions to project its influence beyond its frontiers in three interrelated spheres of activity. The volume brings together established scholars from Europe, the US, the Middle East and Asia to map the historical roots and contemporary manifestations of Saudi expansionism. Combining both top-down and grass roots analysis, contributors interrogate the reality and impact of Saudi transnational connections on local politics, religious affiliation and media genres. This exploration leads to a reassessment of the changing nature of state and society in Saudi Arabia in an age of globalisation. It highlights contradictions within Saudi Arabia with the emergence of multiple actors in the state and the consolidation of new non-state actors who, thanks to a second oil boom, may either consolidate or subvert the state. Contributors also trace the impact of Saudi religious, financial and political influence on receiving societies, - including Yemen, the USA and Lebanon - their objective being to move the discussion away from accusations and counter accusations about support for terrorism to offer a nuanced approach to how local contexts are shaped by external actors in a globalised world. Contents Acknowledgements List of contributors Introduction: an assessment of Saudi political, religious and media expansion PART I POLITICS BEYOND FRONTIERS 1. Between imara, empire and oil: Saudis in the frontier society of the Persian Gulf 2. Saudi expansion: the Lebanese connection, 1924—1952 3. Determinants and characteristics of Saudi role in Lebanon: the post-civil war years 4. Ambivalent ally: Saudi Arabia and the ‘war on terror’ 5. Producing ‘reformed Islam’: a Saudi contribution to the US projects of global governance 6. Kingdom with borders: the political economy of Saudi—European relations PART II THE PROSPECTS AND LIMITS OP RELIGIOUS EXPANSION 7. The reflitarion of Wahhabism in Arabic sources, 1745—1932 8. The role of religious ideology in the expansionist policies of Saudi Arabia 9. The minaret and the palace: obedience at home and rebellion abroad 10. Yusufal—Uyairi and the rransnationahsauon of Saudi jihadisrn 11. Salafism in Yemen: a ‘Saudisation’? 12. Saudi expansion, the Salafi campaign and Ai-abised Islam in Indonesia 13. The ‘Arab’ in global militancy. 14. Saudi Arabian expansion in the United States: half - hearted scholars missionary work meets rock-solid resistance PART III THE MEDIA AND MULTIPLE ACTORS 15. Saudi Arabia’s media mask 16. Maintaining Saudi Arabia’s cordon sanitaire in the Arab media 17. Bedouiriisation or liberalisation of culture? The paradox in the Saudi monopoly of the Arab media Index Printed Pages: 395., Cambridge University Press/Hurst Publication, 2008, 6<

2008, ISBN: 9781850659310

Cambridge University Press/Hurst Publication, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. New. From Tangier to Jakarta, and from Western capitals to those of the Arab world, Saudi Arabia has confir… Mehr…

Cambridge University Press/Hurst Publication, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. New. From Tangier to Jakarta, and from Western capitals to those of the Arab world, Saudi Arabia has confirmed its status as a kingdom without borders. Its political influence, religious expansion and media empires are now applauded, debated or contested and both local recipients of Saudi largesse and governments enmeshed in Saudi agendas debate a phenomenon that so far has attracted more sensational reporting than serious scholarly analysis. Kingdom Without Borders is the first volume to shed light on this growing regional and international power and its ambitions to project its influence beyond its frontiers in three interrelated spheres of activity. The volume brings together established scholars from Europe, the US, the Middle East and Asia to map the historical roots and contemporary manifestations of Saudi expansionism. Combining both top-down and grass roots analysis, contributors interrogate the reality and impact of Saudi transnational connections on local politics, religious affiliation and media genres. This exploration leads to a reassessment of the changing nature of state and society in Saudi Arabia in an age of globalisation. It highlights contradictions within Saudi Arabia with the emergence of multiple actors in the state and the consolidation of new non-state actors who, thanks to a second oil boom, may either consolidate or subvert the state. Contributors also trace the impact of Saudi religious, financial and political influence on receiving societies, - including Yemen, the USA and Lebanon - their objective being to move the discussion away from accusations and counter accusations about support for terrorism to offer a nuanced approach to how local contexts are shaped by external actors in a globalised world. Contents Acknowledgements List of contributors Introduction: an assessment of Saudi political, religious and media expansion PART I POLITICS BEYOND FRONTIERS 1. Between imara, empire and oil: Saudis in the frontier society of the Persian Gulf 2. Saudi expansion: the Lebanese connection, 1924—1952 3. Determinants and characteristics of Saudi role in Lebanon: the post-civil war years 4. Ambivalent ally: Saudi Arabia and the ‘war on terror’ 5. Producing ‘reformed Islam’: a Saudi contribution to the US projects of global governance 6. Kingdom with borders: the political economy of Saudi—European relations PART II THE PROSPECTS AND LIMITS OP RELIGIOUS EXPANSION 7. The reflitarion of Wahhabism in Arabic sources, 1745—1932 8. The role of religious ideology in the expansionist policies of Saudi Arabia 9. The minaret and the palace: obedience at home and rebellion abroad 10. Yusufal—Uyairi and the rransnationahsauon of Saudi jihadisrn 11. Salafism in Yemen: a ‘Saudisation’? 12. Saudi expansion, the Salafi campaign and Ai-abised Islam in Indonesia 13. The ‘Arab’ in global militancy. 14. Saudi Arabian expansion in the United States: half - hearted scholars missionary work meets rock-solid resistance PART III THE MEDIA AND MULTIPLE ACTORS 15. Saudi Arabia’s media mask 16. Maintaining Saudi Arabia’s cordon sanitaire in the Arab media 17. Bedouiriisation or liberalisation of culture? The paradox in the Saudi monopoly of the Arab media Index Printed Pages: 395., Cambridge University Press/Hurst Publication, 2008, 6<

2008, ISBN: 9781850659310

Cambridge University Press/Hurst Publication, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. New. From Tangier to Jakarta, and from Western capitals to those of the Arab world, Saudi Arabia has confir… Mehr…

Cambridge University Press/Hurst Publication, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. New. From Tangier to Jakarta, and from Western capitals to those of the Arab world, Saudi Arabia has confirmed its status as a kingdom without borders. Its political influence, religious expansion and media empires are now applauded, debated or contested and both local recipients of Saudi largesse and governments enmeshed in Saudi agendas debate a phenomenon that so far has attracted more sensational reporting than serious scholarly analysis. Kingdom Without Borders is the first volume to shed light on this growing regional and international power and its ambitions to project its influence beyond its frontiers in three interrelated spheres of activity. The volume brings together established scholars from Europe, the US, the Middle East and Asia to map the historical roots and contemporary manifestations of Saudi expansionism. Combining both top-down and grass roots analysis, contributors interrogate the reality and impact of Saudi transnational connections on local politics, religious affiliation and media genres. This exploration leads to a reassessment of the changing nature of state and society in Saudi Arabia in an age of globalisation. It highlights contradictions within Saudi Arabia with the emergence of multiple actors in the state and the consolidation of new non-state actors who, thanks to a second oil boom, may either consolidate or subvert the state. Contributors also trace the impact of Saudi religious, financial and political influence on receiving societies, - including Yemen, the USA and Lebanon - their objective being to move the discussion away from accusations and counter accusations about support for terrorism to offer a nuanced approach to how local contexts are shaped by external actors in a globalised world. Contents Acknowledgements List of contributors Introduction: an assessment of Saudi political, religious and media expansion PART I POLITICS BEYOND FRONTIERS 1. Between imara, empire and oil: Saudis in the frontier society of the Persian Gulf 2. Saudi expansion: the Lebanese connection, 19241952 3. Determinants and characteristics of Saudi role in Lebanon: the post-civil war years 4. Ambivalent ally: Saudi Arabia and the war on terror 5. Producing reformed Islam: a Saudi contribution to the US projects of global governance 6. Kingdom with borders: the political economy of SaudiEuropean relations PART II THE PROSPECTS AND LIMITS OP RELIGIOUS EXPANSION 7. The reflitarion of Wahhabism in Arabic sources, 17451932 8. The role of religious ideology in the expansionist policies of Saudi Arabia 9. The minaret and the palace: obedience at home and rebellion abroad 10. YusufalUyairi and the rransnationahsauon of Saudi jihadisrn 11. Salafism in Yemen: a Saudisation? 12. Saudi expansion, the Salafi campaign and Ai-abised Islam in Indonesia 13. The Arab in global militancy. 14. Saudi Arabian expansion in the United States: half - hearted scholars missionary work meets rock-solid resistance PART III THE MEDIA AND MULTIPLE ACTORS 15. Saudi Arabias media mask 16. Maintaining Saudi Arabias cordon sanitaire in the Arab media 17. Bedouiriisation or liberalisation of culture? The paradox in the Saudi monopoly of the Arab media Index Printed Pages: 395. Kingdom without Borders: Saudi Arabia`s Political, Religious and Media FrontiersMadawi Al-Rasheed (Ed.)9781850659310, Cambridge University Press/Hurst Publication, 2008, 6<

2008, ISBN: 9781850659310

Saudi Arabia's Political, Religious and Media Frontiers, Buch, Hardcover, [PU: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd], C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd, 2008