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Economic Diversification in Nigeria: The Politics of Building a Post-Oil Economy by Zainab Usman
$0.00 AUD
Category: Business & Economics | Series: Politics and Development in Contemporary Africa Ser.
Nigeria has for long been regarded as the poster child for the 'curse' of oil wealth. Yet despite this, Nigeria achieved strong economic growth for over a decade in the 21st century, driven largely by policy reforms in non-oil sectors. This open access book argues that Nigeria's major development challe ...Show more
Elections Matter: Ten Federal Elections That Shaped Australia by Frank Bongiorno (Editor); Benjamin T. Jones (Editor); John Uhr (Editor)
$29.95 AUD
Category: Political | Series: Politics Ser.
In a world of fake news and populist politics, elections can seem like theatre. With growing rates of informal votes and a perceived narrowing of differences between the major parties, do Australian elections really matter? Taking ten examples, this book argues that elections do matter (even when you th ...Show more
Murder by the Book - A Sensational Chapter in Victorian Crime by Claire Harman
$35.00 AUD
Category: True Crime | Series: Religion, Politics and Society in Britain Ser.
One of the Guardian's '50 Biggest Books of Autumn 2018' Early in the morning of 6 May 1840, on an ultra-respectable Mayfair street, a footman answered the door to a panic-stricken maid from a nearby house. Her elderly master, Lord William Russell, was lying in bed with his throat cut so deeply that the ...Show more
The Spectre of War: International Communism and the Origins of World War II by Jonathan Haslam
$55.00 AUD
Category: European | Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics Ser.
A bold new history showing that the fear of Communism was a major factor in the outbreak of World War II The Spectre of War looks at a subject we thought we knew—the roots of the Second World War—and upends our assumptions with a masterful new interpretation. Looking beyond traditional explanations base ...Show more
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