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Captive Society: the Basij Militia and Social Control in Post-Revolutionary Iran

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Book by Saeid Golkar

Captive Society surveys the Basij's history, structure, and sociology, as well as its influence on Iranian society, its economy, and its educational system.

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Julia Maudlin
Global Politics

Student Activism, Social Media, and Authoritarian Rule in Iran

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Book by Saeid Golkar

The authors of this book address multiple questions involving the nature of youth protest in the twenty-first century.

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On Global Cities

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Book by Richard C. Longworth

This book draws on the latest scholarship into global cities to explore how global cities run the world.

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The Last Hunger Season: A Year in an African Farm Community on the Brink of Change

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Book by Roger Thurow

Roger Thurow tells the story of a community of Kenyan farmers working to transcend lives of dire poverty and hunger while illuminating the challenges—and vital necessity—of transforming Africa's agriculture sector.

A person stands in a field in Kenya with cows
Erik Charlton
Food and Agriculture

Enough: Why the World's Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty

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Book by Coauthors

Roger Thurow and Scott Kilman, award-winning writers on Africa, development, and agriculture, explain through vivid human stories how our sometimes well-intentioned strategies—alternating with ignorance and neglect—have conspired to keep the world's poorest people hungry and unable to feed themselves.

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James Wiseman
Food and Agriculture

Global Chicago

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Book by Coauthors

Global Chicago offers unique insights into the city's global assets and its economic, social, intellectual, and cultural links to the world as seen from an insider's perspective.

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Allen McGregor
Global Cities