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Routledge Studies in Federalism and Decentralization

Examining the effects of economic and political restructuring on regions in Europe and North America, the main themes here are: international economic restructuring; political realignments questions of territorial identity; and policy choices and policy conflicts in regional development.

For the last thirty years Somalia has experienced violence and upheaval. Today, the international effort to help Somalis build a federal state and achieve stability is challenged by deep-rooted grievances, local conflicts and a powerful insurgency led by Al-Shabaab. Consisting of forty-four chapters by conflict resolution specialists and the world's leading experts on Somalia, this volume constitutes a unique compendium of insights into the insurgency and its impact. War and Peace in Somal...

The Handbook of Scottish Politics provides a detailed overview of politics in Scotland, looking at areas such as elections and electoral behaviour, public policy, political parties, and Scotland's relationship with the EU and the wider world. The contributors to this volume are some of the leading experts on politics in Scotland.

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Michael Keating

It seems all too cliche, FBI Agent Thomas Roland is just around the corner from retirment when he's made an offer he can't refuse at a black market auction. Will he make a hasty decision to save his daughter, or will he take his time to consider the consequences?

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Justin Richards

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Paul Darrow, Michael Keating, Alistair Lock, Jan Chappell, Steven Pacey, Tom Chadbon

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Blake's 7 - The Classic Adventures

The search for Dayna has led the crew of the Liberator half way across the galaxy, but now Avon knows why she left them. He knows where she went. He knows what she was looking for.But can he find his missing crewmate before it is too late?The answers lie on a planet called Appallon Five – but so does danger and betrayal.

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George Mann

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Paul Darrow, Michael Keating, Alistair Lock, Jan Chappell, Steven Pacey, Tom Chadbon

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Blake's 7 - The Classic Adventures

The search for Dayna takes the Liberator to Solace, a former galactic tourist trap fallen on hard times.When he loses a second member of his crew, Avon is forced to investigate a series of mysterious disappearances. As Orac and Del Grant track a radical new movement that is campaigning for the purity of Solace, a deadly trap begins to tighten.The future is Fortuitas. The future is now.

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Michael Keating

The United Kingdom has often been seen as a unitary nation-state. This book argues that it should be understood as a plurinational union in which the key elements of demos, telos, and ethos are contested. Except in the mid-twentieth century, its territorial boundaries have been contested and the matter of sovereignty has never definitely been settled. Since the end of the twentieth century, devolution to Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland has made this more apparent. With the weakening ...

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Michael Keating, Malcom Harvey

Small northern European states have been a major point of reference in the Scottish independence debate. For nationalists, they have been an 'arc of prosperity' while in the aftermath of the financial crash, unionists lampooned the 'arc of insolvency'.Both characterisations are equally misleading. Small states can do well in the global market place, but they face the world in very different ways. Some accept market logic and take the 'low road' of low wages, low taxes and light regulation,...

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Michael Keating

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Political Science and International Studies (R0)

This book is the second of two studies which systematically explore territoriality of the vote in Europe. They investigate when and where voters treat regional elections differently from national contests and aim to increase our understanding of the dynamics of electoral competition, which have become increasingly multifarious and complex in many countries due to the establishment and strengthening of regional government. This volume brings together leading experts on elections who analyze...

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Justin Richards

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Gareth Thomas, Paul Darrow, Alistair Lock, Brian Croucher, Jan Chappell, Michael Keating, Sally Knyvette

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Blake's 7 - The Classic Adventures

An attack by Travis leaves the Liberator damaged and in desperate need of repair. Blake is forced to take his ship into The Derelict Zone, which is filled with hundreds of drifting spacecraft that never made it out alive...

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Michael Keating

A man is down on his luck when he gets a deal that he simply cannot refuse.

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Michael Keating

Will believes that he is behind a series of horrific murders. He then enlists the help of an old friend with odd abilities to aid in finding the killer.