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After the War?: How the Ukraine War Challenges Political Theories |
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Anton Leist/ 9783111182131/ Price:EUR 59.95
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The Trump Carnival: Populism, Transgression and the Far Right |
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Elizaveta Gaufman/ 9783111237992/ Price:EUR 86.95
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Advanced Introduction to Party Systems |
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Paul Webb/ 9781035313303/ Price:GBP 16.45
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Democratic Turbulence in the United Kingdom |
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Andrew Blick/ 9783110739350/ Price:EUR 99.95
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Turning Points: Challenges for Western Democracies in the 21st Century |
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Holger Janusch/ 9783111272160/ Price:EUR 89.95
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Unpacking the G20: Insights from the Summit |
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Hugo Dobson/ 9781786433541/ Price:GBP 90.00
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Critical Review of the Abe Administration: Politics of Conservatism and Realism |
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Yoichi Funabashi/ 9781032548852/ Price:GBP 130.00
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Democracies in Peril?: Waves of Backsliding |
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Gender and Political Participation in Europe |
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Adebisi Murwira/ 9781682509104/ Price:US$ 160.00
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The exploration of gender and political participation in Europe focuses on understanding the dynamics and barriers that affect women's representation and participation in political processes, aiming to achieve greater gender equality and inclusive decision-making structures. Focusing on gender dynamics in political participation, this book analyzes the experiences and challenges faced by women in European politics. It examines the factors influencing women's political engagement, such as gender stereotypes, institutional barriers, and policy initiatives. It also explores the impact of women's political participation on democratic processes and governance. |
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American Public Opinion: Its Origins, Content, and Impact |
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Robert S. Erikson/ 9781032354255/ Price:GBP 69.99
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Myanmar: Politics, Economy and Society |
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China's Evolving Policy Processes under the Comparative Lenses: Theories and Evidence |
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Discourse, Rhetoric and Shifting Political Behaviour in China |
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Una Aleksandra Berzina-Cerenkova/ 9781032537559/ Price:GBP 130.00
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Putin's ¡§Turn to the East¡¨ in the Xi Jinping Era |
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How Autocrats Attack Expertise: Resistance to Trump and Trumpism |
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Politics, International Relations and Diplomacy on the Korean Peninsula |
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Authoritarian Practices and Humanitarian Negotiations |
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Public Opinion, Policy Responses, and Party Politics under the COVID-19 Pandemic: Examining Taiwan and Its Strategic Neighbors |
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Chia-Hung Tsai/ 9781666940978/ Price:US$ 110.00
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Advantage China: Agent of Change in an Era of Global Disruption |
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Jeremy Garlick/ 9781350252318/ Price:GBP 21.99
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Xi Jinping: The Hidden Agendas of China's Ruler for Life |
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Navigating International Order Transition in the Indo-Pacific |
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Presidential Elections: Strategies and Structures of American Politics |
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Nelson W. Polsby/ 9781538183717/ Price:US$ 60.00
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Campaigns and Elections American Style: The Changing Landscape of Political Campaigns |
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International Relations: The Key Concepts |
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Healthcare Reform in China: Experiments, Challenges and Futures |
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Ross Millar/ 9781447327936/ Price:GBP 74.99
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This book provides a theoretical, empirical, and practical account of health policy in China.
Its original contribution to current debate explains the interaction between institutions, interests, and ideas informing China¡¦s health policy process. It draws on public policy perspectives to understand how and why policy developments have unfolded in the way that they have.
Through an examination of workforce development, integrated care, and IT innovation, case studies provide a range of insights regarding current policy interventions as well as reflect on how such developments can be improved and sustained in the future.
Looking to the future with a review and synthesis of policy recommendations regarding how China can improve its reform efforts, this book will be welcomed by academics, students and policy makers in the field. |
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Insurrection: What the January 6 Assault on the Capitol Reveals about America and Democracy |
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John Rennie Short/ 9781789148411/ Price:GBP 12.95
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Insurrection offers a profound and incisive analysis of the underlying factors that culminated in the assault on Washington¡¦s Capitol on that fateful day in January 2021. Going far beyond journalistic accounts, the book delves into structural trends within the United States, providing a broader and deeper context for comprehending the magnitude of the uprising. It explores the crisis of democracy, escalating violence, widening inequality and the prominence of conspiratorial discourse within American politics. By examining long-term issues as well as the tumultuous events of 2020, including the COVID-19 pandemic, policing challenges and the fiercely contested presidential election, this book uncovers the catalysts behind conspiracy theories and the politics of outrage. This compelling narrative is essential reading for all those interested in the contemporary face of the USA. |
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The Russia-Ukraine War and Its Consequences on the Geopolitics of the World |
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Nika Chitadze/ 9781668485224/ Price:US$ 165.00
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Geopolitics is a concept that shapes shifts following the socio-political and economic changes made within or in neighboring states. Usually, the popularity in geopolitics is motivated by victory in war, which binds the nation, revives the national culture, and promotes the spiritual and territorial expansion into neighboring states. However, the defeat in war can be motivating as well, as the defeat catalyzes the creation and dissemination of geo-political theories. In the modern era, further study on the Russia-Ukraine war in relation to geopolitics must be considered.
The Russia-Ukraine War and Its Consequences on the Geopolitics of the World analyzes the main geopolitical theories and discusses possible geopolitical, economic, military, security, and information consequences of the Russia-Ukraine war. The book also reviews the attitude of the main geopolitical players in the world toward the war and their foreign policy and national security priorities. Covering key topics such as democracy, international security, and geopolitical interests, this premier reference source is ideal for government officials, policymakers, industry professionals, researchers, academicians, practitioners, instructors, and students.
Coverage:
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EBlack Sea Region
¡EDemocracy
¡EGeopolitical Interests
¡EGeopolitics
¡EInternational Security
¡ENATO
¡ERussia
¡EUkraine War
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¡EWorld Economy |
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Global Science's Cooperation Opportunities, Challenges, and Good Practices |
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Mohamed Moussaoui/ 9781668478752/ Price:US$ 185.00
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Science diplomacy gives possibilities for international diplomacy and science policy to collaborate to more directly address social and global challenges, such as successful diplomatic engagement, international scientific coordination, and policy coherence in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, most academic scientists lack policy process training, networking opportunities with science policymakers, and the capacity to use their expertise in the field to advance policy or diplomacy. These barriers limit scientists' research impact, inhibit science-policy relations, reduce science recommendations, and restrict university engagement in national and international contexts. The origins of science diplomacy have yet to be closely examined, and its current format does not give a clear understanding of how it concretely translates into science policy actions.
Global Science¡¦s Cooperation Opportunities, Challenges, and Good Practices provides a comprehensive overview of science diplomacy and its evolution in history and analyzes the ways in which politics, science, and diplomacy intertwine. The book also provides a critical review of science diplomacy by exposing its limitations in addressing global challenges and by reflecting on the specific questions relating to the adaptation of the science diplomacy concept to the context of the Global South. Covering key topics such as climate change, foreign policy, and energy consumption, this premier reference source is ideal for policymakers, government officials, politicians, industry professionals, researchers, academicians, scholars, practitioners, instructors, and students.
Coverage:
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EClimate Change
¡EEnergy Consumption
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¡EGlobal South
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Insights and Explorations in Democracy, Political Unrest, and Propaganda in Elections |
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Opeyemi Idowu Aluko/ 9781668486306/ Price:US$ 165.00
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Democracy is a very important system of government found all over the world. A cardinal principle of democracy is periodic elections. Elections have various forms of propaganda at different levels, whether for unity, division, continuity, or another purpose. It is essential to research further into the developments in propaganda and political unrest so that global democracies may ensure credible elections and smooth governmental processes.
Insights and Explorations in Democracy, Political Unrest, and Propaganda in Elections investigates how democratic governments can ensure credible elections in a peaceful atmosphere and an atmosphere of political unrest amidst various propagandas. The book assesses whether democratic peace is expected in all democracies despite the free occurrence of political unrest across many democratic societies in Europe, America, Asia, and Africa. Covering topics such as democratic accountability, political leadership, and youth marginalization, this premier reference source is an essential resource for government officials, public policy brokers, politicians, students and educators of higher education, researchers, and academicians.
Coverage:
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EDemocracy
¡EDemocratic Accountability
¡EElection Disputes
¡EGovernance
¡EInternal Party Democracy
¡EPolitical Leadership
¡EPolitical Unrest
¡EPolitical Violence
¡EPropaganda
¡EPublic Protest
¡EYouth Marginalization |
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Hamas in Power: The Question of Transformation |
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Qossay Hamed/ 9781668443125/ Price:US$ 155.00
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Since winning the majority in the Palestinian legislative council in 2006 and seizing power in Gaza in 2007, Hamas¡¦ location in power has posed a serious challenge to its ability to govern without sacrificing its ideological positions. Various factors such as the obligations of governance, regional polarization, the struggle for power against Fatah, the international environment, and the Israeli occupation have affected their governance.
Hamas in Power: The Question of Transformation discusses the changes in Hamas¡¦ stance towards the borders of the Palestinian statehood (Two States Solution), the armed resistance, and the peace process. It also attempts to explain Hamas¡¦ perceptions of these issues after assuming power and becoming a government. Covering key topics such as peace, power, governance, and ideology, this reference work is ideal for policymakers, government officials, diplomats, researchers, scholars, academicians, practitioners, instructors, and students.
Coverage:
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EGovernance
¡EHamas
¡EIdeology
¡EIslam
¡ELiberation
¡EMilitary
¡EPeace
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¡EPower
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The Tragedy of Ukraine: What Classical Greek Tragedy Can Teach Us About Conflict Resolution |
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Nicolai N. Petro/ 9783111356051/ Price:EUR 19.95
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Intelligent Warfare: Prospects of Military Development in the Age of AI |
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Direkte Demokratie in den Gemeinden |
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Israel-Asia Relations in the Twenty-First Century: The Search for Partners in a Changing World |
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Yoram Evron/ 9781032328805/ Price:GBP 130.00
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Great Power Strategies - The United States, China and Japan |
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Ripping, Cutting, Stitching: Feminist Knowledge Destruction and Creation in Global Politics |
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South Korea's Democracy in Crisis: The Threats of Illiberalism, Populism, and Polarization |
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Today's Civil Rights and Liberties Issues: Democrats and Republicans |
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Global Terrorism: A Reference Handbook |
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China Incorporated: The Politics of a World Where China is Number One |
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A War Made in Russia |
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International Relations |
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Advanced Introduction to Party Politics |
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Surveillance and the Vanishing Individual: Power and Privacy in the Digital Age |
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National, International, and Human Security: Protection Against Violence |
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When Should America Fight? |
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Rousseau's Republicanism: The Hope of the Just |
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Vivian Castleberry: Challenging the Traditions of Women's Roles, Newspaper Content, and Community Politics |
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Xi Jinping, China, and the United States |
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Russia: Great Power, Weakened State |
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Transformational Leadership and the Modern Presidency: Clinton, Bush, and Obama |
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The Peculiar Evolution of Slovenian Local Government |
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Memory and Political Art in Plato's Statesman |
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Political Conflict and Arms Control: Pakistan-India Policy Analysis 1988-2008 |
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Strategies of Survival: North Korean Foreign Policy under Kim Jong-un |
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Crosscurrents: US Relations with Nationalist China, 1943-1960 |
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Regional Security in South Asia and the Gulf |
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China, Faits Accomplis and the Contest for East Asia: The Shadow of Shifting Power |
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The Global Nuclear Landscape: Energy, Non-proliferation and Disarmament |
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The Boundaries of Democracy: A Theory of Inclusion |
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China's Belt and Road Initiative: A Geopolitical and Geo-economic Assessment |
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Interest Groups in American Politics: Pressure and Power |
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Globalizing Political Theory |
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The Rise of Green Extractivism: Extractivism, Rural Livelihoods and Accumulation in a Climate-Smart World |
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The Politics of the Eurogroup: Governing Crisis and Conflict in the European Union |
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Russia's War on Everybody: And What it Means for You |
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Fake News and Elections in Southeast Asia: Impact on Democracy and Human Rights |
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Rethinking Parties in Democratizing Asia |
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Taiwan and Southeast Asia: Soft Power and Hard Truths Facing China's Ascendancy |
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Karl Chee Leong Lee/ 9781032340807/ Price:GBP 130.00
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Japan from Koizumi to Abe: Do Leaders Matter in Constitutional Reform |
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Ka Mei Samantha Ma/ 9781032344775/ Price:GBP 130.00
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Conventional Military Strategy in the Third Nuclear Age |
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Joy Mitra/ 9781032431697/ Price:GBP 34.99
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Understanding Security Role Evolution of US, China, and India: Setting the Stage |
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The Hong Kong Conundrum: Pangs of Transition |
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Indonesia's Regional and Global Engagement: Role Theory and State Transformation in Foreign Policy |
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Moch Faisal Karim/ 9781032451954/ Price:GBP 130.00
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South Korea's New Southern Policy: A Middle Power's International Relations with Southeast Asia and India |
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Multilateralism Past, Present and Future: A European Perspective |
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COVID-19 and Risk Society across the MENA Region: Assessing Governance, Democracy, and Inequality |
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Coping with China-India Rivalry: South Asian Dilemmas |
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COVID-19 Pandemic and the Migrant Population in Southeast Asia: Vaccine, Diplomacy and Disparity |
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Taking Control: Sovereignty and Democracy After Brexit |
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The Labour Party and Electoral Reform |
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Global Environmental Politics in a Turbulent Era |
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The Evolution of Information-sharing in EU Counter-terrorism: A Post-2015 Paradigm Shift? |
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Introduction to International Relations |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781984679949/ Price:US$ 95.00
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This is an introductory book on international politics and the relations between actors in the global political system.
The purpose of this book is to systematically study international interactions between actors with different interests and ideas.
In its updated second edition, this book has been extensively revised on a chapter by chapter basis. |
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Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction (Book with DVD) |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781984680464/ Price:US$ 95.00
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Deals with the topic of disaster risk reduction.
This book provides an overview of the subject and looks at the role of governments, academics and corporate sectors in community based disaster risk reduction.
This updated edition offers students real advice in navigating the ever-changing academic background.
This edition is thoroughly updated with new chapters and the latest coverage of the topics. |
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Atrocity Labelling: From Crimes Against Humanity to Genocide Studies |
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| SB02-510 |
Urban Politics |
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Chun Wang/ 9781682508138/ Price:US$ 160.00
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Urban governance is primarily concerned with the processes through which government is organized and delivered in towns and cities and the relationships between state agencies and civil society¡Xa term that is used to include citizens, communities, private-sector actors, and voluntary organizations. The sphere of urban politics has also seen a growing interest in the RA, particularly in understanding the changing nature of local government amid the shift from one mode of regulation to another. This book will appeal to students of urban sociology, urban affairs, urban planning, and public policy. |
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Modern Political Theory |
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Fuchuan Wang/ 9781682508145/ Price:US$ 160.00
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Significance of political theory lies in providing the moral criteria that ought to be used to judge the ethical worth of a political state and to propose alternative political arrangements and practices likely to meet the moral standards. This book introduces the concept of political theory from different viewpoints, such as justice and the law, government and the state, and equality and human rights. The specialization on political theory focuses on current topics and debates in the field. A special emphasis is put on recent methodological developments spurred by, for instance analytical philosophy. |
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Political Philosophy & Theory |
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Dung Trung Doan/ 9781682508152/ Price:US$ 160.00
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Political philosophy is the study of fundamental questions about the state, government, politics, liberty, justice, and the enforcement of a legal code by authority. It is ethics applied to a group of people and discusses how a society should be set up and how one should act within a society. The book covers the philosophical thought about the state, the nature of the state, its functions, values, the truth of the state experience, and the philosophical inquiry into the validity of the state experience as the ultimate fulfillment of life, and the world. The book surveys important issues in Western political philosophy from Plato to the present day. |
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Xi Jinping Thought on the Rule of Law |
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Yujun Feng/ 9789814986571/ Price:US$ 150.00
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The rule of law is the pillar of societal and institutional development and the optimal approach to modern state governance. The legal aspects of Xi Jinping Thought comprise a complete set of rich concepts, profound arguments, and rigorous logic, and represents the definitive guideline for China's law-based governance in the new era. In Xi Jinping Thought on the Rule of Law, the author unpacks the significance of advancing law-based governance on all fronts and explains Xi Jinping's expositions on the rule of law. The book also outlines means of promoting coordinated progress in various aspects of the rule of law, such as establishing a complete legal framework, effectively exercising constitutional governance, launching the administrative reform, building a uniquely Chinese judicial system, achieving good social governance, cultivating talent, and upholding the leadership of the Communist Party of China.
What's New
Outlines China's latest policies and measures for advancing the rule of law on all fronts. |
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Xi Jinping on Ideological and Political Education |
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Fulai Wu/ 9789814986564/ Price:US$ 150.00
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Over the course of its history, the Communist Party of China has acquired invaluable practical experience and established its own theoretical framework in ideological and political education, which has enabled the country's socialist revolution, development, and reform. In the new era of building up socialism with Chinese characteristics, the Party must advance ideological and political education by leveraging its fine traditions and making innovative progress. In Xi Jinping on Ideological and Political Education, the authors offer a detailed discussion of ideological and political education in China from various angles, based on Xi Jinping's expositions on this subject. These include the implications, objectives, and methodologies of such education, and its implementation in higher education institutions and on the Internet.
What's New
Examines the efforts of the Communist Party of China in ideological and political education since its establishment. |
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Social Governance in the New Era |
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Feng Shizheng/ 9789814986588/ Price:US$ 150.00
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Today, after decades of rapid social and economic development, China's reforms have moved into uncharted waters filled with prominent social issues. In response to these pressing issues, the central government and the Communist Party of China have been committed to building a new system of social governance characterized by collaboration, participation, and common interests. Social Governance in the New Era offers an exhaustive analysis of Xi Jinping's expositions on social governance in China, unpacking its historical background, strategies, action plan, and institutions. The book also explores the relationships between social governance and class, development, social conflict, and national security. |
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Chinese Talent Strategy in the New Era |
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Yang Weiguo/ 9789814986656/ Price:US$ 150.00
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Talent is universally acknowledged as the primary resource for development. A new era has dawned for socialism with Chinese Characteristics and, along with it, China's talent development. Through China's talent management reform, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China led by Xi Jinping has identified the trends shaping the country's future talent development, and adopted efficient policies on talent-related work, thereby forming a thought on talent development for advancing Chinese socialism in the new era. Chinese Talent Strategy in the New Era offers a systematic overview of this thought and expounds on its essence, significance, implications, and requirements. Across seven chapters, this book covers a wide spectrum of topics, ranging from upholding the Party's leadership over talent-related work, launching the strategy of revitalizing the country through talent, deepening institutional reform for talent development, managing the implementation of China's talent strategy, and building a team of high-caliber Party members, government officials, youths, and professionals.
What's New
Offers an exhaustive review of the talent-related concepts of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics |
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China and Global Climate Management |
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Zhang Haibin/ 9789814839259/ Price:US$ 150.00
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¡EUnpacks China's key ideas of ecological civilization and a community with a shared future for mankind, and their relations and contributions to global climate governance
¡EPresents China's domestic efforts and achievements in climate change action across fields such as institutional design, R&D, and the relationship between government and society
¡EExamines China's role and involvement in global climate governance, and how it has evolved over the years
¡ECharts the course and evolution of global climate governance since its beginning
¡EReviews China's role and engagement in North¡VSouth and South¡VSouth climate cooperation |
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Handbook of Research on Current Advances and Challenges of Borderlands, Migration, and Geopolitics |
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Rui Alexandre Castanho/ 9781668470206/ Price:US$ 270.00
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The world is changing rapidly in several critical areas that could reshape our lifestyles, development, the environment, democracy, and geopolitics. Among the numerous obstacles, barriers, and opportunities, some significant challenges should be considered for the future planning of our territories and regions all over the globe.
The Handbook of Research on Current Advances and Challenges of Borderlands, Migration, and Geopolitics collects a robust set of contributions concerning border territories dynamics and geopolitics in the current and future context. Covering key topics such as green economy, biodiversity, territorial management, and spatial planning, this major reference work is ideal for government officials, industry professionals, environmentalists, technicians, policymakers, researchers, academicians, scholars, practitioners, instructors, and students.
Coverage:
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EBiodiversity
¡EBorders
¡EEnvironmental Assessment
¡EEnvironmental Planning
¡EEnvironmental Rights
¡EGovernance
¡EGreen Economy
¡EInternational Relationships
¡ESpatial Planning
¡ETerritorial Management |
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Handbook of Research on War Policies, Strategies, and Cyber Wars |
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Fahri Ozsungur/ 9781668467411/ Price:US$ 315.00
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In the new world order, conflicts between countries are increasing. Fluctuations in the economy and imbalances in the distribution of scarce resources to developing countries can result in wars. The effect of the recent COVID-19 pandemic and economic crisis has caused changes in the strategies and policies of countries. Technological changes and developments have also triggered cyber wars. Despite this, many countries prefer to fight on the field. The damage to the international economy of wars, which kills civilians and causes serious damage to developing countries, is a current issue.
The Handbook of Research on War Policies, Strategies, and Cyber Wars examines the factors that lead to war and the damages caused by war strategies and policies. It is a guide for future generations to develop constructive policies and strategies for living in a peaceful world. Covering topics such as geopolitical consequences, civil liberty, and terrorism, this major reference work is a dynamic resource for policymakers, strategists, government officials, politicians, sociologists, students and educators of higher education, librarians, researchers, and academicians.
Coverage:
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡ECivil Liberty
¡ECyber Wars
¡EGeopolitical Consequences
¡EImmigration
¡EIncident Response Processes
¡ELawfare
¡ENational and Ethnic Identities
¡EOpen-Source Tools
¡ESecurity and Defense
¡ETerrorism
¡EWar and Conflict
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Policy Analysis in Argentina |
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Nelson Cardozo/ 9781447364900/ Price:GBP 101.99
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The latest edition in the International Library of Policy Analysis series explores a comprehensive overview of policy analysis in Argentina. It explores theoretical frameworks, views of the State, the development of the field and current paradigms before examining knowledge produced at different levels (federal, provincial, and local); the application of the discipline by 'Internal Policy Advisory Councils, Consultants, and Committees'; the role of think tanks, NGOs, and political parties; and the developments provided by university teaching and research.
Analysing the conceptual frameworks and methodologies used from a meta-theoretical perspective, it provides a panoramic picture of the perspectives and challenges of policy analysis in Argentina. |
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German Moral And Political Philosophy, 1785-1908: A Concise Introduction |
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Sabrina P. Ramet/ 9798985221466/ Price:US$ 26.00
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Who's Afraid of Political Education: The Challenge to Teach Civic Competence and Democratic Participation
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Henry Tam/ 9781447366959/ Price:GBP 80.00
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Democracy should enable citizens to play an informed role in determining how power is exercised for their common wellbeing, but this only works if people have the understanding, skills and confidence to engage effectively in public affairs. Otherwise, any voting system can be subverted to serve the interests of propagandists and demagogues.
This book brings together leading experts on learning for democracy to explore why and how the gap in civic competence should be bridged.
Drawing on research findings and case examples from the UK, the US and elsewhere, it will set out why change is necessary, what could be taught differently to ensure effective political engagement, and how a lasting impact in improving citizens¡¦ learning for democratic participation can be made. |
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When This Is Over: Reflections on an Unequal Pandemic |
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Amy Cortvriend/ 9781447368069/ Price:GBP 14.99
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In this book, academics, activists and artists come together to remember and to reflect on the pandemic. What lessons should we learn? And how can things be different when this is over?
Sensitive to inequalities of gender, race and class, it highlights the experience of marginalised and minority groups and the unjust and uneven spread of violence, deprivation and death. It combines academic analysis with personal testimonies, poetry and images from contributors including Sue Black, Led By Donkeys, Lucy Easthope, Lara- Rose Iredale, Michael Rosen and Gary Younge.
Taken together, this truly inclusive commemorative overview honours the experience of a global disaster lived up close and suggests the steps needed to ensure we do better next time. |
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Challenges and Barriers to the European Union Expansion to the Balkan Region |
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Bruno Ferreira Costa/ 9781799890560/ Price:US$ 165.00
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Despite all efforts to create a political union capable of improving European citizens¡¦ quality of life, there are several barriers to the European Union¡¦s (EU) expansion to the Balkan Region. The EU enlargement and expansion to the Balkan Region is one of the Union¡¦s greatest challenges and political objectives in recent years. In the turmoil of economic, social, and sanitarian crises, where is the space to debate the enlargement of the EU?
Challenges and Barriers to the European Union Expansion to the Balkan Region presents the EU¡¦s structure, the process of enlargement, and the challenges related to the Balkan region. This book addresses critical issues and challenges in the EU and the emerging trends for the EU¡¦s future. Covering topics such as enlargement policy, integration, NATO, and political challenges, this book is a valuable resource for post-grad students of political science and international affairs, faculty of higher education, researchers, academicians, politicians, world leaders, and policymakers.
Coverage:
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EChallenges
¡EControversies
¡ECrises
¡ECritical Issues
¡EEmerging Trends
¡EEnlargement Policy
¡EEuropean Union
¡EExpectations
¡EIntegration
¡EMigration Routes
¡ENATO
¡EPolitical Challenges |
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Todliche Konflikte: Zur Selbstorganisation privater und offentlicher Kriege. |
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Fritz B. Simon/ 9783896704276/ Price:EUR 29.95
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Network Governance of the UN Human Rights Council: Diplomatic, Institutional, and Organizational Actors |
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Anatoly Boyashov/ 9781032060460/ Price:GBP 130.00
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Sanctions as War: Anti-Imperialist Perspectives on American Geo-Economic Strategy |
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Stuart Davis/ 9789004501195/ Price:EUR 154.00
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Sanctions as War: Anti-imperialist Perspectives on American Geo-Economic Strategy offers the first comprehensive account of economic sanctions as a tool for exercising American power on the global stage. Since the 1980s, the US has steadily increased its reliance on economic sanctions, or the imposition of extensive financial penalties for violation of given rules, to fight its foreign policy battles. Perceived as a less costly and damaging alternative to kinetic military engagement, economic sanctions have been levied against over 25 other countries. In the process, sanctions have destroyed thousands of innocent lives and wreaked inestimable damages to civil society.
To understand how sanctions function as a war-making strategy, this collection offers chapters that address the theory and history of economic sanctions as well as chapter-length case studies of sanctions exercised against the civilian populations of Iraq, Venezuela, and other nations. |
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Critical Approaches to International Relations: Philosophical Foundations and Current Debates |
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M. Kursad Ozekin/ 9789004470484/ Price:EUR 136.00
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Critical Approaches to International Relations: Philosophical Foundations and Current Debates explores the achievements of a wide variety of critical approaches in International Relations theory, discusses the barrage of criticism and theoretical openings they levied against the IR orthodoxy and suggests future potential of critical IR scholarship to improve not only our explanatory possibilities, but also our ethical and practical horizons.
In line with this broad objective, the book examines a number of influential approaches within critical IR scholarship, including core strands of critical IR theory such as Marxism, post-structuralism, Feminism, post-colonialism and green politics as well as some sub-school approaches such as Marxist theories of imperialism, dependency perspective, uneven and combine development and non-western IR theory. |
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Gender and Biopolitics: The Changing Patterns of Womanhood in Post-2002 Turkey |
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Pinar Sarigol/ 9789004337398/ Price:EUR 160.00
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In Gender and Biopolitics: The Changing Patterns of Womanhood in Post-2002 Turkey, P?nar Sar?gol sheds new light on the life spheres of the woman as a means of uncovering neoliberal Islamic thinking with regard to individuals and the population. Informed by Michel Foucault's critical perspective, the governmental rationality of post-2002 Turkey's Islamic neoliberalism is examined in this volume. The tenets and merits of Islamic neoliberalism bring moral and religious practices into the discussion regarding ¡¥how¡¦ the social order should be in general, and ¡¥how¡¦ the ideal woman should be in particular. Islam and neoliberalism are well matched here because Islam takes society as a social body in which hierarchies and roles are divinely normalised. This book uniquely brings this point to the fore and draws attention to the interplay between the rational and moral values constituting Islamic neoliberal female subjects. |
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Geopolitics and International Relations: Grounding World Politics Anew |
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David Criekemans/ 9789004432079/ Price:EUR 135.00
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Although we live in a globalised world, territorially embedded factors are highly relevant in such domains as security, economy, energy, environment, politics & diplomacy. Today¡¦s analysts of world affairs are often loosely referring to ¡¥geopolitics¡¦, but do not always clearly define it. This book therefore offers a necessary framework: an introduction into the main components of geopolitical analysis, an overview of the main geopolitical schools of thought, as well as reflections on how technology and geopolitics affect each other in economy, energy and security. In addition, several empirical studies are showcased, each developing innovative approaches. Leading authors reflect upon containment, analyse geopolitical myths, research geoeconomic rivalries, study mental maps, analyse conflict through territorially embedded variables & greed motivations and apply ¡¥neo-medievalism¡¦ to study sub-state diplomacy. |
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The Politics and Economics of International Sanctions: International Justice or Playground Bullying? |
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Anne Wade/ 9781774690598/ Price:US$ 155.00
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ome of the effects of that approach were the endless and sometimes completely meaningless wars. Eventually, nations began to build fragile alliances when they realized that it was costlier to fight one another than to work together. Unfortunately, like everything else, international sanctions have come to represent the worst aspects of postcolonial hegemony and even outright international injustice. In effect, international sanctions have exposed contradictions inherent in modern implementations of international law. Some of the most vocal advocates for international sanctions are countries that are not actually signatories to many of the internationally accepted covenants. This book attempts to tell the story of international sanctions. Specifically, it highlights the political and economic interests that lay at the heart of this conflict among nations. |
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Governance in Small States |
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Chester Alexis C. Buama/ 9781774691663/ Price:US$ 155.00
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The book explains the different aspects of socio-economic governance and gives and overview on e-governance. This book sheds light on the political governance in small states as well as environmental governance in small states. It also emphasize the social and economic governance in small states along with discussing the small states and good governance for sustainable development. |
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The Microfoundations of Diaspora Politics |
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Alexandra Delano Alonso/ 9781032042787/ Price:GBP 130.00
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State Governance in the New Era |
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Yang Kaifeng/ 9789814915137/ Price:US$ 150.00
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Since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the Communist Party of China has worked hard to achieve good governance. In the new era of building socialism with Chinese characteristics, China is committed to modernizing its governance system and capacity and adapting its institutional framework to the new situation. In State Governance in the New Era, the author offers an exhaustive analysis of the concepts, elements, and implications of state governance, reviews the Western public administration theory, summarizes China's achievements in state governance, and discusses the pressing challenges facing the country in the new era¡X including how to balance the relationship between central and local authorities and encourage public participation. |
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An Outline of Xi Jinping Thought |
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Tao Wenzhao/ 9789814986557/ Price:US$ 150.00
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¡EOutlines the implications of the Thought across a wide spectrum of spheres, including the economy, diplomacy, military development, ecological protection, the rule of law, and the Party's leadership.
¡EOffers an exhaustive review of the concepts and various elements of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics.
¡EDiscusses the challenges facing the country and the CPC in the application of the Thought and the advancement of the reform and opening-up. |
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The Origin and Significance of Xi Jinping Thought for a New Era |
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The People's Republic of China stands as the bastion of 21st-century Marxism, a testament to the relevance, efficacy, and enduring power of socialism. At the heart of its greatness is the ideological buttress that underpins the nation, Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. The Thought is the latest achievement of Chinese socialism, presenting a momentous new chapter for the development of Marxism in contemporary times and its adaptation to the Chinese context. It offers a uniquely Chinese vision of and approaches to the development of human society, and serves as a powerful theoretical tool for building the CPC into a strong leadership core for the cause of Chinese socialism. The Origin and Significance of Xi Jinping Thought for a New Era charts the beginnings of Xi Jinping Thought and the developments that led to its creation, and explains why it is of tremendous significance not only to the lives of the Chinese people, but also to the rest of the world. |
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How the CPC Has Transformed China |
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Xie Chuntao/ 9789814962551/ Price:US$ 150.00
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Table Of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 Developing Socialist Democracy
Chapter 2 Building a Modernized Economy
Chapter 3 Building a Socialist Country under the Rule of Law
Chapter 4 Developing a Vibrant Socialist Culture
Chapter 5 Improving the People's Living Standards
Chapter 6 Promoting an Ecological Civilization
Chapter 7 Modernizing National Defense and the Armed Forces
Chapter 8 Promoting the Reunification of the Motherland
Chapter 9 Building a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind
Endnotes
Index |
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China and Global Development |
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Sun Jingying/ 9789814839198/ Price:US$ 150.00
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Today, development is a pressing need in a world beset with divides, inequality, and poverty, calling for a global response and coordinated efforts. China and Global Development unpacks China's evolving development concepts and opening-up efforts in the context of the nation's integration into the global economic system, its participation in international institutional development, and its contribution to global development. The book evaluates various development models, reviews the policy-making process behind China's reform and opening-up, elucidates the fundamental concepts of development economics, and charts the progress on diverse fronts in global development, such as foreign aid, multilateral cooperation, trade negotiations, the division of labor, and technology sharing. |
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A New Embassy Along An Ancient oute In Uzberkistan |
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Henry L. Clarke/ 9781735937861/ Price:US$ 28.00
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When the Soviet Union ceased to exist, the United States was tasked with establishing diplomatic relations with the newly independent successor republics and creating an embassy in each new capital. In this book, the first U.S. ambassador to Tashkent, Henry Clarke, explains the logistical challenges of accomplishing that goal in Uzbekistan, the third largest republic by population after Russia and Ukraine. He shows how the United States supported Uzbekistan¡¦s independence by expanding, from near zero, its political, economic, commercial, military, educational, humanitarian, and even artistic relationships with the USA.
The book addresses such complex issues as the fighting in neighboring Tajikistan and Afghanistan; the gradual change in the official language from Russian to Uzbek, including a shift from the Cyrillic to the Latin alphabet; local corruption and the lack of market economic policies; and the challenge of defending American principles of human rights in a country whose leader, Islam Karimov, became renowned for brutality. But with international help, by 1995 Uzbekistan¡¦s independence had become well established. |
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NATO and the South: A Tale of Three Futures |
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Simon, L/ 9781643683287/ Price:EUR 104.00
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This book, NATO and the South: A Tale of Three Futures, presents a report based on a study conducted in the framework of a NATO SPS Multi-Year Project and designed to assess and explore key variables likely to impact the political environment of NATO¡¦s southern neighborhood over the coming years. The book reiterates the importance of a ¡¥consistent, clear and coherent¡¦ approach to the South with the aim of ensuring that NATO remains ready, strong, and united for a new era of increased global competition. It outlines possible sources of change and introduces additional perspectives, exploring ways in which the Alliance can continue to adapt. Conflict spillover from fragile or failing states, instability and terrorism in the Sahel and Iraq, transnational terrorist groups such as Daesh and Al Qaeda and illegal trafficking of small arms and light weapons are all covered, as are the deteriorating security situation in the Sahel, the growing terrorist threat, and the instability of several countries in the area which constitute serious concerns for the alliance.
The book and its recommendations provide a timely contribution to the reflection surrounding the development of the new NATO Strategic Concept in the context of preparations for the Madrid Summit, providing a useful basis to inform decision-makers from NATO member and partner countries. |
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The Short Guide to International Development |
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Nick Sage/ 9781447348825/ Price:GBP 14.99
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International development is a vibrant, interdisciplinary area of the social sciences. This Short Guide offers a uniquely succinct and balanced account of this politically charged subject. It distils both the classic and newer debates together in a clear framework and illustrates them with contemporary examples.
Designed to introduce a wide readership to international development, the book:
¡E considers how far the field has been reconfigured over time and to what extent it is likely to change in the future;
¡E reviews contemporary topics including tourism, migration and digital technologies;
¡E includes distinctive international case studies and examples.
By providing a succinct evaluation of competing approaches to, and perspectives on, the idea and practice of international development, this book offers students across the social sciences a distinct and invaluable introduction to the field. |
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The Death of the Left: Why We Must Begin from the Beginning Again |
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Simon Winlow/ 9781447354154/ Price:GBP 12.99
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Winlow and Hall argue that the only way to resurrect what was once valuable in leftist politics is to declare the left dead and begin from the beginning again. They focus on key historical moments when the left could have pushed history in a better direction. They identify the root causes of its maladies, describe how new cultural obsessions displaced core unifying principles, and explore the yawning chasm that now separates the left from the working class. Drawing upon a wealth of historical evidence to structure its story of entryism, corruption, fragmentation and decline, they close the book by outlining how a new reincarnation of the left can win in the 21st century. |
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The Unlikely Candidate: What Losing an Election Taught Me about How to Change Politics |
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Ali Milani/ 9781447361596/ Price:GBP 12.99
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Across the Western world, people are desperate for a radical shift in politics and for new kinds of politicians. Primary defeats for established figures and shock results in referendums are becoming the norm, while outsiders are shaking up political cultures.
In this book, Ali Milani, a rising star in the UK¡¦s Labour Party, brings a unique perspective to the key political issues we're facing in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, and shows how young people from all walks of life can engage in politics to transform our country and the world.
Drawing on his rollercoaster campaign against Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the UK¡¦s 2019 general election and his time in Bernie Sanders¡¦ campaign team, he aims to inspire a new generation, including the disenfranchised, disillusioned and marginalised, to raise their voices and change mainstream politics for the better. |
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The Rules of Democracy |
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Marcial Bragadini Boo/ 9781447364146/ Price:GBP 12.99
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The world can be better run. Democracy is the most effective way to take back control over decisions that impact people¡¦s lives. But democracy must evolve following a global technological revolution that has increased fears that global trade and immigration threaten our identity, that we face environmental ruin and that cybercriminals and 'big tech' can do as they please, unchecked ¡V all made worse by COVID-19.
This book presents a roadmap for more accountable democracy locally, nationally and internationally. Marcial Bragadini Boo proposes updating rules so that politicians are better held to account, public services improve and people can contribute to their communities. New rules of democracy may help find solutions to global problems and ensure everyone is fairly represented at the decision-making table. |
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Positive Vibrations: Politics, Politricks and the Story of Reggae |
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Stuart Borthwick/ 9781789145694/ Price:GBP 20.00
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Positive Vibrations tells of how reggae was shaped by, and in turn helped to shape, the politics of Jamaica and beyond, from the rudies of Kingston to the sexual politics and narcotic allegiances of the dancehall. Insightful and full of incident, it explores how the music of a tiny Caribbean island has worked its way into the heart of global pop.
From Marcus Garvey¡¦s dreams of Zion, through ska and rocksteady, roots, riddims and dub, the story closes with the Reggae Revival, a new generation of Rastas as comfortable riding rhythms in a dancehall style as they are singing sweet melodies from times gone by. Impeccably informed, vibrant and heartfelt, Positive Vibrations is a passionate account of the politics in reggae, and the reggae in politics. |
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Polling UnPacked: The History, Uses and Abuses of Political Opinion Polls |
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Mark Pack/ 9781789145670/ Price:GBP 15.99
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Polling UnPacked The History, Uses and Abuses of Political Opinion Polls Mark Pack
Opinion polls dominate media coverage of politics, especially elections. But how do the polls work? How do you tell the good from the bad? And in light of recent polling disasters, can we trust them at all?
Polling UnPacked gives you the full story, from the first rudimentary polls in the nineteenth century, through attempts by politicians to ban polling in the twentieth century, to the very latest techniques and controversies from the last few years. In equal parts enlightening and hilarious, the book needs no prior knowledge of polling or statistics to understand. But even hardened pollsters will find much to enjoy, from how polling has been used to help plan military invasions to why an exhausted interviewer was accidentally instrumental in inventing exit polls. |
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Hidden Voices: Lived Experiences in the Irish Welfare Space |
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Joe Whelan/ 9781447360926/ Price:GBP 85.00
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This book seeks to remedy this omission by honouring lived experience as valuable, insightful and necessary. It draws on qualitative interviews with 19 people receiving various working age welfare payments in Ireland to explore stigma, social reciprocity and the notions of the deserving and undeserving poor, and to analyse welfare conditionality in the Irish context.
Breaking new ground, this book offers original research findings which contest and inform policy both within Ireland and beyond. |
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Global Perspectives on the Impact of Mass Media on Electoral Processes |
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Stella Amara Aririguzoh/ 9781799848202/ Price:US$ 215.00
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The media play active roles in politics with different media channels serving as bridges that link the politicians and citizens together. It is clear that what the media emphasize as important may be seen as such by the public. Hence, it is likely that the media may impact voter decisions during electoral processes and even during the elections. As such, it is imperative that research is collected on the impact of the media and the role it plays in strengthening party loyalty, improving public knowledge on elections, and swaying apathetic citizens to become involved in the electoral process.
Global Perspectives on the Impact of Mass Media on Electoral Processes provides relevant theoretical frameworks and research findings that evidence the impact of the media in specific elections in different countries around the world. The book supports professionals who want to improve their understanding of the strategic roles that the media play in electoral politics as well as political candidates who may want to know if their heavy expenditures in paying the media to carry their political messages bring in returns on their investment. Covering topics that include social media, political cartoons, and media influence, this book seeks to provide fresh insights on the media¡¦s impact on elections whether at the national, regional, or local levels. It is ideal for politicians, campaign managers, media analysts, government officials, professionals, researchers, students, academicians, and individuals involved in electoral management, political parties, advertising agencies, and marketing companies.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡ECampaigns
¡EDemocracy
¡EElections
¡EElectoral Processes
¡ENews Media
¡ENewspapers
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¡EPolitical Science
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Russia, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Since the end of the Cold War, Russia has undergone profound economic and political changes. Initial hopes for a tranquil post-Cold War world, however, look naive in retrospect. Rapid NATO enlargement and European Union expansion, and perhaps NATO¡¦s Balkan interventions, now appear to have been premised on an assessment of Russian acquiescence that was far too optimistic, and seemed to extinguish any inkling Russia might have had of even limited integration with Europe. At the same time, the United States¡¦ expansive ¡¥unipolar moment¡¦ was unexpectedly fleeting, its end hastened by 9/11, which dulled the newly benevolent and hopeful edge of international relations in favour of hard security and martial resolve. This abrupt change in emphasis notably led to the United States¡¦ strategic overreach in Iraq and immersion in Afghanistan, and arguably created conditions for an illiberal brand of leadership in line with Russia¡¦s historical habit and the inclinations of those who succeeded Boris Yeltsin.
Chronologically, these articles span the period starting with the early promise of Russia¡¦s conciliation in the 1990s up to the more downbeat and agitated state of affairs at present. They cover a generous range of topics, including the end of the Cold War, Russia¡VNATO affairs, Russia and the West more broadly, Russia and other strategically important regions, nuclear weapons, Russian strategy, and Putin¡¦s Russia in particular. |
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Global Politics, Political Participation, and the Rise of Nationalism: Emerging Research and Opportunities |
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Emily Stacey/ 9781799873433/ Price:US$ 195.00
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Global Politics, Political Participation, and the Rise of Nationalism: Emerging Research and Opportunities discusses the ways in which nationalism and nationalist ideologies have permeated throughout America and the international community. This work considers the rise of neo-nationalism stemming from the Tea Party in the United States, Brexit and the era of the Tory Divorce from Europe, contemporary electoral politics that are helping in the spread of nationalist policies and leaders (providing a normalization of policies that are sometimes anti-democratic), the 2020 resurgence of Black Lives Matter after the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, and the role of the coronavirus pandemic in helping to shape the world order to come. This book will be ideal for activists, politicians, lawyers, political science professors and researchers, international relations and comparative politics professors and students, practitioners, policymakers, researchers, academicians, and anyone interested in the current state of global politics, nationalism, and activism in political participation.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EElectoral Politics
¡EEthnonationalism and Identity
¡EGlobal Politics
¡EIdeology
¡ENationalism
¡ENationalist Movements
¡ENationalist Theory
¡EPolitical Participation
¡EPolitical Science
¡ESustainability |
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Impact of Political Socialization on the Support for Democratic Principles: Emerging Research and Opportunities |
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Allison Clark Ellis/ 9781799842910/ Price:US$ 195.00
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As we come upon the 30th anniversary of communism¡¦s fall, it is a good time to reexamine what life was like behind the Iron Curtain and how communism impacted people for generations. The study of communication is important as it shows how much effect government type has on the principles its people support. Those interested in promoting and maintaining democratic ideals in countries around the world require a book such as this to better understand the effect communism has had.
Impact of Political Socialization on the Support for Democratic Principles: Emerging Research and Opportunities examines life under communism in Czechoslovakia and Hungary with particular attention paid to education, religion, travel, and exposure to Western culture, as well as their transition to democracy and how successful that transition has been. The book makes the case that being politically socialized under communism has made embracing democratic principles more difficult. The evidence for this case is based on 200 interviews conducted in 2017-18 with people who lived in Czechoslovakia and Hungary during communism, present-day analysis of government and politics in the Czech Republic and Hungary, and survey data from the European Social Survey. The main struggles in transitioning to democracy are identified, and it is speculated whether the Czech Republic and Hungary can ever be long-term, fully functioning democracies. The main implications of this publication are how government type during political socialization affects support for democratic principles, and whether the United States could ever be at risk for democratic erosion. The book is intended for political scientists, government officials, historians, academicians, researchers, and students.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡ECapitalism
¡ECommunism
¡EDemocracy
¡EEastern Europe
¡EEducation
¡EGovernment
¡EPolitical Socialization
¡EPolitics
¡EReligion
¡EWestern Culture |
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Home, Land, Security: Deradicalization and the Journey Back from Extremism. |
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Carla Power/ 9780525510574/ Price:GBP 23.00
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Chinese Perspectives on Global Governance and China |
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Yu Keping/ 9789004439429/ Price:EUR 135.00
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Urban Diplomacy: A Cosmopolitan Outlook |
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Juan Luis Manfredi-Sanchez/ 9789004472174/ Price:EUR 70.00
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By examining the great economic and political transformations of our time, Juan Luis Manfredi-Sanchez reveals how cities and their hinterlands have become part of globalisation. The global city has joined the group of actors who develop diplomatic, political and communicative action in a manner that is de facto and lawful. Thus, the city is involved in the formulation of foreign policy at the same time that it proposes its own political agenda, which may or may not be aligned with its own country. The city thereby becomes a source of innovation in the field of diplomacy. The Covid-19 pandemic is accelerating the political and diplomatic role of cities, which have become epicentres of prevention and response in the face of this public health crisis. |
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Crisis and Renewal in the History of European Political Thought |
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Cesare Cuttica/ 9789004466098/ Price:EUR 119.00
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This volume explores the complex theme of crisis in European political thought from antiquity to the twenty-first century. It investigates the innovations in political thought that sprang from crisis, as well as the conceptual challenges thinkers faced when dealing with the devastation wrought by spiritual, economic and political crises. In so doing, Crisis and Renewal also examines the ways in which crisis often became the site of renewal. As an object of theoretical reflection, and as a pivotal element of our vocabulary, the notion of crisis is often applied, indiscriminately and without clarity, to a huge variety of domains.This volume provides a historically informed analysis of what it means to reflect on and theorise about crisis.
Contributors are: Erica Benner, Niall Bond, Nathaniel Boyd, Andrea Catanzaro, Patricia Chiantera-Stutte, Alberto Clerici, Cesare Cuttica, Annalisa Furia, George Gallwey, Kai Graf, Ferenc Horcher, Paschalis M. Kitromilides, Laszlo Kontler, Adriana Luna-Fabritius, Clara Maier, Janine Murphy, Adrian O¡¦Connor, and Mark Somos. |
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Political Campaigning in the U.S.: Managing the Chaos |
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David A. Jones/ 9781538115190/ Price:US$ 31.00
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Meandering in Transition: Thirty Years of Reforms and Identity in Post-Communist Europe |
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Ostap Kushnir/ 9781793650740/ Price:US$ 125.00
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Populism in Asian Democracies: Features, Structures, and Impacts |
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Sook Jong Lee/ 9789004444348/ Price:EUR 182.00
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The Dokdo/Takeshima Dispute: South Korea, Japan and the Search for a Peaceful Solution |
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Paul Huth/ 9789004447882/ Price:EUR 138.00
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Beyond Autonomy: Practical and Theoretical Challenges to 21st Century Federalism |
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Tracy B. Fenwick/ 9789004446748/ Price:EUR 193.00
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Principled Pragmatism in Practice: The EU's Policy towards Russia after Crimea |
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Fabienne Bossuyt/ 9789004423916/ Price:EUR 161.00
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Humanitarian Intervention and Political Support for Interstate Use of Force |
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Cyrille J.C.F. Fijnaut/ 9789004445475/ Price:EUR 105.00
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3GE Collection on Social Science: The Relevance of Political Science |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781984647412/ Price:US$ 160.00
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Entails understanding political ideas, ideologies, institutions, policies, processes, and behavior, as well as groups, classes, government, diplomacy, law, strategy, and war.
Explores how political science can achieve wider relevance as a discipline.
What does political science tell us about important real-world problems and issues? And to what extent does and can political analysis contribute to. |
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3GE Collection on Social Science: Politics in a Changing World |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781984647429/ Price:US$ 160.00
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Provides a foundation for a comparative understanding of political life.
Introduces students to key concepts and ideas in politics and international relations.
Explores issues such as authority, democracy, human rights, security and nationalism though a team-taught course involving PIR staff. |
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Personal inefficacy and Political Behavior |
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Fotis R. Kamariotou/ 9781682507322/ Price:US$ 150.00
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Personality is a powerful factor shaping political attitudes. In fact, these traits can affect outcomes such as political ideology as much or more than canonical predictors such as education and religiosity. The link between personality and political ideology has been studied for decades. This factor may affect the nature and kind of activity they undertake. This issue becomes relevant in the context of the political system. Because, the actions of the disenchanted may endanger the stability of the political system. Taking a multidimensional approach, this book emphasizes state of the art studies on political alienation and political behavior, using innovative research methods. This book focuses on the interplay between personality and politics. It addresses current views of personality to provide the conceptual frame within which to address the role of personality in contemporary politics. |
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New Public Diplomacy in the 21st Century |
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Xiaoya C. Liu/ 9781682507315/ Price:US$ 150.00
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The image of a nation is crucial in the conduct of international relations. Every nation is increasingly concerned about its image, due to which it is increasingly investing into its public diplomacy. Public diplomacy, broadly understood as a country¡¦s engagement and communication with foreign publics, has become one important part of a country¡¦s overall diplomacy in recent years. Interrelated changes in politics, international relations, and mass communication have greatly expanded the media¡¦s role in diplomacy. This book examines the concept of new public diplomacy including case studies from different countries, in order to offer a systematic assessment of policy and practice in the early 21st century. This book will be of essential reading for students and policy makers dealing with the areas of diplomacy, politics, international relations and conflict studies. |
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The Politics of Law and Order |
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Cheung-ha Lee/ 9781682506851/ Price:US$ 150.00
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Rule of law in modern legal systems is accepted as a fundamental principle that is in direct correlation with the legal state, democracy and the realization of human rights and freedoms. Law and politics create their own particular pictures of reality. Sometimes those pictures overlap, sometimes they differ. The relation between politics and law has both a progressive function and a safeguarding function. Law and politics, separately or together, both encourage and suppress the development of societal relations, while they both also function to bring about justice and order. This book examines some basic characteristics of the relationship between national and international law and politics. It will also attempt to explain the relation between the rule of law and the economic development. It will present the emphasis on the rule of law and its role through the years. |
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Understanding Global Politics |
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Dana Diaz Suarez/ 9781682506837/ Price:US$ 150.00
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Traditionally politics has been undertaken within national political systems. The goal of politics according to experts of political economy is the realization of common wealth in a state. Invariably, the chief actors in any political economy are men. In fact, the existence of the web of relationship among men for mutual intercourse presupposes equally the feature of estrangement and strife among men. In a way, therefore, politics must have to come in to direct or modify their relationship to promote the attainment of the expected goals. This book presents state of the art information on the great changes that have happened in recent years in international politics as well as the challenges that these thorough transformations imply. This book emphasizes the political and institutional dimensions of a Great Transition world and, in doing so, develops a hopeful vision of alternative forms of collective action. |
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Religion and the Politics of Development |
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Ruth K Devine/ 9781682506813/ Price:US$ 150.00
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The relationship between religion and politics is currently the subject of heated debate, not only in academic books and essays, but also at conferences and in the programmes of political foundations. Man could not remain without a creator of the phenomenal world of many fold things. This book offers a comprehensive overview of the many theories of religion and politics and provides students with an accessible, in-depth guide to the subject¡¦s most significant debates, issues and methodologies. It brings emerging research on religion and development into conversation with politics. It also examines how social scientists see religion and why religion remains relevant to politics in the modern era. |
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Strategies for Comparative Research in Political Science |
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William Skarstein/ 9781682506806/ Price:US$ 150.00
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The study of politics is concerned with the description and analysis of the manner in which power is obtained, exercised and controlled, the purpose of which it is used, the manner in which decision are made and the context in which those decisions take place. Comparative Politics has, therefore become a field of growing importance in all the countries. This book provides an accessible introduction to comparative methodology contributed by prominent experts in the field. The book explores the importance of comparative politics, discusses different comparative methods, investigates the big issues of today and looks forward to the key challenges for comparative politics over the next century. |
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Research Methods and Applications in Political Science |
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K. R. Joseph/ 9781682506790/ Price:US$ 150.00
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The political study is determining its own identity, like other studies and sciences, it constantly improves the methodological researches, and it is looking for conceptual terms, methods, problems, settlements, schemes that simultaneously cause the escape from the stagnation and ageing. In the past few years we can notice the development of theoretical movement in political science, which aim is to synthesize different visions of society and social unit evolution. This book offers a comprehensive overview of state-of-the-art research methods and applications currently in use in political science. The book identified the major challenges students and researchers face in the conduct of quantitative research in political science and the probable ways of overcoming them. This book also attempts to explore the opportunities therein and the possibility of capacity building as a means to deepening the knowledge and application of the quantitative techniques among political scientists. |
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Criminalization of Politics |
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Marko Nikolic/ 9781774077948/ Price:US$ 155.00
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Politics is a very important aspect of the world we live in. It is the source of all important decisions being made and impacts our lives in direct way. It has been seen that politics involves a lot of criminal activities and a thing such as politics, with such a criminal influence, has a direct negative impact on our lives. The book Criminalization of Politics brings the subject to the readers attention and elaborates with describing the various instances where this criminalization is evident and can be got ridden with if dealt properly and curbed. |
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International Diplomacy: The Politics, Economics and Society |
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Chester Alexis C. Buama/ 9781774076729/ Price:US$ 155.00
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The book 'International Diplomacy: The politics, economics and society' takes the readers through the various important aspects of diplomacy across international borders. It outlines the role of diplomacy in politics and the part it plays in maintaining political relations across the borders. It also highlights the manner in which diplomacy is practiced in the field of economics and how the trade is regulated according to it. The book throws light on the way in which diplomacy is maintained in society and social matters to maintain a healthy balance in the society. |
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The Role of the Third Sector in Government: How NGOs Run the Developing Economies |
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Chester Alexis C. Buama/ 9781774076736/ Price:US$ 155.00
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This book explores the various roles that the third sector plays. It defines the third sector as comprising non-governmental organizations that help developing nations in achieving their human development goals. Of course, the book also acknowledges the role that the third sector players in the more developed nations where it is a catalyst for social change. This book critiques some of the motives and methods that have been associated with third sector actors. For example, it highlights the limited and disjointed scope of their objectives as well as their susceptibility to corruption, influence-peddling and latent colonialism. |
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China's Major-Country Diplomacy |
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Pu Ping/ 9789814915090/ Price:US$ 150.00
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As China grows stronger and increases its global influence, the world is expecting it to play its due role as a major country and take on more international obligations.
Under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on diplomacy, China has developed a distinctive approach to foreign relations befitting its global role, known as China's major-country diplomacy.
approach aims not only to create an external environment conducive to the country's own peaceful development and national rejuvenation, but also to promote global peace and common development in collaboration with other countries.
This book examines the innovative diplomatic concepts, visions, and initiatives that the Chinese government has proposed to achieve these goals, such as building a new model of international relations and a community with a shared future for mankind, developing a global network of partnerships, reforming the global governance system, the principle of upholding justice while pursuing interests, and the Belt and Road Initiative. |
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Chronicle of The People's Republic of China (October 1949-September 2019) |
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Institute of Party History and Literature/ 9789814930512/ Price:US$ 150.00
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On October 1, 2019, the People's Republic of China (PRC) celebrated its 70th anniversary of foundation. Over the past seven decades since Chairman Mao proclaimed the establishment of the PRC in October 1949, the country has grown from a land of extreme poverty to the world's second-largest economy. The Chronicle of the People's Republic of China (October 1949-September 2019) provides a chronological account of all the major events that happened during the period covered, and showcases the illustrious achievements that China has made in different areas, such as politics, economy, culture, education, diplomacy, military, science, and technology. The book seeks to help readers gain a better understanding of the arduous yet glorious journey that the Chinese people has undergone, under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC), in building a modern socialist country with Chinese characteristics. |
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Party Building In The New Era |
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Yang Fengcheng/ 9789814915076/ Price:US$ 150.00
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As early as the Yan¡¦an Rectification Movement in the early 1940s, the CPC gradually formed its systematic theory of Party building that covers the Party¡¦s theoretical development, organization, and conduct. Building on the experience of the previous four generations of CPC central leadership, the Central Committee led by Xi Jinping has made major innovations in terms of the theory and practice of Party building, aiming to propel the development of the Party to a new stage characterized by full and strict governance over the Party. This book examines how Xi Jinping has deepened the Party¡¦s understanding of the principles, requirements, and approaches of Party building in the new era. It analyzes his expositions and policies on the tasks of Party building¡Xstrengthening the Party¡¦s political, ideological, institutional, and organizational development, fighting corruption, maintaining its advanced nature and integrity, and enhancing its long-term governing capacity. The book also explores how these tasks are key to the Party¡¦s effort to lead the nation in overcoming the new challenges, advancing Chinese socialism, and striving for national rejuvenation. |
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Global Leaders' Views On The Belt and Road Initiative |
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Sun Chao/ 9789814922739/ Price:US$ 150.00
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The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was unveiled by Chinese President Xi Jinping during his visits to Central and Southeast Asia in 2013. Also dubbed as the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, the BRI aims to promote policy coordination, connectivity of infrastructure and facilities, unimpeded trade, financial integration, and closer people-to-people ties through a consultative process and joint efforts, with the goal of bringing benefits to all. Over the years, support for and pa rticipation in the initiative has grown to involve more than 140 countries and 80 international organizations. All of these epitomize the world¡¦s keen expectations for equality, cooperation, and development.
Global Leaders on the Belt and Road Initiative brings together the voices of leaders from various partner countries and international organizations in a collection of 36 interviews. Conducted by Sun Chao, these interviews offer unique insights i nto the opportunities, challenges, and prospects of the BRI through the words of ambassadors, high-ranking government officials, and top executives actively involved in it. As the world continues to face challenges on a global scale, this book represents an addition to the ongoing discussions on the ever-crucial topic of international connectivity and cooperation. |
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Building an Ecological Civilization |
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Zhang Yunfei/ 9789814915069/ Price:US$ 150.00
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¡§The Communist Party of China shall lead the people in building a socialist ecological civilization¡¨¡Xthese monumental words were incorporated into the Constitution of the Communist Party of China (CPC) at the 18th CPC National Congress, and then further developed as a concept during the 19th CPC National Congress, unveiling a new era of China¡¦s development. Building an Ecological Civilization provides the reader with an overarching view of China¡¦s approach toward ecological civilization, outlining the country¡¦s theoretical framework and concrete strategies, including its policies, plans, and regulatory efforts. The book draws on selected speeches by President Xi Jinping and official documents on ecological civilization, an important part of the Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. |
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Terrorism Risk Assessment Instruments: Contemporary Policy and Law Enforcement Challenges |
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Corrado, R./ 9781643681665/ Price:EUR 122.00
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This book presents papers from the NATO Advanced Research Workshop titled "A Review of the Utility of Existing Terrorism Risk Assessment Instruments and Policies: Is there the Need for Possible New Approaches?", held in Berlin, Germany, on 29-30 November 2019. Researchers were asked to present papers for discussion sessions with invited participants and practitioners from a number of NATO member and partner countries. Various assessment instruments for identifying problematic individuals at an early stage were presented by experts. It was generally agreed that, due to cultural, religious and other differences, there is no simple way to identify the relatively few high-risk individuals among the larger population of politically radicalized but not necessarily violent individuals who pose no threat. |
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From Territorial Defeat to Global ISIS: Lessons Learned |
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Goldstone, J.A./ 9781643681481/ Price:EUR 122.00
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This book presents papers from the NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) entitled The Post ISIS-Era: Regional and Global Implications, held in Washington DC, USA, from 6-8 September 2019. The ARW brought together participants from NATO member nations and Partner countries, and from diverse backgrounds, including academia, security, law enforcement, intelligence, military, foreign affairs, media, think tanks, international organizations and embassies. Topics covered included: the future of ISIS after the loss of its territories; maintaining security and stability; analysis of ISIS recruitment and propaganda activities; the returnee problem and the plight of refugees; the processes of radicalization; response to the changing nature of violent extremism; policy recommendations to mitigate the consequences of new threats; and dealing with the exploitation of public fear of terrorism. |
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The Middle East Riddle: A Study of the Middle East Peace Process and Israeli-Arab Relations in Changing Times |
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This book responds to the need to provide explanations for a broader audience as to what the obstacles are to the peace process and to provide thoughtful perspectives that could help further the peace initiative. The book analyzes factors that transcend the negotiations process, mostly relying on a broad sociological analysis. Very often, the Israeli-Palestinian peace process is seen as a mere challenge of conflict resolution or a mere negotiation process where each side seeks to maximize gains and achieve concrete objectives. Thus, many analysts and policy makers treated the conflict as a regular negotiation process and as such focused their analysis in the direction of how this negotiation could work. Others, treated the conflict and the interaction between Palestinians and Israelis as being one between two different narratives that could either be reconciled or not. While some attempted to reconcile the two narratives, the most pessimistic views witnessed ill intentions on one side or sides. Some argued that the Palestinians want to put an end to the State of Israel and claim all of historical Palestine for themselves, while others believe Israelis want to impose their sovereignty over the same territory via settlement expansion, claiming that the land legitimately and historically belongs to the Jewish people. |
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Lies That Matter: A Federal Prosecutor And Child of Holocaust Survivors, Tasked With Stripping US Citizenship From Aged Nazi Collaborators, Finds Himself Caught In The Middle |
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Allan Gerson/ 9781734865950/ Price:US$ 24.00
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Allan Gerson tells the gripping story of his two years at the Department of Justice office charged with investigating and deporting aging Nazis living quietly in our midst. His interrogation of suspected perpetrators forces him to uncover secrets of his family and other anguished victims that he never wanted to know¡K This narrative reads like a bildungsroman, a coming of age story of a lawyer who went on to seek American legal remedies for historic crimes and injustices committed elsewhere.¡¨¡XSamuel Norich, President, The Forward |
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Lies That Matter: A Federal Prosecutor And Child of Holocaust Survivors, Tasked With Stripping US Citizenship From Aged Nazi Collaborators, Finds Himself Caught In The Middle |
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Allan Gerson/ 9781735937854/ Price:US$ 36.00
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Allan Gerson tells the gripping story of his two years at the Department of Justice office charged with investigating and deporting aging Nazis living quietly in our midst. His interrogation of suspected perpetrators forces him to uncover secrets of his family and other anguished victims that he never wanted to know¡K This narrative reads like a bildungsroman, a coming of age story of a lawyer who went on to seek American legal remedies for historic crimes and injustices committed elsewhere.¡¨¡XSamuel Norich, President, The Forward |
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Tomorrow's Communities: Lessons for Community-based Transformation in the Age of Global Crises |
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Henry Tam/ 9781447361114/ Price:GBP 26.99
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It is increasingly recognised that instead of relying on top-down commands or leaving individuals to their own devices, communities should be given a role in tackling challenges exacerbated by global crises.
Written by a team of leading experts with in-depth knowledge and on-the-ground experience, this book sets out why and how people¡¦s lives can be positively transformed through diverse forms of community involvement.
This book critically explores examples from around the world of how communities can become more collaborative and resilient in dealing with the problems they face, and provides an invaluable guide to what a holistic policy agenda for community-based transformation should encompass. |
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Participatory Ideology: From Exclusion to Involvement |
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Peter Beresford/ 9781447360506/ Price:GBP 19.99
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This book examines for the first time the exclusionary nature of prevailing political ideologies. Bringing together theory, practice and the relationship between participation, political ideology and social welfare, it offers a detailed critique of how the crucial move to more participatory approaches may be achieved.
It is concerned with valuing people¡¦s knowledge and experience in relation to ideology, exploring its conventional social construction including counter ideology and the ideological underpinnings and relations of participation. It also offers a practical guide for change. |
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Policy Analysis in Ireland |
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John Hogan/ 9781447350897/ Price:GBP 95.95
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Contributors examine policy analysis at different levels of government and governance including international, national and local and in the civil service, as well as non-government actors such as NGOs, interest groups and think tanks. They investigate the influential roles of the European Union, the public, science, quantitative evidence, the media and gender expertise in policy analysis.
Surveying the history and evolution of public policy analysis in Ireland, this authoritative text addresses the current state of the discipline, identifies post-crisis developments and considers future challenges for policy analysis. |
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Radical Empathy: Finding a Path to Bridging Racial Divides |
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Terri Givens/ 9781447357247/ Price:GBP 19.99
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Structural racism has impacted the lives of African Americans in the United States since before the country¡¦s founding. Although the country has made some progress towards a more equal society, political developments in the 21st century have shown that deep divides remain. The persistence of inequality is an indicator of the stubborn resilience of the institutions that maintain white supremacy.
To bridge our divides, renowned political scientist Terri Givens calls for ¡¥radical empathy¡¦ - moving beyond an understanding of others¡¦ lives and pain to understand the origins of our biases, including internalized oppression.
Deftly weaving together her own experiences with the political, she offers practical steps to call out racism and bring about radical social change. |
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The Future of Social Democracy: Essays to Mark the 40th Anniversary of the Limehouse Declaration |
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Colin McDougall/ 9781447361268/ Price:GBP 12.99
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2021 marks the 40th anniversary of the Limehouse Declaration and the launch of the Social Democratic Party in the UK, which was later to merge and form the Liberal Democrats. To mark this important milestone, this book brings together prominent politicians from across the spectrum of social democracy to reflect on its history and the challenges it faces in the coming decades.
With an introduction by Sir Vince Cable describing the current state of social democracy across the world, leading figures including Sarah Olney, Roger Liddle and Chris Huhne explore a wide range of contentious policy areas such as the economy, housing and globalisation. Together, they set out a vision for the country and for the Liberal Democrats that has social justice at its core. |
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Revisiting Proportionality in International and European Law: Interests and Interest-Holders |
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Ulf Linderfalk/ 9789004448063/ Price:EUR 154.00
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Handbook of Research on Promoting Social Justice for Immigrants and Refugees Through Active Citizenship and Intercultural Education |
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Isabel Maria Gomez Barreto/ 9781799872832/ Price:US$ 295.00
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The Handbook of Research on Promoting Social Justice for Immigrants and Refugees Through Active Citizenship and Intercultural Education provides visibility to issues such as the increase in migration and displacement and the difficulties in political agreements, educational contexts, and in cultural issues, stigmatization, vulnerability, social exclusion, racism, and hatred amongst host communities. This book gives possible solutions to this current complex situation and helps foster and promote sensitivity, perspective, and critical thinking for a respectful and tolerant coexistence and promotion of equity and social justice. The chapters promote cultural diversity and inclusion in classrooms by offering knowledge, strategies, and research on organizational development for educational institutions and multicultural environments. This book is essential for administrators, policymakers, leaders, teachers, practitioners, researchers, academicians, and students interested in the promotion of social justice in education for immigrants and refugees.
Coverage:
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EActive Citizenship
¡EAntiracist Pedagogies
¡EEducational Inclusion
¡EFeminist Pedagogies
¡EHigher Education
¡EImmigrants
¡EIntercultural Education
¡ERefugees
¡ESocial Inclusion
¡ESocial Justice
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United States-Vientnam Reconciliation: Through Wars to a Strategic Partnership |
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Desaix Anderson/ 9781733398022/ Price:US$ 30.00
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Based on over forty years¡¦ consideration of Vietnam¡¦s history, the author aims (a) to put the Vietnam War within the context of Vietnam¡¦s overall history; (b) to examine the historical interaction of the United States and Vietnam in war and peace; (c) to understand U.S. and Vietnamese policies and perceptions and their implications; (d) to encourage the reader to appreciate Vietnamese points of reference, purposes, goals, and tactical/strategic means to achieve its goals; and (e) to understand the limits of American power and influence and the means to maximize foreign policy achievements by understanding the goals and intentions of it adversaries. |
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Culture, Identity, and Politics |
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Claire N. Jackson/ 978168250682/ Price:US$ 150.00
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A political culture is a reflection of a government, but it also incorporates elements of history and tradition that may predate the current regime. Political cultures matter because they shape a population¡¦s political perceptions and actions. Within the nation itself, political culture can lead to party systems and often is directly related to an individual¡¦s position in life. This book contains state of the art studies exploring the relationship between culture and politics in the modern world. The book explores the relationship between cultural identity and human rights in the light of the dynamics of identity formation, based on the immediate external culture of any multicultural society. Overall, this book looks at the politics of culture and identity in contemporary world. |
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Gender Mainstreaming in Counter-terrorism Efforts in the Western Balkans |
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Hadji-Janev, M/ 9781643682327/ Price:EUR 104.00
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his book presents edited contributions delivered at the NATO Advanced Training Course (ATC) ¡§Gender Mainstreaming in Counter-terrorism Efforts in Western Balkans¡¨ held from 16 to 21 May 2021. The event was designed to explore gender perspectives in counter-terrorism efforts in the Western Balkans and in the wider security-sector, and to analyze drivers to radicalization through the lens of gender. This ATC brought together more than 50 military and civilian participants from 7 countries in the Western Balkans and south-eastern Europe and 35 expert lecturers. Topics include the legal and political framework of gender mainstreaming; the role of technology; the drivers, motivations and roles of women in radicalization and extremist groups; counter-terrorism and gender; gender-sensitive approaches to counter terrorism; gendered perspectives from the frontline; the prospects for women¡¦s leadership roles in community-based approaches; and challenges to the implementation of UNSCR 1325 in the Western Balkans. |
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Political Identity and Democratic Citizenship in Turbulent Times |
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Niels Noergaard Kristensen/ 9781799836773/ Price:US$ 215.00
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Turbulent times challenge democratic politics and governance in Western countries. Party systems, in many instances, have failed to produce solutions to vital policy problems, like immigration, state borders, welfare, or environmental issues. While subjective perceptions of macroeconomic outcomes are consistently related to political trust at the micro level, few studies have explored how individuals develop political engagement and identity. New insights are needed from studies focusing on how people become politically active and how political identities develop.
Political Identity and Democratic Citizenship in Turbulent Times is a critical scholarly research publication that investigates, discusses, deconstructs, analyzes, and tests the concept of political identity and its evolving role in modern democracy. Moreover, it explores the contours of politics and brings together studies that examine the democratic potential of a diversity of participatory spheres, institutions, and arenas. Highlighting topics such as political culture, consumerism, and welfare states, this book is ideal for politicians, policymakers, government officials, sociologists, historians, academicians, professionals, researchers, and students.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡E#MeToo
¡ECitizenship
¡EConsumerism
¡EDeconsolidation
¡EDemocracy
¡EPolitical Culture
¡EPolitical Identity
¡EPost-Truth
¡EResistance
¡ESocial Movements
¡EWelfare States |
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Handbook of Research on Recent Developments in Internet Activism and Political Participation |
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Yasmin Ibrahim/ 9781799847960/ Price:US$ 270.00
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International politics is witnessing a rapid transformation due to the emerging impact of the internet and digital media. Activists in various countries have been given a new medium to voice their views and opinions, resulting in governments adapting to the digital environment in which we currently live. As the role of social media and online communities continue to grow, empirical research is needed on their specific impact on governmental policies and reform.
Recent Developments in Internet Activism and Political Participation is an essential reference source that explores the modern role that digital media plays within community engagement and political development. This book discusses real-world case studies in various regions of the world on how the internet is affecting government agendas and promoting the voice of the community. Featuring research on topics such as digital ecosystems, information technology, and foreign policy, this book is ideally designed for researchers, strategists, government officials, policymakers, sociologists, administrators, scholars, educators, and students seeking coverage on the societal impact of social media in modern global politics.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡ECampaigns
¡EDigital Ecosystems
¡EE-Politics
¡EEnvironmental Impacts
¡EForeign Policy
¡EInformation Technology
¡EInternational Elections
¡EJournalism
¡ELegislation
¡ESocial Media |
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Historical and Future Global Impacts of Armed Groups and Social Movements: Emerging Research and Opportunities |
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Pablo Alberto Baisotti/ 9781799852056/ Price:US$ 215.00
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Resistance movements to economic measures and militaristic policies have been increasing in Latin America and the Caribbean since the 1960s. Indigenous and peasant movements are advancing against the exploitation of their territories by mining, oil, and other companies, as well as movements of migrants, women, and other popular rural and urban sectors.
Historical and Future Global Impacts of Armed Groups and Social Movements: Emerging Research and Opportunities is an essential scholarly publication that examines resistance and alternative movements that protest existing government systems and political injustice. Featuring a wide range of topics such as neoliberalism, social movement, and dictatorship, this book is ideal for politicians, historians, diplomats, sociologists, international relations officers, policymakers, researchers, professionals, government officials, academicians, and students.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EAlternative Movements
¡EAnti-Globalization
¡EBlack Panther Party
¡EDemocracy
¡EDictatorship
¡EGovernment
¡EGuerilla
¡ELatin America
¡EMilitancy
¡ENeoliberalism
¡EProtest
¡EResistance
¡ESocial Movement
¡EThe Pink Tide |
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The SAGE Handbook of Research Methods in Political Science and International Relations, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Luigi Curini/ 9781526459930/ Price:GBP 265.00
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The SAGE Handbook of Research Methods in Political Science and International Relations offers a comprehensive overview of research processes in social science ¡X from the ideation and design of research projects, through the construction of theoretical arguments, to conceptualization, measurement, & data collection, and quantitative & qualitative empirical analysis ¡X exposited through 65 major new contributions from leading international methodologists.
Each chapter surveys, builds upon, and extends the modern state of the art in its area. Following through its six-part organization, undergraduate and graduate students, researchers and practicing academics will be guided through the design, methods, and analysis of issues in Political Science and International Relations:
Part One: Formulating Good Research Questions & Designing Good Research Projects
Part Two: Methods of Theoretical Argumentation
Part Three: Conceptualization & Measurement
Part Four: Large-Scale Data Collection & Representation Methods
Part Five: Quantitative-Empirical Methods
Part Six: Qualitative & ¡§Mixed¡¨ Methods |
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The SAGE Handbook of Political Science, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Dirk Berg-Schlosser/ 9781526459558/ Price:GBP 400.00
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The SAGE Handbook of Political Science presents a major retrospective and prospective overview of the discipline. Comprising three volumes of contributions from expert authors from around the world, the handbook aims to frame, assess and synthesize research in the field, helping to define and identify its current and future developments. It does so from a truly global and cross-area perspective
Chapters cover a broad range of aspects, from providing a general introduction to exploring important subfields within the discipline. Each chapter is designed to provide a state-of-the-art and comprehensive overview of the topic by incorporating cross-cutting global, interdisciplinary, and, where this applies, gender perspectives. The Handbook is arranged over seven core thematic sections:
Part 1: Political Theory
Part 2: Methods
Part 3: Political Sociology
Part 4: Comparative Politics
Part 5: Public Policies and Administration
Part 6: International Relations
Part 7: Major Challenges for Politics and Political Science in the 21st Century
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Analyzing Political Tensions Between Ukraine, Russia, and the EU |
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Carsten Sander Christensen/ 9781799829065/ Price:US$ 215.00
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One of the world¡¦s most prevalent political quarrels is the current geographical state of Ukraine, along with its relationships with Russia and the European Union. With the annexation of Crimea, Russian forces have gained control over most of Eastern Ukraine, igniting a clash between the two governments and triggering the European Union, United States, and several Post-Soviet states to involve themselves in the situation. As these engagements continue to unfold, significant research is needed to examine the current state of these administrations and the tensions that continue to intensify in this region of the world.
Analyzing Political Tensions Between Ukraine, Russia, and the EU is a collection of innovative research on the recent developments inside this growing geopolitical conflict. While highlighting topics including neighborhood policy, NATO relations, and Eastern partnership, this book is ideally designed for politicians, policymakers, governmental strategists, researchers, educators, journalists, academicians, and students seeking further understanding of foreign relations and the current political struggles of these European territories.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EEastern Partnership
¡EEuronest Parliamentary Assembly
¡EEuropean Integration
¡EEuropean Union Enlargement
¡EForeign Policy
¡ENATO Relations
¡ENeighborhood Policy
¡EPost-Soviet States
¡ERussian-Ukrainian Relations
¡EVladimir Putin |
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Financial Determinants in Local Re-Election Rates: Emerging Research and Opportunities |
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Ana Maria Cunha/ 9781522578208/ Price:US$ 205.00
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Accounting information, on the one hand, allows government officials to obtain better information to support greater decision making, transparency, and accountability. On the other hand, this financial information also allows local citizens more access to knowledge of how public resources are being managed and used by the local government entities. Measuring the pros and cons of this information may determine how certain officials remain in office while others do not.
Financial Determinants in Local Re-Election Rates: Emerging Research and Opportunities is a collection of innovative research that assesses whether accounting information and other factors have an impact on electoral results, which in turn impact re-election in local government. While highlighting topics including political financing, voting behavior, and capital spending, this book is ideally designed for political analysts, politicians, government officials, researchers, policymakers, public policy managers, financial analysts, academicians, and students seeking current research on financial information and other factors having an impact on electoral results.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EAccounting
¡EBehavior Prediction
¡ECapital Spending
¡EEthical Decision Making
¡ELocal Governance
¡EPolitical Financing
¡EPolitical Science
¡EPopular Reporting
¡EPublic Sector Management
¡EStatistical Analysis
¡EVoting Behavior |
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Handbook of Research on Politics in the Computer Age |
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Ashu M. G. Solo/ 9781799803775/ Price:US$ 270.00
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The Handbook of Research on Politics in the Computer Age is a pivotal reference source that serves to increase the understanding of methods for politics in the computer age, the effectiveness of these methods, and tools for analyzing these methods. The book includes research chapters on different aspects of politics with information technology, engineering, computer science, or math, from 27 researchers at 20 universities and research organizations in Belgium, Brazil, Cape Verde, Egypt, Finland, France, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Portugal, and the United States of America. Highlighting topics such as online campaigning and fake news, the prospective audience includes, but is not limited to, researchers, political and public policy analysts, political scientists, engineers, computer scientists, political campaign managers and staff, politicians and their staff, political operatives, professors, students, and individuals working in the fields of politics, e-politics, e-government, new media and communication studies, and Internet marketing.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡ECase Studies
¡EComputational Politics
¡EComputational Public Policy
¡EData Analytics in Campaigning
¡EFake News
¡EFuzzy Logic in Politics and Public Policy
¡EOnline Activism
¡EOnline Campaigning
¡EOnline Political Communications
¡EPolitical Blogs, Vlogs, and Websites
¡EPolitical Engineering
¡EPolitics on Social Networks
¡EPublic Policy Engineering |
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Political, Economic, and Social Factors Affecting the Development of Russian Statehood: Emerging Research and Opportunities |
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Bogdan Ershov/ 9781522599852/ Price:US$ 175.00
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The historical development of Russia remains one of the most unique yet ambiguous timelines in the realm of political science and sociology. Understanding the state of culture as a single, dynamic, and interrelated phenomenon is a vital component regarding the memoirs of this prominent nation.
Political, Economic, and Social Factors Affecting the Development of Russian Statehood: Emerging Research and Opportunities is a collection of innovative research on the historical aspects of the formation of the political system in Russia and proposes directions for the further development of modern Russian statehood. While highlighting topics including socio-politics, Soviet culture, and capitalization, this book is ideally designed for economists, government officials, policymakers, historians, diplomats, intelligence specialists, political analysts, professors, students, and professionals seeking current research on the history of public administration in Russia.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡ECapitalization
¡ECultural Trends
¡EEconomics
¡EGreat Patriotic War
¡EPost-Soviet Period
¡EPost-War Period
¡ERevolutionary Disturbance
¡ESocial Relations
¡ESocio-Politics
¡ESoviet Culture |
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The SAGE Handbook of Asian Foreign Policy, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Takashi Inoguchi/ 9781473977990/ Price:GBP 290.00
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Comprising 60.3 percent of the world¡¦s 7.2 billion population, Asia is an enigma to many in the West. Hugely dynamic in its demographic, economic, technological and financial development, its changes are as rapid as they are diverse.
The SAGE Handbook of Asian Foreign Policy provides the reader with a clear, balanced and comprehensive overview on Asia¡¦s foreign policy and accompanying theoretical trends. Placing the diverse and dynamic substance of Asia¡¦s international relations first, and bringing together an authoritative assembly of contributors from across the world, this is a reliable introduction to non-Western intellectual traditions in Asia.
VOLUME 1:
PART 1: Theories
PART 2: Themes
PART 3: Transnational Politics
PART 4: Domestic Politics
PART 5; Transnational Economics
VOLUME 2:
PART 6: Foreign Policies of Asian States
Part 6a: East Asia
Part 6b: Southeast Asia
Part 6c: South & Central Asia
Part 7: Offshore Actors
Part 8: Bilateral Issues
Part 9: Comparison of Asian Sub-Regions |
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Dragon's Teeth: Tales from North Kosovo |
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Ian Bancroft/ 9783838213644/ Price:US$ 30.00
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| SB02-509 |
Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed |
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James C. Scott/ 9780300246759/ Price:US$ 21.95
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| SB02-509 |
The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations |
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Daniel Yergin/ 9781594206436/ Price:US$ 38.00
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| SB02-502 |
Defining Statesmanship: A Comparative Political Theory Analysis |
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Clyde Ray/ 9781793603746/ Price:US$ 85.00
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Research Handbook on Political Representation |
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Maurizio Cotta/ 9781788977081/ Price:GBP 189.00
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| SB02-501 |
Terrorism in Indonesia After islamic State. |
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Quinton Temby/ 9789814881586/ Price:US$ 7.00
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| SB02-500 |
The European Union and the Use of Force |
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Julia Schmidt/ 9789004356061/ Price:EUR 165.00
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| SB02-495 |
Group Politics in UN Multilateralism |
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Karen E. Smith/ 9789004384392/ Price:EUR 149.00
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Group Politics in UN Multilateralism provides a new perspective on diplomacy and negotiations at the United Nations. Very few states ¡¥act individually¡¦ at the UN; instead they often work within groups such as the Africa Group, the European Union or the Arab League. States use groups to put forward principled positions in an attempt to influence a wider audience and thus legitimize desired outcomes. Yet the volume also shows that groups are not static: new groups emerge in multilateral negotiations on issues such as climate, security and human rights. At any given moment, UN multilateralism is shaped by long-standing group dynamics as well as shifting, ad-hoc groupings. These intergroup dynamics are key to understanding diplomatic practice at the UN. |
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Anarchism and the Avant-Garde: Radical Arts and Politics in Perspective |
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Carolin Kosuch/ 9789004410411/ Price:EUR 134.00
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Anarchism and the Avant-Garde: Radical Arts and Politics in Perspective contributes to the continuing debate on the encounter of the classical anarchisms (1860s?1940s) and the artistic and literary avant-gardes of the same period, probing its dimensions and limits. Case studies on Dadaism, decadence, fauvism, neo-impressionism, symbolism, and various anarchisms explore the influence anarchism had on the avant-gardes and reflect on avant-garde tendencies within anarchism. This volume also explores the divergence of anarchism and the avant-gardes. It offers a rich examination of politics and arts, and it complements an ongoing discourse with theoretical tools to better assess the aesthetic, social, and political cross-pollination that took place between the avant-gardes and the anarchists in Europe. |
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| SB02-495 |
Rekindling the Strong State in Russia and China: Domestic Dynamics and Foreign Policy Projections |
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Stefano Bianchini/ 9789004328488/ Price:EUR 169.00
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Rekindling the Strong State in Russia and China offers a thorough analysis of the profound regeneration of the State and its intense interaction with the external projections of Russia and China. In the international political scene, leaderships are under constant negotiation. Financial crisis, social and cultural transformations, values setting and migration flows have a deep impact on global powers, leading to the appearance of new actors. At present, the assumed rise of a new axis between two emerging powers, such as Russia and China, effaces their different backgrounds, leading to misinterpretations of their positioning in the geopolitical arena.
This book is an essential and multifaceted guide aimed at understanding the deep changes that affect these two countries and their global aspirations. |
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Translating Marx: Jose Arico and the New Latin American Marxism |
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Martin Cortes/ 9789004410176/ Price:EUR 113.00
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To speak of ¡¥Latin American Marxism¡¦ is to announce a problem. To what extent can Marxism, a theoretical universe forged from nineteenth-century European experiences, also be productive for grasping other realities? How can we begin to make sense of the historical disconnection between that specific corpus of ideas and Latin America¡¦s popular movements? Martin Cortes addresses these questions by considering the trajectory and works of Jose Arico, who sought to rethink and disseminate in Spanish not only the works of Marx himself, but also those of foundational socialist thinkers such as Antonio Gramsci.
Guided by an interest in Marxism¡¦s renovation, Cortes explores Arico¡¦s vital contributions to key topics in political theory, such as the nation, the state, the political subject, and hegemony. |
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Dependency, Neoliberalism and Globalization in Latin America |
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Carlos Eduardo Martins/ 9789004355415/ Price:EUR 180.00
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The Marxist Theory of Dependency (TMD) managed to articulate the insertion of peripheral societies into the international market with the capital accumulation processes of each country. It has become an essential theory for the understanding of our societies. Since Ruy Mauro Marini laid out its foundations, many transformations have occurred in global capitalism and in our societies, leaving us the challenge of updating it against a more complex context.
The real test of theory is its adequacy as an instrument of understanding contemporary reality. The TMD has been enriched and renewed from this work of Carlos Eduardo Martins. It considers capitalism from the perspective of anti-capitalism, dependence from the standpoint of emancipation and reality through a vision for its revolutionary transformation. |
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| SB02-495 |
Mao Zedong Thought |
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Wang Fanxi/ 9789004358904/ Price:EUR 155.00
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Wang Fanxi, a leader of the Chinese Trotskyists, wrote this book on Mao more than fifty years ago. He did so while in exile in the then Portuguese colony of Macau, across the water from Hong Kong, where he had been sent in 1949 to represent his comrades in China, soon to disappear for decades into Mao¡¦s jails. The book is an analytical study whose strength lies less in describing Mao¡¦s life than in explaining Maoism and setting out a radical view on it as a political movement and a current of thought within the Marxist tradition to which both Wang and Mao belonged. With its clear and provoking thesis, it has, since its writing, stood the test of time far better than the hundreds of descriptive studies that have in the meantime come and gone. |
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The Politics of the European Neighbourhood Policy |
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Agnieszka K. Cianciara/ 9780367425463/ Price:GBP 130.00
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Political Philosophy |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781984636324/ Price:US$ 85.00
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Provides an introduction to political philosophy by examining the justification of the state, problems democracy, liberty, justice, and feminist theory.
Introduces the student to classic and contemporary texts in the context of approaching some central questions in political philosophy concerning, the state, democracy, liberty and justice. |
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Introduction to Political Theory |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781984637482/ Price:US$ 85.00
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Present philosophical bases of politics and political activity.
Provides an introduction to the study of politics by the reading of books in political philosophy.
Organized around several key political concepts, such as liberty, equality, justice, authority, rights, and citizenship. |
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Introduction to Comparative Politics |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781984637543/ Price:US$ 85.00
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Examines why democracy emerges and survives in some countries rather than in others; how political institutions affect economic development; and how politics of a nation compares to that of other countries.
The book examines what constitutes regions as well as why and how states within regions choose to cooperate with each other.
Introduces students to comparative politics by focusing on three of the most important issues in the field: economic growth, democratization, and ethnic & nationalist conflict. |
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Policy Learning and Policy Failure |
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Claire A. Dunlop/ 9781447352006/ Price:GBP 75.00
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First published as a special issue of Policy & Politics, this updated volume explores policy failures and the valuable opportunities for learning that they offer.
Policy successes and failures offer important lessons for public officials, but often they do not learn from these experiences. The studies in this volume investigate this broken link. The book defines policy learning and failure and organises the main studies in these fields along the key dimensions of processes, products and analytical levels. Drawing together a range of experts in the field, the volume sketches a research agenda linking policy scholars with policy practice. |
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| SB02-488 |
Permanent Citizens' Assemblies : A New Model for Public Deliberation |
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Larry Patriquin/ 9781785523427/ Price:US$ 36.95
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| SB02-488 |
Understanding Culture, Society, and Politics (Book with DVD) |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781984625069/ Price:US$ 90.00
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This book affirms to the remarkable development in the past two decades of a cultural paradigm for social and political analysis and critically examines many of the assumptions that underpin that understanding.
Fully updated throughout, some new chapters covering current topics are also added in this revised edition. |
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Politics and Administration: Integrate Approach |
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Shi Lee/ 9781682506226/ Price:US$ 150.00
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The politics-administration dichotomy is an important concept in the field of public administration and shows no signs of going away because it deals with the policy-makers role as an administrator and the balancing act that is the relationship between politics and administration. Scholars have engaged in an ongoing dialogue about the relationships among management, politics, and law in public administration. Exploring developments and innovations in the management of people who carry out the government's work, the book introduces students to public sector personnel management. |
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China and Cybersecurity |
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Zhao Zeliang/ 9789814839310/ Price:US$ 150.00
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This book summarizes China's efforts to work with other countries in promoting the reform of the international cyberspace governance system, establishing a safe, open, and cooperative cyberspace, and building a multi-lateral, democratic, and transparent framework for global Internet management. It also covers China's involvement in the formulation of related international regulations, hosting the World Internet Conference, and raising the awareness of cyberspace security among Chinese netizens. |
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China and Global Energy Security |
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The world energy market is undergoing tremendous changes in terms of production and consumption, resulting in a new landscape of global energy security. At the same time, renewable energy, smart grids, and hydrogen energy will bring about a new energy geopolitical map. Under such circumstances, countries around the world should accelerate energy transition through innovations in production, consumption, technology, and institutions. They can leverage China¡¦s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to further the integration of Asian, European, and African energy markets and improve common energy security while circumventing potential risks. In China and Global Energy Security, the author argues that in the context of economic globalization, energy security is not an issue facing one single country alone but rather a global problem. China is the world¡¦s largest energy producer and consumer, oil importer, and emitter of greenhouse gases; its energy policy and energy security have a worldwide impact. The abundant experience accumulated by China over the past years in improving global energy security, promoting cleaner energy, and mitigating global climate change will have significant implications for the rest of the world. |
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Policy Analysis in Colombia |
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Pablo Sanabria-Pulido/ 9781447347712/ Price:GBP 95.99
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Leading Colombian academics and experienced policy practitioners cast new light on their country in this systematic overview of policy analysis for an international audience.
Examining the historical development and current status of policy analysis as a field of study and in practice, it considers public policy analysis in government and the judiciary, and across domains including health, education and the military. Contributors also delve into Colombia¡¦s notable success in economic regeneration, the management of cultural diversity and the resolution of long-term internal armed conflict. |
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Cruelty or Humanity: Challenges, Opportunities and Responsibilities |
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Stuart Rees/ 9781447356981/ Price:GBP 19.99
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Cruelty has long been a feature of states¡¦ domestic and foreign policies but is seldom acknowledged. Governments mouth respect for human rights yet promote discrimination, violence and suppression of critics.
Documenting case studies from around the world, distinguished academic and human rights activist Stuart Rees exposes politicians¡¦ cruel motives and the resulting outcomes. Using his first-hand observations and insights from international poets, he argues for courageous action to support non-violence in every aspect of public and private life for the survival of people, animals and the planet. |
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Diffusing Human Trafficking Policy in Eurasia |
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Laura Dean/ 9781447352839/ Price:GBP 79.99
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Offering a perceptive study of the urgent human rights issue of trafficking in persons, this important book analyses the development and effectiveness of public policies across Eurasia.
Drawing on multi-method research in the region, Laura A. Dean explores the factors behind anti-trafficking strategies and the role of governments and activists in combating labour and sexual exploitation. She examines the intersection of global strategies and state-by-state approaches, and uses the diffusion of innovation framework to cast new light on the impetus and implementation of different policy typologies.
Identifying the strengths, weaknesses, and best practices in human trafficking policies around Eurasia, Dean¡¦s book will appeal to a wide range of students, scholars, practitioners, and policy makers. |
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Risk Management of Terrorism Induced Stress: Guidelines for the Golden Hours (Who, What and When) |
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Vermetten, E./ 9781643680569/ Price:EUR 108.00
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This book presents papers delivered at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) Risk Management of Terrorism Induced Stress ¡V Guidelines for the Golden Hours (Who, What and When) held in Odesa, Ukraine, from 16-19 September 2018. The aim of the workshop was to bring together experts from the military, science and policy to revisit old guidelines and inform new research into novel approaches. The focus of the workshop was the so-called ¡¥Golden Hours¡¦; the period immediately following a traumatic event in which therapeutic interventions are thought to have the most impact. What needs to be done in the immediate aftermath of terror, who is vulnerable and who is resilient, and when is intervention appropriate? The book is divided into sections covering the areas of biology, interventions, special populations, additional perspectives, policy, deja-vu and future directions. |
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BACK TO BRAZZAVILLE |
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Dan Whitman/ 9781734865905/ Price:US$ 28.00
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On African studies, one of lesser known topics is Congo-Brazzaville, "Republic of Congo." Though dwarfed by its eastern neighbor Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa), ROC has a distinct identity and unique history. Aligned with the USSR during the Cold War, the country now is entirely open to other contacts, and in summer of 2018 welcomed the installation of a Voice of America transmitting tower in its capital. This book is a series of recollections of the Brazzaville the author new during the Cold War, and the contrasting attributes he found in 2018. |
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SURVIVING THE UNITED NATIONS: The Unexpected Challenge |
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Robert Bruce Adolph/ 9781733398008/ Price:US$ 28.00
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This is the gripping true story of 4 intense years in the life of a US Army Special Forces soldier, who joins the UN, and then goes on to assignments in some of the world¡¦s most dangerous countries¡Xfinding himself on sometimes-terrifying missions that include murderous child-soldiers; blood diamonds; a double hostage-taking; the rape of innocents; an invasion by brutal guerrillas; an emergency aerial evacuation; a desperate mission to recover hundreds of prisoners; tribal gunfights and unusual kidnappings; refugee camp violence; a deadly jihadist suicide bombing attack; and institutional corruption. |
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Language, Power, and Ideology in Political Writing: Emerging Research and Opportunities |
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Onder Cakirtas/ 9781522594444/ Price:US$ 185.00
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litics and political literature studies have emerged as one of the most dynamic areas of scrutiny. Relying on ideological as well as socio-political theories, politics have contributed to cultural studies in many ways, especially within written texts such as literary works. As few critics have investigated the intersections of politics and literature, there is a tremendous need for material that does just this.
Language, Power, and Ideology in Political Writing: Emerging Research and Opportunities is an essential reference book that focuses on the use of narrative and writing to communicate political ideologies. This publication explores literature spurring from politics, the disadvantages of political or highly ideological writing, writers¡¦ awareness of the outside world during the composition process, and how they take advantage of political writing. Featuring a wide range of topics such as gender politics, indigenous literature, and censorship, this book is ideal for academicians, librarians, researchers, and students, specifically those who study politics, international relations, cultural studies, women¡¦s studies, gender studies, and political and ideological studies.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡ECensorship
¡EGender Politics
¡EIdentity Politics
¡EIdeological Narration
¡EIndigenous Literature
¡EMinority Politics
¡EPolitical Discourse
¡EPolitical Language
¡EWar Politics
¡EWorld Literature |
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Immigration and Refugee Policy: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice |
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Information Resources Management Association/ 9781522589099/ Price:US$ 330.00
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Unstable social climates are causing the displacement of large numbers of people around the world. Thus, the issue of safe replacement arises, causing the need for examining and improving the policies and strategies regarding immigration and helping these individuals integrate into new societies.
Immigration and Refugee Policy: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice is an authoritative resource for the latest research on the challenges, risks, and policies of current relocation and refugee flows and security problems, in relation to these aspects of immigration. Additionally, techniques for assimilating immigrants into important foundations of society, such as educational programs and healthcare systems, is examined. Highlighting a range of pertinent topics such as civil protection, humanitarian aid, and the refugee resettlement process, this publication is an ideal reference source for policymakers, managers, academicians, practitioners, and graduate-level students interested in current immigrant and refugee policies.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EAsylum Applications
¡ECivil Protection
¡EForcible Displacement
¡EHuman Migration
¡EHuman Rights
¡EHumanitarian Aid
¡EPolitical Refugees
¡ERefugee Resettlement Process
¡ESocial Equality |
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Participation of Young People in Governance Processes in Africa |
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Jeffrey Kurebwa/ 9781522593881/ Price:US$ 195.00
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Active political engagement requires the youth of today to begin their journeys now to be leaders of tomorrow. Young individuals are instrumental in providing valuable insight into issues locally as well as on a national and international level.
Participation of Young People in Governance Processes in Africa examines the role of young peoples¡¦ involvement in governance processes in Africa and demonstrates how they are engaging in active citizenship. There is an intrinsic value in upholding their right to participate in decisions that affect their daily lives and their communities, and the content within this publication supports this by focusing on topics such as good citizenship, youth empowerment, democratic awareness, political climate, and socio-economic development. It is designed for researchers, academics, policymakers, government officials, and professionals whose interests center on the engagement of youth in active citizenship roles.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EActive Citizenship
¡EDemocratic Awareness
¡ELabor Market
¡EPolitical Climate
¡EPoverty
¡ESocial Media
¡ESocio-Economic Development
¡EStudent Politics
¡EUnemployment
¡EYouth Development |
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Utilization of New Technologies in Global Terror: Emerging Research and Opportunities |
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Emily B. Stacey/ 9781522588764/ Price:US$ 135.00
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As the internet and its applications grow more sophisticated and widespread, so too do the strategies of modern terrorist groups. The existence of the dark web adds to the online arsenal of groups using digital networks and sites to promulgate ideology or recruit supporters. It is necessary to understand how terrorist cells are using and adapting online tools in order to counteract their efforts.
Utilization of New Technologies in Global Terror: Emerging Research and Opportunities is an informative resource that explores new developments in technological advancements and the progression of terror organizations while also examining non-government activist organizations and their new role in protecting internet freedom and combating cyberterrorism. Featuring relevant topics such as social media, cyber threats, and counterterrorism, this publication will benefit government officials, political scientists, policymakers, researchers, academicians, and graduate students interested in political science, mass communication, and cyberwarfare.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡ECommunication Networks
¡ECounterterrorism
¡ECyber Threats
¡EDark Web
¡EGlobal Politics
¡EGovernment Initiatives
¡EInternational Relations
¡EOnline Activism
¡ESecurity Programs
¡ESocial Media |
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Applying Methods of Scientific Inquiry Into Intelligence, Security, and Counterterrorism |
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Arif Sari/ 9781522589761/ Price:US$ 195.00
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Interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research is slowly yet steadily revolutionizing traditional education. However, multidisciplinary research can and will also improve the extent to which a country can protect its critical and vital assets.
Applying Methods of Scientific Inquiry Into Intelligence, Security, and Counterterrorism is an essential scholarly publication that provides personnel directly working in the fields of intelligence, law enforcement, and science with the opportunity to understand the multidisciplinary nature of intelligence and science in order to improve current intelligence activities and contribute to the protection of the nation. Each chapter of the book discusses various components of science that should be applied to the intelligence arena. Featuring coverage on a range of topics including cybersecurity, economics, and political strategy, this book is ideal for law enforcement, intelligence and security practitioners, students, educators, and researchers.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡ECounter Terrorism
¡ECyber Threat Intelligence
¡ECybersecurity
¡EEconomics
¡EIntelligence Analysis
¡ELaw Enforcement
¡ENational Security
¡EPolitical Strategy
¡EScience Education
¡ETerrorism |
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Memory, Identity, and Nationalism in European Regions |
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Victor Apryshchenko/ 9781522583929/ Price:US$ 195.00
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Memory studies is a well-established academic discipline, but the revised issue of ethnicity poses a new set of research questions, particularly in relation to the problem of the operational character of memory and ethnicity in the context of traumatized identity. Contemporary political processes in Europe, populism, and nationalism, in addition to ethnic challenges in the form of demographic shifts have created a situation in which new national identities have been developed simultaneously with emerging competitive historical memories.
Memory, Identity, and Nationalism in European Regions is an essential scholarly resource that investigates the interactions between politics and managed historical memory and the discourse of ethnicity in European regions. Featuring topics such as anthropology, memory politics, and national identity, this book is ideally designed for scholars, practitioners, specialists, and politicians.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EAnthropology
¡EComparative Politics
¡EEuropean Regionalism
¡EMemory Politics
¡ENational Identity
¡ENationalism
¡EPopulism
¡EPost-Soviet Identities
¡EPublic Diplomacy
¡ERegional Studies |
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Argumentation and Appraisal in Parliamentary Discourse |
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Ernest Jakaza/ 9781522580942/ Price:US$ 195.00
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Political debates have reached unprecedented levels of interest around the globe as more individuals begin to comprehend government proceedings and discourse. Utilizing this knowledge, individuals are becoming attentive to political language, but they lack information on the motivation behind it.
Argumentation and Appraisal in Parliamentary Discourse seeks to interrogate the argumentation practices and appraisal forms realized in parliamentary discourse on various topics. While highlighting topics that include legislative immunity, political rivalry, and language evolution, it features crucial discourse-pragmatic research on parliamentary proceedings from various parliamentary settings. This book is recommended for linguists, politicians, professionals, and researchers working in the fields of discourse analysis, linguistics, politics, communication sciences, sociology, and conversational analysis.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EEmotional Discourse
¡EGender Sensitivity
¡EIntersubjective Stances
¡ELanguage Evolution
¡ELegislative Immunity
¡ENonverbal Codes
¡EPolitical Maturity
¡EPolitical Rivalry
¡ERhetoric Language
¡EVerbal Behavior |
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National Security: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Information Resources Management Association/ 9781522579120/ Price:US$ 495.00
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The tactical organization and protection of resources is a vital component for any governmental entity. Effectively managing national security through various networks ensures the highest level of protection and defense for citizens and classified information.
National Security: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice is an authoritative resource for the latest research on the multiple dimensions of national security, including the political, physical, economic, ecological, and computational dimensions. Highlighting a range of pertinent topics such as data breaches, surveillance, and threat detection, this publication is an ideal reference source for government officials, law enforcement, professionals, researchers, IT professionals, academicians, and graduate-level students seeking current research on the various aspects of national security.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡ECitizen Rights
¡ECyber Attacks
¡EData Breaches
¡EDigital Government Surveillance
¡EDigital Intelligence
¡EMobile Security
¡EPersonal Data Protection
¡ESurveillance
¡ETerrorism
¡EThreat Detection |
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Music and Messaging in the African Political Arena |
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Uche T. Onyebadi/ 9781522572954/ Price:US$ 175.00
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Political campaigning affects numerous realms under the communication umbrella with each channel seeking to influence as many individuals as possible. In higher education, there is a growing scholarly interest in communication issues and subjects, especially on the role of music, in the political arena.
Music and Messaging in the African Political Arena provides innovative insights into providing music and songs as an integral part of sending political messages to a broader spectrum of audiences, especially during political campaigns. The content within this publication covers such topics as framing theory, national identity, and ethnic politics, and is designed for politicians, campaign managers, political communication scholars, researchers, and students.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EAuthority Challenges
¡EEthnic Politics
¡EFraming Theory
¡ELanguage in Representation
¡ENational Identity
¡ENegative Campaigning
¡EPolitical Communication
¡EPower Strategies
¡ESocial Healing
¡EThematic Analysis |
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Civic Engagement and Politics: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Information Resources Management Association/ 9781522576693/ Price:US$ 795.00
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Creating transparency between government and citizens through outreach and engagement initiatives is critical to promoting community development and is also an essential part of a democratic society. This can be achieved through a number of methods including public policy, urban development, artistic endeavors, and digital platforms.
Civic Engagement and Politics: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications is a vital reference source that examines civic engagement practices in social, political, and non-political contexts. As the world is now undergoing a transformation, interdisciplinary collaboration, participation, community-based participatory research, partnerships, and co-creation have become more common than focused domains. Highlighting a range of topics such as social media and politics, civic activism, and public administration, this multi-volume book is geared toward government officials, leaders, practitioners, policymakers, academicians, and researchers interested in active citizen participation and politics.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡ECitizen participation
¡ECitizen services
¡ECivic activism
¡ECivic education
¡EE-Service Learning
¡EPolitical science
¡EPoverty Reduction
¡EPublic Administration
¡EPublic Policy
¡ESocial Media and Politics
¡ESustainable Development |
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Global Diaspora Politics and Social Movements: Emerging Research and Opportunities |
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Emily B. Stacey/ 9781522577577/ Price:US$ 165.00
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Global politics has transformed in recent years due to a rise in nationalist ideology, the breakdown of multiple societies, and even nation-state legitimacy. The nation-state, arguably, has been in question for much of the digital age, as citizens become transnational and claim loyalty to many different groups, causes, and in some cases, states. Thus, politics that accompany diasporic communities have become increasingly important focal points of comparative and political science research.
Global Diaspora Politics and Social Movements: Emerging Research and Opportunities provides innovative insights into the dispersion of political and social groups across the world through various research methods such as case studies. This publication examines migration politics, security policy, and social movements. It is designed for academicians, policymakers, government officials, researchers, and students, and covers topics centered on the distribution of social groups and political groups.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EActivism
¡EDissident Citizenship
¡EGender Diaspora
¡EGlobal Politics
¡EMigration Politics
¡ENationalist Ideology
¡EPolitical Shifts
¡ESecurity Policy
¡ESocial Movements
¡EWomen¡¦s Movements |
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Violent Extremism: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice |
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Information Resources Management Association/ 9781522571193/ Price:US$ 345.00
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Advances in digital and other technologies have provided ample positive impacts to modern society; however, in addition to such benefits, these innovations have inadvertently created a new venue for terrorist activities. Examining violent extremism through a critical and academic perspective can lead to a better understanding of its foundations and implications.
Violent Extremism: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice is a critical source of academic knowledge on the social, psychological, and political aspects of radicalization and terrorist recruitment. Highlighting a range of pertinent topics such as counterterrorism, propaganda, and online activism, this publication is an ideal reference source for researchers, analysts, intelligence officers, policymakers, academicians, researchers, and graduate-level students interested in current research on violent extremism.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡ECounterterrorism
¡ECyber Espionage
¡ECyber Threats
¡EDeradicalization Methods
¡EOnline Activism
¡EPropaganda
¡ERadicalization
¡ESocial Media
¡ETerrorism |
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Immigration and the Current Social, Political, and Economic Climate: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Information Resources Management Association/ 9781522569183/ Price:US$ 495.00
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Unstable social climates are causing the displacement of large numbers of people around the world. In consequence, the issue of safe relocation arises, leading to the need for new policies and strategies regarding immigration.
Immigration and the Current Social, Political, and Economic Climate: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice is a timely reference source on the challenges, risks, and policies of current relocation and refugee flows and addresses the social, political, and economic problems in relation to these aspects of immigration. Highlighting a range of pertinent topics such as political refugees, human rights, and economic equity, this publication is an ideal reference source for policymakers, managers, academicians, practitioners, and graduate-level students interested in the current state of immigration from social, political, and economic perspectives.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡ECivil Protection
¡EEconomic Equity
¡EHuman Migration
¡EHuman Rights
¡EHumanitarian Aid
¡EPolitical Refugees
¡ERacism
¡ESocial Equality |
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Handbook of Research on Promoting Peace Through Practice, Academia, and the Arts |
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Mohamed Walid Lutfy/ 9781522530015/ Price:US$ 275.00
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Academic disciplines perceive tranquility and a sense of contentment differently among themselves and therefore contribute to peace-building initiatives differently. Peace is not merely a function of education or a tool that produces amicable systems, but rather a concept that educational contributions can help societies progress to a more peaceful existence.
The Handbook of Research on Promoting Peace Through Practice, Academia, and the Arts aims to provide readers with a concise overview of proactive positive peace models and practices to counter the overemphasis on merely ending wars as a solution. While approaching peace-building through multiple vantage points and academic fields such as the humanities, arts, social sciences, and theology, this valuable resource promotes peace-building as a cooperative effort. This publication is a vital reference work for humanitarian workers, leaders, educators, policymakers, academicians, undergraduate and graduate-level students, and researchers.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EBoone-Kabul Project
¡EGendered Perspective of Peace
¡EInternational Governance Systems
¡EPeace Culture
¡EPeace Education
¡EReligious Peace
¡EScience of Peace
¡ESustainability |
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CQ Almanac 2017: 115th Congress |
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CQ Roll Call/ 9781544300559/ Price:GBP 475.00
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Trusted by scholars for over 70 years, the latest edition of CQ Almanac provides a nonpartisan look at the issues that mattered most in 2017 with original narrative accounts of the major legislative efforts carried out by lawmakers during the congressional session. Arranged thematically, it organizes, distills, and cross-indexes for permanent reference the full year in Congress and in national politics.
Features of the 2017 Edition include:
¡ELegislative Profiles: A detailed look at each major piece of legislation that lawmakers considered during the session, regardless of whether it became law
¡EKey Votes: In-depth analysis of votes chosen as the most critical in determining the outcome of congressional action on major issues
¡EVote Studies: Analysis of the roll call votes cast in Congress, including a close study of the level of presidential support, party unity, and member participation during the year
¡ERoll Call Votes: Easy-to-read tables, including each member¡¦s vote on every bill that received a roll call vote
¡EPublic Laws: A chronicle of bills enacted into law during the year, including a brief history of the bill, the
sponsoring party, date of passage, and presidential signature
Do you value nonpartisan political reporting? CQ Almanac has been providing unbiased coverage of Capitol Hill for over 70 years. Get the ultimate in political analysis with the CQ Almanac Archive, which includes every volume dating back to 1945. On top of volume and topic browsing, the Archive also includes a useful policy browse feature. This tool allows researchers to follow important legislative issues across decades to better place current debates in context.
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China's Security, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Liselotte Odgaard/ 9781138207318/ Price:GBP 950.00
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The existing literature, in its ambition to make sense of Chinese security strategic thinking and behaviour, focuses on understanding Chinese strategic intentions, power tools, instruments of influence and threat perceptions and which interests and world views they are based on. We include a diverse range of contributions from America, Australia, Europe and Japan to cover all major regional perspectives. We also include major theoretical approaches, such as realist and liberal approaches to Chinese security, English school contributions and constructivist analyses. Each volume will also include work written by Chinese scholars, including analysts in a policy-making role to cover the Chinese perspectives on Chinese security. The scholarly debates that help clarify and understand Chinese security strategies focus first on conceptual debates about similarities and differences between Chinese security strategic thinking compared to the thinking dominating Western tradition and practice. A second theme is China¡¦s national security priorities in Asia and the nexus between China¡¦s homeland security (terrorism and separatism) and international relations. A third theme is China¡¦s approach to the management of international security affairs in the political, economic and military sector, as an emerging great power with increasingly global security interests. Finally, a fourth theme is the making of China¡¦s national security policy, which involves analyses of the main institutions and actors and how they interact in a complex political system characterized by a relative lack of transparency. |
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Ethnic Conflict, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Stefan Wolff/ 9781138931855/ Price:GBP 950.00
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The study of ethnic conflict saw its heyday in the aftermath of the Cold War with a proliferation of theories about its causes and management. But its origins as a subject of academic inquiry not only predate the end of the Cold War but also its inception, with some of the earliest works of significance emerging as far back as the end of the First World War. Since then, the field has become both multidisciplinary (in the sense of different disciplinary perspectives engaging individually with ethnic conflict as an object of study) and interdisciplinary (with novel insights emerging from the combination of various disciplinary approaches). In a similar vein, the range of methods applied to the study of ethnic conflict ranges from the purely theoretical, to the single ethnographic case study, to large statistical analyses, and various combinations thereof.
While the study of ethnic conflict may have lost some of its early dynamism, as an empirical manifestation of political crisis it has, if anything, gained in importance and, alas, is unlikely to decline in relevance. Now, this new four-volume collection from Routledge answers the growing need for an authoritative reference work to make sense of the different approaches to the study of ethnic conflict, and to offer a comprehensive and representative overview, combining foundational texts with the very best cutting-edge contemporary scholarship.
Ethnic Conflict is fully indexed and includes a comprehensive introduction, newly written by the editor, which places the collected material in its historical and intellectual context. It is an essential reference work and is destined to be valued by scholars and students¡Xas well as policy-makers and practitioners¡Xas a vital one-stop research and pedagogic resource. |
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The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: What Everyone Needs to Know |
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Dov Waxman/ 9780190625337/ Price:US$ 16.95
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African Countries and the Global Scramble for China: A Contribution to Africa's Preparedness and Rehearsal |
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Ngonlardje Kabra Mbaidjol/ 9789004348066/ Price:EUR 118.00
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In this new book on Africa-China relations, Ngonlardje Kabra Mbaidjol strongly engages in the heated debates on African cooperation with China, an increassingly rich and powerful partner. The current dominant view highlights the neo-colonial and exploitative nature of these relations with a denial of any positive results for African people. However, the growing China-Africa partnership took its roots at Bandung 1955 conference, to culminate with an overt competition between China and other nations over African resources. For many, "a new scramble for Africa" emerges. The author argues there is rather a "global scramble for China," a fierce battle to get the PRC's kind attention. Africa is right to engage the struggle to access China's development funding. Africa may wish to avoid being distracted by rival voices, but to endeavor doing its own homework and rehearse for the global competiton, in the only interest of African people. Mbaidjol's book unpacks Africa's preparedness and rehearsal strategy. |
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Contentious Politics in China: Causes, Dynamics, and Consequences |
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Manfred Elfstrom/ 9789004425118/ Price:EUR 70.00
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China has become a land of protests, though the Chinese state possesses considerable administrative capacity. In this volume, Manfred Elfstrom and Yao Li provide an overview of Chinese contentious politics. They dig deep into major forms of social conflict, explore structural explanations for why protest occurs in China, and describe the ways in which various organizations and framings of issues by citizens affect how protests play out. Shifting to where grassroots activism ultimately leads, Elfstrom and Li survey China¡¦s coercive and conciliatory institutions for maintaining social control, document and explain patterns in the state¡¦s handling of different types of resistance, and examine the social and political impact of unrest. This work not only contributes to a deeper understanding of contentious politics and governance in China, but also provides insights for studies of social movements and authoritarian politics in general. |
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The Antagonistic Principle: Marxism and Political Action |
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Massimo Modonesi/ 9789004322424/ Price:EUR 118.00
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Developmentalist Cities? Interrogating Urban Developmentalism in East Asia |
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Jamie Doucette/ 9789004339484/ Price:EUR 170.00
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Conflict, Identity, and State Formation in East Timor 2000 - 2017 |
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James Scambary/ 9789004394186/ Price:EUR 105.00
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Vigilantism against Migrants and Minorities |
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Tore Bjorgo/ 9781138493926/ Price:GBP 36.99
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Rational Choice and Political Power |
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Keith Dowding/ 9781529206333/ Price:GBP 19.99
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eaturing a substantial new introduction and two new chapters in the Postscript, this new edition makes one of the most significant works on power available in paperback and online for the first time. The author extensively engages with a body of new literature to elucidate and expand upon the original work, using rational choice theory to provide:
¡EAn examination of how, due to the collective action problem, groups can be powerless despite not facing any resistance
¡ETimely engagement with feminist accounts of power
¡EAn explanation of the relationship of structure and agency and how to measure power comparatively across societies
This book¡¦s unique interaction with both classical and contemporary debates makes it an essential resource for anyone teaching or studying power in the disciplines of sociology, philosophy, politics or international relations. |
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Women, Politics and the Public Sphere |
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Ann Brooks/ 9781447341352/ Price:GBP 24.99
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Women, Politics and the Public Sphere is a socio-historical analysis of the relationship between women, politics and the public sphere. It looks at the fault-lines established in the eighteenth century for later developments in social and political discourse and considers the implications for the political representation of women in the West and globally, highlighting how women public intellectuals now reflect much more social and cultural diversity.
Covering the legacy of eighteenth-century intellectual groupings which were dominated by women such as members of the 'bluestocking circles' and other more radical intellectual and philosophical thinkers, the book focuses on women such as Catherine Macaulay and Mary Wollstonecraft. These individuals and groups which emerged in the eighteenth century established 'intellectual spaces' for the emergence of women public intellectuals in subsequent centuries. It also examines women public intellectuals in the US including Samantha Power, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Elizabeth Warren, Condoleezza Rice, Susan Rice, Hillary Clinton and Sheryl Sandberg. |
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Interpersonal Relationships in a Changing World |
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This book uniquely organizes the study of interpersonal communication around the concepts of nurturing and control in all family relationships, across all family forms, and their relationships to psychological processes and communicative outcomes.
Provides an interactive presentation of the theory and skills of interpersonal communication, with integrated discussions of diversity, ethics, workplace issues, and technology. |
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Social, Economic & Political Thought |
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Provides an overview of the evolution of the political thought through different historical periods, giving an insight into the sociological and political conditions of the times that shaped the political.
This book offers an economical and useful approach to modern political thought. |
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Focus on Asia: Politics |
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This book of Politics in Asia is designed to serve as a comprehensive reference guide to politics in Asia.
A comprehensive, but accessible, introduction to political change and processes in Southeast Asia. |
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Understanding Freedom of the Press |
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Presents an overview of the past, present, and possible future of the constitutional right to freedom of the press.
Explores what freedom of the press is, its history in colonial times, its meaning in the Constitution, and current controversial issues challenging the boundaries of this freedom. |
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Political and Economic Systems: Anarchism, Revolution and Terrorism |
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Examines how societies have fared under and dealt with the major political-economic systems that have operated throughout history.
This book shows how revolutionaries have changed the world, for both good and evil.
This book will be of interest to academics and students who study political science, ecological economics, international politics and socialism. |
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Political and Economic Systems: Capitalism |
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The book covers that each society that makes up the global economic system is not inevitably going to be assimilated into the globalization process.
Offers a comprehensive political economy approach to the study of the welfare state and inequality.
Traces the links between the origin of capitalism and globalization, ecological degradation and the current crisis. |
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Political and Economic Systems: Socialism and Communism |
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Socialism is the watchword and the catchword of our day; this book is an account of idealism and cynicism, revolution and repression, power and powerlessness.
Examines how socioeconomic and institutional factors shaped the development of Socialism and its two contending variants of Social Democracy and Communism. |
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Current Issues: The Politics of Water Scarcity |
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Scarcity is portrayed as natural rather than human induced; this is a significant book in the light of the growing water crisis throughout the world.
This book will be of value to students and for all those with an interest in the region, and to those concerned with the environmental issues of the politics of water scarcity. |
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Current Issues: Terrorism |
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It provides a fascinating insight into how terrorist 'cells' operate and what they might do in the future.
Describing how terrorists operate and how they differ from other criminals, it provides an outline of how terrorism investigations should be conducted.
Examines the political agendas, actions, and religious beliefs of individuals and groups who, throughout history, have resorted to violent actions in order to generate fear and gain their objectives. |
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3GE Collection on Political Science: Global Governance Systems |
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This book provides the comprehensive analysis of global governance; provides a critical examination of the most important institutions of global governance in the world today.
Explores the nature and problems of global governance as we enter the next millennium. |
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Political and Economic Systems: Democracy |
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Presents an overview of democracy as a political system, including an historical discussion of democracies throughout the world.
This book is a short account of the history of the doctrine, practices, and institutions of democracy; examines democracy, one of the most prevalent forms of government today, including a brief history and introductions of the leaders who have embodied it across the globe. |
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Reimagining global abortion politics: A social justice perspective |
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Fiona Bloomer/ 9781447340430/ Price:GBP 79.99
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What are the contemporary issues in abortion politics globally? What factors explain variations in access to abortion between and within different countries?
This text provides a transnationally-focused, interdisciplinary analysis of trends in abortion politics using case studies from around the global north and south.
It considers how societal influences, such as religion, nationalism and culture, impact abortion law and access. It explores the impact of international human rights norms, the increasing displacement of people due to conflict and crisis and the role of activists on law reform and access. The book concludes by considering the future of abortion politics through the more holistic lens of reproductive justice.
Utilising a unique interdisciplinary approach, this book provides a major contribution to the knowledge base on abortion politics globally. It provides an accessible, informative and engaging text for academics, policy makers and readers interested in abortion politics. |
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China and Global Peace |
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Zhao Kejin/ 9789814839174/ Price:US$ 150.00
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Peace is the eternal dream of humanity regardless of racial and religious differences. In today¡¦s world rife with conflicts of all kinds, the question of how to achieve world peace has become more urgent than ever before. In China and Global Peace, Zhao Kejin traces the root of the peace deficit to the Eurocentric mindsets underpinning the dominant forces of globalization, and presents Chinese thought as an alternative solution for global peace based on an analysis of traditional Chinese philosophies on peace and harmony. The book outlines China¡¦s efforts to pave a new path toward global peace by offering a slew of new concepts and initiatives aimed to promote open, inclusive, balanced, and equal development across the world, such as building a human community with a shared future, the Belt and Road Initiative, a holistic concept of security, and a new approach to global governance. |
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China and World Human Rights Protection |
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Zhang Yonghe/ 9789814839297/ Price:US$ 150.00
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In China and World Human Rights Protection, Chinese human rights scholar Zhang Yonghe presents China¡¦s perspectives on, approach to, and considerable progress achieved in improving, human rights. China firmly believes in the primacy of the right to subsistence and development, trying to reconcile its national exigencies with the demands of universal human rights. As the second largest economy of the world today, China is committed to protecting rights that secure the people¡¦s baseline, the right to work, the right to property, and the right to education, having formed its own set of ideas and policies on the development of human rights. Moreover, China has also actively fulfilled its international human rights obligations through partnership with other countries over the past few decades. It is poised to make greater contributions to world human rights protection.
ZHANG Yonghe is professor of law and executive director of the Center for Human Rights Education and Research, Southwest University of Political Science and Law. He is also the standing director of China Society for Human Rights Studies. |
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China and Foreign Aid |
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Wang Luo/ 9789814839273/ Price:US$ 150.00
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In China and Foreign Aid, the authors expound on the critical role that Chinese foreign aid plays in the global governance system. While unprecedented humanitarian crises undermine global peace and development, major aid donors from the West have scaled back on aid funding and left behind a lacuna. As such, countrie s have turned to China, the world¡¦s greatest emerging power, fo rassistance and guidance. Since its establishment in the 1950s, Chinese foreign aid has evolved with the times, departing from Eurocentric models and developing its own vision and philosophy. The book traces the historical development of Chinese foreign aid in areas such as infrastructure, governance support, trade, agriculture, healthcare, environmental conservation, humanitarian work, education, and culture. Through the South-South Cooperation Framework and the Belt and Road Initiative, Chinese foreign aid pursues common development and shared interests. Banding together the developing countries, China aspires to contribute her solutions for foreign aid to build a community with shared future for mankind.
WANG Luo is the director of the Institute of International Development Cooperation under the Chinese Academy of International
Trade and Economic Cooperation (CAITEC). |
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China and International Financial Security |
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Zhang Hongli/ 9789814839211/ Price:US$ 150.00
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Driven by fast industrial developments and advancements in science and technology over the past few decades, global finance has become more powerful than ever before. However, the 2008 global financial crisis and its decade-long aftermath have brought to the foreground the issue of financial security, making it an indispensable part of global governance. In China and International Financial Security, the authors analyze the predicament of the current financial governance system, and stresses the world¡¦s urgent needs for mutually-beneficial economic cooperation, enhanced regulatory systems, structural reforms in governance, and improvements in the global currency system. More importantly, this book also discusses China¡¦s approaches to global financial security¡Xseeking shared development, building a community with a shared future for mankind, and working toward a just and equal-footed global financial system.
ZHANG Hongli is a professor teaching at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and the PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua
University |
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China and International Anti-Terrorism |
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Li Wei/ 9789814839334/ Price:US$ 150.00
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Terrorism has plagued modern society with countless issues. Ranging from politics to religion, terrorist organizations have used numerous means to manipulate humanity to the point of death and destruction. In 2017 alone, the world saw more than 20,000 incidences of terrorist attacks. With these atrocities fueling widespread fear amongst civilians and weighing heavier on world leaders, international organizations like the United Nations have been u rgently developing counter-terrorism measures. In China and International Anti-terrorism, the authors trace the roots and evolution of different types of terrorism, discuss the achievements and challenges in today¡¦s international anti-terrorism cooperation, and present how China has contributed to the fight against terrorism in terms of national and regional security, economic policies, and multilateral cooperation. This book also shares China¡¦s years of experience in preventing terror attacks by carrying out top-level reforms and launching an ¡§All-out People¡¦s War¡¨ against terrorism.
LI Wei is a doctoral supervisor and researcher with the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR) and former director of International Counter-Terrorism Center. FAN Juanrong and YANG Xi are PhD candidates at CICIR. |
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China and Global Governance |
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He Yafei/ 9789814839150/ Price:US$ 150.00
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In the context of rapid globalization worldwide over the past few decades, China has been trying to gain a louder voice in the international community. In China and Global Governance, He Yafei, a renowned career diplomat, reviews the origin and evolution of the concept of global governance and describes the gradual shift from the present governance by the West, its monopoly of global affairs, to joint governance by East and West, which champions multipolarity. Moreover, the author presents China¡¦s perspectives, means, and goals concerning global governance¡Xadvancing the innovative Belt and Road Initiative, striving for global peace and mutual benefits in bilateral and multilateral relations, and building a shared future for mankind.
HE Yafei is the former vice minister of Ministry of Foreign Affairs and that of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council, People¡¦s Republic of China. |
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Critical Dialogues: Thinking Together in Turbulent Times |
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John Clarke/ 9781447350972/ Price:GBP 79.99
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What Works Now?: Evidence-Informed Policy and Practice |
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Annette Boaz/ 9781447345473/ Price:GBP 79.99
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Women, Politics and the Public Sphere |
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Ann Brooks/ 9781447330639/ Price:GBP 79.99
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Engineering Secure and Dependable Software Systems |
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Pretschner, A./ 9781614999768/ Price:EUR 110.00
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Almost all technical systems currently either interface with or are themselves largely software systems. Software systems must not harm their environment, but are also often vulnerable to security attacks with potentially serious economic, political, and physical consequences, so a better understanding of security and safety and improving the quality of complex software systems are crucial challenges for the functioning of society.
This book presents lectures from the 2018 Marktoberdorf summer school Engineering Secure and Dependable Software Systems, an Advanced Study Institute of the NATO Science for Peace and Security Programme. The lectures give an overview of the state of the art in the construction and analysis of safe and secure systems. Starting from the logical and semantic foundations that enable reasoning about classical software systems, they extend to the development and verification of cyber-physical systems, which combine computational and physical components and have become pervasive in aerospace, automotive, industry automation, and consumer appliances. Safety and security have traditionally been considered separate topics, but several lectures in this summer school emphasize their commonalities and present analysis and construction techniques that apply to both. |
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Critical Infrastructure Protection: Best Practices and Innovative Methods of Protection |
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Kruszka, L./ 9781614999638/ Price:EUR 108.00
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This book presents edited contributions from the NATO Advanced Training Course (ATC) on Critical Infrastructure Protection - Best Practices and Innovative Methods of Protection, held in Agadir, Morocco, from 6 to 12 May 2018. The main objective of the course was to bring together specialists working in the area of protecting critical infrastructure in NATO Member and Partner countries to share their knowledge and expertise. One lecture block was dedicated to important legal aspects, as these differ from country to country. The other main topic areas included the structural design and protection of critical infrastructure, new materials and material analysis, and material and construction testing at elevated impact velocities via experiment and numerical simulation. New designs for critical infrastructure elements were also demonstrated.
The course provided an ideal forum for speakers and participants from government, academia, and military bodies to exchange information and best practice, while at the same time creating links to foster further collaboration and the exchange of ideas about the protection of critical infrastructure, and the book will be of interest to all those whose work involves protecting critical infrastructure from the threat of terrorist attack. |
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Physical and Cyber Safety in Critical Water Infrastructure |
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Ratnaweera, H./ 9781643680248/ Price:EUR 108.00
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Water supply and water management services are among the most critical infrastructures in society, providing safe and affordable drinking water, managing wastewater to avoid floods and environmental pollution, and enabling the reuse and replenishment of scarce water resources. With water and wastewater facilities and infrastructure intrinsic to our towns and cities, we must not underestimate the potentially catastrophic results of water supply contamination or disruption to the systems that regulate the water we rely on for essential agricultural, environmental, and municipal needs.
This book presents 12 papers selected from those delivered at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) on Physical and Cyber Safety in Critical Water Infrastructure, held in Oslo, Norway, from 8-11 October 2018. The conference brought together resource persons and decision makers from 12 NATO countries and 6 partner countries to share their experiences with the objective of formulating best practice based on recommendations and conclusions, to increase awareness of the risks that threaten current and future water utilities and services, to learn how to improve surveillance and preparedness, and to deal with a crisis should all else fail.
Addressing the urgent need to focus on physical and cyber safety in one of the most critical infrastructures in our society, the book will be of interest to all those working in the field of water supply and waste water management. |
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Disaster, Diversity and Emergency Preparation |
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Magnussen, L.I./ 9781614999928/ Price:EUR 108.00
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This book presents the proceedings of the NATO Science for Peace and Security Advanced Research Workshop (ARW), Leadership Development Programme on Gender and Diversity, Peace, Risk and Emergency Preparedness and Collaboration, held in Tonsberg, Norway, on 11-12 December 2018, one of the aims of which was to strengthen organizational leadership. The workshop firmly established the collaboration between Japan and other NATO countries with regard to Women, Peace and Security (WPS).
The workshop gave the participating leaders and researchers an opportunity to meet and debate, to learn and to build networks of leaders for change. This book consists of fourteen chapters, including a summarizing introductory chapter. It explores topics related to the way in which continued progress and change in institutional behaviors require an approach focused on altering perspectives, and enhancing the skill sets of leaders. Each chapter stands alone, but is ordered within the framework of the Societal Programme Model (SPM) described in Chapter 1.
The book will be of interest to all those involved in building leadership and changing institutional behavior. |
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Resilience and Hybrid Threats: Security and Integrity for the Digital World |
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Linkov, I./ 9781643680224/ Price:EUR 108.00
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This book presents multiple perspectives based upon a NATO Science for Peace and Security Programme Advanced Research Workshop on ¡¥Resilience and Hybrid Threats¡¦ held in Parnu, Estonia from 26-29 August 2018, and includes a mixture of workshop summary papers and invited perspectives from world experts. Topics include the development of strategies for the protection and recovery of systems affected by hybrid threats, and the benefits of those strategies under different disruption scenarios. The role of risk and resilience assessment pertaining to the information domain is a common focus across all perspectives.
Offering an overview of resilience-based decision making through an approach that integrates the threats and dependencies related to infrastructural, informational, and social considerations, the book will be of interest to all those whose work involves the security of digital systems. |
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THE MAKING OF A CIVILIAN SOLDIER IN THE CIVIL WAR: The First Diary of Private William J. McLean Along the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal and the Affair at Edwards Ferry |
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Dennis D. Urban/ 9781732698864/ Price:US$ 22.00
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This well-researched work is built around the first diary written by Pvt. William J. McLean, 34th New York Infantry, beginning with his enlistment. William records his wanderings, adventures, and thoughts from the time he leaves Fairfield, NY, through his traveling to Washington, DC, his adventures there, and while picketing along the C&O canal in the Great Falls and Seneca areas. He writes of the first death of a soldier in his regiment, the excitement over Bull Run, and an incursion into rebel-infested Virginia. Much more than a simple diary transcription, the work describes the early family history of a young man, a brother, and a father; all who answered Lincoln¡¦s call for volunteers. Researched over many years, this work adds significant new information to the history of the storied 34th New York Infantry.
The opening chapter is the intriguing search to identify the diarist. Another early chapter describes antebellum Herkimer County, NY, the town of Fairfield, and the academy in which William was a student and teacher. The diary chapters are the entries between May and early October 1861. William mentions many of his regimental friends and back home acquaintances. Chapter notes provide specifics of each individual which lend context to the reader. His detailed descriptions of camp life, adventures in camp and on picket duty, paint a clear picture of everyday life for a young volunteer soldier in Montgomery County, MD. Additional annotated information includes never before published first person accounts of several startling incidents of war. The concluding chapters review the actions of the 34th at Edward¡¦s Ferry (part of the Balls Bluff debacle), McLean¡¦s effort to correct his military and pension records, and finally the post-war years of William, his brother, and his father. A must read for Civil War enthusiasts. |
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Economic and Geopolitical Perspectives of the Commonwealth of Independent States and Eurasia |
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Oxana Karnaukhova/ 9781522532644/ Price:US$ 200.00
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The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) is a regional organization that formed during the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991. It has few supranational powers, but aims to be more than a purely symbolic organization, nominally possessing coordinating powers in the realm of trade, finance, lawmaking, and security. As such, it is vital to examine this region and its economic and geopolitical impacts on the world.
Economic and Geopolitical Perspectives of the Commonwealth of Independent States and Eurasia is a vital research publication that explores the importance and influence of the Commonwealth of Independent States and Eurasia in the twenty-first century. Highlighting a wide range of topics such as sovereign democracy, economic integration, and foreign policy, this book is geared toward business managers, economists, business professionals, entrepreneurs, business analysts, and researchers seeking current research on the effects of political organizations like the CIS on various regions.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EEconomic Integration
¡EForeign Policy
¡EGlobalization
¡EHigher Education
¡EInfrastructural Reform
¡EMilitary Alliances
¡EPolitical Cooperation
¡ESovereign Democracy |
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Global Leadership Initiatives for Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding |
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Campbell, Andrew H./ 9781522549932/ Price:US$ 225.00
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One global leadership challenge is managing the complexity of the political and economic climate of a society. As the global environment changes, it is essential for global leaders to adapt and develop flexible strategies for resolving conflicts and achieving peace.
Global Leadership Initiatives for Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding provides emerging research on a leader¡¦s role in the international, national, and nongovernmental organization within post-conflict resolution and peaceful leadership. While highlighting topics, such as civil society organizations, leadership education, and social reconstruction, this book explores leadership theories and practice models to conceptualize the intersection of leadership within conflict management and resolution. This book is an important resource for leaders, scholar-practitioners, educators, and researchers seeking current research on the strategic and diplomatic methods of a peaceful global organization.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡ECivil Society Organizations
¡EDemobilization
¡EDisarmament
¡ELeadership Education
¡ELeadership Models
¡EPeace Leadership
¡EPost-Conflict Resolution
¡ESecurity Sector Reform
¡ESocial Reconstruction
¡EStable Governance
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Exploring the Role of Social Media in Transnational Advocacy |
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Endong, Floribert Patrick C./ 9781522528548/ Price:US$ 195.00
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Emerging digital technologies are playing an increasingly significant role in advancing citizen-based support all over the world. They have become tools used for protest movements, and in the establishment organizations use in campaigning.
Exploring the Role of Social Media in Transnational Advocacy is an essential reference source for the latest scholarly research on the various dimensions of new technology platforms, highlighting the use in citizen-enabled, social advocacy campaigns. Featuring extensive coverage on a broad range of topics such as virtual communities, e-health, and e-government, this book is ideally designed for academicians, researchers, students, and policy makers seeking current research on different aspects of social media in campaigns.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EDisaster Management
¡EE-Government
¡EE-Health
¡EE-Participation
¡EE-Transparency
¡EInternet Freedom
¡EVirtual communities
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Media Diplomacy and Its Evolving Role in the Current Geopolitical Climate |
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Swati Jaywant Rao Bute/ 9781522538592/ Price:US$ 195.00
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In this age of information technology, the media¡¦s role in international, bilateral, and diplomatic relations is increasingly important. It plays a crucial part in keeping countries connected and updated about actual and ground-level realities.
Media Diplomacy and Its Evolving Role in the Current Geopolitical Climate provides emerging research on the changing practices in diplomacy, new media, and the connections between media and policy. It highlights how the media is changing countries' approaches to diplomacy and readers will learn the valuable aspects of the role that communication technology plays in resolving regional and international issues. This book is an important resource for professionals and researchers working in the field of media diplomacy, internet and diplomacy, e-diplomacy, international relations and media diplomacy, and contemporary diplomatic policy seeking current research on the best ways to globally expand on media and policy.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EE-Diplomacy
¡EInternet and Diplomacy
¡EMedia Coverage of International Affairs
¡ENew Media Diplomacy
¡EVirtual Platforms in Shaping Relations |
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Washington Information Directory 2018-2019 |
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CQ Press/ 9781544300757/ Price:GBP 205.00
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The Washington Information Directory is the essential one-stop source for information on U.S. governmental and nongovernmental agencies and organizations. Organized topically, this thoroughly researched guide provides capsule descriptions and contact information that help users quickly and easily find the right person at the right organization. The Washington Information Directory offers three easy ways to find information: by name, by organization, and through detailed subject indexes. It focuses on the Washington metropolitan area¡Xan organization must have an office in Washington to be listed. It also includes dozens of resource boxes on particular topics, organization charts for all federal agencies, and information about the FOIA and privacy legislation.
With more than 10,000 listings and coverage of evolving presidential administration, the 2018¡V2019 Edition features contact information for the following:
¡ECongress and federal agencies
¡ENongovernmental organizations
¡EPolicy groups and political action committees
¡EFoundations and institutions
¡EGovernors and other state officials
¡EU.S. ambassadors and foreign diplomats
¡ECongressional caucuses
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State Rankings 2017: A Statistical View of America |
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Kathleen O'Leary Morgan/ 9781506371795/ Price:GBP 155.00
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Published annually, State Rankings features comprehensive state statistics making it easy to compare states across key measures in education, health, crime, transportation, taxes, government finance, and so much more. The editors compile useful statistics that would otherwise take an enormous amount of time to research making it a favorite resource on reference shelves throughout the United States and around the world. The rankings have been updated using specific methodology explained in the introduction. Geographic and data notes are also included to provide context.
State Rankings compares every state and Washington, DC, in the following areas:
- Agriculture
- Population
- Economy
- Environment
- Government finance
- Crime
- Education
- Geography
- Social welfare
- Defense
- Health
- Energy
- Housing |
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Ethical Standards and Practice in International Relations |
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Topor, F. Sigmund/ 9781522526506/ Price:US$ 195.00
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In every culture, ethos is an important aspect of life as it informs opinions on nearly everything from law to religion. However, while the existence of ethos may be universal, the details often vary from culture to culture.
Ethical Standards and Practice in International Relations is an essential research publication that explores the relationship between ethics and global and intercultural interactions. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics, such as ethical behavior, business ethics, and transformational leadership, this publication is geared toward academicians, researchers, and students seeking current research on global ethics and the interaction of those ethics between countries and cultures.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EBusiness Ethics
¡EConfucian Ethics
¡EEthical Behavior
¡EEthical Values
¡ELeadership Ethics
¡EMoral Qualities
¡EStandardizing Ethics
¡ETransformational Leadership
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Nationalism, Social Movements, and Activism in Contemporary Society: Emerging Research and Opportunities |
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Stacey, Emily/ 9781522554332/ Price:US$ 155.00
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Nationalist movements have become a force in contemporary American politics regardless of the political party. As social issues plague America, civilian participation in activism is experiencing a resurgence.
Nationalism, Social Movements, and Activism in Contemporary Society: Emerging Research and Opportunities provides vital information on the most current issues facing the American public and political system while also exploring nationalist ideology and its application in modern politics. While highlighting the challenges facing America¡¦s democracy and social structure, this book explores how civilians and movements are working to make progress in the current political climate. This book is an important resource for researchers, activists, political scientists, journalists, professors, students, and professionals seeking current research on nationalism, social activism, civilian protest, and the current American political climate.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EAlt-Right
¡EAmerican Nationalist Movements
¡EAmerican Political System
¡EBlack Lives Matter
¡ECivilian Participation
¡EImmigration Issues
¡ENationalist Ideology
¡ESocial Activism |
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Political Mediation in Modern Conflict Resolution: Emerging Research and Opportunities |
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Jose Pascal da Rocha/ 9781522551188/ Price:US$ 150.00
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Throughout history, there has been conflict and the clashing of ideas. Although this has assisted in creating political and societal structures, it has also led to civil unrest, cases of severe discord, and war.
Political Mediation in Modern Conflict Resolution: Emerging Research and Opportunities is a critical scholarly resource that examines the pursuit of peace in global civil war and conflict through the use of mediation. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics, such as intercultural communication, social psychology, and conflict theory, this publication is geared towards academicians, students, and researchers seeking relevant and current research on governmental approaches to pursuing peace in instances of conflict and strife.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EConflict Dynamics
¡EConflict Theory
¡EIntercultural Communication
¡EMediation Models
¡EMultilateral Intervention
¡ESocial Psychology
¡ETriangle of Satisfaction
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Handbook of Research on Sustainable Development and Governance Strategies for Economic Growth in Africa |
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Alemu, Kassa Teshager/ 9781522532477/ Price:US$ 325.00
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Despite increasing reports across the globe on renewable development and maintenance, little is known regarding what strategies are required for improved economic growth and prosperity in Africa. Improving an understanding of the methods for promoting growth through reusable resource development and administration is a vital topic of research to consider in assisting the continent's development.
The Handbook of Research on Sustainable Development and Governance Strategies for Economic Growth in Africa provides emerging research on the strategies required to promote growth in Africa as well as the implications and issues of the expansion of prosperity. While highlighting sustainable education, pastoral development pathways, and the public-sector role, readers will learn about the history of sustainable development and governmental approaches to improving Africa¡¦s economy. This publication is a vital resource for policy makers, research institutions, academics, researchers, and advanced-level students seeking current research on the theories and applications of development in societal and legal institutions.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EChild Welfare Policy
¡ECivil Society Organizations
¡EDeveloping Countries
¡EPastoral Development Pathways
¡EPublic Sector Roles
¡ESustainable Education
¡EUrban Planning |
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The SAGE Encyclopedia of Surveillance, Security, and Privacy, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Bruce A. Arrigo/ 9781483359946/ Price:GBP 340.00
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Although surveillance hit the headlines with revelations by Edward Snowden that the NSA had been tracking phone calls worldwide, surveillance of citizens by their governments actually has been conducted for centuries. Only now, with the advent of modern technologies, it has exponentially evolved so that today you can barely step out your door without being watched or recorded in some way. In addition to the political and security surveillance unveiled by the Snowden revelations, think about corporate surveillance: each swipe of your ID card to enter your office is recorded, not to mention your internet activity. Or economic surveillance: what you buy online or with a credit card is recorded and your trip to the supermarket is videotaped. Drive through a tollbooth, and your license plate is recorded. Simply walk down a street and your image is recorded again and again and again. Where does this begin and end?
In all levels of social structure, from the personal to the political to the economic to the judicial, The SAGE Encyclopedia of Surveillance, Security and Privacy uncovers and explains how surveillance has come to be an integral part of how our contemporary society operates worldwide and how it impacts our security and privacy.
Key features include:
¡P Approximately 600 signed articles, authored by prominent scholars from around the globe
¡P Further Readings and cross-references conclude each article to guide students further as they explore a topic
¡P A Reader's Guide organizes entries by broad thematic areas |
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Handbook of Research on Examining Global Peacemaking in the Digital Age |
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Cook, Bruce L./ 9781522530329/ Price:US$ 295.00
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Violent behavior has become deeply integrated into modern society and it is an unavoidable aspect of human nature. Examining peacemaking strategies through a critical and academic perspective can assist in resolving violence in societies around the world.
The Handbook of Research on Examining Global Peacemaking in the Digital Age is a pivotal reference source for the latest research findings on the utilization of peacemaking in media, leadership, and religion. Featuring extensive coverage on relevant areas such as human rights, spirituality, and the Summer of Peace, this publication is an ideal resource for policymakers, universities and colleges, graduate-level students, and organizations seeking current research on the application of conflict resolution and international negotiation.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EHuman Rights
¡EPeace Education
¡EPeacebuilding
¡EPropaganda
¡ESpirituality
¡ESummer of Peace
¡EWorld Citizenship
¡EWorld Peace Library
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Socio-Economic and Education Factors Impacting American Political Systems: Emerging Research and Opportunities |
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Hampton-Garland, Pamela/ 9781522538431/ Price:US$ 145.00
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America has the reputation of being one of the wealthiest and most powerful countries in the world, yet within its borders social problems persist and negatively impact Americans. Though profound changes are taking place in the social, economic, and cultural contexts of America, they are precipitated by the urge for equal opportunity and social justice.
Socio-Economic and Education Factors Impacting American Political Systems: Emerging Research and Opportunities provides emerging research on the most current issues facing the American public and political system. While highlighting the changes America is making in the social, economic, and cultural regions of society, readers will learn how these changes are coming to shape their lives in the country. This book is an important resource for undergraduate and graduate students and professionals seeking current research on how social, economic, and educational issues impact the American political system and policies.
Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
¡EAmerican Labor Force
¡EHealthcare System
¡EPolitical Issues
¡ERacial Tension
¡EStereotypes
¡ETrade Relations |
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Historic Documents of 2017 |
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Heather Kerrigan/ 9781544300702/ Price:GBP 295.00
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For more than 45 years, the Historic Documents series has made primary source research easy by presenting excerpts from documents on the important events of each year for the United States and the world. Each volume includes approximately 60 events with well over 100 documents from the previous year, from official or other influential reports and surveys, to speeches from leaders and opinion makers, to court cases, legislation, testimony, and much more.
Historic Documents is renowned for the well-written and informative background, history, and context it provides for each document. Each volume begins with an insightful essay that sets the year¡¦s events in context, and each document or group of documents is preceded by a comprehensive introduction that provides background information on the event. Full-source citations are provided. Readers have easy access to material through a detailed, thematic table of contents, and each event includes references to related coverage and documents from the last ten editions of the series.
Events covered in the 2017 Edition include:
¡EThe intricacies of the new presidential administration of Donald Trump
¡ERussian involvement in the U.S. presidential election
¡EU.S. and global policies on immigration and refugees
¡ELandmark Supreme Court rulings on gerrymandering and state grant money for parochial schools, and the appointment of Neil Gorsuch
¡EGlobal warming and climate change agreements and policies
¡EEuropean elections, including those in the UK, France, and Germany
¡EOutcomes of the G-20 Summit
¡ENorth Korea and international calls to action |
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Handbook of Research on Sociopolitical Factors Impacting Economic Growth in Islamic Nations |
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Ozdemir, Suleyman/ 9781522529392/ Price:US$ 275.00
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Over the years, the dissemination of technology across society has increased exponentially. As technology continues to improve worldwide connectivity, positive relations between countries is paramount to achieving cultural and economic progression.
The Handbook of Research on Sociopolitical Factors Impacting Economic Growth in Islamic Nations is a pivotal scholarly resource on the current factors impacting international relations between Islamic countries. Featuring extensive coverage on sociopolitical structures, economic sector analysis, sociocultural properties, and political policies, this publication is ideal for academicians, students, and researchers interested in discovering more about the current trends and techniques in the economic infrastructures of Islamic nations.
Topics Covered
¡EAdministrative Structures
¡EEconomic Sector Analysis
¡EEconomic Structures
¡EEmployment Statistics
¡EInternational Relations
¡EPolitical Policies
¡ESociocultural Properties
¡ESociopolitical Structures
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The SAGE Handbook of the History, Philosophy and Sociology of International Relations. |
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Andreas Gofas/ 9781473966598/ Price:GBP 130.00
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The SAGE Handbook of the History, Philosophy and Sociology of International Relations offers a panoramic overview of the broad field of International Relations by integrating three distinct but interrelated foci. It retraces the historical development of International Relations (IR) as a professional field of study, explores the philosophical foundations of IR, and interrogates the sociological mechanisms through which scholarship is produced and the field is structured.
Comprising 38 chapters from both established scholars and an emerging generation of innovative meta-theorists and theoretically driven empiricists, the handbook fosters discussion of the field from the inside out, forcing us to come to grips with the widely held perception that IR is experiencing an existential crisis quite unlike anything else in its hundred-year history. This timely and innovative reference volume reflects on situated scholarly practices in a way that projects our collective thinking into the future.
PART ONE: THE INWARD GAZE: INTRODUCTORY REFLECTIONS
PART TWO: IMAGINING THE INTERNATIONAL, ACKNOWLEDGING THE GLOBAL
PART THREE: THE SEARCH FOR (AN) IDENTITY
PART FOUR: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AS A PROFESSION
PART FIVE: LOOKING AHEAD: THE FUTURE OF META-ANALYSIS
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The SAGE Handbook of Neoliberalism. |
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Cahill, Damien/ 9781412961721/ Price:GBP 130.00
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Over the last two decades, ¡¥neoliberalism¡¦ has emerged as a key concept within a range of social science disciplines including sociology, political science, human geography, anthropology, political economy, and cultural studies.
The SAGE Handbook of Neoliberalism showcases the cutting edge of contemporary scholarship in this field by bringing together a team of global experts. Across seven key sections, the handbook explores the different ways in which neoliberalism has been understood and the key questions about the nature of neoliberalism:
Part 1: Perspectives
Part 2: Sources
Part 3: Variations and Diffusions
Part 4: The State
Part 5: Social and Economic Restructuring
Part 6: Cultural Dimensions
Part 7: Neoliberalism and Beyond
This handbook is the key reference text for scholars and graduate students engaged in the growing field of neoliberalism. |
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Urbanization in China, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Crawford, Margaret/ 9780415709101/ Price:GBP 1000.00
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Since the "Opening Up" period of 1978-80, China has urbanized with unprecedented speed. The construction of completely new cities and the dramatic redevelopment of existing urban centers have completely transformed the Chinese landscape. This urban revolution has generated an astonishing number and size of cities, undertaken with little thought for environmental and social consequences. Scholars striving to understand and analyze these remarkable and often contradictory urban phenomena have contributed to a large English language literature in multiple disciplines (geography, sociology, political science, urban planning, architecture, anthropology, and history). Since 1980, this literature has evolved alongside changes in the Chinese city, charting alterations in central government policies, municipal decision-making, and development practices along with their spatial outcomes. A key issue has been obsolescence. Keeping up with these transformations requires continuous research and revision, producing a literature rich in detailed studies of specific cities and regions but with few comprehensive works. Thus, the collection format is ideally suited for this body of scholarly research.
This collection, organized chronologically and thematically, will allow students, professors and scholars easy access to key works on Chinese urbanization covering a range of topics across three decades of research. This will clarify the shifting and often confusing terrain of urban scholarship on China. We will survey leading authorities in the field to identify the most significant and relevant contributions to the scholarly literature. |
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America Votes 32: 2015-2016, Election Returns by State |
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Rhodes Cook/ 9781506368986/ Price:GBP 210.00
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Authoritative, extensive in scope and meticulously researched, America Votes is a valuable resource that includes official, state-certified election returns for the presidential, House, Senate, and gubernatorial elections of 2015 and 2016. Including both primary and general election data, this volume is an essential acquisition for university, school, public, and professional libraries.
First published during the Eisenhower administration researchers have long depended on America Votes for its consistent and detailed presentation of election data from across disparate state election offices. Author Rhodes Cook brings to the volume years of election analysis experience and expertise in navigating the complicated U.S. electoral landscape.
Features of the updated 32nd Edition include:
¡EAn introduction to the 2016 elections, including useful statistics and analysis of the Republican victories that cemented their control of the House and Senate
¡EPrimary and general election results for the 2016 congressional, gubernatorial and presidential elections
¡ECongressional special elections from the 114th and 115th Congresses
¡EHistorical election returns for presidential, gubernatorial, and Senate races |
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CQ Researcher Bound Volume 2017 |
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CQ Researcher/ 9781544300573/ Price:GBP 375.00
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This single reference volume features every cutting-edge CQ Researcher report published in 2017.
CQ Researcher is the most trusted source for in-depth reporting on current, vital issues, and is the top choice of librarians and students seeking original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on the issues shaping the world. |
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Global Governance II, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Coen, David/ 9781138931909/ Price:GBP 1000.00
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Published in association with UCL¡¦s Institute of Global Governance, this new title in Routledge¡¦s Critical Concepts in Political Science series is a four-volume collection of the very best scholarship. It is an essential successor to an earlier Routledge collection, Global Governance (4 vols.) (978-0-415-27661-0) (2003), edited by Timothy J. Sinclair.
Research in and around global governance has experienced dramatic growth in recent years. Global Governance (2003) was the first comprehensive collection of the field¡¦s canonical and cutting-edge research, and this new collection now takes full account of the many important developments that have taken place since its appearance. Global Governance II also includes coverage of areas without the scope of the first collection. In particular, this new Routledge collection showcases (in the words of the editors) ¡¥the second generation of global-governance scholarship which transcends a functionalist regime frame to inquire into the political economy of global governance, and structural constraints exercised by material power, value, and norm conflict¡¦. The editors have also gathered the essential scholarship on the most innovative modes of global governance (such as polycentricity, and networked and experimentalist governance).
With a full index, together with a comprehensive introduction, newly written by the editors, which places the collected material in its historical and intellectual context, Global Governance II is an indispensable work of reference. |
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Nachgefragt: Menschenrechte und Demokratie: Basiswissen zum Mitreden. |
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Christine Schulz-Reiss/ 9783785589885/ Price:EUR 6.95
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Political Economy of China¡VTaiwan Relations: Origins and Development |
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Chien-Kai Chen/ 9781498568050/ Price:US$ 95.00
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Comparative Politics of Southeast Asia |
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Aurel Croissant/ 9783319885599/ Price:EUR 74.99
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Drums of War, Drums of Development: The Formation of a Pacific Ruling Class and Industrial Transformation in East and Southeast Asia, 1945-1980 |
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Jim Glassman/ 9789004315792/ Price:EUR 211.00
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Studying Hong Kong: 20 Years of Political, Economic and Social Developments. |
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Tai Wei Lim/ 9789813223547/ Price:US$ 118.00
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The Lies We Were Told: Politics, Economics, Austerity and Brexit |
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Simon Wren-Lewis/ 9781529202137/ Price:GBP 14.99
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Bordering Two Unions: Northern Ireland and Brexit |
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Sylvia de Mars/ 9781447317241/ Price:GBP 13.99
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How does Brexit change Northern Ireland¡¦s system of government? Could it unravel crucial parts of Northern Ireland¡¦s peace process? What are the wider implications of the arrangements for the Irish and UK constitutions?
Northern Ireland presents some of the most difficult Brexit dilemmas.
Negotiations between the UK and the EU have set out how issues like citizenship, trade, the border, human rights and constitutional questions may be resolved. But the long-term impact of Brexit isn¡¦t clear.
This thorough analysis draws upon EU, UK, Irish and international law, setting the scene for a post-Brexit Northern Ireland by showing what the future might hold. |
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Borders, Mobility and Belonging in the Era of Brexit and Trump |
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Mary Gilmartin/ 9781447347279/ Price:GBP 42.99
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Questions of migration and citizenship are at the heart of global political debate with Brexit and the election of Donald Trump having ripple effects around the world.
Providing new insights into the politics of migration and citizenship in the UK and the US, this book challenges the increasingly prevalent view of migration and migrants as threats and of formal citizenship as a necessary marker of belonging. Instead the authors offer an analysis of migration and citizenship in practice, as a counterpoint to simplistic discourses.
The book uses cutting-edge academic work on migration and citizenship to address three themes central to current debates ¡V borders and walls, mobility and travel, and belonging. Through this analysis a clearer picture of the roots of these politics emerges as well as of the consequences for mobility, political participation and belonging in the 21st century. |
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The New Working Class: How to Win Hearts, Minds and Votes |
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Claire Ainsley/ 9781447344186/ Price:GBP 13.99
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Recent events such as the Brexit vote and the 2017 general election result highlight the erosion of traditional class identities and the decoupling of class from political identity. The majority of people in the UK still identify as working class, yet no political party today can confidently articulate their interests. So who is now working class and how do political parties gain their support?
Based on the opinions and voices of lower and middle income voters, this insightful book proposes what needs to be done to address the issues of the 'new working class'. Outlining the composition, values, and attitudes of the new working class, it provides practical recommendations for political parties to reconnect with the electorate and regain trust. |
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The Politics of Compassion: Immigration and Asylum Policy |
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Ala Sirriyeh/ 9781529200423/ Price:GBP 79.99
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Whether addressing questions of loss, (be)longing, fears of an immigration ¡¥invasion¡¦ or perceived injustices in immigration policies, immigration debates are infused with strong emotions.
Emotion is often presented as a factor that complicates and hinders rational discussion. This book explores how emotion is, in fact, central to understanding how and why we have the immigration policies we do, and what kinds of policies may be beneficial for various groups of people in society.
The author looks beyond the ¡¥negative¡¦ emotions of fear and hostility to examine on the politics of compassion and empathy. Using case studies from Australia, Europe and the US, the book offers a new and original analysis of immigration policy and immigration debates. |
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Understanding Brexit: A Concise Introduction |
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Tim Oliver/ 9781447346395/ Price:GBP 21.99
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Understanding Brexit provides a concise introduction to the past, present and future of one of the most important and controversial topics in modern British politics. Written for both those familiar with the topic and those new to it, the book sets out in a clear and accessible way many of the fundamentals for understanding why Brexit happened and what happens next. |
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How Language works in Politics: The Impact of Vague Legislation on Policy |
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Matthew Williams/ 9781529200201/ Price:GBP 79.99
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There were more colons used in legislation in 2015 than there were words enacted in 1900. Using analysis from machine readings of all legislation enacted between 1900 and 2015, this book discusses the social impact of increasingly elastic legislative language on the contemporary workings of the British constitution.
The hot-button debates of our time ¡X from immigration to European integration, to the creeping power of judges ¡X have, at their core, battles over what policy instructions are authoritative.
The book encourages readers to connect the dots of British statecraft, and to understand how, exactly, public demands are transferred into laws that are then implemented with greater and lesser degrees of success. Crucially, it shows that vague legislation has a tremendous impact on policy delivery, disproportionately affecting the weakest, in areas including immigration, homelessness and anti-discrimination. |
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Leading Public Sector Innovation: Co-Creating for a Better Society |
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Christian Bason/ 9781447336242/ Price:GBP 25.99
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The second edition of this significant text has been thoroughly revised to take account of the latest literature, case studies and international developments in the field. Drawing on global research and practical examples, Bason illustrates the key triggers and practices of public sector innovation.
Each chapter includes a refined ¡¥how to do it¡¦ toolkit, and two new chapters have been added, one which discusses the rise of innovation labs in the public sector, and a practical chapter focused on change leadership, to complement the existing chapter on leadership roles.
The book will be a valuable resource for researchers and students in public administration, management and policy, as well as managers, project managers and staff in public sector organisations. |
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Law and Society in a Populist Age: Balancing Individual Rights and the Common Good |
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Amitai Etzioni/ 9781529200256/ Price:GBP 19.99
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Amitai Etzioni, one of the most respected thinkers in the US, argues for a new liberal communitarian approach as an effective response to populism. This recognizes that different members of the society have differing values, interests, and needs that cannot be fully reconciled to legislation in a populist age.
The book considers the core challenges in contexts including national security versus privacy, private sector responsibility, freedom of the press, campaign finance reform, regulatory law and the legal status of terrorists. It offers a timely discussion of the relationship of the law to the citizen in a fast-changing environment. |
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Time to Save Democracy: How to Govern Ourselves in the Age of Anti-Politics |
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Henry Tam/ 9781447338246/ Price:GBP 22.99
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To govern ourselves or not to? This is the existential question of politics. With the rise of distrust, alienation, and extremism, it is all the more difficult to secure democratic self-rule when neither those in power nor the general public seem dependable when it comes to making decisions that can transform our lives, for better or worse.
In the face of seemingly insurmountable challenges, Henry Tam explores what should be done to revive democracy. Presenting in a clear and accessible manner, he goes beyond the familiar ¡¥get the vote out¡¦ ideas, to set out 9 key areas where reforms are necessary to ensure we can govern ourselves more effectively.
Against the suggestion that democracy has run its course, this book unpacks why democratic governance is indispensable and puts forward forty recommendations to help us avoid the twin threats of oppressive rule and debilitating chaos. |
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Public Policy Resources |
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Peter Knoepfel/ 9781447345053/ Price:GBP 79.99
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Building on Knoepfel¡¦s previous book, Public policy analysis, this book offers a conceptually coherent view of ten public policy resources: force, law, personal, money, property rights, information, organisation, consensus, time and political support. The book demonstrates the interplay of the different resources in a conceptually coherent framework and presents numerous illustrations of ways of mobilising the resources and managing them in a sustainable way, resource exchanges and the role of institutions governing the interrelationships between actors and resources.
The book will be valuable to postgraduate students as well as those working in policy programming and implementation across both public and private sectors and in non-governmental organisations. |
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Re-imagining religion and belief: 21st century policy and practice |
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Christopher Baker/ 9781447347095/ Price:GBP 47.99
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The need to reimagine religion and belief is precipitated by their greater visibility in public life. Meanwhile, social policy responses often see them from a problem-based, rather than an asset-based, approach. However, with growing diversity of religion and belief in every sector comes the potential for new dialogues across previously impermeable policy and disciplinary silos.
This volume brings together leading international authors to critically consider these challenges within legal and policy frameworks, including security and cohesion, welfare, law, health and social care, inequality, cohesion, extremism, migration and abuse. It challenges policy makers to re-imagine religion and belief as an integral part of public life that contains resources, practices, forms of knowledge and experience that are essential to a coherent policy approach to diversity, enhanced democracy and participation. |
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Varieties of Opposition to Gender Equality in Europe. |
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Mieke Verloo/ 9781138649613/ Price:GBP 36.99
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Britishness, Belonging and Citizenship: Experiencing Nationality Law |
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Devyani Prabhat/ 9781447344476/ Price:GBP 53.99
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Long term resident migrants to the UK, who often possess valuable skills for the economy, still face significant barriers to citizenship. In this important book, Dr Prabhat captures the experiences of those who successfully become British citizens through stories of belonging, citizenship, and the law; beautifully illustrated by artist Sam Church. Speaking to contemporary times of Brexit, the book exposes the challenges which become insurmountable for many migrants, and illuminates the gap between policy and practice in gaining British citizenship. |
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The Moral Marketplace: How Mission-driven Millennials and Social Entrepreneurs Are Changing Our World |
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Asheem Singh/ 9781447337744/ Price:GBP 13.99
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Enter the world of the social entrepreneur. A global community of doers, thinkers and leaders who mix business with grass-roots activism to make social change possible.
Vinod Kapur created a new breed of chicken that feeds some of the world¡¦s poorest villagers. Betty Makoni empowers young women across Africa through her Girl Child Network. Stephen Burks connects developing world artisans with high fashion brands. They are but three.
In this book, author and activist Asheem Singh explores how a movement of tiny ventures evolved into a global humanitarian and financial juggernaut, revealing new ways to fight privilege and inequality, rewire philanthropy, government and even capitalism itself.
This is a guide to an exhilarating and inspiring world where, through our giving, campaigning and even through our choices as consumers, we can all play a crucial role in taking on the biggest social challenges of our time. |
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The Contemporary World. (With DVD) |
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This book brings together global perspectives on polity, economy and international strategy.
Details the scientific achievements of the contemporary world and analyzing the key scientific trends, discoveries, and personalities of the modern age.
Offers students real advice in navigating the ever-changing academic landscape. |
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Making sense of Brexit. |
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Victor J. Seidler/ 9781447345206/ Price:GBP 15.99
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After the shock decision to leave the EU in 2016, what can we learn about our divided and increasingly unequal society and the need to listen to each other? This engaging and accessible book addresses the causes and implications of Brexit, exploring this moral anger against political elites and people feeling estranged from a political process and economic system that no longer expressed their will.
Seidler argues that we need new political imaginations across class, race, religion, gender and sexuality to engage in issues about the scale and acceleration of urban change and the time people need to adjust to new realities.
He suggests we need to listen to people's concerns not only about the impact of immigration and globalisation on their lives but also about the injustice of a capitalist economy that makes them pay through austerity and cuts in social welfare for a financial crisis they were not responsible for. He imagines alternative futures that will allow different generations to still appreciate themselves as Europeans with a future in Europe. |
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3GE Collection on Political Science: Introduction to Political Science. |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781680959536/ Price:US$ 160.00
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This comprehensive text balances classic and up-to-date political theory with current events and empirical study.
It provides readers with comprehensive coverage of all major political science topics, with an especially strong focus on theory and thorough coverage of comparative institutions and international political systems.
The text gives emphasis to the role of society in political science. |
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3GE Collection on Political Science: Political Thought. |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781680959550/ Price:US$ 160.00
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This volume offers an accessible and wide-ranging introduction to the history of international political thought.
Covers the most recent developments in Islamic political thought and the most recent historical scholarship.
The book will be of interest to students and academics in political theory, sociology, social policy and cultural studies. |
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3GE Collection on Political Science: Gender, Class & Education. |
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3G Editorial Board/ 9781680959574/ Price:US$ 160.00
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This book grounds the education of women and girls in the realities of their lives and experience in diverse areas of the developing world.
It considers how globalization has produced new discourses, created new sites of political action and requires a rethinking about feminist claims upon the state for gender equity in education.
This book examines gender equality in schooling as an aspiration of global social justice. |
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Global Terrorism: An Overview. |
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Chester Alexis C. Buama/ 9781773611297/ Price:US$ 150.00
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This book looks into various aspects of terrorism including an extensive historical overview of terrorism and related issues - definition of global terrorism historical roots of terrorism politics, ideologies and strategies of both contemporary and older terrorist groups, terrorism today, recent attacks, and trends in the Global Terrorism Index over the last 10 years. The book is meant to give the reader an insight of the development of history, so as to understand the terrorist mind, motivations, arguments, backgrounds and why some places are better targets of terrorist activities than others. An essential reading to have a holistic understanding of global terrorism and related issues. |
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International and Regional Organizations. |
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Chester Alexis C. Buama/ 9781773611303/ Price:US$ 150.00
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The book is not about describing international organizations (IOs). Neither is it a book regarding worldwide administration. The book is about the IO hypothesis, and about the utilization of this hypothesis to comprehend global relations. It doesn't endeavor to methodically audit the environment of IOs or to thoroughly depict the UN or whatever other specific organization. Its objective is to comprehend the IO hypothesis and to utilize specific IOs illustratively, to propose routes in which the hypotheses talked about can enable us to comprehend the part of IOs in global governmental issues. Assembling these sources to touch base at a major picture of IO hypothesis can be a test for understudies. This book is intended to give a succinct extension among these different classifications of readings. |
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Global Governance Systems. |
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Chester Alexis C. Buama/ 9781773611310/ Price:US$ 150.00
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As the world reach its full potential in achieving sustainable development for each country, the importance of Global Governance System becomes much more relevant than before. As this book continue to give further information with regards to the global governance system, proposals of different organizations and experts will also be included in order to further understand the challenges of this system and how the leaders will continue to be united in order to achieve their dream world or perhaps, does their dream world will continue to be a dream for the future generation? |
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Fundamental Human Rights and the Law of Nations. |
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Anne Wade/ 9781773613291/ Price:US$ 155.00
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A matter of significant concern is the violation and exploitation of human rights at such a large scale that millions and millions of people all over the globe are getting adversely affected. This demands a thorough and elaborate exploration and understanding of ?Human Rights and Law of Nations?. This book discusses the efforts by United Nations to enforce and implement the human rights everywhere on globe with the aim to achieve world peace that has been the major goal of UN since inception and has been emphasized in all United Nations Organization programs. This work will provide the information in a manner as comprehensive as possible for the present scenario and for the time to come. |
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UXL Protests, Riots, and Rebellions: Civil Unrest in the Modern World, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Protests, Riots, and Rebellions provides students with information about a range of issues that have inspired protest around the world, and the types of protests that serious activists and ordinary people alike have used to effect change. The 3-volume set details both historic and contemporary events, some well-known, and others less familiar to students. For example, the Umbrella Revolution, a pro-democracy event held in the streets of Hong Kong in 2014, is featured. The international scope of the title allows students to compare and contrast events from different parts of the world. For example, they might compare the Stonewall Riots in New York City in 1969 with the first gay rights festival held Shanghai in 2009. The set helps students gain a greater understanding of Civics, Government, U.S. History, and World History.
Twenty-one chapters in Protests each focus on a different social issue, movement, or theme. Chapters provide a brief historical, social, and political overview of the issue or movement and then describe 3 to 5 specific protest events associated with it. An engaging and informative summary of each event explores the motivations and methods of protesters, media reaction and coverage, government response, outcomes, and impacts. These easy-to-read entries are enhanced with color photos and illustrations, along with some historical b/w images. |
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A Study of China's Strategy for Peaceful Development |
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Li Jingzhi/ 9789814698177/ Price:US$ 150.00
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Pursuing peaceful development and building a harmonious world underlie China's diplomatic principles and policies since the early 1980s. In A Study of China's Strategy for Peaceful Development, the authors examine various patterns of national rise, especially those of Britain, the US, Germany, and Japan, and investigate theoretically the possibility and necessity of China's pursuit of peaceful development and a harmonious world. The authors also elaborate on other related topics such as the international order, world security, foreign relations, external environment, economic globalization, cultural logic, natural resources, and the question of Taiwan.
KEY FEATURES
- Examines various patterns of national rise, especially those of Britain, the US, Germany, and Japan
- Investigates theoretically the possibility and necessity of China's pursuit of peaceful development and a harmonious world.
- Elaborates on other related topics such as the international order, world security, external environment, globalization, foreign relations, natural resources, and the question of Taiwan. |
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Countering Terrorist Activities in Cyberspace |
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Minchev, Z./ 9781614998464/ Price:EUR 108.00
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The main objective of the five-day ATC was to provide participants from the integrated security sector with information and knowledge about global trends with regard to the uses of cyberspace by ISIS, as well as accentuating the importance of the resulting social and technological challenges. An in-depth analysis of how these trends are influencing the region was also performed. The course topic was addressed from strategic/political, legal and technical perspectives, and participants were engaged in creating future regional policy proposals to counter ISIS use of cyberspace by engaging political, strategic, legal and technical components.
The 12 selected lectures presented here provide readers with a comprehensive analysis from a socio-cultural, organizational and technological perspective. Among the authors are well-known academics and security professionals with internationally proven expertise in their areas of work, and the book will be of interest to all those working in the field of counter-terrorism. |
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Directly Elected Mayors in Urban Governance: Impact and Practice |
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David Sweeting/ 9781447327028/ Price:GBP 26.99
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Directly elected mayors are political leaders who are selected directly by citizens and head multi-functional local government authorities. This book examines the contexts, features and debates around this model of leadership, and how in practice political leadership is exercised through it.
The book draws on examples from Europe, the US, and Australasia to examine the impacts, practices, and debates of mayoral leadership in different cities and countries. Themes that recur throughout include the formal and informal powers that mayors exercise, their relationships with other actors in governance - both inside municipalities and in broader governance networks - and the advantages and disadvantages of the mayoral model.
Both qualitative and quantitative approaches are used to build a picture of views of and on directly elected mayors in different contexts from across the globe. This book will be a valuable resource for those studying or researching public policy, public management, urban studies, politics, law, and planning. |
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Squaring the Circle on Brexit: Could the Norway Model Work? |
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John Erik Fossum/ 9781529200300/ Price:GBP 13.99
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This important book provides the first systematic assessment of the so-called Norway Model, suggested as an off-the-shelf option for the UK to ¡¥square the circle¡¦ after Brexit.
Two preeminent Norwegian scholars of politics and law offer a comprehensive first-hand account of Norway¡¦s relationship with the EU and how this affects the country¡¦s legal and political system, setting out what Britain can learn from Norway¡¦s experience and how transferable these lessons are.
Their analysis also explores what impact the UK¡¦s presence is likely to have on existing members of the European Economic Area (EEA) discussing both the opportunities and the challenges. The book will be a valuable resource for anyone interested in the future of the UK¡¦s relationship with Europe. |
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Kill It to Save It: An Autopsy of Capitalism's Triumph over Democracy |
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Corey Dolgon/ 9781447317135/ Price:GBP 11.99
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How have powerful Americans convinced their fellow citizens to support policies beneficial only to the wealthy? Why have so many given up on public education, safe food and safe streets, living wages ¡V even on democracy itself?
Kill it to Save it lays bare the hypocrisy of US political discourse by documenting the story of capitalism¡¦s triumph over democracy.
As the Progressive Left tries to understand how President Trump came to power, Corey Dolgon documents his historical, political and cultural road map. Dolgon argues that American citizens now accept policies that destroy the public sector and promote political stories that feel right ¡§in the gut¡¨, regardless of science or facts.
Covering the post-Vietnam era to present day, Dolgon dismantles US common sense cultural discourse and explains why the endless crisis in US policy will continue until American citizens recognize what has been lost, and in whose interest. |
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Understanding Brexit: A Concise Introduction |
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Tim Oliver/ 9781447346388/ Price:GBP 63.99
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NATO AND THE MIDDLE EAST: The Making of a Partnership |
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Alessandro Minuto-Rizzo/ 9780999557235/ Price:US$ 24.00
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This is a book on NATO and the Arabs. The author has been Deputy Secretary General of NATO from 2001 to the end of 2007, and at present is the founder and President of the NATO Defense College Foundation in Rome. In those years he was tasked by the North Atlantic Council to launch possible partnerships with the Arabs of the Mediterranean, of the Gulf, and Israel. NATO wished to compensate for the disaster in Iraq, but we never had before any kind of relationship with the Arab world, traditionally very suspicious of NATO.
The narrative of the book is about that policy and the objective to reach out to the Arabs. In the end it was considered to be a success story. Putting the basis for two existing partnerships and a long term relationship.
The book came out in Italy in 2013. As the relationship with the Arabs has recently become so dramatically relevant and the transatlantic bond so strained, the book has been updated and translated into English.
¡§I recognize that it is impossible to recount THE history of something! In politics, as in personal life, there is never just one version. All depends on one¡¦s point of view, and the way you personally experience the situation¡K This work first and foremost is about my personal experiences in the field, dealing with governments and important players. Admittedly, dealing with unexpected situations sometimes can lead one to perceive an ¡§exotic¡¨ dimension, which may unintentionally receive an overly ¡§literary¡¨ treatment in the telling.¡¨ (A. Minuto-Rizzo) |
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From The Bronx To Oxford And Not Quite Back |
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Norman Birnbaum/ 9780998643342/ Price:US$ 32.00
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This book is a contribution to the history of the Cold War, Dr. Birnbaum having been a very audible critic of US policy. Even more, it is a study of the role of ideas in politics, and of the adventures and misadventures of three generations of public intellectuals in Europe and the US. The author, now the senior member of the Editorial Board of The Nation, was a founding editor of New Left Review, a member of the Editorial Board of Partisan Review, and a contributor to Trans-Atlantic debate. He is particularly proud of having been barred from the German Democratic Republic in 1986 for assisting some of the dissidents who eventually ended the regime. Dr. Birnbaum¡¦s direct experience of public affairs includes an appointment as Consultant, National Security Council, and advisory roles with the United Auto Workers and Senator Edward Kennedy. He has also been an advisor to the German Trade Union Federation and the Green and Social Democratic Parties, to the French Socialist Party and Spanish Socialist Party, and to the Secretariat for Non-Believers of the Holy See. The text includes portraits of Harvard contemporaries (McGeorge Bundy, Carl Kaysen, Henry Kissinger, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.) as well as of a spectrum of Europeans, including Willy Brandt. Isaiah Berlin, Clement Greenberg, Leszek Kolakowski, Henri Lefebvre, Dwight Macdonald, Herbert Marcuse, Iris Murdoch, William Phillips are equally remembered. |
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From The Bronx To Oxford And Not Quite Back |
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Norman Birnbaum/ 9780998643359/ Price:US$ 42.00
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Evidence based policing: An introduction |
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Renee Mitchell/ 9781447339755/ Price:GBP 26.99
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Over the past ten years, the field of evidence-based policing (EBP) has grown substantially, evolving from a novel idea at the fringes of policing to an increasingly core component of contemporary policing research and practice.
Examining what makes something evidence-based and not merely evidence-informed, this book unifies the voices of police practitioners, academics, and pracademics. It provides real world examples of evidence-based police practices and how police research can be created and applied in the field.
Includes contributions from leading international EBP researchers and practitioners such as Larry Sherman, University of Cambridge, Lorraine Mazerrolle, University of Queensland, Anthony Braga, Northeastern and Craig Bennell, Carelton University. |
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Evidence based policing: An introduction |
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Renee Mitchell/ 9781447339786/ Price:GBP 79.99
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Poverty, inequality and social work: The impact of neo-liberalism and austerity politics on welfare provision |
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Ian Cummins/ 9781447334804/ Price:GBP 85.99
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Historic Documents of 2016 |
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Kerrigan, Heather/ 9781506375007/ Price:GBP 300.00
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Published annually since 1972, the Historic Documents series has made primary source research easy by presenting excerpts from documents on the important events of each year for the United States and the World. Each volume pairs 60 to 70 original background narratives with well over 100 documents to chronicle the major events of the year, from official reports and surveys to speeches from leaders and opinion makers, to court cases, legislation, testimony, and much more.
Historic Documents is renowned for the well-written and informative background, history, and context it provides for each document. Organized chronologically, each volume covers the same wide range of topics: business, the economy and labor; energy, environment, science, technology, and transportation; government and politics; health and social services; international affairs; national security and terrorism; and rights and justice. Each volume begins with an insightful essay that sets the year¡¦s events in context, and each document or group of documents is preceded by a comprehensive introduction that provides background information on the event. Full-source citations are provided. Readers have easy access to material through a detailed, thematic table of contents, and each event includes references to related coverage and documents from the last ten editions of the series. |
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The SAGE Encyclopedia of Political Behavior, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Moghaddam, Fathali M./ 9781483391168/ Price:GBP 330.00
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The SAGE Encyclopedia of Political Behavior explores the intersection of psychology, political science, sociology, and human behavior. This encyclopedia integrates theories, research, and case studies from a variety of disciplines that inform this established area of study. Aimed at college and university students, this one-of-a-kind book covers voting patterns, interactions between groups, what makes different types of government systems appealing to different societies, and the impact of early childhood development on political beliefs, among others. Topics explored by political psychologists are of great interest in fields beyond either psychology or political science, with implications, for instance, within business and management. |
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Humanitarian Intervention, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Bellamy, Alex J./ 9781138961814/ Price:GBP 1050.00
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Past, ongoing, and impending humanitarian crises¡Xincluding those in Rwanda, Kosovo, Darfur, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria¡Xmean that dizzyingly difficult questions around the ethics and politics of humanitarian intervention (and the so-called ¡¥Responsibility to Protect¡¦) have, alas, never been more topical. Now, addressing the need for an authoritative reference work to make sense of a rapidly growing and ever more complex corpus of literature, Routledge announces a new title in its Critical Concepts in Military, Strategic, and Security Studies series. Edited by Alex Bellamy, Director of the Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect and Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Queensland, Australia, Humanitarian Intervention is a four-volume collection which brings together the foundational and the very best cutting-edge scholarship to create a one-stop ¡¥mini library¡¦ of major works.
Humanitarian Intervention is fully indexed and includes a comprehensive introduction, newly written by the editor, which places the collected material in its historical and intellectual context. It is an essential reference work and is destined to be valued by scholars and students of Military and Strategic Studies, International Relations, and War Studies¡Xas well as by policy-makers and practitioners¡Xas a vital research and pedagogic resource. |
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Music as a Platform for Political Communication |
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Onyebadi, Uche/ 9781522519867/ Price:US$ 195.00
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Artistic expression is a longstanding aspect of mankind and our society. While art can simply be appreciated for aesthetic artistic value, it can be utilized for other various multidisciplinary purposes.
Music as a Platform for Political Communication is a comprehensive reference source for the latest scholarly perspectives on delivering political messages to society through musical platforms and venues. Highlighting innovative research topics on an international scale, such as election campaigns, social justice, and protests, this book is ideally designed for academics, professionals, practitioners, graduate students, and researchers interested in discovering how musical expression is shaping the realm of political communication.
Topics Covered
¡EApartheid
¡EElection Campaigns
¡EIdentity Politics
¡EPolitical Activism
¡EPopular Culture and Films
¡ESocial Justice
¡ESocial Protests |
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Agent-Based Modeling in Humanitarian Interventions: Emerging Research and Opportunities |
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McCaskill,John/ 9781522517825/ Price:US$ 115.00
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When a nation or region of the world is under a state of distress and violence, international government agencies are tasked with the job of delivering aid to assist. Before intervening, however, it is imperative to examine the situation¡¦s individual characteristics and risks.
Agent-Based Modeling in Humanitarian Interventions: Emerging Research and Opportunities examines the benefits and challenges of utilizing behavioral models and simulations to conduct and assess possible risks and operational strategies for stability and counterinsurgency operations in distressed countries. Including innovative studies on ethical considerations, military involvement, and non-governmental organizations, this book is an ideal source for policy makers, researchers, students, practitioners, and academics interested in the use of agent-based models for international coalition efforts.
Topics Covered
¡EComplexity Theory
¡EData Analysis
¡EEthical Considerations
¡EMilitary Involvement
¡ENon-Governmental Organizations
¡EPolicy Implications
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The SAGE Handbook of Electoral Behaviour, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Arzheimer, Kai/ 9781473913158/ Price:GBP 280.00
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The study of voting behaviour remains a vibrant sub-discipline of political science. The Handbook of Electoral Behaviour is an authoritative and wide ranging survey of this dynamic field, drawing together a team of the world's leading scholars to provide a state-of-the-art review that sets the agenda for future study.
Taking an interdisciplinary approach and focusing on a range of countries, the handbook is composed of eight parts. The first five cover the principal theoretical paradigms, establishing the state of the art in their conceptualisation and application, and followed by chapters on their specific challenges and innovative applications in contemporary voting studies. The remaining three parts explore elements of the voting process to understand their different effects on vote outcomes.
The SAGE Handbook of Electoral Behaviour is an essential benchmark publication for advanced students, researchers and practitioners in the fields of politics, sociology, psychology and research methods.
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Comparative Perspectives on Civil Religion, Nationalism, and Political Influence |
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Lewin, Eyal/ 9781522505167/ Price:US$ 185.00
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Throughout history, as well as in contemporary times, religion has had a significant impact on society and culture. Many times religious undertones are incorporated into political agendas or social movements in an effort to spur action from and engage the masses
Comparative Perspectives on Civil Religion, Nationalism, and Political Influence investigates how belief systems, political behavior, and public action impact the general populace. Featuring theoretical concepts and empirical research across pertinent topic areas, this book is a pivotal reference source for students, scholars, and public figures interested in social behavior, religious studies, and politics.
Topics Covered
¡ECommunication Patterns
¡EComparative Religion
¡ECounter-Nationalism
¡EPolitical Theories
¡EReligious Considerations
¡ESign Language
¡EWomen¡¦s Rights
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The SAGE Encyclopedia of War: Social Science Perspectives, 4-Vols/Set |
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Joseph, Paul/ 9781483359892/ Price:GBP 605.00
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Traditional explorations of war look through the lens of history and military science, focusing on big events, big battles, and big generals. By contrast, The SAGE Encyclopedia of War: Social Science Perspective views war through the lens of the social sciences, looking at the causes, processes and effects of war and drawing from a vast group of fields such as communication and mass media, economics, political science and law, psychology and sociology.
Key features include:
¡EApproximately 700 entries organized A-to-Z, authored and signed by key academics in the field
¡EEntries conclude with cross-references and further readings, aiding the researcher further in their research journeys
¡EAn alternative Reader¡¦s Guide table of contents groups articles by disciplinary areas and by broad themes
¡EA Glossary and helpful Resource Guide directing researchers to classic books, journals and electronic resources for more in-depth study
This important and distinctive work will be a key reference for all researchers in the fields of political science, international relations and sociology. |
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Risk, 4-Vols/Set |
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Burgess, Adam/ 9781473930247/ Price:GBP 820.00
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The notion of risk, and the associated concepts of hazard, uncertainty and probability, is a modern one. Such is our preoccupation with anticipating and trying to manage the future living in a ¡¥risk society', according to Ulrich Beck's famous account. The study of risk - as an at least partially social phenomenon of the modern world - is an even more recent development than the term itself. Risk-related research has increased exponentially since its beginnings in the late 1960s, indicated by the array of specialist journals such as Risk Analysis, Journal of Risk Research and Health, Risk and Society. From original concerns with public perception of risk from technology, food, health, environment and media it has expanded into many new areas, such as terrorism and child safety.
This major work brings together articles that have made an impact and have implications beyond their disciplinary field or topic area, and the literature is organised into the following thematic volumes:
Volume One: Psychological - and American - Origins
Volume Two: Social Turn and Social Theories
Volume Three: Regulation Governance and Applied Studies
Volume Four: Consequences, Debates, Implications
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Foreign Policy of the European Union, 4-Vols/Set |
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Tonra, Ben/ 9781473930254/ Price:GBP 780.00
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The European Union's significance as an international actor rests on several foundations. Empirically, the Union's size, scope and scale gives it a presence in the world in terms of politics, diplomacy, economics, trade and aid that is in need of analysis and contextualisation. In theoretical terms, the Union is a fascinating experiment in democratic, multi-state, multinational polity-building the likes of which we have not seen before.
Across four volumes, the editors present the foundational articles that have shaped mainstream academic discourse surrounding this topic as well as a handful of more provocative pieces. The result is a series of maps; at different scales and highlighting different topographical features, which will cumulatively provide a sophisticated and nuanced understanding of this fascinating international actor.
Volume One: Foundations and Design
Volume Two: International Political Economy
Volume Three: Core Foreign Policies
Volume Four: Critical International Relationships |
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The End of the Asian Century: War, Stagnation, and the Risks to the World's Most Dynamic Region |
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Michael R. Auslin/ 9780300212228/ Price:US$ 30.00
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A Legislative History of the Taiwan Relations Act: Bridging the Strait. |
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Martin B. Gold/ 9781498511124/ Price:US$ 116.00
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Politics, Culture and Identities in East Asia: Integration and Division. |
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Peng Er Lam/ 9789813226227/ Price:US$ 88.00
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China's Political Dynamics under Xi Jinping |
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Bo Zhiyue/ 9789813146303/ Price:US$ 108.00
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Addressing Emerging Security Risks for Energy Networks in South Caucasus |
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Novogrockiene, J./ 9781614997764/ Price:EUR 99.00
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This book presents papers from the NATO Advanced Research Workshop ¡§Addressing Emerging Security Risks for Energy Flows over South Caucasus¡¨, which took place in Tbilisi, Georgia, in December 2016. The workshop brought together academics specializing in energy security, practitioners dealing with energy infrastructure, safety and critical energy projects, NATO and EU experts, and representatives from industry, civil society and governmental agencies.
The workshop consisted of six major panels, which addressed numerous issues and emphasised the importance of the energy transit function of Georgia and the South Caucasus. It reviewed existing and future energy transit projects and potential flows of oil and power, and debated areas of common interest and forms of cooperation between consumers, producers and transit states. New security challenges raised by the increased threat of terrorist activities and potential military actions were also analyzed.
Potential forms of cooperation to provide adequate strategic and tactical safeguards against emerging threats were identified by the participants, and the book will be of interest to all those concerned with the security of our energy supplies. |
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Approaching the Nuclear Tipping Point: Cooperative Security in an Era of Global Change. |
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James E. Goodby/ 9781442265714/ Price:US$ 32.00
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Racism, Policy and Politics. |
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Karim Murji/ 9781447319580/ Price:GBP 25.99
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Race has been a prominent public policy issue in the UK for decades and there is growing interest in academia, but it is often caught in a repetitive cycle of progress and regress. This book analyses and bridges that gap by providing a unique insight into the relationship between race and ethnicity scholarship and the reality of ¡¥real world¡¦ policy and politics.
Drawing on the author¡¦s academic work as well as his background working in public policy bodies, it goes beyond ¡¥impact¡¦ debates, public sociology, diversity and post-race, to examine the changing context for researching race and racism, including media and policy debates and the ways in which institutional racism has played out in public policy settings since the Stephen Lawrence inquiry.
Combining theory and applied policy analysis in an accessible way, it guides the reader through the cultural and political changes in race and racism in recent decades and identifies the challenges and opportunities for policy and politically-engaged scholarship in future, clearly mapping the pitfalls and possibilities for critical work on race and racism. |
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Protest Camps in International Context: Spaces, Infrastructures and Media of Resistance. |
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Brown, Gavin/ 9781447329411/ Price:GBP 85.99
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From the squares of Spain to indigenous land in Canada, protest camps are a tactic used around the world. Since 2011 they have gained prominence in recent waves of contentious politics, deployed by movements with wide-ranging demands for social change. Through a series of international and interdisciplinary case studies from five continents, this topical collection is the first to focus on protest camps as unique organisational forms that transcend particular social movements¡¦ contexts. Whether erected in a park in Istanbul or a street in Mexico City, the significance of political encampments rests in their position as distinctive spaces where people come together to imagine alternative worlds and articulate contentious politics, often in confrontation with the state. |
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Reimagining the Nation: Togetherness, Belonging and Mobility. |
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Sutherland, Claire/ 9781447326281/ Price:GBP 47.99
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This book develops new ways of thinking beyond the nation as a form of political community by seeking to transcend ethnonational categories of ¡¥us¡¦ and ¡¥them¡¦. Drawing on scholarship and cases spanning Pacific Asia and Europe, it steps outside assumptions linking nation to state.
Accessible yet theoretically rich, it explores how to think about nationhood beyond narrow binaries and even broader cosmopolitan ideals. Using cutting edge critical research, it fundamentally challenges the positive connotations of British patriotism and UK politics¡¦ increasingly shrill anti-immigrant discourse, pointing to how these continue to reproduce vocabularies of belonging that are dependent on ethnonational and racialised categorizations.
With a cross-continental focus, this book offers alternative ways of thinking about togetherness and belonging that are premised on mobility rather than rootedness, thereby providing a constructive agenda for critical nationalism studies |
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Alternatives to Neoliberalism: Towards Equality and Democracy. |
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Jones, Bryn/ 9781447331148/ Price:GBP 85.99
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In this collection, innovative and eminent social and policy analysts, including Colin Crouch, Anna Coote, Grahame Thompson and Ted Benton, challenge the failing but still dominant ideology and policies of neo-liberalism.
The editors synthesise contributors¡¦ ideas into a revised framework for social democracy; rooted in feminism, environmentalism, democratic equality and market accountability to civil society.
This constructive and stimulating collection will be invaluable for those teaching, studying and campaigning for transformative political, economic and social policies. |
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| SB02-467 |
What's Wrong with Social Security Benefits? |
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Spicker, Paul/ 9781447337324/ Price:GBP 10.99
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In this thought-provoking book, Paul Spicker challenges readers to rethink social security benefits in Britain. Putting a case for reform of the system, Spicker argues that most of the criticisms made of social security benefits ¡V that spending is out of control, that it has led to mushrooming dependency, that it fails to get people into work, and that the system is riddled with fraud ¡V are misconceived.
Addressing those misconceptions, Spicker assesses the real problems with the system, related to its size, its complexity, the expectation that benefits agencies should know everything, and the determination to ¡¥personalise¡¦ benefits for millions of people. This stimulating short book is a valuable introduction to social security in Britain and the potential for its reform. |
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| SB02-467 |
Social Movements and Referendums from Below: Direct Democracy in the Neoliberal Crisis. |
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Donatella della Porta/ 9781447333418/ Price:GBP 85.99
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Over recent years, social movements formed in response to European neoliberal austerity measures have played an increasingly important role in referendums. This is the first book to bridge the gap between social movement studies and research on direct democracy. It draws on social movement theory to understand the nature of popular mobilization in referendums.
Written by one of the world¡¦s leading authorities on social movements, the book uses unique case studies such as the referendum on independence in Scotland, the consultations on independence in Catalonia, the Italian referendum on water, the referendum on the Troika proposals in Greece and the referendum on the debt repayment in Iceland, to illustrate the ways the social movements that formed as a consequence of the 2008 financial crash have affected the referendums¡¦ dynamic and results. It also addresses the way in which participation from below has had a transformative impact on the organisational strategies and framing practices used in the campaigns.
Looking at general issues of democracy, as well as the political effects of neoliberalism, this topical book is ideally suited to understand the reasons for the Brexit result and will be read by a wide audience interested in social movements, referendums and democratic innovation. |
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| SB02-467 |
What Kind of Democracy is This?: Politics in a Changing World. |
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Flinders, Matt/ 9781447337621/ Price:GBP 10.99
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Has there ever been a period in modern history when democratic politics seemed more unpredictable or unruly? The old rules by which politics was once both ordered and understood have waned, in the face of a set of global challenges almost beyond control or comprehension.
In terms of understanding these challenges, there are very few commentators who can run the gamut from democracy to disgust, from the micro to the macro and from love to loathing. And yet this is exactly what Matthew Flinders delivers, expertly ranging across topics including architecture, art, fell running and fairy tales in an attempt to understand the emerging democratic landscape.
Linking academic scholarship with popular culture, this refreshing and stimulating book seeks to provoke and inform in equal measure. |
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| SB02-467 |
Directly Elected Mayors in Urban Governance: Impact and Practice. |
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Sweeting, David/ 9781447327011/ Price:GBP 85.99
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Directly elected mayors are political leaders who are selected directly by citizens and head multi-functional local government authorities. This book examines the contexts, features and debates around this model of leadership, and how in practice political leadership is exercised through it.
The book draws on examples from Europe, the US, and Australasia to examine the impacts, practices, and debates of mayoral leadership in different cities and countries. Themes that recur throughout include the formal and informal powers that mayors exercise, their relationships with other actors in governance - both inside municipalities and in broader governance networks - and the advantages and disadvantages of the mayoral model.
Both qualitative and quantitative approaches are used to build a picture of views of and on directly elected mayors in different contexts from across the globe. This book will be a valuable resource for those studying or researching public policy, public management, urban studies, politics, law, and planning. |
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| SB02-467 |
Beyond Brexit?: How to Assess the UK's Future. |
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Morphet, Janice/ 9781447339243/ Price:GBP 10.99
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As the UK negotiates Brexit, what are the effects, implications and challenges that lie ahead? Janice Morphet takes a long term view on the range of institutional and operational options that may be deployed by the UK, EU and other international institutions seeking to influence the negotiations and outcome.
The book offers a context for the current debate and a new framework with which to assess and discuss the forthcoming negotiations taking into account the likely effects on the UK of forthcoming EU policies, and an analysis of the implications of policies foregone.
The book includes discussion of what Brexit means for the devolved nations, and the island of Ireland, where the Good Friday agreement and border management are serious enough to give pause to the whole process. |
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| SB02-467 |
Leading Public Design. |
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Bason, Christian/ 9781447325581/ Price:GBP 26.99
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This powerful new book provides a clear framework for understanding and learning an emerging management practice, leading public design.
Drawing on more than a decade of work on public sector innovation, Christian Bason uses his extensive practical experience and research conducted among public managers in the UK, the US, Australia, Finland and Denmark to explore how public organisations can be redesigned from the outside in, shaping policies and services that are truly experienced as useful and meaningful to citizens, and which leverage all of society¡¦s resources to co-produce better outcomes.
Through detailed case studies, the book presents six management practices which leaders in government can use to involve citizens, staff and other stakeholders in innovation processes. It shows how managers can challenge their own assumptions, leverage empathy with citizens, handle divergence, navigate unknown territory, experiment and rehearse future solutions through prototyping, and create more public value.
Ultimately, Leading public design provides a pathway to a new and different way of governing public institutions: human-centred governance. As a more relational, networked, interactive and reflective approach to running organisations, this emerging governance model promises a more human yet effective public sector. |
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The Political Economy of the Irish Welfare State: Church, State and Capital. |
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Powell, Fred/ 9781447332916/ Price:GBP 90.99
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The political economy of the Irish welfare state provides a fascinating interpretation of the evolution of social policy in modern Ireland, as the product of a triangulated relationship between church, state and capital.
Using official estimates, Professor Powell demonstrates that the welfare state is vital for the cohesion of Irish society with half the population at risk of poverty without it. However, the reality is of a residual welfare system dominated by means tests, with a two-tier health service, a dysfunctional housing system driven by an acquisitive dynamic of home-ownership at the expense of social housing, and an education system that is socially and religiously segregated.
Using the evolution of the Irish welfare state as a narrative example of the incompatibility of political conservatism, free market capitalism and social justice, the book offers a new and challenging view on the interface between structure and agency in the formation and democratic purpose of welfare states, as they increasingly come under critical review and restructuring by elites. |
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American Tianxia: Chinese Money, American Power and the End of History. |
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Salvatore Babones/ 9781447336808/ Price:GBP 21.99
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After a meteoric rise, China's once inexorable growth has come to a screeching halt. With it ends China's dream of establishing a new tianxia (¡¥harmonious order¡¦) in Asia with China at its centre. Salvatore Babones provides an up-to-date assessment of China's economic problems and how they are undermining China's challenge to the Western-dominated world order. As China's neighbours and many of its own most talented people look to the United States to ensure their security and prosperity, global power is slowly but surely consolidating in a twenty-first century American Tianxia.
A closely argued antidote to defeatist accounts of Western decline, this book tells the story of how liberal individualism has become the leitmotif of the American Tianxia, an emerging world-system in which people of all nationalities seek a share in the economic, cultural, and political system that is America writ large. |
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Liberal Moments. |
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Atanassow, Ewa/ 9781474251051/ Price:GBP 24.99
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Political Science: The Science of Politics. |
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MENON, SUDHA/ 9781680958829/ Price:US$ 140.00
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Political science is a social science discipline that deals with systems of government and the analysis of political activity and political behavior. As a social science, political science focuses on group power, the ?how? and ?why? of collective decision-making. This book is dedicated to understanding and explaining politics. It offers a range of topics both on domestic and international politics. |
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Theory of International Politics. |
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MENON, SUDHA/ 9781680958850/ Price:US$ 140.00
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International politics is the way in which sovereign states interact with each other. International politics should not be confused with global politics, which incorporates the roles of global interest groups and corporations in addition to governments. This book emphasizes on theory and practices of international politics. |
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Comparative Politics. |
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MENON, SUDHA/ 9781680958867/ Price:US$ 140.00
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Comparative politics is a field in political science, characterized by an empirical approach based on the comparative method. In other words, comparative politics is the study of the domestic politics, political institutions, and conflicts of countries. This book provides a distinctive new introduction to the study of comparative politics valuable for academics, researchers and professionals. |
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Political Geography. |
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Menon, Sudha/ 9781680958874/ Price:US$ 140.00
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Political geography is concerned with the study of both the spatially uneven outcomes of political processes and the ways in which political processes are themselves affected by spatial structures. Conventionally political geography adopts a three-scale structure for the purposes of analysis with the study of the state at the center, above this is the study of international relations (or geopolitics), and below it is the study of localities. The primary concerns of the sub-discipline can be summarized as the inter-relationships between people, state, and territory. |
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Approaches of Comparative Government and Politics. |
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Menon, Sudha/ 9781680958881/ Price:US$ 140.00
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The comparative study of politics and government examines political institutions - from constitutions to executives to parliaments to parties to electoral laws - and the processes and relationships that account for stability and change in political economy, culture, conflict, government, rights and public policy. |
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Marxism and Socialism with Chinese Characteristics |
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Jin Huiming/ 9789814698214/ Price:US$ 150.00
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The adaptation of Marxism to actual Chinese conditions resulted in the creation of a theoretical system of building socialism with Chinese characteristics. This system, formulated by the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the theoretical summary of the essence and general laws of China's socialist reform and economic development since the founding of the People's Republic in 1949, especially during the decades of Reform and Opening up that started from 1978. Being an innovative application and development of Marxism in the historical context of contemporary China, it not only follows the general principles of Marxism and scientific socialism, but also exhibits features that are unique to the Chinese nation.
Basing on official materials and drawing on existing academic achievements in CPC theoretical studies, Marxism and Socialism with Chinese Characteristics focuses on the interpretation of the basic tenets, theoretical value, and contemporary significance of traditional Marxism, the exploration of the features of the theoretical system of Chinese socialism from various perspectives, and in particular the study of the relationship between these two important theories, shedding light on the historical process of the sinicization of Marxism. The chapters in the book are arranged topically and interrelated. Topics covered include the origin and development of socialist ideology; the sinicization of Marxism and the creation of the theory of building socialism with Chinese characteristics; the development law of the socialist market economy; socialist democracy and the dictatorship of the proletariat; the Marxist theory on political party and party-building in China; and the scientific outlook on development, all of which are aimed at illuminating the significance and relevance of Marxism in contemporary times, especially in the context of China. |
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National Day Rally Speeches: 50 Years of Nationhood in Singapore (1966-2015) |
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National Archives of Singapore/ 9789814763929/ Price:US$ 105.00
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The Annual National Day Rally speeches in Singapore provide a valuable summation of all the major issues encountered each year, the challenges faced, as well as the policies and strategies that have shaped Singapore from Independence in 1965 to the present time.
This book presents a collection of 50 National Day Rally speeches made between 1966 and 2015 by Singapore's Prime Ministers Mr Lee Kuan Yew, Mr Goh Chok Tong and Mr Lee Hsien Loong. This is the first time that these speeches have been published in one book. It is an excellent resource for researchers and academics as well as anyone who seeks a better understanding of Singapore's nation-building journey and insights into how the country has evolved into what it is today. |
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National Day Rally Speeches: 50 Years of Nationhood in Singapore (1966-2015) |
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National Archives of Singapore/ 9789814763974/ Price:US$ 150.00
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The Annual National Day Rally speeches in Singapore provide a valuable summation of all the major issues encountered each year, the challenges faced, as well as the policies and strategies that have shaped Singapore from Independence in 1965 to the present time.
This book presents a collection of 50 National Day Rally speeches made between 1966 and 2015 by Singapore's Prime Ministers Mr Lee Kuan Yew, Mr Goh Chok Tong and Mr Lee Hsien Loong. This is the first time that these speeches have been published in one book. It is an excellent resource for researchers and academics as well as anyone who seeks a better understanding of Singapore's nation-building journey and insights into how the country has evolved into what it is today. |
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Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Thomas Riggs/ 9781410338983/ Price:US$ 945.00
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Presents easy-to-understand information on more than 200 countries and dependencies from around the world in 5 volumes.
The 4 country volumes are arranged by global region--Africa, Americas, Asia & Oceania, and Europe--while a United Nations volume focuses on that organization's purposes, principles, and agencies, including the Security Council and Human Rights Commission.
Each country entry breaks the country¡¦s information into 49 numbered headings that allow users to compare countries in a variety of ways: 1. Location, Size and Extent; 2. Topography; 3. Climate; 4. Flora and Fauna; 5. Environment; 6. Population; 7. Migration; 8. Ethnic Groups; 9. Languages; 10. Religions; 11. Transportation; 12. History; 13. Government; 14. Political Parties; 15. Local Government; 16. Judicial System; 17. Armed Forces; 18. International Cooperation; 19. Economy; 20. Income; 21. Labor; 22. Agriculture; 23. Animal Husbandry; 24. Fishing; 25. Forestry; 26. Mining; 27. Energy and Power; 28. Industry; 29. Science and Technology; 30. Domestic Trade; 31. Foreign Trade; 32. Balance of Payments; 33. Banking and Securities; 34. Insurance; 35. Public Finance; 36. Taxation; 37. Customs and Duties; 38. Foreign Investment; 39. Economic Development; 40. Social Development; 41. Health; 42. Housing; 43. Education; 44. Libraries and Museums; 45. Media; 46. Organizations; 47. Tourism, Travel and Recreation; 48. Famous Persons; and 49. Dependencies.
All 250 entries are fully updated to ensure coverage of recent political and cultural events. |
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The Minority Women and Austerity: Survival and Resistance in France and Britain |
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Leah Bassel/ 9781447327134/ Price:GBP 85.99
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In the first book of its kind, Bassel and Emejulu explore minority women¡¦s experiences of and resistances to austerity measures in France and Britain. Minority women are often portrayed as passive victims. However, Minority women and austerity demonstrates how they use their race, class, gender and legal status as a resource for collective action in the face of the neoliberal colonisation of non-governmental organisations, the failures of left-wing politics and the patronising initiatives of policy-makers.
Using in-depth case studies, this book explores the changing relations between the state, the market and civil society which create opportunities and dilemmas for minority women activists. Through an intersectional ¡¥politics of survival¡¦ these women seek to subvert the dominant narratives of ¡¥crisis¡¦ and ¡¥activism¡¦. |
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Obama's Welfare Legacy: An Assessment of US Anti-Poverty Policies |
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Anne Daguerre/ 9781447338338/ Price:GBP 29.99
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The election of Barack Obama in the midst of the 2008 economic downturn brought hope to millions and presented an opportunity for expanding socio-economic rights. But the Obama administration was consistently constrained by the challenges of divided government, and the now threatened Affordable Care Act (¡¥Obamacare¡¦) remains the stand-out welfare reform of his Presidency.
Using new research, Anne Daguerre examines Obama¡¦s legacy on welfare and antipoverty policies, focusing in particular on the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The book provides an up-to-date account of the contemporary politics of poverty and public entitlements in the US, comparing this with the Western European experience and its traditionally strong commitment to social welfare, to assess what lessons can be learned. |
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Paying for the Welfare State in the 21st Century: Tax and Spending in Post-Industrial Societies |
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David S. Byrne/ 9781447336532/ Price:GBP 13.99
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What does the future hold for welfare in the post-industrial 21st century? Political and economic forces are threatening the taxation regimes of highly globalised, capitalist societies, prompting an urgent debate around the function of welfare and how we pay for it.
In a challenge to current policy and thinking, David Byrne and Sally Ruane deploy the concepts and analytical tools of Marxist political economy to better understand these developments, and the possibilities they present for social change.
Using the SNP in Scotland as an illustrative case study, current debates are related to a critical understanding of the relationship between taxation and spending, issues that are fundamental to early 21st century politics and the future of welfare. |
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Indigeneity: A Politics of Potential: Australia, Fiji and New Zealand |
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Dominic O'Sullivan/ 9781447339427/ Price:GBP 85.99
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This original book is the first comprehensive integration of political theory to explain indigenous politics. It assesses the ways in which indigenous and liberal political theories interact to consider the practical policy implications of the indigenous right to self-determination.
Providing opportunities for indigenous peoples to pursue culturally framed understandings of liberal democratic citizenship, the author reveals indigeneity¡¦s concern for political relationships, agendas, and ideas beyond the ethnic minority claim to liberal recognition. The implications for national reconciliation, liberal democracy, citizenship and historical constraints on political authority are explored. He also shows that indigeneity¡¦s local geo-political focus, underpinned by global theoretical developments in law and politics, make indigeneity a movement of forward looking transformational politics.
This innovative, theoretically sophisticated and vibrant work will influence policy and scholarly debates on the politics of indigeneity and indigenous rights and will be of broad international interest to a transcultural, transnational and global phenomenon. |
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Policy Analysis in Mexico |
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Jose Luis Mendez/ 9781447329152/ Price:GBP 111.99
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Part of the International Library of Policy Analysis series, this book provides the first detailed examination of the practice of policy analysis in Mexico. Whilst shaped by the legacy of the Mexican state¡¦s colonial history as well as by recent social, economic and political developments, the study of policy analysis within Mexico provides important comparative lessons for other countries.
Contributors study the nature of policy analysis at different sectors and levels of government as well as by non-governmental actors, such as unions, business, NGOs and the media, promoting the use of evidence-based policy analysis, leading to better policy results.
The book is a vital resource for academics and students of policy studies, public management, political science and comparative policy studies. |
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Policy Analysis in Belgium |
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Marleen Brans/ 9781447317258/ Price:GBP 111.99
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This unique book presents the first systematic overview of policy analysis activities in Belgium. Contributors from both sides of the Dutch-French language border (from research institutes in Flanders, Brussels and Wallonia) use original empirical data, through surveys and interviews with key players both within and outside government, to provide a comprehensive study of policy analysis in a multi-level polity.
By the very nature of the Belgian experience, the volume is comparative, drawing conclusions on divergence and convergence of policy analysis, making it an important resource for both national and international scholars. |
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Who stole the town hall?: The end of local government as we know it |
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Peter Latham/ 9781447337270/ Price:GBP 14.99
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In this provocative new book, Peter Latham argues that the UK Conservative Government¡¦s devolution agenda conceals their real intention: to complete the privatisation of local government and other public services.
Using illustrative examples from across the UK, including the so-called ¡¥Northern Powerhouse¡¦ and the Midlands, the book explains the far-reaching implications of the reorganisation of local government that is already affecting vital public services, including education, health, housing and policing.
Proposing an overhaul of the taxation system to include land value taxation, a wealth tax and more progressive income tax to fund an increase in directly provided services, the author argues that a new basis for federal, regional and local democracy is vital. |
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Kill It to Save It: An Autopsy of Capitalism's Triumph over Democracy |
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Corey Dolgon/ 9781447317128/ Price:GBP 20.99
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How have powerful Americans convinced their fellow citizens to support policies beneficial only to the wealthy? Why have so many given up on public education, safe food and safe streets, living wages ¡V even on democracy itself?
Kill it to Save it lays bare the hypocrisy of US political discourse by documenting the story of capitalism¡¦s triumph over democracy.
As the Progressive Left tries to understand how President Trump came to power, Corey Dolgon documents his historical, political and cultural road map. Dolgon argues that American citizens now accept policies that destroy the public sector and promote political stories that feel right ¡§in the gut¡¨, regardless of science or facts.
Covering the post-Vietnam era to present day, Dolgon dismantles US common sense cultural discourse and explains why the endless crisis in US policy will continue until American citizens recognize what has been lost, and in whose interest. |
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Hungry Britain: The Rise of Food Charity |
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Hannah Lambie-Mumford/ 9781447328292/ Price:GBP 27.99
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Drawing on empirical research with the UK's two largest charitable food organisations, this book explores the prolific rise of food charity over the last 15 years and its implications for overcoming food insecurity.
As the welfare state withdraws, leaving food banks to protect the most vulnerable, the author questions the sustainability of this system and asks where responsibility lies - in practice and in theory - for ensuring everyone can realise their human right to food.
The book argues that effective, policy-driven solutions require a clear rights-based framework, which enables a range of actors including the state, charities and the food industry to work together towards, and be held accountable for, the progressive realisation of the right to food for all in the UK. |
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Hungry Britain: The Rise of Food Charity |
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Hannah Lambie-Mumford/ 9781447328285/ Price:GBP 85.99
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Drawing on empirical research with the UK's two largest charitable food organisations, this book explores the prolific rise of food charity over the last 15 years and its implications for overcoming food insecurity.
As the welfare state withdraws, leaving food banks to protect the most vulnerable, the author questions the sustainability of this system and asks where responsibility lies - in practice and in theory - for ensuring everyone can realise their human right to food.
The book argues that effective, policy-driven solutions require a clear rights-based framework, which enables a range of actors including the state, charities and the food industry to work together towards, and be held accountable for, the progressive realisation of the right to food for all in the UK. |
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Changing Communities: Stories of Migration, Displacement and Social Cohesion |
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Marjorie Mayo/ 9781447329312/ Price:GBP 85.99
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The Human Atlas of Europe: A Continent United In Diversity |
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Dimitris Ballas/ 9781447313540/ Price:GBP 23.99
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What does Brexit actually mean for the UK and what are the wider implications for Europe? Was the UK ¡¥leave¡¦ vote actually symptomatic of broader issues within Europe such as population mobility and the rise of non-traditional parties?
Written by leading international authors, this timely atlas explores Europe¡¦s society, culture, economy, politics and environment using state of the art mapping techniques
With maps covering over 80 topics ranging from life expectancy, greenhouse gas emissions, GDP to Eurovision voting, The Human Atlas of Europe addresses fundamental questions around social cohesion and sustainable growth as Europe negotiates the UK¡¦s exit while continuing through the economic crisis.
This concise, accessible atlas is packed with exciting features, including:
¡E short introductions to each topic
¡E maps using the very latest data
¡E infographics bringing this all to life
¡E summaries of key information including league tables
¡E core statistics on Europe
Taken as a whole, the atlas shows how geographical and state boundaries only tell a partial story and that we still live in a far more cohesive Europe than we realise. |
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Too Much Stuff: Capitalism in Crisis |
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Kozo Yamamura/ 9781447335658/ Price:GBP 20.99
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Where has capitalism gone wrong? Why are advanced capitalist economies so sick and why do conventional policy solutions, such as reduced taxes and increased money supply, produce only wider income disparity and inequality?
We now live in a new world in which we enjoy the highest living standard in history, acquiring ever more goods and services as necessary luxuries. Yet current policies only serve to expand public debt and exacerbate socio-economic inequality.
In Too much stuff, Yamamura upends conventional capitalist wisdom to provide a new approach. He suggests the only way for capitalism and democracy to thrive is to increase investment to meet societal needs such as improving social safety nets, infrastructure, and better education and health care for all, but this means raising taxes. Both solutions-orientated and accessibly written, this book argues that this will help reduce the growing wealth gap which threatens global democracy.
With fascinating examples from the US, Japan and Germany, as well as convincing evidence from across the Western world, this bold book challenges the economic orthodoxy and offers practical steps forward that we can all support. |
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Good Times, Bad Times: The Welfare Myth of Them and Us |
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John Hills/ 9781447336471/ Price:GBP 13.99
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Two-thirds of UK government spending now goes on the welfare state and where the money is spent ¡V healthcare, education, pensions, benefits ¡V is the centre of political and public debate.
Much of that debate is dominated by the myth that the population divides into those who benefit from the welfare state and those who pay into it ¡V 'skivers' and 'strivers', 'them' and 'us'.
This ground-breaking book, written by one of the UK¡¦s leading social policy experts, uses extensive research and survey evidence to challenge that view. It shows that our complex and ever-changing lives mean that all of us rely on the welfare state throughout our lifetimes, not just a small ¡¥welfare-dependent¡¦ minority.
Using everyday life stories and engaging graphics, Hills clearly demonstrates how the facts are far removed from the myths. This revised edition contains fully updated data, discusses key policy changes and a new preface reflecting on the changed context after the 2015 election and Brexit vote. |
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Identification of Potential Terrorists and Adversary Planning: Emerging Technologies and New Counter-Terror Strategies |
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Gordon, T.J./ 9781614997474/ Price:EUR 108.00
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Never before have technological advances had so great an impact on security¡Xnot only increasing the nature and level of threats, but also for the possibility of providing the means to address the threats. Technologies that could increase security include ubiquitous and omnipresent surveillance systems, the use of new algorithms for big data, improving bio- and psycho-metrics, and artificial intelligence and robotics. Yet trustworthy and reliable partners and an active and alert society remain sine qua non to reduce terrorism. |
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Countering Terrorism in South Eastern Europe |
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Morris, T./ 9781614997351/ Price:EUR 104.00
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In common with many other parts of the world, the region of South Eastern Europe (SEE) faces a significant terrorist threat. Countering this threat represents a major security challenge for government agencies in the region and their partners, and although important counterterrorism advances have been made by NATO nations over the past decade, the complex history, geography, culture, socio-economic and political dynamics of the area mean that these advances need to be contextualized and modified to suit the regional situation. This book presents the contributions to the NATO Advanced Training Course (ATC) 'Countering Terrorism in South Eastern Europe' held over five days at Lake Ohrid, Macedonia, in February 2016. The conference hosted presenters from 15 different countries, and government representatives from the nations of the Balkan region, including Macedonia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, and Kosovo. The course consisted of five central priorities: contemporary global terrorist practices, radicalization processes and recruitment techniques; terrorist use of cyberspace; legal aspects of countering terrorism; building resilient societies; with the final priority concentrating on SEE counterterrorism. Presenters discussed a wide range of topics, including radicalization and cyberterrorism, all aimed at countering the real and evolving threat of terrorism in the region. |
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Not Only Syria? The Phenomenon of Foreign Fighters in a Comparative Perspective |
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Rekawek, K./ 9781614997566/ Price:EUR 104.00
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This book presents edited versions of the 12 papers presented at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) ¡¥Not Only Syria? Foreign Fighters: A Threat to NATO Allies and Their Neighbours¡¦. The workshop was held in Chisinau, Moldova, in May 2016, and brought together researchers and experts in the field to discuss the differences, similarities and parallels between different groups of foreign fighters engaged in the conflicts in Syria and the Ukraine. The papers include contributions from the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark and Poland among others, and examine cases of foreign fighters from these and other countries.
The book will provide an interesting context to researchers who have, up to now, looked only at a single set of such fighters, and will lead to tangible recommendations on how to develop policies to address the threat posed by returnees from any conflict. |
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Rethinking National Action Plans on Women, Peace and Security |
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S. Aroussi/ 9781614997627/ Price:EUR 104.00
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This book presents an edited version of the proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) on ¡¥National Action Plans on Women, Peace and Security¡¦, held in Dublin, Ireland, in May 2016. The workshop brought together representatives from various states, as well as academics, and members of civil society and international organizations, to discuss their experiences with NAPs and to critically reflect on the role of NAPs in supporting the implementation by states of the WPS framework.
The aim of this book is to disseminate the key arguments, findings, and recommendations which emerged from the discussions held at the ARW. It includes a summary report which sets out key arguments and recommendations and offers a number of key papers from the ARW, with the intention of contributing to academic and policy debates concerning gender and armed conflict and, more particularly, the WPS framework. |
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Countering Terrorism, Preventing Radicalization and Protecting Cultural Heritage: The Role of Human Factors and Technology |
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A. Niglia/ 9781614997542/ Price:EUR 108.00
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This book presents findings and recommendations from the NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) ¡¥Human Factors in the Defense Against Terrorism: the Case of Jordan¡¦, held in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in November 2016. The aim of the workshop was to deepen NATO-Jordanian cooperation within the Mediterranean Dialogue (MD) framework by sharing best practices in counter-terrorism and de-radicalization strategies among government authorities and distinguished experts from the diplomatic, military, academic, and private sectors. The discussions were centered around the technological and psychological aspects of terrorist recruitment techniques, particularly with regard to social media and other information-sharing platforms. Participants developed several innovative strategies for preventing, and even reversing, radicalization, and also established a series of protocols and emergency response techniques for practitioners and policy makers in the fields of counter-terrorism and emergency responders.
Providing an overview of current expertise and best practice, this book will be of interest to all those collaborating to effectively counter the threats of terrorism and fight the process of radicalization. |
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Work and Health in India |
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Martin Hyde/ 9781447327363/ Price:GBP 85.99
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The rapid economic growth of the past few decades has radically transformed India¡¦s labour market, bringing millions of former agricultural workers into manufacturing industries, and, more recently, the expanding service industries, such as call centres and IT companies.
Alongside this employment shift has come a change in health and health problems, as communicable diseases have become less common, while non-communicable diseases, like cardiovascular problems, and mental health issues such as stress, have increased.
This interdisciplinary work connects those two trends to offer an analysis of the impact of working conditions on the health of Indian workers that is unprecedented in scope and depth. |
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Why the left loses: The Decline of the Centre-Left in Comparative Perspective |
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Rob Manwaring/ 9781447332695/ Price:GBP 27.99
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Social Democracy is on the back-foot, and increasingly centre-left political parties are struggling to win office. Bringing together a range of leading academics and experts on social democratic politics and policy, Why the Left Loses offers an international, comparative view of the changing political landscape, examining the degree to which the centre-left project is exhausted and is able to renew its message in a neo-liberal age.
Using case studies from the UK, Germany, Spain, France, Australia and New Zealand contributors argue that despite different local and specific contexts, the mainstream centre-left is beset by a range of common challenges. Analysis focuses on institutional and structural factors, the role of key individuals, especially party leaders, and the atrophy of progressive ideas in explaining why the centre-left is currently in retreat. Why the Left Loses is aimed at stimulating wider debate about the fortunes of the centre-left. |
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Why the left loses: The Decline of the Centre-Left in Comparative Perspective |
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Rob Manwaring/ 9781447332664/ Price:GBP 85.99
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The new fundraisers: Who organises charitable giving in contemporary society? |
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Beth Breeze/ 9781447325000/ Price:GBP 85.99
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Racism, Policy And Politics |
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Karim Murji/ 9781447319573/ Price:GBP 79.99
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Race has been a prominent public policy issue in the UK for decades and there is growing interest in academia, but it is often caught in a repetitive cycle of progress and regress. This book analyses and bridges that gap by providing a unique insight into the relationship between race and ethnicity scholarship and the reality of ¡¥real world¡¦ policy and politics.
Drawing on the author¡¦s academic work as well as his background working in public policy bodies, it goes beyond ¡¥impact¡¦ debates, public sociology, diversity and post-race, to examine the changing context for researching race and racism, including media and policy debates and the ways in which institutional racism has played out in public policy settings since the Stephen Lawrence inquiry.
Combining theory and applied policy analysis in an accessible way, it guides the reader through the cultural and political changes in race and racism in recent decades and identifies the challenges and opportunities for policy and politically-engaged scholarship in future, clearly mapping the pitfalls and possibilities for critical work on race and racism. |
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Unravelling Europe's "migration crisis": Journeys Over Land And Sea |
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Heaven Crawley/ 9781447343219/ Price:GBP 13.99
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What is it like to travel to Europe over land and sea in order to secure a future for yourself and your family? Why are so many people willing to risk their lives crossing the Mediterranean? What are their hopes and fears? And why is Europe, one of the richest regions of the world, unable to cope?
Drawing on compelling first-hand accounts from 500 people who arrived on the shores of Europe in 2015, this important new book unpacks their routes, experiences and decisions. It provides a framework for understanding the dynamics underpinning recent unprecedented levels of migration across, and loss of life in, the Mediterranean, casting new light on the ¡¥migration crisis¡¦ and challenging politicians, policy makers and the media to rethink their understanding of why and how people move. |
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Tunisia's National Intelligence: Why "Rogue Elephants" Fail to Reform |
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Noureddine Jebnoun/ 9780998643328/ Price:US$ 24.00
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Drawing on extensive fieldwork and original data, this book examines the political and security evolution of Tunisia¡¦s national intelligence in the post-independence era. It investigates the sophistication of the intelligence complex under Bin ?Al? and its central role in entrenching his authoritarian rule. The increased politicization of intelligence services contributed to the consolidation of power and the abuse of Tunisian citizens through the pervasive securitization of the public and private spheres and the intrusive penetration of society. The wide-range of illegal activities by Tunisia¡¦s intelligence services contributed to the establishment of a police security state. However, these services played a critical role in its weakening through their lack of professionalism, their opacity, and their systematic use of intelligence for repression and oppression purposes. The post-uprising era created a new dilemma for intelligence organs in terms of their adjustment to the new socio-political context. The absence of appropriate political vision for the role of intelligence within a fledgling democracy, the rise of insecurity in the country and across the region, and the legacy of authoritarianism are hindering any effort to introduce an appropriate ¡§reform.¡¨ The difficult transition of the intelligence apparatus¡¦ habits of state-centric security, which has been associated with the regime¡¦s security, to the human-citizen security approach, is likely a major impediment to such reform. Thus, rather than a reform that entails democratic control, accountability, and oversight of the intelligence sector, the country¡¦s secret apparatus experienced a mending process seeking mainly to improve its operational capabilities driven by the discourse of technicalities. |
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The Risk of Skilled Scientist Radicalization and Emerging Biological Warfare Threats |
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Martellini, M./ 9781614998013/ Price:EUR 104.00
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This book presents papers from the NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) entitled ¡¥The Risk of Skilled Scientist Radicalization and Emerging Biological Warfare Threats¡¦, held in Como, Italy, from 29 November to 2 December 2016. The aim of this ARW was to assess the risks surrounding the ability of radical terrorist groups to recruit highly skilled scientists. The ARW was unique in that it brought together acknowledged experts from the social science community and the scientific technical community to discuss their perspectives on the risk of radicalization of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) skilled scientists. |
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The SAGE Handbook of Resistance |
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Courpasson, David/ 9781473906433/ Price:GBP 135.00
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Occupy. Indignados. The Tea Party. The Arab Spring. Anonymous. These and other terms have become part of an emerging lexicon in recent years, signalling an important development that has gripped many parts of the world: millions of people are increasingly involved, whether directly or indirectly, in movements of resistance and protestation.
However, resistance and its conceptual "companions¡¨, protest, contestation, opposition, disobedience and mobilization, all seem to be still mostly seen in public and private discourses as illegitimate and problematic forms of action. The time is, therefore, ripe to delve into the concerns, themes and legitimacy.
The SAGE Handbook of Resistance offers theoretical essays enabling readers to forge their own perspectives of what ¡§is¡¨ resistance and emphasizes the empirical and experiential dimension of resistance - making strong choices in terms of how contemporary topics related to resistance help to rethink our societies as ¡§protest societies¡¨. The coverage is divided into six key sub-sections:
Foundations
¡ESites of Resistance
¡ETechnologies of Resistance
¡ELanguages of Resistance
¡EGeographies of Resistance
¡EConsequences of Resistance
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Qualitative Research in Political Science, 4-Vols/Set |
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Blatter, Joachim K./ 9781473918962/ Price:GBP 860.00
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In recent years there has been an explosion of research on qualitative methodology and methods in the social sciences at large, and in the field of Political Science in particular. This Major Work presents a comprehensively curated collection of key literature on this subject, organised into four thematic volumes:
Volume One includes papers on the ontological and epistemological foundations of qualitative research, before moving onto articles that compare qualitative with quantitative research, as well as statements that contrast the divergent strands within qualitative research.
Volume Two includes literature that exemplifies the tradition and techniques of cross-case comparisons.
Volume Three is devoted to the spectrum of approaches that focuses on within-case analysis in order to provide evidence for causal claims. The selected works shed light on the corresponding major concepts: causal mechanisms, congruence and process tracing.
Volume Four captures the spectrum of qualitative methods that highlights the importance of context and social constructions (meanings) and is most often summed up as interpretivism: ethnographic and practice approaches as well as discourse, frame and narrative analysis. |
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CQ Press Guide to Radical Politics in the United States |
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Burgess, Susan/ 9781452292274/ Price:GBP 170.00
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The CQ Press Guide to Radical Politics in the United States is a unique work which provides an overview of radical U.S. political movements on both the left and the right sides of the ideological spectrum. It focuses on analyzing the origins and trajectory of the various movements, and the impact that movement ideas and activities have had on mainstream American politics.
This guide is organized thematically, with each chapter focusing on a prominent arena of radical activism in the United States.
These chapters will:
¡ETrace the chronological development of these extreme leftist and rightist movements throughout U.S. history
¡EInclude a discussion of central individuals, organizations, and events, as well as their impact on popular opinion, political discourse, and public policy
¡EInclude sidebar features to provide additional contextual information to facilitate increased understanding of the topic
Seeking to provide an accessible, balanced, and well-documented discussion of topics often overlooked in political science, this book includes an introduction to anarchism, communism, and socialism as well as the Chicano movement, civilian border patrols, Black power, the Ku Klux Klan, ACT-UP, the militia movement, Occupy Wall Street, farmers¡¦ rebellions, Earth First!, the Animal Environmental Liberation Front, and many others.
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Political Discourse in Emergent, Fragile, and Failed Democracies |
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Orwenjo, Daniel Ochieng/ 9781522500810/ Price:US$ 185.00
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Any system of government is comprised of several dimensions of functionality, which must all work in congruence. When any part of the system is dysfunctional, the government¡¦s stability becomes fractured and societal problems can arise.
Political Discourse in Emergent, Fragile, and Failed Democracies examines the effects of unstable democratic systems of government in modern society, providing an imperative analysis on political communications from such nations. Highlighting real-world examples on the constraints seen in malfunctioning or emerging governments, this book is a pivotal reference source for policy makers, researchers, academicians, and upper-level students interested in politics and governance.
Topics Covered
¡ECensorship and Privacy
¡ECriminal Responsibility
¡EElectioneering
¡EEthnic Stereotyping
¡EParliamentary Debates
¡EPolitical Party Images
¡EPolitical Violence
¡ERevolutionary Politics
¡ESocial Network Propaganda
¡EVigilante Groups |
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African Politics, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Cheeseman, Nic/ 9781138901650/ Price:GBP 1050.00
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Scholars and students of African politics address some of the thorniest issues of our time. Indeed, over the last thirty years or so, the subdiscipline has expanded in scope and ambition, and leads the way in major fields of research, such as the study of ethnicity and identity politics.
Now, this timely new collection from Routledge, edited by Nic Cheeseman (?Director of the African Studies Centre at Oxford University), brings together the classic and essential texts of African politics, creating a top-quality and easily accessible resource for students, researchers, and policymakers alike. The four volumes that make up the collection are structured around the biggest questions that have dominated African Studies:
¡E What was the legacy of colonial rule, and has Africa broken free of its international dependency?
¡E How are ethnic identities formed, and what impact have they had?
¡E Why is Africa so poor? What are the main barriers to development?
¡E Is democracy feasible in Africa, and, if so, how can it be designed to promote political stability?
Each volume is introduced by a comprehensive summary chapter, newly written by the editor, which both provides a valuable overview of the key trends in the literature and explains what we know, what we don¡¦t know, and what controversies remain. |
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Terrorism, 2-Vols/Set. |
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IISS/ 9781138190047/ Price:GBP 210.00
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This new two volume collection allows the reader to track the evolution of (primarily) Western thinking about terrorism over recent decades. Haunted, unsurprisingly, by the spectre of 11 September 2001, it gives writings of the late 1990s, in which authors come to terms with the emergence of a new form of terrorism, a particular poignancy. Articles written immediately after 9/11 show the search for context and meaning that followed the attacks. And essays since the attacks chart the development of the ¡¥war on terror¡¦, and the various mutations of jihadi movements that continue to dominate headlines today. |
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Asia, 4-Vols/Set. |
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IISS/ 9781138119086/ Price:GBP 375.00
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Asia: Critical Themes in Contemporary Security is new four volume collection featuring the key articles on the region published in Survival, the International Institute for Strategic Studies¡¦ bi-monthly journal, one of the world¡¦s leading forums for analysis and debate of international and strategic affairs.
Covering both East Asia and South Asia this is an ambitious and wide-ranging collection, covering a vast region of pivotal importance that continues to be a theatre for the power-plays of grand strategy. Articles by key and influential figures including, Coral Bell, Robert Scalpino and Robert Zoelllick, explore the shifts in the global order, including anxiety about the role of the United States and the rise of China, look at resources and energy supply in the region as well as nuclear weapons and the arms race. Including an introduction and a full index, this collection will provide provocative, thoughtful and expert insight for both the student and scholar alike. |
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The Politics and International Relations of Modern Korea, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Nilsson-Wright, John/ 9780415462914/ Price:GBP 300.00
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Modernization is not merely an economic concept. South Korea¡¦s experience of political transition from authoritarian military-led rule to a democratic system of government in the late 1980s arguably represents one of Asia¡¦s most important twentieth-century political success stories. To political scientists, the South Korean political case raises fascinating questions about the nature of political legitimacy, as well as revealing potential contradictions. If political change has been a dominant theme in recent developments in South Korea, political stasis appears to be the norm in North Korea, where the cult of the leader and the dynastic rule of the Kim family have arguably restricted political activity to the informal and non-transparent competition for influence among those close to the leadership.
Both Koreas find themselves confronting a rapidly changing and fluid international environment. For South Korea, salient issues include how to manage its core alliance relations, most notably with the United States and how far it should move closer to China¡¦s economic and political orbit. For North Korea, the key diplomatic challenge is managing the post-Cold War erosion of its old alliance partnerships, while finding a mechanism for engaging with the wider world.
This new collection from Routledge addresses thematically four broad sets of issues which are essential to understand the political and economic development of the two Koreas in the modern era. The collection is divided as follows: Volume I: Conflict on the Korean Peninsula (from the Nineteenth to the Twenty-first century); Volume II: Economic Development in North and South Korea; Volume III: Political Systems, Legitimacy, and the State in the Two Koreas; and Volume IV: The Foreign Relations of Contemporary Korea. |
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European Security, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Smith, Michael E./ 9780415708722/ Price:GBP 1050.00
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Addressing the need for an authoritative reference work to make sense of a rapidly growing and ever more complex corpus of literature, European Security is a new title from Routledge¡¦s Critical Concepts in Military, Strategic, and Security Studies series. Edited by Michael E. Smith, it is a four-volume collection which brings together the foundational and the very best cutting-edge scholarship in a one-stop ¡¥mini library¡¦.
Key debates covered in this indispensable collection include such hot topics as: theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of security in Europe; policies of national defence; European organizations as security providers; conflict prevention, peacekeeping, conflict resolution, and crisis management as reactions to regional insecurity; and the geo-politics of Europe and the wider world.
European Security is fully indexed and includes a comprehensive introduction, newly written by the editor, which places the collected material in its historical and intellectual context. It is an essential reference work and is destined to be valued by scholars and students of Military and Strategic Studies, International Relations, and War Studies¡Xas well as by policy-makers and practitioners¡Xas a vital research and pedagogic resource. |
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(R)evolutionizing Political Communications through Social Media. |
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Dezelan, Tomaz/ 9781466698796/ Price:US$ 170.00
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Online platforms have widened the availability for citizen engagement and opportunities for politicians to interact with their constituents. The increasing use of these technologies has transformed methods of governmental communication in online and offline environments.
(R)evolutionizing Political Communications through Social Media offers crucial perspectives on the utilization of online social networks in political discourse and how these alterations have affected previous modes of correspondence. Highlighting key issues through theoretical foundations and pertinent case studies, this book is a pivotal reference source for researchers, professionals, upper-level students, and consultants interested in the influence of emerging technologies in the political arena.
Topics Covered
Bipartisanship
¡EGrassroots Social Movements
¡EHashtag Usage
¡EInstitutionalized Politics
¡EMicroblogging
¡EPolitical Advertising
¡ESocial Computing Bans
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The SAGE Handbook of Diplomacy. |
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Constantinou, Costas M./ 9781446298565/ Price:GBP 135.00
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The SAGE Handbook of Diplomacy provides a major thematic overview of Diplomacy and its study that is theoretically and historically informed and in sync with the current and future needs of diplomatic practice . Original contributions from a brilliant team of global experts are organised into four thematic sections:
Section One: Diplomatic Concepts & Theories
Section Two: Diplomatic Institutions
Section Three: Diplomatic Relations
Section Four: Types of Diplomatic Engagement
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America Votes 31: 2013-2014, Election Returns by State. |
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Cook, Rhodes/ 9781483383033/ Price:GBP 210.00
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Thorough, extensive in scope, and meticulously researched, America Votes includes official, state-certified election returns and key data by county and by district for the House, Senate, and gubernatorial elections for the 2013-2014 election cycle. This volume is an essential acquisition for university, school, public, and professional libraries. |
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A Guide to Intra-state Wars: An Examination of Civil, Regional, and Intercommunal Wars, 1816-2014. |
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Dixon, Jeffrey S./ 9780872897755/ Price:GBP 170.00
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Sourcing data and analyses from the rigorous Correlates of War Project, A Guide to Intra-state Wars describes how civil war is defined and categorized and presents data and descriptions for nearly 300 civil wars waged from 1816 to 2014. Analyzing trends over time and regions, this work is the definitive source for understanding the phenomenon of civil war, bringing together an explanation of the theoretical premises driving the Correlates of War Project, along with revisions to categories of, and actors in, civil wars that have been made over the years, and data from the Nations, States and Entities civil war dataset.
Features:
¡EProvides detailed case studies of nearly 300 civil wars from 1816 to 2014
¡ECombines the systematic study of war with analyses of trends over time and regions
¡EIncludes discussion of the different types of actors in international relations and presents data from the Nations, States, and Entities dataset
¡EConsiders data describing non-state participants (rebels) in civil wars
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Handbook of Research on Transitional Justice and Peace Building in Turbulent Regions. |
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Cante, Fredy/ 9781466696754/ Price:US$ 295.00
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In the era of globalization, awareness surrounding issues of violence and human rights violations has reached an all-time high. In a world where billions of human beings have the potential to create endless destruction, these same individuals are capable of working cooperatively to create adequate solutions to current global problems.
The Handbook of Research on Transitional Justice and Peace Building in Turbulent Regions focuses on current issues facing nations and regions where poverty and conflict are endangering the lives of citizens as well as the socio-economic viability of those regions. Highlighting crucial topics and offering potential solutions to problems relating to domestic and international conflict, societal safety and security, as well as political instability, this comprehensive publication is designed to meet the research needs of economists, social theorists, politicians, policy makers, human rights activists, researchers, and graduate-level students across disciplines.
Topics Covered
¡EDeveloping Nations
¡EGlobal Peace Index
¡EHuman Rights Violations
¡EInternational Relations
¡ENon-Violent Action
¡ESustainable Peace
¡EWar and International Conflict |
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National Security and Counterintelligence in the Era of Cyber Espionage. |
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Silva, Eugenie de/ 9781466696617/ Price:US$ 200.00
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As technology continues to advance, the threats imposed on these innovations also continue to grow and evolve. As such, law enforcement specialists diligently work to counteract these threats, promote national safety, and defend the individual rights of citizens.
National Security and Counterintelligence in the Era of Cyber Espionage highlights technological advancements in intelligence systems and law enforcement in relation to cybercrime and reconnaissance issues. Focusing on current and emergent threats to national security, as well as the technological advancements being adopted within the intelligence field, this book is an exhaustive reference source for government officials, researchers, graduate-level students, and intelligence and enforcement specialists interested in novel measures in being implemented in the prevention of cybercrime and terrorism.
Topics Covered
¡ECyber Attacks
¡EDigital Intelligence
¡EGovernance
¡EPeace Education
¡ESurveillance
¡ETerrorism
¡EThreat Detection |
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Comparative Political and Economic Perspectives on the MENA Region. |
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Erdogdu, M. Mustafa/ 9781466696013/ Price:US$ 205.00
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The region that includes the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA) faces a diverse set of cultural, political, and economic issues. Exploring the countries that are considered to be a part of the MENA region as well as comparing this region to the rest of the developing and developed world provides essential insight into the current state of the region as well and its future outlook.
Comparative Political and Economic Perspectives on the MENA Region takes a critical approach to analyzing the socio-economic development of the MENA Region and the role of politics and various social issues in this development. Highlighting research-based perspectives from global leaders on topics such as decentralization, international affairs, the Arab Spring, foreign direct investment, and education in the Middle East and Northern Africa, this publication is designed for library reference section inclusion and meets the research needs of government officials, professionals specializing in international business, economists, researchers, and graduate-level students in the areas of economics, international politics, African and Middle Eastern studies, and regional development.
Topics Covered
¡EEducation Inequalities and Development
¡EEntrepreneurship
¡EFinancial Market Regulations
¡EGlobalization
¡EHealthcare for Development
¡ENational Competitiveness
¡EWomen in the MENA Region
¡EWorld System Reconfiguration |
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Politics and Social Activism: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Information Resources Management Association/ 9781466694613/ Price:US$ 2150.00
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Conflict in the Middle East, human rights violations, and religious turmoil plague the world now more than ever before. As populations seek more and more democratic methods of governance, a trend which often results in revolution, it is important for lawmakers to look toward the future when instituting or revising public policy.
Politics and Social Activism: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications explores the concept of civil disobedience and how social and political upheaval has characterized the modern sociopolitical system. From the Arab Spring to the Egyptian uprising, this three-volume reference book includes chapters on topics including social media, democratic policies, online activism, urbanism, leadership, and socioeconomic disparity and is a timely resource for policymakers, social scientists, government officials, and students of politics and political science.
Topics Covered
¡ECitizenship
¡EDemocracy
¡EE-Government
¡EMass Media and Public Opinion
¡EPolitical Activism
¡ESocial Activism
¡ESocial Empowerment
¡EUrban Social Movements
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International Relations and Religion, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Hassner, Ron E./ 9781473913783/ Price:GBP 805.00
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The study of religion and international relations has been gathering pace over the past few decades, and has intensified since the start of the new millennium, when the discipline experienced a sudden surge of interest attributable to world events, starting with the Iranian Revolution and culminating with U.S. incursions into Afghanistan and Iraq.
This four-volume set organizes and contextualizes this burgeoning literature and its contribution to the study of international theory, focusing in particular on its influence in the subfield of war and peace studies.
The four volumes are arranged thematically, including papers which offer a range of answers to key questions such as:
¡EHow has religion shaped the structure of international system?
¡EHow do we define the relationship between religion and war?
¡EIn what ways has religion prevented, constrained or resolved conflict?
¡EHow do we approach the methodological, ontological and epistemological challenges raised by the interdisciplinary study of religion and international relations?
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The Politics of Controlling Organized Crime in Greater China. |
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Sonny Shiu-Hing Lo/ 9780415619561/ Price:GBP 145.00
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Bottlenecks: A New Theory of Equal Opportunity |
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Joseph Fishkin/ 9780190639433/ Price:US$ 37.95
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Unspeakable |
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Chris Hedges/ 9781510712737/ Price:US$ 21.99
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| SB02-457 |
Justice and Fairness in the City: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to 'Ordinary' Cities. |
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Davoudi, Simin/ 9781447318392/ Price:GBP 27.99
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With more than half the world¡¦s population now living in urban areas, ¡¥fairness¡¦ and ¡¥justice¡¦ within the city are key concepts in contemporary political debate. This book examines the theory and practice of justice in and of the city through a multi-disciplinary collaboration, which draws on a wide range of expertise. By bringing diverse disciplinary and theoretical perspectives into conversation with each other to explore the (in) justices in urban environment, education, mobility and participation the book makes a significant contribution to our understanding of justice and fairness in and of the city. It will be a valuable resource for academic researchers and students across a range of disciplines including urban and environmental studies, geography, planning, education, ethics and politics. |
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Rebuilding Social Democracy: Core Principles for the Centre Left. |
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Hickson, Kevin/ 9781447333173/ Price:GBP 10.99
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The British Labour Party is in crisis. A prolonged period of government between 1997 and 2010 saw the party intellectually exhausted. The subsequent leadership of Ed Miliband ultimately failed with the loss of the 2015 General Election, and the party now finds itself without a clearly defined set of aims and values.
Reclaiming Social Democracy is the first major reappraisal of social democracy and thinking on the centre-left since election of Jeremy Corbyn. With a foreword by Lord [Peter] Hain, it examines the key foundational principles of social democracy, including social justice, equality, welfare, social cohesion, democratisation, civil liberties, public service organisation, economic reform and internationalism, in order to find a route back to political credibility for Labour.
Written by leading academics in the field, it identifies the values and objectives needed to move the party forward, and revive left and centre-left thought and practice in Britain as an alternative to Conservative austerity. |
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Hunger Pains: Life Inside Foodbank Britain |
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Garthwaite, Kayleigh/ 9781447329114/ Price:GBP 15.99
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Welcome to Foodbank Britain, where emergency food provision is an increasingly visible and controversial feature of ongoing austerity. We know the statistics, but what does it feel like to be forced to turn to foodbanks for help? What does it take to get emergency food, and what's in the food parcel?
Kayleigh Garthwaite conducted hundreds of hours of interviews while working in a Trussell Trust foodbank. She spoke to people like Anna and her 11 year old daughter Daisy who were eating out of date food since Anna left her job due to mental health problems. Glen explained the shame he felt using the foodbank having taken on a zero hours contract. Pregnant Jessica walked two miles to the foodbank because she couldn't afford public transport.
This provocative book provides a much needed voice for foodbank users and volunteers in the UK, and a powerful insight into the realities of foodbank use from the inside. |
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Locating Localism: Statecraft, Citizenship and Democracy. |
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Wills, Jane/ 9781447323044/ Price:GBP 27.99
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Locating localism explores the development of localism as a new mode of statecraft and its implications for the practice of citizenship. Drawing on original research, Jane Wills highlights the importance of having the civic infrastructure and capacity to facilitate the engagement of citizens in local decision making. She looks at the development of community organising, neighbourhood planning and community councils that identify and nurture the energies, talents and creativity of the population to solve their own problems and improve our world.
Combining political theory with attention to political practice, the book takes the long view of this new policy development, positioning it in relation to the political geo-history of the British state. In so doing, it highlights the challenges of the state devolving itself and the importance of citizens having the freedom, incentives and institutions needed to act. |
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The Crosland Legacy: The Future of British Social Democracy. |
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Diamond, Patrick/ 9781447324737/ Price:GBP 20.99
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Anthony Crosland bequeathed a significant intellectual legacy to the Labour Party including his celebrated treatise The Future of Socialism (1956) which was published sixty years ago. In this timely book, Patrick Diamond argues that Crosland continues to serve as a vital reference point for today¡¦s Labour Party. He considers a wide range of Crosland¡¦s writings on the economy and politics, relating his ideas to ideological debates taking place within today¡¦s Labour Party on egalitarian social democracy, electoral strategy, the European question, and the importance of progressive liberalism on the British centre-left. This is the first substantial work to fully consider Crosland's legacy for the Labour Party.
Written in a clear and persuasive way, it will appeal to a broad audience of academics, students, activists, Labour Party members and associated think tanks. |
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The Creative Citizen Unbound: How Social Media and DIY Culture Contribute to Democracy, Communities and the Creative Economy. |
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Hargreaves, Ian/ 9781447324959/ Price:GBP 27.99
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The creative citizen unbound introduces the concept of ¡¥creative citizenship¡¦ to explore the potential of civic-minded creative individuals in the era of social media and in the context of an expanding creative economy.
Drawing on the findings of a 30-month study of communities supported by the UK research funding councils, multidisciplinary contributors examine the value and nature of creative citizenship, not only in terms of its contribution to civic life and social capital but also to more contested notions of value, both economic and cultural.
This original book will be beneficial to researchers and students across a range of disciplines including media and communication, political science, economics, planning and economic geography, and the creative and performing arts.
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Genocidal Nightmares. |
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El-Affendi, Abdelwahab/ 9781501320231/ Price:GBP 34.99
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Social Protection After the Crisis: Regulation Without Enforcement. |
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Tombs, Steve/ 9781447313755/ Price:GBP 79.99
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UK austerity policies include anti-regulatory pressures to ¡¥free up¡¦ private capital to produce wealth, employment and tax revenues. This topical book by a recognised scholar on the regulation of corporate crime and social harm considers the economic, political and social consequences of the economic crisis, the nature of social protection and the dynamics of the current crisis of regulation. It is unique in documenting how economic and social welfare are inconsistent with corporate freedom, and in an empirical and theoretical analysis of regulatory reform within the context of wide-scale social change. Based on empirical research and with a focus on environmental, food, and workplace safety, it considers how we reached the current crisis of anti-regulation and how we might overcome it. The author proposes radically rethinking ¡¥regulation¡¦ to address conceptual, policy and practical issues, making the book essential reading for those interested in this important topic. |
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A Study of the Scientific Outlook on Development: Theory and Practice. |
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Yan Zhimin/ 9789814698238/ Price:US$ 150.00
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A Study of the Scientific Outlook on Development: Theory and Practice presents a comprehensive, well-researched, and in-depth study of the scientific outlook on development proposed during the Hu Jintao administration (2002-2012).
The book comprises four sections. Section I is a general introduction of the major features of this theory. Section II focuses on the theory¡¦s historical background and position, arguing that China¡¦s social conditions of being at the primary stage of socialism serve as the theory¡¦s basis while the experiences and theories of other countries in this regard provide important inspiration for its formulation. Section III delineates the actual content and essentials of the theory. Apart from analyzing why the theory takes development as its essence, people-centered approach as its core, comprehensive, balanced, and sustainable development as its basic requirement, and overall consideration as its fundamental approach, this section also discusses questions such as how scientific, harmonious, and peaceful development can be achieved, and how the major relations exhibited in the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics can be coordinated and balanced. The last section outlines the fundamental requirements and principles that must be met and followed in implementing the theory. |
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American Governance, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Schechter, Stephen/ 9780028662497/ Price:US$ 1001.00
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While high school and college students will find in American Governance clear and authoritative depictions of ideas that are core to the U.S. system of governance, their teachers will be able to use this resource as an extension of, or even as a substitute for, the textbooks supporting government and civics classes. Public library patrons as well as readers in institutional libraries (newsrooms, government libraries, etc.) will find answers in American Governance on all questions related to the variety of ways by which the American people govern themselves ¡V from their constitutions and governments to the political norms and ideals that guide their actions as citizens and leaders; to local communities, civic associations, and political associations people form for collective deliberation and action; and to the relationships they form with their elected representatives.
Features and Benefits
¡EApproximately 700 original, peer-reviewed entries written by content specialists about America¡¦s complete system of governance.
¡EAn authoritative source of scholarship on essential topics of American governance presented in a clear and compelling manner.
¡ESatisfies the national standards for civics and government.
¡EIncludes approximately 300 images.
¡EIncludes primary source documents. |
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Theory of Building Socialism with Chinese Characteristics: A Chronology. |
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The theory of building socialism with Chinese characteristics consists of the Deng Xiaoping Theory which expounds the Four Cardinal Principles and market-oriented reform, the important thought of Three Represents, the scientific outlook on development, and other major strategic thoughts. Such a theoretical system, formulated and crystallized by the Communist Party of China under the leadership of Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, and Hu Jintao, represents the Party¡¦s adherence to and development of Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought and embodies the collective wisdom and work of Chinese communists in carrying out theoretical exploration and innovation, and has provided important ideological guidelines and development strategies for the Chinese government and nation as a whole over the past more than three decades of Reform and Opening up. By putting forth the theory, adhering to the principles, and implementing relevant policies, the three generations of CPC leadership hoped to adapt the concepts and tenets of Marxism to China¡¦s actual social and economic conditions, establish a socialist market economy, rejuvenate the Chinese nation, and develop China into a modern and moderately prosperous society that is strong, democratic, and politically and culturally advanced.
Presented in the form of a detailed chronology of key events and people, together with the narratives that accompanied them, Theory of Building Socialism with Chinese Characteristics: A Chronology aims to provide readers with a comprehensive overview of the long and arduous process of theoretical exploration and evolution that illustrates how Chinese leaders attempted to integrate Marxism with the concrete realities and practices of China from 1978 to 2011. The necessary historical context and background information have been provided based on archival records, mainly excerpts from official documents, meetings, speeches, and talks.
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Police and Crime Commissioners: The Transformation of Police Accountability. |
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Caless, Bryn/ 9781447320692/ Price:GBP 79.99
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Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) are elected representatives whose role is to ensure that police forces in England and Wales are running effectively. Intended to bring a public voice to policing and hold the police to account, the holders of this controversial role also control budgets and strategic planning. Bryn Caless and Jane Owens obtained unprecedented access to the PCCs and their chief police officer teams and undertook confidential interviews with both sides. The results reveal the innermost workings of the PCCs¡¦ relationships with the police, media, partners and public. The authors analyse the election process (in which PCCs polled the lowest local mandate ever) and consider the future of this politically-contested role. Examining the PCCs¡¦ impact on policing, this fascinating book makes essential reading for Police Crime Commissioners, chief officers, police officers, police trainers and academics, students and researchers in criminology and policing. |
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Police and Crime Commissioners: The Transformation of Police Accountability. |
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Caless, Bryn/ 9781447320708/ Price:GBP 27.99
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Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) are elected representatives whose role is to ensure that police forces in England and Wales are running effectively. Intended to bring a public voice to policing and hold the police to account, the holders of this controversial role also control budgets and strategic planning. Bryn Caless and Jane Owens obtained unprecedented access to the PCCs and their chief police officer teams and undertook confidential interviews with both sides. The results reveal the innermost workings of the PCCs¡¦ relationships with the police, media, partners and public. The authors analyse the election process (in which PCCs polled the lowest local mandate ever) and consider the future of this politically-contested role. Examining the PCCs¡¦ impact on policing, this fascinating book makes essential reading for Police Crime Commissioners, chief officers, police officers, police trainers and academics, students and researchers in criminology and policing. |
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World Report 2016: Events of 2015. |
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Human Rights Watch/ 9781447325505/ Price:GBP 21.99
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The human rights records of more than 90 countries and territories is put into perspective in Human Rights Watch¡¦s signature yearly report. This volume highlights the armed conflict in Syria, international drug reform, drones and electronic mass surveillance, and also features photo essays of child marriage in South Sudan, the cost of the Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia, and religious fighting in Central African Republic. Reflecting extensive investigative work undertaken in 2015 by Human Rights Watch staff, in close partnership with domestic human rights activists, the annual World Report 2016 is an invaluable resource for journalists, researchers, students, diplomats, and citizens, and is a must-read for anyone interested in the fight to protect human rights in every corner of the globe. |
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Justice and Fairness in the City: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to 'Ordinary' Cities. |
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Davoudi, Simin/ 9781447318385/ Price:GBP 79.99
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With more than half the world¡¦s population now living in urban areas, ¡¥fairness¡¦ and ¡¥justice¡¦ within the city are key concepts in contemporary political debate. This book examines the theory and practice of justice in and of the city through a multi-disciplinary collaboration, which draws on a wide range of expertise. By bringing diverse disciplinary and theoretical perspectives into conversation with each other to explore the (in) justices in urban environment, education, mobility and participation the book makes a significant contribution to our understanding of justice and fairness in and of the city. It will be a valuable resource for academic researchers and students across a range of disciplines including urban and environmental studies, geography, planning, education, ethics and politics. |
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Urban Environments in Africa: A Critical Analysis of Environmental Politics. |
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Myers, Garth/ 9781447322917/ Price:GBP 79.99
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The Creative Citizen Unbound: How Social Media and DIY Culture Contribute to Democracy, Communities and the Creative Economy |
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Ian Hargreaves/ 9781447324942/ Price:GBP 79.99
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Resilience in the Post-Welfare Inner City: Voluntary Sector Geographies in London, Los Angeles and Sydney |
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Geoffrey DeVerteuil/ 9781447316640/ Price:GBP 29.99
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Resilience' has become one of the first fully fledged academic and political buzzwords of the 21st century. Within this context, Geoffrey DeVerteuil proposes a more critically engaged and conceptually robust version, applying it to the conspicuous but now residual clusters of inner-city voluntary sector organisations deemed ¡¥service hubs¡¦.
The process of resilience is compared across ten service hubs in three complex but different global inner-city regions ¡V London, Los Angeles and Sydney ¡V in response to the threat of gentrification-induced displacement. DeVerteuil shows that resilience can be about holding on to previous gains but also about holding out for transformation. The book is the first to move beyond theoretical works on ¡¥resilience¡¦ and offers a combined conceptual and empirical approach that will interest urban geographers, social planners and researchers in the voluntary sector. |
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Countering Hybrid Threats: Lessons Learned from Ukraine |
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Iancu, N., Fortuna/ 9781614996507/ Price:EUR 135.00
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This book contains 28 articles on the topic of hybrid warfare and related threats, delivered at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) 'Countering Hybrid Threats: Lessons Learned from Ukraine', held in Bucharest, Romania, in September 2015. This event brought together 50 experts from different fields and perspectives, including policymakers, security and intelligence practitioners, and academics. The presentations explored the nature of the Ukrainian conflict and the dynamic evolution of current security threats in Central and Eastern Europe and the Black Sea region with the aim of identifying the key drivers of the conflict and exploring the most efficient instruments and methods for conflict resolution. The book is divided into four sections entitled: challenges of hybrid warfare: multiple perspectives; hybrid war ¡V an old concept with an extensive dimension; counteracting hybrid threats: lessons learned from Ukraine; and finally, the implications of the Ukrainian conflict for regional and Euro-Atlantic security.
The book provides a timely reflection on recent events and will be of interest to all those wishing to improve their understanding of hybrid warfare and conflict resolution. |
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International Crisis Management: NATO, EU, OSCE and Civil Society |
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Goda, S./ 9781614996408/ Price:EUR 108.00
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This book presents papers delivered at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW), Best Practices and Lessons Learned in Conflict Management, held in Bratislava, Slovak Republic, in June 2015. The authors of these texts are recognized authorities within their fields of expertise. Issues raised by the conflict in Ukraine were the main focus of the workshop, as they are of this book, but it also contains valuable information about situations in other countries such as the Republic of Moldova, Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Belarus. The book presents an analysis of the theoretical background of conflict management and its relevance for multilateral security institutions. It explores various approaches to conflict management, discusses possible future developments, examines new aspects of conflict resolution and outlines the role of international organizations and civil society in these processes.
Providing an overview of current thought in the field, this book will be of interest to all those involved in or connected with the processes of conflict management and resolution. |
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Countering Terrorist Recruitment in the Context of Armed Counter-Terrorism Operations |
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Ekici, S./ 9781614996125/ Price:EUR 135.00
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This book presents the proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, 'Countering Terrorist Recruitment in the Context of Armed Counter-Terrorism Operations', held in Antalya, Turkey, in May 2015. The goal of the workshop was to share existing ideas and develop new ones to tackle terrorist recruitment. The book contains 18 articles covering topics which include: the role of NATO and other international entities in counter-terrorism; understanding recruitment methods and socialization techniques of terror networks by comparing them to gangs; social media in terrorist recruitment; drug money links with terrorist financing; and counter-terrorism and human rights.
The book will be of interest to all those involved in developing, planning and executing prevention programs and policies in relation to both armed and non-armed counter-terrorism operations. |
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Non-Proliferation, Safety and Nuclear Security |
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Gerlini, M./ 9781614996149/ Price:EUR 104.00
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The aim of the course was to inform participants with regard to the advanced political and legal concepts related to nuclear security, as well as equipping them with the necessary tools to apply such concepts in practice. The papers collected here cover the principal political and international topics related to the evolution of the international institutions or regional agencies which manage nuclear threat, with special attention being given to the theoretical and political bases of nuclear security as an answer to that nuclear threat.
The book will be of particular interest to all those whose work involves the political and legal aspects of nuclear security, particularly those who must deal with public opinion or decision makers with regard to this important area of national and international security.
Please note that one of the eight lectures presented here is written in French, the remaining seven are in English. |
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Addressing Security Risks at the Ukrainian Border Through Best Practices on Good Governance |
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Kesek, R./ 9781614997092/ Price:EUR 104.00
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his book contains 13 presentations delivered during the two-day NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) 'Addressing Security Risks at the Ukrainian Border through Best Practices on Good Governance ¡V Sources and Counter Measures', which took place in Kyiv, Ukraine, in February 2016. The workshop consisted of 5 expert panels devoted to various aspects of building the integrity of the Ukrainian border management agencies to enhance the border security of the eastern flank of NATO. The topics of these panels were: the integrity of the security sector in Ukraine; corruption as a security risk in border management; institutional tools to combat corruption in border management; increasing preparedness for cross-border crises; and bilateral and multilateral dimensions of international cooperation to enhance the integrity of border management agencies.
The workshop contributed to raising awareness of emerging border security challenges, as well as providing a forum for the close cooperation of and the exchange of knowledge between the most relevant local and international agencies. It also made possible the discussion of issues such as the current refugee crisis and the implications - for security - of corruption in border management in a wider context. |
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Radicalization, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Neumann, Peter R./ 9781138791268/ Price:GBP 300.00
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¡¥Radicalization¡¦ has become one of the great buzzwords of our time. A Google search for the concept produces more than 1,500,000 hits¡Xless than ¡¥terrorism¡¦ but equal to ¡¥political violence¡¦ and ¡¥extremism¡¦. This may seem surprising, given that the term entered the academic vocabulary just ten years ago. Previous generations of scholars had, of course, been interested in why and how people become extremists, but there was no separate field of inquiry which brought together the many political scientists, historians, area studies and terrorism experts, social-movement theorists, and psychologists who had dedicated their scholarly careers¡Xand developed different ideas and approaches¡Xto answering these questions.
The exponential growth of serious literature on radicalization (and the complementary topic of ¡¥de-radicalization¡¦) has produced a more coherent scholarly field, with academics from different disciplines coalescing around similar questions and engaging in scholarly debates¡Xfor example, on the importance of ideology; the role of the Internet, and the contradictory dynamics of counterterrorism policies¡Xthat have created a common stock of knowledge from which new debates and lines of inquiry are generated. In short, the concept of radicalization¡Xhowever ambiguous and ill-defined¡Xis here to stay, and there is now a sufficiently large body of highly rigorous research from different disciplines to make this new Routledge collection of major works particularly welcome. Indeed, it is destined to make a significant contribution to shaping this young and growing field of scholarly research. |
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Futile Diplomacy - A History of Arab-Israeli Negotiations, 1913-56, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Caplan, Neil/ 9781138905214/ Price:GBP 120.00
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These four volumes provide a careful and balanced behind-the-scenes account of the intricate diplomatic activity of the period between 1913 and 1956. Exploiting a range of available archive sources as well as extensive secondary sources, they provide an authoritative analysis of the positions and strategies which the principal parties and the would-be mediators adopted in the elusive search for a stable peace. The text of each volume comprises both analytical-historical chapters and a selection of primary documents from archival sources, providing an essential reference source for the student of the Arab-Israeli conflict and its long history.
Volume 1: Early Arab-Zionist Negotiation Attempts, 1913-1931
Volume 2: Arab-Zionist Negotiations and the End of the Mandate
Volume 3: The United Nations, the Great Powers and Middle East Peacemaking, 1948-1954
Volume 4: Operation Alpha and the Failure of Anglo-American Coercive Diplomacy in the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1954-1956 |
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Cases on Grassroots Campaigns for Community Empowerment and Social Change. |
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Lekoko, Rebecca Nthogo/ 9781466685680/ Price:US$ 175.00
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BIn modern times, political and social reform often starts at the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder; common people with ordinary lives enact change through community organization and the desire to improve their own lives and the lives of those around them. Governments that support such movements can experience great advances and achievements in the long term.
Cases on Grassroots Campaigns for Community Empowerment and Social Change presents a series of real-world studies on political and social activism in the information age, focusing on how empowerment of minority or underserved populations can serve to enact sweeping reforms regionally, nationally, or globally. This book is a critical resource for political and private actors, including government agencies, community organizers, political parties, and researchers in the social sciences.
This reference work features research on timely topics such as women¡¦s empowerment, poverty, social activism and social change, community building, and empowerment of individuals in a variety of socioeconomic settings and roles.
Topics Covered
¡EBuilding Resilient Communities
¡EEmpowering Women
¡EEntrepreneurship
¡EIndividual Empowerment
¡ELeadership Dynamics
¡EPoverty to Prosperity
¡ESelf-Empowerment
¡ESocial Change
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Quantitative Research in Political Science, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Franzese, Robert/ 9781473902176/ Price:GBP 955.00
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This four volume Major Work brings together the key articles that laid the foundations, extended and deepened the techniques, and demonstrated the application of the empirical-methodological toolbox of modern positive political science. The fundamental challenges of positive, empirical political science are many, and this collection helps to untangle and delineate the various issues by structuring the contents into four thematic sections:
¡EMulticausality
¡EHeterogeneity & Context Conditionality
¡ETemporal & Unit (Inter)Dependence
¡EUbiquitous Endogeneity
The rationale behind the collection¡¦s structure and selection of contents is carefully laid out and explained in an illuminating introductory chapter, written by esteemed editor Robert J. Franzese.
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Historical International Relations, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Leira, Halvard/ 9781473902206/ Price:GBP 805.00
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As a quarry for data, testing-ground for theory and site of investigation, history has been one of the unacknowledged partners of International Relations. The last two decades has witnessed both a substantial increase in the scope of historical IR scholarship and in the sophistication of methodological approaches to history, accompanied by a rapidly increasing (and multidisciplinary) interest in the history of international thought, as well as an ever more sophisticated historiography of the discipline itself.
This Major Work is structured in a way to engage with the key recent developments in the field of international relations, providing the reader with an overview of approaches to history in IR; the history of international thought/historiography; and the emergence of the state and the state system.
Volume One: Doing Historical International Relations
Volume Two: The History of International Thought
Volume Three: The State in Historical Perspective
Volume Four: The State System in Historical Perspective
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Handbook of Research on In-Country Determinants and Implications of Foreign Land Acquisitions. |
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Osabuohien, Evans/ 9781466674059/ Price:US$ 265.00
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Several studies have investigated the impetus and implications behind large-scale land acquisitions/deals at the global level; however, intranational factors within communities and societies have not received much attention from researchers.
The Handbook of Research on In-Country Determinants and Implications of Foreign Land Acquisitions examines the economic, sociological, and environmental issues surrounding land transactions and the impact these deals may have on local households and communities. Focusing on international issues as well as domestic concerns, this publication is a useful reference for policymakers, academics, researchers, and advanced-level students in various disciplines.
Topics Covered
¡EAgricultural Production and Export
¡EColonial Heritage
¡EEnvironmental Impacts
¡EFood Security
¡ELand Conflicts
¡ELand Reforms
¡ELegal Frameworks of Land Acquisitions |
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International Relations of the Middle East, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Valbjorn, Morten/ 9781473902749/ Price:GBP 805.00
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This interdisciplinary resource brings together important works from the fields of international relations theory and Middle East studies - it promotes a stronger dialogue and cross-fertilisation between the two areas of study. The work¡¦s esteemed editorial team has structured the volumes thematically, to allow for ease of navigation and clear understanding of the different key aspects:
¡EVolume One addresses the more fundamental and (meta)theoretical issues relating to the debate about the study of Middle East international relations
¡EVolume Two looks at the history of the field, addressing the debate about the emergence and evolution of the modern Middle East state system.
¡EVolume Three examines more recent debates, and primarily the issue about the role of identity politics in international relations.
¡EVolume Four engages with more classic and well-known issues from the general IR debate and explores to what extent assumptions and approaches from these debates are also useful in the study of Middle East international relations.
The articles are framed by an introductory essay written by the editors, which helps to guide the reader through the volumes by providing further context and explaining the rationale behind the selection of literature.
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The SAGE Handbook of European Foreign Policy, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Jorgensen, Knud Erik/ 9781446276099/ Price:GBP 280.00
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During the last two decades the study of European foreign policy has experienced remarkable growth, presumably reflecting a more significant international role of the European Union. The Union has significantly expanded its policy portfolio and though empty symbolic politics still exists, the Union¡¦s international relations have become more substantial and its foreign policy more focused. European foreign policy has become a dynamic policy area, being adapted to changing challenges and environments, such as the Arab Spring, new emerging economies/powers; the crisis of multilateralism and much more.
The SAGE Handbook of European Foreign Policy, Two-Volume set, is a major reference work for Foreign Policy Programmes around the world. The Handbook is designed to be accessible to graduate and postgraduate students in a wide variety of disciplines across the humanities and social sciences. Both volumes are structured to address areas of critical concern to scholars at the cutting edge of all major dimensions of foreign policy.
The volumes are composed of original chapters written specifically to the following themes:
¡EResearch traditions and historical experience
¡ETheoretical perspectives
¡EEU actors
¡EState actors
¡ESocietal actors
¡EThe politics of European foreign policy
¡EBilateral relations
¡ERelations with multilateral institutions
¡EIndividual policies
¡ETransnational challenge
The Handbook will be an essential reference for both advanced students and scholars.
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Political Handbook of the World 2015. |
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Lansford, Tom/ 9781483371573/ Price:GBP 385.00
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The Political Handbook of the World provides timely, thorough and accurate political information, with more in-depth coverage of current political controversies than any other reference guide.
The updated 2015 edition will continue to be the most authoritative source for finding complete facts and analysis on each country¡¦s governmental and political makeup. Compiling in one place more than 200 entries on countries and territories throughout the world, this volume is renowned for its extensive coverage of all major and minor political parties and groups in each political system. It also provides names of key ambassadors and international memberships of each country, plus detailed profiles of more than 30 intergovernmental organizations and UN agencies. And this annual update will aim to include coverage of current events, issues, crises, and controversies from the course of this year.
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World Order |
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Henry Kissinger/ 9780143127710/ Price:US$ 20.00
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Governing Sex, Building the Nation: The Politics of Prostitution in Postcolonial Taiwan (1945-1979). |
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Yen, Wan-Chen/ 9781443872386/ Price:GBP 47.99
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Demokrasi: Indonesia in the 21st Century. |
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McDonald, Hamish/ 9781137279996/ Price:US$ 28.00
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Minority Accommodation through Territorial and Non-Territorial Autonomy. |
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Malloy, Tove H./ 9780198746669/ Price:GBP 76.00
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Back to the Future of Socialism. |
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Hain, Peter/ 9781447321668/ Price:GBP 21.99
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What's gone wrong with capitalism and how should governments respond? Did Big Government or Big Banking cause the global financial crisis? Is the answer austerity or investment in growth; untrammelled market forces or regulating for the common good? Anthony Crosland¡¦s The Future of Socialism (1956) provided a creed for governments of the centre left until the global banking crisis. Now Peter Hain, with over 50 years¡¦ experience in politics, revisits this classic text and presents a stimulating political prospectus for today. Hain argues that capitalism is now more financially unstable and unfair, productive but prone to paralysis, dynamic but discriminatory. A rousing alternative to the neoliberal, right-wing orthodoxy of our era, Hain¡¦s new book should be read by everyone interested in the future of the left. |
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China and Post-Socialist Development. |
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Bolesta, Andrzej/ 9781447321507/ Price:GBP 79.99
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The re-emergence of China as an economic superpower during its systemic transition is an astonishing phenomenon. China and Post-Socialist Development is the first comprehensive attempt to frame China¡¦s advancements within the context of the East Asian developmental miracle, against the background of post-socialist transformation, asking how has it happened and where does China go from here? In this book the author argues that as China transits from central planning to market, it tries to imitate the institutions and policies of Japan and South Korea during their high growth periods of the second half of the twentieth century. China¡¦s approach ¡V broadly in opposition to the neo-liberal doctrine ¡V has brought impressive results, leading the author to make important predictions about the future. This book is for everybody who is interested in China, development and post-socialist transformation. |
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UXL Civics, 3-Vols & Teacher's Guide. |
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UXL Civics supports middle school civics, economics, history, and U.S. government curricula in its three full-color, thematically arranged volumes. Volume 1: American Government covers the foundations and structures of local and state government as well as the three federal branches, the role of political parties and other entities that influence the government, and the intersection of government and the economy. Volume 2: Rights, Liberties, and Obligations addresses the meaning of citizenship and basic democratic values as well as the U.S. Constitution, citizens¡¦ civil rights and responsibilities, and the civil rights movement. Volume 3: U.S. Foreign Policy and Global Affairs provides an overview of its evolution over time, notes key players and institutions, describes military aid and intervention, intergovernmental agencies, and the role of the United States in the global economy and international humanitarian efforts.
Each chapter begins with guided reading questions to encourage critical thinking and includes suggestions for individual and group activities. Primary sources, full-color photos and graphics, and concise glossaries accompany the narrative and a comprehensive subject index and resource guide in each volume enhance access. The fourth volume is a Teacher¡¦s Guide with additional curriculum support.
UXL Civics: Teacher¡¦s Guide offers additional curriculum support in the form of bulleted lists summarizing the main ideas for each chapter; guided reading questions to encourage critical thinking; Common Core, state standards and national social studies standards alignments for each chapter; student activities and lesson plans for each chapter, including reading prompts, debate topics, and mock trial activities; and chapter-specific bibliographies. |
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A Reader on the Theory of Building Socialism with Chinese Characteristics. |
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A Reader on the Theory of Building Socialism with Chinese Characteristics aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the main theoretical developments, ideological guidelines, and national development strategies that had been formulated by the Communist Party of China under the leadership of Deng Xiaoping through Hu Jintao over the past more than three decades of Reform and Opening up in light of China¡¦s basic national conditions and the historical experience of socialist development and modernization. These include the Deng Xiaoping Theory expounding the Four Cardinal Principles and market-oriented reform, the core socialist values, the scientific outlook on development, and the important thought of Three Represents. By putting forth these propositions, adhering to the principles, and implementing the policies delineated in this book, the three generations of CPC leadership hoped to adapt Marxism to China¡¦s actual social and economic conditions, rejuvenate the Chinese nation, and develop China into a modern, moderately prosperous, and harmonious society that is strong, democratic, and politically and culturally advanced.
Part 1: The System of Theories of Building Socialism with Chinese Characteristics (5 Chapters)
Part 2: The System of Core Socialist Values (1 Chapter)
Part 3: The Scientific Outlook on Development (6 Chapters)
Part 4: The Important Thought of Three Represents (16 Chapters) |
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CBRN Security Culture in Practice. |
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Gahlaut, S./ 9781614995333/ Price:EUR 108.00
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This book contains papers presented at the NATO Advanced Study Institute (ASI) on CBRN security culture, held in Yerevan, Armenia, in June 2014. The conference was timely in bringing together the various aspects of security culture in the different substantive areas from a CBRN perspective, focusing efforts to advance CBRN security culture in the everyday work of those who must deal with these ever present threats.
The primary aim of the conference was to promote the concept of a CBRN security culture which recognizes the areas of synergy which span the individual disciplines, and to introduce assessment and enhancement methodologies to enable countries to optimize the role of the human factor in dealing with their international obligations and United Nations Security Council resolution 1540.
The book reflects the presentations and deliberations of workshop participants and will be of interest to governments, international organizations, researchers and practitioners whose work involves the human dimension of the security of CBRN materials. |
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Strengthening Maritime Security Through Cooperation. |
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Kitchen, I./ 9781614995357/ Price:EUR 115.00
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This book shares some of the research, debates and findings from a NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW); Building Trust to Enhance Maritime Security, held in Geneva, Switzerland, in November 2014. The chapters in the book deal extensively with lessons learned by NATO from a wide range of policies, operations and situations. This maritime experience has been amassed from the Atlantic and Mediterranean to the Baltic and the Black Sea, and even into the Indian Ocean, as well as from the four decades spent defending NATO allies on the high seas during the Cold War. The single most profound lesson learned over the years has concerned the importance of efficient coordination. Structures and mechanisms have been created, not least in recent counter piracy operations, which enable a vast array of actors to work together in an efficient way, and which could prove invaluable in future efforts to counter terrorism and aggression worldwide.
The safety of the maritime domain is essential to the freedom and security of all nations, and this book will be of interest to all those whose work involves maintaining that freedom and security. |
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Engaging the Public to Fight the Consequences of Terrorism and Disasters. |
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Apostol, I./ 9781614994923/ Price:EUR 135.00
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This book presents the proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) Engaging the Public to Fight the Consequences of Terrorism and Disasters, held in Tbilisi, Georgia, in June 2014. The purpose of the workshop was to analyze accumulated European theoretical knowledge and practical experience in the field of disaster prevention and the involvement of the public in preventing and fighting the consequences of terrorism, as well as natural and man-made disasters. There was a particular focus on the perspective of the region, especially with a view to meeting European Union standards and setting uniform and independent standards for hazard and risk assessment methods. The protection of economically critical infrastructure, such as dams, pipelines and transport and storage facilities, was addressed as were the issues of managing water and non-renewable resources, the disposal of dangerous chemicals and radioactive waste, and defensible methods of transport for fuel supplies and key personnel. |
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Heard And Overheard: Words Wise (and Otherwise) with Politicians, Statesmen, and Real People. |
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Symington, James W./ 9780986435331/ Price:US$ 26.00
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Jim Symington has a rare addiction for Washington: he listens. Right-hand man for Bobby Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and Ambassador Jock Whitney, he was present¡Xoften a participant¡Xas national and world events unfolded. Witnessing history from the New Deal to President Obama¡¦s Cuban initiative, Symington is a willing recorder of eavesdrops, ¡§ranging in propriety from blasphemy to prayer.¡¨
Heard and Overheard is presented in a prefatory sampler and three parts involving ¡§politicians, statesmen, and real people.¡¨ To read it is to relive pivotal moments of modern history, to meet the giants (and villains) of our time, and to savor a narrative that is epic in scope, gem-like in faceted brilliance, and laugh-out-loud hilarious. |
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Heard And Overheard: Words Wise (and Otherwise) with Politicians, Statesmen, and Real People. |
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Symington, James W./ 9780991504701/ Price:US$ 36.00
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Jim Symington has a rare addiction for Washington: he listens. Right-hand man for Bobby Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and Ambassador Jock Whitney, he was present¡Xoften a participant¡Xas national and world events unfolded. Witnessing history from the New Deal to President Obama¡¦s Cuban initiative, Symington is a willing recorder of eavesdrops, ¡§ranging in propriety from blasphemy to prayer.¡¨
Heard and Overheard is presented in a prefatory sampler and three parts involving ¡§politicians, statesmen, and real people.¡¨ To read it is to relive pivotal moments of modern history, to meet the giants (and villains) of our time, and to savor a narrative that is epic in scope, gem-like in faceted brilliance, and laugh-out-loud hilarious. |
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Economics and Diplomacy: A Life in the Foreign Service of the United States. |
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Hinton, Deane R./ 9780986435324/ Price:US$ 28.00
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The book recounts Hinton's youth, army service in Italy in World War II, and 48-year diplomatic career, starting with political, commercial, and consular postings and including economic studies at Fletcher and Harvard. In the Paris embassy's Office of the Treasury Attache, he analyzed French money supply and worked on taxation issues. At State, he became an expert in negotiations to establish the European Common Market, then served in Brussels as a charter member of the U.S. Mission to the European Community. After a break at the National War College, he worked on commodity issues and Kennedy Round trade negotiations. Subsequently he brought his economic gifts to bear on development issues, serving as AID director and economic counselor in Guatemala and Chile. Recalled to Washington, he spent four years in the White House, three as deputy director of the Council on International Economic Policy. |
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Ambassador to a Small World: Letters from Chad. |
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Goldthwait, Christopher E./ 9780986435362/ Price:US$ 28.00
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Ambassador to a Small World is a highly personal portrait of Chad from the vantage point of Christopher Goldthwait, the longest-serving U.S. ambassador to N'Djamena. The book comprises his perceptive reflections on the country and its people. It touches on U.S. foreign policy, foreign aid, and the life of the small American community in one of the continent¡¦s most isolated countries. And it examines sharp contrasts within Chad and between Chad and the United States.
Originating as a series of monthly letters to a dozen close friends, the book preserves the epistolary format, with the letters grouped into topical chapters. Much of the book is a travelogue, describing 25,000 miles of travel, of which 15,000 were overland, to nearly every corner of Chad. What began as descriptive quickly became analytical and reflective. The insights of the letters remains current. |
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Ambassador To A Small World: Letters from Chad. |
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Goldthwait, Christopher E./ 9780986435379/ Price:US$ 40.00
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Ambassador to a Small World is a highly personal portrait of Chad from the vantage point of Christopher Goldthwait, the longest-serving U.S. ambassador to N'Djamena. The book comprises his perceptive reflections on the country and its people. It touches on U.S. foreign policy, foreign aid, and the life of the small American community in one of the continent¡¦s most isolated countries. And it examines sharp contrasts within Chad and between Chad and the United States.
Originating as a series of monthly letters to a dozen close friends, the book preserves the epistolary format, with the letters grouped into topical chapters. Much of the book is a travelogue, describing 25,000 miles of travel, of which 15,000 were overland, to nearly every corner of Chad. What began as descriptive quickly became analytical and reflective. The insights of the letters remains current. |
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Resiliency: Enhancing Coping with Crisis and Terrorism. |
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This book contributes to a better understanding of what makes people and communities resilient in the face of disasters, violence and terrorism. This resilience is understood as a resource that facilitates recovery, effective functioning and positive outcomes in the wake of major critical events that threaten the well-being of individuals, families, communities and nations. The chapters in this publication present complementary perspectives on resilience in a variety of socially adverse settings and how to assess resilience beyond the level of an individual. The contributing authors not only consider evidence of resilience in the aftermath of mass trauma, but uniquely explore it from a developmental perspective and expand the focus from individual resilience to the broader ecological levels of community and society.
The book contains 11 chapters reflecting different aspects of resilience. Presentation of these different perspectives will be helpful to scholars and students of human behavior affected by life-threatening crises. Together, the chapters present up-to-date research that affirms human strength when confronted by the extreme experiences. The book also covers the broad landscape of current knowledge and research topics on resilience that are related to mass violence and terrorism, which is one of the growing concerns of the world today. |
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Unequal Treaties and China, 2-vols/set. |
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Wang Jianlang/ 9781623201180/ Price:US$ 215.00
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Understanding a country¡¦s history is a vital way of understanding its people. In Unequal Treaties and China, author Wang Jianlang looks at how history has affected the nation and how those unequal treaties from foreign powers have shaped China¡¦s policies even up until the modern day.
From the first Opium War (1839-1842) and until the birth of New China in 1949, China was forced to sign multiple unequal treaties by foreign imperialist and invading powers. In these treaties, China conceded many of its sovereign rights in terms of territory and commerce. Ever since the time of the first unequal treaty (the Treaty of Nanjing), the people of China have struggled to invalidate these unequal treaties. Unequal Treaties and China provides a comprehensive overview of China¡¦s history of fighting against these unequal treaties. |
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Political Islam and the Invention of Tradition. |
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Roberts, Nicholas P./ 9780990693963/ Price:US$ 26.00
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The aim of this work is to refute the oft-cited cliche that ¡§Islamists¡¨ are hostile to representative and accountable government and seek a return to some distant, barbaric past. To the contrary, many Islamists have made innovative contributions to religiously informed political thought in the Islamic context. In actual fact, no ¡§Islamic state¡¨ has ever existed in the history of Islam, and the Islamist conviction that religion and life (state) are inseparable is a highly contested issue. The aim of this work, then, is to illustrate political Islam as an invented tradition. This work provides an important contribution to a growing body of literature that seeks to foster a better understanding of the multifaceted phenomenon of political Islam, especially in the context of the post-Arab Spring Middle East. |
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The American Consul: A History of the United States Consular Service 1776-1924 |
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Kennedy, Charles S./ 9780990693970/ Price:US$ 26.00
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This new edition adds the period 1914 to 1924, after which the Consular Service was integrated with the Diplomatic Service to form the present-day Foreign Service of the United States. This volume thus adds the work of the Consular Service through the end of World War I, the Greek disaster in Turkey, and Germany in the early years of the Weimar Republic. |
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The Mind of the African Strongman: Conversations with Dictators, Statesmen, and Father Figures. |
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Cohen, Herman J./ 9780986435300/ Price:US$ 24.00
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This book offers a colorful and penetrating look at African cultural norms and imperatives at the core of African political and economic performance over the past half-century. The author served in five US embassies in Africa and as Assistant Secretary of State for Africa, this provided him with unique opportunities to engage in private conversations with African heads of state.
Despite billions of dollars of international development assistance poured into Africa since 1955, and despite huge earnings from commodity sales, Africa has lagged far behind most other emerging nations in economic growth and poverty reduction. Through these conversations, Cohen provides an opportunity to the African leaders he knew to tell us personally why the initial enthusiasm that accompanied independence went so badly awry. A new third generation of African leadership is now coming to the fore. The key question is, can they and the international donor community learn from and overcome the negative legacies of their predecessors? |
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Lone Actors An Emerging Security Threat |
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Richman, A./ 9781614995845/ Price:EUR 135.00
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Terrorist attacks perpetrated by lone actors have already occurred in several countries, and this phenomenon is emerging as a threat to the security of both NATO members and other countries worldwide. In this context, a lone actor, or 'lone wolf¡¦, is someone who individually prepares or commits violent acts in support of an ideology, group or movement, but who is acting outside of the command structure and without the assistance of any group. Up to now, these individual acts have been seen as almost impossible to forecast, but it is nevertheless important to develop a responsible security policy which takes them into account and incorporates planning for counteraction, prevention and response.
This book presents papers, written by leading experts in the field, which reflect the subjects presented at the workshop 'Loan Actors ¡V An Emerging Security Threat', part of the NATO Science for Peace and Security Programme, held in Jerusalem in November 2014. The papers are divided into five sections: the threat of lone actor terrorism; case studies; countering and responding to the threat; legal and ethical aspects; and foresight and policy aspects.
The insights, information and recommendations shared in this book will be of interest to all those involved in developing a more efficient response policy to this emerging threat. |
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Terrorist Threats in North Africa from a NATO Perspective |
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Tomolya, J./ 9781614995869/ Price:EUR 104.00
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According to the editors of this book, North Africa has become a hotbed of terrorist activity in recent years, as demonstrated by several events in the region. Representing, as it does, a potential threat to NATO's southern flank, this area can no longer be ignored, they say.
This book presents the proceedings of the NATO Centre of Excellence, Defence Against Terrorism (COE-DAT) Advanced Research Workshop entitled 'The Terrorist Threat in North Africa from a NATO Perspective', held in Ankara, Turkey, in the November 2013. Subjects covered include the changing nature of North African terrorism; the rise of Al Qaeda in North Africa; financing terrorism in North Africa; the legal framework of military operations against terrorism in North Africa and the relationship between international terrorism and terrorism in North Africa, among others. Also included in the book is the keynote address given by Prof. Yonah Alexander of the Inter-University Center for Terrorism Studies and entitled 'Terrorism in North Africa and the Sahel: Threats and Responses'.
The book provides insights to further the understanding of terrorism in North Africa, and will be of interest to all those involved in the development of counterterrorism policies to combat this threat. |
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Food Security, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Rosegrant, Mark/ 9781446294550/ Price:GBP 860.00
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Following years of complacency about food security and agriculture, world food prices began increasing in 2000 and currently remain well above long run trends. Research into this phenomenon reveals a highly complex and cross-disciplinary issue, which is fast becoming a defining feature of our times. Fuelled by a huge variety of interlinking factors, including rapid or improved economic growth ¡Vparticularly in Asia and Africa ¡V as well water scarcity, climate change, and the increasing demand for biofuels, the renewed urgency due to recent high food prices has focused much-needed attention on the challenges of food security.
The articles in these volumes address the major challenges and debates around food security and the policies, investments, and technologies required to reduce or eliminate food insecurity. Organised thematically, each volume is introduced by an essay that synthesizes the topics covered therein, including the following:
Volume One: Food Demand, Access and Utilization
Volume Two: Producing Enough Food
Volume Three: Markets, Value Chains, Trade and Macroeconomic Policy
Volume Four: Food Policy for Food Security
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Public Administration, 6-Vols/Set. |
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Peters, B. Guy/ 9781446294222/ Price:GBP 1185.00
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This new six- volume collection brings together a number of the major statements in the literature surrounding public administration and its role in government. Public administration is essential to the effective functioning of governments, as it involves not only implementing public policies but also providing policy advice to political leaders. While the recent emphasis on public management in the academic literature, as well as in the ¡§real world¡¨ of governing, has tended to de-emphasize the significance of public administration, this collection examines the vital importance of the public bureaucracy in producing public services and in serving the public. Efficiency is not the only important value for public administration. Service, effectiveness, responsiveness, probity and accountability are equally as crucial.
The readings in this major work cover the wide array of topics in public administration, blending classics in the field with more recent scholarship. Comparative in its approach, this collection is designed for both academics and practitioners across the world.
Volume One: Fundamental Issues in Public Administration
Volume Two: People In Public Administration
Volume Three: The Political Role of Public Administration
Volume Four: Implementation and Service Provision
Volume Five: Bureaucracy in Particular Settings.
Volume Six: Accountability and Control |
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Environmental Security, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Matthew, Richard/ 9781446294499/ Price:GBP 860.00
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The literature compiled in this four-volume collection explores the real and potential linkages between environmental change and security. Early formulations of environmental security date to antiquity, whilst contemporary formulations of environment-conflict-peace linkages grew in part from the environmental movement of the 1960s and 1970s. The ensuing flood of academic enquiry has been diverse and extensive, and the objective of this major work is to organize this important but polysemous literature in order to provide a comprehensive, historically rich and global overview of its key concepts, findings, contributors and methodologies.
Volume One: Historical Context: Early Writings on Environment and Security
Volume Two: Environmental Change, National Security and the Conflict Cycle
Volume Three: Rethinking Security in Response to Environmental Change
Volume Four: The Security Implications of Climate Change
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Water Security, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Jagerskog, Anders/ 9781446293928/ Price:GBP 860.00
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During the past two decades, environmental security and more specifically the security of water as a natural resource has come to the forefront of research and discussion. Many regions have experienced an increased water scarcity due to climatic variability and climate change, and the uncertain impacts of climate change to the supply has brought the issue to the centre of political debates. Indeed it has been raised by both the EU and the US national governments as a major issue of concern globally and has also been highlighted by the Security Council of the UN. The four volumes of this collection seek to broadly outline the debate as it has developed, both from a policy as well as an academic perspective, with the aim to bring conceptual clarity as well as provide an account of how the water security discourse has emerged and developed.
Volume One: Water Security - Origin and foundations
Volume Two: Water Security - International conflict and cooperation
Volume Three. Water Security and Development - An intimate relation
Volume Four: The Age of Water Security - Current dilemmas and future challenges
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Human Rights and the Impact of ICT in the Public Sphere: Participation, Democracy, and Political Autonomy. |
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Akrivopoulou, Christina M./ 9781466662483/ Price:US$ 185.00
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The creation of a new public realm through the use of the Internet and ICT may positively promote political liberties and freedom of speech, but could also threaten the political and public autonomy of the individual.
Human Rights and the Impact of ICT in the Public Sphere: Participation, Democracy, and Political Autonomy focuses on the new technological era as an innovative way to initiate democratic dialogue, but one that can also endanger individual rights to freedom, privacy, and autonomy. This reference book focuses on the new opportunities technology offers for political expression and will be of use to both academic and legal audiences, including academics, students, independent authorities, legislative bodies, and lawyers.
Topics Covered
¡ECyberspace
¡EDemocracy
¡EFreedom of Speech
¡EGlobalization
¡EHuman Rights
¡EICT
¡EPolitical Autonomy
¡EPrivacy
¡EPublic Sphere |
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E-Governance and Social Inclusion: Concepts and Cases. |
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Baum, Scott/ 9781466661066/ Price:US$ 205.00
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The application of e-government technologies has led to increased public participation and social inclusion, while allowing for greater government transparency. These technologies provide accessibility to online content and services while offering the public an active voice in governmental issues.
E-Governance and Social Inclusion: Concepts and Cases presents current and emerging research about the implementation of technology in government and its broad social implications. This handbook aims to be a comprehensive reference publication for academicians, researchers, practitioners, students, and managers with an interest in e-government content and the ability for the public to access and utilize this technology.
Topics Covered
¡EE-Democracy
¡EE-Government
¡EE-Government Adoption
¡EGovernment Transparency
¡EICT Implementation
¡EPublic Participation
¡ESocial Inclusion |
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Chaos and Complexity Theory in World Politics. |
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Banerjee, Santo/ 9781466660700/ Price:US$ 210.00
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As an important research field in mathematics, chaos theory impacts many different disciplines such as physics, engineering, economics, and biology. Most recently, however, chaos theory has also been applied to the social sciences, helping to explain the complex and interdependent nature of international politics.
Chaos and Complexity Theory in World Politics aims to bring attention to new developments in global politics within the last few years. Demonstrating various issues in international relations and the application of chaos theory within this field, this publication serves as an essential reference for researchers and professionals, as well as useful educational material for academicians and students.
Topics Covered
¡EApplied Mathematics and Political Science
¡EChaos Theory
¡EChaotic International Environment
¡EConflict Studies
¡EForeign Policy Analysis
¡EGlobalization
¡EPolitical Systems
¡ESocio-Political Analysis
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Handbook of Research on Political Activism in the Information Age. |
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Solo, Ashu M. G./ 9781466660663/ Price:US$ 275.00
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Technology, and particularly the Internet, has caused many changes in the realm of politics. Mainstream media no longer has a monopoly on political commentary as social media, blogs, and user-generated video streaming sites have emerged as an outlet for citizens and political activists to openly voice their opinions, organize political demonstrations, and network online.
The Handbook of Research on Political Activism in the Information Age includes progressive research from more than 39 international experts at universities and research institutions across 15 different countries. Each of the 25 scholarly chapter contributions focus on topics pertaining to the application of information technology, engineering, and mathematics to political activism. Through its analysis of the methods for political activism in the information age, the effectiveness of these methods, as well as emerging analytical tools, this book is designed for use by researchers, activists, political scientists, engineers, computer scientists, journalists, professors, students and professionals working in the fields of politics, e-government, media and communications, and Internet marketing.
Topics Covered
¡ECitizen Activism
¡EDemocracy in the Information Age
¡EE-Politics
¡EEmail in Political Activism
¡EEngineering, Math, and Science in Political Activism
¡EHuman Rights in the Information Age
¡EOnline Petitions
¡EOnline Political Expression
¡EOnline Political Videos
¡EPolitical Blogs
¡EPolitical Protests
¡EPolitical Revolution
¡ESocial Networking in Political Activism |
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The SAGE Handbook of Modern Japanese Studies. |
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Babb, James D./ 9781848606630/ Price:GBP 135.00
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The SAGE Handbook of Modern Japanese Studies includes outstanding contributions from a diverse group of leading academics from across the globe. This volume is designed to serve as a major interdisciplinary reference work and a seminal text, both rigorous and accessible, to assist students and scholars in understanding one of the major nations of the world.
James Babb is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology at Newcastle University.
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Guide to U.S. Health and Health Care Policy. |
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Oliver, Thomas R./ 9781452270739/ Price:GBP 180.00
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Guide to U.S. Health and Health Care Policy provides the analytical connections showing students how issues and actions are translated into public policies and institutions for resolving or managing health care issues and crises, such as the recent attempt to reform the national health care system. The Guidehighlights the decision-making cycle that requires the cooperation of government, business, and an informed citizenry in order to achieve a comprehensive approach to advancing the nation's health care policies. Through 30 topical, operational, and relational essays, the book addresses the development of the U.S. health care system and policies, the federal agencies and public and private organizations that frame and administer those policies, and the challenges of balancing the nation's health care needs with the rising costs of medical research, cost-effective treatment, and adequate health insurance.
Key Features:
¡E30 topical essays investigate the fundamental political, social, economic, and procedural initiatives that drive health and health care policy decisions affecting Americans at the local, regional, and national levels.
¡EEssential themes traced throughout the chapters include providing access to health care, national and international intervention, nutrition and health, human and financial resource allocation, freedom of religion versus public policy, discrimination and health care policy, universal health care coverage, private health care versus publicly funded health care, and the immediate and long-term costs associated with disease prevention, treatment, and health maintenance.
¡EA Glossary of Key Health Care Policy Terms and Events, a selected Master Bibliography, and a thorough Index are included.
This must-have reference for political science and public policy students who seek to understand the issues affecting health care policy in the U.S. is suitable for academic, public, high school, government, and professional libraries. |
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Guide to U.S. Environmental Policy. |
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Fairfax, Sally K./ 9781452270753/ Price:GBP 180.00
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Guide to U.S. Environmental Policy provides the analytical connections showing readers how issues and actions are translated into public policies and persistent institutions for resolving or managing environmental conflict in the U.S. The guide highlights a complex decision-making cycle that requires the cooperation of government, business, and an informed citizenry to achieve a comprehensive approach to environmental protection. The book's topical, operational, and relational essays address development of U.S. environmental policies, the federal agencies and public and private organizations that frame and administer environmental policies, and the challenges of balancing conservation and preservation against economic development, the ongoing debates related to turning environmental concerns into environmental management, and the role of the U.S. in international organizations that facilitate global environmental governance.
Key Features:
¡E30 essays by leading conservationists and scholars in the field investigate the fundamental political, social, and economic processes and forces driving policy decisions about the protection and future of the environment.
¡EEssential themes traced through the chapters include natural resource allocation and preservation, human health, rights of indigenous peoples, benefits of recycling, economic and other policy areas impacted by responses to green concerns, international cooperation, and immediate and long-term costs associated with environmental policy.
¡EThe essays explore the impact made by key environmental policymakers, presidents, and politicians, as well as the topical issues that have influenced U.S. environmental public policy from the colonial period to the present day.
¡EA summary of regulatory agencies for environmental policy, a selected bibliography, and a thorough index are included.
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Guide to U.S. Economic Policy. |
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Wright , Robert E./ 9781452270777/ Price:GBP 180.00
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Guide to U.S. Economic Policy shows students and researchers how issues and actions are translated into public policies for resolving economic problems (like the Great Recession) or managing economic conflict (like the left-right ideological split over the role of government regulation in markets). Taking an interdisciplinary approach, the guide highlights decision-making cycles requiring the cooperation of government, business, and an informed citizenry to achieve a comprehensive approach to a successful, growth-oriented economic policy. Through 30 topical, operational, and relational essays, the book addresses the development of U.S. economic policies from the colonial period to today; the federal agencies and public and private organizations that influence and administer economic policies; the challenges of balancing economic development with environmental and social goals; and the role of the U.S. in international organizations such as the IMF and WTO.
Key Features:
¡E30 essays by experts in the field investigate the fundamental economic, political, social, and process initiatives that drive policy decisions affecting the nation¡¦s economic stability and success.
¡EEssential themes traced throughout the chapters include scarcity, wealth creation, theories of economic growth and macroeconomic management, controlling inflation and unemployment, poverty, the role of government agencies and regulations to police markets, Congress vs. the president, investment policies, economic indicators, the balance of trade, and the immediate and long-term costs associated with economic policy alternatives.
¡EA glossary of key economic terms and events, a summary of bureaus and agencies charged with economic policy decisions, a master bibliography, and a thorough index appear at the back of the book.
This must-have reference for students and researchers is suitable for academic, public, high school, government, and professional libraries.
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Guide to U.S. Political Parties. |
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Hershey, Marjorie R./ 9781452267807/ Price:GBP 160.00
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This one-volume reference presents the major conceptual approaches to the study of U.S. political parties and the national party system, describing the organization and behavior of U.S. political parties in thematic, narrative chapters that help undergraduate students better understand party origins, historical development, and current operations. Further, it provides researchers with in-depth analysis of important subtopics and connections to other aspects of politics.
Key Features:
¡EThematic, narrative chapters, organized into six major parts, provide the context, as well as in-depth analysis of the unique system of party politics in the United States.
¡ETop analysts of party politics provide insightful chapters that explore how and why the U.S. parties have changed over time, including major organizational transformations by the parties, behavioral changes among candidates and party activists, and attitudinal changes among their partisans in the electorate.
¡EThe authors discuss the way the traditional concept of formal party organizations gave way over time to a candidate-centered model, fueled in part by changes in campaign finance, the rise of new communication technologies, and fragmentation of the electorate.
This book is an ideal reference for students and researchers who want to develop a deeper understanding of the current challenges faced by citizens of republican government in the United States. |
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Political Campaigning in the Information Age. |
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Solo, Ashu M. G./ 9781466660625/ Price:US$ 210.00
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Technology and the Internet especially have brought on major changes to politics and are playing an increasingly important role in political campaigns, communications, and messaging.
Political Campaigning in the Information Age increases our understanding of aspects and methods for political campaigning, messaging, and communications in the information age. Each chapter analyzes political campaigning, its methods, the effectiveness of these methods, and tools for analyzing these methods. This book will aid political operatives in increasing the effectiveness of political campaigns and communications and will be of use to researchers, political campaign staff, politicians and their staff, political and public policy analysts, political scientists, engineers, computer scientists, journalists, academicians, students, and professionals.
Topics Covered
¡EE-Politics
¡EOnline Campaigning
¡EPolitical Campaigning
¡EPolitical Campaigns and the Internet
¡EPolitical Communications and the Internet
¡EPolitical Debates on the Internet
¡EPolitical Messaging and the Internet
¡ETechnology in Political Campaigning
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Transforming Politics and Policy in the Digital Age. |
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Bishop, Jonathan/ 9781466660380/ Price:US$ 200.00
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Digital technology and the Internet have greatly affected the political realm in recent years, allowing citizens greater input and interaction in government processes. The mainstream media no longer holds all the power in political commentary.
Transforming Politics and Policy in the Digital Age provides an updated assessment of the implications of technology for society and the realm of politics. The book covers issues presented by the technological changes on policy making and offers a wide array of perspectives. This publication will appeal to researchers, politicians, policy analysts, and academics working in e-government and politics.
Topics Covered
¡EDigital Divide
¡EE-Government
¡EEquality of Access
¡EInternet and Politics
¡EOnline Communities
¡EOnline Voting
¡ESocial Media Campaign
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Cases on Research and Knowledge Discovery: Homeland Security Centers of Excellence. |
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Brown, Cecelia Wright/ 9781466659469/ Price:US$ 215.00
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To ensure its protection from enemies both foreign and domestic, a government must invest resources and personnel toward the goal of homeland security. It is through these endeavors that citizens are able to live out their lives in peace.
Cases on Research and Knowledge Discovery: Homeland Security Centers of Excellence presents a series of studies and descriptive examples on the US Department of Homeland Security and related research. Through its investigation of interesting challenges and thought-provoking ideas, this volume offers professionals, researchers, and academics in the fields of security science, engineering, technology, and mathematics an in-depth discussion of some of the issues that directly affect the safety, security, and prosperity of the nation.
Topics Covered
¡EEmergency Management
¡EHomeland Security Education
¡EInformation Security
¡EInfrastructure Protection
¡EIntergovernmental Relations
¡EMaritime Security
¡ETransportation Security
¡EVisual Data Analytics
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The SAGE Handbook of Globalization, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Steger, Manfred/ 9781446256220/ Price:GBP 305.00
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Global studies is a fresh and dynamic discipline area that promises to reinvigorate undergraduate and postgraduate education in the social sciences and humanities. In the Australian context, the interdisciplinary pedagogy that defines global studies is gaining wider acceptance as a coherent and necessary approach to the study of global change. Through the Global Studies Consortium (GSC), this new discipline is forming around an impressive body of international scholars who define their expertise in global terms. The GSC paves the way for the expansion of global studies programs internationally and for the development of teaching and research collaboration on a global scale.
This Handbook allows for extended treatment of critical issues that are of major interest to researchers and students in this emerging field. The topics covered speak to an interdisciplinary approach to the study of global issues that reaches well beyond the confines of international relations and political science to encompass sociology, anthropology, history, media and cultural studies, economics and governance, environmental sustainability, international law and criminal justice. Specially commissioned chapters explore diverse subjects from a global vantage point and all deliberately cohere around core ¡§global¡¨ concerns of narrative, praxis, space and place. This integrated approach sets the Handbook apart from its competitors and distinguishes Global Studies as the most equipped academic discipline with which to address the scope and pace of global change in the 21st century. |
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Exchanging Terrorism Oxygen for Media Airwaves: The Age of Terroredia. |
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Eid, Mahmoud/ 9781466657762/ Price:US$ 195.00
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Terroredia is a newly coined term by the editor, Dr. Mahmoud Eid, to explain the phenomenal, yet under-researched relationship between terrorists and media professionals in which acts of terrorism and media coverage are exchanged, influenced, and fueled by one another.
Exchanging Terrorism Oxygen for Media Airwaves: The Age of Terroredia provides a timely and thorough discussion on a wide range of issues surrounding terrorism in relation to both traditional and new media. Comprised of insights and research from leading experts in the fields of terrorism and media studies, this publication presents various topics relating to Terroredia: understanding of terrorism and the role of the media, terrorism manifestations and media representations of terrorism, types of terrorism and media stereotypes of terrorism, terrorism tactics and media strategies, the war on terrorism, the function of terrorism and the employment of the media, new terrorism and new media, contemporary cases of terrorist-media interactions, the rationality behind terrorism and counterterrorism, as well as the responsibility of the media. This publication is of interest to government officials, media professionals, researchers, and upper-level students interested in learning more about the complex relationship between terrorism and the media.
Topics Covered
¡ECommunication
¡ECounter Terrorism
¡ECyber Terrorism
¡EDecision-Making
¡EInformation Technologies
¡EMedia and Society
¡EMedia Ethics
¡EMedia Representation
¡ENew Media
¡EPropaganda
¡ERadicalism
¡ETerrorism
¡ETerrorist Organizations
¡EViolence and Warfare |
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International Relations of China, 8-Vols/Set. |
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Breslin, Shaun/ 9781446273456/ Price:GBP 1450.00
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To say that the rise of China has captured the popular attention is something of an understatement. Hardly a day goes by without the publication of a new study that confidently predicts China¡¦s future ¡V be that a focus on internal challenges and potential collapse, or China¡¦s rise to inevitable global dominance. The aim of this eight-volume collection is to provide, in a single resource, an overarching view of the totality of China¡¦s place in the world.
In this new major work, the international team of editors have created a carefully balanced collection of seminal publications from leading scholars from both inside and outside of China, introduced by a newly-written chapter contextualizing the diverse perspectives on China¡¦s changing global role they represent.
Volume One: Theoretical Perspectives
Volume Two: Making Foreign Policy
Volume Three: China and ¡§Traditional¡¨ Partners ¡V the Developed World and (South)East Asia
Volume Four: China and the Developing World
Volume Five: National Security and Territorial Issues
Volume Six: China and the Global Economy
Volume Seven: Global Governance
Volume Eight: China Challenges and Global Issues
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The SAGE Handbook of Human Rights, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Mihr, Anja/ 9780857029935/ Price:GBP 305.00
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The SAGE Handbook of Human Rights will comprise a two volume set consisting of more than 50 original chapters that clarify and analyze human rights issues of both contemporary and future importance. The Handbook will take an inter-disciplinary approach, combining work in such traditional fields as law, political science and philosophy with such non-traditional subjects as climate change, demography, economics, geography, urban studies, mass communication, and business and marketing. In addition, one of the aspects of mainstreaming is the manner in which human rights has come to play a prominent role in popular culture, and there will be a section on human rights in art, film, music and literature.
Not only will the Handbook provide a state of the art analysis of the discipline that addresses the history and development of human rights standards and its movements, mechanisms and institutions, but it will seek to go beyond this and produce a book that will help lead to prospective thinking.
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Peacebuilding, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Ginty, Roger Mac/ 9781446272220/ Price:GBP 860.00
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This new 4-volume Major Work showcases the main debates and controversies associated with peacebuilding. In particular, this collection seeks to go beyond a simple explanation of peacebuilding institutions and projects to unpack the ideas and ideologies that underpin the subject. Recent years have seen a large increase in the academic and policy literature on peacebuilding. They have also seen significant successes and failures in peacebuilding, reforms among international organisations (such as the United Nations and World Bank), and increased prominence awarded to local peacebuilding actors. The articles in this major work capture these changes and collectively present a state-of-the-art account of contemporary peacebuilding.
Containing diverse perspectives, including from scholars from the global south and global north, and from scholars with different methodological standpoints, this collection is designed with academics as well as practitioners in mind.
Volume 1: Ideas and Foundations
Volume 2: Actors
Volume 3: Issues
Volume 4: Contexts
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Globalization and Governance in the International Political Economy. |
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Hacioglu, Umit/ 9781466646391/ Price:US$ 175.00
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Whether post-modern or pre-industrial, the economic development of societies around the world is often influenced by the whims of a capricious international political environment.
Globalization and Governance in the International Political Economy investigates the impact of diverse cultures on the development and actualization of global economic entities, exploring advanced methods and best practices for the effective utilization and management of financial organizations within a globalized political context. This essential reference provides readers in both political and economic fields with insights into the challenges and opportunities posed by the political economy.
Topics Covered
¡ECorporate Governance
¡ECultural Values
¡EEntrepreneurship Development
¡EInfrastructure Development
¡EInvestment and Development Strategies
¡EMarket Analysis
¡EPolitical Trust
¡EPublic Policy
¡EVisual Discourse |
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Encyclopedia of Social Media and Politics, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Harvey, Kerric/ 9781452244716/ Price:GBP 470.00
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The Encyclopedia of Social Media and Politics explores how the rise of social media is altering politics both in the United States and in key moments, movements, and places around the world. Its scope encompasses the disruptive technologies and activities that are changing basic patterns in American politics and the amazing transformations that social media use is rendering in other political systems heretofore resistant to democratization and change. In a time when social media are revolutionizing and galvanizing politics in the United States and around the world, this encyclopedia is a must-have reference. It reflects the changing landscape of politics where old modes and methods of political communication from elites to the masses (top down) and from the masses to elites (bottom up) are being displaced rapidly by social media, and where activists are building new movements and protests using social media to alter mainstream political agendas.
Key Features
¡EThis three-volume A-to-Z encyclopedia set includes 600 short essays on high-interest topics that explore social media's impact on politics, such as ¡§Activists and Activism,¡¨ ¡§Issues and Social Media,¡¨ ¡§Politics and Social Media,¡¨ and ¡§Popular Uprisings and Protest.¡¨
¡EA stellar array of world renowned scholars have written entries in a clear and accessible style that invites readers to explore and reflect on the use of social media by political candidates in this country, as well as the use of social media in protests overseas
¡EUnique to this book is a detailed appendix with material unavailable anywhere else tracking and illustrating social media usage by U.S. Senators and Congressmen.
This encyclopedia set is a must-have general, non-technical resource for students and researchers who seek to understand how the changes in social networking through social media are affecting politics, both in the United States and in selected countries or regions around the world.
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Nuclear Politics, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Rublee, Maria Rost/ 9781446282137/ Price:GBP 860.00
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While the Cold War ended more than two decades ago and global nuclear stockpiles have shrunk dramatically, there are still around 18,000 nuclear warheads distributed among nine nuclear armed states. Against the backdrop of continual political tensions and conflict, the nuclear issue will continue to dominate headlines for several decades into the future.
This new four-volume Major Work explores this important issue and aims to introduce readers to the key arguments and authors in the field. With such a wide variety of theoretical approaches and substantive topics under the umbrella of nuclear politics, this collection will not only allow the reader to peruse the diverse explanations for the regime, proliferation, nonproliferation and disarmament, it will also guide them through the intellectual history of the field.
Volume One: The Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime
Volume Two: Nuclear Proliferation
Volume Three: Nuclear Nonproliferation
Volume Four: Nuclear Disarmament and Alternative Voices on Nuclear Issues |
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Guide to State Politics and Policy. |
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Niemi, Richard G./ 9781452219967/ Price:GBP 180.00
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No previous book has pulled together into one place a single, comprehensive volume that provides up-to-date coverage of state government and politics, along with the states¡¦ current and future public policies. This new book does just that, offering students, scholars, citizens, policy advocates, and state specialists accessible information on state politics and policy in 34 topical chapters written by experts in the field.
The guide provides contemporary analysis of state institutions, processes, and public policies, along with both historical and theoretical perspectives that help readers develop a comprehensive understanding of the 50 U.S. states¡¦ complex and changing political spheres.
Those who use this volume¡Xfrom experienced scholars to neophytes¡Xcan rely upon the guide to provide:
¡E Basic factual information on state politics and policy
¡E Core explanatory frameworks and competing arguments
¡E Insightful coverage of major policy areas as they have played out in the states.
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Social Transformation in China, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Liu, Jieyu/ 9780415502801/ Price:GBP 875.00
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Since the late 1970s, China has transformed from an inefficient centrally planned backwater to a fast-growing market-orientated economy. While economic reform has enabled average living standards to improve immensely, the benefits have been shared disproportionately depending on demographic factors such as location, age, gender, and social class.
This new four-volume collection from Routledge addresses some of the pertinent questions raised by the difference in ordinary people¡¦s experience of China¡¦s economic modernization. In particular: what are the socio-cultural transformations accompanying China¡¦s economic transition? What are the experiences and responses of people who have gone through these social changes? What are the theoretical implications for social scientists who study social and economic development?
Social Transformation in China answers these questions by collecting essential and cutting-edge scholarship to reflect and capture experiences of socio-cultural transformations in China. Topics covered include: issues around work, the restructuring of state enterprises, unemployment, changes in welfare provisions, migration and women workers¡¦ experiences; the family, love and marriage, the one-child policy, and ageing; the cultural domain, including works on media and consumption; the emergence of civil society.
Given China¡¦s ever-growing economic influence, and sheer population size, there is an increasing demand from the rest of the world to understand Chinese society and its rapid economic modernization. By collecting the work of leading figures on China from disciplines such as Sociology, Anthropology, Social Policy, Cultural Studies, and Political Sciences, this set will not only appeal to researchers and students in Chinese Studies but also more widely to academics and policymakers who are concerned with the social impact of economic development. |
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Critical International Relations, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Edkins, Jenny/ 9780415671163/ Price:GBP 1050.00
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Critical approaches to International Relations are now central to both current scholarship and contemporary teaching. Indeed, in the last decade or so, serious work that embraces traditions including, among others, the postcolonial, poststructuralist, psychoanalytic, feminist, deconstructive, genealogical, and interpretive, has moved decisively from the periphery to centre stage. Moreover, Critical International Relations increasingly draws on critical approaches in other disciplines, such as Human Geography, Literary Studies, Performance Studies and the visual arts, as well as Critical Historiography and Critical Legal Studies.
To help users navigate and make sense of such an enormous, growing¡Xand ever more complex¡Xcorpus of scholarship, Routledge is pleased to announce this new four-volume collection edited by Jenny Edkins. Critical International Relations answers the need for a one-stop reference resource to enable scholars and students readily to acquaint themselves with key themes and contributions that typify the use of critical approaches to International Relations in diverse temporal and geographical locations.
Much more than a historical survey of the field, or a simple assembly of works that may be regarded as ¡¥canonical¡¦, the editor has brought together an innovative compilation of materials to reflect the vibrancy and excitement of Critical International Relations. And, in addition to those relatively new to the field who will especially benefit from this enterprise, the collection will also be welcomed by established researchers from across the disciplinary spectrum who are currently engaged in critical work on topics related to International Relations.
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Historical Guide to World Media Freedom. |
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Belle, Douglas A Van/ 9781608717651/ Price:GBP 170.00
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Scholars of international relations and international communications view the extent of media freedom from country to country as a key comparative indicator either by itself or in correlation with other indices of national political and economic development. This indicator serves as a bellwether for gauging the health and spread of democracy.
Historical Guide to World Media Freedom is a new reference from CQ Press that brings together comprehensive historical data on media freedom since World War II. It provides consistent and comparable measures of media freedom in all independent countries for the years 1948 to the present. The work also includes country-by country summaries, analyses of historical and regional trends in media freedom, and extensive reliability analyses of media freedom measures.
The key information provided is designed to help researchers connect these historical measures of media freedom to Freedom House¡¦s annual Freedom of the Press survey release, enabling them to extend their studies back before the 1980s when Freedom House began compiling global press freedom measures. |
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Citizenship, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Bellamy, Richard/ 9780415664868/ Price:GBP 1150.00
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This new collection from Routledge¡¦s Critical Concepts in Political Science series brings together in four volumes both canonical and cutting-edge research to enable users to make sense of the theory and practice of citizenship. Volume I explores the classic theories of citizenship: starting with historical accounts of ancient and early modern citizenship, and then charting the shift from republican to liberal citizenship in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The volume¡¦s focus is then on T. H. Marshall¡¦s view of citizenship within the liberal democratic, national welfare states that emerged after the Second World War, and the critiques that came from new left and new right alike from the 1970s onwards.Volume II asks ¡¥Who is a Citizen?¡¦. The major works gathered in this volume take particular account of the impact of feminist activism and scholarship; the emergence and critique of multiculturalism in addressing ethnic, ¡¥racial¡¦ and religious diversity; and the rights asserted by immigrants and asylum seekers. Volume III, meanwhile, gathers the best scholarship on citizenship practice, and explores how the rights and duties of citizenship have moved from the state sphere strictly defined, to encompass a much broader reading of politics that also includes much of civil society. The final volume of the collection addresses the ways in which issues about and around citizenship have simultaneously extended beyond the state into transnational and supranational contexts (such as the European Union), and have also, in some instances, become devolved from the state to the regional and local levels. |
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Politics and the Internet, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Dutton, William H./ 9780415561501/ Price:GBP 84.99
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It is commonplace to observe that the Internet¡Xand the dizzying technologies and applications which it continues to spawn¡Xhas revolutionized human communications. But, while the medium¡¦s impact has apparently been immense, the nature of its political implications remains highly contested. To give but a few examples, the impact of networked individuals and institutions has prompted serious scholarly debates in political science and related disciplines on: the evolution of ¡¥e-government¡¦ and ¡¥e-politics¡¦ (especially after recent US presidential campaigns); electronic voting and other citizen participation; activism; privacy and surveillance; and the regulation and governance of cyberspace.
As research in and around politics and the Internet flourishes as never before, this new four-volume collection from Routledge¡¦s acclaimed Critical Concepts in Political Science series meets the need for an authoritative reference work to make sense of a rapidly growing¡Xand ever more complex¡Xcorpus of literature. Edited by William H. Dutton, Director of the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), the collection gathers foundational and canonical work, together with innovative and cutting-edge applications and interventions.
With a full index and comprehensive bibliographies, together with a new introduction by the editor, which places the collected material in its historical and intellectual context, Politics and the Internet is an essential work of reference. The collection will be particularly useful as a database allowing scattered and often fugitive material to be easily located. It will also be welcomed as a crucial tool permitting rapid access to less familiar¡Xand sometimes overlooked¡Xtexts. For researchers, students, practitioners, and policy-makers, it is a vital one-stop research and pedagogic resource. |
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Globalization & Politics, 4-Vols/Set. |
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James, Paul/ 9781412919555/ Price:GBP 860.00
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The concept of 'globalization' has in an extraordinarily short time become the dominant motif of the contemporary social sciences. Central Currents in Globalization is an integrated collection of four multi-volume sets that represent the systematic mapping of globalization studies. The series sets out the contours of a field that now crosses the boundaries of all the older disciplines in the social sciences and humanities. The result is a gold-standard collection of over 320 of the most important writings on globalization, structured around four interrelated themes: Violence; Economy; Culture; and Politics.
The series editor, Paul James (RMIT, Australia), is joined by sixteen internationally-renowned co-editors from around the globe who bring their subject expertise to each volume, including Jonathan Friedman, Tom Nairn, R.R. Sharma, Manfred Steger, Ronen Palan and Micheline Ishay. Together the four sets provide an unparalleled resource on globalization, providing both broad coverage of the subject, historical depth and contemporary relevance. |
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Transitional Justice in the Asia-Pacific. |
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Renee Jeffery/ 9781107040373/ Price:GBP 80.99
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Qiaowu: Extra-Territorial Policies for the Overseas Chinese |
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James Jiann Hua To/ 9789004272279/ Price:EUR 157.00
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"Good Coup" Gone Bad: Thailand's Political Developments Since Thaksin's Downfall. |
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Chachavalpongpun, Pavin/ 9789814459600/ Price:US$ 32.90
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Perseverance of Terrorism: Focus on Leaders. |
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Milosevic, Marko/ 9781614993865/ Price:EUR 108.00
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The problem of dealing with the ongoing and constantly evolving threat of terrorism is something which continues to preoccupy governments worldwide. Has sufficient attention been paid to what happens with terrorist organizations after they change leaders? Has enough research been done on how and in what manner they are changed/replaced?
This book is a collection of follow-up papers from experts who participated in the NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW), The Perseverance of Terrorism: Focus on Leaders, held in 2013, and is the third in a series of outputs related to the approach to terrorist leadership. These papers are presented with the aim of further elaborating the challenges of contemporary terrorism and enriching the existing academic debate. The first two papers concentrate on how better to understand, define and analyze terrorism. The next two authors examine the relevance of contemporary terrorism, its approach and its significance as prevailing threat. The core of the debate is structured around the issue of terrorist leadership, and the majority of authors have explored this phenomenon. Seven different approaches are presented which demonstrate the importance of leadership for terrorist organizations. |
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Brick by Brick: Freedoms 25 years after the Wall. |
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Jolley, Rachael/ 9781473906655/ Price:GBP 8.99
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Development Failure and Identity Politics in Uttar Pradesh. |
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Jeffery, Roger/ 9788132116639/ Price:GBP 47.99
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| SB02-438 |
Operation Black Thunder: An Eyewitness Account of Terrorism in Punjab. |
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Singh, Sarab J./ 9788132117940/ Price:GBP 12.99
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Security Activities of External Actors in Africa. |
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Ismail, Olawale/ 9780199686421/ Price:GBP 52.00
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Money and Electoral Politics: Local Parties and Funding in General Elections. |
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Johnston, Ron/ 9781447306313/ Price:GBP 26.99
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Political parties are crucial to British democracy, providing the foundations for mobilising voters. Their constituency branches are key links between voters and Parliamentary candidates and their activities require two vital resources ¡V people and money. Much has been written on the decline of party membership but far less on money. In this much-needed new book, Ron Johnston and Charles Pattie use the latest research and hitherto unpublished material to explore financial differences across the UK¡¦s three main parties in the four years leading up to the 2010 General Election. They look at how much local parties raise for election campaigns and find that the more money candidates spend then, the better their performance. Analyses of their annual accounts, however, show that many local parties are unable to raise all of the money that they are entitled to spend on such campaigns. This reveals an unhealthy picture of grassroots party organisation in which the capacity to engage effectively with many voters is concentrated in a relatively small number of constituencies and is likely to remain so. This timely and essential book will make a major contribution to the literature on British elections and parties, especially to continuing debates regarding party funding, and will make important reading for academics, students, politicians, civil servants and others interested in this topic. |
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Reclaiming Local Democracy: A Progressive Future for Local Government. |
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Newman, Ines/ 9781447308904/ Price:GBP 28.99
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Austerity has left local government struggling to meet the demands for local services. In this context, this book asks ¡¥what are the fundamental principles that should guide decision-making by local councillors and officers?¡¦ It seeks to move the agenda from ¡¥what works?¡¦ to ¡¥what should local government do?¡¦ and ¡¥how will its policies impact on social justice and local democracy?'. Reclaiming local democracy examines the politics of human need and argues that local government should provide a voice for those that lack power. It avoids the dry, familiar debate about what structures and powers local government should have, instead seeking to energise all concerned to re-engage with a political and ethical approach. Written in a persuasive and accessible way, the book examines how local government can develop active citizens and make a difference to the well-being of those in disadvantaged areas ¡V truly 'reclaiming local democracy'. Combining theory and international practice, it will be relevant for councillors, policy officers and activists in the third sector, as well as academics and students in politics and social policy. |
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State and Local Government, 2013-2014 Edition. |
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Smith, Kevin B./ 9781452287294/ Price:GBP 30.99
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Worldmark Modern Conflict and Diplomacy, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Worldmark Modern Conflict and Diplomacy is a two-volume set that explores specific modern-day conflicts that have had a truly global impact, as well as the efforts and organizations focused on solving these conflicts. Arranged alphabetically, each full-color entry has standard subheadings (Overview, Historical Background, Impacts and Issues, Future Implications) which provide a 360 degree view of each conflict, diplomatic effort, and organization covered. Many of the entries also include primary source documents that provide context, and a deeper insight into the topic. This set is designed to give students and researchers a resource that helps them better understand the geopolitical landscape of the modern world. |
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Computerised Test Generation for Cross-National Military Recruitment: A Handbook. |
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Irvine, S.H./ 9781614993629/ Price:EUR 139.00
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¡¥Computerised Test Generation for Cross-National Military Recruitment¡¦ by Prof. Sidney H. Irvine is a handbook for use in occupational psychology, test construction and psychometrics. The book describes the development of the British Army Recruitment Battery (BARB) by Prof. Irvine and his colleagues at the University of Plymouth. BARB is a computer-administered selection battery that is still in use to this day and is capable of developing new parallel tests for every candidate in the recruitment process. In telling the story, Sidney Irvine describes not only the development of the battery itself, funded by the UK Ministry of Defence, but all the work that went on before and afterwards, in the United Kingdom, with European allies and in the United States. |
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Countering Radicalisation and Violent Extremism Among Youth to Prevent Terrorism. |
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Lombardi, M./ 9781614994695/ Price:EUR 108.00
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he best way to respond to violent extremism in general, and the radicalization of disaffected youth in particular, is far from clear, but the stakes are so high and the potential threat to countries worldwide so great that inaction is not an option. The goal of the workshop was to enhance the capacity of policymakers and practitioners to design strategies that will achieve verifiable human-rights based outcomes to counter violent extremism.
Subjects covered in the 19 papers which go to make up this book include: the causes or drivers of violent extremism; the factors which facilitate the recruitment of youth by violent extremist groups; the risk of growing Islamophobia in some Western and Central European countries; and proactive measures to counter the radicalization of youth.
The book will be of interest to all those involved in policy development, prevention programs, de-radicalization programs or research aimed at countering violent extremism and the radicalization of young people. |
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Counterinsurgency in Eastern Afghanistan 2004-2008: A Civilian Perspective. |
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Kemp, Robert/ 9780990447146/ Price:US$ 26.00
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After the 2001 ouster of the Taliban from Afghanistan, the United States and its allies found themselves in a country devastated by a series of wars. This book looks at how, working with their Afghan counterparts, they engaged in a complex effort to rebuild security, development, and governance, all while fighting a low-intensity war. |
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The State Department Boys: Philippine Diplomacy and Its American Heritage. |
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De Borja, Marciano R./ 9780991504787/ Price:US$ 26.00
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The book relates the untold story of the efforts of the U.S. Department of State and selected U.S. Foreign Service posts to train the first Filipino career diplomats before and after Philippine independence in July 1946. These trainees eventually formed the core of the Philippine Foreign Service. In the Philippines, they are fondly and collectively called the ¡§State Department Boys.¡¨ Some of these pioneer diplomats rose to prominence, becoming distinguished ambassadors to major countries and permanent representatives to the United Nations. Others led less brilliant careers. A few left the Foreign Service shortly after joining. All of them have already passed away ¡V the last surviving member of the group died in 2009 at the age of 93. |
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Pot Shards: Fragments of a Life Lived in CIA, the White House, and the Two Koreas. |
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Gregg, Donald P./ 9780990447108/ Price:US$ 26.00
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Donald P. Gregg spent thirty-one years as an operations officer in CIA and ten years in the White House under presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan and Vice President George H. W. Bush. Pot Shards is his memoir.
It tells of a philosophy major who graduated from college in 1951 and immediately joined CIA when told, ¡§You¡¦ll jump out of airplanes and save the world!¡¨ With raucous humor, he describes his parachute training and arctic survival course in Idaho. His book is a window into the Cold War¡Vera CIA, both its failings (twenty years in a Chinese jail for a close friend) and unheralded successes, including Gregg¡¦s role in saving the life of Kim Dae-jung, a Korean political dissident who later, as president, won the Nobel Peace Prize. |
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Encyclopedia of Public Relations, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Heath, Robert L./ 9781452240794/ Price:GBP 330.00
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When initially published in 2005, the two-volume Encyclopedia of Public Relations was the first and most authoritative compilation of the subject. It remains the sole reference source for any library serving patrons in business, communication, and journalism as it explores the evolution of the field with examples describing the events, changing practices, and key figures who developed and expanded the profession. Reader¡¦s Guide topics include Crisis Communications & Management, Cyberspace, Ethics, Global Public Relations, Groups, History, Jargon, Management, Media, News, Organizations, Relations, Reports, Research, and Theories & Models. Led by renowned editor Robert Heath, with advisory editors and contributors from around the world, the set was designed to reach a wide array of student readers who would go on to serve as opinion leaders for improving the image and ethics of the practice.
The Second Edition will continue to explore key challenges facing the profession, such as earning the trust and respect of critics and the general public. Much greater emphasis and space will be placed on a theme that was just emerging when the First Edition appeared: the Internet and social media as public relations tools. International coverage and representation will be greatly expanded, as well. Finally, biographies (which are now widely available on the web) will be deleted to give room to areas of enhanced coverage and any biographical material will be included where appropriate within the context of topical entries. However, a long entry on women pioneers in public relations will be included as an appendix.
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Public Relations, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Heath, Robert/ 9780415525497/ Price:GBP 1150.00
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Public Relations is increasingly recognized as a well-established communication and management science. Indeed, the discipline has now generated an abundance of serious scholarly research which is very wide-ranging and which continues to flourish as never before. But much of the relevant literature remains inaccessible or is highly specialized and compartmentalized, so that it is difficult for many of those who are interested in the subject to obtain an informed, balanced, and comprehensive overview. This new four-volume collection from Routledge¡¦s acclaimed Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies series answers the need for an accessible, one-stop reference work to make sense of the subject¡¦s vast and dispersed literature, and the ongoing explosion in research output.
Edited by Robert L. Heath, a leading scholar in the field, the four volumes of the collection bring together classic and contemporary contributions to provide a ¡¥mini library¡¦ of the best and most important research. The collection is global and multidisciplinary in scope and the gathered materials explore a range of issues, not least the increasingly important role PR plays in society. In particular, the collection addresses why¡Xand how¡Xcorporations, governments, and other bodies practise PR. The collected works also interrogate the history and ethics of Public Relations, and consider the dizzying challenges posed by new, often interactive, technologies and social media.
Public Relations includes a full index and is supplemented by an introduction, newly written by the editor, which places the collected works in their historical and intellectual context. It is certain to be welcomed by advanced students, academics, and practitioners as a vital resource for reference and research.
Contents
Volume I: Foundational Themes and Paradigm Battles
Volume II: Building Research Programs and Outlining Challenges
Volume III: Theories, Challenges, and Schools of Thought
Volume IV: Issues Management, Crisis and Risk Communication
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Islamic Political and Social Movements, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Rubin, Barry/ 9780415538237/ Price:GBP 300.00
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The growing importance of Islam in the world coincides with the growing interest by scholars in understanding Islam as a religion and its political and social influences. The geographic scope of Islam goes far beyond the Middle East, ranging from the Far East to sub-Saharan Africa.There is a vast diversity of Islamic movements and every country has its own distinctive pattern. But of the main categories of Islamic groups, only the Islamist political groups, the best-known in the West such as the Muslim Brotherhood, al-Qaida, Hamas and Hizballah, have been thoroughly analyzed and documented; but these are only a small portion of the variety and stance of groups. Indeed, the ¡¥Arab Spring¡¦ has brought a resurgence of Islamic, as well as Islamist, civil society organizations.
This new four-volume set provides a comprehensive study of the other main categories of movements:
¡E Muslim non-political, non-Islamist groups, including charitable and educational organizations as well as the association of imams, courts, and so on. These incorporate the networks of the traditional Muslim institutions which, in most cases, actually run the communities and provide services to them;
¡E Muslim non-Islamist political groups, that is the efforts to create communal representational or communal interest groups, commonly called ¡¥moderate Muslim¡¦ groupings;
¡E the non-political aspects of Islamist groups, that is the social welfare, educational, theologically oriented, and special interest organizations created by Islamist groups to spread their influence and enlarge their base of support.
This truly ground-breaking and timely work collects for the first time in one reference work the latest scholarship on a previously-neglected aspect of the Muslim political and social experience, and will be invaluable to researchers and students across a wide range of disciplines.
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Political Violence, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Chenoweth, Erica/ 9781446274071/ Price:GBP 820.00
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Although international relations as a field focuses largely on war and peace between nation-states, the vast majority of conflicts have been within countries rather than between them. This is particularly true today, with scarcely any ongoing interstate wars raging between countries, but dozens of armed civil conflicts occurring within them. This new four-volume major work surveys competing theories about the causes, character, and conclusion of substate political violence, and explores how states, non-state actors, and the international community attempt to resolve political violence.
This new four-volume collection combines theories from international relations and comparative politics with empirical studies of recent and ongoing conflicts.
Volume One: Concepts and Theories of Political Violence
Volume Two: Causes of Political Violence
Volume Three: Dynamics of Political Violence
Volume Four: Responses and Alternatives to Political Violence |
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Humanitarian Intervention, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Pattison, James/ 9781446273449/ Price:GBP 820.00
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The debates surrounding humanitarian intervention and the responsibility to protect concern a series of central and interrelated issues in International Relations, international law, and political philosophy. These include the relationship between state sovereignty and human rights, the reasons for state behaviour, the role and adequacy of the United Nations, and whether states have a moral and legal obligation to protect those beyond their borders. This major work provides a detailed and systematic understanding of these political, legal, and ethical debates surrounding humanitarian intervention and responsibility to protect as they have evolved since the 1990s. Divided thematically, Volume I considers more closely the politics of humanitarian intervention, Volume II focuses on the international law on humanitarian intervention, Volume III considers the ethical issues, and Volume IV focuses explicitly on the responsibility to protect doctrine. This Major Work is designed to be a key reference for those interested in humanitarian intervention and the responsibility to protect from a wide range of fields, including International Relations, political science, international law, and political philosophy.
Volume One: The Politics of Humanitarian Intervention
Volume Two: The International law on Humanitarian Intervention
Volume Three: The Ethical Issues Surrounding Humanitarian Intervention
Volume Four: The Responsibility to Protect and Humanitarian Intervention |
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Energy Security, 6-Vols/Set. |
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Sovacool, Benjamin K./ 9781446276082/ Price:GBP 1130.00
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The classic conception of energy security addresses the relative supply and safety of energy fuels and services. Yet the past three decades have seen both the emergence of new energy security threats, such as climate change, and new conceptions of energy security, such as definitions which focus on social stewardship, affordability, or innovation of energy research and development. The articles collated in this new 6-volume major work chart these significant developments, and place them in a wider context through a comprehensive and illuminating introductory chapter, written by editor Benjamin K. Sovacool and energy security expert Scott V. Valentine.
Divided thematically, the volumes cover the following topics:
Volume One: Definitions, and Concepts
Volume Two: Fuels and Technologies of Energy Security
Volume Three: Economic, Political, and Environmental Dimensions of Energy Security
Volume Four: Regional Perspectives of Energy Security
Volume Five: National Perspectives of Energy Security
Volume Six: Indices and Measures of Energy Security Progress
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Technology, Sustainability, and Rural Development in Africa. |
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Maumbe, Blessing/ 9781466636071/ Price:US$ 180.00
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The emerging use of information and communication technologies has expanded the opportunities for rural development in Africa.
Technology, Sustainability, and Rural Development in Africa provides research, analytical methods, techniques, and development policies in ICT adoption and diffusion in Africa and around the globe. Highlighting the major trends in ICT applications and rural development, this book is useful for scholars, academics, researchers and government policy makers.
Topics Covered
¡EAgricultural Markets
¡EE-Commerce
¡EInformation and Communication Technology
¡EMarket Information Services
¡EMobile Technology
¡ESocio-Economic Development
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Political Extremism, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Mudde, Cas/ 9781446255940/ Price:GBP 820.00
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Despite the democratic waves of the past decades, the 20th century was at least as much a century of political extremism. Even today, liberal democracy is increasingly challenged within its traditional heartlands of North America and Western Europe. This Major Work will bring together key papers on political extremism and radicalism, focussing predominantly upon extremism and radicalism within (liberal) democratic contexts, but also moving beyond this by including both (particularly historic) studies of the main extremist regimes and articles of the 20th century.
Curated by a leading voice in the field, the articles are mapped and set in context by the introductory chapters which open each of the work's four volumes. Each volume focuses on a key area in the topic:
Volume One: Extremism and Democracy: Concept, Theories and Responses
Volume Two: Historical Extremism
Volume Three: Right-Wing Extremism
Volume Four: Left-Wing Extremism |
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Regionalism, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Lombaerde, Philippe De/ 9781446257180/ Price:GBP 820.00
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This four-volume set has been created to capture and organise 60 years of research and policy discourse on regional integration and regionalism. Since the mid-1980s there has been an explosion of various forms of regionalist projects on a global scale. The widening and deepening of the European Union (EU) is the most pervasive example, but regionalism is also made visible through the revitalization or expansion of many other regional projects around the world. With a strong global focus on the field, this new major work will be of great value to the international academic community, collating and presenting seminal articles written by scholars from around the globe. The volumes are structured chronologically, reflecting the evolution of the subject:
Volume One: 1940s-1960s Classical Regional Integration
Volume Two: 1970s-1980s Revisions of Classical Regional Integration
Volume Three: 1990s- The New Regionalism
Volume Four: 2000-2010 Comparative Regionalism |
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Politics in America 2014. |
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Call, CQ Roll/ 9781452277820/ Price:GBP 190.00
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Reliable, readable, insightful, and objective, CQ's Politics in America has been called "the ultimate insider's guide to politics." Politics in America is an essential resource for any collection that serves readers who want authoritative information on the members of the Congress. The profiles of the members plus the delegates offer concise and candid analysis of personalities, political styles, legislative agendas, political ambitions, and reputations of members at home and on Capitol Hill. Detailed state and district information plus a wealth of information and data on campaign finance, partisan caucuses, standing committees, and other member facts round out the book.
Profiles include:
Biographical data, committee assignments, CQ Vote Studies, interest group ratings, and contact information
State-by-state and congressional voting demographics
Campaign finance statistics and election results
Leadership, caucuses, and member statistics
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International Diplomacy, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Neumann, Iver B./ 9781446268216/ Price:GBP 820.00
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Following on from where 2004's widely acclaimed three-volume SAGE collection, Diplomacy (ed. Jonsson & Langhorne) left off, this new four-volume major work takes a new look at a subject which has matured and developed significantly over the past decade. With the rise of India, China and Brazil as well as of the global south, diplomacy's history looks different. Significant shifts have prompted scholars in the field to reconsider the historical sequences that are relevant to an understanding of what diplomacy is today, and where it may be heading. Increased medialization of glovbal politics and diplomacy has prompted an exponential growth in literature on public diplomacy.
This collection has been carefully structured so that each volume gives the reader an overview of the literature on a new area of development in the study of diplomacy:
Volume one: Diplomatic institutions
Volume two: diplomacy in a multicultural world
Volume three: The pluralisation of diplomacy - changing actors, developing arenas and new issues
Volume four: Public Diplomacy
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The Supreme Court and the Presidency. |
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Novkov, Julie/ 9780872895256/ Price:GBP 135.00
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This newest edition to The Supreme Court¡¦s Power in American Politics series explores and analyzes the dynamic alliances and tensions between the nation¡¦s chief executive and the Court over time.
Through primary source and other documents and insightful narratives, this work discusses appointments, prerogative governance, and the role of time and regimes in the complex scheme of checks and balances.
Featured topics include:
- major theories of constitutional interpretation and their application to the exercise of executive power
- the political dynamics in the relationship between the three branches of federal government
- the evolution of executive authority and the struggle over the legislative veto
- precedents for treaty-making and executive agreements with foreign governments
- executive and legislative relations and powers in times of war and national emergency, particularly after 9/11
- the president¡¦s authority as commander-in-chief
- historical controversies of executive privilege, and censure and impeachment
- executive authority to issue pardons
- appendix with comparative data about conventional and Court periodization |
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Human Security, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Owen, Taylor/ 9781446270806/ Price:GBP 820.00
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Human security is understood as a response to the proliferation of new security threats which fit awkwardly within the relatively narrow confines of the traditional, state-centric national security paradigm. Human Security is a field of study that has emerged over the last 20 years. It is a sub-section of security studies but encompass a diverse range of academic disciplines and policy discourses (development studies, international relations, environmental studies, public health, economics, gender issues, human rights and foreign policy). It is also increasingly being adopted by policy-makers from individual nation states (Canada and Japan), bodies (European Union and the African Union) as well as institutionalized by the United Nations, and used by non-state actors in such as NGOs and the corporate sector. This volume serves as a valuable compilation of a disparate discourse, and a core reference for scholars and practitioners in a wide range of fields.
Volume One: Concept and Critique
Volume Two : As Critical Theory
Volume Three: Policy and Advocacy
Volume Four: Methodologies and Tools
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Creating a Sustainable Ecology Using Technology-Driven Solutions. |
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Carayannis, Elias G./ 9781466636132/ Price:US$ 180.00
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As advancements in technology continue to influence all facets of society, its aspects have been utilized in order to find solutions to emerging ecological issues.
Creating a Sustainable Ecology Using Technology-Driven Solutions highlights matters that relate to technology driven solutions towards the combination of social ecology and sustainable development. This publication addresses the issues of development in advancing and transitioning economies through creating new ideas and solutions; making it useful for researchers, practitioners, and policy makers in the socioeconomic sectors.
Topics Covered
¡EDisruptive Technologies
¡EEco-Innovation
¡EICT and Knowledge Development
¡EInnovation Systems
¡EKnowledge Clusters
¡ESocial Ecology
¡ESustainable Development
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Encyclopedia of Military Science, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Piehler, G. Kurt/ 9781412969338/ Price:GBP 610.00
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The Encyclopedia of Military Science provides a comprehensive, ready-reference on the organization, traditions, training, purpose, and functions of today's military. Entries in this four-volume work include coverage of the duties, responsibilities, and authority of military personnel and an understanding of strategies and tactics of the modern military and how they interface with political, social, legal, economic, and technological factors. A large component is devoted to issues of leadership, group dynamics, motivation, problem-solving, and decision making in the military context. Finally, this work also covers recent American military history since the end of the Cold War with a special emphasis on peacekeeping and peacemaking operations, the First Persian Gulf War, the events surrounding 9/11, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and how the military has been changing in relation to these events.
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Guide to U.S. Foreign Policy, 2-Vols/Set. |
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McMahon, Robert J./ 9781608719105/ Price:GBP 390.00
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Spanning the entire history of American diplomacy - from the first Continental Congress, to the war on terrorism, to the foreign policy goals of the 21st century - Guide to U.S. Foreign Policy traces not only the growth and development of diplomatic policies and traditions, but also the shifts in public opinion that shape diplomatic trends. This comprehensive, two-volume reference shows how the United States gained 'the strength of a giant' and also analyzes key world events that have determined the United States' changing relations with other nations.
A three-part structure makes the key concepts and issues accessible to researchers:
Part One features 40 topical and historical chapters, in which expert writers cover the diplomatic initiatives of the United States from colonial times through the present day.
Part Two is an A to Z handbook of diplomatic terms and concepts, people, events, and issues in American foreign policy.
Part Three features a collection of annotated primary source documents that support the work.
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Encyclopedia of Modern Political Thought, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Claeys, Gregory/ 9780872899100/ Price:GBP 360.00
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This groundbreaking new work explores modern and contemporary political thought since 1750, looking at the thinkers, concepts, debates, issues, and national traditions that have shaped political thought from the Enlightenment to post-modernism and post-structuralism. The Encyclopedia of Modern Political Thought is two-volume A to Z reference that provides historical context to the philosophical issues and debates that have shaped attitudes toward democracy, citizenship, rights, property, duties, justice, equality, community, law, power, gender, race and legitimacy over the last three centuries. It profiles major and minor political thinkers, and the national traditions, both Western and non-Western, which continue to shape and divide political thought. |
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Guide to Congress, 2-Vols/Set. |
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The new edition of this comprehensive, two-volume reference has been thoroughly revised and expanded by expert CQ Press writers¡Xwith years of experience covering Congress¡Xto offer a complete institutional history of Congress along with updated insight and analysis on the 2008 and 2010 shifts in power of the U.S. Senate and House of Represenatives.
The 35 chapters of Guide to Congress, Seventh Edition, are divided into eight subject areas that cover all aspects of the U.S. Congress:
¡DOrigins and Development of Congress
¡DPowers of Congress
¡DCongressional Procedures
¡DPressures on Congress
¡DHousing and Support
¡DPay and Perquisites
¡DCongress and the Electorate
¡DQualifications and conduct
Volume Two concludes with a selected bibliography and key reference materials: a list of all members of congress who have served since 1789; congressional election results; floor leaders and committee chairs; dates for sessions of congress; women, black, Asian, and Hispanic members; and many more.
Boxed features, tables, and figures and a generous number of photos enhance the topical coverage of this definitive resource on Congress.
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Ethics of War and Conflict, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Kasher, Asa/ 9780415480338/ Price:GBP 74.99
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Standing on the shoulders of thinkers who have sought carefully to delineate proper behaviour in armed conflict¡Xnot least to distinguish just from illegitimate wars¡Xmilitary ethics is a subdiscipline enjoying renewed interest and, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, increasing practical relevance. It is particularly vibrant and expansive at the moment due to the emergence of novel forms of military activity. Whereas classical warfare involved a near symmetrical encounter between opposing forces, present-day asymmetric conflicts (such as fighting terrorists and insurgents) and other military challenges (such as humanitarian intervention and peacekeeping) raise especially difficult¡Xand often dizzying¡Xethical issues.
As research in and around the area flourishes as never before, this new title in the Routledge Major Works series, Critical
Concepts in Philosophy, meets the need for an authoritative reference work to make sense of a rapidly growing and ever more complex corpus of literature. It is a four-volume collection of the best and most influential canonical and cutting-edge research.
The first volume (¡¥Traditions¡¦) assembles the key work on the history of military ethics from a variety of traditions. The second volume collects the most important thinking on the crucial doctrine of a ¡¥just war¡¦. Volume III (¡¥New Military Activities¡¦), meanwhile, brings together the best research on topics such humanitarian intervention, peacekeeping, fighting terrorism, and counterinsurgency. The scholarship assembled in the final volume (¡¥Issues¡¦) focuses on the contentions around military values and virtues. It also collects the best work on the ethcis of dealing with extreme emergencies, deterrence, and torture.
With a comprehensive introduction, newly written by the editor, which places the material in its historical and intellectual context, Military Ethics is an essential work of reference and is destined to be valued by scholars and students as a vital one-stop research resource. |
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Australia and Taiwan: Bilateral Relations, China, the United States, and the South Pacific |
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Joel Atkinson/ 9789004223462/ Price:EUR 118.00
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Minorities in Iran: Nationalism and Ethnicity After Khomeini. |
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Elling, Rasmus C./ 9780230115842/ Price:EUR 89.99
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Interkulturelles Lernen ALS Pravention Von Rassismus? |
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Jansen, Madeleine/ 9783656595373/ Price:EUR 5.99
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How Americans Make Race: Stories, Institutions, Spaces. |
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Hayward, Clarissa R./ 9781107043893/ Price:GBP 59.99
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Ideas to Die For: The Cosmopolitan Challenge. |
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Gunn, Giles/ 9780415813884/ Price:GBP 39.99
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Interest Groups Unleashed. |
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Herrnson, Paul S./ 9781452203782/ Price:GBP 34.99
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Money for Everyone: Why We Need a Citizen's Income. |
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Torry, Malcolm/ 9781447311249/ Price:GBP 85.99
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Due to government cuts, the benefits system is currently a hot topic. In this timely book, a Citizen¡¦s Income (sometimes called a Basic Income) is defined as an unconditional, non-withdrawable income for every individual as a right of citizenship. This much-needed book, written by an experienced researcher and author, is the first for over a decade to analyse the social, economic and labour market advantages of a Citizen's Income in the UK. It demonstrates that it would be simple and cheap to administer, would reduce inequality, enhance individual freedom and would be good for the economy, social cohesion, families, and the employment market. It also contains international comparisons and links with broader issues around the meaning of poverty and inequality, making a valuable contribution to the debate around benefits. Accessibly written, this is essential reading for policy-makers, researchers, teachers, students, and anyone interested in the future of our society and our economy |
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Shaping Emerging Technologies: Governance, Innovation, Discourse. |
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Konrad, K./ 9781614993001/ Price:EUR 60.00
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he shape of new technologies is not set in advance. But how do different social circumstances and different groups of actors influence the forms and outcomes of scientific and technical innovation? What are the roles of governance institutions and policies, industry structures and strategies, discursive practices and imaginaries? How can processes of high-tech development be modulated to guide the progress of new technologies in responsive and responsible ways - and how might these approaches be adapted to different conditions across the world? The multidisciplinary contributions of this volume from experts in the social sciences and humanities, as well as practitioners in industry and consultancy, try to answer these questions by addressing nanotechnology and other emerging technoscientific fields, such as geoengineering and synthetic biology. |
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Technological Dimensions of Defence against Terrorism. |
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Aydodu, U. F./ 9781614993162/ Price:EUR 108.00
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This book presents the proceedings of the NATO Centre of Excellence ¡V Defence against Terrorism (COE¡VDAT) Advanced Research Workshop, "Technological Dimensions of Defence against Terrorism", held in Ankara, Turkey, in November 2011. Seventeen expert speakers from four countries ¡V military and civilian practitioners, business leaders, researchers and academics ¡V delivered a series of papers in sessions on: understanding the challenges; the role of technology in terrorist attacks; and the role of technology against terrorist attacks.
The topics covered include: a brief history of terrorism and technology; technological advances and the impact on terrorism and counterterrorism efforts; the role of the commercial world in the defence against terrorism; transportation technology and its effects on the nature of terrorist attacks; terrorist threats to critical energy infrastructure technology and protection systems. |
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Capacity Building in the Fight against Terrorism. |
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Gurbuz, U./ 9781614993087/ Price:EUR 104.00
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This book presents the proceedings of the NATO Centre of Excellence ¡V Defence against Terrorism (COE-DAT) Advanced Training Course: ¡¥Capacity Building in the Fight against Terrorism¡¦, held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan in June 2012. The presentations were delivered by 11 expert practitioners and academics from eight countries. The subjects covered include: an overview of terrorism; NATO's approach to defence against terrorism; weapons of mass destruction terrorism; eco-terrorism; religion and the question of violence; as well as energy and environmental security, international cooperation, human rights, use of the internet, crisis management, finance, recruitment and prejudice perception management as they relate to the fight against terrorism. |
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New Tools to Enhance Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Diagnosis and Treatment: Invisible Wounds of War. |
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Wiederhold, B.K./ 9781614991885/ Price:EUR 108.00
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This book presents the collected papers from the 2012 NATO Advanced Study Institute (ASI): Invisible Wounds ¡V New Tools to Enhance PTSD Diagnosis and Treatment (IW2012), held in Ankara, Turkey, in June 2012. This ASI was attended by 56 scientists and representatives from NATO and Partner countries, and expert contributors from nine different countries were invited to take part in the workshop. The aim of the ASI was to equip participants with an in-depth knowledge of the latest theoretical advances in neuroscience, psychotherapy and pharmacology, and thereby to assist them in the task of assessment, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of PTSD and related co-morbid disorders.
The book is divided into four sections: a review of the latest science related to theoretical constructs and associated neurosciences; screening; stress inoculation training; and co-morbid issues: considering the whole person in treatment. |
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Energy Security in the Wider Black Sea Area: National and Allied Approaches. |
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Lyutskanov, E./ 9781614992592/ Price:EUR 104.00
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This book presents the 12 papers delivered at the NATO Advance Research Workshop (ARW) Energy Security in the Wider Black Sea Area ¡V National and Allied Approaches, held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, in November 2011. The workshop, which was attended by a balanced mix of international experts, focused on research concerning crucial aspects of energy security and the role of NATO, and covered issues such as energy security as part of national security concepts, transnational energy projects in Central and Eastern Europe and the Wider Black Sea area, national approaches to energy security, critical infrastructure aspects of energy security, scientific and industry support for establishing sustainability and alternatives in energy security.
The book provides an overview of national and allied approaches to the topic of energy security, and will be of interest to all those whose work involved the field of energy security in general, and the Black Sea region in particular. |
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Future Trends and New Approaches in Defeating the Terrorism Threat. |
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Guerbuz, U./ 9781614992714/ Price:EUR 104.00
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The threat of terrorism has become an ever present preoccupation, necessitating the constant review and updating of defensive strategies to counter it from national governments and policymakers. This book presents selected articles based on some of the lectures delivered at the NATO Centre of Excellence ¡V Defence against Terrorism (COE ¡V DAT) Advanced Training Course (ATC) Future Trends and New Approaches in Defeating the Terrorism Threat, held in Algiers, Algeria, in October 2011.
Subjects covered by these articles include an overview of terrorism; respecting human rights in the countering of terrorism; suicide terrorism; terrorism involving weapons of mass destruction; bioterrorism; terrorism, media and public information; strategic communications in the defence against terrorism; the challenges posed by non-state armed groups; and sources of instability. |
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Prediction and Recognition of Piracy Efforts Using Collaborative Human-Centric Information Systems. |
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Bosse, E./ 9781614992004/ Price:EUR 135.00
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This book presents the papers delivered at the NATO Advanced Study Institute (ASI) Prediction and Recognition of Piracy Efforts Using Collaborative Human-Centric Information Systems, held in Salamanca, Spain, in September 2011. A significant observation from previous NATO Advanced Study Institutes and Workshops was that domain experts responsible for maritime security were not fully aware of the wide variety of technological solutions available to enhance their support systems, and that although technology experts have a general understanding of the requirements in security systems, they often lacked knowledge concerning the operational constraints affecting those who implement security procedures. |
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Afghanistan and Central Asia: NATO's Role in Regional Security since 9/11. |
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Tanrisever, O./ 9781614991786/ Price:EUR 120.00
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The book takes a comprehensive approach to the regional security complex in Central Asia by emphasizing the human security, socio-political and energy dimensions in addition to the traditional military dimension of the fight against international terrorism in and around Afghanistan. The findings of the book enhance our understanding of the root causes of international terrorism and the effective ways of coping with the security challenges in this region.
The book is divided into five parts: First, NATO¡¦s Contribution to Lasting Security in Afghanistan; Second, Responses of the Central Asian States to Political Instability, Organized Crime and International Terrorism in Afghanistan; Third, Energy Security in and around Central Asia; Fourth, International Competition and Co-operation over Afghanistan and Central Asia; and Last but not least, Regional Security Organizations and the Fight against International Terrorism in Afghanistan. |
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Security and Cross-Border Cooperation in the EU, the Black Sea Region and Southern Caucasus. |
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Ergun, A./ 9781614991861/ Price:EUR 108.00
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The book is divided into three sections. The first provides an analysis of the role of international and domestic actors in contributing to security building in the Euro-Atlantic, the Black Sea and the Southern Caucasus regions. The second section discusses the patterns of cross-border cooperation in Eastern and Central Europe and the wider Black Sea region, concentrating on Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia and the Russian Federation. With references to the nature of international involvement in conflict resolution, the last section focuses on cross-border cooperation in the Southern Caucasus, where conflicts have an enormous impact on nation-building, state-building and democratization, and where prospects for stability and a viable peace remain in serious question. |
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Radio Free Europe: An Insider's View. |
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Brown, J. F./ 9780988637689/ Price:US$ 22.00
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This is the story of the critical role played by Radio Free Europe during the Cold War, as recounted by veteran RFE official J. F. Brown, who served as director from 1978 to 1983.
Jim Brown had written about Eastern Europe from RFE, but never about RFE¢wuntil he wrote this book. He conveys his understanding of how Radio Free Europe functioned as a decentralized organization that empowered exiles, while also conveying what it, and they, could¢wand could not¢woffer East European listeners. Jim Brown¡¦s explanations of the function of the central news
department as an internal news agency, of discussions with and trust of exile broadcast chiefs, of RFE¡¦s cautious approach to broadcasting to Poland under martial law after 1981¢wto cite only three examples from the book¢willuminate the editorial policies and internal relationships that made RFE a success. His portraits of key personalities over the years help us understand that RFE was not just an institution; it was a unique multinational group of people. (From the ¡§Foreword¡¨ by A. Ross Johnson). |
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FROM THE INSIDE OUT. |
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Tinny, John D./ 9780988637627/ Price:US$ 26.00
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In 1956 John Tinny began his brief years on the ¡§Golden Road to Samarkand,¡¨ his vision of the pinnacle for a State Department Foreign Service officer. The murder of Her Britannic Majesty¡¦s vice consul, a grim portent, climaxed Day One at his first post, San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Around this obscure consulate the Cold War flamed hot. For 130 weeks he and his family lived amidst savagery and the shades of Hitler and Rommel. Thereafter he was posted to Cairo, where Nile floods bring life and death, and he gloried in the romance of the great sand seas. Assigned to Beirut, he immersed himself in the language of the Koran and the certainty of True Believers. He glimpsed hope in a refugee camp, attended by angry young and bitter old Palestinians, and clashed with the angry intensity of young sabras, native-born Israelis. Understanding the Arab-Israeli problem is not an answer, he discovered. |
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Memoirs of a Foreign Service Arabist. |
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Parker, Richard B./ 9780988637665/ Price:US$ 26.00
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Dick Parker was renowned in the State Department for his acerbic wit. From his early youth on U.S. Cavalry posts across the Southwest to his World War II experiences, through a successful Foreign Service career as a leading Arabist in the Near East, he observed and commented on everything. He recounts his experiences as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army in Europe, acting with inadequate information, outmoded weaponry, and half-trained personnel (including himself) and describes the confusion in the Battle of the Bulge, fighting the enemy with no clear guidance from superiors or any indication that the Germans were closing in. Then came months as a German prisoner of war, exhaustion, sickness, and forced POW marches from Germany to Poland, meeting Russians coming the other way. Postwar, he completes his education and begins life as a career diplomat. |
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Political Knowledge, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Friedman, Jeffrey/ 9780415620567/ Price:GBP 1150.00
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Since at least the time of Plato, political scientists and philosophers have been concerned about what citizens and rulers should know if they are to be governed¡Xand govern¡Xwell. Moreover, the increasing complexity of modern societies has revivified thinking about and around the critical concept of political knowledge. Vital questions arise, such as:
¡Edoes effective democracy demand an informed electorate?
¡Eis such an aspiration realistic, given the size and reach of modern governments?
¡Ehow can electorates compensate for their ignorance, given the vast amount of information that might be necessary to make sound political judgements?
¡Eor is such ignorance ¡¥rational¡¦?
This new collection from Routledge brings together canonical and cutting-edge research to interrogate these and other issues. Edited by leading scholars, Political Knowledge assembles in four volumes the best and most important scholarship, from the ancients to the work of the deliberative democrats. The collection also gathers the key survey research, from the Columbia and Michigan schools down to the present. Further, it makes sense of the main lines of normative debate about these findings, and addresses the various causal and theoretical understandings of political knowledge and ignorance, while illuminating directions for future research.
With a full index, together with a comprehensive introduction, newly written by the editors, which places the collected material in its historical and intellectual context, Political Knowledge is an essential work of reference. The collection will be particularly useful as an essential database allowing scattered and often fugitive material from less accessible books and specialized journals to be easily located. It will also be welcomed as a crucial tool permitting rapid access to less familiar¡Xand sometimes overlooked¡Xtexts. For researchers, students, and policymakers, it is a vital one-stop research and pedagogic resource.
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Propaganda, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Baines, Paul/ 9781446255957/ Price:GBP 820.00
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A comprehensive major work on the topic of propaganda studies is required now more than ever. Not least because in the age of the 'War on Terror', we've witnessed terrorist bombings - suicide and otherwise - all over the world, which are often later accompanied by, and frequently preceded by, the use of propaganda to enhance the feeling of terror amongst the target population. Furthermore, propaganda is particularly important to study in this day and age because - despite its use over millennia - it is still poorly defined and understood. This timely four-volume set brings much needed clarity and context to the subject, leading the reader through its historic origins, its military uses, and the modern means by which it is manifested. Specifically - through a carefully selected collection of seminal and influential articles - the editors seek to demystify the topic of propaganda and explain how it works on the human psyche.
Framed by an introduction written by two of the field's leading voices, this set is organised to provide the reader with a solid and detailed grounding in all aspects of the subject, past and present:
Volume One: Historical Origins, Definitions and the Changing Nature of Propaganda
Volume Two: The Psychological and Sociological Underpinnings of Propaganda
Volume Three: Propaganda in Military and Terrorism Contexts
Volume Four: Advances and Contemporary Issues in Propaganda Studies
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Regional Development: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications, 3-Vols/Set. |
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From domestic to international settings, aid and assistance to less-developed areas has recently been bolstered by a boom in technological advances and new research.
Regional Development: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications presents a vital compendium of research detailing the latest case studies, architectures, frameworks, methodologies, and research on regional development. With over 100 chapters from authors from around the world, this three volume collection presents the most sophisticated research and developments from the field, relevant to researchers, academics, and practitioners alike. In order to stay abreast of the latest research, this book affords a vital look into regional development research.
Topics Covered
¡DDevelopment aid
¡DInternational development
¡DRegional science
¡DRegional development agency
¡DUrban development
¡DUrban renewal
¡DLand use planning
¡DTransportation planning
¡DUrban planning
¡DUrban theory
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E-Politics and Organizational Implications of the Internet: Power, Influence and Social Change. |
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Livermore, Celia Romm/ 9781466609662/ Price:US$ 175.00
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Technological advancements have always influenced politics in society, but never in as strong and direct a manner as in the Internet Age.
E-Politics and Organizational Implications of the Internet: Power, Influence, and Social Change charts this influence and describes the unique effect electronic communication has on organizations, communities, nations, and cultures. This book presents the most current research on both the history of these powerful new tools and their preliminary impact both in across the world and in daily life. A thorough understanding of these technologies is necessary to properly navigate this new millennium and this reference is the beginning of that knowledge.
Topics Covered
¡E Citizen Participation
¡E Cultural Change
¡E ERP Implementation
¡E Global Politics
¡E Grassroots movements
¡E Media Control
¡E Politics of Image
¡E Social Networking Economy
¡E User Participation
¡E Youth and E-Politics |
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Post-Soviet Politics, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Moore, Cerwyn/ 9781446208090/ Price:GBP 820.00
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Around twenty years since the end of the Cold War, social, political and economic turmoil appears to have been replaced by a period of stability within Russia. The broader shift from a bi-polar world to one of multi-polarity in which rising powers and former Great Powers vie for representation has, however, not been without considerable instability as Russia has sought to re-define her status in the post-Communist period. These relations have, of course, been further complicated by a series of conflicts in post-Soviet space, ethnic wars within Russia and on her borders, and broader political and social changes associated with national and Islamic revivalism, as well as the war on terror. Debates both within and on the politics of post-Soviet relations continue, as complex regional dynamics in Central Asia, the Greater Middle East and Eastern Europe shape foreign relations. Equally, the end of Communism, the ensuing political liberalism and economic 'shock' therapy have led to significant changes within the social make-up of Russia. These themes have been used not only to offer insight into the changing social, economic and political relations in the Yeltsin and Putin eras, but this has also led to considerable debates about exactly what post-Communism and Post-Sovietism actually mean. This context affords a much needed opportunity to revisit post-Soviet politics in order to collate seminal pieces on the historical trends, political changes and international dynamics which continue to evolve, and which have framed the post-Communist period. The central aim of these four volumes is to capture this diversity so as offer a timely collection of seminal excerpts on post-Soviet politics, thereby giving insight into how we understand Russia today.
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Critical Security Studies, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Vaughan-Williams, Nick/ 9780415603287/ Price:GBP 1150.00
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Volume I ('Defining Security'), collects a variety of critical perspectives on the meaning of the concept of security. Volume II ('Broadening Security'), meanwhile, presents arguments for and against the 'broadening' of security to include issues such as environmental degradation, migration, and health. The third volume ('Deepening Security') in the collection gathers assessments of the appropriate point of reference for security that range from the individual to the global level, while Volume IV ('Extending Security') brings together materials that have sought to extend existing critical approaches, and to expand further the disciplinary boundaries of Security Studies. |
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International Comparisons of Information Communication Technologies: Advancing Applications. |
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Tan, Felix B./ 9781613504802/ Price:US$ 180.00
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Though the emergence and popularity of the Internet has allowed for the worldwide diffusion of new technologies for business and organizations, the ways in which technologies are applied varies across industries and regions of the world. Maintaining an open discussion about global information management allows managers and practitioners to improve business practices and succeed in the global world economy.
International Comparisons of Information Communication Technologies: Advancing Applications offers perspectives on international information management with particular emphasis on the strategies for the implementation and application of information technology in developed and developing countries. This collection of global research offers perspectives for researchers and managers interested in learning about new and emerging business practices and their impact on business performance.
Topics Covered
¡E Culture and Information Technology
¡E Digital Divide
¡E Disparities in ICT Diffusion
¡E E-Government Adoption
¡E ERP Adoption
¡E Global Diffusion of E-Government
¡E ICT and Development
¡E Information Systems in Developing Countries
¡E Information Systems Management
¡E Outsourcing
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Democratization, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Grugel, Jean/ 9780857020901/ Price:GBP 820.00
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Since the 1970s, the number of formally democratic states has grown exponentially whilst coherent alternatives to democracy have steadily diminished in terms of their global relevance. Yet, democracy remains an extremely problematic, conflictual and unfinished enterprise - as a process and a project. The progress of democratization, inside nation states and globally, is partial, unsteady and at times thin, and efforts to extend democratization outside the nation state, whether to international bodies or civil society or the private sphere of the family and even intimate social relations, are sometimes highly contested.
For researchers and scholars, there is an undoubted challenge in understanding and interpreting the multi-layered and multi-dimension processes of democratization and gauging their significance for the social and political world. This collection explains aspects or experiments in democratization across the world and relates the substantial body of work on comparative, cross-regional and cross-case work across thematic fields of research. With this collection, researchers, policy makers, students, social and economic organizations such as businesses and labour movements, and NGOs in fields such as development, democracy promotion, social rights and international relations, can make sense of the best of a broad and potentially intimidating field of study.
Volume One: Theories, Methods and Historical Perspectives
Volume Two: States and Political Economies of Democratization
Volume Three: Civil Society, Human Rights and Culture in Democratization
Volume Four: The Global Politics and Globalization of Democratization
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Institutionalism II, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Peters, B Guy/ 9780857029867/ Price:GBP 525.00
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Institutionalism (SAGE 2007) captured a good deal of the literature at the time it was published; however, there have been numerous excellent contributions to the literature since that time. These newer articles merit another readily-available collection, along with commentary on the contributions and their linkages to the earlier literature on institutionalism. This latest offering also examines some of the avenues left unexplored the first time around.
This second collection comprises three volumes.
Volume One: Developing Institutional Theory collects together papers representing developments in the various approaches to institutionalism contained in the first series of volumes.
Volume Two: New Research Agendas addresses new recent strands of development in institutional namely Discursive Institutionalism, Institutionalization and Micro-foundations of Institutional Behaviour.
Volume Three: Applying Institutional Theory looks at the empirical applications of the developments in theoretical approaches. These empirical analyses not only demonstrate the insights that institutionalism can provide but also help in the further development of the theory.
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Democratizing Taiwan |
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J. Bruce Jacobs/ 9789004221543/ Price:EUR 92.00
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All Hell Broke Loose: American Race Riots from the Progressive Era Through World War II. |
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Collins, Ann V./ 9780313395994/ Price:GBP 41.00
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The Struggle for Female Suffrage in Europe: Voting to Become Citizens. |
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Rodriguez-Ruiz, Blanca/ 9789004224254/ Price:EUR 158.00
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The Already Dead: The New Time of Politics, Culture, and Illness. |
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Cazdyn, Eric/ 9780822352037/ Price:US$ 99.95
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Contending Political Paradigms in Africa: Rationality and the Politics of Democratization in Kenya and Zambia. |
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Nasong'o, Shadrack W./ 9780415646963/ Price:GBP 46.99
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| SB02-436 |
Nationalism and the Moral Psychology of Community. |
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Yack, Bernard/ 9780226944661/ Price:US$ 92.00
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Kreisordnung und Gemeindeordung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen. |
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Bildungspolitik und Leistungsvergleichsstudien: PISA 2000 und die Ganztagsschulentwicklung. |
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Kuhlmann, Christian/ 9783531181653/ Price:EUR 51.39
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Rebeldes, Revolucionarios y Refractarios: Sistema, Subsistema y Antisistema. |
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Verstrynge, Jorge/ 9788415216780/ Price:EUR 18.75
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Storable Votes: Protecting the Minority Voice. |
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Casella, Alessandra/ 9780195309089/ Price:US$ 37.95
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Machiavelli, Hobbes, and Rousseau. |
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Plamenatz, John/ 9780199645060/ Price:GBP 63.00
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Islam, Law and the State in Southeast Asia, Vol 1: Indonesia. |
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Lindsey, Tim/ 9781848850651/ Price:GBP 95.00
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Metropolitan Governance in the Federalist Americas: Strategies for Equitable and Integrated Development. |
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Spink, Peter K./ 9780268041410/ Price:US$ 38.00
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| SB02-428 |
Storable Votes: Protecting the Minority Voice. |
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Casella, Alessandra/ 9780195309096/ Price:US$ 125.00
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Islam, Migrancy, and Hospitality in Europe. |
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Yegenoglu, Meyda/ 9780230120433/ Price:GBP 59.00
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Across the Line of Control: Inside Pakistan-Administered Kashmir. |
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Puri, Luv/ 9781849041737/ Price:GBP 40.00
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The Nuclear Question in the Middle East. |
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Kamrava, Mehran/ 9781849042116/ Price:GBP 27.50
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That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back. |
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Friedman, Thomas/ 9781250013729/ Price:US$ 19.00
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Defence Against Terrorism: Different Dimensions and Trends of an Emerging Threat. |
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Duyan, Adil/ 9781614990345/ Price:EUR 104.00
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The traumas resulting from terrorism and political violence have profound implications for the stability and normal operation of modern societies, and a negative impact on the effectiveness and legitimacy of their governments. This publication presents articles from the NATO Advanced Training Course (ATC) ¡¥Defence Against Terrorism: Different Dimensions and Trends of the Emerging Threat ¡V Terrorism¡¦ held in Kabul, Afghanistan in May 2010. This course was attended by serving Afghan officers of various ranks and also by a number of Afghan civilians, and was designed to have a practical focus for the participants, all of whom were involved in counterterrorism operations.The book begins with an overview of terrorism, which sets the stage for the articles of the other contributors. Subjects covered in the remainder of the book include the importance of social stability to the fight against terrorism; adjustments to change; the role of intelligence and the importance of international cooperation between intelligence agencies; suicide bombing; terrorism and organized crime; as well as future trends in terrorism. This title will be of great interest to all those concerned with countering the threat from terrorism and political violence. |
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Legal Framework for Strengthening Nuclear Security and Combating Nuclear Terrorism. |
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Khripunov, Igor/ 9781607509950/ Price:EUR 108.00
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New international approaches to strengthening nuclear security and combating the threat of nuclear terrorism have been introduced throughout the first decade of the 21st century. The adoption of new and revised mandatory international legal instruments, as well as other non-binding initiatives and voluntary mechanisms, have led to improved security measures in this critical area, but there is still a need for substantive and procedural arrangements to be significantly strengthened.This book is a collection of the presentations and deliberations of participants at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop held in Vienna, Austria in January 2010. The workshop was attended by over 100 international experts from more than 20 countries, and the papers presented here summarize current understanding of, and approaches to, the legal framework for nuclear security and counterterrorism. The book will be of interest to all governments, international organizations, researchers and practitioners worldwide who are involved in securing nuclear materials and preventing nuclear terrorism. |
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Piracy and Maritime Terrorism: Logistics, Strategies, Scenarios. |
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Galletti, Silvia C./ 9781614990420/ Price:EUR 120.00
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For much of history, pirates and buccaneers constituted one of the most serious threats to maritime activities all over the world. More recently, apart from adventure stories and swashbuckling films, maritime piracy was largely thought of as a thing of the past. This began to change in 1994 when an article in the Far Eastern Economic Review drew public attention to the renaissance of a phenomenon: piracy was back, and it was becoming increasingly violent, involving huge ships in international waters. This book is based on the proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, held in 2009 in Lisbon, Portugal. Its main purpose was to promote dialogue on the phenomenon of maritime piracy between international policymakers, law enforcement officers, port authorities and other professionals, and to provide a response to the need for research and analysis at an international level on maritime piracy and its connection to terrorism. The book does not simply report on the proceedings of the workshop, but also includes some new topics not covered by the ARW, and is organized in three sections: new methodological approaches to maritime threats; new threats and new challenges in piracy and maritime terrorism and lastly; some selected case studies: different threats, different solutions. The book offers qualified ideas, opinions and talking points to the international practitioner community, will foster debate and help law enforcement agencies and policymakers to face the new world wide maritime threats of piracy and terrorism. |
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Homeland Security Organization in Defence against Terrorism. |
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Charvat, J.P./ 9781614990468/ Price:EUR 108.00
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This book presents the proceedings of the NATO Centre of Excellence ¡V Defence Against Terrorism (COE-DAT) Advanced Research Workshop entitled Homeland Security Organization in Defence Against Terrorism, held in Ankara, Turkey, in November 2009. The workshop brought together participants from some 13 countries and consisted of five sessions: current threats to homeland security from terrorism; homeland security organization; legal and security responses to terrorism in homeland security; the challenge of international terrorism; other threats; and countering radicalization and the psychology of terrorism. During these sessions, presentations by thirteen expert speakers from eight countries were followed by a debate. The workshop concluded with a final discussion of all the topics reflected in the individual papers presented. |
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Democracy Under Attack: How the Media Distorts Policy and Politics. |
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Dean, Malcolm/ 9781847428486/ Price:GBP 50.00
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How big a beast is the media? Can right wing tabloids influence social policy using their ability to fan fears and prejudices? Malcolm Dean, the Guardian's longstanding chief monitor of social policy, expertly indicts his own trade through a series of seven case studies. Drawing on four decades of top level Whitehall briefings, topped up by interviews with 150 senior participants in the policy-making process, the book is packed with new insights, and colourful stories from events in Whitehall's corridors, culminating in a damning list detailing the seven deadly sins of the 'reptiles' (modern journalists)..Written in an engaging way with some great stories and with an Afterword updating developments from "the Murdoch meltdown" July 2011, it offers a unique insider's perspective and a detailed and valuable account of news production in Britain and will give readers a flavour of what goes on in news rooms, pressure groups, departmental policy divisions and parliament. |
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The Impossible Indian: Gandhi and the Temptations of Violence. |
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Devji, Faisal/ 9781849041157/ Price:GBP 18.99
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Pain Syndromes-From Recruitment to Returning Troops: Wounds of War IV. |
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Wiederhold, B.K./ 9781607509851/ Price:EUR 120.00
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It has been shown that those who have served in both combat missions and peacekeeping operations are at increased risk for pain syndromes. Research suggests that this may result from their ¡§wounds of war.¡¨ Some wounds may be ¡§invisible,¡¨ such as depression, stress, and chronic pain, while others, such as physical disabilities, are more obvious. In October 2011, twenty-seven scientists and representatives from NATO and partner countries met in Su"dka"rnten, Austria for a three-day NATO Advanced Research Workshop entitled ¡§Wounds of War: Pain Syndromes ¡V From Recruitment to Returning Troops.¡¨ |
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Knowledge, Policy and Power in International Development: A Practical Guide. |
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Jones, Harry/ 9781447300960/ Price:GBP 85.99
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This book presents an academically rigorous yet practical guide to efforts to understand how knowledge, policy and power interact to promote or prevent change.
It offers a power analysis perspective on the knowledge-policy process, illustrated with rich empirical examples from the field of international development, combined with practical guidance on the implications of such an approach. It provides ways to identify and address problems that have hampered previous attempts to improve the space between knowledge and policy; such as difficulties in analysing political context, persistent asymmetric relationships between actors, ignorance of the contributions of different types of knowledge, and misconceptions of the roles played by intermediary organisations. Most importantly, the book gives readers the ability to develop strategies for negotiating the complexity of the knowledge-policy interface more effectively, so as to contribute to policy dialogues, influence policy change, and implement policies and programmes more effectively. |
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The Political Economy of Work Security and Flexibility: Italy in Comparative Perspective. |
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Berton, Fabio/ 9781847429070/ Price:GBP 85.99
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The economic crisis has revealed the dark side of deregulation in the labour market: rising unemployment, limited access to social security and, due to low wages, no savings to count upon in bad times. This book casts light on the empirical relationship between labour market deregulation through non-standard contracts and the three main dimensions of worker security: employment, income and social security. Focusing on individual work histories, it looks at how labour market dynamics interact with the social protection system in bringing about inequality and insecurity. In this context Italy is put forward as the epitome of flexibility through non-standard work and compared with three similar countries: Germany, Spain and Japan. Results show that when flexibility is carried out as a mere cost-reduction device and social security only relies on insurance principles, deregulation leads to insecurity. 'The political economy of work security and flexibility' is essential reading for academics, students, practitioners and policy makers interested in the outcomes of labour market developments in advanced economies over the past twenty years. |
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Parliaments and Military Missions. |
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Hardt, Sascha/ 9789089521187/ Price:EUR 25.00
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IN THE SHADOW OF THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL: Congressional Cemetery and the Memory of the Nation. |
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Johnson, Abby A./ 9780986021602/ Price:US$ 28.00
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This study explores the multiple ways in which Congressional Cemetery has been positioned for some two hundred years in ¡§the shadow¡¨ of the U.S. Capitol. The narrative proceeds chronologically, discussing the burial ground during three periods: a) The antebellum years; b) The years from the end of the Civil War to approximately 1970, when the site progressively deteriorated; c) The period from the early 1970s to 2007, when both public and private organizations worked to preserve the physical site and the memory of what it has been and continues to represent. This monograph on Congressional Cemetery focuses on the dominant narrative associated with the site: its legacy as the first national burial ground in the United States. Given this emphasis, the text presents a political and cultural analysis of the cemetery, with particular focus on the participation of the U.S. Congress. |
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IN THE SHADOW OF THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL: Congressional Cemetery and the Memory of the Nation. |
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Johnson, Abby A./ 9780986021626/ Price:US$ 38.00
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This study explores the multiple ways in which Congressional Cemetery has been positioned for some two hundred years in ¡§the shadow¡¨ of the U.S. Capitol. The narrative proceeds chronologically, discussing the burial ground during three periods: a) The antebellum years; b) The years from the end of the Civil War to approximately 1970, when the site progressively deteriorated; c) The period from the early 1970s to 2007, when both public and private organizations worked to preserve the physical site and the memory of what it has been and continues to represent. This monograph on Congressional Cemetery focuses on the dominant narrative associated with the site: its legacy as the first national burial ground in the United States. Given this emphasis, the text presents a political and cultural analysis of the cemetery, with particular focus on the participation of the U.S. Congress. |
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RUDE AWAKENINGS: An American Historian's Encounter with Nazism, Communism and McCarthyism. |
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Sicherman, Carol/ 9780983689980/ Price:US$ 28.00
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Drawing on family papers, wide-ranging interviews, FBI files, American and German newspapers, a wide array of published sources, and her own memories, the author traces Marks¡¦s German American heritage, his education both formal and informal, his marriage to a fellow Communist from a poor Russian family, his rocky start as an academic, his anguish when confronted by his Communist past, and his ultimate creation of a satisfying career. Her sleuthing encompasses as well the paths to safety taken by his German friends as they found sanctuary around the world¡Vin Russia, England, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Turkey, Palestine, Brazil, the United States, and Canada. |
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The Reagan-Gorbachev Arms Control Breakthough: The Treaty Eliminating Intermediate-range Nuclear Force (INF) Missiles. |
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Jones, David T./ 9780986021640/ Price:US$ 28.00
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This book brings this period to life through the writing of key participants in the seminal negotiations leading to the completion of the INF Treaty and the ensuing epic struggle to secure its ratification by the U.S. Senate. The book provides an astute balance between the assessments of senior negotiators; ¡§nuts and bolts¡¨ observations on specific elements of the Treaty by in-the-trenches negotiators; the tangles that challenged the keenest of legal minds; and the political maneuvers required to bring it through the pits and deadfalls of the Senate. |
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The Reagan-Gorbachev Arms Control Breakthough: The Treaty Eliminating Intermediate-range Nuclear Force (INF) Missiles. |
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Jones, David T./ 9780986021633/ Price:US$ 38.00
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This book brings this period to life through the writing of key participants in the seminal negotiations leading to the completion of the INF Treaty and the ensuing epic struggle to secure its ratification by the U.S. Senate. The book provides an astute balance between the assessments of senior negotiators; ¡§nuts and bolts¡¨ observations on specific elements of the Treaty by in-the-trenches negotiators; the tangles that challenged the keenest of legal minds; and the political maneuvers required to bring it through the pits and deadfalls of the Senate. |
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Blaming Nn One: Blog Postings On Arts, Letters, Policy. |
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Whitman, Dan/ 9780985569860/ Price:US$ 26.00
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This book is a series of reflections at the point of retirement from the U.S. Foreign Service. The postings, all colored by the author¡¦s experience, include short essays on the following themes: personal anecdote, people/profiles, the Foreign Policy seen by a mid-level official, human nature, government functions, and ¡§other¡¨ (music, immigration, condominium rules on dog comportment¡K). The collection is marked by a tone of light humor and social/institutional criticism. The book should serve as an ¡§easy read,¡¨ in short segments. At the same time, the full text, printed in chronological order of their publication dates, will give a perspective which questions and challenges facile suppositions, and notes historic moments of interest for the general reader. |
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A Long Way From Runnemede: One Woman's Foreign Service Journey. |
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Tull, Theresa/ 9780984583294/ Price:US$ 26.00
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This memoir of Theresa Tull¡¦s career as a twentieth-century diplomat begins with childhood recollections of life during the Second World War in the small town of Runnemede, New Jersey. It tracks the death of the author¡¦s father, her initial education, post¡Vhigh school employment, and early college education. In 1963, after successfully passing the rigorous entrance examinations, Terry Tull entered the U.S. Foreign Service. She received her bachelor¡¦s degree from the University of Maryland, and in 1973 earned a master¡¦s degree in Southeast Asian Studies from the University of Michigan. |
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Peregrina: Unexpected Adventures of an American Consul. |
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Young, Ginny C./ 9780984583249/ Price:US$ 28.00
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This is the story of a woman entering a consular career on her own after the death of her Foreign Service officer husband. She describes the consular world with humor, empathy, and anecdotes.
She was sure that the appointment handed to her out of the blue was intended to tide her over, presumably just until she married again. But she went on to serve for twenty years as a consular officer in four posts, first looking after American hippies in India and after that a huge American business community in Hong Kong. She was principal officer in the Yucata'n area of Mexico, then consul general in Bucharest, Romania, before and after a revolution that resulted in the demise of dictator Nicolae Ceaus,escu. |
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Peregrina: Unexpected Adventures of an American Consul. |
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Young, Ginny C./ 9780984583256/ Price:US$ 38.00
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This is the story of a woman entering a consular career on her own after the death of her Foreign Service officer husband. She describes the consular world with humor, empathy, and anecdotes.
She was sure that the appointment handed to her out of the blue was intended to tide her over, presumably just until she married again. But she went on to serve for twenty years as a consular officer in four posts, first looking after American hippies in India and after that a huge American business community in Hong Kong. She was principal officer in the Yucata'n area of Mexico, then consul general in Bucharest, Romania, before and after a revolution that resulted in the demise of dictator Nicolae Ceaus,escu. |
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Early American Diplomacy in the Near and Far East: The Diplomatic and Personal History of Edmund Q. Roberts (1784-1836). |
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Eilts, Hermann F./ 9780986021657/ Price:US$ 34.00
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This book traces the remarkable career of a Portsmouth, New Hampshire¡Vborn merchant and his efforts on behalf of early American diplomacy with key trading partners in both the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia. The book recounts the diplomatic and commercial milieu in which Roberts labored, initially as commissioner and later as special agent on behalf of the United States, to pioneer diplomatic dialogue and negotiate commercial treaties with the ruler of Muscat and Oman and with the king of Siam. |
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Comparative Analysis of Technological and Intelligent Terrorism Impacts on Complex Technical Systems. |
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Makhutov, N.A./ 9781614991304/ Price:EUR 108.00
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This book is based on the NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) on ¡¥Comparative Analysis of Technological and Intelligence Terrorism Impacts on Complex Technical Systems¡¦. It lays the foundation for a risk-informed approach to modeling, analyzing, managing and controlling complex technical systems in the face of terrorist attacks. To formulate such an approach, it is necessary to combine the insights of a spectrum of disciplines across engineering, human and social sciences, and economics.
The book explains how an understanding of the vulnerabilities of complex technical systems to terrorist attack can reduce these vulnerabilities and contain or limit the impact of terrorism, and also the way in which such an understanding is crucial to the development of a set of design criteria and codes which will take such vulnerabilities into account. The book also identifies areas of further research and opportunities for future exchange and collaboration. |
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Contemporary Suicide Terrorism: Origins, Trends and Ways of Tackling It. |
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Dronzina, T./ 9781614991083/ Price:EUR 108.00
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The focus of the conference was on methodological and theoretical approaches to suicide terrorism researches. Topics addressed include: the effectiveness of suicide terrorism; the roots of suicide terrorism and its religious legitimation; the impact of new technologies on the radicalization process; terrorism and the drug trade; female suicide bombers; and migration, radicalization and disorder in the EU. Examples are drawn from experiences in the Maghreb, the West Bank and Gaza Strip in Israel, Dagestan, Romania, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. The book conveys the spirit of tolerance, exchange of ideas, dialogue and convergence that dominated the conference. It offers a contribution to better understanding between societies and the fostering of a culture of peace and non-violence. |
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Trends and Developments in Contemporary Terrorism. |
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Voica, D.-R./ 9781614991496/ Price:EUR 104.00
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This book presents the full workshop papers from the NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW), held in Ankara, Turkey, in October 2010. The aim of this ARW was to take stock of developments across the spectrum of terrorist activity, both actual and potential, and examine the scope for improvement. Some of the areas explored by the 18 expert contributors to the workshop include: the increase in suicide bombing and terrorist acts by women; transnationality; the structure of terrorist groups; improved training and equipment of terrorists; terrorist use of the Internet; sponsor states and the importance of failed or failing states in terrorist strategy.
Whilst the book by no means offers a complete or definitive picture of terrorism, it makes a significant contribution to raising the awareness of the law enforcement and security agencies who must continuously update their counterterrorist capabilities and keep abreast of new terrorist methods. |
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Analyzing Different Dimensions and New Threats in Defence against Terrorism. |
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Duyan, A./ 9781614991588/ Price:EUR 104.00
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The issue of new threats in terrorism is of constant concern for those engaged in counterterrorism and antiterrorism. Defensive tactics must be constantly updated and improved to keep pace with the never-ending changes and developments in terrorist methods and capabilities. This book presents the proceedings of the NATO Centre of Excellence ¡V Defence against Terrorism (COE-DAT) Advanced Training Course (ATC) entitled "Analysing Different Dimensions and New Threats in Defence against Terror" held in Kiev, Ukraine, in May 2011. |
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Handbook for Pandemic and Mass-Casualty Planning and Response. |
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Gursky, E./ 9781614991342/ Price:EUR 135.00
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The Handbook for Pandemic and Mass-Casualty Planning and Response marks the 100th volume in the NATO Science for Peace and Security Series ¡V E: Human and Societal Dynamics series. |
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Enhancing Cooperation in Defence against Terrorism. |
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Tokgoz, K./ 9781614991021/ Price:EUR 108.00
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The book opens with an overview of the landscape in which terrorism currently exists, and a reminder that a new approach is needed in the fight against terrorism to replace the Cold War model we have become accustomed to. The remaining articles cover a wide range of issues: countering the ideology of terrorism; legal aspects of combating terrorism and responding to terrorist use of the internet; the links between terrorism and organised crime; energy security; weapons of mass destruction; international humanitarian law; suicide terrorism; the role of the media in terrorism and counterterrorism; and dilemmas in counterterrorism strategy. In addition to the presentations from the ATC, the book includes two articles by Brigitte Nacos of Columbia University: The Importance of Strategic Communication and Public Diplomacy in Combating Terrorism, and Terrorism Media and Censorship. |
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Encyclopedia of Bioterrorism Defense. |
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Katz, Rebecca/ 9780470508930/ Price:US$ 529.95
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The second edition of the Encyclopedia of Bioterrorism Defense provides complete coverage of bioterrorism and defense against it, spanning scientific, technological, clinical, legal, historical, and political aspects. The topics cover the most recent developments and thinking on biodefense, biosecurity, terrorism, science, and policy. In addition, the Encyclopedia of Bioterrorism Defense provides an up-to-date overview of U.S. federal biodefense efforts, including explanations of all of the relevant agencies and missions, research agendas, legislation, and regulations. This edition revises and updates the original Encyclopedia, making it the single authoritative resource for students, scientists, policymakers, and journalists.
Key features:
¡EComprehensively covers the field of bioterrorism, including related science, technology, medicine, politics, law, and history
¡ETopics include entries on bioterrorism agents, detection, clinical presentation of disease, defense efforts, risk assessments, treaties, past incidents of bioterrorism, and pertinent people and organizations engaged in terrorist activities
¡EUser friendly, with biological agents covered consistently across entries
¡EIncludes important case studies, with discussion of lessons learned |
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Military Psychology, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Lange, Paul A M Van/ 9780857025203/ Price:GBP 675.00
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The discipline of military psychology involves the systematic and scientific study of the selection, training, adaptation, and performance of soldiers. Military psychology, by necessity, is a heterogeneous field of inquiry. On the one hand, it draws on all subdisciplines of psychology to understand the variables that affect soldier performance while on the other hand, lessons learned from military psychology are of vital importance to all areas of psychology.
The purpose of this collection of readings in military psychology is to capture significant developments from military psychology that are of general interest and importance to all psychologists and to promote understanding in human behaviour in challenging contexts.
¡EVolume One: Selection, Training and Performance captures significant advances in how soldiers are selected, assigned, and trained.
¡EVolume Two: Applied Experimental and Engineering Psychology includes topics of human factors engineering, cognitive engineering, ergonomics, situational awareness and soldier performance.
¡EVolume Three: Stress and Resilience focuses on classic and contemporary studies of combat stress and its consequences.
¡EVolume Four: Leadership, Culture and Morale advances the understanding of leading people in the contexts of dangerous environments.
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Military Sociology, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Segal, David R/ 9780857027795/ Price:GBP 675.00
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Early European sociologists found war, peace and the effects of both on social development to be important matters for the emerging discipline to explain and understand. Curiously, these issues faded from the sociological agenda after World War I and were not again much studied by sociologists until World War II and the long Cold War that followed. Since then to the present, studies of military sociology have grown in number and scope. Military sociology is now a well-established and respected subfield within sociology.
To survey the field this collection is organized around four major themes: (1) military organization, (2) civil-military relations, (3) the experience of war, and (4) the use and control of force.
Taking the origins of military sociology as a starting point:
Volume One examines major trends in military organization, the increased diversity of military forces and the military profession.
Volume Two considers the military's relationships with the larger society. Sociologists examine how the military is woven into the fabric of society whether as an object of social control or as a representative institution garnering public support.
Volume Three is concerned with the experience of war, whether the experience is direct, gained (for example) as a soldier in combat, or indirect, when it is mediated by social constructions of language and other social symbols.
Volume Four studies the concept of force, and the varying intensities of conflict across the spectrum of force. It looks at the effects of war on state formation, the problems posed by chronic war, and the prospects for peacekeeping.
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Jurgen Habermas, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Ungureanu, Camil/ 9780754628323/ Price:GBP 475.00
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Jurgen Habermas is widely regarded as one of the outstanding intellectuals of our time. This collection focuses on the theory of law which can be distilled from his vast compendium of work. At the same time the collection places this theory in the context of Habermas' overall contribution to the theory of society, political theory and social philosophy. Volume I on 'The Discourse Theory of Law and Democracy' identifies the theoretical foundations. Volume II focuses on the critical debate of Habermas' discourse theory of law and democracy, on the challenges posed by the postnational constellation (Europeanization and processes of globalization) and on particular strands within his work, such as genetic technology and religion. Each volume is prefaced by a comprehensive introduction by the editors.
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Guide to Interest Groups and Lobbying in the United States. |
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Loomis, Burdett A./ 9781604264579/ Price:GBP 190.00
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Guide to Interest Groups and Lobbying in the United States offers a thematic analysis of interest groups and lobbying in American politics and over the course of American political history. It explores how interest groups have organized and articulated their support for numerous issues, and have they grown ¡V both in numbers and range of activities ¡V to become an integral part of the U.S. political system.
Beginning with the foundations of interest groups during the late 19th Century Gilded Age, to the contemporary explosive growth of lobbying, Political Action Committees, and new forms of interest group cyberpolitics, readers are provided with multiple approaches to understanding the complex and changing interest advocacy sphere .
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Encyclopedia of Water Politics and Policy in the United States. |
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Danver, Steven L./ 9781604266146/ Price:GBP 170.00
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The Encyclopedia of Water Politics and Policy in the United States provides an overview of approximately 250 projects, legislation, legal cases, people, and organizations that have shaped the development of waterways in the United States over the past 150 years. This volume meets the needs of readers who need to know how present-day water problems came about, the impact of legislation and court decisions on the development of water resources, and what U.S. experts are proposing be done to preserve this basic component of the environment. |
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Security and Stability in the Middle East, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Rubin, Barry/ 9780415609890/ Price:GBP 1000.00
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No region of the world has been more affected by the forces of instability and the factors of war and insecurity than has the Middle East. The area has seen more violence and conflict in the last three or four decades than all of the other world regions put together. Moreover, conflict in the area has an international significance far beyond its borders. These events and issues have also been of the greatest international and academic interest, with much study generated.
The editor's choice of materials in this new Routledge collection is based on an effort to cover a full range of issues concerning external and internal threats to the stability of Middle Eastern states as well as the means by which they try to ensure their security both at home and abroad. The topics include military, ideological, sub-national, Islamist, and economic challenges. In geographic terms it encompasses the greater Middle East: the Arab world, Iran, Pakistan, Turkey, and Afghanistan.
Volume I: Regimes, Elites, and the Roots of Instability
Volume II: Regional Security
Volume III: Economic and Regional Issues in Stability
Volume IV: Revolutionary Challenges |
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SAGE Encyclopedia of Terrorism, The. |
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Martin, Gus/ 9781412980166/ Price:GBP 130.00
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The SAGE Encyclopedia of Terrorism, Second Edition, is a thoroughly updated and expanded edition of the original, highly regarded reference work. Nearly 100,000 words of new material has been added, along with fully updated original entries, expanded coverage, and multimedia elements (audio and video clips, links to primary documents and more). New entries will explore the impact of terrorism on economics, public health, religion and even pop culture. Ethical issues such as the role of torture in interrogations, competing notions of security versus liberty, and the debates over FISA legislation and Guantanamo Bay will also be covered. Two dozen entries on significant recent events - such as the London bombings, Chechen attacks on Russian interests, and the rescue of Ingrid Bettancourt - and some 60 additional new entries will restore the work as an up-to-the-minute, natural first-stop for researchers. |
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International Migration, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Geddes, Andrew/ 9780857020895/ Price:GBP 675.00
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This collection brings the best research into migration across state borders together. Reflecting the complexity and diversity of work in this area, the set draws on the work of sociologists, lawyers, economists, political scientists and geographers as well as international relations scholars. Andrew Geddes' selection examines the causes, modes, patterns and consequences of international migration and demonstrates how its analysis requires connections to be made between the domestic and the international. |
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Ethnic Minorities in Modern China, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Mackerras, Colin/ 9780415573931/ Price:GBP 1050.00
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China is the world's most populous country with fifty-five state-recognized ethnic minorities: approximately 123 million people, taking up over 60 per cent of China's territory. And, while China's dizzying growth has made it a major world force, both economically and strategically, one of the chief concerns of the rising Chinese state-not new, but gaining an ever higher priority-is to remain united and become better integrated. Yet over the past decade, ethnic tensions appear to have grown sharper among some minorities. Rioting in the Tibetan areas in March 2008 and in the Xinjiang capital of Urumqi in July 2009 have shown the volatility of ethnic relations in those particular areas and underscore the urgent need for a greater understanding of the situation.
This new Routledge Major Work collection addresses that need. It answers theoretical questions relating to China's ethnic minorities, detailing the individual separatist movements, and providing the historical background, as well as the politics and policy, economic, social, religious, and educational causes to some of the problems facing China today.
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Sino-Japanese Relations: History, Politics, Economy, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Rose, Caroline/ 9780415566148/ Price:GBP 1150.00
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Academic and popular interest in China and Japan, the two major powers in East Asia, has risen dramatically in the last decade. While on the one hand their relationship has benefited from high levels of two-way trade and investment underscoring their growing economic interdependence, political rifts have (re-)appeared over such issues as historical memory, territory, and energy security. Without doubt, the way in which this bilateral relationship will evolve over the next few years has the potential to transform the architecture of regional and international politics. It is therefore essential to have a deep and nuanced understanding of the historical, economic, political, and cultural dynamics of the relationship.
The material in the collection is organized thematically, with Volume I providing the historical perspective, covering two thousand years of friendly exchange versus fifty years that overshadow the rest. Volume II focuses on the problems that have emerged since the end of World War II: history wars, revisionism, and reconciliation. Volume III considers the economic interaction between the two countries, covering aid, trade and investment, and regionalism. Volume IV is given over to traditional and non-traditional security threats, territorial disputes, energy security, environmental concerns and cooperation.
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International Political Economy, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Cohen, Benjamin J./ 9780415577212/ Price:GBP 300.00
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International Political Economy is a thriving interdisciplinary area of study and research based on the combined insights of international economics and international relations theory. It has become one of the fastest growing fields of study in the social sciences, and this new title in the Routledge series, Critical Concepts in Political Science, meets the need for an authoritative reference work to make sense of the subject's already vast literature and the continuing expansion of research output. Edited by Benjamin J. Cohen, a prominent scholar in the field, it is a four-volume collection of classic and key contemporary contributions to the political economy of global economics.
The first of the four volumes concentrates on theory, encompassing the full range of conceptual and analytical perspectives that characterize this diverse field of study. The second and third volumes address core structural elements of the world economy while a variety of contemporary policy challenges is taken up in the fourth volume, including problems of economic development, security and conflict, and the environment.
With a comprehensive introduction newly written by the editor, which places the collected material in its historical and intellectual context, International Political Economy is an essential work of reference. Researchers, teachers, and students will value the collection as a vital one-stop scholarly and pedagogic resource.
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Encyclopedia of Power. |
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Dowding, Keith/ 9781412927482/ Price:GBP 180.00
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Power is a central concept in many disciplines in the social sciences, including political science, sociology, social-psychology, organization studies, urban politics and planning. Where the term is less often used, such as in economics, it has been reduced to other concepts. Despite, or perhaps because of, its ubiquity, it has been analyzed in numerous and diverse ways in different discourse communities. This encyclopedia provides an authoritative and comprehensive coverage of the use of power in those different discourses, enabling the different language communities to learn from each other. It provides a compendium of the concepts that build the ways in which power is conceptualized and provides analyses of related concepts. It also provides a sourcebook for those interested in studying power and cross references the many insights that have been provided by theorists over the years.
There are various levels at which power has been used in the social sciences. Formal models of power use power indices, cooperative game theory, and non-cooperative game theory. Some of these definitions are very technical but here are explained clearly and simply. Other more diffuse accounts of power are defined, discussed, and analyzed and their implications for social research drawn out. |
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International Encyclopedia of Political Science, 8-Vols/Set. |
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Badie, Bertrand/ 9781412959636/ Price:GBP 1120.00
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With entries from leading international scholars from around the world, the International Encyclopedia of Political Science provides a definitive, comprehensive picture of all aspects of political life, recognizing its theoretical foundations and including empirical findings from across the globe. The eight volumes examine all the main subdisciplines of political science and include coverage of comparative politics, epistemology, political economy, political sociology, and international relations.
Entries are arranged in alphabetical order, and a list of entries by subject area appears in the front of each volume for ease of use.
The Encyclopedia contains a detailed index as well as extensive bibliographical references. Approximately 80 entries on the use of both qualitative and quantitative research methods in political science are provided.
The process of democratization will remain a vital topic during the 21st century, and the encyclopedia contains extensive coverage of the evolution of democracy as well as other political systems. Readers will find theoretical and empirical background on other important issues such as global security, the relationship between religion and the state, and political issues related to gender and race/ethnicity.
The International Encyclopedia of Political Science provides an essential, authoritative guide to the state of political science at the start of the 21st century and for decades to come, making it an invaluable resource for a global readership, including researchers, students, citizens, and policy makers.
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| VB02-282 |
Political Marketing, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Baines, Paul/ 9781849207843/ Price:GBP 500.00
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Political marketing has developed in parallel with commercial marketing through the course of the 20th century, with the commercial world of marketing informing the worlds of political and referendum marketing, and vice versa. The importance and ubiquity of political marketing activities is profound and increasingly recognized, and this timely collection draws together the most influential writings over each phase of its development.
Arranged and introduced by a pre-eminent scholar in the field, this comprehensive overview covers micro-level marketing topics such as advertising and market research, as well as more recent strategic marketing techniques such as market positioning and market segmentation. In addition to the canon, there is room to explore the key literature on emerging topics such as ethics and the negative side of political marketing, including, for example, the marketing of terrorist groups.
This three-volume set exists at the crossroads of political communication and marketing and is an essential resource for libraries with holdings in business and politics.
VOLUME 1: POLITICAL MARKETING: CONCEPTS AND THEORIES
VOLUME 2: THE POLITICAL MARKETING MIX: STRATEGY AND IMPLEMENTATION
VOLUME 3: ETHICS, PRACTICES, AND ADVANCES IN POLITICAL MARKETING |
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21st Century Political Science, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Ishiyama, John T/ 9781412969017/ Price:GBP 360.00
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Via 100 entries or 'mini-chapters', the SAGE 21st Century Reference Series volumes on political science highlight the most important topics, issues, questions and debates any student obtaining a degree in this field need to master for effectiveness in the 21st century. The set provides undergraduate students with an authoritative reference source that will serve their research needs with more detailed information than encyclopedia entries but not so much jargon, detail or density as a journal article or a research handbook chapter.
Topics covered include:
theory and methdology
basic institutions of government
political ideologies and cultures
public opinion
political parties and elections
political communication
political economy
international relations and institutions.
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Health Politics and Policy, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Tolleson-Rinehart, Sue/ 9781849205023/ Price:GBP 675.00
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The last half of the 20th century witnessed explosive growth in science and technology in the developed world, including extraordinary developments in medicine. As medicine's capacity and complexity has grown, so has the popular sense that health care is a right and that the political system should deliver the care. Today, political systems grapple with every imaginable facet of health and health care, from educating and regulating the health workforce to creating systems to pay for the cost of care; from setting and funding the biomedical research agenda to determining who gets what care, when; from clinical preventive services to broader agendas for promoting population health. Although many of these questions seem economic in nature, they are inescapably political questions regarding the authoritative allocation of resources in response to the contention of values and ideas.
This major reference collection shines a bright light on health politics. The editors have organized and introduced some of the best of the canon of health politics literature in four volumes covering political analysis of the emergence and shape of health systems, public perceptions of government's responsibility to assure the delivery of care, health care in a comparative perspective, and the politics of health reform.
Volume One: Defining Health Systems - Path Dependence and Policy Emergence
Volume Two: Tensions in Health Policy - Ethics, Interests, and the Public
Volume Three: Health Systems in Comparative Perspective
Volume Four: the Contemporary Politics of Health System Reform |
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Social and Political Movements, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Zirakzadeh, Cyrus Ernesto/ 9780857020918/ Price:GBP 675.00
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'Social movements' refer to purposeful undertakings by people who do not hold positions of authority or wealth, but who wish to redirect their society towards new goals and values by bypassing or defying those in power. Scholarly opinions about such movements vary tremendously. Some - especially those with painful first-hand experiences of fascist regimes - fear movements, cite their extra-constitutional features, and predict authoritarian consequences if unauthorized collective actions become more common. Others - for instance those who sympathize with recent peace, environmental, or women's movements - admire and applaud social movements, viewing them as schools for healthy citizenship.
This collection contains more than 55 writings by academics and public intellectuals. The essays are drawn from different decades of the 20th and 21st centuries, and from across the globe, presenting different and sometimes divergent lines of thinking about social movements.
Volume One: Theorizing about Movements after World War II
Volume Two: Emergence and Evolution of Political-Process Theory
Volume Three: Cultural Approaches
Volume Four: Components, Contradictions and Contexts
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European Union, The., 5-Vols/Set. |
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Usherwood, Simon/ 9780415551977/ Price:GBP 1150.00
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The first volume in the collection ('The Development of the European Union') assembles the key work on the historical evolution of the European Union from the end of the Second World War to the present day. Even before the Constitutional Treaty proposed in 2004, there was much academic and political discussion about the degree and manner to which the EU transcended traditional political units and the materials gathered in Volume II ('The Organization of the European Union and the Constitutional Turn') explore the nature of the Union at this most fundamental level. The third volume in the collection ('The Institutions of the European Union') collects the most important research on the institutional structure of the EU. Here, the focus is on the dynamic processes at work within institutions and the models of understanding that academics have developed. Volume IV ('Member States as Actors in the European Union'), meanwhile, brings together the best work on particular member states, considering, for example, why certain states have remained dominant actors within the Union, despite the scope and depth of EU expansion. In addition, the processes and outcomes which underpin this dominance-such as europeanisation-are also explored. The final volume in the collection ('Citizens as Actors in the European Union') concentrates on a very particular feature of the Union: the role of individual citizens. The material gathered here probes issues such as the perceived 'democratic deficit' in the Union. |
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Contemporary China Studies II: Economy and Society, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Ngo, Tak-Wing/ 9781412948838/ Price:GBP 675.00
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As the most populated nation on earth with the fourth largest economy and the third largest trading country in the world, the study of contemporary China is currently one of the most popular subjects in academia. The rise of China has fuelled an explosion of studies on its politics, economy and society in the past few decades.
This collection, Contemporary China Studies I & II, provides a much needed set of quality references for universities and lecturers to build their curricula and will also become a valuable tool to researchers in undertaking their literature review. Furthermore, this collection bridges some gaps in the state of the field by being the first to bring together the seminal writings in the field. It contains some 100 carefully selected articles and book chapters focusing on the politics, economy and society of China since 1949. It is grouped under two four-volume sets. Each set is self-contained with the first set dealing with politics and the second with economy and society.
Set 2: Economy and Society
Volume One: Market Reform and Legacies of the Command Economy
Volume Two: Government-Business Relations in the Hybrid Market
Volume Three: The Demise and Re-emergence of Civil Society
Volume Four: Old and New Forms of Social Cleavages |
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Contemporary China Studies I: Politics, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Ngo, Tak-Wing/ 9781412948845/ Price:GBP 675.00
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As the most populated nation on earth with the fourth largest economy and the third largest trading country in the world, the study of contemporary China is currently one of the most popular subjects in academia. The rise of China has fuelled an explosion of studies on its politics, economy and society in the past few decades.
This collection, Contemporary China Studies I & II, provides a much needed set of quality references for universities and lecturers to build their curricula and will also become a valuable tool to researchers in undertaking their literature review. Furthermore, this collection bridges some gaps in the state of the field by being the first to bring together the seminal writings in the field. It contains some 100 carefully selected articles and book chapters focusing on the politics, economy and society of China since 1949. It is grouped under two four-volume sets. Each set is self-contained with the first set dealing with politics and the second with economy and society.
Set I: Politics
Volume One: Genesis of the Party-State System and its Changes and Continuity
Volume Two: Changing Modes of Governance and Techniques of Political Discipline
Volume Three: Local Autonomy and the Struggle over Central Authority
Volume Four: Multiculturalism and the Quest for National Unity |
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Federalism, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Kincaid, John/ 9781847874580/ Price:GBP 675.00
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In 1968, Carl J. Friedrich, a prominent Harvard political scientist, suggested that federalism was not, as many observers then believed, an anomaly in the modern era, but rather a mode of governance that was moving to the forefront of political necessity and desirability in the second half of the twentieth century. This was a prescient observation. Federalism has become a leading mechanism for addressing problems of human diversity and political scale, both small and large. It establishes unity on the basis of consent while preserving diversity by constitutionally uniting separate political communities into a limited, but encompassing, polity.
This major reference collection, edited by one of the foremost scholars in the field, grapples with a large body of knowledge that does not neatly divide into theoretical categories and imposes a structure for the purposes of studying this complex political structure and process of governance. There is little significant consensus among scholars of federalism as to what constitutes the field and its subdivision so this four volume set attempts to signpost and map out the field for researchers, post-graduates and political scientists in general.
Volume One: Theories of Federalism
Volume Two: Comparative Federalism
Volume Three: Practices of Federalism
Volume Four: Potentials of Federalism
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International Ethics, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Frost, Mervyn/ 9781412947206/ Price:GBP 675.00
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The SAGE Library of International Relations brings together the most influential and field-defining articles, both classical and contemporary, in a number of key areas of research and inquiry in International Relations.
Each multi-volume set represents a collection of the essential published works collated from the foremost publications in the field by an editor or editorial team of renowned international stature.
They also include a full introduction, presenting a rationale for the selection and mapping out the discipline's past, present and likely future.
This series is designed to be a 'gold standard' for university libraries throughout the world with an interest in International Relations.
Actors in international politics need to navigate a host of ethical challenges when deciding how to act in a certain context. They are confronted by the question: "What, from an ethical point of view, ought I to do?" with regard to a wide range of issues including the conduct of war, the just distribution of aid and trade, human rights, the care of the global environment, the rights of asylum seekers and refugees, genocide, money laundering, global terror and many others. This collection looks at classical and seminal research in the field with the broad framework of the moral standing of states; the moral standing of non-state actors; and the ethics of international relations.
Volume One: The Society of States
Volume Two: Global Civil Society: Non-State Actors in World Politics
Volume Three: The Changing Constitution of Global Politics
Volume Four: Ethics and Foreign Policy
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Foreign Policy Analysis, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Carlsnaes, Walter/ 9781412921442/ Price:GBP 920.00
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This five-volume set is the first major collection on this core substantive policy field in international political inquiry. It serves not only to present the history of the field in the form of its most important earlier writings, but also to present the core theoretical texts of this sub-discipline of international relations as it stands today, addressing the current issues and controversies engaging this internationally vibrant community of scholars around the world.
Part One: Historical Development of Foreign Policy Analysis assembles scholarly contributions which have been seminal in the development of foreign policy analysis as an academic field by tracing the important historical pathways, junctures and formative moments in this policy domain.
Parts Two and Three: Current Theoretical Approaches to Foreign Policy Analysis shift the focus to contemporary theoretical approaches to foreign policy analysis over the last decade and a half including modern realism, liberal intergovernmentalism and institutionalism, cognitive and psychological approaches, and more recent social constructivist and poststructuralist thinking.
Part Four: Problems and Debates in Contemporary Foreign Policy Analysis turns the attention away from substance of foreign policy to the question of how such analysis should proceed in the first place. Issues covered include the agency-structure debate, the role of ideas and discourses in FPA, critiques of neorealism and other mainstream approaches, in addition to other controversies and debates of an overarching nature.
Together the four parts provide an unparalleled resource for all international relations, political science and public policy libraries.
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Petite histoire de l'experimentation democratique: Tirage au sort et politique d'Athenes a nos jours. |
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Sintomer, Yves/ 9782707170149/ Price:EUR 12.00
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Marxist Perspectives on Irish Society. |
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O'Flynn, Micheal/ 9781443831642/ Price:GBP 39.99
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Displacement by Development: Ethics, Rights and Responsibilities. |
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Penz, Peter/ 9780521124645/ Price:GBP 26.99
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Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised in Brief. |
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Robert III, Henry M./ 9780306820199/ Price:US$ 7.99
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Analysis and Strategies to Counter the Terrorism Threat. |
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Ersen, M. U./ 9781607509639/ Price:EUR 157.00
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This book presents the lectures from the NATO Advanced Training Course (ATC) held in Tirana, Albania, in April 2009. The goal of the ATC was to enhance international cooperation in the fight against terrorism by providing the guidance necessary to promote standard training and basic skills for Partner Nation officials. It provided a forum for exchanging views on the latest developments in the area of threats posed by terrorist organizations, their impact on the national, regional, and global security environment, as well as ways to prevent, deter, counter and respond to them. It also promoted a wide-ranging partnership of cooperation and dialogue in the fight against terrorism, to boost transparency, mutual confidence and the capacity for common and concerted action.
The eleven papers in the book are selected from the lectures and case studies presented during the ATC. They explore the causes and dimensions of terrorism and introduce strategies to counter the terrorist threat, examining different cases related to countering terrorism in detail and explaining the efforts of NATO and the United Nations to counter terrorism. No nation or culture can achieve peace and security at home while ignoring terrorist threats posed to other nations. |
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Counter Terrorism in Diverse Communities. |
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Ekici, S./ 9781607509691/ Price:EUR 135.00
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This book presents papers from the NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) held in Antalya, Turkey, in May 2011. The purpose of the workshop was to explore how culturally and linguistically diverse communities can most effectively respond to the threat of terrorism.
With participants consisting of academics, researchers, law enforcement professionals and terrorism/civil society consultants from 17 different countries, the book ties together research and thoughts focusing on the causes and complexity of terrorism; counterterrorist strategies and approaches, as well as the relationship between diversity and terrorist incidents. Following a general introduction to counterterrorism and diversity, the book is divided into four sections:the terrorism problem; the prevention of terrorism; community oriented counterterrorism and finally, case studies. With contributions from an outstanding group of international participants addressing this important global issue, the book will be of value to anyone with an interest in countering the terrorist threat. |
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Deconstruction After 9/11. |
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McQuillan, Martin/ 9780415807920/ Price:GBP 39.99
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Defence Against Terrorism. |
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Duyan, Adil/ 9781607507635/ Price:EUR 104.00
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This book presents the lectures delivered at the NATO Advanced Training Course (ATC) ¡§Defence Against Terrorism¡¨, held in Amman, Jordan, in January 2010. The purpose of this course, which brought together academics, experts on terrorism and interested parties from NATO countries, was to support NATO on defence issues related to terrorism. Following an introductory chapter which provides a general framework for understanding the history and causes of terrorism, the chapters which follow present a brief overview of alliance antiterrorism operations and their objectives; media and communications; weapons of mass destruction and the opportunities terrorists may have for obtaining them; combating the financing of terrorism post-9/11; relationships between organized criminals and terrorists and lastly, the role and place of strategic communications in combating terrorism. The final chapter discusses future trends in terrorism by looking at the changing profile of terrorism with regard to ideology, organization and structure as well as the means and methods used by terrorists. The collection of these articles in book form covers many different perspectives on terrorism and helps to create an awareness of this growing problem, offering further factors for consideration in the improvement of defense against terrorism and response to related risks. This is a subject of interest not only to those directly involved in this field, but also to a wider audience |
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Evolving Asymmetric Threats in the Balkans. |
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Butiri, Sorin/ 9781607507758/ Price:EUR 108.00
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The Balkans remains a region characterized by inadequate efficiency of state institutions, social and economic instability, organized crime, corruption and unsatisfactory human and minority rights; any of which could be a source for the re-escalation of violence with an ethnic or religious motivation. This book presents the proceedings of the NATO two-day Advanced Research Workshop (ARW), focused on Evolving Asymmetric Threats in the Balkans, held in Belgrade, Serbia in October 2010. Thirty-eight scientists and representatives from NATO and partner countries attended the workshop, with the aim of enhancing cooperation and strengthening the relationship between participating countries, examining the asymmetric threats still active in the Balkans and assessing their influence upon the security and stability in the region. Following an introductory overview of the characteristics, mutual challenges, risks and threats in the region, the workshop was divided into four sessions which covered: terrorism in the Balkans; religious and ethnic extremism; organized crime and corruption and other threats to the region. Each of the first three sessions was followed by a discussion focusing on a number of issues, including the role of the armed forces, combating organized crime and the smuggling of military equipment. The spirit of cooperation, development, democracy, diplomacy, integration and defense evident throughout the workshop, points the way towards positive collaboration among the member states to improve the situation in this troubled region. |
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Response to Nuclear and Radiological Terrorism.
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Voica, Dan-Radu/ 9781607507437/ Price:EUR 104.00
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This book presents the results of the workshop ¡§Response to Nuclear and Radiological Terrorism¡¨, organized by the NATO Center of Excellence - Defence Against Terrorism (COE-DAT) in Ankara, Turkey, January 2010, under the sponsorship of the Science for Peace and Security Programme. This international workshop brought together academics, experts and military professionals to discuss and exchange views on the current threat from terrorist organizations which may attempt to use nuclear or radiological devices to achieve their goals. The workshop, and this book, also address the measures that international, regional and national organizations must implement in order to mitigate these threats, as well as the eventual management of the consequences in the event that such a device should be successfully exploited. The workshop consisted of six panels: What is Nuclear Terrorism?; Assessing the Threat of Nuclear Materials in Terror; How to Prevent Nuclear and Radiological Terrorist Attacks; International Cooperation on Preventing Acts of Nuclear/Radiological Terrorism and Future Trends and lastly; Concepts in Defence Against Nuclear Terrorism. These were supported by 18 lecturers from various institutions around the world. The arguments and insights of the authors whose essays are collected here mean that this book will be of great interest to all those involved in dealing with the potential threat of nuclear or radiological terrorist attacks and their consequences. |
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Theoretical and Technical Perspectives on Security Sector Governance from the Adriatic to the Caspian Sea. |
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Labarre, Frederic/ 9781607507673/ Price:EUR 108.00
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This book presents papers from two NATO conferences: The Advanced Research Workshop ¡§Enhancing Security Sector Governance through Education and Research¡¨, held in June 2009, and the Advanced Study Institute ¡§The Role of Security Sector Governance for the Democratic Transition of the Western Balkans¡¨ in June/ July of the same year, both of which took place in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The focus of both events was on the common challenges faced by the political integration and security sector governance and education of the Balkan, Black Sea and Southern Caucasus areas. With participants from the whole of Europe, North America and the countries from the extended region from the Adriatic to the Caspian Sea, the conferences reunited speakers, experts and students involved in the topic of governance in transition countries. The articles in this book suggest ways for theoretical knowledge and practical experiences to be translated into sustainable practice; bridging expertise, education and practice, and thus addressing key issues in the global approach to security adaptation in the post-Cold War world. Its aim is to inform the next generation of reformers, civil actors and practitioners. The book also marks the 20th anniversary of the Cold War, and represents a chance to assess the progress made in this transitional region since the end of the 1980s. By taking on this important and topical theme in international relations and international security, it focuses on a key factor to contribute to peace and security in the contemporary world: well-designed security sector reform (SSR) policies in different contexts and a sustained attention to good governance. |
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Human Trafficking, Smuggling and Illegal Immigration: International Management by Criminal Organizations. |
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Coen, Myrianne/ 9781607507239/ Price:EUR 108.00
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Organized crime is not in retreat. Quite the reverse; it is spreading far and wide, and contrary to popular belief, it is much more damaging than terrorist activity. The success of any initiative to combat the wide-ranging effects of organized crime depends on a thorough understanding of its geographical, historical and political aspects. Without careful, well informed strategic planning, there is a danger that the problem will only be dealt with piecemeal; individual actors may be apprehended, but the organization as a whole will shift and mutate, never losing its criminal character. All too often, arresting only one member or branch of a criminal organization not only fails to weaken this sector, but can unwittingly strengthen it by assisting the activities of criminal competitors. This book presents the proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Network: The Role of Transnational Criminal Organisations in the Management of Illegal Immigration, Human Smuggling and Trafficking in Europe, hosted by the Bulgarian Academy of Science with the aim of improving diagnosis; pooling knowledge and building a more effective strategy on the information exchanged. In this way, currently uncoordinated individual efforts, aimed at combating organized crime and human trafficking at both a national and international level, can gain momentum and be taken forward. The diverse background and geographical perspective of the authors whose work appears here throws new light on this little-studied area, and make this book of great interest to all those involved in the trans-national struggle to identify and prevent the proliferation of the organised criminal networks. |
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Coping with Blast-Related Traumatic Brain Injury in Returning Troops: Wounds of War III. |
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Wiederhold, Brenda K./ 9781607507963/ Price:EUR 120.00
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It has been shown that those who have served in both combat missions and peacekeeping operations are at increased risk for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Research suggests that this may result from their ¡§wounds of war¡¨. Some wounds may be ¡§invisible¡¨, such as depression, stress, and chronic pain, while others, such as physical disabilities, are more obvious.
In February 2011, 35 scientists and representatives from NATO and Partner countries met in Vienna, Austria for a three-day NATO Advanced Research Workshop entitled ¡§Wounds of War: Coping with Blast-Related Traumatic Brain Injury in Returning Troops¡¨.
The aim of this publication, which presents papers from that workshop, is to critically assess the existing knowledge and to identify directions for future actions. |
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Multi-Faceted Approach to Radicalization in Terrorist Organizations. |
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Bal, Ihsan/ 9781607508236/ Price:EUR 108.00
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Terrorism, and the radicalization of terrorists in particular, has become a focus for academics and practitioners in recent years. However, the concept of radicalization has a variety of definitions, and this is due in part to its relationship to other concepts with no clearly agreed definition, such as terrorism. Clarifying the intellectual background is important if the various trends in radicalization are to be properly understood. A clear picture of such trends is essential for the analysis of the radicalization process which will enable law enforcement agencies, academics and policymakers to develop tactics and strategies to counter such radicalization. This book presents the proceedings of the NATO 2010 Advanced Research Workshop on Developing Prevention Strategies and Tactics in Countering Radicalization, held in Antalya, Turkey, in December 2010.
This workshop reviewed the process through which an individual becomes radicalized, examining the concept of radicalization and presenting comparative perspectives from different countries. It sought to propose a model of prevention policy to target radicalization and present the fundamental dynamics of preventing radicalization. Topics addressed include militant identity building procedure, how radicalization is financed and preventive strategies to counter the use of sophisticated weapons. The book is an important addition to the field of countering terrorism and will be of interest to all practitioners, academics and policymakers involved in this endeavor. |
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Citizens' Report on Governance and Development 2010. |
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National Social Watch India/ 9788132106272/ Price:GBP 24.99
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Conflict Transformation in Central Asia: Irrigation Disputes in the Ferghana Valley. |
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Bichsel, Christine/ 9780415620048/ Price:GBP 42.99
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Non-Traditional Security Threats and Regional Cooperation in the Southern Caucasus. |
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Aydin, Mustafa/ 9781607506836/ Price:EUR 135.00
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This book contains 16 papers, presented at the workshop: Non-Traditional Security Threats and Regional Cooperation in the Southern Caucasus, which was held in Istanbul, Turkey in October 2009. Whilst the Cold War did not exclude the existence of other threats, such as environmental hazards, organized crime, terrorism, economic instability and illegal immigration, but it is only since the emphasis on East-West rivalry and the specter of nuclear confrontation between the two blocs have diminished that these have become articulated as major sources of concern for global security. Non-Traditional Security Threats and Regional Cooperation in the Southern Caucasus is divided into three sections. The papers in the first section provide an overview of emerging, non-traditional challenges to regional security. The second section analyzes the extent of influences from outside the region; focusing on the international dimension, and identifying the security policy orientation of both regional and international actors and the policies implemented by international governmental and non-governmental organizations operating in the region. The four papers in the third and final section deal with the prospects for cooperation from a regional perspective. The obstacles to regional cooperation in the Southern Caucasus can only be dealt with if solutions to the problems associated with transition can be identified. This book contributes to that process by analyzing and increasing awareness of non-traditional threats to security, and provides valuable insights for all those with an interest in the South Caucasian region.
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Perspectives on Immigration and Terrorism. |
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Ruggiero, Giovanni M./ 9781607506850/ Price:EUR 108.00
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Globalization, accompanied by heightened physical and electronic communication pathways, has led to sweeping changes which mean that the economic, political and cultural realities of one country may influence those of other countries, despite them being geographically far apart. Increased migration, both within and across national borders, serves only to amplify the potential problems that this can cause. Trauma and violence are often associated with the migration process, and even where they are not, migration and immigration represent a massive challenge to individuals which frequently involves loss of identity, alienation and discrimination. This book is a collection of 16 papers from the NATO sponsored meeting entitled Perspectives on Immigration and Terrorism, which took place in Milan (Italy) in March 2010, and which focused on the psychological and socio-cultural precursors to the radicalization of immigrant youth in Europe. Some of the topics explored include: factors of cultural and ideological opposition to western societies; the growing pressure of the process of secularization; aspects of terrorism; immigration as a possible trajectory for political radicalism; the interaction between traumatic experience and immigration; acculturation and adjustment to a new culture; potential predictors of terrorist behavior and the role of a sense of national belonging. The book provides many perspectives on the way in which vulnerability to radical ideology may develop among individuals whose lack of personal and social resources may result in alienation, frustration and desperation. It also offers solutions which might be implemented to mitigate or prevent this problem. |
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Globalization in Crisis. |
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Gills, Barry K./ 9780415600484/ Price:GBP 125.00
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Democracy, Equality, and Justice. |
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Matravers, Matt/ 9780415592925/ Price:GBP 125.00
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State and Local Government, 2010-2011 Edition. |
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Smith, Kevin B./ 9781604267303/ Price:GBP 27.99
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YOUR DIPLOMATS AT WORK: A Comedy in Seven Acts. |
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Huffman, Franklin E./ 9780983245179/ Price:US$ 26.00
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Mahatma Gandhi. |
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Allen, Douglas/ 9781861898654/ Price:GBP 11.99
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Mahatma Gandhi was one of the most admired and controversial figures of the twentieth century, and he remains so today. In this book leading Gandhi scholar Douglas Allen presents a new, challenging approach to understanding Gandhi¡¦s life and the contexts within which he lived and shaped history, and how his philosophy and practices can be reformulated in ways that are most significant today.
Mahatma Gandhi explores the historical and cultural significance of Gandhi¡¦s extraordinary life and analyses his continuing relevance in addressing key issues of truth, ethics, violence and non-violence, war and peace, equality and freedom, different forms of exploitation and oppression, religion and religious conflict and dialogue, and environmental crises. |
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Mossy Memoir Of A Rolling Stone. |
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Buchanan, Thompson/ 9780983689942/ Price:US$ 24.00
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This memoir describes the challenges facing a Foreign Service political officer during the Cold War in a career focused primarily on the Soviet Union and Africa. Along the way he writes of his early life, his education, his service in World War II in the V-12 program and Germany; family adventures in Jackson Hole and Provence; and thoughts about life in the Foreign Service, the practice of diplomacy; and the final journey. |
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G. D. H. Cole: Selected Works, 11-Vols/Set. |
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Thompson, Noel/ 9780415566513/ Price:GBP 1300.00
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G. D. H. Cole was one of the foremost British socialist thinkers of the twentieth century. His literary output was immense and encompassed works of social theory, economics, political economy, economic history, social and labour history, political theory, history of thought and sociology. The books and pamphlets chosen for this edition are amongst his most significant. They are representative of the different phases of his thinking and illustrative of an acute and inquiring socialist mind as it wrestled with the formidable political and intellect challenges confronted by socialists in this most turbulent of centuries.
This set re-issues 10 works of the well-known socialist thinker G. D. H. Cole and one volume of collected pamphlets, originally published between 1917 and 1956. The works in this collection encompass three critical periods of Cole¡¦s socialist thinking: the guild socialist decade from 1913-23; the post 1929 period when his political economy was dominated by the notion of socialist economic intervention and planning, and the post-war period when, like other socialist theorists, he sought to come to terms with the particular challenges posed by the legacy of the Attlee governments, and the emergence of an affluent society. A substantial introduction by Noel Thompson places the works in their social, political and historical context and illustrates their continued relevance.
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E-Government Website Development: Future Trends and Strategic Models. |
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Downey, Ed/ 9781616920180/ Price:US$ 180.00
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Web sites present the public face of government to its online constituents. As such, they are the focus of much research and investigation. While many of the investigations are designed to provide basic information about product development, it is the intent of this book to look beyond product development approaches to e-government and to examine emerging trends and strategies in Web site development.
E-Government Website Development: Future Trends and Strategic Models focuses on three foundational aspects of e-government Web sites, namely concepts or theories that influence e-government Web site development, description and analysis of e-government Web site experience from different national perspectives, and possible models that might provide direction for future e-government development. The authors brilliantly incorporate a combination of basic concepts that will guide future development of governmental Web sites, descriptive research about the state of e-government in various parts of the world, and a specific prescription for the future of e-government Web sites into one essential compilation.
Topics Covered
E-Government Web site Development
Market Value vs. Political Value
Use and Gratification Theory
Technical Acceptance Model
Diffusion of Innovation Theory
Limited English Proficiency (LEP)
Ethical Decision Making
Multi-Attribute Decision Making (MADM)
Fuzzy Sets Theory
Digital Divide
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Interoperability in Digital Public Services and Administration: Bridging E-Government and E-Business. |
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Charalabidis, Yannis/ 9781615208876/ Price:US$ 180.00
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During the last decade, interoperability has emerged as a vivid research area in electronic business and electronic governance, promising a significant increase in productivity and efficiency of information systems, enterprises and administrations.
Interoperability in Digital Public Services and Administration: Bridging E-Government and E-Business provides the latest research findings such as theoretical foundations, principles, methodologies, architectures, technical frameworks, international policy, standardization and case studies for the achievement of interoperability within the provision of digital services, from administration and businesses toward the user citizens and enterprises.
Topics Covered
Challenges of implementing e-government interoperability
National interoperability frameworks
Finding and sharing e-government resources
Interoperability requirements, recommendations and standards in e-participation
Model-driven development
Interoperability for agile cross-organizational collaborations
Interoperability for social services information management
Scientific foundation for interoperability
Knowledge interoperability
Benefit of interoperability
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Handbook of Research on E-Planning: ICTs for Urban Development and Monitoring. |
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Silva, Carlos Nunes/ 9781615209293/ Price:US$ 295.00
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Traditional urban planning has progressed greatly thanks to developments in technology. Such technological advancements have created a new form of urban planning referred to as e-planning, which incorporates the traditional elements of urban planning with information communication technologies. Although progressing rapidly into the professional world, research on the use of ICTs in urban planning remains very minimal.
The Handbook of Research on E-Planning: ICTs for Urban Development and Monitoring provides relevant theoretical perspectives on the use of ICT in urban planning as well as an account of the most recent developments in the practice of e-planning in different regions of the world. Discussing theories and methods, citizen participation, and innovation in urban management in e-planning, this book is essential for those who want to improve their knowledge about the use of ICT in urban planning, focusing greatly on its strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities.
Topics Covered
*Computer games and urban planning
*GIS implementation
*ICT integration in sustainable local policies
*ICTs and participation in developing cities
*Multi-agent systems for complex decision-making
*Online planning and decision-making
*Portals for public participation in urban planning
*Public participation in e-government
*RFID in urban planning
*Virtual 3D city models
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America and the Cold War, 1941-1991: A Realist Interpretation, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Graebner, Norman A./ 9780313385254/ Price:US$ 137.00
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sweeping historical account that focuses on the policy differences at the center of this conflict. In its pages, three preeminent authors offer an examination of contemporary criticism of the Cold War, documenting the views of observers who appreciated that many policies of the period were not only dangerous, but could not resolve the problems they contemplated.
The study offers a comprehensive chronicle of U.S.-Soviet relations, broadly conceived, from World War II to the collapse of the Soviet Union. It places the origins of the Cold War as related to the contentious issues of World War II and stresses the failure of Washington to understand or seriously seek settlement of those issues. It points out how nuclear weaponry gradually assumed political stature and came to dominate high-level, Soviet-American diplomatic activity, at the same time discounting the notion that the Cold War was a global ideological confrontation for the future of civilization. A concluding chapter draws lessons from the Cold War decades, showing how they apply to dealing with nation-states and terrorist groups today.
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West and the Middle East, The., 4-Vols/Set. |
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Rubin, Barry/ 9780415563901/ Price:GBP 875.00
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Why is the Middle East the only part of the world which has drawn the West into wars in the last thirty years? With a sequence of events since 1945, including the Six-Day War, the Iranian revolution, the Iran-Iraq war, and the two Gulf wars, the Middle East has been the most important region of diplomacy, crisis, and controversy for the West. More recent events - notably the 2001 attack on the United States but also a number of other events (Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, nuclear proliferation, oil) - have even further escalated both engagement and debate. This has been punctuated by large-scale immigration to the West from the region. Islamism is the only ideology that challenges the dominant, globalizing, modern form of society.
All of these factors have greatly increased interest in the West toward its engagement in the region and the need for good materials explaining the history, the strategies, events, and ideas. This new title in the Routledge Major Works series, Critical Concepts in Political Science, meets the need for an authoritative reference work to answer these and other questions, and to enable users to make sense of the subject¡¦s vast literature and the continuing explosion in research output.
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Urban Politics, 4-Vols/Set |
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Davies, Jonathan S/ 9781847876102/ Price:GBP 675.00
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City politics is an ancient, enduring and vibrant enterprise that can be traced back over two millennia. Its key concerns include the nature of power, institutions, governance, community, scale and economic processes, as well as the urban citizenry itself and the public policy efforts to address their problems. The study of these concerns is inherently interdisciplinary, as local political processes are shaped by social forces, spatial dynamics and economic factors.
Volume One: Traditions and Transitions examines different ways in which the politics of city life have been conceived down the ages; Volume Two: Political Economy and Power brings together theoretical work developed to explain urban politics, focusing on the key interactions between economic and political processes and the distribution and nature of political power; Volume Three: Institutions and Governance focuses on the formal and informal institutions of urban government and the task of urban governance; Volume Four: Publics and Policies covers a range of topics in urban politics related to its various publics and related problems and policies.
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Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace, The., 4-Vols/Set. |
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Young, Nigel/ 9780195334685/ Price:US$ 520.00
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"Finding peaceful solutions to the world's increasingly complex problems will be a huge task, which must also be based upon knowledge, experience and research . I hope that this important new Encyclopedia will reach a global lay audience as well as policy makers and academic experts and encourage many thousands of readers to study further and work harder for the peace on which our whole future depends ." -From the Foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
This innovative, multivolume encyclopedia charts the interdisciplinary field of Peace Studies, offering a comprehensive survey of the full range of historical, political, theoretical and philosophical issues relating to peace and conflict. All major figures are covered, as well as major events, organizations, theories, and much more. Each entry is signed by a leading scholar in the field, contains a bibliography for further reading, and is cross-referenced with other useful points of interest within the encyclopedia. In addition to A-to-Z entries, the Encyclopedia also includes a peace chronology, key documents and appendices.
Key subjects covered include: world leaders (Mahatma Gandhi, Margaret Mead, Cesar Chavez, Martin Luther King, Jr., Lucretia Mott); major events (Cuban Missile Crisis, Dayton Accords, Good Friday Agreement, Lebanon Hostage Crisis); organizations (Greenpeace, League of Nations, United Nations, Save the Children, International Committee of the Red Cross); theories (Civil Disobedience, Conscientious Objection, Feminism and Peace, Power and Nonviolence Theory, Eco-Pacifism, Gay Rights); and current events (Chemical and Biological Weapons, Human Rights, War Crimes, Terrorism). |
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Encyclopedia of Political Theory, 3-Vols/set. |
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Bevir, Mark/ 9781412958653/ Price:GBP 465.00
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In discussing a topic, political science lecturers and course textbooks often toss out the name of a theorist or make a sideways reference to a particular theory and move on, as if assuming their student audience possesses the necessary background to appreciate and integrate the reference. However, academic librarians can tell you this is usually far from the case. Students often approach them seeking a source to provide a quick overview of a particular theory or theorist with just the basics: the who, what, where, how, and why. And librarians often find it difficult to guide these students to a quick, one-stop source.
This work serves as a reference source for anyone interested in the roots of contemporary political theory. Drawing together a team of international scholars, it examines the global landscape of all the key theories and the theorists behind them, presenting them in the context needed to understand their strengths and weaknesses. In addition to interpretations of long-established theories, it also offers essays on cutting-edge research as one might find in a handbook. And, like an unabridged dictionary, it provides concise, to-the-point definitions of key concepts, ideas, schools, and figures.
Coverage includes:
" Ancient Theory
" Medieval Theory
" Early Modern Theory
" Enlightenment
" Modern Theory
" Constitutionalism
" Liberalism
" Critical Theory
" Continental Theory
" Empirical Theory
" Comparative Political Thought.
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Political Psychology, 4-Vols/set. |
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Lavine, Howard/ 9781848607095/ Price:GBP 780.00
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Political psychology is an interdisciplinary field in which psychological concepts and methods are used to test theories about elite and mass political behaviour. The field draws on a diverse set of disciplinary sources, including anthropology, neuroscience, history, behavioural genetics, psychoanalysis, as well as all branches of psychology. This collection brings together this diverse body of work, organizing it and distilling it into a single vital reference source. Its aim is to provide a definitive set of classic and contemporary readings representing all theoretical, methodological and epistemological approaches to the study of the political psychology, as well as to provide extensive coverage of the myriad areas of political behaviour from a psychological perspective.
Volume One: Theoretical Approaches
Volume Two: Public Opinion and Mass Political Behaviour
Volume Three: International Relations and the Psychology of Political Elites
Volume Four: Intergroup Relations and Political Violence
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War and Conflict Communication, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Seib, Philip/ 9780415554589/ Price:GBP 140.00
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The close and complex relationship between conflict and communication has been vividly illustrated in work spanning the writings of Homer and Thucydides to blogs bashed out on contemporary battlefields. And in recent decades there has been a huge growth in scholarly and popular interest in the subject. As serious research flourishes as never before, this new two-volume collection from Routledge's acclaimed Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies series has been assembled by the field's leading thinker to meet the need for an authoritative reference work to make sense of a rapidly growing and ever more complex corpus of cross-disciplinary literature.
Drawing on disparate, and sometimes less accessible, sources, the two volumes gather together canonical and the very best cutting-edge scholarship to cover a diverse range of key themes, including: the theory and reality of journalistic practice; the effects of conflict communication on the policy process; and the impact of technology on the very nature of war and conflict.
The collection also includes a full index, together with a comprehensive introduction, newly written by the editor, which places the collected material in its historical and intellectual context. War and Conflict Communication is an essential work of reference and will be welcomed as a vital one-stop research and pedagogic resource.
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Intelligence, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Johnson, Loch K/ 9780415569712/ Price:GBP 375.00
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The first volume in the collection is devoted to the core mission of security intelligence-the collection and analysis of global information (the world's secrets and mysteries). Nations take the task of acquiring security intelligence (often regarded as 'the first line of defence') with the utmost seriousness. Considerable resources-upwards of $50 billion per year in the case of the United States-are spent in the hope of avoiding catastrophic surprises such as the events of 11 September 2001. But, in many nations, intelligence agencies have taken on international assignments beyond this core duty, and they also conduct so-called 'dirty tricks'. Volume II collects the most important work to describe and critically evaluate such covert action, which can include attempts to manipulate history through the use of propaganda, political and economic operations, and paramilitary activities.
Intelligence agencies typically play another important role: guarding state secrets and resources from penetration by foreign governments and factions. The third volume of the collection assembles the essential thinking on the business of counterintelligence. Volume IV, meanwhile, brings together the best work on the vital question of intelligence accountability. Who will guard the guards themselves?
Intelligence is fully indexed and includes a comprehensive introduction, newly written by the editor, which places the collected materials in its historical and intellectual context. It is destined to be valued by scholars and students as a vital one-stop research and pedagogic resource.
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Feminist International Relations, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Sylvester, Christine/ 9780415478434/ Price:GBP 1250.00
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Feminist International Relations is a new title in the Routledge Major Works series, Critical Concepts in International Relations. Edited by Christine Sylvester, a leading scholar in the field, it is a five-volume collection which brings together the best and most influential cutting-edge and canonical feminist IR scholarship.
Feminist International Relations can be seen as a project by feminists to influence international relations¡Xboth as a set of practices (e.g. war, diplomacy, terrorism, aid, and trade) and as a set of theories (such as realism, liberal institutionalism, and constructivism). Adopting a combined thematic and chronological structure, the collection brings together the work of indisputable luminaries in this project, as well as vital research from new generations of scholars.
Volumes I and II (¡¥Muses¡¦) cover the years before 1985 and collects key works that influenced early feminist IR thinking. Work from women¡¦s studies, philosophy, history, sociology, and the history of science is included here. Volume III (¡¥1985¡V96¡¦) brings together the most important earliest recognizably feminist IR writings from that period. The fourth volume in the collection (¡¥Wider Influences¡¦) gathers the best of newer writings from cognate fields and from the rise of cultural theory, postcolonial studies, and gay and lesbian studies. The final volume (¡¥1997¡V2009¡¦) focuses on scholarship produced from the mid-1990s to the present day, material that is characterized by a broadening of themes, geographical interests, and theories.
With comprehensive introductions to each volume, newly written by the editor, which place the collected material in its historical and intellectual context, Feminist International Relations is an essential collection destined to be valued by scholars and students of IR¡Xand those working in cognate disciplines¡Xas a vital research resource.
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Interpretive Political Science, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Bevir, Mark/ 9781847875808/ Price:GBP 675.00
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'Interpretive' political science describes a broad range of approaches that challenge scientism for its lack of sensitivity to meanings, subjectivity and historical context. Much interpretive political study is founded on the insistence on the importance of meanings in human action and draws on the rich philosophical traditions of Schultz, Foucault, Derrida and Ricoeur, joined in the 1980s and 1990s by radical scholars influenced by cultural Marxism and post-foundationalism. Interpretive Political Science would capitalise on the growth and vigour of this field of study, and bring together for the first time a selection of writings that encompass theory and methods as well as policy and practice.
Table of Contents
VOLUME 1: INTERPRETIVE THEORY
a.) General
b.) Meaning in Action
c.) Tradition and Agency
d.) Narrative and Critique
VOLUME 2: INTERPRETIVE METHODS
a.) General
b.) Qualitative Methods
c.) Ethnography and Interviewing
d.) Textual Analysis
VOLUME 3: INTERPRETING POLITICS
a.) General
b.) Cultural Practices
c.) Traditions and Resistance
d.) Historical Sociology
VOLUME 4: POLICY AND PRACTICE
a.) General
b.) Policy Analysis - Theory
c.) Policy Analysis - Practice
d.) Dialogue and Deliberation
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International Institutions, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Goldstein, Judith L./ 9781847878984/ Price:GBP 780.00
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Sovereign nations share the international system with a host of non-state transnational actors. Some of these entities have been created by states themselves, often as a result of the need to jointly solve a common problem, such as the United Nations. Other international entities are created when members of a society organize across traditional national boundaries to deal with a collective concern, such as Amnesty International or Oxfam. To understand and explain contemporary world politics we need to consider these institutions, as key actors influencing issues of war and peace.
Although transnational actors are not new on the world stage, the number and type of these international entities expanded dramatically after World War II. This set examines both the rise of these new transnational actors and their effect on international politics and policies.
Volume One: Causes - Why Do International Institutions Exist?
Volume Two: Consequences - When, Where and Why International Institutions are Effective
Volume Three: Types of Institutions - Security and Economic
Volume Four: Types of Institutions - Environment, Human Rights, International Courts, Multilateralism, Regionalism
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Politics of Modern Southeast Asia, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Hicken, Allen/ 9780415450614/ Price:GBP 300.00
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Southeast Asia commands the attention of a sizable and committed number of scholars focused primarily on describing and understanding politics in modern Southeast Asia. However, the region is also of growing interest and importance to scholars and practitioners of politics who are not first and foremost Southeast Asian specialists.
The region offers a rich tapestry of comparatively under-studied cases that can shed light on political dynamics and political economy within developing states. For example, those interested in why and how some countries manage rapid economic development while others do not, find that Southeast Asia is home to some of the fastest growing economies in the last 40 years (Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and later Indonesia) along side economic basket cases (e.g. Myanmar/Burma) and chronic under-performers (e.g. the Philippines). Or, if one¡¦s interest is in transitions to or from democracy there are abundant examples of both to be found in the region, along with countries that seem to function stably somewhere in between democracy and autocracy.
For those concerned about the compatibility of Islam with democracy, Indonesia¡¦s experiment with democracy is a critical case study. In short, Southeast Asia is increasingly attracting the attention of those without extensive expertise in the region.
The Politics of Modern Southeast Asia is a unique collection of the best work on modern Southeast Asian politics. There is no comparable volume currently in existence and this 4-Volume Set will be an invaluable resource for students and instructors interested in Southeast Asia/East Asia. |
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Citizenship. |
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Bellamy, Richard/ 9780754628125/ Price:GBP 240.00
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Interest in citizenship has never been greater. Politicians of all stripes stress its importance, as do church leaders, captains of industry and every kind of campaigning group. Yet, despite this popularity, the nature and even the very possibility of citizenship has never been more contested. Is citizenship intrinsically linked to political participation or is it essentially a legal status? Does it require membership of a state, or is it only post-national, trans- and possibly supra-national? Is it a universal value that should be the same for all, or does it need to recognise gender and cultural differences? This volume reproduces key articles on these debates - from classic accounts of the historical development of citizenship, to discussions of its contemporary relevance and possible forms in a globalizing world. |
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Public Ethics. |
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Bellamy, Richard/ 9780754628095/ Price:GBP 240.00
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Political realists are accustomed to argue that ethical considerations have no place in public affairs. This is always a debatable view: realism habitually employs a crude utilitarian morality rather than being totally amoral, and ethical considerations have continued to play an ever more prominent role in the thinking and actions of policy makers and politicians. In addition, citizens increasingly expect policies not only to be efficient and effective according to some purely economic or prudential calculation, but also to be equitable and just as well. As a consequence, both the public and private morality of politicians and public officials has come under ever greater scrutiny. The essays collected together in this volume explore the ethical issues raised by the process and substance of policy-making, and discuss whether it is reasonable to expect ethical standards in public affairs. |
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Political Accountability. |
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Bellamy, Richard/ 9780754628064/ Price:GBP 220.00
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Political accountability forms a cornerstone of modern democracy: it directs the political system towards the public interest and allows the exercise of the principles of autonomy and self-determination that lie at the core of democratic politics. Sadly, existing democracies, with their large, centralized bureaucracies, have evolved in ways that progressively undermine the ability of citizens to keep their representatives accountable and political regimes responsive. Far from reversing this trend, the neoliberal reforms introduced since the 1980s have increased that accountability gap. Globalization and the alleged passage from 'government' to 'governance' have aggravated the problem further. The notion of accountability that survives these changes is a problematic form of auditing carried out by a constellation of quangos, autonomous agencies and NGOs whose own accountability is problematic. This volume collects the main contributions to current debates on political accountability. It explores the challenges traditional conventions of accountability face today at the domestic, trans- and international levels and indicates the distinctive solutions those challenges require. |
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International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, The., 4-Vols/Set. |
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Breslin, Shaun/ 9781412947831/ Price:GBP 780.00
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The contemporary importance of the Asia-Pacific region in international relations has generated a very large and diverse academic literature. This four-volume set brings together for the first time a collection of essential articles covering the key themes and issues since the end of the Cold War. It examines the ways in which the region understands its place in the world and how the rest of the world understands the 'Asia Pacific', before turning to matters of security, international political economy and regional governance.
*Volume I: Theorizing International Relations: Asia Views the World and the World Views Asia
*Volume II: International Relations in Practice: Securities Old and New
*Volume III: The International Political Economy of Development in East Asia
*Volume IV: Regions and Regionalism
Series description:
The SAGE Library of International Relations brings together the most influential and field-defining articles, both classical and contemporary, in a number of key areas of research and inquiry in International Relations.
Each multi-volume set represents a collection of the essential published works collated from the foremost publications in the field by an editor or editorial team of renowned international stature.
They also include a full introduction, presenting a rationale for the selection and mapping out the discipline's past, present and likely future.
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International Development, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Boas, Morten/ 9781847870216/ Price:GBP 780.00
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This collection of four volumes traces the evolution and contemporary state of International Development through the articles that have defined the field and its history. The selection reveals the elements of continuity and change in this evolution and emphasizes the dynamic interplay between intellectual theoretical advances, political developments and development practice.
Volume I takes President Truman's inaugural speech of 1948 as the starting point of the era of 'international development' and examines the theoretical background to this speech as well as the theories of 'modernization' that came in its wake. Volume II looks at the radical critique of modernization theory in the 1960s and early 1970s.
Volume III traces the movement of the debates in the 1980s and 1990s from structural adjustment to the focus on 'good governance'. Volume IV focuses on the most recent development critiques, including post-colonial studies, and the theories of post-development and social movements.
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Terror, Religion, and Liberal Thought. |
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Miller, Richard B./ 9780231150989/ Price:US$ 75.00
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The Blue Planet: Informal International Police Networks and National Intelligence. |
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Bayer, Michael D./ 9781482062960/ Price:US$ 23.99
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Risk Regulation in the United States and European Union: Controlling Chaos. |
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Svedin, Lina M./ 9780230620490/ Price:GBP 68.00
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A People's History of the United States. |
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Zinn, Howard/ 9780061965586/ Price:US$ 25.00
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Black Sea Security: International Cooperation and Counter-Trafficking in the Black Sea Region. |
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Houston, Fiona/ 9781607506362/ Price:EUR 108.00
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The Black Sea is a vital strategic crossroads between Europe, Central Asia and the Middle East. Comprising at least ten countries, with diverse religious, cultural, political and economic backgrounds, the region was shaped historically by centuries of conflict between the Ottoman and Russian empires, and in the 20th century by the rise and dramatic collapse of the Soviet Union and the subsequent post-Cold War emergence of newly independent states. The region faces emerging security challenges of major international strategic interest, not least because 80% of all Russian gas destined for Europe transits through the Black Sea states. The nexus for unresolved territorial conflicts which have led to the establishment of intractable guerrilla regimes, the region is also a hotbed of illicit trafficking in counterfeit goods, drugs, weapons and radioactive material from discarded former Soviet facilities. This book expands on the proceedings and subsequent contributions resulting from a NATO workshop held at Oxford University. The workshop on Black Sea security cooperation brought together key government and private sector stakeholders in the region. The first part of the book covers the security challenges to the Black Sea region. The second part looks at the prospects for shaping a new security architecture in the region, highlighting various regional law enforcement and counter-trafficking cooperation initiatives and proposing a range of technical security cooperation solutions to the ongoing challenges. The final part of the book offers perspectives on the South Ossetia conflict. |
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Complex Societal Dynamics: Security Challenges and Opportunities. |
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Martinas, Katalin/ 9781607506522/ Price:EUR 135.00
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This book contains 20 papers drawn from presentations and discussions at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Complex Societal Dynamics: Security Challenges and Opportunities, held in Zagreb, Croatia in December 2009. The theory of complex systems views societies as complex configurations of actors engaged in overlapping and interlocking patterns of relationship. While the rapid development of computing capabilities has provided the tools to study complex systems in a controlled, repeatable and rigorous manner, these are rarely applied to the security domain, and security experts are not adequately informed as to the applicability of such systems to their areas of concern. This book, and the ARW that it summarizes, address this problem with a forum where the fields of complexity and security meet. The papers presented here attest to the diversity of scientific approaches - including some classic methodologies from physics and economics ¡V which can be applied to complex societal dynamics and its implications for security. Subjects covered include: the social construction of security and threats, scientific reasoning as a tool for making policy decisions, European counter terrorism infrastructure, anthropological studies of human interactional networks in virtual worlds, the potential threats of nanotechnology, theoretical and formal approaches to social conflict and a simulation model of phase transitions in passive supporters of terrorism. Of equal interest to those working in the fields of complexity and security, this book covers the common ground essential for an improved understanding of how complex societal processes can affect the security issue. |
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Justice. |
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Campbell, Tom/ 9780230221680/ Price:GBP 29.99
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Web Intelligence and Security: Advances in Data and Text Mining Techniques for Detecting and Preventing Terrorist Activities on the Web. |
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Last, Mark/ 9781607506102/ Price:EUR 135.00
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Terrorists are continuously learning to utilize the Internet as an accessible and cost-effective information infrastructure. Since a constant manual monitoring of terrorist-generated multilingual web content is not a feasible task, automated Web Intelligence and Web Mining methods are indispensable for efficiently securing the Web against its misuse by terrorists and other dangerous criminals. Web Intelligence and Security contains chapters by the key speakers of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Web Intelligence and Security that took place on November 18-20, 2009 in Ein-Bokek, Israel. This Workshop has brought together a multinational group of leading scientists and practitioners interested in exploiting data and text mining techniques for countering terrorist activities on the Web. Most talks were focused on presenting available methods and tools that can alleviate the information overload of intelligence and security experts. The key features of this book include: An up-to-date analysis of the current and future threats of the Internet misuse by terrorists and other malicious elements including cyberterrorism, terror financing and interactive online communication by terrorists and their supporters; Detailed presentation of the state-of-the-art algorithms and tools aimed at detecting and monitoring malicious online activities on the Web; Introduction of novel data mining and text mining methods that can be used to efficiently analyze the massive amounts of multi-lingual Web content; The book's wide audience includes research scientists, graduate students, intelligence analysts, and data / text mining practitioners. |
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Intelligence Cooperation Practices in the 21st Century: Towards a Culture of Sharing.
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Tuzuner, Musa/ 9781607506072/ Price:EUR 108.00
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Security cooperation, be it intranational, bilateral, or transnational, evolves around the basic idea of some kind of sharing. Information naturally grows when it is shared, not only as an accumulation of separate parts, but as an evolving, organic body of knowledge that in turn sparks further knowledge. Based on this premise, a group of leading practitioners and scholars in the field of intelligence were brought together to discuss the modern dynamics of intelligence sharing. This edited volume presents a selection of their contributions and provides an original and practice-driven analysis of the challenges for current security and intelligence cooperation. Intelligence Cooperation Practices in the 21st Century: Towards a Culture of Sharing will be of interest to students, scholars and practitioners of international relations, intelligence, terrorism, security and policing. ¡§Security scholarship has long suffered from a gap that exists between scholars and practitioners. This gap leads to unfortunate discrepancies, both at the conceptual and practical levels. Dr. Tuzuner¡¦s edited volume is one of the rare attempts to bridge this divide in a particularly sensitive area of security studies. The various contributions are full of original insights, which are sure to inspire invaluable further research and inquiry.¡¨ Ersel Aydinli, Bilkent University, Turkey |
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Use of Force in Countering Terrorism. |
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Ersen, M. U./ 9781607505068/ Price:EUR 104.00
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No nation or culture can achieve peace and security if it ignores the threat of terrorism, either to itself or to others. Terrorists seek to exploit ethnic and religious conflicts, ideological differences and instability, no matter what form it takes, and terrorism undoubtedly presents one of the world¡¦s most serious security challenges. This book presents a collection of lectures delivered at the advanced training course organized by the Centre of Excellence ¡V Defence Against Terrorism (COE-DAT) in September 2008. The aims of this course were to provide a forum for the exchange of views on developments in the terrorist threat and promote wider ranging partnership and cooperation between those engaged in combating terrorism world wide, with a particular emphasis on the use of force in combating terror. The ten papers presented here address subjects including: asymmetrical war, the past and present application of force as a countermeasure, international humanitarian law (IHL) and the balance between liberty and security, organizational communication, cyber terrorism, access to weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and the strategic role of leadership.This wide ranging collection, covering the use of force as well as many other aspects of terrorism, provides an important resource for all those interested in multinational efforts to combat the threat of global terrorism. Inaugurated in 2005, COE-DAT is a NATO accredited Centre of Excellence; a unique centre dedicated to Defence Against Terrorism, which provides DAT training and education at strategic and operational levels and contributes to research efforts |
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Bioterrorism: Threats and Deterrents. |
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Cankaya, Selcuk/ 9781607505006/ Price:EUR 104.00
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This book summarises the lectures presented at the Centre of Excellence ¡V Defence Against Terrorism (COE-DAT) workshop on Bioterrorism of November 2008. The contributors are a diverse group of academics and practitioners, selected for their expertise in the field. Their contributions cover the definition and classification of bioterrorism and take account of its various dimensions, examining the theoretical, historical and practical aspects, as well as the defence against it. Consisting of seven papers and four summaries, the book covers subjects such as biodiversity, the historical use of biological agents and the concern for public safety, the role of the International Science & Technology Center in countering bioterrorism, the Global Forum on Biorisks, threat assessment, animal health and disease with reference to biological safety and the Biological Weapons Convention. The workshop itself was of necessity restricted to a small number of participants, but with this book, research, experience and perspectives on biological risks can be shared with a wider audience, allowing further consideration and improvements in countering risks and responding to biological threats and attacks. Inaugurated in 2005, COE-DAT is a NATO accredited Centre of Excellence; a unique centre dedicated to Defence Against Terrorism, which provides DAT training and education at strategic and operational levels and contributes to research efforts. |
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Medical Response to Terror Threats. |
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Richman, Aaron/ 9781607505020/ Price:EUR 104.00
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We do not automatically associate the practice of medicine with al-Qaeda or weapons of mass destruction, yet medical practitioners increasingly play their part in the war against terrorism. Called to risk their own lives in order to help others, they are always among those first responders who must overcome their natural instinct to get away, and instead, rush to the scene of any fresh terror attack to offer what aid they can to the victims. The successful medical response to terror threats requires regular training and accurate information. This book is one product of the NATO workshop ¡¥Terror Medicine¡¦, held in Jerusalem in 2008. The twelve chapters were written by the subject matter experts who led this workshop and topics covered include: assessment of medical threats in various types of terrorist attack, the special medical threat of suicide bombings, the unique epidemiology of terrorist attacks, management of terror related mass casualty events (MCE), analysis of case studies and best practices as well as lessons learned and standard operating protocol (SOP) expertise. Reflecting multiple lifetimes¡¦ worth of experience and research and providing expert analysis to the professionals who must respond to the hazards, threats and injuries caused by terrorism, this book is an important addition to the resources of those who continue to fight global terrorism with their medical skills, as well as being of interest to all who support them in that fight. |
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The Politics of Happiness: What Government Can Learn from the New Research on Well-Being. |
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Bok, Derek/ 9780691144894/ Price:US$ 24.95
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NATO at 60: The Post-Cold War Enlargement and the Alliance's Future. |
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Bebler, Anton/ 9781607500933/ Price:EUR 120.00
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As we reach its 60th anniversary, NATO ¡Va security alliance of 28 countries from North America and Europe- remains the principal security instrument of the transatlantic community and the expression of its common democratic values. However, the NATO today is no longer that of 1949. After the collapse of Communism and the Soviet Union, NATO had to reinvent itself politically for the initial challenges of the post-Cold War era. In the space of a decade, NATO successfully transformed itself from a North American-Western European Alliance focused exclusively on territorial defence into a pan-European institution with new members stretching from the Baltic to the Black Sea. NATO¡¦s missions have changed and its structures have been reformed accordingly. It has had to adapt to the changing world and changing threats such as terrorism, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, transnational trafficking, piracy, cyber attacks or climate change. Sixty years after its foundation NATO has not become rusty or outdated. On the contrary, in the new security environment its role has increased. NATO remains the pre-eminent institutional framework for the USA, Canada and Europe ¡V not just to consult together, but also to act together. NATO¡¦s key stabilising role in the Balkans and, more recently, in Afghanistan; its role in fighting terrorism; and the continuing interest on the part of several nations in joining NATO, all demonstrate that the Alliance is very much in demand. The Post-Cold War enlargement and the Alliance¡¦s future reflects upon NATO¡¦s achievements and setbacks at the time that explores the challenges that lie ahead in the future of the most successful military Alliance of the modern Euro-Atlantic history and beyond. This book is a must-have for those interested in international relations, global security and defence issues. |
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Pandemics and Bioterrorism: Transdisciplinary Information Sharing for Decision-Making against Biological Threats. |
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Trufanov, Andrey/ 9781607500865/ Price:EUR 108.00
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This book is a collection of papers presented at the NATO ASI conference Transdisciplinary Information Sharing for Decision-Making against Biological Threats. Traditionally, it has been natural disasters and industrial accidents which have posed the greatest threat to society, but increasingly, chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) emergencies present new challenges, with the potential to become global threats on an unprecedented scale. This has led to calls for the international community to implement a ¡¥new way of thinking¡¦ to enable better communication worldwide to counter the threat of global terrorism. A successful counter terrorism strategy requires cooperation between agencies traditionally reluctant to share information: governments, industry, the scientific community and civil society in general. The body of knowledge and experience being developed in this field is now so immense that a new information sharing paradigm is required for these various disciplines in different societies to properly understand each other. The key obstacle to any scientific, technical or social process is inefficient or non-existent information sharing. This work is of interest to anyone involved in the mitigation, preparedness, response to or recovery from disasters of any kind. Highlighting strategic enablers such as cross-disciplinary information sharing, international outreach and partner activities, public diplomacy and strategic communication, it is a robust step towards a new era of genuine cross-silo information sharing and cooperation in an atmosphere of trust. |
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Assessing the Threat of Weapons of Mass Destruction: The Role of Independent Scientists. |
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Finney, John L./ 9781607500841/ Price:EUR 135.00
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Assessing the Threat of Weapons of Mass Destruction is a collection of papers delivered at the Nato Advanced Research Workshop of the same name, which examined the role of independent scientists in assessing WMD threat. Such threat assessment has a profound impact on the policies of governments and international organizations. It raises numerous questions. What exactly is an independent scientist and what pressures threaten their independence? What role do cultural dependencies play within assessments? How do independent scientists produce threat assessments and what are the widely differing models used by different countries to facilitate the input of such assessments into policy? To address these and other issues, an interdisciplinary group of eminent experts and policy makers from twelve countries gathered to discuss ways in which the technical advice of independent scientists could be strengthened to aid governments and international organizations in forming policies in response to perceived threats. With papers covering topics ranging from policy making to chemical and biological weapons, nuclear threats and breaking the threat/counter threat cycle, this book illuminates an area of vital importance to the security and stability of relations between states, and the maintenance of internationally agreed norms. |
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Home-Grown Terrorism: Understanding and Addressing the Root Causes of Radicalisation among Groups with an Immigrant Heritage in Europe. |
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Pick, Thomas M./ 9781607500759/ Price:EUR 135.00
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There are many recent examples of terrorist acts committed by radicalised Europeans with an immigrant heritage: in 2004 the Dutch filmmaker Theo Van Gogh was assassinated, by a Dutch citizen from Morocco origins, because he produced a movie portraying Islam in an unconventional manner. The same year in the United Kingdom, the police foiled a potential terrorist attack and arrested eight men, all of whom were British citizens of Pakistani descent.
Why some individuals with a migrant background become radicalised? Issues about marginalisation, societal exclusion, lack of integration, feelings of isolation, powerlessness and humiliation are all part of the problem. No amount of military or other coercive action will, in itself, do the trick of countering terrorism effectively without remedial action based upon a thorough knowledge of the underlying processes involved.
This book is meant to be a small but significant step in that direction. With this purpose, it gathers the views of a wide range of multidisciplinary experts about how to prevent home grown terrorism and what strategies should be developed to hinder its development. It includes recommendations on how to counteract processes that provide a fertile subsoil for terrorism to develop, how to interfere in the recruitment of potential terrorists and specific research recommendations, with a special focus on young Muslims in Europe. |
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Why Not Torture Terrorists?: Moral, Practical, and Legal Aspects of the 'Ticking Bomb' Justification for Torture. |
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Ginbar, Yuval/ 9780199571239/ Price:GBP 42.99
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The influence of policy in service delivery: Service Delivery and public participation in the Tshwane Metropolitan Council of South Africa. |
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Mbulaheni, Mulaudzi/ 9783639201857/ Price:EUR 68.00
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Las ciudades internacionales: Las ciudades como actores politicos en las relaciones internacionales. |
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Vanessa, Marx/ 9783639202410/ Price:EUR 79.00
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The Federalist (Papers) Revisited: An Average Joe Takes a Look at the U.S. Constitution. |
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Owensby, J. J./ 9780984514298/ Price:US$ 29.95
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THE CONSTITUTION FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: crafted by a small group of wise patriots who had to overcome fierce opposition, ratified by the early colonists and adopted as the 'Law of the Land', the Constitution established the future of the United States of America and solidified its place as the premier nation on earth. Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay: three men heavily involved in the drafting of the Constitution and deeply committed to its ratification published "The Federalist", a series of newspaper articles known today as "The Federalist Papers." The articles clearly delineate the necessity for a rule of law for the new nation. Their explantions and their resonings are as sound today as they were two and a quarter centuries ago. Learn once again the foundation for the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. Political leaders of today would be well advised to return to the path that has led the United States to success, and avoid the pitfalls continuing their present spiral of decline. |
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Fragments from a Land of Freedom: Essays in American Culture around the Year 2000. |
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Bernardini, Paolo L./ 9780979448898/ Price:US$ 24.00
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State Violence and the Right to Peace: An International Survey of the Views of Ordinary People, 4-Vols/set. |
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Malley-Morrison, Kathleen/ 9780275996475/ Price:GBP 168.95
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Filled with personal reflections from every corner of the globe, State Violence and the Right to Peace: An International Survey of the Views of Ordinary People is a masterful portrayal of how people from diverse cultures, religions, and experiences think about war and peace.
Spanning four volumes, State Violence and the Right to Peace brings together the views of shopkeepers, day laborers, clerical workers, students, teachers, social workers, veterans, and others talking about governmental aggression, torture, and protesting acts of war. These views-from Europe, North America, South America, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia-are seen in the context of major historical battles, including the empire-building of Western European countries, the emergence and contraction of the Soviet Union, and the wars in the Middle East. As this remarkable resource shows, there are some surprising similarities in thinking about war and peace across nations and cultures-and some equally surprising cases where opinions diverge.
Title Features:
*Comprises the work of over 100 contributors and researchers from 43 different countries, highlighting their countries' experiences with war and peace
*Numerous firsthand quotes illustrate views of ordinary people on state violence and the rights of citizens
*Extensive reference section in each volume documents the experiences with war and peace in each country
*Includes a comprehensive index
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Sources of Power: How Energy Forges Human History, 2-Vols/set. |
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Weissenbacher, Manfred/ 9780313356261/ Price:GBP 86.95
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The innovative theory articulated in Sources of Power: How Energy Forges Human History parses history into four ages: the foraging, agriculture, coal, and oil ages, each defined by the dominant source of power. Manfred Weissenbacher tests this sweeping theory against the panorama of world history, combining formidable powers of synthesis with a specialist's deep understanding of energy systems and technologies.
After proving the operation of his law through history and into the present, Weissenbacher applies it to global geopolitical trends. He assesses the prospects of the various candidate technologies to succeed oil and charts future scenarios based on the distribution of energy reserves. Finally, he forecasts the fates of the American and Chinese empires in the twilight of the oil age: the United States as a mature superpower forced to deploy military might to occupy oilfields in the Middle East; China as an emerging superpower forced to deploy economic might to muscle in on the development of Third World oilfields.
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Homeland Security Preparedness and Information Systems: Strategies for Managing Public Policy. |
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Reddick, Christopher G./ 9781605668345/ Price:US$ 180.00
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Homeland security information systems are an important area of inquiry due to the tremendous influence information systems play on the preparation and response of government to a terrorist attack or natural disaster.
Homeland Security Preparedness and Information Systems: Strategies for Managing Public Policy delves into the issues and challenges that public managers face in the adoption and implementation of information systems for homeland security. A defining collection of field advancements, this publication provides solutions for those interested in adopting additional information systems security measures in their governments.
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Human Rights, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Landman, Todd/ 9781848607835/ Price:GBP 780.00
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Human rights represent a significant nexus between and among international relations, international law, and comparative politics. Since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, there has been a proliferation of international human rights treaties and an increased attention to human rights in the field of public international law. This collection of readings represents the very best scholarship in this area and shows how the theory, methods and analysis found in mainstream international relations and political science have been brought to bear on significant questions in international human rights.
Section I provides a set of readings that summarise the realist perspective in international relations, its main rivals, and the ways in which human rights challenge the predominance of realism in international relations. Section II sets out the vast literature on international regimes, which transcend the traditional divisions between and among international relations theory, international law, and new institutionalism in the international arena. Section III concentrates on the measurement of human rights. The readings here represent the debates, problems, and selected successes in this area of human rights literature. Section IV puts together readings on the ways in which international human rights norms become 'constructed', diffused across the globe and transcend the division between the international and national levels of politics. Section V brings together a selection of readings analysing the variation in human rights protection across the globe and that take into account different sets of international and domestic variables.
*Section 1 Human Rights and the Challenge to Realism
*Section 2: Regime Theory, Compliance and Human Rights
*Section 3: Measurement and Methods
*Section 4: Global Civil Society and Norms Diffusion
*Section 5: Analysing Human Rights
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Geopolitics, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Dodds, Klaus/ 9781848607088/ Price:GBP 780.00
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This major reference collection highlights the contested and diverse nature of geopolitics and charts the controversial intellectual history of the field. Coined by the Swedish author, Rudolf Kjellen, the term 'geopolitics' highlights the role that territory, resources and boundaries play in shaping global political relations. The collection brings together work from international relations, political science, history, geography and law into a definitive collection that covers three dimensions of the geopolitical:
" 'Classic geopolitics' examines the impact of physical geography on political actions.
" 'Critical geopolitics', a parallel strand to the 'classical' tradition, challenges the notion of geography as a passive backdrop to international affairs and examines the socially constructed nature of geographical claims.
" 'Popular geopolitics' looks at geopolitics as it has been presented outside of the formal academic arena, for example in popular journals such as Life or Reader's Digest
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Karl Marx and the Anarchists. |
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Thomas, Paul/ 9780415556026/ Price:GBP 180.00
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Educate, Agitate, Organize: One Hundred Years of Fabian Socialism. |
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Pugh, Patricia/ 9780415556019/ Price:GBP 150.00
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On Trotskyism. |
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Mavrakis, Kostas/ 9780415556002/ Price:GBP 125.00
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Socialism. |
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Mackenzie, Norman/ 9780415555999/ Price:GBP 32.99
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Marx Against Marxism. |
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Lowenstein, Julius/ 9780415555982/ Price:GBP 125.00
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Politics of the Labour Party, The. |
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Kavanagh, Dennis/ 9780415555975/ Price:GBP 125.00
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Political Parties. |
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J,Jupp/ 9780415555968/ Price:GBP 115.00
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Socialism, Democracy and Industrialization. |
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Datta, Amlan/ 9780415555951/ Price:GBP 32.99
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Marx's Capital and Capitalism Today. |
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CUTLER, TONY/ 9780415555944/ Price:GBP 170.00
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Political Theory of Anarchism, The. |
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Carter, April/ 9780415555937/ Price:GBP 115.00
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Left and Rights, The. |
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CAMPBELL, TOM/ 9780415555920/ Price:GBP 125.00
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Marx's Ethics of Freedom. |
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BRENKERT, GEORGE G./ 9780415555913/ Price:GBP 125.00
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Socialism National or International. |
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Borkenau, Franz/ 9780415555906/ Price:GBP 130.00
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Illusion of the Epoch, The. |
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Acton, Harold/ 9780415555890/ Price:GBP 125.00
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Political Sciences, The. |
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Stretton, Hugh/ 9780415555876/ Price:GBP 180.00
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Redefining Politics. |
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Leftwich, Adrian/ 9780415555869/ Price:GBP 44.99
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Capital and Politics. |
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King, Roger/ 9780415555852/ Price:GBP 12.99
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Popular and the Political, The. |
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Prior, Michael/ 9780415555845/ Price:GBP 125.00
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Labour Theory of Culture. |
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Woolfson, Charles/ 9780415555838/ Price:GBP 130.00
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Aspects of Toleration. |
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Horton, John/ 9780415555821/ Price:GBP 130.00
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Political Discipline in a Free Society. |
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Blackham, H. J./ 9780415555814/ Price:GBP 125.00
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Language of Politics, The. |
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Boulton, James T./ 9780415555807/ Price:GBP 140.00
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Race and Politics. |
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Anwar, Muhammad/ 9780415555791/ Price:GBP 115.00
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Sovereignty. |
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Ward, Paul/ 9780415555777/ Price:GBP 125.00
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Medieval Papalism. |
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Ullmann, Walter/ 9780415555760/ Price:GBP 125.00
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Growth of Papal Government in the Middle Ages, The. |
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Ullmann, Walter/ 9780415555753/ Price:GBP 170.00
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History of Greek Political Thought, A. |
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Sinclair, T. A./ 9780415555746/ Price:GBP 170.00
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Studies in the Growth of Nineteenth Century Government. |
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Sutherland, Gillian/ 9780415555739/ Price:GBP 170.00
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English Face of Machiavelli, The. |
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Raab, Felix/ 9780415555722/ Price:GBP 170.00
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Methodism and Politics in British Society 1750-1850. |
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Hempton, David/ 9780415555715/ Price:GBP 125.00
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Political and Social Philosophy. |
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O'Mahony, D./ 9780415555708/ Price:GBP 125.00
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Fantasy of Reason, A. |
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Locke, Don/ 9780415555692/ Price:GBP 49.99
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Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France. |
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Lock, F. P./ 9780415555685/ Price:GBP 140.00
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Politics and the Public Interest in the Seventeenth Century. |
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Gunn, J. A. W./ 9780415555678/ Price:GBP 170.00
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Life of Niccolo Machiavelli, The. |
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Ridolfi, Roberto/ 9780415555661/ Price:GBP 170.00
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Ancestral Constitution, The. |
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Fuks, Alexander/ 9780415555654/ Price:GBP 115.00
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Political Repression in 19th Century Europe. |
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Robert, Goldstein J./ 9780415555647/ Price:GBP 175.00
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Greek State, The. |
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Ehrenberg, Victor/ 9780415555630/ Price:GBP 170.00
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Short History of Electoral Systems in Western Europe, A. |
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Carstairs, Andrew Maclaren/ 9780415555623/ Price:GBP 140.00
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An Introduction to the Republic of Plato. |
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Boyd, William/ 9780415555616/ Price:GBP 32.99
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Political Judgement. |
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Beiner, Ronald/ 9780415555609/ Price:GBP 140.00
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Nonconformist Conscience, The. |
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Bebbington, David W./ 9780415555548/ Price:GBP 125.00
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Greek Political Theory. |
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Locke's Two Treatises of Government. |
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Ashcraft, Richard/ 9780415555524/ Price:GBP 170.00
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History of Political Thought in the 16th Century, A. |
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Allen, J. W./ 9780415555517/ Price:GBP 170.00
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Matthew Arnold and John Stuart Mill. |
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Alexander, Edward/ 9780415555500/ Price:GBP 150.00
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Political Science: An Outline For The Intending Student of Government, Politics and Political Science. |
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Wiseman, Victor H./ 9780415555456/ Price:GBP 130.00
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Government and the Governed. |
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Wass, Douglas/ 9780415555449/ Price:GBP 115.00
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Political Representation and Elections in Britain. |
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Pulzer, Peter/ 9780415555432/ Price:GBP 115.00
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On Justifying Democracy. |
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Nelson, William/ 9780415555425/ Price:GBP 130.00
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Study of Comparative Government and Politics, The. |
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Heckscher, Gunnar/ 9780415555418/ Price:GBP 115.00
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Law, Socialism and Democracy. |
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Paul,Q,Hirst/ 9780415555401/ Price:GBP 44.99
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Annihilation and Utopia. |
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Harris, ERROL E./ 9780415555388/ Price:GBP 125.00
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Bureaucracy and Democracy. |
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Etzioni-Halevy, Eva/ 9780415555371/ Price:GBP 140.00
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Direct Action and Liberal Democracy. |
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Carter, April/ 9780415555364/ Price:GBP 115.00
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Authority and Democracy. |
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Carter, April/ 9780415555357/ Price:GBP 115.00
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Social Principles and the Democratic State. |
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Benn, S./ 9780415555289/ Price:GBP 170.00
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Labour in American Politics. |
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Vale, Vivian/ 9780415555265/ Price:GBP 115.00
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Anglo-American Democracy. |
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Shaw, Malcolm/ 9780415555241/ Price:GBP 115.00
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Politics of John F Kennedy, The. |
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Ions, Edmund/ 9780415555173/ Price:GBP 49.99
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China's International Relations in Asia, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Li, Mingjiang/ 9780415476911/ Price:GBP 950.00
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The startling growth of China¡¦s economic and military power, as well as its cultural influence, is having a huge impact on the rest of the world. The key region to observe this impact is, of course, Asia and the past decade has witnessed significant and multi-faceted changes in China¡¦s policy toward its Asian neighbours and in the relations between them. The strategic dimension of China¡¦s approaches to Asian international relations is increasingly a focal point in the scholarly community and policy-making circles. However, views on the strategic impact of China¡¦s rise on Asia¡¦s political and security future are polarized, with some believing that China¡¦s regional policy is an intentional attempt to challenge the US supremacy in Asia, or who are simply suspicious of China¡¦s long-term regional ambitions.
Volume I of this new Routledge Major Work collection examines China¡¦s long-term strategy in Asia, and Volume II looks at China and non-traditional security in Asia. Volume III focuses on China and Asian regionalism, while Volume IV assembles the best scholarship on the response of Asian states to the rise of China and how China¡¦s rise and its increasing influence in the region have changed the foreign and security policy of those regional states and their domestic political economies.
China¡¦s International Relations in Asia is fully indexed and includes a comprehensive introduction, newly written by the editor, which places the collected material in its historical and intellectual context. |
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Politics of Modern Central Asia, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Dave, Bhavna/ 9780415468268/ Price:GBP 870.00
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The study of contemporary Central Asia has acquired significant scholarly attention since the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s. Central Asian Studies (which focuses on the five post-Soviet states of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan) is a burgeoning addition to the established field of Area Studies, as well as to the broader discipline of Development Studies.
Offering comprehensive coverage of the political, economic, sociocultural, as well as security, concerns and foreign relations of Central Asia within a well-defined historical and conceptual framework, this new Routledge title is a timely and much-needed contribution to the existing materials on the region. The focus encompasses the region as a whole, as well as each individual country, comprising the Soviet legacy, cultural and social institutions, modern economic and political transition, and geopolitics and security.
The collection is fully indexed, and has a comprehensive introduction by the editor which outlines the analytical framework and the historical context within which the selected texts are placed, and highlighting how scholarship in this field has evolved, as well as pointing to future trajectories. Politics of Modern Central Asia is an essential work of reference. It is destined to be valued by scholars, students, and researchers¡Xas well as policy-makers¡Xin the field of post-Soviet and Central Asian Studies as a vital resource. |
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Regionalism in Asia, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Tan, See Seng/ 9780415475235/ Price:GBP 625.00
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Especially since the end of the Cold War, research on and around the international relations of Asia has grown exponentially and, to make sense of what is now a vast and unwieldly corpus of scholarly literature, this new four-volume collection from Routledge¡¦s Critical Issues in Modern Politics series brings together the best and most influential work in the field.
The first of the four volumes explores ASEAN and international relations theory. Volume II, meanwhile, focuses on the Association¡¦s history and evolution from 1967 to the present day. Volume III examines pan-Asian intergovernmental regionalisms by collecting the most important thinking on the ¡¥new regionalism¡¦. Vital questions addressed here include the nature of Asian intergovernmental institutions; the overall lack of strategic coherence; whether aims and agendas overlap; conflict or complement; and the implications for the region as a whole. Finally, Volume IV brings together crucial work on non-governmental or unofficial multilateral processes to examine the regionalization processes in Asia and the efficacy of these bottom-up processes in influencing policy and regional security discourse.
With a full index, together with a comprehensive introduction newly written by the editor which places the collected material in its historical and intellectual context, this Routledge collection is an essential work of reference. It is destined to be valued by scholars, students, and researchers of Asian international relations, politics, history, and current affairs as a vital resource. |
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E-Government Interoperability and Information Resource Integration: Frameworks for Aligned Development. |
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Gottschalk, Petter/ 9781605666488/ Price:US$ 165.00
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Improved interoperability between public organizations as well as between public and private organizations is of critical importance to make electronic government more successful.
E-Government Interoperability and Information Resource Integration: Frameworks for Aligned Development focuses on the integration of new technologies into digital government, generating new insights into e-government interoperability. This book will benefit systems designers, developers, and programmers in public and private software organizations who need a larger perspective of interoperability when solving technical problems. |
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Security Studies, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Farrell, Theo/ 9780415456012/ Price:GBP 400.00
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Security Studies traces its origins to work on the causes of war. It remains the most significant subdiscipline of International Relations and, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, its concerns with the security of the international system and the individual, as well as the state, remain as pertinent and urgent as ever. While¡Xespecially since the events of 11 September 2001 and the remilitarization of US foreign policy¡Xthe focus on states and military power remains central to Security Studies, the subject also embraces economic, societal, and environmental security. Furthermore, Security Studies has spawned a dizzying range of competing theoretical approaches¡Xliberal, constructivist, critical, postmodernist, and feminist among them¡Xto challenge the dominant ¡¥realist¡¦ take on security.
Addressing the need for an authoritative reference work to make sense of this rapidly growing and ever more complex corpus of scholarly literature, Security Studies is a new title in the Routledge series, Critical Concepts in International Relations. Edited by Theo Farrell of King¡¦s College London and chair of the International Security Studies section of the International Studies Association, it is a five-volume collection of the foundational and the very best cutting-edge scholarship.
Security Studies is fully indexed and includes a comprehensive introduction, newly written by the editor, which places the collected material in its historical and intellectual context. It is an essential reference work and is destined to be valued by scholars and students¡Xas well as policy-makers and practitioners¡Xas a vital one-stop research and pedagogic resource.
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Approaches to International Relations, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Chan, Stephen/ 9781847874054/ Price:GBP 780.00
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This four-volume collection of seminal journal articles and book excerpts examines traditional approaches to international relations (IR) as well as critical, radical and non-Western theories of global politics. The set includes a detailed introduction by the editors and is designed to complement their successful set Theories of International Relations.
Volume 1 Approaches to Theory in International Relations will focus on the historical development of the discipline and touch upon key issues and key debates, Volume 2 on Approaches to Theory in International Relations will examine themes and theories, Volume 3 on the radical and inter-disciplinary Approaches to International Relations, and Volume 4 on Non-Western Approaches to International Relations. |
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Politics of Modern China, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Zheng, Yongnian/ 9780415441513/ Price:GBP 280.00
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After nearly three decades of rapid economic development, China is now a major power whose actions can significantly affect other countries, from America to Zimbabwe. As a result, China Studies has grown exponentially. In particular, there is a growing interest in studies of Chinese politics, not least because of the considerable uncertainties that remain over the country¡¦s future political direction.
This new Routledge title is a comprehensive collection of the best classic and cutting-edge scholarship. Volume I examines policy-making and policy implementation and includes analyses of elite politics, central¡Vlocal relations, government reform, and bureaucratic behaviour. Volume II explores political economy, including issues such as property rights, the management of foreign investment, reform of state-owned enterprises, and financial reform. Volume III brings together the best political analysis of social problems such as unemployment, the rural¡Vurban income gap, the inadequate provision of social welfare, the exploitation of migrant workers, and new public-health challenges. The final volume of the collection focuses on democratization and is organized around themes such as political reform, the development of civil society, political participation, and political culture.
Politics of Modern China is fully indexed and has a comprehensive introduction, newly written by the editors, which places the material in its historical and intellectual context. In addition to the general introduction, there is a thematic introduction to each volume.
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Contemporary Chinese Society and Politics, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Kipnis, Andrew/ 9780415457484/ Price:GBP 300.00
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Chinese society and its political system are predicated on traditions of governing that are deeply alien to most readers from liberal, Western powers. Chinese governance reflects both a long, indigenous tradition of statecraft and the Leninist legacies of the People¡¦s Republic¡¦s ruling Communist Party. As China becomes ever more powerful¡Xeconomically, diplomatically, militarily, and culturally¡Xit becomes increasingly important to understand its governing dynamics. But to what extent can social-science theories of political rule, hierarchy and power, class formation, economic development, urbanization, and demographic and family transition, which were developed in Western contexts, explain China¡¦s societal and political dynamics? What sorts of theoretical language have emerged from the study of Chinese society and politics, and how might these theories enable social scientists to view social and political dynamics in other parts of the world in a new light?
Contemporary Chinese Society and Politics, a new four-volume Major Work from Routledge, explores and answers these and other urgent questions by collecting the best foundational and cutting-edge scholarship on Mao-era and contemporary Chinese society and politics. The collection adopts a dual approach. On the one hand, to address the increasing fascination about China among Western scholars and students from a number of disciplines, it collects the best work that empirically describes Chinese society and its politics. On the other hand, to examine the theoretical implications of the study of Chinese society for Western social science, it also brings together the best work to have used empirical examinations of the People¡¦s Republic to interrogate theories developed in Western contexts or to develop new theoretical positions. The editors have in particular paid especial attention to cases where debates have arisen about the proper ways of describing and theorizing Chinese governance and social dynamics. |
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Arab-Israeli Conflict, The., 4-Vols/Set. |
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Dumper, Michael/ 9780415440387/ Price:GBP 260.00
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The study of the conflict has generated a huge body of literature, some of it factual and evidence-based, some more polemical and provocative. In all cases there is a wide and divergent range of views. An important tool in understanding the conflict and the emotions it generates is to become familiar with such different perspectives and interpretations, and this new four-volume collection from Routledge provides an overview of both the principal topics and the various approaches to the conflict.
With a full index, together with a comprehensive introduction, newly written by the editor, which places the collected material in its historical and intellectual context, The Arab¡VIsraeli Conflict is an essential work of reference. It is destined to be valued by scholars, students, and researchers of Middle East Studies, Politics, and International Relations as a vital research resource. |
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Ethnic Conflict, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Ganguly, Rajat/ 9781847872722/ Price:GBP 780.00
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Ethnic conflicts in various scales and forms are a feature of the post-Cold War international landscape from which no region of the world is completely free. In terms of impact, it has been equally devastating for both developed and developing states. Therefore, there has never been a more appropriate time to study ethnic conflict in all its dimensions. This four-volume collection examines the many facets of ethnic conflict including their causes, consequences and resolution.
Volume I: Ethnic Identity
Volume II: Causes of Ethnic Conflict
Volume III: The Consequences of Ethnic Conflict
Volume IV: The Settlement of Ethnic Conflict
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American Foreign Policy Traditions, 4-Vols/Set. |
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O'Connor, Brendon/ 9781847872715/ Price:GBP 780.00
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This four-volume collection brings together the academic writings of scholars who have examined America's foreign policy through the lens of diverse and often contradictory political traditions that stretch back to the founding of the United States, including liberalism, 'messianism' and 'isolationism'. The selected papers address the historical development of these traditions, their application for understanding contemporary US foreign policy, the emergence of new traditions such as neoconservatism, and the perpetual existence of 'anti-Americanism'.
The SAGE Library of International Relations brings together the most influential and field-defining articles, both classical and contemporary, in a number of key areas of research and inquiry in International Relations.
Each multi-volume set represents a collection of the essential published works collated from the foremost publications in the field by an editor or editorial team of renowned international stature.
They also include a full introduction, presenting a rationale for the selection and mapping out the discipline's past, present and likely future.
This series is designed to be a 'gold standard' for university libraries throughout the world with an interest in International Relations.
*VOLUME ONE: THE FOUNDATIONS THE AMERICA TRADITION
*VOLUME TWO: THE TRADITIONS OF GREAT POWER AMERICA
*VOLUME THREE: ANTI-AMERICAN TRADITION
*VOLUME FOUR: REGIONAL AND NATIONAL VARIETIES OF ANTI-AMERICANISM
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SAGE Handbook of Power, The. |
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Clegg, Stewart R./ 9781412934008/ Price:GBP 125.00
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Power is arguably one of the key concepts within the social sciences. The SAGE Handbook of Power is the first touchstone for any student or researcher wishing to initiate themselves in the state of the art.
Internationally acclaimed, Stewart R Clegg and Mark Haugaard have joined forces to select a collection of papers written by scholars with global reputations for excellence. These papers bridge different conceptual and theoretical positions and draw on many disciplines, including politics, sociology and cultural studies. The sweep and richness of the resulting handbook will help readers contextualise and grow their understanding of this dynamic and important subject area.
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New Critical Writings in Political Sociology, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Scott, Alan/ 9780754627593/ Price:GBP 595.00
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Political sociology studies how politics shapes and is shaped by society. With the advent of economic, political and cultural globalisation there has been a distinct shift away from state and class based theories towards cultural politics and postmodern approaches. Key topics include social movements, globalisation, citizenship and the changing nature of democracy. This essential collection comprises three volumes which reprint the most important and influential journal articles and papers in modern political sociology, with introductions to each volume by the series editors.
The volumes are designed to improve access to the journal literature for libraries expanding their collections and provide scholars with a convenient and authoritative reference source. The collection provides a set of foundational writings, edited by well known scholars who are sensitive to the different currents of the debate in both the political science and sociology literatures. By providing an overview of the post-1969 literature the collection avoids overlap with exisiting volumes and offers libraries the most up-to-date collection available. |
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International Organisation. |
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Kirton, John J./ 9780754626749/ Price:GBP 240.00
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For well over a century, international organizations have been central to the study and practice of international relations and global governance. But how much and how do they help, hinder or otherwise alter the behaviour of the actors who utilize them and provide public goals for the global community as a whole? By assembling the leading works that have defined the scholarly field of international organization from realist, liberal institutionalists, constructivists and political economy traditions, this work examines the many organizations which have formed, in ever-expanding numbers and fields, over the years, the degree to which they have succeeded and their future potential. It looks at the changing international arena, particularly with the expansion of civil society and how that affects the role of such organizations. Has a formula for an effective and successful international organization developed or will one have to wait for the next generation of organizations, institutions and regimes? |
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International Finance. |
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Kirton, John J./ 9780754626718/ Price:GBP 260.00
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The topic of international finance is of increasing interest in international relations, especially in our twenty-first century globalizing world. This collection provides information and perspectives on international finance of the past, present and future. It explores the financial shocks and crises from World War Two onwards and the institutions that were created in response to them. This volume addresses the critical questions in the field of international finance by assembling the central scholarship that has defined the area. It answers the key questions and contributes to the ongoing debates in the field of international finance and international political economy more generally. It is a must-read for economists, political scientists, scholars and policymakers alike. |
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Global Trade. |
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Kirton, John J./ 9780754626688/ Price:GBP 260.00
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Trade has long been a core part of international relations. Bilateral, plurilateral and multilateral trade flows and agreements have arisen in many ways and in many areas over the centuries. From regional arrangements, such as the North American Free Trade Agreement, to the all-encompassing General Agreement on Tariffs and Trades and now the World Trade Organization, the system of global trade has seen struggles and successes alike. The traditional debate over liberalization and protectionism remains central today; and with ever-expanding globalization facing all states, the future of global trade seems to be no less controversial than it was centuries ago. By assembling the key scholarly works that have defined the field of global trade, this work addresses these debates and examines the past to see what the future of global trade might look like. |
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Global Health. |
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Kirton, John J./ 9780754626657/ Price:GBP 290.00
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In recent years, especially since the end of the cold war, the field of global health has become increasingly linked with and central to the more traditional concerns of international relations. The spread of communicable diseases, the challenge of migrating health workers and the development of new technologies and medicines have all contributed to the ever-expanding issue of global health. International organizations such as the World Health Organization, the utilization of techniques such as the creation of the framework convention on tobacco control and the development of civil society organizations such as the Gates Foundation, have all changed the face and framework of global health. Among the many benefits to the expanding interdisciplinary study of health is the possibility of preventing millions of unnecessary deaths occurring every year. By assembling from a wide array of disciplines and fields the central works that define the field in international relations today, this innovative work explores the future of global health and the possible benefits of expanding the interdisciplinary path even further. |
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Global Law. |
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Kirton, John J./ 9780754626626/ Price:GBP 250.00
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For over half a millennium global law has been central to the practice and analysis of international relations. How has the use of global law shaped international relations of the past and present and how will it shape the future? This work assembles the key articles that have defined the scholarly field of global law to explore customs, treaties and international institutions, the roles they have played in international relations and the effect they have had and will continue to have in the international system. With a wide range of articles covering the classic debates of the role of global law, as well as introducing case studies of the applications of global law, it allows one to ask what the future of global law will be. |
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Library Essays in Global Governance, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Kirton, John J./ 9780754626756/ Price:GBP 1150.00
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This series will probe the theory and practice of global governance from a multi-disciplinary perspective. Many argue that increasing movements of people, capital and information are only possible with efficient institutional arrangements. The belief that governance mechanisms are required to foster such global interchange in a peaceful and conflict-free manner has triggered tremendous scholarly interest in international organisations, multilateral institutions, and non-hierarchical arrangements.
This collection of five volumes responds to this by looking at issues related to the global management of health, the rules of international law, global trade agreements and policy, international economics and finance and international organisations. The series is designed to provide an authoritative set of 5 volumes reprinting the most influential articles and papers in English on global governance. It will be of great interest not only to scholars in international relations and political science but also to researchers in economics, political economy, public policy and finance. |
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Rational Choice Politics, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Dowding et al/ 9781412945028/ Price:GBP 780.00
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The formal modeling techniques of rational choice theory have become central to the discipline of political science, for example with regard to the understanding of the working of legislatures, coalition governments, executive-bureaucracy relations or electoral systems. The collection includes the very best work in this field, as well as an editors' introduction to each volume that describes the importance of the articles and their place in political science.
Volume I: Social Choice and Equilibrium
Volume II: Voting, Elections and Electoral Systems
Volume III: Legislatures and Pressure Politics
Volume IV: Bureaucracy, Constitutional Arrangements and the State |
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| SB02-508 |
Civil Disobedience: (un)Common Sense in Mass Democracies (2009). |
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Lawrence Quill/ 9780230555051/ Price:EUR 84.99
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The Political System of Taiwan |
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Markus Porsche-Ludwig/ 9783832938635/ Price:EUR 24.00
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Every Human Has Rights: A Photographic Declaration for Kids. |
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Robinson, Mary/ 9781426305115/ Price:US$ 26.90
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Prisoner of the State: The Secret Journal of Zhao Ziyang. |
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Zhao, Ziyang/ 9781439149393/ Price:US$ 17.00
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American Democracy Now. |
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Harrison, Brigid/ 9780073298481/ Price:US$ 101.63
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This Bridge Called Zapatismo: Building Alternative Political Cultures in Mexico City, Los Angeles, and Beyond. |
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Dellacioppa, Kara Z./ 9780739128497/ Price:US$ 104.00
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Activating Psychosocial Local Resources in Territories Affected by War and Terroris. |
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Baloch-Kaloianov, Eva/ 9781607500377/ Price:EUR 108.00
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Defence Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Terrorism. |
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Aytac, Osman/ 9781607500155/ Price:EUR 115.00
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In Defence Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Terrorism the editors examined the class of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) for terrorist use, and have found that their effects range from serious nuisance value up to catastrophic destruction of a large urban area. There are some differences in the effects depending on whether they are used against military or civilian targets, whether they are used from inside the target area or outside, and between those weapons for which MOPP (Mission Oriented Protective Posture) gear can provide useful protection (Biological Weapons, Chemical Weapons) and those for which it often cannot (radiation, nuclear explosions). These are useful ways to begin thinking about establishing protocols for protecting our armed forces and the civilian population they are sworn to defend. |
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Building Terrorism Resistant Communities: Together Against Terrorism. |
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Ekici, Siddik/ 9781607500063/ Price:EUR 115.00
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Imposing Values: An Essay on Liberalism and Regulation. |
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Arnold, N. S./ 9780195374964/ Price:US$ 92.00
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Frontiers of Unity: An Experiment in Afro-Arab Cooperation. |
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Deng, Francis M./ 9780710313522/ Price:GBP 125.00
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The Struggle over Democracy in the Middle East: External Efforts and Regional Politics. |
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Brown, Nathan J./ 9780415773805/ Price:GBP 44.99
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Transportation Security Against Terrorism. |
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Tahmisoglu, Mete/ 9781586039974/ Price:EUR 85.00
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The Role of Binational Entrepreneurs as Social and Economic Bridge Builders between Europe and North Africa. |
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Lahnait, Fatima/ 9781586039967/ Price:EUR 70.00
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Lessons to be Learned from Non-Proliferation Failures and Successes. |
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Nikitin, Alexander/ 9781586039325/ Price:EUR 115.00
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Lessons to be Learned from Non-Proliferation Failures and Successes
Volume 48 NATO Science for Peace and Security Series - E: Human and Societal Dynamics
Edited by: A. Nikitin
2008, approx. 160 pp., softcover
ISBN: 978-1-58603-932-5
Price: US$167 / £á115 / ¢G86
The major topics discussed in Lessons to be Learned from Non-Proliferation Failures and Successes are divided into thematic parts and cover a wide range of issues, both from functional and from regional points of view. The first part of the book extends from assessing ¡¥sticks¡¦ and ¡¥carrots¡¦ in the non-proliferation arsenal of the world community, to drawing a more precise line between non-proliferation and counter-proliferation measures, and further to comparing UN-based and national level sanctions and efforts aimed at reassuring non-proliferation. Special sections are devoted to Nuclear Weapon-Free Zones and ¡¥negative assurances¡¦ in their relations with non-proliferation, as well as to risks of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) terrorism and of further proliferation because of abundance of not so well-managed fissile materials in the hands of nuclear powers. The second part of the book deals with the lessons learned (or that need to be learned) from the concrete regional cases of proliferation or its risks. |
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Military Bases: Historical Perspectives, Contemporary Challenges. |
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Rodrigues, Luis/ 9781586039677/ Price:EUR 105.00
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Constructal Human Dynamics, Security and Sustainability. |
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Bejan, Adrian/ 9781586039592/ Price:EUR 105.00
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The Quality of Freedom: Khodorkovsky, Putin and the Yukos Affair. |
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Sakwa, Richard/ 9780199211579/ Price:GBP 55.00
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Identity, Security and Democracy: The Wider Social and Ethical Implications of Automated Systems for Human Identification. |
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Mordini, Emilio/ 9781586039400/ Price:EUR 115.00
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Many people think of personal identification as only part of the security/surveillance apparatus. This is likely to be an oversimplification, which largely misrepresents the reality. ¡¥Personal identity¡¦ means two separate concepts, namely that an individual belongs to specific categories and also that this individual is distinguished by other persons and understood as one. In other words, there are two different aspects involved in personal recognition: distinguishing between individuals and distinguishing between sets of people. The latter is likely to be the real issue. Dictatorships of any kind and totalitarian regimes have always ruled by categorizing people and by creating different classes of subjects. When rules want their subjects to humiliate themselves or their fellows, they create categories of people or exploit existing categories. From social and political points of view this allows a process known as ¡¥pseudospeciation¡¦ to be produced. Pseudospeciation is a process which turns social and cultural differences into biological diversities. It promotes cooperation within social groups, overpowering the selfish interests of individuals in favor of collective interests, yet it also inhibits cooperation between groups, and it fosters conflict and mistrust. This work is dedicated to the thorny and multifaceted relations between identity, security and democracy. Identity, Security and Democracy shows how full of nuances the process of human identification is. |
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Time Treks: The Uncertain Future of Old and New Despotisms. |
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Nandy, Ashis/ 9781905422814/ Price:US$ 34.95
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Justice at Guantanamo: One Woman's Odyssey and Her Crusade for Human Rights. |
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Huskey, Kristine/ 9781599214689/ Price:US$ 24.95
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U.S. Military Pocket Survival Guide: Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and Air Force. |
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Larsen, Matt/ 9781599214870/ Price:US$ 14.95
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Medieval Ships and Warfare. |
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Rose, Susan/ 9780754624851/ Price:GBP 240.00
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This collection of essays and articles from a wide range of journals is intended to make more accessible to students and scholars some of the most important writing in English in this field from the 1950s to the present day. The volume draws attention to work on both the design and the use of ships in warfare in the period c.1000-c.1500. The collection deals with both the Mediterranean and northern waters in this period and not only makes clear what work has been done in this field but indicates areas where more research is needed. |
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E-Government Diffusion, Policy, and Impact: Advanced Issues and Practices. |
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Khosrow-Pourm, Mehdi/ 9781605661308/ Price:US$ 195.00
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As governmental entities face accelerating public demand for electronic services and the internal need to utilize technology to achieve superior outcomes and operational efficiency, traditional techniques and tools are radically reshaping and evolving into innovative electronic methods of conducting governmental activities.
E-Government Diffusion, Policy, and Impact: Advanced Issues and Practices sheds light on how e-government technologies are shaping today’s knowledge society from the ground roots of the citizen experience to the supreme level of policy and decision making. With chapters providing insights into such critical topics as public service delivery, technological diffusion, and e-readiness, this publication offers researchers, students, policy makers, and practitioners a quality depiction of worldwide social practice and how advancements within the realm of technology will affect all corners of the globe. |
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Advances in Government Enterprise Architecture. |
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Saha, Pallab/ 9781605660684/ Price:US$ 195.00
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Over the past two decades, the government sector has emerged as the area of largest implementation of enterprise architecture - a critical success factor for all types, scales, and intensities of e-government programs.
Advances in Government Enterprise Architecture is a seminal publication in the emerging and evolving discipline of enterprise architecture (EA). Presenting current developments, issues, and trends in EA, this critical resource provides IT managers, government CIOs, researchers, educators, and professionals with insights into the impact of effective EA on IT governance, IT portfolio management, and IT outsourcing, creating a must-have holding for academic libraries and organizational information centers. |
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Encyclopedia of Libertarianism, The. |
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Hamowy, Ronald/ 9781412965804/ Price:GBP 135.00
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As a continuation of the older tradition of classical liberalism, libertarian thinking draws on a rich body of thought and scholarship. Contemporary libertarian scholars are continuing that tradition by making substantial contributions to such fields as philosophy, jurisprudence, economics, evolutionary psychology, political theory, and history, in both academia and politics. With more than 300 A-to-Z signed entries written by top scholars, The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism is purposed to be a useful compilation of and introduction to libertarian scholarship. The Encyclopedia starts with an introductory essay offering an extensive historical and thematic overview of key thinkers, events, and publications in the development of libertarian thought. The Reader's Guide groups content for researchers and students alike, allowing them to study libertarianism topically, biographically, and by public policy issues. |
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Aviation Security Management, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Thomas, Andrew R./ 9780313346521/ Price:GBP 258.95
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Because of 9/11, there is universal recognition that aviation security is a deadly serious business. Still, around the world today, the practice of aviation security is rooted in a hodgepodge of governmental rules, industry traditions, and local idiosyncrasies. In fact, nearly seven years after the largest single attack involving the air transport industry, there remains no viable framework in place to lift aviation security practice out of the mishmash that currently exists. It is the ambitious intent of Aviation Security Management to change that. The goals of this set are nothing less than to make flying safer, to make transporting goods by air safer, and to lay the foundation for the professionalization of this most important field. |
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Politics of the Modern Arab World, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Khalili, Laleh/ 9780415451598/ Price:GBP 825.00
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This new four-volume collection of cutting-edge and canonical scholarship counters the oft-cited opinion that studies of Middle Eastern politics are devoid of social scientific theory and method by providing an overview of the state of the scholarship in the field, innovations therein, and the debates that have advanced knowledge in the field.
The collection covers the Arab world, from Morocco to the borders of Iran, with the focus primarily on the twentieth century, and especially the post-Second World War era. By choosing a wide array of authors, many of whom are from the region or from the non-Anglophone world, the full breadth of worldwide scholarship on the modern Arab world is on display. The collection defines politics broadly¡Xin line with the most innovative current works in the field of political studies¡Xto include not only politics at the state level, but also the public, social, and popular domains that define and shape (and are in turn defined and shaped by) politics. |
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Politics of Modern South Asia, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Mitra, Subrata K./ 9780415440448/ Price:GBP 1150.00
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Comprising the states of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives, South Asia has gained considerable international visibility over the past decade. Nuclear proliferation, the rapid evolution of India as a major global economic player, the emergence of new markets, cross-border terrorism, and issues of climate change and the environment are prominent among the factors that have contributed to the growing importance of the region. This has led to a commensurate growth of interest in the modern politics of South Asia, and a vast expansion of in scholarly work.
This new four-volume collection from Routledge brings together the best and most influential research to make sense of this ever-expanding corpus. And while each of the four volumes has been carefully designed by the collection’s editor to be self-contained, they are also helpfully linked to one another through a general introduction (which places the assembled materials in their intellectual and historical context), cross-referencing, a general index, and an annotated bibliography of further readings.
Each of the five volumes is organized around the following themes: History, Political Theory and Institutions; Society, Religion, Political Culture, and Movements; Political Economy; and International Relations to provide a readily accessible and comprehensive research and pedagogic resource which will be especially welcomed by scholars, students, policy-makers, and anyone else with a serious interest in the politics of this fascinating region. |
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War, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Bellamy, Alex J./ 9780415433198/ Price:GBP 900.00
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Contrary to the optimistic predictions at the turn of the last century about 'the demise of major war', the War on Terror, major civil wars in sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere, and the continuing conflict in the Middle East suggest that the study of warfare has never been so urgent. War stubbornly remains the ultimate arbiter of international disputes and continues to be a prominent feature of contemporary life: over one hundred states currently have forces overseas in one form of operation or another, and the United States, Britain, and France collectively have over 200,000 soldiers deployed in Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Cote d'Ivoire, Bosnia, Kosovo, Chad, Burundi, Sierra Leone, and Haiti. (In 2006 alone, the UN Security Council passed nearly fifty resolutions relating to armed conflicts around the world.)But those interested in understanding why, how, and with what effect wars are fought are confronted by a bewildering range of theories, narratives, and cases, and a burgeoning amount of scholarly research. The sheer scale and diversity of war scholarship makes this new "Routledge Major Work" especially timely and welcome. It answers the need for a wide-ranging collection to make sense of the great variety of perspectives and approaches from which social scientists and other thinkers have understood, and continue to understand, war. This collection is organized into four volumes. |
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Politics of Modern Japan, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Hood, Christopher/ 9780415439558/ Price:GBP 250.00
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Owing to the changing nature of Japan and its role within the world, more needs to be known of the dynamics of Japanese politics. This timely set brings together key articles on the most crucial issues facing Japanese politics today, and the relationship between Japanese politics and the main institutions including big business, the bureaucracy and the media. This is an area that has been studied by leading academics for a number of decades, but whose work has yet to be given sufficient notice or credit. With more and more students enrolling at universities to study Japan, there is a demand for books which bring comprehensive and key articles under one umbrella. To date there have been few books which have dealt with Japanese politics. Most have been on issues which are covered in articles contained in this collection. |
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Encyclopedia of U.S. Campaigns, Elections, and Electoral Behavior, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Warren, Kenneth F./ 9781412954891/ Price:GBP 270.00
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The Encyclopedia of Campaigns, Elections and Electoral Analysis is a collection of approximately 450 articles in a two-volume set, presented in an A to Z alphabetical format, exploring all topics related to American political campaigns, elections, and electoral behavior, including some cross-cultural comparisons to help place campaigns, elections and electoral behavior in American in an international context. Coverage includes the history of campaigns, elections, and electoral behavior patterns at the national, state, and local levels, dating back to the pre-constitutional period. The scope of the encyclopedia is broad, focusing on all aspects of campaigns from early times to the present, tracing the various developments in campaign strategies, management styles, technologies, political advertising, campaign financing, media coverage, convention politics, and other developments in campaign politics.
This Encyclopedia of Campaigns, Elections and Electoral Analysis serves as a superb reference for students, academics, politicians, public officials, political journalists, and others interested in the history and developments in campaigns, elections, and electoral behavior in America. |
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SAGE Handbook of Conflict Resolution, The. |
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Bercovitch, Jacob/ 9781412921923/ Price:GBP 125.00
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Conflict resolution is one of the fastest-growing academic fields in the world today. Although it is a relatively young discipline, having emerged as a specialized field in the 1950¡¦s, it has rapidly grown into a self-contained, vibrant, interdisciplinary field. The SAGE Handbook of Conflict Resolution brings together all the conceptual, methodological and substantive elements of conflict resolution into one volume of over 35 specially commissioned chapters. The Handbook is designed to reflect where the field is today by drawing on the contributions of experts from different fields presenting, in a systematic way, the most recent research and practice. |
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Ecological Economics, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Perrings, Charles/ 9781412948609/ Price:GBP 675.00
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The field of ecological economics developed in the late 1980s at the intersection of the social and natural sciences, with roots in political economy, ecology and biology, and has had a significant impact on research agendas and policy in related fields in subsequent years. This collection of classic and contemporary papers in ecological economics and its precursors includes an introductory essay that explores how the field has developed over time and identifies the main strands in the literature.
Volume I reviews the roots and evolution of ecological economics as a field.
Volume II examines the methodological and technical challenges posed by the development of a new field at the intersection of a number of mature disciplines.
Volume III focuses on the major developments in ecological economics of the last decade.
Volume IV looks at the ecological economics of sustainability. |
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International Relations of the European Union, The., 4-Vols/Set. |
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Rees, Wyn/ 9781412947534/ Price:GBP 780.00
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From its beginnings as a trading organization the European Union (EU) has become an immensely important actor in the international system. This collection distils the very best writings, both classic and contemporary, in the field of its international relations across a range of policy fields. The selected articles and chapters reflect the breadth of the EU's activities in the world, including its economic and security relationships, as well as its unique status in the academic study of international relations.
The SAGE Library of International Relations brings together the most influential and field-defining articles, both classical and contemporary, in a number of key areas of research and inquiry in International Relations.
Each multi-volume set represents a collection of the essential published works collated from the foremost publications in the field by an editor or editorial team of renowned international stature.
They also include a full introduction, presenting a rationale for the selection and mapping out the discipline's past, present and likely future.
This series is designed to be a 'gold standard' for university libraries throughout the world with an interest in International Relations. |
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Genocide, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Jones, Adam/ 9781847870223/ Price:GBP 780.00
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The SAGE Library of International Relations brings together the most influential and field-defining articles, both classical and contemporary, in a number of key areas of research and inquiry in International Relations.
Each multi-volume set represents a collection of the essential published works collated from the foremost publications in the field by an editor or editorial team of renowned international stature.
They also include a full introduction, presenting a rationale for the selection and mapping out the discipline's past, present and likely future.
This series is designed to be a 'gold standard' for university libraries throughout the world with an interest in International Relations.
This four-volume set provides a comprehensive collection of classic and contemporary works on genocide sourced from a wide range of disciplines including international relations, international law, anthropology, psychology, history and sociology.
Volume I highlights the legal framings of genocide and deploys some of the key theoretical contributions of the academic field of comparative genocide studies.
Volume II seeks to provide both an empirical and an argumentative survey of key genocides in human history, particularly those of the modern period.
Volume III focuses on the rich debates over human beings' agency in genocide, and the political, psychological, sociological, and anthropological perspectives that illuminate it.
Volume IV explores diverse strategies of genocide prevention, and the spirited debate over humanitarian intervention and post-genocide peace building and restitution. |
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Electoral Behaviour, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Arzheimer, Kai/ 9781412947527/ Price:GBP 780.00
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This four-volume collection provides a rich overview of one of the core areas of political science research: voting. The quantitative study of voting behaviour (psepholgy) in particular has developed as a highly specialised field since the 1980s and has spawned a vast literature from a wide array of theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches. This set maps out the development of psephology in the post-war period to its current state, and covers the following broad themes:
" Historical evolution of voting studies
" Sociological models
" Cognition and the voter calculus
" Electoral systems
" The electoral context
" Debates and methodology
Series description:
The SAGE Library of Political Science collects together the articles that have been most influential in shaping the discipline.
Each multi-volume set presents a collection of field-defining published works, both classical and contemporary, sourced from the foremost publications in the discipline by an internationally renowned editor or editorial team. They also include a full introduction, presenting a rationale for the selection and mapping out the past, present and likely future of each area.
The series covers both the key approaches to studying the discipline and the primary sub-fields that form the focus of political scientists' work.
The SAGE Library of Political Science will be an essential addition for university libraries throughout the world with an interest in Political Science. |
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Multiparty Negotiations, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Susskind, Lawrence E./ 9781412948128/ Price:GBP 675.00
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Multiparty negotiation is a rapidly developing but complex field whose literature is scattered across a broad range of disciplines and sources. This four-volume collection consolidates this knowledge by bringing together classic works and cutting-edge papers from law, international politics, organization studies and public administration. |
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Rural, The. |
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Munton, Richard/ 9780754627210/ Price:GBP 290.00
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Up until the 1980s, attention remained largely focused upon agriculture as the primary land-use but increasingly new forms of rural consumption - housing, recreation, nature conservation - have taken centre stage as the primacy of local agricultures has been undermined by reduced state protection and 'new' rural populations which have migrated out from the city. More recently, research has been dominated by the 'cultural turn' with particular emphases upon society-nature relations, interpretations of landscape, marginalised others, and analyses of the relations between representation and practice. In the last decade, a more holistic view of the rural, bringing together different aspects of the two previous themes, has emerged through more politically-oriented studies of rural governance concerned with the functioning of interest groups, participation, protest and the allocation and management of resources. The volume is thus structured into three sections concerned with agriculture and food, the rural, and rural governance. The great majority of the selected papers combine both empirical material - often highly informative case studies - and important conceptual arguments about change in the rural condition that can be linked to ideas being employed elsewhere in Geography and the Social Sciences more generally. These critical reflections have been drawn very largely from research conducted in advanced economies which at least provide some commonality of experience allowing the transfer of ideas between what otherwise might be seen as very differing geographical contexts. |
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Politics of Modern Taiwan, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Fell, Daffyd/ 9780415440417/ Price:GBP 250.00
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This new Routledge Major Work is a four-volume collection which gathers the best and most influential research on the contemporary politics of Taiwan. Although the collected materials are in English, they include contributions from leading Taiwan experts in Europe, the United States, Japan, and Taiwan.
Volumes I ('Nationalism and National Identity') and II ('Democratization, Democratic Consolidation') address the two key issues that have received the most attention from political scientists working on Taiwan. Gathered here is the best research on competing nation-building projects and national identities, including the 'Taiwanese versus Chinese' identity debate. Various explanations for Taiwan's democratic transition are explored in depth. Other topics include religion and democracy, along with appraisals of Taiwan's democratic consolidation and its current state.
The scholarship collected in Volume III ('Consequences of Democratization') examines the policy implications of democratization while the last volume ('Party and Local Politics') focuses on salient issues in Taiwan's domestic politics. There is a growing literature addressing a broad range of aspects of the island's political development since the advent of multi-party politics in the late 1980s. Volumes III and IV pay particular attention to the following topics: political corruption; constitutional reform; the creation of a social welfare system; party systems and party politics; political communication and electoral politics; changing patterns in local politics; the development of social movements; and the political impact of the change in ruling parties in 2000.
Politics of Modern Taiwan is fully indexed and has a comprehensive introduction, newly written by the editor, which places the collected material in its historical and intellectual context. It is an essential work of reference and is destined to be valued by scholars and students as a vital one-stop research and pedagogic resource.
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Politics of Modern Turkey, The., 4-Vols/Set. |
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Karkoglu, Ali/ 9780415411066/ Price:GBP 250.00
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Volume I: Historical Heritage of Politics in Modern Turkey Introduction Part 1: Historical Roots Part 2: Kemalism Part 3: Nationalism Part 4: Political Culture and Education Volume II: Political Institutions and Processes Part 5: Constitutional Framework Part 6: Executive Part 7: Bureaucracy Part 8: Parliament Part 9: Party System Part 10: Elections, Voting Part 11: Interest Group Politics, Civil Society Part 12: The Military Volume III: Modern Turkey's Foreign Policy Part 13: Historical Background Part 14: Cyprus and Greek-Turkish Relations Part 15: Turkey's Relations with the USA, Russia, and Eurasia Part 16: The Kurdish Question and Turkey's Policy Towards the Middle East Part 17: Turkey and the EU Part 18: Foreign Policy Since 2002 Volume IV: Major Issues and Themes in Contemporary Turkish Politics Part 19: Democratization, Politics of the EU Membership Process Part 20: Identity Issues 1: Religiosity and the Rising Salience of Pro-Islamist Movements Part 21: Identity Issues 2: Ethnicity and the Politics of the Kurdish Minority Part 22: Identity Issues 3: Women in Turkish Politics Part 23: Policy-Making, Political Economic Interactions, Patronage |
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Encyclopedia of Political Communication, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Kaid, Lynda Lee/ 9781412917995/ Price:GBP 380.00
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Political communication began with the earliest studies of democratic discourse by Aristotle and Plato. However, modern political communication relies on an interdisciplinary base which draws on concepts from communication, political science, journalism, sociology, psychology, history, rhetoric, and others. This two volume resource considers political communication from this broad interdisciplinary perspective, encompassing the many different roles that communication plays in political processes in the United States and around the world.
The Encyclopedia of Political Communication discusses the major theoretical approaches to the field, including direct and limited effects theories, agenda-setting theories, sociological theories, framing and priming theories, and other past and present conceptualizations. Considerable attention is devoted to major sources of political communication and to important political messages such as political speeches, televised political advertising, political posters and print advertising, televised political debates, and Internet sites. The audiences for political communications are also central, necessitating concentration on citizen reactions to political messages, how the general public and voters in democratic systems respond to political messages and the effects of all types of media and message types. |
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Comparative Political Science, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Zuckerman, Alan S./ 9781412944878/ Price:GBP 780.00
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Comparative politics addresses the central questions of political science anywhere and everywhere: from ancient Greece to the contemporary world; from established democracies to totalitarian regimes; from small communities to capital cities; and from the international scale to the individual. Edited by one of the world's foremost political science scholars, this four-volume set provides researchers with a comprehensive overview of the numerous methods and applications of the comparative approach. |
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International Environmental Politics, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Mitchell, Ronald B./ 9781412930055/ Price:GBP 780.00
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International environmental politics is an important component of both current scholarship in, and the curricula of, departments of international relations, international studies, and political science in the United States and around the world. These four volumes bring together the very strongest writings from the scholarly literature on the increasingly important topic of international environmental politics, selected from a diverse range of disciplines and publications. The collection sheds light on the political sources of global environmental problems, the processes by which states negotiate solutions to them, and the efforts of international institutions to address them. |
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Global Terrorism, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Lutz, James/ 9781412936033/ Price:GBP 780.00
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This collection brings together the very best research on terrorism as viewed from a global and comparative perspective. Many of the papers included are from the post-9/11 period, which has seen a significant increase in the volume of research on terrorism whose focus goes beyond individual groups or countries. There are also a number of extremely important contributions that trace the development of this strand of terrorism research in the second half of the twentieth century, in particular the 1980s and 1990s. The collection covers the following areas:
" Causes of Terrorism
" Tactics and Targets
" Religious Terrorism
" Ethnic/Nationalist Terrorism
" Ideological Terrorism
" Terrorist Groups and Criminal Organizations
" State Involvement in Terrorism
" Countermeasures
" The Global 'War on Terrorism'
The editors' introductory essay contextualises the selection, sets out a basic framework on terrorism and terrorists, and discusses some of the groups and countries that are especially relevant to the analysis of global terrorism.
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Military Ethics. |
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Coady, Anthony/ 9780754624875/ Price:GBP 280.00
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Recent developments such as the 'new wars' or the growing privatisation of warfare, and the ever more sophisticated military technology, present the military with difficult ethical challenges. This book offers a selection of the best scholarly articles on military ethics published in recent decades. It gives a hearing to all the main ethical approaches to war: just war theory, consequentialism, and pacifism. Part I includes essays on justice of war (jus ad bellum), focussing on defence against aggression and humanitarian armed intervention, but also addressing topics such as conscientious objection and the relation of patriotism to war. Articles in Part II deal with the central problems of justice in war (jus in bello): civilian immunity and 'collateral damage' to civilian life and property. Essays in Part III look into the moral issues facing the military as a profession, such as the civil - military relations, the responsibilities of officers to their soldiers and to their military superiors, and the status and responsibilities of prisoners of war. |
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Warfare in the Middle East since 1945. |
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Bregman, Ahron/ 9780754624790/ Price:GBP 240.00
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From the end of the Second World War and throughout the era that came to be known as the Cold War, the Middle East was a battleground for Great Power rivalries and constant wars. These were fought between Israelis and Arabs, Arabs and Iranians, Arabs and Arabs and also between regional players and outside powers; the region was also the scene of several intense civil wars and insurgencies. The essays gathered in this volume focus on some of the most important facets of these Middle Eastern conflicts. Following a general introduction, the essays are then organised under three major sections. The first focuses on the Arab-Israeli conflict; the second on the Gulf Wars, and the third section concentrates on insurgencies. Together, these essays, all of which were written by leading experts, will provide the reader with a good introduction to warfare in the modern Middle East and show how conflict has shaped the region. |
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Warfare in Europe 1919-1938. |
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Jensen, Geoffrey/ 9780754625193/ Price:GBP 290.00
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Although ostensibly a time of peace, one of the richest and most fascinating periods in military history falls between the two world wars. With good reason, even today military theorists look to these years for relevant lessons. The articles and papers collected together in this volume highlight the major themes and developments of interwar military affairs in Europe, including the new doctrines of tank warfare, air power, German "Blitzkrieg", and Soviet operational art. They also demonstrate the important place of the major armed conflicts of the period, such as the Russian and Spanish Civil Wars, in European history. |
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Berlusconi's Italy: Mapping Contemporary Italian Politics. |
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Shin, Michael E./ 9781592137176/ Price:US$ 27.95
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Identity Politics in the Age of Genocide: The Holocaust and Historical Representation. |
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Macdonald, David B./ 9780415543521/ Price:GBP 42.99
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GroBraum-Denken: Carl Schmitts Kategorie Der Grossraumordnung. |
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Voigt, Rudiger/ 9783515091862/ Price:EUR 41.00
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The Search for AL Qaeda: Its Leadership, Ideology, and Future. |
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Riedel, Bruce/ 9780815774143/ Price:US$ 27.99
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Organizational and Psychological Aspects of Terrorism. |
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This book handles terrorism in its broad outlines first, and then proceeded to highlight such aspects as the organizational structure of terrorist groups, their psychology and group dynamics, financing, and recruitment. Along with each topic, the question of how to counter terrorist activities is addressed. Some of the topics highlighted in this publication are: the causes of terrorism; major ideologies motivating terrorism and main characteristics of terrorism; recruitment methods of terrorist organizations; and psychology of terrorists and profile of suicide bombers. Terrorism has gained a global dimension, and it is impossible to imagine successful counter-terrorism unless true and open international cooperation is realized. Organizational and Psychological Aspects of Terrorism is one example of sharing expertise and lessons learned. |
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Political Violence, Organized Crimes, Terrorism and Youth. |
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Ulusoy, M. D./ 9781586039035/ Price:EUR 115.00
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Nuclear Doctrines and Strategies: National Policies and International Security. |
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Fitzpatrick, Mark/ 9781586038977/ Price:EUR 80.00
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Nuclear Strategies and Doctrines focuses on the overarching importance that nuclear strategies and doctrines continue to play in the modern world and in relations among the leading states. The nuclear doctrines of the recognized nuclear weapons states and the activities these policies entail ¡V beginning with the acquisition and modernization of nuclear forces ¡V inevitably influence the defense and foreign policies of those nations which are without nuclear weapons capabilities, as well as the policies of those nations that are considered to be de facto nuclear weapons states. The present unstable balance between the ¡¥haves¡¦ and the ¡¥have-nots¡¦ is becoming increasingly shaky. Many representatives of the latter countries consider this division to be illegal, immoral and unresponsive to the demands of their national security. The nuclear doctrines still support the notion that only nuclear weapons may serve as a ¡¥supreme guarantor¡¦ of military security, despite the situation in which nuclear deterrence cannot fulfil its role effectively, especially against rogue states, and in view of new threats and dangerous regimes. Throughout this work it is emphasized that the existing policies of national security and military doctrines do not reflect modern realities and that nuclear deterrence, which still comprises the essence of nuclear doctrines of the nuclear-weapons states, cannot effectively fulfill its assigned role, especially in view of the new common threats posed by none-state actors and dangerous regimes. |
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Legal Aspects of Combating Terrorism. |
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Centre of Excellence Defence Against Terrorism/ 9781586039301/ Price:EUR 115.00
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Politics of the Middle East: Cultures and Conflicts. |
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Roskin, Michael G./ 9780131594241/ Price:US$ 127.20
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Terrorism and Counterterrorism. |
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Nacos, Brigitte L./ 9780205568284/ Price:US$ 53.20
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Terrorism: The Bottom Line. |
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Yungher, Nathan I./ 9780131568006/ Price:US$ 93.40
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Selected Works of Michael Wallerstein. |
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Austen-Smith, David/ 9780521886888/ Price:GBP 64.00
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Gorbachev: Man of the Twentieth Century? |
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Sandle, Mark/ 9780340761595/ Price:GBP 16.99
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This new study draws upon a wide variety of sources East and West, textual and visual, newspaper and memoir, academic and popular to try and understand the reasons why Gorbachev still appears to be such an enigmatic figure. |
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Complexity and Security. |
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Ramsden, Jeremy J./ 9781586038496/ Price:EUR 115.00
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The fundamental concept developed in this book is that in order to achieve security in a complex world, it is essential to ensure that we have sufficient variety available to cope with complexity and its potential dangers. The book develops many facets of this idea, covering all major contemporary world issues, including energy, food and environmental security, climate change, economic transitions, and the role of technology. Encompassing a uniquely diverse collection of viewpoints, this book achieves a highly original contribution to the debate about where our civilization is heading. Airy speculation is however eschewed: arguments are developed on the basis of solid evidence available to all. This book by no means attempts to have the last word: it invites response and debate. Above all, it contributes to deepening understanding of what it means to be human in the face of our ever-growing knowledge about the universe and its nature. And, the ideas developed lead to some surprisingly definite conclusions about the policies to be promulgated in the future. |
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Social Dynamics of Global Terrorism and Prevention Policies. |
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Kaya, Nilay C./ 9781586038519/ Price:EUR 115.00
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Over the course of the first decade of the third millennium, terrorism has become a phenomenon that no state, society, or individual can afford to ignore. Particularly in the post-9/11 world, terrorism has not only turned into an ubiquitous fact and an omnipresent spectacle but also an alarming global concern. It is, nevertheless, surprising for many people that the global convergence towards growing fear and anxiety of terrorism has not necessarily led to a parallel convergence in our understanding and definition of the phenomenon. Defining terrorism today is no simpler a task than the days of the French revolution during which the term was first coined. Although definitional exercises are often perceived by various politicians and practitioners as yet another bizarre avocation of scholars, attempts to redefine the term terrorism time and again is neither straightforward nor vein.
This edited volume is compiled in response to the challenge of global terrorism, bringing together over two dozen scholars and practitioners from around the world who are experts on the study of terrorism. |
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Building and Using Datasets on Armed Conflicts. |
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Kauffmann, Mayeul/ 9781586038472/ Price:EUR 115.00
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The so-called ¡¥hard¡¦ or ¡¥exact¡¦ sciences, with their necessary emphasis on technology and on the technical, are hardly reputed for being very human, and, conversely, the so-called ¡¥human¡¦ sciences are often pronounced as ¡¥soft¡¦ because they cannot be based on the certainties associated with the former. The search for truth - which is the essential dimension of the construction of a peaceful world - therefore has to navigate between considerations of a philosophical nature and the concrete data of the hard sciences. If, ever since the humanism of the Renaissance period, we have been happy to lay claim to the wisdom of one of its great writers, Rabelais, who taught a moral lesson to the young Pantagruel with the neat formula ¡§science without conscience is the ruin of the soul¡¨, we nonetheless stand in awe before modern scientific advances and the extraordinary achievements that they have opened up. If everything is not permissible, at least everything seems possible! |
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Tuning Priorities in Nuclear Arms Control and Non-Proliferation: Comparing Approaches of Russia and the West. |
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Nikitin, Alexander/ 9781586038243/ Price:EUR 115.00
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This publication contributes to the discussion about better understanding and mutual tuning of Russian and Western approaches to strengthening the nuclear non-proliferation regime, responding to situations like those in Iran and North Korea, synchronizing priorities in the elimination of excessive fissile materials, and, most of all, in the preservation of existing and the development of new agreements in nuclear arms control and nuclear disarmament.
An important aspect of this is raising awareness of the current crisis in nuclear arms control. Such international, inter-agency and cross-cultural dialogue provides an opportunity for maintaining the wide-ranging dialogue required for strengthening arms control arrangements ¡V and for establishing new ones with clearly defined and measurable scopes and verification systems. |
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The Fight Against Terrorism and Crisis Management in the Western Balkans. |
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Prezelj, Iztok/ 9781586038236/ Price:EUR 115.00
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Terrorism is not the only threat that causes the emergence of crises. The so-called ¡¥crisification¡¦ of our security environment also seems to be rising due to many other factors. Such an environment is generating many crises related to politico-military conflicts, natural disasters, infectious diseases, information disruptions, ethnic or religious violence and others. Many of these crises are completely or nearly completely unexpected and have a strong effect on the security of individual people, states and the international community. ¡¥Crisis¡¦ has become the key word instead of ¡¥war¡¦. The awareness of this is partially driven by the growing role of electronic media, bringing negative news and reports to nearly all homes, and partially by objective technical factors that allow the fast escalation of local crises to the international level. Globalization therefore has a strong subjective and objective impact on the understanding of security. |
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Responses to Cyber Terrorism. |
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Defence Against Terrorism/ 9781586038366/ Price:EUR 115.00
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The one issue touched on repeatedly by the contributors of this publication is the difficulty of arriving at a definition of cyber terrorism. A NATO Office of Security document cautiously defines it as ¡§a cyber attack using or exploiting computer or communication networks to cause sufficient destruction or disruption to generate fear or to intimidate a society into an ideological goal.¡¨ But the cyber world is surely remote from what is recognized as terrorism: the bloody attacks and ethnic conflicts, or, more precisely, the politically-motivated ¡§intention to cause death or serious bodily harm to civilians or non-combatants with the purpose of intimidating a population or compelling a government ¡K¡¨ (UN report, Freedom from Fear, 2005).
It is hard to think of one instance when computer code has physically harmed anyone. Yet a number of contributors show that just such events, potentially on a huge scale, can be expected. For example attacks on critical infrastructure, in particular on SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) systems which control physical processes in places like chemical factories, dams, and power stations.
A part of the publication examines cyber terrorism in the proper sense of the term, and how to respond in terms of technology, awareness, and legal/political measures. However, there is also the related question of responding to the terrorist presence on the internet (so-called ¡¥terrorist contents¡¦). Here the internet is not a weapon, but an important tool for terrorists¡¦ communications (coordination, training, recruiting), and information gathering on the targets of planned attacks. |
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Countering Terrorism: Can We Meet the Threat of Global Violence? |
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Chandler, Michael/ 9781861894076/ Price:GBP 9.99
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Countering Terrorism: Can We Meet the Treat of Global Violence? is a hard-hitting examination of responses to terrorism around the globe, looking not only at 9/11 but also the London and Madrid bombings, as well as terrorist activity in Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Palestine and elsewhere. The authors argue that despite the international community being presented with a prime opportunity to cooperate and collaborate against trans-national terrorism, the opportunity has been missed, long-term visionary policies have been held hostage to short-term political expediency, and what should have been a watershed has become a trickle in the sand.
The authors¡¦ collective experience ¡V dealing with a wide range of terrorist activity, security issues and conflict situations ¡V spans over forty years, and includes first-hand exposure in the field. Together they bring their specialist knowledge to bear on one of the most critical issues of today, offering a clear-sighted way of understanding and dealing with global terrorism. |
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Indigenous Diplomacy and the Rights of Peoples: Achieving UN Recognition. |
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Henderson, James Youngblood/ 9781895830354/ Price:US$ 29.50
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Witness to a Changing World. |
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Newsom, David D./ 9780981865478/ Price:US$ 42.00
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Witness to a Changing World |
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Newsom, David D./ 9780981865461/ Price:US$ 28.00
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The Merchants of Fear: Why They Want Us to be Afraid. |
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Catherwood, Christopher/ 9781599212814/ Price:US$ 24.95
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U.S. Army Survival Handbook, Revised. |
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Department of the Army/ 9781599214511/ Price:US$ 16.95
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From Baghdad with Love: A Marine, the War, and a Dog Named Lava. |
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Kopelman, Jay/ 9781599211824/ Price:US$ 14.95
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English Civil War, The. |
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Carpenter, Stanley/ 9780754624806/ Price:GBP 130.00
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The English Civil Wars of 1642¡V1651, part of a broader pattern of civil conflict in Britain and Ireland between 1639 and 1660 caused by a clash between King Charles I and Parliament over issues of religion, the constitutional role and limitations of monarchy and command and control of military forces, set the stage for the evolution of the modern British constitution and the British Army. The English Civil War volume in the International Library of Essays on Military History presents a series of scholarly articles exploring the military, political, social, religious, economic and constitutional context within which the Royalist and Parliamentarian forces struggled. Additionally, the essays examine the nature of armies and of war in mid-seventeenth century Britain, as well as selected campaigns and battles that shaped the eventual outcome. |
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Byzantine Warfare. |
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Haldon, John/ 9780754624844/ Price:GBP 300.00
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Warfare was an integral part of the operations of the medieval eastern Roman, or Byzantine, empire, both in its organisation, as well as in social thinking and political ideology. This volume presents a selection of articles dealing with key aspects of Byzantine attitudes to war and violence, with military administration and organisation at tactical and strategic levels, weapons and armaments and war-making itself; discussions which make an important contribution to answering the questions of how and why the empire survived as long as it did. |
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African Military History. |
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Lamphear, John/ 9780754625216/ Price:GBP 250.00
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This collection of essays on pre-colonial sub-Saharan African military history is drawn from a number of academic journals and includes some which are considered milestones in African historiographical discourse, as well as others which, while lesser known, provide remarkable insight into the unique nature of African military history. Selections were made so as to produce an introduction to the understudied field of pre-colonial African military history that will be useful to specialists and non-specialists alike. The volume also contains an introduction which presents one of the first significant reviews of pre-colonial African military historiography ever attempted. |
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Twentieth Century International Relations II, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Cox, Michael/ 9780761944669/ Price:GBP 780.00
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The second four volumes of this eight volume set provide comprehensive coverage of the factors that determined the evolution of world system in the twentieth century. Between them they consider the central questions of the period:
- Why did the 'long peace' of the nineteenth century break down so completely between 1914 and 1945?
- How and by what means was a new kind of order created between 1947 and 1991?
- Why did this apparently durable system fall apart and with what consequences for the next century?
With over 80 thematically organized articles selection by Michael Cox, Volumes 5-8 explore what happened following the collapse of the bipolar order in 1989 and the implications of this transition for the conduct of international relations.
Volume Five traces the rise of the new Europe but explains the continuing weakness of Europe as an international actor.
Volume Six examines the claim that the new 21st century is more likely to revolve around the Pacific than the United States or the Atlantic.
Volume Seven asks the question: whatever happened to the Third Word?
Volume Eight explores the possible sources of new challenges to international order following the brutal termination of the short-lived post-Cold War era on September 11, 2001. |
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Twentieth Century International Relations I, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Cox, Michael/ 9780761944652/ Price:GBP 780.00
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The first four volumes of this eight volume set provide comprehensive coverage of the factors that determined the evolution of world system in the twentieth century. Between them they consider the central questions of the period:
" Why did the 'long peace' of the nineteenth century break down so completely between 1914 and 1945?
" How and by what means was a new kind of order created between 1947 and 1991?
" Why did this apparently durable system fall apart and with what consequences for the next century?
With over 80 thematically organized articles selection by Michael Cox, Volumes 1-4 examine the 20th century as a period of unprecedented turbulence, marked by unprecedented global confrontations.
" Volume I looks at the causes and consequences of the collapse of the balance of power after 1914
" Volume II examines the emergence of the United States and its impact on international politics in a bipolar world
" Volume III consdiers the peaceful conclusion of the Cold War
" Volume IV looks at the ways theorists of international relations conceptualized the post-Cold War unipolar 'moment' under conditions of globalization. |
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Twentieth Century International Relations, 8-Vols/Set. |
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Cox, Michael/ 9781412910187/ Price:GBP 1315.00
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This eight volume set provides comprehensive coverage of the factors that determined the evolution of world system in the twentieth century. Volumes 1-4 examine the 20th century as a period of unprecedented turbulence, marked by unprecedented global confrontations. Volumes 5-8 explore what happened following the collapse of the bipolar order in 1989 and the implications of this transition for the conduct of international relations. |
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Iraq's Insurgency and the Road to Civil Conflict, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Cordesman, Anthony H./ 9780313349973/ Price:GBP 103.95
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The war in Iraq has expanded from a struggle between Coalition forces and the remnants of former regime loyalists to a multi-faceted conflict involving numerous Sunni groups, Shi'ite militias, Kurdish nationals, and foreign jihadists. Iraq's Insurgency and the Road to Civil Conflict is Anthony Cordesman's latest assessment of the Iraqi conflict and documents its entire evolution, from the history of ethnic tensions through the current U.S. "surge." He identifies each actor in the arena, analyzes their motivations, and presents a detailed record of their actions, tactics, and capabilities. Cordesman's exhaustive study, based on meticulous research, is the most thorough account of the war to date.
Beginning with the consequences of imperial colonialism and touching upon the ethnic tensions throughout Saddam's regime, Cordesman examines and details the confluence of forces and events that have paved the way toward Iraq's current civil conflict. He analyzes major turning points, including elections, economic developments, and key incidents of violence that continue to shape the war. Finally, he outlines the lessons learned from this history and what can and cannot be done to stabilize the nation. |
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International Security and the United States, 2-Vols/Set. |
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DeRouen, Karl/ 9780275992538/ Price:GBP 137.95
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Shaped by often very dramatic events, international security and the international system have changed significantly in recent years. The conclusion of the Cold War, the emergence of new political systems, the growth of significant threats such as terrorism, and the development of new security doctrines have driven global transformation. These volumes provide detailed information on countries from every geographic region and continent on the globe, evaluating their relationship with the United States and measuring the potential security threats posed by each. The contributors consider factors such as geography and history; the political systems of each state; their human rights records; the ability to maintain law and order and provide security within their own borders; the impact of current administrations, rulers, or regimes on a nation's foreign policy; and the regional factors that often dictate local politics, in order to make their assessments. |
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Evolution of U.S. Counterterrorism Policy, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Alexander, Yonah/ 9780275995294/ Price:GBP 206.95
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For over two centuries, America has faced occasional outbreaks of terrorism, perpetrated by both indigenous and foreign groups. But the spectacular bombing in Oklahoma City in 1995 and the September 11, 2001, attacks seemed to signify a new age, frightening many Americans and destroying their sense of domestic security. In addition, U.S. citizens and interests have been increasingly affected by acts of terrorism abroad. The challenges of terrorism, therefore, have required the United States to develop comprehensive strategies and programs to counter both conventional and unconventional threats, nationally and globally.
Including many older documents not available electronically or otherwise accessible, this three-volume set provides the first comprehensive collection of key documents, statements, and testimony on U.S. government counterterrorism policies as they have evolved in the face of the changing terrorist threats. Selected executive and congressional materials highlight the government's diverse policy and program responses to terrorism. The testimony, statements, and documents provide the public articulation and face to the the largely important intelligence, law enforcement, preventative security measures, and international cooperation used in the shadowy war against terrorism. Recent entries offer a handy compilation of important post-9/11 materials. For example, the volumes includes useful background information on U.S. actions against Osama bin Laden, the Taliban, and Saddam Hussein and terrorism fundraising. Also included are statements from the Reagan and other administrations that relate to disputes over the appropriate use of force. Introductory chapters by Alexander and Kraft provide the historical context and analysis of previous and current U.S. counterterrorism policy, including U.S. legislation. |
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Companion to Contemporary Political Philosophy, A., 2-Vols/Set. |
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Goodin, Robert E./ 9781405136532/ Price:US$ 454.50
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This new edition of A Companion to Contemporary Political Philosophy has been extended significantly to include 55 chapters across two volumes written by some of today's most distinguished scholars.
* New contributors include some of today¡¦s most distinguished scholars, among them Thomas Pogge, Charles Beitz, and Michael Doyle
* Provides in-depth coverage of contemporary philosophical debate in all major related disciplines, such as economics, history, law, political science, international relations and sociology
* Presents analysis of key political ideologies, including new chapters on Cosmopolitanism and Fundamentalism
Includes detailed discussions of major concepts in political philosophy, including virtue, power, human rights, and just war |
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Global Perspectives on the United States: Volume 3: Issues and Ideas Shaping International Relations. |
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Levinson, David/ 9781933782072/ Price:US$ 189.00
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Global Perspectives on the United States: Volume 1-2: A Nation by Nation Survey. |
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Levinson, David/ 9781933782065/ Price:US$ 375.00
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Global Perspectives on the United States, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Levinson, David/ 9781933782263/ Price:US$ 395.00
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This unique, nonpartisan survey, written by experts from around the world, is the first general resource to explore the role and image of the United States from the viewpoints of the peoples and nations of the world. It provides extensive historical coverage, contemporary analysis, and -fascinating examples. Over 150 sidebars and photographs provide a rich picture of the complex feelings people have had about the country described as the "City upon a Hill"-a model to other nations. Additional content includes statistical tables and biographies of individuals who have helped to shape what the world thinks about -America. |
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Terrorism and Global Security. |
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Robertson, Ann E./ 9780816067664/ Price:US$ 45.00
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For most Americans, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, are a watershed event, a turning point in how Americans think about their place in the world. Before 9/11, the United States suffered the occasional attack on its citizens abroad, but the homeland remained secure, and public safety focused on ordinary dangers such as crime, fire, flood, and influenza. After 9/11, new fears intruded on daily life, and Americans were now forced to face a clever enemy who could seemingly attack at any time, at any place. Just as earlier generations remember where they were when they learned of John F. Kennedy¡¦s assassination or the explosion of the Challenger space shuttle, 9/11 marks the moment American adolescents became aware of international events as well as the broader outlines of global security issues. The subsequent war on terrorism also dramatically changed the terms of a possible career in the military.
Accurate and balanced, Terrorism and Global Security provides key information on the definition, causes, and goals of terrorism; the history of terrorism; the perpetrators and their backgrounds; counterterrorism; and the issues of balancing security and liberty. Separate case studies focus on the United States as well as the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, Peru, and Colombia, examining how each has been affected by terrorism and comparing and contrasting the measures taken in response. |
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Political Communication, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Seib, Philip/ 9781412947381/ Price:GBP 675.00
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This collection provides an overview of the broad landscape of political communication, with material suited for the theorist and the more practically inclined. The main criterion for organizing this collection was diversity -- presenting a range of authors and ideas. The contributions cover a span of almost eighty years, beginning with an article from 1927 and culminating with work from the first decade of the 21st century. Some of the authors are famous scholars and some are little known, but each article is like a piece of a jigsaw puzzle and fits into an appropriate place.
A compelling case can be made that political change throughout the world is being driven, directly and indirectly, by political communication. That should provide great incentive to the researchers whose yet-to-be-written articles will be the descendants of the works collected in these volumes. |
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SAGE Handbook of Public Opinion Research, The. |
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Donsbach, Wolfgang/ 9781412911771/ Price:GBP 125.00
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Public opinion theory and research are becoming increasingly significant in modern societies as people's attitudes and behaviours become ever more volatile and opinion poll data becomes ever more readily available. This major new Handbook is the first to bring together into one volume the whole field of public opinion theory, research methodology, and the political and social embeddedness of polls in modern societies. It comprehensively maps out the state-of-the-art in contemporary scholarship on these topics.
With over fifty chapters written by distinguished international researchers, both academic and from the commercial sector, this Handbook is designed to:
- give the reader an overview of the most important concepts included in and surrounding the term 'public opinion' and its application in modern social research
- present the basic empirical concepts for assessing public opinion and opinion changes in society
- provide an overview of the social, political and legal status of public opinion research, how it is perceived by the public and by journalists, and how it is used by governments
- offer a review of the role and use of surveys for selected special fields of application, ranging from their use in legal cases to the use of polls in marketing and campaigns.
The Handbook of Public Opinion Research provides an indispensable resource for both practitioners and students alike. |
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International Security, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Buzan & Hansen/ 9781412921398/ Price:GBP 780.00
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International Security is one of the main sub-fields of International Relations. This four-volume collection will bring together seminal journal articles and some book chapters to map the main themes and turning points in the development of International Security Studies.
Volume 1: Military-Political Security during the Cold War covers the traditional military-political security agenda from 1945 to the ending of the cold war.
Volume 2: Military-Political Security since the Cold War reflects the perceived crisis of relevance in the whole strategic studies agenda and examines the responses to a radically different international political context.
Volume 3: Widening the Agenda of International Security traces the broadening of traditional security concerns and shows how economic, environmental and societal security came onto the agenda of international security.
Volume 4: Challenging State Security is about approaches that challenge state security including critical security studies, human security, feminism, and postmoderist/poststructualist approaches. |
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Institutionalism, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Peters & Pierre/ 9781412928755/ Price:GBP 780.00
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Institutional explanations have been, and continue to be, one of the most important means of understanding the choices made by governments and other actors in society.
This four volume set brings together a collection of the key readings in institutional theory and its applications to political phenomena. Although the principal focus of these readings is on institutional theory based in political science, articles from other disciplines that have been central to the development of theory in this discipline, or that have substantial relevance for political phenomena, have also been included.
Forming part of the SAGE Library of Political Science, this set contains a substantial overall introduction and conclusion as well as shorter introductions to each Part. It is an essential purchase for social science libraries around the world. |
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Public Governance, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Bevir, Mark/ 9781412921459/ Price:GBP 780.00
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The SAGE Library of Political Science is a new series of major works that will bring together the articles that have been most influential in shaping the discipline.
Each multi-volume set will present a collection of field-defining published works, both classical and contemporary, sourced from the foremost publications in the discipline by an internationally renowned Editor or Editorial Team. They will also include a full introduction, presenting a rationale for the selection and mapping out the past, present and likely future of each area.
The Series will cover both the key approaches to studying the discipline and the primary sub-fields that form the focus of political scientists' work. |
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Gulf Military Forces in an Era of Asymmetric Wars, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Cordesman, Anthony H./ 9780275992507/ Price:GBP 127.95
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The significance of the Persian Gulf to international peace and security and to the global energy market cannot be overstated. Events such as the attacks of September 11 and the rise in energy demand and prices have only highlighted the importance of stability in the Gulf to the health of the global economy. This book demonstrates that the nature of military and political threats in the Gulf states (Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Qatar, Yemen, and the UAE) has shifted during the past three years. Although the threat from Saddam Hussein's Iraq, which produced three recent, major conventional wars-Iran-Iraq (1980-88), Persian Gulf (1990), and Iraq (2003)-has largely disappeared, it has been replaced by concerns over the asymmetric warfare conducted by terrorist organizations and over the proliferation of WMDs by both states and terrorists. These developments are affecting the defense planning and strategic posture of each country, and this book analyzes developments in the force structures of the Gulf states and their ability to deal with this shift in the nature of the threat. |
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Handbook of Political Geography. |
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Cox, Kevin R./ 9780761943273/ Price:GBP 125.00
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Political Geography is a core subdiscipline of Human Geography, the Handbook of Political Geography will provide a highly contextualised and systematic overview of the latest thinking and research. Edited by key scholars, with international contributions from acknowledged authorities on the relevant research, the Handbook of Political Geography is divided into six sections:
- Scope and Development of Political Geography - key debates; the geography of knowledge; conceptualisations of power; and conceptualisations of scale
- Geographies of the State - state theory; territory and central local relations; legal and judicial geographies; borders; and states and nature
- Participation and representation - citizenship; space; electoral geography; place; media public space; and social movements
- Political Geographies of Difference - class; nationalism; gender, sexuality ; and culture
- Geography Policy and Governance - regulation; welfare; urban space; planning, environment
- Global Political Geographies - geographies of imperialism; post-colonialism; globalization; environmental politics; international relations; war; and migration
The Handbook of Political Geography will be the standard work, widely used and highly-cited, by all scholars with an interest in politics and space. |
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Warfare in Latin America, 2-Vols/set. |
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Centeno, Miguel A./ 9780754624868/ Price:GBP 350.00
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This two volume work is the first extensive collection of analytical materials regarding the history of war in Latin America. Covering pre-history to the 1990s, it also includes accounts from every region and form of warfare. Experts on the continent and those who work on the military in other parts of the globe, will find it extremely useful. |
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Warfare in Japan. |
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Kleinschmidt, Harald/ 9780754625179/ Price:GBP 240.00
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Warfare in Japan from the fourth to the nineteenth century has caused much controversy among Western military and political historians. This volume assembles key articles written by specialists in the field on military organization, the social context of war, battle action, weapons and martial arts. The focus is on the transformation of patterns of warfare that arose from endogenous as well as exogenous factors. |
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Warfare in Europe 1792-1815. |
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Schneid, Frederick C./ 9780754624714/ Price:GBP 165.00
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This collection of essays provides a broad strategic interpretation of European warfare from 1792-1815. Unlike traditional military histories which focus on a revolution in military affairs from the French view, this volume offers a general European perspective, placing the armies and the wars in historical context, while addressing substantive changes to respective military systems. |
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Warfare in Early Modern Europe 1450-1660. |
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Hammer, Paul/ 9780754625292/ Price:GBP 250.00
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The early modern period saw gunpowder weapons reach maturity and become a central feature of European warfare, on land and at sea. This exciting collection of essays brings together a distinguished and varied selection of modern scholarship on the transformation of war¡Xoften described as a ¡¥military revolution¡¦¡Xduring the period between 1450 and 1660. |
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Naval History 1850-Present, 2-Vols/set. |
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Lambert, Andrew/ 9780754625353/ Price:GBP 345.00
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The navies of the industrial and post-industrial world offer a rich field of study, linking new and old nations, conflict, technology, diplomacy, society and much more. Few aspects of the recent past have been unaffected by the ability of nations to use the sea for political ends. The naval history of the past 150 years is at once the bedrock of naval education, doctrine and strategy development, a critical element in the wider field of historical scholarship and, in recent years, a subject of growing interest for popular audiences beyond the service/academic community from which it initially sprang. This collection provides an overview of the state of the art in the early 21st century, showing where naval historians are working and how current approaches differ from those of earlier periods. |
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Mass Communication, 4-Vols/Set. |
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McQuail, Denis/ 9781412922418/ Price:GBP 675.00
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Denis McQuail's Major Work in Mass Communication is another essential part of the SAGE Benchmark series. Drawing on both classic and contemporaneous sources, McQuail guides us through the central defining papers that anchor this field. Taken together, the four volumes will provide access to the key debates within the field and all the main lines of research that have emerged.
Denis McQuail's credentials as editor are impeccable - McQuail's Mass Communication is a central text now into its 5th edition, translated, used and respected globally. |
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Human Rights: Critical Concepts in Political Science, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Falk, Richard/ 9780415312479/ Price:GBP 300.00
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One of the most notable developments of the last half century was the development of international human rights norms and procedures, with some degree of institutionalization within the United Nations. Human Rights, perhaps as much as any subject of global significance, has reflected the influence of transnational civic associations, which have pushed governments and international institutions to take human rights seriously. The complex pattern of the evolution of human rights reflects the unevenness of economic development, political outlook and civilizational values around the world.
This collection brings together representative selections of the best writing on the main dimensions of human rights. |
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American Empire: A Debate. |
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Layne, Christopher/ 9780415952033/ Price:GBP 160.00
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Unintended Consequences of Peacekeeping Operations. |
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Aoi, Chiyuki/ 9789280811421/ Price:US$ 34.00
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Global Governance Reform: Breaking the Stalemate. |
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Bradford, Colin I./ 9780815713630/ Price:US$ 23.99
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Making Australian Foreign Policy. |
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Gyngell, Allan/ 9780521700313/ Price:GBP 50.99
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A Matter of Faith: Religion in the 2004 Presidential Election. |
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Campbell, David E./ 9780815713289/ Price:US$ 64.99
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Legislative Leviathan: Party Government in the House. |
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Cox, Gary W./ 9780521872331/ Price:GBP 54.00
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Suicide as a Weapon. |
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Defence Against Terrorism Centre of Excellence/ 9781586037956/ Price:EUR 115.00
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The topic of suicide terrorism takes us right to the heart of the dilemmas of the 21st century. This type of attack has become the weapon of choice of ¡¥globalized terror¡¦. The scene is set by a historical review of suicide attacks in the first chapter. This wide-ranging analysis divides the phenomenon into three main headings: individual and psychological factors, the organization and its contribution, and the environments in which the terror is nurtured. Other topics covered include: what is new about terrorism, the mindset of the PLL terror organization, reactions of security forces, recruiting and training suicide bombers, the high profile of women suicide bombers, the focus area Iraq, the impact of suicide attacks on US public opinion, the London bombings, the international character of suicide attacks, how the police and/or private security personnel can provide on-site security against suicide terrorism and the financing of terrorism. |
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Social and Psychological Effects of Radiological Terrorism. |
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Khripunov, Igor/ 9781586037871/ Price:EUR 115.00
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The threat of radiological terrorism has recently come to the attention of the international community, as it became clear that terrorist organizations are seeking nuclear and radiological material to manufacture and use improvised nuclear devices (IND) and ¡¥dirty bombs¡¦, and/or commit acts of sabotage against nuclear power infrastructure. But while nuclear weapons and INDs, still remain relatively secure from terrorist access, radiological material is more readily available in large quantities throughout the world. Also, radiological explosives or other dispersal devices are easier to manufacture and to use. Radiological dispersal devices (RDDs) come in many shapes and sizes; A dirty bomb uses a conventional explosion to scatter radioactive material; Terrorists could launch an attack by placing a container of radioactive material in a public place and an airplane can easily disperse radioactive material as a powder or an aerosol. On a grand scale, a nuclear facility could become an RDD. Intentional damage done to a nuclear power plant or other site could release radiation, contaminating the immediate surroundings or even beyond. RDDs of any kind present a potent and effective terrorist weapon because they threaten to expose civilian populaces to radiation ¡V engendering panic out of proportion to the modest number of casualties likely to result from limited doses of radiation. Coming to terms with the psychological and social dimensions of radiological attacks ¡V areas that are inadequately studied and assessed ¡V is thus a matter of considerable importance for those entrusted with national, and ultimately international, security. |
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Nuclear Security Culture: From National Best Practices to International Standards. and Societal Dynamics |
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Khripunov, Igor/ 9781586037864/ Price:EUR 115.00
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Over the past several years, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been working on a definition of ¡¥nuclear security culture¡¦ so that it can be used as a tool to improve the physical protection of nuclear materials and facilities. A 2001 IAEA report titled ¡¥Fundamental Principles of Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials and Nuclear Facilities¡¦ identified security culture as one of the twelve principles underlying fissile-material security. In February 2005, at a summit in Bratislava, President Bush and President Putin vowed to step up joint efforts to bolster nuclear security, pairing disciplined, well-trained, responsible custodians and protective forces with well-maintained security systems. In July 2005, a series of amendments to the Physical Protection Convention was approved elevating the status of security culture to that of a treaty obligation. Since that time, IAEA member states worked on a concept, definition and guidelines for developing and implementing a robust security culture at nuclear facilities worldwide. This NATO workshop presents the views of experts with the hope to contribute to the IAEA¡¦s work and facilitate nuclear security culture worldwide better. Issues include: Universality of nuclear security cultures; Nuclear security in a nation¡¦s culture; Differences and similarities between regions such as US, European Union, Japan, etc.; and The advantages of similarities between the regions. |
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E-Governance: A Global Perspective on a New Paradigm. |
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Obi, Toshio/ 9781586037765/ Price:EUR 100.00
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e-Governance is regarded as one of the most important subjects in the Information Society. Global e-governance for both public and private sectors is becoming extremely significant in an innovative and seamless world community. Waseda University Institute of e-Government, founded in 2001, is a pioneer for capacity-building on CIO training and human resource development as well as international ranking on e-government activities. It has also played an important role of regional ICT cooperation in APEC region as APEC e-Government Research Center. This publication is divided into five parts: Information/Ubiquitous Society offers understanding of what information society or ubiquitous society is all about. e-Government deals with different countries/areas in the world focusing on all of their visions, strategies and priority areas as well as on the key challenges and lessons of e-Government. The selection covered (Japan, China, Thailand, USA, Brazil, Indonesia, Russia and Taiwan) gives a fair reflection of different e-Government scenarios. The third subject is e-Municipality and focuses on several key areas ¡V some services, infrastructures and practices. In ICT and Applications several applications in the field of ICT including broadband and disaster issues are introduced and highlighted. The Role of CIO shows that CIO (Chief Information Officer) is at present the most attractive post within organizations at the stage of Information Society. This publication contains the views of various authors with a profound experience in global e-Governance. The quality of this book was ensured by the exemplary editorial efforts of the brilliant researchers at Waseda University Institute of e-Government. |
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Establishing Security and Stability in the Wider Black Sea Area: International Politics and the New and Emerging Democracies. |
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Volten, Peter M. E./ 9781586037659/ Price:EUR 115.00
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In this publication possible ways to promote security cooperation in the Wider Black Sea Area are being addressed. The area holds major importance for Euro-Atlantic security. Strategically located at the crossroads of Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia, the region, after the dual NATO-EU enlargement in 2004-2007, became part of the periphery of the common Euro-Atlantic security system, with critical value for European energy security and the war on terrorism.
The region faces a variety of security challenges, including regional conflicts, ethnic strife, terrorism, and powerful organized crime, while many of the countries have weak institutions, turbulent political systems, unstable economies and lack of democracy. In addition, the traffic of drugs to the West, the steady stream of militancy from the Middle East, and the energy lines from the oil and gas-rich regions of the East to an energy-hungry Europe gradually define the Wider Black Sea Area as a region urgently requiring political attention and investment in its security.
This publication is intended to provide fresh ideas on the possible areas of security cooperation, even as the authors agreed that comprehensive, far-reaching policies are hard to attain in the near future. |
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Hypermedia Seduction for Terrorist Recruiting. |
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Ganor, Boaz/ 9781586037611/ Price:EUR 115.00
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The primary objective of the authors of this publication is to understand the efficacy of terrorists¡¦ use of the Internet and the scope of this activity, and to analyze the content, graphics and source code. Topics covered include the use of the Internet for psychological warfare in general and for terrorist ¡§narrow-casting¡¨ to specific audiences. The discussion focused in particular on the Global Jihad. Terrorist websites were analyzed in terms of common graphical and linguistic motifs. Different methodologies for targeting different audiences were discussed, including the increasing outreach on the part of extremist groups to young children in both Muslim countries and the West. Readers can learn how online communities evolve, and how membership in an online community can promote isolation and radicalization, particularly among immigrant societies. The psychological side of these communities was also dealt with, including extremists¡¦ manipulation of the younger members of immigrant communities. |
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Security Sector Transformation in Southeastern Europe and the Middle East. |
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Dokos, Thanos/ 9781586037574/ Price:EUR 115.00
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For most countries, security today is primarily measured in non-military terms and threats to security are non-military in nature. These threats include incompetent government, corruption, organized crime, insecure borders, smuggling (weapons, drugs, contraband, people), illegal migration, ethnic and religious conflict, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, shortage of natural resources (e.g., water) and, of course, terrorism. As security is no longer just a military concern, it is no longer just the preserve of MODs and MFAs which have, to date, been the main ministries involved in security cooperation. It is no longer possible to draw a clear distinction between external security and internal security. Security henceforth requires the coordination of the ¡¥external¡¦ ministries (i.e., MOD and MFA) and their agencies (armed forces, intelligence services) with those of the ¡¥interior¡¦ ministries: internal affairs, education, finance, overseas development, transport, environment; health, etc., with their agencies (policing forces, security services, disaster relief agencies, etc.). Security today takes in social development and demands the involvement of all elements of society in a way which security in the Cold War days did not. Meeting these new security requirements demands fundamental reform of national structures, patterns of investment, and systems of government. Likewise it demands the evolution of international institutions on a truly radical scale. |
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Rethinking Marxism, Vol. 19, No. 3, July 2007. |
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The Labour Party and Foreign Policy: A History. |
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Callaghan, John/ 9780415246965/ Price:GBP 46.99
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Marxism and Class Analysis. |
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Beteille, Andre/ 9780195686968/ Price:GBP 19.99
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Understanding and Responding to the Terrorism Phenomenon: A Multi-dimensional Perspective. |
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Nikbay, Ozgur/ 9781586037505/ Price:EUR 126.00
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Since terrorism is a global issue, counter-terrorism studies are also a global issue which requires cooperation and collaboration of multi-dimensional groups such as academicians representing the theoretical and research part, policymakers representing the coordination and authorization part and professionals representing the practical and real life experience. This publication is unique because it includes the researches, experiences and perceptions of all parts of this cooperation and collaboration. Hence, there are four primary sections in this book elaborating their perspectives: Understanding Terrorism, Suicide Attacks, Radical terrorism and Case Studies, Strategies and Tactics for Dealing with Terrorist Hostage Sieges, Hijackings and Kidnappings, and Counter-Terrorism Policies: Lessons for the Future. This book encapsulates these various themes that highlight how to understand the terrorism phenomenon and analyze how to respond to terrorism and terrorist operations and how to promote counter terrorism policies and strategies. |
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Strengthening National Public Health Preparedness and Response to Chemical, Biological and Radiological Agent Threats. |
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Cummings, C. E./ 9781586037444/ Price:EUR 126.00
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Ensuring a coordinated public health, laboratory, and medical response to a natural disaster, an accidental release or a deliberate use of a chemical, biological, and radiological (CBR) agent is a high priority for all countries. This publication contains the proceedings of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and Advanced Study Institute (ASI). The ASI, and this publication, provides NATO and its allies with ways to enhance their national preparedness and response plans to CBR threats. The recommendations should be of interest to clinicians, researchers, and other scientists motivated by special interest in public health preparedness, as well as by national and NATO leaders and policy makers who are positioned to make a difference. Public health response to emergencies requires extensive, coordinated, considered efforts of the combined military and civilian public health resources of all NATO nations and NATO Partner nations. |
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Understanding Terrorism: Analysis of Sociological and Psychological Aspects. |
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Ozeren, Suleyman/ 9781586037543/ Price:EUR 126.00
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Terrorism is a multi dimensional phenomenon and this publication aims at comprehending it. This book has unique characteristics in terms of its focus on different issues; it has a comprehensive focus on the conceptualization of terrorism and understanding of it. It does not only explain the concept, it also addresses the important issues which help us to really understand why and how individuals commit such an act. Issues range from social and psychological analysis of a terrorist behavior to extremist subcultures and globalization. This publication also successfully reviews and analyzes underlying causes of terrorism and what really makes it valuable is that the chapters present the topics with relevant data which is current and up-to-date. Issues such as inequality, globalization, immigration, gender, and democracy are analyzed with research involving comprehensive data analysis. Furthermore, the book has both theoretical discussion and practical experience which makes this study a source book for the academicians and practitioners. It reflects the experience and knowledge of the authors most of whom have both academic and practical experience in the field. The chapters have the analysis based on professional experience and successful academic research. |
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The Young Karl Marx: German Philosophy, Modern Politics, and Human Flourishing. |
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Leopold, David/ 9780521874779/ Price:GBP 76.99
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The Development of E-Government in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). |
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Vintar, Mirko/ 9781586037420/ Price:EUR 72.00
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The aim of this publication is to take an ¡¥x-ray¡¦ of CEE e-government and provide readers with an in-depth comparative study of e-government phenomena in the CEE region. The CEE region covers a very diverse set of countries, which have in many respects very little in common, geographically, historically, politically, and economically. Yet there is one common factor; most of these countries are emerging from the hegemony of the Soviet Empire. And, as they do so, more liberal governmental and democratic values are being struggled with. So, although there is much diversity in the region there is a common point of reference and a trajectory of change and development that brings value to a collection of papers on CEE.
The countries of CEE include those placed by the Cap Gemini regular measurements (Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, 2006) that belong in the upper third of the EU25¡¦s most advanced countries for e-government readiness, while there are many countries in the same region that still find themselves at the very beginning of this process. This diversity has led to change the course of observation and set somewhat different criteria for this publication. |
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Understanding and Responding to Terrorism. |
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Durmaz, Huseyin/ 9781586037406/ Price:EUR 126.00
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This publication concerns three main topics: - Dynamics of effective international cooperation against terrorism: Facilitators and barriers; - Law enforcement response to terrorism in different countries and regions; - Emergency management lessons for Homeland Security. On the first topic on the role of international organizations, the barriers for cooperation and their solutions are explored. With respect to the second topic, several country¡¦s legislative efforts against terrorism, the level of terrorism, experienced threat, and how law enforcement agencies fight terrorism in their respective states are handled. The third topic includes evaluations of the response and recovery operations that are implemented after terrorist attacks in order to enhance emergency management and homeland security policies and procedures as well as the integration of crisis and consequence management activities. The articles in this publication have been categorized in five parts: - International Police Cooperation - National Approaches to Terrorism - Responding to Terrorism - Terrorism Emergency Management - Closing Remarks This book can be a useful source to better understand and respond to the terrorism threat. |
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The Media: The Terrorists' Battlefield. |
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Center of Excellence Defence Against Terrorism/ 9781586037307/ Price:EUR 126.00
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As the title suggests, the book commences on the premise that in contemporary conflict, - ¡¥war amongst the people¡¦ - the objective is public opinion. Conventional warfare between clearly identifiable armies is no more: now armies are sent to neutralize insurgents, armed militias and terrorists amongst a civilian population, preferably with the latter¡¦s consent. A state¡¦s actors in combating terrorism - the military, the police or the security services - may achieve tactical successes against the terrorists, but strategic success cannot be achieved unless the government and its agencies can both maintain the consent of its population and discredit the goals of the terrorists they face. The media have a vital role to play in both these criteria of success: they must challenge the methods used by governments to ensure the legitimacy of the latter¡¦s counter terrorist policy and practice, and they must find a balance between reporting incidents of terrorism and serving the terrorists¡¦ interests. |
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The Integration and Management of Traumatized People after Terrorist Attacks. |
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Begec, Suat/ 9781586037048/ Price:EUR 126.00
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This book brings together papers from academics and experts to develop a concept on the treatment of traumas and depression caused by terrorist attacks and the integration of the victims into society. Even though the topic is closely related to psychology, at the same time it has strong links with social and economic matters. Therefore, the psychological impact of trauma together with sociological and economic impacts are analyzed and reflected in this book. This publication deals with overcoming the harmful effects of trauma caused by terrorist attacks and sustaining the integration of traumatized people into society. The book has four main parts: general framework; psychological impacts; sociological impacts; and economic impacts and it is composed of the articles of the 17 academicians who participated the workshop from 10 different countries (Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Israel, Netherlands, Russia, Spain, Turkey, UK, USA). In the part first part, Dr. Suat Begec explains how to prevent the causes of terrorism and to decrease the impact of terrorism and also the rights of terror victims which are provided by Turkish Army. In the following section about psychological impacts, eleven papers are included. Readers will find three papers in the part of sociological impacts, including one by Dr. James Forest on the findings of several studies on the economic and psychological impact of the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington, DC. Lastly, two contributions are included dealing with economic impacts of trauma. This book focuses on how to deal with the impact of terrorism. The aim of the editors is to provide an international guide to facilitate the integration of terror victims into society and the book is beneficial for academicians, government officials and anyone who have studies in this area. |
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Women and New Labour: Engendering Politics and Policy? |
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Annesley, Claire/ 9781861348289/ Price:GBP 70.00
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New Labour have set themselves up to specifically address women's issues and attract women voters, but how successful have they been? This book offers an analysis of New Labour's politics and policies from a gendered perspective. |
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Women and New Labour: Engendering Politics and Policy? |
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Annesley, Claire/ 9781861348272/ Price:GBP 26.99
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New Labour have set themselves up to specifically address women's issues and attract women voters, but how successful have they been? This book offers an analysis of New Labour's politics and policies from a gendered perspective. |
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Allport, Alan/ 9780791092651/ Price:US$ 35.00
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Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations, 10-Vols/Set. |
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Comprehensive ¡V with all the information students need to compare the nations of the world ¡V and written clearly, directly and expressly for students, U?X?L'sJunior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations features consistent coverage of all countries; maps of each country; flags and seals on color end sheets; more than 600 photographs; and much more. |
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Slavic Thinkers or the Creation of Polities: Intellectual History and Political Thought in Central Europe and the Balkans in the 19th Century. |
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Baer, Josette/ 9780979448805/ Price:US$ 26.00
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Journeys Through Vanishing Worlds. |
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Brumberg, Abraham/ 9780979448874/ Price:US$ 24.00
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This book is a chronicle of vanishing worlds, yet worlds comprising a story worth telling. It conveys the impact of the most burning European and American issues of the twentieth century. This book encompasses the world of pre-war Polish Jewry, particularly the socialist and Yiddishist world of the Bund, the Jewish socialist party born in Tsarist Russia, and then striking firm roots in independent post- World-War Poland. It further depicts the war years in Poland, the Soviet Union, and Japan; the world of a young immigrant in California, in New York, and in the American army, and finally the world of a Sovietologist, a profession the author practiced while working for the United States government in several capacities and in the retirement years. |
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Nine Lives: A Foreign Service Odyssey. |
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Hansen, Allen, C./ 9780979448867/ Price:US$ 28.00
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This book describes how the U.S. Information Agency (USIA) conducted its varied media, cultural, and educational exchange programs in nine countries during the Cold War, |
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Echoes of a Distant Clarion: Recollections of a Diplomat and Soldier. |
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Kormann, John, G./ 9780979448829/ Price:US$ 30.00
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This book gives an inside view of 20th-century national and international events, through the life of a diplomat, soldier, and intelligence officer. Engaging boyhood experiences are followed by pioneer paratrooper training and combat in Europe in World War II. Assigned as special agent, Kormann goes behind the lines to apprehend Nazi war criminals and uncover a mass grave. As an Army Counter Intelligence Corps field office commander in Berlin 1945-47, he is assigned to track down Hitler's deputy, Martin Bormann, and the American traitor, "Axis Sally." He foresees the Soviet threat and the coming Cold War, rescues a German scientist from the Soviet NKVD in a case that made international headlines, and reveals Russian espionage and kidnapping efforts. |
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Echoes of a Distant Clarion: Recollections of a Diplomat and Soldier. |
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Kormann, John, G./ 9780979448836/ Price:US$ 46.00
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This book gives an inside view of 20th-century national and international events, through the life of a diplomat, soldier, and intelligence officer. Engaging boyhood experiences are followed by pioneer paratrooper training and combat in Europe in World War II. Assigned as special agent, Kormann goes behind the lines to apprehend Nazi war criminals and uncover a mass grave. As an Army Counter Intelligence Corps field office commander in Berlin 1945-47, he is assigned to track down Hitler's deputy, Martin Bormann, and the American traitor, "Axis Sally." He foresees the Soviet threat and the coming Cold War, rescues a German scientist from the Soviet NKVD in a case that made international headlines, and reveals Russian espionage and kidnapping efforts. |
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Economy Theory, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Levine, David P./ 9780415382939/ Price:GBP 105.00
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In these two volumes, David P. Levine undertakes the systematic clarification and further development of the theoretical contributions of classical political economy. It focuses on such central issues in economic theory as:
* need, value and exchange
* capital and its production
* the concept of labour
* growth
* the firm
* price determination.
Throughout the treatment is at a high level of abstraction. |
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Medieval Warfare 1000-1300. |
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France, John/ 9780754625155/ Price:GBP 325.00
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The study of medieval warfare has developed enormously in recent years. The figure of the armoured mounted knight, who was believed to have materialized in Carolingian times, long dominated all discussion of the subject. It is now understood that the knight emerged over a long period of time and that he was never alone on the field of conflict. Infantry, at all times, played a substantial role in conflict, and the notion that they were in some way invented only in the fourteenth century is no longer sustainable. Moreover, modern writers have examined campaigns which for long seemed pointless because they did not lead to spectacular events like battles. As a result, we now understand the pattern of medieval war which often did not depend on battle but on exerting pressure on the opponent by economic warfare. This pattern was intensified by the existence of castles, and careful study has revealed much about their development and the evolving means of attacking them. Crusading warfare pitted westerners against a novel style of war and affords an opportunity to assess the military effectiveness of European methods. New areas of study are now developing. The logistics of medieval armies was always badly neglected, while until very recently there was a silence on the victims of war. |
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International Encyclopedia of Military History, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Bradford, James/ 9780415936613/ Price:GBP 350.00
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With its impressive breath of coverage - both geographically and chronologically - the International Encyclopedia of Military History is the most up-to-date and inclusive A-Z resource on military history. From uniforms and military insignia worn by combatants to the military leaders and tacticians who commanded them, the campaigns and wars to the weapons and equipment used in them, this international and multicultural two-volume set is an accessible resource combining the latest scholarship in the field with a world perspective on military history.
The International Encyclopedia of Military History:
Examines important commanders and theorists such as Alexander the Great, Charlemagne, Khublai Khan, General Robert E. Lee, Sun Tzu, Field Marshall Erich von Manstein and Simon Bolivar;
Elaborates on military concepts and terminology including Amphibious Warfare, Blitzkrieg, Jungle Warfare, Strategic Studies and War Games;
Explains military and defense systems such as the Assyrian Military Systems, Anti-Missile systems, AEGIS Combat System, Satellites and Reconnaissance;
Provides insight into the relationship of the military with society in entries about Agriculture and War, Civil-Military Relations, Ethnicity in the Military, and Society and Warfare;
Discusses specific battles including Actium, Hastings and Stalingrad and as well as wars such as the Arab-Israeli Wars, Chinese Civil Wars, the Crusades, Hundred Years' War, Maori Wars, Turkish-Russian Wars and World War I and II;
Describes the development and history of weapons and equipment such as Anti-aircraft Weapons, Battleship, Bazooka, Naval Gunnery, Rockets and Rocketry and Stealth Technology.
Featuring over 1,600 entries in two volumes, from concise 100 word entries to comprehensive 4,000 word essay-length entries, the International Encyclopedia of Military History covers the entirety of military history across five continents and three millennia. |
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Political Islam, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Rubin, Barry/ 9780415404532/ Price:GBP 210.00
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PSI Classics of the Counterinsurgency Era, 4-Vols/set. |
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Communist Revolutionary Warfare
George K. Tanham
Counter-Guerrilla Operations
Napolean D. Valeriano, Charles T.R. Bohannan
Modern Warfare
Roger Trinquier
Counterinsurgency Warfare
David Galula |
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Conflict Resolution, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Druckman, D./ 9781412921879/ Price:GBP 920.00
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How international conflict might be managed or resolved is a major focal point of a very large and growing body of scholarly research. This four volume set provides an intellectual history to the fields of conflict management and resolution as well as some of the best contemporary research on the subject. Incorporating over 80 articles, the volumes also include a number of classic works that have been critical in setting the conceptual and theoretical underpinnings of research today.
The result is a wide-ranging collection encompassing many topics and streams of research over several decades from a number of disciplinary heritages including political science, social psychology and economics. Topical coverage includes but is not limited to theories of conflict, evaluation methods, crisis management, negotiation, mediation, peacekeeping, intervention as well as articles on implementation and long term resolution
Part I: Theory and Concepts
Part II: Methods and Evaluation
Part III: Techniques/Approaches
Part IV: Long Term Resolution |
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Encyclopedia of American Civil Rights and Liberties, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Stephens, Otis H./ 9780313327582/ Price:GBP 241.95
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Spanning three volumes, this comprehensive encyclopedia of over six hundred entries covers the full range of civil rights and liberties in America from the antecedents of the Bill of Rights through the most recent controversies over political and social issues, including abortion, free speech, religious liberty, voting rights, and the guarantees of equality. It also addresses the civil rights and liberties issues stemming from America's ongoing "war on terrorism." Detailed entries include key concepts, historical events and developments, major trials and appellate court decisions, landmark legislation, legal doctrines, important personalities, and key organizations and agencies. Entries have an objective tone, allowing readers to draw their own conclusions.
Designed as an up-to-date reference source for students, scholars, and citizens, the encyclopedia will help broaden and heighten understanding and appreciation for the wide range of issues associated with civil rights and liberties in the United States, and is the most sophisticated treatment available. The volumes of the encyclopedia consist of original entries, arranged alphabetically, on many current hot-button issues as well as in-depth coverage of the rights Americans hold sacred. Written by experts in the field, including attorneys, judges, and legal scholars, the encyclopedia takes a historical-legal approach, providing important information on the background and development of an issue or event. |
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Homeland Security: Protecting America's Targets, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Forest, James J. F./ 9780275987688/ Price:GBP 206.95
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America is a target; the homeland is under threat. While Americans have been targets of terrorist attacks for quite some time, September 11, 2001, awoke the nation to the reality that we are vulnerable in our homes, our places of work and worship, and our means of public transportation. And yet, we must continue to function as best we can as the world's most vibrant economic and political community. The current threat environment requires greater engagement with the public, as the necessary eyes and ears of the nation's homeland security infrastructure. However, to be effective, the public must be equipped with the knowledge of where and why specific locations and activities may be a terrorist target, what is being done to protect those targets, and how they can help.
The chapters of each volume of Homeland Security revolve around a core of central questions. Are we safer today than we were pre-9/11? What steps have been taken in all these areas to protect ourselves? What are the threats we face, and what new threats have developed since 9/11? Are we staying one step ahead of those who wish to do us harm? In 2002, more than 400 million people, 122 million cars, 11 million trucks, 2.4 million freight cars, and 8 million containers entered the United States. Nearly 60,000 vessels entered the United States at its 301 ports of entry. Clearly the amount of activity this represents will require a long-term commitment to innovation, organizational learning, and public vigilance to complement an already overstretched network of government agencies and security professionals. |
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Handbook of European Union Politics. |
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Jorgensen, Knud Erik/ 9781412908757/ Price:GBP 125.00
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The European Union (EU) poses quite profound questions for scholars and students of the social and political sciences. This benchmark handbook is designed to:
- provide an authoritative state-of-the art guide to the scope of the field suitable for both established scholars and students of the EU
- reflect and contribute to the debates about the nature of the field of EU studies and EU politics in particular
- explore in detail the development of the many approaches to the study of EU politics.
Divided into four sections, the Handbook focuses on theorizing European integration; the EU as polity; politics and policy making in the EU; and the EU and the international system.
Its appeal will reside not only in its comprehensive and authoritative coverage of the field, but also in the quality of its contributors, and the diversity of theoretical and methodological approaches included. The resulting volume is a 'must have' for all scholars and advanced students of the EU and European integration. |
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Encyclopedia of Governance, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Bevir, Mark W./ 9781412905794/ Price:GBP 350.00
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The Encyclopedia of Governance provides a one-stop point of reference for the diverse and complex topics surrounding governance for the period between the collapse of the post-war consensus and the rise of neoliberal regimes in the 1970s. This comprehensive resource concentrates primarily on topics related to the changing nature and role of national governments in recent times and the ways in which their roles have been conceptualized in the areas of political science, public administration, political economy and sociology. |
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Romanticism and Politics, 1789-1832, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Bolton, Carol/ 9780415340823/ Price:GBP 280.00
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The history of the Romantic period is often dominated by the cataclysmic political events that occurred within it
The collection is divided into thematically linked sections, each of which is prefaced with brief notes on themes, issues and texts, and lists of books for further study. The dates of the period have been extended at the beginning to provide extracts from texts that frame the ensuing radical debate that arose around the French Revolution and concludes at the Reform Act of 1832, which can be seen as the culmination of the movement for political reform in the latter half of the Romantic period. The division of topic areas within the volumes into specific areas of interest will provide an easy route to negotiate the texts, whereas sections such as 'Women and politics' and 'Colonial politics' will highlight previously neglected areas. |
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Democracy, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Saward, Michael/ 9780415357067/ Price:GBP 84.99
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Democracy refers both to a political system and a political idea. As a name for a political system, it refers to the fact that the people themselves rule in some sense - indirectly through elected representatives in the modern period. As an idea, it stands for the desire to deepen and extend the ideal of self-government. Arguably, tensions between these two dimensions are part of democracy's flexibility and vibrancy as a concept. The two dimensions can be seen as two sides of the same coin, as democracy must be expressed as an idea before it can be practised.
This new Routledge Major Work, a four-volume collection of classic and cutting-edge scholarship, is built around the importance of the idea of democracy. It contains much material on democratic institutions, procedures and histories, all of which embodies or interprets the idea of democracy in informative or provocative ways. Materials have been chosen which are strong on theory, but which recognize that a key part of theory's importance lies in its deep engagement with democratic practice. |
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Early Writings on Terrorism, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Kinna, Ruth/ 9780415341950/ Price:GBP 480.00
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Making available and examining early writings on terrorism and political violence from the late-nineteenth century, this important collection brings together writings associated with the political left - French revolutionaries, socialists and anarchists - and also considers the wider context of violence in which terrorism first emerged. Presenting a range of pamphlets, letters and newspaper articles drawn from a range of sources, it explores the nature of state repression, discussions of political violence in the state, and the justifications and critiques of terrorism that evolved from within the left. In order to reflect the scope of nineteenth-century terrorism, the set also has a strong international focus, though discussion of state responses to terrorism is presented as a case study of the British government's response.
With an introduction specially written by the editor, Early Writings on Terrorism is a highly useful comprehensive resource for all of those studying this fascinating field. |
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Mao Zedong: A Political and Intellectual Portrait. |
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Meisner, Maurice/ 9780745631073/ Price:US$ 26.00
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Revolutionary and ruler, Marxist and nationalist, liberator and despot, Mao Zedong takes a place among the iconic leaders of the twentieth century. In this book, Maurice Meisner offers a balanced portrait of the man who defined modern China.
From his role as leader of a communist revolution in a war-torn and largely rural country to the disasters of the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution, the relationship between Mao's ideas and his political action is highly disputed. With unparalleled authority, Meisner shows how Mao's unique "sinification of Marxism" provides the key to looking at this extraordinary political career. The first part of the book is devoted to Mao's revolutionary leadership before 1949, in particular the influence of the liberal and anarchist ideas of the May Fourth era, his discovery of Marxism-Leninism and his conviction that peasants held the potential for revolution. In the second part, Meisner analyses Mao's early successes as a nationalist unifier and modernizer, the failure of his socialism and his eventual transformation into a tyrant. |
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Mao Zedong: A Political and Intellectual Portrait. |
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Meisner, Maurice/ 9780745631066/ Price:US$ 72.75
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Revolutionary and ruler, Marxist and nationalist, liberator and despot, Mao Zedong takes a place among the iconic leaders of the twentieth century. In this book, Maurice Meisner offers a balanced portrait of the man who defined modern China.
From his role as leader of a communist revolution in a war-torn and largely rural country to the disasters of the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution, the relationship between Mao's ideas and his political action is highly disputed. With unparalleled authority, Meisner shows how Mao's unique "sinification of Marxism" provides the key to looking at this extraordinary political career. The first part of the book is devoted to Mao's revolutionary leadership before 1949, in particular the influence of the liberal and anarchist ideas of the May Fourth era, his discovery of Marxism-Leninism and his conviction that peasants held the potential for revolution. In the second part, Meisner analyses Mao's early successes as a nationalist unifier and modernizer, the failure of his socialism and his eventual transformation into a tyrant. |
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The Changing Strategic Landscape Ad. |
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The Arms Trade & Defence Economics. |
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Prolifferation And Non-Prolifferation. |
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Arms Control & Arms Reduction Vol 3. |
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International Security Vol. 2 Adr. |
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International Security Vol. 1 Adr. |
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Conflict And Security In The Developing World. |
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Conflict And International Order. |
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Nato & Europe Adr. |
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Arms Control & Arms Reduction Vol 2. |
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Europe During The Cold War. |
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Europe And America During The Cold War. |
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Soviet Union And The Warsaw Pact. |
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Russia & The Successor States Adr. |
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The Break-Up Of The Soviet Union. |
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Nato Over Forty Years. |
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The Evolution Of Military Strategy. |
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The Geopolitics Of East And Southeast Asia, Volume 2. |
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The Geopolitics Of East And Southeast Asia, Volume 1. |
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SAGE Handbook of Political Advertising, The. |
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Kaid, Lynda Lee/ 9781412917957/ Price:GBP 155.00
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The contributors to this Handbook examine the differences as well as the similarities of political advertising among the electoral processes of democracies globally. For each country or region, chapter authors provide an overview of research on political advertising and address political advertising history, political and regulatory systems related to political advertising, the effects of media system structures and the effects of new technologies on political advertising. The editors provide overview and comparative chapters and address the effects of political advertising on the voters and the systems of which it is a part. |
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SAGE Handbook of Nations and Nationalism, The. |
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Delanty, Gerard/ 9781412901017/ Price:GBP 125.00
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Nationalism has long excited debate in political, social and cultural theory and remains a key field of enquiry among historians, anthropologists, sociologists as well as political scientists. It is also one of the critical media issues of our time. There are, however, surprisingly few volumes that bring together the best of this intellectual diversity into one collection.
This Handbook gives readers a critical survey of the latest theories and debates and provides a glimpse of the issues that will shape their future. Its three sections guide the reader through the theoretical approaches to this field of study, its major themes - from modernity to memory, migration and genocide - and the diversity of nationalisms found around the globe. |
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Encyclopedia of Digital Government, 3-Vols/Set. |
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The Encyclopedia of Digital Government offers the most comprehensive coverage of the issues, concepts, trends, and technologies of digital government (or electronic government). The challenges and future prospects faced by governments at different institutional levels and in different parts of the world are described in explicit detail in this commanding encyclopedia. With over 200 detailed articles, this two-volume set provides a broad basis for understanding the issues, theories, and applications faced by public administrations and public organizations as they strive for more effective government through the use of emerging technologies. This comprehensive, research-based publication is an essential reference tool for academic, public, and private libraries.
Key Features:
* Authoritative source for comprehensive information on an expanding field
* In-depth description of key issues, terms, and concepts
* Thousands of comprehensive references on existing literature and research on digital government
* Organized by topic and indexed, making it a convenient method of reference for all IT/IS scholars and professionals
* Cross-referencing of key terms, figures, and information pertinent to digital government |
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Statesman's Yearbook 2007: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World. |
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Turner, Barry/ 9781403992765/ Price:GBP 205.00
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Now in a brand new, enlarged format, the 2007 edition of The Statesman's Yearbook is fully updated and contains more information and analysis than ever before. With 20% extra content, new material includes:
¡P Biographical Profiles of Current Leaders
¡P Government Histories
¡P Extended Economic Overviews and Historical Economic Statistics
¡P Half-page Line Maps
¡P In-depth Topical Essays: in this edition Democracy and Military Expenditure, plus an essay on the World Economy by William Keegan, Economics Editor, The Observer
The book also includes a foldout colour section providing a political world map and flags for the 192 countries of the world.
What's more, all print purchases now receive online access at no extra cost. Every copy of The Statesman's Yearbook 2007 comes with a single-user licence giving access to the full text online, updated regularly and fully searchable. Unlimited-user upgrades are also available for libraries who want to network the online version for wider use. |
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Warfare in Europe 1815-1914. |
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Wilson, Peter/ 9780754624783/ Price:GBP 170.00
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The history of nineteenth-century European warfare is framed by the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 and the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. The Crimean War and the struggles for Italian and German unification divide this century in two. In the first half, armies struggled to emerge from the shadow of Napoleon amidst an era of financial retrenchment, political unrest and accelerating technological change. The mid-century wars left an equally problematic legacy, including aspects that pointed towards 'total war'. The 26 essays in this volume examine these changes from a variety of innovative and fresh perspectives. |
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Naval History 1680-1850. |
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Harding, Richard/ 9780754625322/ Price:GBP 170.00
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This collection of essays sets out to present a sample of the rich diversity of writings on naval history in this period. The collection covers subjects ranging from strategy, operations and tactics, to administration, technology and the maritime economy. Within this volume the reader will be able to see essays that influenced the development of modern naval history through to samples of some of the latest research. |
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Women and Romanticism, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Eberle, Roxanne/ 9780415342186/ Price:GBP 325.00
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Demonstrating the breadth and scope of women's writing in the Romantic period, this collection covers a variety of topics ranging across polemical treatises, private correspondence, philosophical and historical disquisitions, and poetry and prose fiction.
Helping to contextualise the areas discussed, the collection includes a general introduction by the editor, which traces the history of criticism in the field, and thus current definitions of "Women and Romanticism", before going on to discuss the contents of each volume. |
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Merleau Ponty, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Toadvine, Ted/ 9780415363990/ Price:GBP 280.00
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Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908-1961) has been hailed by many as the greatest French thinker of the twentieth century. As one of the founding members of the existentialist movement in the 1940s, he played a key role in introducing the work of Husserl and Heidegger into French thought and collaborated with Jean-Paul Sartre in the founding of Les Temps Modernes. His later work laid the foundation for the development of French thought in the direction of post-structuralism and post-modernism.
Merleau-Ponty: Critical Assessments of Leading Philosophers gathers together the best critical writing on Merleau-Ponty¡¦s work from the last half century. The collection includes early reviews of his work and the reactions of his contemporaries both during and after his life. Also covered are examinations of his relationship with Husserl, Sartre and the phenomenological tradition, investigations of key themes from his work on ontology, expression and politics, and the ongoing application of his thinking to such contemporary areas of interest as feminist theory, psychology and child development, environmental philosophy and cognitive science. |
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John Locke, 2nd Series, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Anstey, Peter R./ 9780415350549/ Price:GBP 250.00
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Today, John Locke is recognized as one of the most important and formative philosophical influences on the modern world. His imprint is still felt in political and legal thought, in educational theory, moral theory and in the theory of knowledge.
Locke's key works, Two Treatises of Government, and the monumental An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, provoked lively debate when they were first published in 1690 and remain standard texts in undergraduate philosophy courses throughout the English-speaking world and beyond. It is not surprising therefore that Locke scholarship is a burgeoning force in the history of philosophy and that his ideas and arguments are repeatedly alluded to in current philosophical debate. Indeed, since the publication of the first series of Locke: Critical Assessments in 1991, Locke research has proceeded apace, and it is now fitting that a second Critical Assessments series be published. Of particular importance in recent work on Locke has been research into the colonial contexts of his political writings; a more nuanced and historically grounded approach to Locke¡¦s writings on natural philosophy; and a theological turn in Locke scholarship that has centred on the content and reception of his The Reasonableness of Christianity. Each of these new trends is represented in this second series, as are recent contributions to long-standing debates concerning Lockean interpretation and influence. |
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Rational Choice Theory, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Allingham, Michael/ 9780415357517/ Price:GBP 89.99
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Although the roots of rational choice theory can be found in Aristotle, the more explicit treatment of the subject originates in the middle of the twentieth century. Building on these foundations, this collection brings together the most important contributions to the diverse literature on rational choice in five easily accessible and coherently organized volumes.
Setting out the basis of the subject, volume one analyzes the problem of pure choice. This is taken further in the second volume, which explores the problem of rational choice when uncertainty is of the essence. Volume three considers strategic choice, and volume four changes the emphasis from the ideal to the possible ¡V from perfect rationality to bounded rationality. Taking a different approach, the final volume analyzes the problem of group choice.
A highly comprehensive and important collection, Rational Choice Theory is a valuable resource for student and scholar alike |
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Globalization and Violence, 4-Vols/Set. |
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James, Paul/ 9781412919548/ Price:GBP 675.00
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The concept of 'globalization' has in an extraordinarily short time become the dominant motif of the contemporary social sciences. Central Currents in Globalization is an integrated collection of four multi-volume sets that represent the systematic mapping of globalization studies. The series sets out the contours of a field that now crosses the boundaries of all the older disciplines in the social sciences and humanities. The result is a gold-standard collection of over 320 of the most important writings on globalization, structured around four interrelated themes: Violence; Economy; Culture; and Politics.
The series editor, Paul James (RMIT, Australia), is joined by sixteen internationally-renowned co-editors from around the globe who bring their subject expertise to each volume, including Jonathan Friedman, Tom Nairn, R.R. Sharma, Manfred Steger, Ronen Palan and Micheline Ishay. Together the four sets provide an unparalleled resource on globalization, providing both broad coverage of the subject, historical depth and contemporary relevance. |
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Social Stratification, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Inglis, David/ 9780415361330/ Price:GBP 1100.00
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The study of social cohesion and solidarity, and their antitheses, social fragmentation and dissension, are central components of sociology. From the very beginnings of sociology right through to the present day, sociologists have endeavoured to identify the forces that either unite people into particular social configurations, or force them apart into diverse and often antagonistic groups. Any adequate understanding of social life must foreground issues of social coherence and divergence, unity and disunity, cohesion and fracture, order and disorder.
This set brings together for the first time, in a thoroughly systematic and comprehensive fashion, the major sociological works on the above themes, from the period of the infancy of the discipline through to the present. |
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Encyclopedia of Human Geography. |
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Warf, Barney/ 9780761988588/ Price:GBP 180.00
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Human geography has undergone a conceptual and methodological renaissance that has transformed the field into one of the most dynamic social sciences. Earlier traditions such as Marxist, feminist and phenomenological inquiry remain vibrant. In addition, human geographers have embraced a variety of newer philosophical approaches emanating from political economy and post-structuralism to engage new topics. Critical perspectives have been brought to bear on fields such as geographical information systems, and the long-standing schism between human and physical geography has been narrowed by the emergence of perspectives such as political ecology.
This Encyclopedia, on this relatively new strand of geography, considers all these new developments and helps to further establish this field. |
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Communication Theories, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Cobley, Paul/ 9780415331975/ Price:GBP 280.00
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This collection provides a range of essays both canonical in, and at the cutting edge of, communication theory. Selections included provide in-depth theoretical analysis and theoretical overviews rather than specific study of phenomena within a given theoretical tradition. The set represents communication theory in a fashion cognisant with the breadth of communication - nonverbal and verbal - that takes place within the universe. However, there are also special sections devoted to language and media.
The four volumes provide academics and students with access to a free-standing body of theoretical work which is applicable to a range of different topics within communications, media and cultural studies. The set includes an introduction by the editor, a chronological table of articles and an index. |
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International Encyclopedia of Social Policy, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Fitzpatrick, Tony/ 9780415258968/ Price:GBP 125.00
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This milestone work is the first to offer in-depth treatment of all aspects of the discipline and practice of social policy globally. Supported by a distinguished international advisory board, the editors have compiled more than 750 entries written by 254 leading specialists to provide authoritative coverage of definitional and conceptual terms, actors, institutions and national and regional contexts and applications, and the growing importance of the transnational dimension. Also included are biographical entries on major theoreticians.
The International Encyclopedia of Social Policy provides the most substantial mapping of the international study and practice of social policy to date and will stand as a vital storehouse of knowledge for many years to come. |
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Encyclopedia of the Reconstruction Era: Greenwood Milestones in African American History, 2-Vols/set. |
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Zuczek, Richard/ 9780313330735/ Price:GBP 137.95
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In American history, Reconstruction is the term applied to the period 1862-1877, when the United States sought to bring order from the tremendous social, political, economic, physical, and constitutional changes wrought by secession and the Civil War.The decision by eleven southern states to attempt secession and reject the national government, and the decision by the federal government under President Abraham Lincoln to deny that attempt and enforce federal law, unleashed forces that forever changed the American Republic. These changes included the abolition of slavery, the expansion of governmental power and constitutional jurisdiction, the rise of the Republican Party, the explosion of northern industry and the national market, and the appearance of a social dynamism that supported struggles by new social groups for political and civil equality. No one anticipated the totality, the viciousness, and the intensity of the civil war, and as a result no one was prepared to deal with its consequences. Topics covered include who should direct Reconstruction; how the federal government treated conquered states, their governments, and their soldiers; the role of the freed people in the new republic; and how the war altered the Constitution, the party system, and the American economy, among many others. |
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Tides of History, The., 2-Vols/Set. |
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Pirenne, Jacques/ 9780415402644/ Price:GBP 39.99
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Jacques Pirenne, the world famous Belgian historian and son of the equally distinguished Henri Pirenne, has here completed a study of universal history, covering the whole of civilization from the beginnings to the most recent events of the 1950's.
Professor Pirenne does not confine himself to political events; he traces the development of trade, economy and social conditions and devotes much space to art, architecture, currency and the development of religious and political thinking.
Gigantic in its scope this study is remarkable for its lucidity and its comprehensiveness. It is a truly majestic ride encompassing the Incas, Babylon, Ancient Egypt, through to the middle ages, the renaissance, indeed every important historical event of man. |
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Mathematics and Democracy: Recent Advances in Voting Systems and Collective Choice. |
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Simeone, Bruno/ 9783540356035/ Price:EUR 179.99
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Identity, Interests and Attitudes to European Integration. |
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McLaren, Lauren M./ 9781403992819/ Price:GBP 74.00
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Take This Job and Ship It: How Corporate Greed and Brain-Dead Politics Are Selling Out America. |
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Dorgan, Byron L./ 9780312374358/ Price:US$ 22.99
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State Feminism and Political Representation. |
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Lovenduski, Joni/ 9780521852227/ Price:GBP 75.99
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The Election After Reform: Money, Politics, and the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act. |
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Malbin, Michael J./ 9780742538702/ Price:US$ 47.00
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Tangled Roots: Social and Psychological Factors in the Genesis of Terrorism. |
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Victoroff, Jeff/ 9781586036706/ Price:EUR 126.00
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The book is organized to assist readers in finding the topics that interest them the most. What do we really know about the contributing causes of terrorism? Are all forms of terrorism created equal, or are there important differences in terrorisms that one must know about to customize effective counter-strategies? Does poverty cause terrorism? Are terrorists typically crazy, vengeful, misled, or simply making an entirely sensible choice? Why would people blow themselves (and others) up? Is the ¡§war on terrorism¡¨ even a useful idea? Is it being fought wisely, or are much better ideas staring policy makers in the face? Do leaders of targeted nations wilfully neglect the best solutions? Most of the lessons in this book concern the basic human ingredients that combust to produce violent extremism. Thus¡Vregardless of the mutations that occur in substate terrorism¡Vthe timeless scholarship here will hopefully be somewhat helpful even to our grandchildren. |
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Science and Technology Policies for the Anti-Terrorism Era. |
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James, Andrew D./ 9781586036461/ Price:EUR 126.00
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The objectives of the papers included in this NATO volumes were to critically consider the science and technology policies necessary for defence against terrorism and other threats to security; to assess the priorities for governments, universities, national laboratories and industrial firms; to identify how governments and the science and technology community can most effectively work together to enhance our security; and to share the experiences of policy makers and policy analysts. The importance and relevance of this selection of papers to the policy community is reflected in the seniority of the contributors. These included Dr Parney Albright who held the position of Assistant Secretary for Science & Technology at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as well as senior figures from the UK Home Office, UK Office of Science & Technology, the European Commission and NATO. |
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An Architect of Democracy: Building a Mosaic of Peace. |
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Huntley, James R./ 9780977790852/ Price:US$ 30.00
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This book chronicles a World War II veteran's lifelong search for peace through strengthening democracies and the international institutions that unite them. James Huntley began a promising social service career in Washington State, but the Korean War convinced him to begin a quest for world peace that he continues to this day. As a young diplomat, he helped the Germans take their place among the democratic nations and later worked on the foundations of NATO and the European Union. He conceived of the private multinational Atlantic Institute, reluctantly leaving the diplomatic service to help world leaders bring it about, and later headed the Atlantic Council of the United States. He has devoted his career to study and networking in foundations, research organizations, and nonprofit groups that prod democracies to unite for peace. |
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Beyond the Iraq War: The Promises, Pitfalls and Perils of External Interventionism. |
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Heazle, Michael/ 9781845426323/ Price:GBP 90.00
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Fighting Terrorism in the Liberal State: An Integrated Model of Research, Intelligence. |
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Peleg, Samuel/ 9781586036003/ Price:EUR 116.00
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The papers in this book illustrate the balanced dichotomy between terrorism and counter-terrorism against the background of the liberal state. This is a unique battlefield, where the tactical advantage is seemingly conceded to terrorists, who are free to exploit the liberties of the open society, while the authorities are constrained by those very rights and freedoms. They work under the constant scrutiny of the free press, public opinion, the political opposition, human rights organizations and the guardians of legal codes. But they have only an apparent advantage, which is forfeited the more depraved and indiscriminate terrorism becomes. Then terrorists begin to lose their popular support, and the authorities begin to win citizens¡¦ trust in their efforts to restore tranquility. Thus, it really boils down to a question of balance: of how to establish the delicate equilibrium of combating terrorism while preserving the liberties of the open society. This book begins with this question and becomes increasingly complex as it tackles the different aspects and dimensions of this dilemma. |
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Security Officer's Terrorism Response Guide. |
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Maniscalco, Paul M./ 9780763741075/ Price:US$ 66.95
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The Security Officer's Terrorism Response Guide is designed with the special needs of the shopping center security officer in mind. The guide describes how identify potential terrorist targets and tactics and respond appropriately in the event of an attack. This handy reference provides crucial information on:
The National Incident Management System
The Homeland Security Advisory System
Potential Terrorist Targets and Tactics
Chemical Terrorism
Biological Terrorism
Nuclear-Radiological Terrorism
Explosives
Decontamination Techniques
Crime Scene Awareness |
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Countering Terrorism: Can We Meet the Threat of Global Violence? |
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Chandler, Michael/ 9781861893086/ Price:GBP 14.99
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Countering Terrorism: Can We Meet the Treat of Global Violence? is a hard-hitting examination of responses to terrorism around the globe, looking not only at 9/11 but also the London and Madrid bombings, as well as terrorist activity in Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Palestine and elsewhere. The authors argue that despite the international community being presented with a prime opportunity to cooperate and collaborate against trans-national terrorism, the opportunity has been missed, long-term visionary policies have been held hostage to short-term political expediency, and what should have been a watershed has become a trickle in the sand.
The authors¡¦ collective experience ¡V dealing with a wide range of terrorist activity, security issues and conflict situations ¡V spans over forty years, and includes first-hand exposure in the field. Together they bring their specialist knowledge to bear on one of the most critical issues of today, offering a clear-sighted way of understanding and dealing with global terrorism. |
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Large-Scale Victimisation as a Potential Source of Terrorist Activities: Importance of Regaining Security in Post-Conflict Societies. |
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Ewald, Uwe/ 9781586036942/ Price:EUR 126.00
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This publication presents a subject that is, unfortunately, as significant today as it was two years ago. Sadly, this continuing relevance seems to confirm the views of the German radical pacifist Kurt Tucholsky, who stated in response to the atrocities and sufferings of WWI: ¡§But men never ever learnt from history, and they will not do so in the future. Hic Rhodus!¡¨ Recent events in Iraq, the Middle East, East Timor or the Democratic Republic of Congo, and possible links regarding issues of terrorism, raise the question what criminological and victimological research offers in assisting to break vicious spirals of ignorance of gross human rights violations and the immense human sufferings in the context of armed conflicts and terrorism. The answer to this question still remains open. Yet, this publication confirms the substantial willingness to ¡¥learn¡¦ from the past by critically reviewing large-scale victimisation arising out of protracted conflicts in order to better understanding the necessary prerequisites for enduring peace-making in post-conflict societies and to anticipate and suggest approaches to healing victimising effects. |
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National Counter-Terrorism Strategies: Legal, Institutional, and Public Policy Dimensions in the US, UK, France, Turkey and Russia. |
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Orttung, Robert W./ 9781586036959/ Price:EUR 126.00
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The book makes an important contribution by providing a comparative analysis of the various national responses to terrorism, showing where individual countries excel and lag behind. These analyses seek to provide the basis for improving the counter-terrorism approaches for each of the countries.
The introductory chapters provide an analysis of current trends in terrorism today from a variety of different national perspectives. The different approaches and points of view allow the reader to gain a more nuanced understanding of terrorism and the current efforts to combat it. |
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Naval History 1500-1680. |
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France, John/ 9780754624981/ Price:GBP 260.00
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In recent decades historians have studied several new aspects of early modern naval history and placed it in a wider context than traditional studies of naval warfare. This volume brings together 23 studies on naval technology, policy-making and administration, tactics, strategy, operations and warfare on trade. They provide new insights and new ideas for further studies. |
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American Civil War, The. |
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Rafuse, Ethan/ 9780754625148/ Price:GBP 205.00
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The largest and most destructive military conflict between the Napoleonic Wars and the First World War, the American Civil War has inspired some of the best and most intriguing scholarship in the field of United States history. This volume offers some of the most important work on the war to appear in the past few decades and offers compelling information and insights into subjects ranging from the organization of armies, historiography, the use of intelligence and the challenges faced by civil and military leaders in the course of America's bloodiest war. |
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International Political Economy. |
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Cohen, Benjamin J./ 9780754624660/ Price:GBP 260.00
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Prior to the 1970s, few serious efforts were made to bridge the gap between economics and political science in the study of international relations. Systematic scholarly analysis of International Political Economy (IPE), emphasizing formal integration of elements of orthodox market and political analysis, is really of very recent origin. This volume brings together some of the most important research papers published in the modern field of IPE since its birth less than four decades ago, emphasizing work that has significantly advanced theoretical and analytical understandings. Coverage includes grand questions of systemic transformation and system governance as well as more narrowly focused explorations of the two most central issue-areas of the world economy, trade and money and finance. The introductory essay locates this selection of articles in the context of the field's broad evolution and development to date. |
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Encyclopedia of War and American Society, 3-Vols/set. |
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Karsten, Peter/ 9780761930976/ Price:GBP 450.00
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The impact of war on U.S. society has been extensive throughout our nations history. War has transformed economic patterns, government policy, public sentiments, social trends and cultural expression. There are numerous courses within the social sciences that teach components of how and why war has affected our nation, but there is very little reference sources for social science students to rely on. The Encyclopedia of War and Society will not only cover the geopolitical effects of war, but it will also show how the U.S. engagement in national and international conflicts has affected the social and cultural arena.
Features and Benefits:
* Coverage will concentrate mostly on the last 100 years since most librarians have stated that particular era needed more coverage.
* This topic is perfectly suited to provide a multi-disciplinary approach taking the following key components into consideration: Arts and Culture Economics and Labor Race and Ethnicity Gender Journalism and Media Science and Technology Law and Justice Religion Education Geography Health and Medicine (including psychological studies) |
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Encyclopedia of United States National Security, 2-Vols/set |
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Samuels, Richard J./ 9780761929277/ Price:GBP 380.00
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The Encyclopedia of United States National Security covers the origin, development, and results of all major national security policies over the last seven decades. National security has been a widely debated yet highly researched topic that has tremendous global scope. However, there has never been a single, concise reference source to aid the student in providing accurate and informative answers to the many challenging questions of how, why, when, and where national security has evolved. A thoroughly interdisciplinary work, the encyclopedia views national security from a historical, economic, political, and technological perspective.
This Two-Volume set is arranged alphabetically and will include over 750 entries. Over 200 of the articles are signed. A first of its kind, this encyclopedia has been designed to closely follow school history curricula. It is a must-have resource for all school, public, and academic libraries.
Entries are arranged in the following categories:
Politics/policy making
Economics
Technology
Wars
Presidential Administrations
Foreign Relations
Strategic Policy |
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Encyclopedia of Bioterrorism Defense. |
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Pilch, Richard F./ 9780471467175/ Price:US$ 602.95
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This landmark reference marks the first time a publication has attempted to provide complete coverage in the field of bioterrorism. Articles review current knowledge across various disciplines within the context of bioterrorism, covering the most recent developments in areas including bioterrorism agents, biodefense infrastructure, biotechnology, preparedness, threats, threat analysis, and legislation. Relevant biological warfare events are included with a thorough analysis. |
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Encyclopedia of Politics, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Carlisle, Rodney P./ 9781412904094/ Price:GBP 350.00
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Although the distinction between the politics of the left and the right is commonly assumed in the media and in treatments of political science and history, the terms are used so loosely that the student and the general reader are often confused: What exactly are the terms left and right supposed to imply? This two-volume Encyclopedia of Politics: The Left and the Right contains over 450 articles on individuals, movements, political parties, and ideological principles, with those usually thought of as left in the left-hand volume (Volume 1) and those considered on the right, in the right-hand volume (Volume 2). |
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Handbook of Public Affairs, The. |
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Harris, Phil/ 9780761943938/ Price:GBP 125.00
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Public Affairs and particularly government relations/lobbying, have evolved in recent years from a tactic adopted by organizations to amend occasional legislation to become a managerial strategy to achieve competitive advantage.
At the fore-front of research and practice in Public Affairs, this Handbook draws upon the expertise of leading figures in the field to provide a comprehensive overview of a huge growth area in organisations' strategic thinking. Articles evoke pan-national experience and are organised into five sections to help readers navigate issues and draw comparisons. Sections cover:
- investigation into the development and meaning of Public Affairs
- the management and practice of Public Affairs within organisations
- global case studies
- an overview of scholarly developments. |
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Peace Studies, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Evangelista, Matthew/ 9780415339223/ Price:GBP 350.00
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The academic field of Peace Studies emerged during the Cold War to address the nature and sources of interstate and internal conflict and methods to prevent it and deal with its consequences.
Peace Studies, much like political science itself, is an interdisciplinary field, built upon contributions from psychology, sociology, history and economics among others. It differs from related fields such as Strategic Studies or Security Studies in its implicit normative and teleological orientation: an expectation that scholarly research can contribute to reducing the sources of conflict to produce a more just and peaceful world. |
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Terrorism, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Rapoport, David/ 9780415316507/ Price:GBP 1100.00
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This collection takes a chronological approach to provide a history of modern rebel or non-state terror, highlighting that terrorism as a concept has developed in the form of four consecutive waves. Each wave is characterized by distinctive features most specifically purposes, organizational forms and tactics, which in turn shape the relationship beween terrorist groups with each other as well as on a national and international level.
In addition to articles in academic journals, the collection also includes discussions by participants in each wave as well as statements by participating groups and government documents.
Principle events in terrorist history also receive special attention; for example, the first terrorist act, the assassination that provoked World War I and the 9/11 attacks on the US |
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Federalism in America: An Encyclopedia, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Marbach, Joseph R./ 9780313329470/ Price:GBP 163.95
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This encyclopedia provides a comprehensive reference explaining the major concepts, institutions, court cases, epochs, personalities, and policies that have shaped, or been shaped by, American federalism. It describes federalism's creation and evolution, and its influence on governmental institutions, procedures, and policies at the local, state, and national levels. The models used to explain the various historical eras in the development of federalism are also included.
Over 430 topics relating to American federalism are described. Included are descriptions of how the major and minor institutions of American government fit into the federal system and affect it. Descriptions of many of the court cases and legal concepts that have shaped American federalism are also included as are descriptions of ways in which federalism influenced the creation and implementation of many public policies. Entries include: John Adams, Voting Rights Act of 1965, Citizenship, Bush v. Gore, Dual Federalism, Civil War, Theodore Roosevelt, Electoral College, and Three Fifths Compromise. Sidebars further illuminate the concepts examined including relevant sections of the Constitution and other examples. |
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Patterns of Global Terrorism 1985-2005, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Sabasteanski, Anna/ 9780974309132/ Price:US$ 325.00
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Berkshire's Patterns of Global Terrorism 1985-2004: U.S. Department of State Documents and Supplementary Material, With Updated 2004 Reports is arranged in a user-friendly format replete with tables, graphs, and illustrative material - much of it from the original reports but with additional material developed by Berkshire and its editors (and clearly indicated as additional content). This reference set will be an essential resource for every college, school, and public library. A full, comprehensive index will guide readers, and summary definitions, chronologies, and year-to-year comparisons will provide broad context.
Fifteen related government documents are integrated to provide context and to give readers a sense of the debates, past and present, about global terrorism. |
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Islam & Globalization, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Akbarzadeh, Shahram/ 9780415353571/ Price:GBP 950.00
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Globalization has opened up non-Western societies to forces of economic, political and cultural liberalism for the first time, and this process has had a profound effect upon Islamic societies, causing unease and concern among many Muslims. Moreover, this apprehension has been exacerbated by the fact that globalization as a concept and as a process seems to originate from the West, and because many Muslims equate globalization with colonization.
The conflict between Islam and globalization and the West is perhaps the most pressing issue in the post-September 11th era, and this set seeks to represent the shape of international relations - conciliatory and otherwise - between the two ¡¥civilizations¡¦ in the late-twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
With a general introduction by the editor, the volumes include articles by leading scholars that will initially examine the various ways in which Islam has tried to protect itself against the encroachment of the West, before investigating a more outward-looking Islam that encourages religious reformism and evolution in order to contend with the new challenges and priorities of a global community.
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Great Power Rivalry in Central Asia 1842-1880, 6-Vols/Set. |
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Ewans, Martin/ 9780415367165/ Price:GBP 1150.00
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This collection spans the years 1842 to 1880, a crucial period that covers the heightening tension in Central Asia caused by increasing rivalry between the two dominant powers, Britain and Russia, and the second Afghan War.
Whilst the first part of the period was fairly calm, with proponents of 'masterly inactivity' on both sides in the ascendant, the Russians then began to subjugate progressively the Khanates of Central Asia, prompting a British riposte in the form of an invasion of Afghanistan, no less misconceived than that of its predecessor. Towards the end of this time, concern began to grow over the possible vulnerability of India to Russian encroachments from the direction of Badakhstan and Eastern Turkestan.
This important collection features original documents, policy papers and reports of campaigns and expeditions, both British and Russian, to provide a fascinating insight into the conflicts that occurred in the region. |
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Scott, John T./ 9780415350839/ Price:GBP 325.00
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) was a pivotal thinker in the history of political philosophy, and in that of thought and literature more generally. Making major contributions in a variety of areas, he brought his political theory to bear on subjects such as the novel, music, education, and autobiography, amongst others.
Bringing together critical assessments of the broad range of Rousseau?s thought, with a particular emphasis on his political theory, this important collection includes translations of a number of influential interpretations of Rousseau?s work that were not previously available in English and were prepared especially for this set, such as those of Lanson, de Jouvenal, Weil, Wahl, and Baczko.
Organized thematically, and including an initial new introduction by the editor, as well as brief introductions to each individual volume, this systematic collection is undoubtedly an essential resource for a wide variety of students and scholars. |
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Handbook of Party Politics. |
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Katz, Richard S./ 9780761943143/ Price:GBP 125.00
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Political parties are indispensable to democracy and a central subject of research and study in political science around the world. This major new handbook is the first to comprehensively map the state-of-the-art in contemporary party politics scholarship.
The Handbook is designed to:
- provide an invaluable survey of the major theories and approaches in this dynamic area of study and research
- give students and researchers a concise 'road map' to the core literatures in all the sub-fields of party related theorizing and research
- identify the theories, approaches and topics that define the current 'cutting edge' of the field.
The Handbook is comparative in overall approach but also addresses some topics to be addressed in nationally or regionally specific ways. The resulting collaboration has brought together the world's leading party theorists to provide an unrivalled resource on the role of parties in the pressing contemporary problems of institutional design and democratic governance today. |
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Theories of International Relations, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Chan, Stephen/ 9781412920094/ Price:GBP 780.00
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This major reference work comprises 80 articles representing the most influential theoretical writings by international relations scholars. Introduced by an essay from Stephen Chan and Cerwyn Moore, the four thematically organised volumes cover the major traditions of international relations (IR) theory:
Volume 1 examines realist theory in IR and includes classic realist statements as well as recent theoretical critiques and debates that have helped set the parameters of this approach.
Volume 2 traces the development of pluralist approaches to IR from the historical emergence of liberalism through to contemporary work on globalisation, human rights and ethics.
Volume 3 covers the various structuralist approaches stemming from the thinking of Marx and Gramsci as well as more recent work on the structures of global civil society and international political economy.
Volume 4 focuses on the range of reflexive approaches to international relations that include constructivism, feminism, postmodernism and critical geopolitics.
Together, the four volumes provide an unparalleled resource providing both broad coverage of the subject, historical depth and contemporary relevance.
The SAGE Library of International Relations is a new series of major works that will bring together the most influential and field-defining articles, both classical and contemporary, in a number of key areas of research and inquiry in International Relations.
Each multi-volume set will represent a collection of the essential published works collated from the foremost publications in the field by an Editor or Editorial Team of renowned international stature.
They will also include a full introduction, presenting a rationale for the selection and mapping out the discipline's past, present and likely future.
This series is designed to be a 'gold standard' for university libraries throughout the world with an interest in International Relations. |
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World War I. |
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Neiberg, Michael/ 9780754624776/ Price:GBP 185.00
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Once-dominant images of the First World War as a futile contest fought by innocent soldiers and wasteful generals have given way to more sophisticated scholarly analyses. This volume presents some of the most innovative work of this new generation of research on the War to End All Wars. Taking a global and comparative perspective, these essays place the War in a wide global and thematic context, greatly enhancing our understanding of one of the most important and complex events of the 20th Century. |
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Warfare in the USA 1784-1861. |
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Watson, Samuel/ 9780754624813/ Price:GBP 210.00
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This unprecedented compilation provides the fullest examination anywhere available of the crucial social-political and strategic and policy-level issues of American military history between the Revolution and the Civil War: civil-military relations and the military¡¦s place in American society and politics; westward expansion and the diverse "peacetime" missions assigned the military, especially constabulary missions and operations; force structure, mobilization and the formation of military strategy in support of national objectives; and military preparedness, administration, reform and professionalization. The introduction links all of these issues, pointing to the increasing scale, scope and organization and the growing dominance of national forces in American military institutions and operations during this important period. |
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Warfare in Europe 1650-1792. |
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Black, Jeremy/ 9780754624646/ Price:GBP 175.00
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Scholars have tended to underrate the importance of war in the period 1650-1792, as there is a feeling that periods before and after were more consequential for military development. This collection of essays sets out to address this problem, probing the nature of warfare throughout Europe from the middle of the seventeenth century to the end of the eighteenth. |
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Warfare in China to 1600. |
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Lorge, Peter/ 9780754625315/ Price:GBP 240.00
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Chinese military history has emerged as one of the most promising and radical fields of Chinese studies. China's rapidly increasing military power make understanding the place of war in Chinese culture, as well as the role of the military, and Chinese strategic thought, vital to dealing with this possible threat. The recent flourishing of scholarship in this area has begun to allow an equivalent comparison with western and world military history, leading to a new understanding of war as a historical and cultural phenomena, as well as revising earlier analyses of the significance of war in Chinese history. Assembled in this volume are a selection of articles that present earlier approaches to Chinese military history as well as the most recent trends in research. The introductory essay provides an overview of the field of Chinese military history and its significance in the study of China, as well as pointing out encouraging new developments in recent scholarship. |
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Warfare in China since 1600. |
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Swope, Kenneth/ 9780754624929/ Price:GBP 240.00
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Introduction. Part I From Ming to Qing (ca. 1600-1800): A few good men: the Li family and China's northern frontier in the late Ming, Kenneth M. Swope; To nourish a strong military: Kangxi's preferential treatment of his military officials, Yingcong Dai; Military mobilization in 17th and 18th century China, Russia, and Mongolia, Peter C. Perdue; Religion, war and empire building in 18th-century China, Joanna Waley-Cohen. Part II Imperial Decline & Fall (ca. 1800-1911): Naval warfare and the refraction of China's self-strengthening reforms into scientific and technological failure, Benjamin A. Elman; Testing the self-strengthening: the Chinese army in the Sino-Japanese war of 1894-95, Allen Fung; Militia and local militarization in late Qing and early republican China: the case of Hunan, Edward A. McCord. Part III The Warlord Period and the Nationalist Decade (1911-37): The military in the republic, Hans van de Ven; Civil war and the emergence of warlordism in early 20th century China, Edward A. McCord; War and the rise of nationalism in 20th-century China, Arthur Waldron. Part IV War of Resistance Against Japan & Civil War (1937-49): The tragedy of Wuhan, 1938, Stephan MacKinnon; The battle of the hundred regiments: problems of coordination and control during the Sino-Japanese war, Lyman P. Van Slyke; Community defense and the Chinese communist revolution: Henan's Du Eight neighborhood pact, Odoric Y.K. Wou; Guerrilla, mobile, and base warfare in communist military operations in Manchuria, 1945-47, Harold M. Tanner. Part V Post-1949 China: Transplanting the Chinese model: Chinese military advisers and the first Vietnam war, 1950-54, Qiang Zhai; The Vietnam war, 1964-69: a Chinese perspective, Xiaoming Zhang; Old ghosts, new memories: China's changing war history in the era of post-Mao politics, Rana Mitter; Index. |
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Feminism and the Periodical Press, 1900-1918, 3-Vols/Set |
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Delap, Lucy/ 9780415320252/ Price:GBP 900.00
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The Edwardian period represents a particularly vibrant periodical culture, with phenomenal growth in the numbers of titles published that were either aimed specifically at women, or saw women as a key section of their readership or contributor group. It was a period of political ferment in which a number of 'progressive' traditions were formulated, shaped or abandoned, including socialism, feminism, modernism, empire politics, trade unionism and welfarism.
This collection comprises periodical articles organised around some of the central themes of political thought and utopian thinking, and offers a comprehensive sourcebook of readings on the Edwardian/Progressive Era feminist thought.
The volumes explore the interventions of the radical public intellectuals working in these traditions in North America and the UK from 1900-1918. |
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Youth Activism: An International Encyclopedia, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Sherrod, Lonnie R./ 9780313328114/ Price:GBP 144.95
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If democratic societies are to survive as true democracies, they need citizens who are informed, concerned and active. How such citizens develop from childhood into adults is crucial information for educators, psychologists, young people, parents, politicians and many, many others. This watershed work brings an understanding to the disparate activist youth groups internationally as well as the interdisciplinary research that explores this phenomena.One hundred eighty five entries, from chatrooms, to grassroots movements form gangs and politics to Riot Grrls and Campus Crusade for Christ this authoritative source lends insight and explanation to the history as well as contemporary forms of youth commitment today. First-person accounts from today's youth activists as well as adult activists illuminate the journey from young idealist to lifelong work.
The major categories that frame this work are advocacy for social causes; adolescent and youth development; education; historical examples; media and internet infulence and use; national examples of activism and social movement; organizations and programs; political context; postive youth development; social background factors, e.g., economic class, race, ethnicity, gender and culture; social relationships and networks; voices of activism; and youth culture. |
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Hannah Arendt, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Williams, Gareth/ 9780415343305/ Price:GBP 950.00
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Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) is increasingly recognised as one of the most important political thinkers of the twentieth century. She gained fame for her historical study of totalitarianism, notoriety for her reportage of Adolf Eichman's trial, and philosophical recognition for her explorations of (political) action and her critique of the Western tradition of political thought from Plato to Marx. She is likely to be the first woman to join the canon of the great philosophers.
Arendt's work has attracted a huge volume of scholarship. Especially in the USA, but also in Germany, France and the UK, where further scholarly work is emerging at an increasing pace. Given that there was vigorous debate of her work in her lifetime, that there have since been several waves of evaluation and re-evaluation, and because a new generation of scholars is now coming to her work, a systematic collection of the critical assessments of her thought is extremely timely.
Volume I. Arendt as political theorist
Volume II. Arendt as political philosopher
Volume III. Arendt as philosopher |
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Political Geography, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Cox, Kevin/ 9780415332101/ Price:GBP 350.00
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Political geography concerns small-scale intrastate, regional and individual activities, as well as large far-reaching processes of global or international relationships. The field has developed from late nineteenth and early twentieth century concerns with geopolitics - the relationships between state power and territory - to a diverse range of topics engendered by new world systems and globalisation.
There has been a tremendous growth in study of political geography since the 1970s. This growth has been signalled among other things by the emergence of three serials explicitly devoted to political geography (Political Geography, Space and Polity and geopolitics) and by other journals containing strong political geography content. This collection charts the historical growth of the discipline and the major themes of post 1970s developments. |
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Knowledge, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Stehr, Nico/ 9780415317368/ Price:GBP 375.00
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Knowledge is of crucial, and growing, importance in social, political and economic relations in modern society. The range and variety of available knowledge dramatically enlarges the available options of social action. Traditionally, philosophy was the discipline concerning itself with the nature of knowledge in general. Over past decades, other fields of inquiry have investigated and reflected on their knowledge foundations. The increasing investment in scientific knowledge, in its production, distribution and reproduction, is acquiring greater social significance. Everything that is regarded as knowledge in society has become a legitimate subject matter for academic investigations from various disciplines and for practitioners.
This collection brings together a broad array of contributions.
Volume I: This volume is dedicated to the topic of Knowledge and Society and has a particular focus on such topics as Social Order, Class, Social Structure, Knowledge Economies, Knowledge Societies, and Inequality.
Volume II: This volume addresses Knowledge and Organisations. It includes classical articles on Knowledge Management, Knowledge Acquisitions, and Knowledge-based Systems.
Volume III: The third volume investigates Forms and Styles of Knowledge, with special entries on Secret Knowledge, Everyday Knowledge, and Scientific Knowledge.
Volume IV and Volume V: These volumes, entitled Thinking about Knowledge: complements and antagonists, address the relation between knowledge and its 'Other', e.g. belief, certainty, discourse, experience, faith, human interests, passion, power, reality, and skills. |
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Postwar American Critical Thought, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Beilharz, Peter/ 9780761944157/ Price:GBP 645.00
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The USA has some claim to have risen to a position of intellectual dominance in the Social Sciences in the post-war years. US Social Scientists are key players in international conferences and their premier publications have some claim to set international trends. Yet the relationship between American thought and global traditions has been peculiarly under-theorized.
This unparalleled four volume collection is divided into eight parts that focuses on American post war critical theory with special reference to Social Theory, Sociology and Politics. It identifies the central themes in this work and provides a comprehensive survey of the outstanding contributions in the field.
Peter Beilharz, through a considered selection of articles, argues that American critical theory can be read not only as European, but also as profoundly American and North American. That is, it is hybrid, at the same time global and local in significance and inflection. In this way, the American experience can be read as a case study for doing critical theory today. This comprehensive collection amounts to a definitive guide to the currents and cross currents of American critical theory in the Postwar years.
Peter Beilharz is Professor of Sociology at La Trobe University, Director of the Thesis Eleven Centre for Critical Theory and Associate Fellow, Yale University in 2004 -. |
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China's Regional Development. |
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Goodman, David S. G./ 9780415361521/ Price:GBP 68.99
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This book considers two major aspect of China's economic reform: the 'open policy' towards the West, aimed at attracting technology and skills into the country and the emphasis on 'regionalization' which established market-orientated rather than bureaucratically-controlled patterns of economic development. |
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Sociology and Socialism in Contemporary China. |
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Wong, Siu-lun/ 9780415361842/ Price:GBP 240.00
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Sociology flourished in China during the 1930s and 1940s but with the establishment of the People's Republic of China, controversies arose over the place of sociology in the process of socialist construction.
Siu-lun Wong analyses the reasons for this change in the fortune of sociological studies in China and examines it in relation to the country's contemporary political system. |
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Confucius and Confucianism. |
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Wilhelm, Richard/ 9780415361835/ Price:GBP 240.00
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This re-issues the edition of 1972.
This translation and Wilhelm's invaluable commentaries provide a concise and readable survey of Confucius, the man and his teachings. This volume translates The Life of Confucius from an ancient Chinese text, the Shih Chi, or The Historical Records by Sse-Ma Ch'ien, dating from the turn of the second century B.C. |
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Opium War Through Chinese Eyes. |
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Waley, Arthur/ 9780415361774/ Price:GBP 240.00
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This volume translates and places in the appropriate historical context a number of private documents, such as diaries, autobiographies and confessions, which explain what the Opium War felt like on the Chinese side. |
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China's Economic System. |
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Donnithorne, Audrey/ 9780415361477/ Price:GBP 240.00
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Based on original Chinese sources, including the press and government documents, this book describes the operation of the Chinese economy in the twentieth century. Certain trends become apparent, notably the extent to which China's economic life is decentralized and the tendency towards self-sufficiency within provinces and smaller administrative units.
Among the topics covered are: Agriculture, the organization of large and small scale industry, mining and transport, management and labour in state enterprises.
The fiscal system, together with the operation of the banks and the control of currency, credit and prices, and economic planning are also discussed. |
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Contest for the South China Sea. |
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Samuels, Marwyn/ 9780415361699/ Price:GBP 240.00
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Wide-ranging and fully documented, this book is the first detailed study of the origins, contexts and consequences of the long-standing dispute between China, Taiwan, Vietnam and the Philippines over the Paracel and Spratly Archipelagos in the South China Sea - one of the world's most strategically important inter-ocean basins and China's southern maritime frontier.
Samuels' analysis: * Highlights the impact of the shifting balance of power in Asia and the growing competition for oceanic resources
* Examines the implications of the dispute in terms of the historical and modern role of china as a maritime power in Asia. |
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Sino-Russian Relations: A Short History. |
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Quested, R. K. I./ 9780415361682/ Price:GBP 68.99
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This book provides a systematic history of Sino-Russian relations, a history which is invaluable in forming an understanding of relations between the two nations today. Becoming neighbours in the seventeenth century, their changing relations in peace and war, in isolation, cooperation and confrontation have steadily assumed a greater importance in world politics and become increasingly important to the stability of international relations. |
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Fading of the Maoist Vision: City and Country in China's Development. |
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Murphey, Rhoads/ 9780415361644/ Price:GBP 230.00
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This book analyzes Chinese society and evaluates the achievements and failures of the Maoist ideology. The central theme is the urban and rural balance in China's development from the Revolution to the late twentieth century. The Fading of the Maoist Vision shows how the original Revolutionary blueprint was altered and the ways in which China has steered a different course from that charted by Mao as the ideological vision encountered an increasingly pressing set of economic realities.
The book:
¡P Is particularly valuable in setting China's achievements in the larger context of global ideas about the problems of national development and by comparing them to the experience of India in its pursuit of the Gandhian ideal. |
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Rulers of China 221 B.C.: Chronological Tables. |
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Moule, A. C./ 9780415361637/ Price:GBP 68.99
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A massive undertaking, this invaluable tool for the chronology of all the Chinese dynasties remains indispensable for specialists in Chinese history.
All dynastic names are analysed in full detail in chart form with ten columns presenting names in Chinese and in romanised form, together with explanatory footnotes. There are also indexes of temple and memorial titles, names, styles, family names and year titles. Each dynasty also has a detailed Introduction citing and interpreting the various Chinese sources. |
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China's Foreign Relations since 1949. |
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Lawrance, Alan/ 9780415361576/ Price:GBP 230.00
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This volume presents the documentary evidence for understanding the evolution of China's foreign relations since the inauguration of the People's Republic in 1949. Over seventy documentary extracts cover the years 1949-1947. They include selections from statements and reports, conference resolutions, the speeches of Mao Tse-tung, Chou En-lai and other Chinese leaders, and editorials from People's Daily and Red Flag. Western commentators such as Edgar Snow and Neal Ascherson are also represented, however most of the material is from Chinese sources.
Particular attention is given to:
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¡P The Sino-Soviet rift
¡P The development of Peking's strategy towards Asia, Africa and Western Europe. |
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Ta t'ung Shu: The One-World Philosophy of K'ang Yu-wei. |
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This volume translates one of the major works of modern Chinese philosophy and in so doing makes a major contribution to the study of comparative philosophy. The volume contains an extensive introduction structured as follows:
1. Biographical Sketch of K'ang Yu-wei
2. Ta T'ung Shu: The Book
3. A General Discussion of the One-World Philosophy of K'ang Yu-wei |
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Political Philosophy of Confucianism: An interpretation of the social and political ideas of Confucius, his forerunners, and his early disciples. |
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Hsu, Leonard Shihlien/ 9780415361545/ Price:GBP 230.00
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One of the most astonishing features of the Confucian teaching to the modern reader is its anticipation of the Spencerian formula of evolution and its adaptation of this to a programme of progress. This volume shows that Confucius' teaching is still relevant in many of its features, not merely for China but also for the West. |
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Chinese Economy. |
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Adler, Solomon/ 9780415361453/ Price:GBP 230.00
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This volume provides a broad survey of economic progress in China from 1949 to 1952 and covers the historical background, China's economic system, industralisation and planning, the first Five Year Plan in industry, agriculture, transport, commerce and finance, education and health and foreign trade. The work is supplemented with an extensive bibliography, maps and statistical tables. |
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Parlamentarismus in der internationalen Politik: Europarat, OSZE und Interparlamentarische Union. |
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Habegger, Beat/ 9783832916572/ Price:EUR 49.00
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Peace Operations and Global Order. |
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Bellamy, Alex J./ 9780714655956/ Price:GBP 145.00
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A Unified Theory of Party Competition: A Cross-National Analysis Integrating Spatial and Behavioral Factors. |
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Adams, James F./ 9780521544931/ Price:GBP 27.99
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Internal Displacement in South Asia: The Relevance of the UN's Guiding Principles. |
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Banerjee, Paula/ 9780761933298/ Price:GBP 14.99
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Negotiating with Terrorists. |
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Zartman, I. W./ 9789004148574/ Price:EUR 125.00
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Negotiating with terrorists is possible, within limits, as the chapters in this book show and explore. Limits come initially in the distinction between absolute and contingent terrorists, and then between revolutionary and conditional absolutes and between barricaders, kidnappers and hijackers in the contingent category. Revolutionary absolutes are nonnegotiable adversaries, but even conditional absolutes are potentially negotiable and contingent terrorists actually seek negotiation. The official negotiator is faced with the task of giving a little in order to get the terrorist to give a lot, a particularly difficult imbalance to obtain given the highly committed and desperate nature of terrorists as they follow rational but highly unconventional tactics. Such are the challenges of negotiating with terrorists that this first volume of the "International Negotiation Series" explores and elucidates. |
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Political Mistrust and the Discrediting of Politicians. |
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Dogan, M./ 9789004145306/ Price:EUR 70.00
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This book, prepared under the auspices of the ISA research committee on Comparative Sociology, focuses on a worldwide phenomenon: political mistrust, observable in almost all countries, in both established democracies and in authoritarian regimes.
But ubiquity does not signify uniformity. The diversity of political regimes generates a multiplicity of forms and intensities of mistrust. Political mistrust seems inherent even in advanced democracies and in semi-democracies, where citizens are better prepared and more prone to criticize the dysfunctions of institutions and condemn the misconduct of politicians. Political mistrust is greatly nourished in many countries by a wide practice of public corruption. Of particular sociological interest is the vulnerability of political elites and of their frequent condemnation to "civil death". |
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Socinianism and Arminianism: Antitrinitarians, Calvinists and Cultural Exchange in Seventeenth-Century Europe. |
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Mulsow, M./ 9789004147157/ Price:EUR 134.00
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Socinianism has often been studied in national contexts and apart from other currents like Arminianism. This volume is especially interested in the "in-betweens": the relationship of Anti-trinitarianism to "liberal" currents in reformed Protestantism, namely Dutch Remonstrants, English Latitudinarians and some French Huguenots. This in-between also has a local aspect: the volume studies the transformations that Anti-trinitarianism experienced in the complicated transition from its origins in Italy and its refuge in Poland, Moravia and Transsylvania to Prussia, to the Netherlands and later to England. What effects did this transfer have on the dynamics of pluralization in the progressive Netherlands? How did the Socinians overcome social adaptation from a group of exiles to a diffuse movement of modernization? How did they manage to connect within the new milieu of Arminians, Cartesians, Spinozists and Lockeans? |
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New Labour: A Critique. |
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Bevir, Mark/ 9780415359252/ Price:GBP 44.99
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The Glass Consumer: Life in a Surveillance Society. |
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Lace, Susanne/ 9781861347350/ Price:GBP 21.99
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We are all 'glass consumers'. Organisations know so much about us, they can almost see through us. The glass consumer appraises the relentless scrutiny of consumers' lives. It reviews what is known about how personal information is used and examines the benefits and risks to consumers. The book takes the debate beyond privacy issues, arguing that we are living in a world in which - more than ever before - our personal information defines our opportunities in life. |
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R&D Priorities in Innovation Policy and Financing in Former Socialist Countries. |
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Filho, W. L./ 9781586034788/ Price:EUR 116.00
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While the nations of Central and Eastern Europe transform their economies from a planning and centralized control towards free market systems, they face the need to formulate their R&D priorities and to change their systems of innovation. The problems of restructuring the R&D and innovation systems of the post-socialist countries have so far been treated as marginal within the overall institutional transformations that are taking place in these nations. In other words, innovation and in particular, support mechanisms to innovation have not been a priority in the past. It is a fact that progress in science, technology, and innovation-related policy-making in the transitional countries has been rather modest and has largely failed to keep pace with other areas of social, political, and economic change. Most of the transitional countries lack the institutional capability for sophisticated policy making on R&D, for technology transfer and innovation and for building consensus among experts, corporate decision makers and members of the research community on R&D and innovation policy issues. There is relatively little recognition of the growing importance of knowledge and continuous life-long learning as the basis for economic success in the 21st Century. One of the tools that may help the modernization of R&D and innovation-related policy-making is the training and retraining of policy-makers and knowledge and innovative managers. Moreover, it is important to equip them with the tools to take advantage of the various financing possibilities available for innovation. This book attempts to explore the different dimensions of innovation and how it relates to R&D development and financing in a set of eastern and central European countries. The matter of funding for innovation (especially, but not only EU support) is both sensitive and important, and is considered in this book. |
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The Information Ecology of E-government: E-governmentas Institutional and Technological Innovation inPublic Administration. |
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Bekkers, Victor/ 9781586034832/ Price:EUR 94.00
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United States Code Annotated-Titles 2 (Sec 1501-End) to T4: The Congress-The President-Flag and Seal, Seat of Government, and the States. |
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United States Code Annotated-Titles 2: (Sec 271-1500) The Congress. |
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United States Code Annotated-Titles 1-2: (Sec 1-270) General Provisions-The Congress. |
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Governments of the World: A Global Guide to Citizens' Rights and Responsibilities, 4-Vols/Set. |
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U.S. elections, the introduction of democracy to Afghanistan, international refugee aid efforts -- such topics are in the news and classroom discussions every day. Governments of the World provides authoritative and up-to-date information on nearly 200 countries' institutions and forms of government.
This wide-ranging, multidisciplinary encyclopedia describes and analyzes how the governments profiled affect citizens in the daily exercise of their rights and responsibilities. Arranged alphabetically and richly illustrated, Governments of the World features biographies and historical surveys on different types of political systems -- such as constitutional monarchies, presidential systems, democracies and dictatorships -- as well as entries on the governments of particular countries and on supra-national entities, including the European Union. Topics include Transitional Political Systems, Immigration and Immigrants, Nelson Mandela, the United Nations, International Humanitarian Law, Political Party Systems, Indigenous People's Rights, Eleanor Roosevelt, Civil Liberties in Emergencies, Jewish Law, Women's Rights, Israel, Palestine and Iraq. Governments of the World provides a comprehensive overview of a topic that is central to high school and college curricula around the world, and, importantly, meets states' curriculum standards for civics coursework. |
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Middle East Conflict Reference Library, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Weapons of Mass Destruction and Terrorism. |
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O'day, Alan/ 9780754624257/ Price:GBP 135.00
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Weapons of Mass Destruction received attention before the events of September 11th 2001, but much more concerted interest dates to March 1995 when Aum Shinrikyo, a Japanese religious cult carried out an attack on the Tokyo subway, killing twelve and injuring five thousand. But for an element of technical incapacity, the casualty figures would have been much greater.
WMD terrorism is a low-probability, but it is also a high-consequence threat, for the harm caused by even one successful act would be profound, not only in terms of lives lost.
The conventional, low-technology terrorism of the past has exercised a social and political impact far out of proportion with the casualties it has caused. The massive, indiscriminate destruction caused by an act of WMD terrorism similarly would have disproportionate social, political, economic and strategic effects.
Twenty-nine articles are republished here exploring the issue of WMDs and key questions raised about terrorism, its definition, objects, motivation, whether there is a different species of it emerging in the aftermath of the close of the Cold War, preparedness and the means of prevention. |
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Dimensions of Terrorism. |
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O'day, Alan/ 9780754624233/ Price:GBP 160.00
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Few groups are ready to attach the label 'terrorists' to themselves, while regimes confronted by violence routinely appropriate the term for organisations that pose a threat to their interests.
Defining and delineating political terrorism is plagued with difficulties; these are routinely rehearsed in the literature, not least because the term is loaded with assumptions sometimes encapsulated as 'one man's terrorist is another's freedom fighter' and also it is laden by pejorative connotations, in part, because of the way 'terrorism' has been employed by politicians and the popular media. Most attempts at definition are geared to its control and prevention rather than to providing a frame of reference for analysis.
The 29 articles reprinted here establish the key contours of modern terrorism. While no single work can provide all of the answers to what is and is not terrorism; or provide a unified vision of what constitutes terrorism, this volume aims to shed critical light on the difficulties of determining its limits and nature. The authors address several major themes within terrorism: its definition, whether it is a distinct species of political violence or an extension of other forms of activity such as low-intensity warfare, differing manifestations of terrorism, the question of whether it is a new form of the phenomena has emerged since the end of the Cold War, to whom the use of the technique is most likely to appeal and the character of persons who implement terror. |
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War on Terrorism. |
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O'Day, Alan/ 9780754624240/ Price:GBP 205.00
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President George W. Bush maintained in his address of 20 September 2001, that the successful prosecution of the war against terrorism will require the judicious use of 'every resource at our command ¡V every means of diplomacy, every tool of intelligence, every instrument of law enforcement, every financial influence, and every necessary weapon of war'. Unlike the Cold War, the War on Terrorism is neither a battle against some ideology nor bounded by physical boundaries or conventional political units such as nation-states. The War on Terrorism is the internationalisation, or rather, globalisation of previous wars. Terror is not a nation, and the enemies in such wars are not nations; any regime such as Libya simply by repudiating terrorism, can become an ally of the anti-terror coalition. Regimes that continue to practice terrorism against domestic opponents qualify to participate in the wider war if they conform to certain norms in external affairs. The 28 articles reprinted here consider aspects of that most amorphous of animals ¡V the War on Terrorism. They do not set out to provide all of the answers; nor do they radiate a unified vision of what constitutes the war on terrorism; the pieces begin from a range of political and intellectual outlooks. Taken as a group, however, the difficulties of determining the limits and nature of the war on terrorism receive important attention. The authors address several major themes within the war on terrorism: what falls within its perimeters, its shifting manifestations, implications, responses and future directions. |
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Von Clausewitz, On War, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Clausewitz, General Carl von/ 9780415350389/ Price:GBP 575.00
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Carl von Clausewitz (1780-1831) was a Prussian General and military writer.
His writings are contained in nine volumes, published posthumously, but his fame rests most upon these three volumes, forming his treatise On War. It reveals war, stripped of all accessories, as the exercise of force for the attainment of a political object, unrestrained by any law save that of expediency, this gives the key to the interpretation of German political aims, past, present and future. |
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Soviet Union Political Reports 1917-1970, 12-Vols/Set. |
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Jarman, R. L./ 9781840970609/ Price:GBP 4200.00
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These volumes cover the period from the beginning of 1917 to the end of 1970 during which the political landscape of Russia changed beyond recognition. Beginning with the dying days of Imperial Russia under Nicholas II, the last of the Romanov Tsars, Russia then saw revolution, civil war, the formation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the rule of Lenin followed by the dictatorship and purges of Stalin, the invasion of Russia by Nazi Germany, the period of the Cold War when the Soviet Union ruled much of Eastern Europe and threatened the rest, the era of de-Stalinisation under the rule of Krushchev and ending with the collective leadership of Brezhnev and Kosygin. |
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War, 6-Vols/Set. |
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Diehl, Paul F./ 9781412903738/ Price:GBP 1075.00
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This four-volume collection is the first to bring together the world's seminal writings on war. Edited and introduced by Paul F. Diehl, the volumes constitute eighty-five selections thematically organised across four volumes:
- Concepts, Measurement and Patterns
- General Theoretical Approaches and Domestic Factors
- National, Dyadic and Systemic Correlates of Conflict
- The Moderation and Outcomes of Conflict.
Volume 1: Introduces and reviews the key conceptual and definitional issues, identifies the major historical patterns, and signals future trends.
Volume 2: Reviews the major theoretical approaches to conflict together with the key decision-making models, and provides an overview of the domestic political influences on war, such as military technology, gender and environmental conditions.
Volume 3: Focuses on the correlates of conflict at three levels: within individual states; between pairs of states; and at a systemic level. Topics covered include regime change, culture, arms races, geography, the role of alliances, and power distributions.
Volume 4: Examines the main theories of conflict moderation: democratic peace; trade and interdependence; deterrence; and international institutions. The final sections review the expansion, settlement and renewal of conflict.
Together the volume sets combine to provide an unparalleled resource providing both broad coverage of the subject and historical depth and contemporary relevance. |
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Encyclopedia of International Development. |
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Forsyth, Tim/ 9780415253420/ Price:GBP 220.00
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The Encyclopedia of International Development is a large-scale work that concentrates on presenting explanations of thematic concepts and debates associated with 'development', both as an academic field of study and an activity engaged in by governments and aid agencies around the world, thus providing theoretical context and organizational background for the subject.
Since the 1960s, most industrialized countries of Europe and North America have identified international development as a routine part of government policy. Today, the practise international development is still growing and also becoming more complex as more and more countries engage in development, and international development addresses further, an ever-larger range of activities. Furthermore, many non-governmental and private sector agencies are now also emerging to undertake development work in addition to government bureaux. This growth has been matched by an increase in academic research into the subject, and a mounting number of universities offer degree courses in International Development.
This title will be an essential purchase for public and academic libraries, international organizations, charities, government departments as well as students and academics in the field of international development. |
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Japan and North America: RoutledgeCurzon Library of Modern Japan, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Krauss, Ellis/ 9780415275149/ Price:GBP 660.00
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This collection makes available key articles on the Japan-North American relationship from the Meiji era to the present. Volume one focuses on the necessity of Japanese modernization post-1868 and examines the build-up to the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbour. Volume two looks at the post-war period, in which US forces occupied Japan and were instrumental in its rebuilding as an economic superpower. In the years following this Japan and North America enjoyed a close yet occasionally fraught relationship, as competitors and allies. Volume two also examines the cultural ramifications of the influence of North America on Japan, and vice versa.
Volume I: First Contacts to the Pacific War
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Diplomacy, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Jonsson, Christer/ 9781412901437/ Price:GBP 580.00
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The study of diplomacy - in many respects the 'engine room' of international relations - has been marked by a revitalisation in recent years. This three-volume collection is the first to bring together the seminal writings in the field to provide a unique reference work on this essential institution for the conduct of international affairs.
The volumes include an introduction by Jnsson and Langhorne followed by sixty selections thematically organised across three volumes: Theory of Diplomacy, History of Diplomacy, and Problems and Issues in Contemporary Diplomacy.
The result is an unparalleled resource that combines broad coverage of the subject with both historical depth and contemporary relevance.
Volume 1: introduces and reviews classic and contemporary definitional questions surrounding the study of diplomacy and theories of the origin and functions of diplomacy.
Volume 2: reviews the evolution from 'Old' to 'New' diplomacy through more than three millennia. Contributions span key eras of diplomacy from the earliest diplomatic records through Renaissance Italy to the development of the European state system and the aftermath of war.
Volume 3: focuses on areas of change, continuity and challenge in the current context and practice of diplomacy. Contributions address the contending debates around a perceived decline or crisis of diplomacy on the one hand, and the emergence of new, non-state, actors, modes and means of contemporary diplomacy, on the other. |
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Handbook of Political Theory. |
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Gaus, G. F./ 9780761967873/ Price:GBP 125.00
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This major new Handbook provides a definitive state-of-the-art review to political theory, past and present. It offers a complete guide to all the main areas and fields of political and philosophical inquiry today by the world's leading theorists.
The Handbook is divided into five parts which together serve to illustrate:
- the diversity of political theorizing
- the substantive theories that provide an over-aching analysis of the nature//or justification of the state and political life
- the political theories that have been either formulated or resurgent in recent years
- the current state of the central debates within contemporary political theory
- the history of western political thought and its interpretations
- traditions in political thought outside a western perspective.
The Handbook of Political Theory marks a benchmark publication at the cutting edge of its field. It is essential reading for all students and academics of political theory and political philosophy around the world. |
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Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Sullivan, Larry E./ 9780761926498/ Price:GBP 405.00
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Although there is a plethora of studies on crime and punishment, law enforcement is a relatively new field of serious research. When courts, sentencing, prisons, jails, and other areas of the criminal justice system are studied, often the first point of entry into the system is through police and law enforcement agencies. Unfortunately, understanding of the important issues in law enforcement has little general literature to draw on. Currently available reference works on policing are narrowly focused and sorely out-of-date. To this end, a distinguished roster of authors, representing many years of knowledge and practice in the field, draw on the latest research and methods to delineate, describe, and analyze all areas of law enforcement.
This three-volume Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement provides a comprehensive, critical and descriptive examination of all facets of law enforcement on the state and local, federal and national, and international stages. This work is a unique reference source that provides readers with informed discussions on the practice and theory of policing in an historical and contemporary framework. The volumes treat subjects that are particular to the area of state and local, federal and national, and international policing. Many of the themes and issues of policing cut across disciplinary borders, however, and several entries provide comparative information that places the subject in context. |
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Folklore, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Dundes, Alan/ 9780415316620/ Price:GBP 1050.00
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The academic study of folklore is a worldwide, interdisciplinary field spanning the humanities and the social sciences. It is very much tied to nationalism and national identity and for this reason it has often been the smaller countries that have led the way in terms of providing theory and method. There are many significant articles, mostly written by European folklorists, which remain essentially unavailable to most folklore students. Many appear in periodicals, which are not readily available, such as fabula (folktale studies) and proverbium (proverb studies). This set of volumes provides students and researchers with a comprehensive collection of articles covering the principal theoretical and methodological concepts. |
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Emmanuel Levinas: Critical Assessments of Leading Philosophers, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Katz, Claire Elise/ 9780415310499/ Price:GBP 290.00
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Emmanuel Levinas (1905-1995) was one of the foremost thinkers of the twentieth century. His work has influenced a wide range of intellectuals, from French thinkers such as Maurice Blanchot, Jacques Derrida, Luce Irigaray and Jean-Luc Marion, to American philosophers Stanley Cavell and Hillary Putnam.
This set will be a useful resource for scholars working in the fields of literary theory, philosophy, Jewish studies, religion, political science and rhetoric. |
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C Wright Mills, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Aronowitz, Stanley/ 9780761973713/ Price:GBP 500.00
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C.Wright Mills (1917-63) was one of the great sociologist's and leading public intellectuals of the last century. His contribution to the sociology of power elites, industrial relations, bureaucracy, social structure and personality, reformist and revolutionary politics and the sociological imagination are seminal.
These three volumes, edited by one of America's most influential sociologists and cultural commentators, provides an unparalleled resource for understanding the intellectual relevance of Mill's writings. Mill's engagement with contemporary issues and his sociological vision emerge powerfully. The challenge he offers to sociologists is reassessed and reaffirmed.
This is a landmark collection which provides a timely and masterful critical assessment of Mills's contribution. |
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Postwar British Critical Thought, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Milner, Andrew/ 9780761943679/ Price:GBP 675.00
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The is an unparalleled, comprehensive guide to postwar British thought on culture and society. It provides readers with a unique resource which distils the key debates and crucial contributions and points to how these initiatives have been taken up elsewhere.
The volumes are organized into four main sections: (1) Old Right and New Left; (2) New Theories; (3) New Politics; and (4) New Times.
The first deals with the 'culturalist' critiques of postwar Britain developed by the Old Right and New Left. It also explores some of the sociological commentary on postwar British affluence and the power hierarchy. The second section traces the impact of new forms of 'continental' theorizing, especially structuralism and post-structuralism, during the 1960s and 70s. The third traces the growing concern with 'new' issues of gender, sexuality, postcolonialism, race and ethnicity. The final section deals with postmodernism and globalization, especially as reflected through the distinctively British thematics of 'exterminism', 'New Times' and the 'Third Way'. -- Andrew Milner is Professor in the Centre for Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia |
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Holocaust, The: Critical Concepts in Historical Studies, 6-Vols/Set. |
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Cesarani, D./ 9780415275095/ Price:GBP 425.00
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Since the end of the 1980s the field of Holocaust studies has burgeoned, diversified, and experienced a series of important controversies. Drawing on the best research of the past sixty years, this collection brings together the most significant secondary literature on the Nazi persecution and mass murder of the Jews. Care is taken to set the work in a context of historical breadth and depth. |
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The Muslim World After 9/11. |
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Rabasa, Angel/ 9780833035349/ Price:US$ 40.00
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Liberation Ecologies. |
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Peet, Richard/ 9780415312356/ Price:GBP 175.00
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North Korea's Weapons of Mass Destruction: Problems and Prospects. |
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Kim, Kyoung-Soo/ 9781565912076/ Price:US$ 27.90
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Violence and Democracy. |
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Keane, John/ 9780521545440/ Price:GBP 22.99
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Votes and Violence. |
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Wilkinson, Steven I./ 9780521829168/ Price:GBP 80.99
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Classical Humanism and Republicanism in English Political Thought, 1570-1640. |
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Peltonen, Markku/ 9780521617161/ Price:GBP 27.99
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The Greek Tradition in Republican Thought. |
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Nelson, Eric/ 9780521835459/ Price:GBP 89.00
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Anti-Terrorist Measures and Human Rights. |
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Benedek, W./ 9789004140738/ Price:EUR 210.00
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The EU and Territorial Politics within Member States: Conflict or Co-operation? |
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Bourne, A.K./ 9789004141650/ Price:EUR 76.00
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Globalizaton and the New Terror: The Asia Pacific Dimension. |
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Jones, David M./ 9781843764427/ Price:GBP 116.00
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The Search for Arab Democracy: Discources and Counter-Discourses. |
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Sadiki, Larbi/ 9781850654896/ Price:GBP 45.00
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How to be a 'democrat' and a 'Muslim' at the same time is the subject of ongoing controversy. This book maps out the variety of voices contesting 'Islam' and 'democracy' in the Arab world, insisting that neither category can be taken as unitary or fixed. In the Arab Middle East, the contest over 'which democracy', 'whose democracy', and 'how much democracy' takes place within an existing contest over the degree of preeminence that 'which Islam', 'whose Islam', and 'how much Islam' should be given in the political and cultural sphere. There is a 'Democracy' and there are 'democracies'. There is an 'Islam' and there are 'Islams'. Larbi Sadiki deploys the conceptual tools of contemporary Western political philosophy and theory to articulate and defend some provocative theses. |
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Dictionary of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, 2-Vols/Set. |
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The often-violent conflict between the state of Israel and the displaced Palestinian people occupies newspaper headlines and television news every day. Despite such coverage, many people still understand very little about the cause of this all but undeclared war. Untenable promises of former colonizers, access to water, religious and cultural traditions as entwined as they are distinct have all contributed to what is arguably the greatest global problem of our time.
The Dictionary of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict covers the history of the conflict, going back to the birth of Zionism at the end of the 19th century. The two-volume set covers five Arab-Israeli wars, and provides biographies of political personnel in Syria, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan and the occupied territories. The Dictionary provides clear definitions and comprehensive explanations of the elements at play -- history, geography, religion, demographics and more -- and supports the acquisition of knowledge about this topic, not just dissemination of information. |
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Americans at War: Society, Culture, and the Homefront, 4-Vols/Set. |
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/ 9780028658063/ Price:US$ 980.00
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This unique, four-volume set explains to students how mobilization for war and how wars themselves have altered the fabric of everyday life. Written by scholars in the fields of history, literature and the arts, sociology, law, political science and psychology, the encyclopedia places major American conflicts -- from the Colonial Wars through the War on Terrorism -- in the context of cultural and social events and conditions on the homefront. Articles include biographies and topics such as civil liberties, media, politics, popular culture, religion, memory and national identity, civic celebrations and monumental art, literature, the roles of women and minorities, veterans, science and technology, humor, and music. |
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Reconstruction Era Reference Library, 4-Vols/Set. |
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/ 9780787692162/ Price:US$ 390.00
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The three-volume Reconstruction Era Reference Library provides targeted information on post-Civil War America, from the end of the war in 1865 to the Compromise of 1877.
Reconstruction Era Reference Library: Almanac covers the political and social aspects of Reconstruction, including carpetbaggers and scalawags, amnesty for white Southerners, "Black Codes," the impeachment of President Johnson, the rise of the Ku Klux Klan, attempts to restore the old order in the South and much more.
Reconstruction Era Reference Library: Biographies examines key figures from the era, such as Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, Edwin M. Stanton, Charles Sumner and many others.
Reconstruction Era Reference Library: Primary Sources includes rich source material, including the Civil Rights Act, Freedman's Bureau Law, diaries of former slaves, the Reconstruction Act of 1867 and more. |
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Making a Killing : How and Why Corporations Use Armed Force to Do Business. |
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Drohan, Madelaine/ 9781592285778/ Price:US$ 24.95
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John Atkinson Hobson: Critical Assessment of Leading Economists, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Wood, John Cunningham/ 9780415310659/ Price:GBP 1050.00
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John Atkinson Hobson was a controversial figure in the history of economic thought. His first book (The Physiology of Industry ) lost him two university lecturing posts, which Hobson later describes as due to 'an Economics Professor who had read my book and considered it as equivalent to an attempt to prove the flatness of the earth'.
Hobson received a similar reception from the rest of his peers. As an advocate of an apparently fallacious theory of over-saving, a critic of the orthodox theory of distribution, and a proponent of a theory of imperialism which was later taken up by Lenin, Hobson was generally condemned as a heretic by the rest of the economic establishment.
His fortunes changed, rather belatedly, in 1936, when Keynes paid tribute to Hobson's work in The General Theory as anticipating his own theory that society can, under some circumstances, save too large a proportion of its income - thrift then being a vice, not a virtue.
Hobson's influence was international and the impact of his writings was widespread. This collection will provide scholars with an invaluable resource in their ongoing evaluation of Hobson's contribution to economic, social and political thought. |
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Irish Political Economy, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Boylan, Tom/ 9780415147361/ Price:GBP 1150.00
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This set collects together the most significant economic writings produced in nineteenth-century Ireland. It includes material by leading writers such as Cairnes, Whately and Torrens and also by more obscure figures who nonetheless made original contributions of great interest. Whilst much of this material lies within the mainstream of British political economy, other material represents a critique of this orthodoxy.
The volumes are organized thematically and feature material from virtually all major fields of economics including monetary economics, labour economics and international trade. Drawing on a wide range of sources, this set will be the standard reference on this subject.
Volume 1: Scope and Methodology
Volume 2: Value and Distribution
Section A: Value Theory
Section B: Distribution Theory
Volume 3: Public Finance, Money and Banking, International Trade
Section A: Public Finance
Section B: Money and Banking
Section C: International Trade
Volume 4: Policy & Special Topics
Section A: Laissez-Faire
Section B: Population
Section C: Emigration and Colonization
Section D: Poor Law
Section E: Absenteeism
Section F: Slavery
Section G: Gender
Section H: Education |
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David Ricardo: Critical Responses, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Peach, Terry/ 9780415181792/ Price:GBP 1200.00
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This four-volume set in the Critical Responses series brings together for the first time 19th Century responses to, and appreciations of, the work of David Ricardo. The collection covers the period from 1817, the year of publication of Ricardo's major work, The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation, to 1848, and represents the first and probably the liveliest period of Ricardo-criticism. The publication of John Stuart Mill's own Principles in 1848 marks an end to this period with the first great 'rehabilitation' of Ricardo following decades of searching criticism. |
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Middle East and North Africa, The. |
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/ 9781857431841/ Price:GBP 440.00
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* Now in its 50th edition, this title continues to provide the most up-to-date geo-political, economic and directory information for this important region
* Includes a calendar of political events in the region for the year previous, providing a topical backdrop |
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Africa South of the Sahara. |
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/ 9781857431834/ Price:GBP 450.00
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* Includes contributions from leading experts on African affairs, prividing incisive analysis of the latest available information
* Contains a list of over 150 research associations and institutions studying Africa from around the world |
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Fascism: Critical Concepts in Political Science, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Griffin, Roger/ 9780415290159/ Price:GBP 1300.00
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The nature of 'fascism' has been hotly contested by scholars since the term was first coined by Mussolini in 1919. However, for the first time since Italian fascism appeared there is now a significant degree of consensus amongst scholars about how to approach the generic term, namely as a revolutionary form of ultra-nationalism. Seen from this perspective, all forms of fascism have three common features: anticonservatism, a myth of ethnic or national renewal and a conception of a nation in crisis. This collection includes articles that show this new consensus, which is inevitably contested, as well as making available material which relates to aspects of fascism independently of any sort of consensus and also covering fascism of the inter and post-war periods.
This is a comprehensive selection of texts, reflecting both the extreme multi-faceted nature of fascism as a phenomenon and the extraordinary divergence of interpretations of fascism. |
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Encyclopedia of Government and Politics, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Hawkesw, Mary/ 9780415276221/ Price:GBP 140.00
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This is a brand-new edition of the critically acclaimed Encyclopedia of Government and Politics which has been fully revised and updated to provide a systematic account of politics and political studies at the beginning of the new millennium. Providing a penetrating analysis of government and politics at a global, regional and nation-state level, the Encyclopedia assesses both traditional and contemporary approaches, and projects the paths of future research. The articles provide a degree of critical analysis far beyond a simple descriptive outline of the subject. Internationally respected contributors have been carefully selected to present contending approaches to related topics, both to clarify the political implications of the various methodologies and to enrich the portrayal of political life. With its expanded, revised and updated coverage, Encyclopedia of Government and Politics is more than ever an indispensable tool for students, teachers, professional analysts and policy-makers. |
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Great Game, The: Britain and Russia in Central Asia, 8-Vols/Set. |
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Ewans, Martin/ 9780415316385/ Price:GBP 1150.00
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The Great Game: Britain and Russia in Central Asia is a collection of key works written in the course of the nineteenth century, when Central Asia was the focus of a political and diplomatic confrontation between Britain and Russia.
While the confrontation lasted, commentators on both sides wrote voluminously about their perceptions of the opposing threat. Soldiers and other adventurers also traversed the region, to gather intelligence and engage with local rulers, and their accounts of their travels are an important part of the picture. Official documents are also a vital source of insights into the private perceptions of both governments. In selecting items for this collection, the aim has been to include those that are both important in themselves and representative of others of a similar type. There were, for example, a large number of British writers who expatiated at length on the Russian threat, and it would be superfluous to include other than those whose works were of a seminal nature.
The era of the 'Great Game' divides itself conveniently into three parts. The first stretched from the early years of the century to the disastrous intervention in Afghanistan which is known as the First Anglo-Afghan War, 1939-42. The second spanned the period between that conflict and the Second Anglo-Afghan War, 1878-80, while the third terminated with the Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907, which effectively marked the end of the confrontation. |
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Welfare and the States: Critical Concepts in Political Science, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Deakin, Nicholas/ 9780415262873/ Price:GBP 375.00
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One of the most contested issues of the 20th century is that of welfare - how it should be available, to whom, on what terms and by what means. The debate on welfare has taken place across the developed world, and has spread to developing nations: it encompasses a wide range of ideological positions and consumes a large proportion of the resources of states that provide it. This collection explores the ramifications of welfare and the state over the course of the 20th century, drawing material from a range of disciplines and with a geographical coverage across all the major developed countries.
Volume One: Welfare States and Societies in the Making
Volume Two: The Zenith of Western Welfare State Systems
Volume Three: Crisis of the Welfare States
Volume Four: Welfare Futures |
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Encyclopedia of Terrorism. |
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Kushner, Harvey W./ 9780761924081/ Price:GBP 180.00
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The Encyclopedia of Terrorism presents authoritative coverage of what is currently one of the world's most important topics. With more than 300 articles, the encyclopedia provides detailed discussions of who, what, where, when, and why of terrorism.
Up to date and timely, the articles cover such topics as Al-Qaeda, biological terrorism, extremism, Saddam Hussein, Jihad, Zacarias Moussaoui, and suicide bombers. Written and presented in a concise, readable format with detailed chronology, photographs, maps, and charts, the encyclopedia will be an essential reference for anyone interested in this critical field.
Its in-depth articles make the encyclopedia the most comprehensive reference source available in the field. It has an extensive and global coverage of groups (such as the IRA), and key events (including September 11). With details on the people, terms, statistics, and information on the biographical, historical, and geographical information that is concerned with the study of terrorism. It contains cross-references to related entries at the end of each article with suggested further reading lists in each area.
An internationally recognised expert on terrorism, Harvey Kushner has studied terrorism for more than three decades. He serves as a consultant on terrorism for an array of US governmental and private agencies. In addition, his commentary appears regularly on the media news networks worldwide. His expertise in this field has ensured that the entries, including contributions by other authorities in the field, are of the highest quality.
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Encyclopedia of The United Nations and International Agreements, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Osmanczyk, Edmund Jan/ 9780415939201/ Price:GBP 725.00
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This new edition of the most comprehensive and detailed reference ever published on the United Nations thoroughly revises and updates the 1990 edition. It demystifies the workings of this multifaceted world body with accessible articles on every country, organization, office, and department within the United Nations as well as on every nongovernmental organization, committee, and joint effort (such as peacekeeping operations) that is in any way connected to the United Nations. It also defines every international treaty since the founding of the League of Nations and gives lengthy quotations or the full text of many treaties, depending on their importance. The extensive cross-referencing will help users navigate the many acronyms and multiple names of organizations, treaties, and meetings, and a thorough, analytical index will provide another access point. |
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Socialism: Critical Concepts in Political Science, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Jenings, Jeremy/ 9780415249041/ Price:GBP 1150.00
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This four-volume collection combines the historical with the conceptual, providing a guide to the main themes that have structured socialist thought and practice over the last 200 years. The set also examines contemporary socialism. A detailed index and new introduction makes this set an invaluable reference tool for students and researchers of politics.
Volume I: Jeremy Jennings, 'Socialism: An Introduction'
I. The Origins of Socialism
II. Utopian Socialism
III. The Origins of Marxism
Volume II
IV. Karl Marx and the Science of History
V. Marxism and the State
VI. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
VII. The Crisis of Marxism
VIII. Marxism-Leninism
IX. The Revolution Betrayed
Volume III
X. Socialism and Feminism
XI. Socialism and Democracy
XII. Socialism and Violence
XIII. Socialism and Economics
XIV. Socialism and Nationalism
Volume IV
XV. Socialism and Ethics
XVI. Socialism and Social Democracy
XVII. Socialism in America
XVIII. Socialism Outside Europe and America
XIX. New Directions |
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Political and Historical Encyclopedia of Women. |
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Faure, Christine/ 9781579582371/ Price:GBP 205.00
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The original French edition of this encyclopedia, the Encyclopedie politique et historique des femmes, Second Edition has been lauded by French reviewers, and now Routledge is proud to publish this acclaimed resource in an English language edition.
From the Salic Law in medieval France to the American Revolution to today's women's representation in American and European politics, this valuable resource discusses women's participation in Western political and historical transformation.
The 39 authoritative in-depth articles, written by an international team of scholars, examine women's activism in areas such as voting, emancipation, equality and democracy, providing students and general readers with an indispensable resource. |
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Josephine Butler and the Prostitution Campaigns: Diseases of the Body Politic, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Sharp, Ingrid/ 9780415226844/ Price:GBP 1300.00
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This five volume set deals in detail with Josephine Butler's campaign for the repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts in Britain and the Colonies. At present, access to Butler's work is restricted as a number of relevant anthologies are out of print. The bulk of these can only be read in specialist libraries and the original copies are becoming increasingly fragile after a century of use. This edited collection makes her writing accessible once again, setting it in an appropriate historical context.
In addition to Butler's own work, the thematically ordered volumes include related texts which are important for understanding her campaign. This allows the reader to position Josephine Butler in relation to her opponents and to follow the response to her activities. All the texts are complete and reproduced in facsimile - there are pamphlets, books, media responses to Butler's activities, letters to The Times, articles from The Lancet, Pall Mall Gazette, The Shield and The Dawn as well as private letters both to and from Butler.
The set is introduced through a substantial essay by Jane Jordan, one of the leading international scholars on Butler's life and works, and each volume contains a short introduction by the editors which contextualises the selections.
Butler writes clearly and vividly, combining impeccable logic with passionate commitment. She does not soften her message to protect the sensibilities of her audience. She is uncompromising in her analysis, determined to 'set a floodlight on your doings' as she told a stunned royal commission in 1871. Josephine Butler and the Prostitution Campaigns demonstrates the great importance of this fascinating campaigner's work. |
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Blackwell Companion to Political Theology, The. |
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Scott, Peter/ 9780631223429/ Price:US$ 228.95
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Written by a team of international experts, drawn from various traditions of political theology, this outstanding resource brings together 35 newly-commissioned essays in the field.
* The first comprehensive survey of political theology.
* Written by a team of 35 leading international experts.
* Demonstrates that Christian theology is inherently political.
* Shows how theology impacts on present-day political issues.
* Considers the interface of theology with political ideologies, including the contribution of theology to feminist, ecological, black and pacifist movements.
* Assesses the contribution of the major political theologians and theological movements.
* Explores the political aspects of Christian sources such as scripture and liturgy. |
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Karl Popper: Critical Assessments of Leading Philosophers, 4-Vols/Set. |
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O'Hear, Anthony/ 9780415180412/ Price:GBP 325.00
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Born in Austria, Karl Popper (1902-1994) was one of the dominant philosophical thinkers of the 20th century. A ground-breaking thinker, he saw the essence of true science as being the readiness to submit theories to severe testing and to reject them when refuted by test. His first major book in 1935, The Logic of Scientific Discovery, marked him as a major analyst of science and was to have an enormous influence on the way people, including major scientists, came to think about the field.
This collection is a timely assessment of the reactions to and abiding influence of Popper's work and the controversy it caused across many academic and political fields. The set includes early responses to Popper's work from sources difficult to obtain, and also two early reviews (by Carnap and Grelling) in translations specially prepared for this set. It is organised thematically and includes a substantial new introduction by the editor. |
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| VA05-89 |
Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Christensen, Karen/ 9780761925989/ Price:GBP 855.00
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The Encyclopedia of Community is a major four volume reference work comprising of over five hundred detailed articles, that seeks to provide a comprehensive exploration of one of the most widely researched topics in the behavioural and social sciences.
Community itself is a concept, an experience, and a central part of being human. This pioneering major reference work seeks to provide the necessary definitions of community far beyond the traditional views. Arranged in an A-to-Z fashion, the Encyclopedia can also be viewed topically via a Reader's Guide. This allows for interdisciplinary "compare and contrast" among topics such as types of communities, social capital, technology, urban life, politics and law, community design, and global studies. Historical perspectives, contemporary analyses and communities of the future are all featured in this truly comprehensive Encyclopedia.
Edited by the award-winning team at Berkshire Reference and assisted by an international editorial board of renowned scholars, the Encyclopedia of Community will prove to be one of the most widely used reference works in any library collection.
The encyclopedia covers communities of the past and present, from 19th century utopians to the communes of the 1960s, to today's Rotary Club, Amish, and cyber communities. |
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Encyclopedia of New Media, The: An Essential Reference to Communication and Technology. |
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Jones, Steve/ 9780761923824/ Price:GBP 185.00
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From Amazon.com to virtual communities, the Encyclopedia of New Media presents more than 250 entries that place new communication technology, multimedia, entertainment and e-commerce within their social context. Each subject is examined in depth in a single, coherent article and the Encyclopedia is the first comprehensive, A-Z reference on the ongoing revolution in communications.
The Encyclopedia is edited by Steve Jones, one of the most renowned scholars of new media studies, and editor of two SAGE texts in this area Cybersociety 2.0 (1998) and Doing Internet Research (1999).
The 275 entries are balanced between information technology and the social landscape, include entries on both themes and theorists, and the volume includes 25 photographs.
Unlike many encyclopedias that provide short, fragmented entries, the Encyclopedia of New Media examines each subject in depth in a single, coherent article. Many articles span several pages and are presented in a large, double-column format for easy reading.
The Encyclopedia of New Media includes a comprehensive index as well as a readers guide that facilitates browsing and easy access to information.
Each entry includes a bibliography and suggestions for further reading, together with links to related topics in the Encyclopedia, making this an indispensable resource for students and academics in media and cultural studies and a must for both public and university libraries. |
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Islam: Critical Concepts in Sociology, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Turner, Bryan/ 9780415123471/ Price:GBP 300.00
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This collection is a study of Islamic thought and institutions that represents a critical introduction to the system of Islamic belief and practice from a social science perspective, emphasizing the global nature of Islam in the twentieth century.
With a new introduction and index, the collection will prove an invaluable reference tool and teaching aid.
Volume 1: Islam as Religion and Law
Volume II: Islam, State and Politics
Volume III: Islam, Gender and the Family
Volume IV: Islam and Social Movement
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UN Chronicle: United Nations in a United World.(Vol.40, NO. 3 ) |
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Russian Regions and Regionalism: Strength through Weakness. |
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Herd, Graeme P./ 9780700717354/ Price:GBP 120.00
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Multilateral Institutions: A Critical Introduction. |
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Boas, Morten/ 9780745319209/ Price:GBP 24.99
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Correspondance anglaise, Vol. 3. |
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Alexis de Tocqueville/ 9782070763566/ Price:EUR 29.00
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Free Radical: New Century Essays. |
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Benn, Tony/ 9780826474001/ Price:GBP 27.99
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Confronting Terrorism: European Experiences, Threat Perceptions and Policies. |
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Leeuwen, M. V./ 9789041119605/ Price:EUR 81.00
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The shocking events of 11 September 2001 in the United States drew worldwide attention to the terrorist phenomenon. Confronting Terrorism focuses on terrorism and the struggle against it in Europe: on recent experiences, threat perceptions and the policies of several European countries, including the effects produced by the 11 September attacks.
Specialists from Ireland, the United Kingdom, Sweden, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Spain, Italy and Greece analyse the development of threat perceptions concerning terrorism and counter-terrorist policy-making in their respective countries. To facilitate comparisons between their findings, they have worked from an identical set of questions. Their chapters are followed by contributions on relevant policy-making and decisions in the European Union, and on the European input in United Nations policy-making processes. A summary of main conclusions and recommendations is also presented. |
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E-Government: A Practical Guide to the Legal Issues. |
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Chissick, Michael/ 9780421794603/ Price:GBP 112.00
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Political Ecology: An Integrative Approach to Geography and Environment-Development Studies. |
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Zimmerer, Karl S./ 9781572309166/ Price:US$ 39.00
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This volume offers a unique, integrative perspective on the political and ecological processes shaping landscapes and resource use across the global North and South. Twelve carefully selected case studies demonstrate how contemporary geographical theories and methods can contribute to understanding key environment-and-development issues and working toward effective policies. Topics addressed include water and biodiversity resources, urban and national resource planning, scientific concepts of resource management, and ideas of nature and conservation in the context of globalization. Giving particular attention to evolving conceptions of nature-society interaction and geographical scale, an introduction and conclusion by the editors provide a clear analytical focus for the volume and summarize important developments and debates in the field. |
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Griffith & Ryle Parliament: Functions, Practice and Procedures. |
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Blackburn, Robert/ 9780421609105/ Price:US$ 198.99
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Jane's Counter Terrorism. |
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Gunaratna, Rohan/ 9780710623577/ Price:GBP 312.00
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This comprehensive reference provides you with expert guidance to planning all aspects of your anti-terrorist strategy. You will find authoritative consideration of such issues as terrorist financing, terrorist tactics and targets and best practice in response, together with informed surveys of terrorist groups and activity for background reference.
In addition we have included an examination of the post-11 September changes to US homeland defence and the roles and responsibilities of different departments. |
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Afghanistan Strategic Intelligence: British Records 1919-1970, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Burdett, A.L.P./ 9781852078553/ Price:GBP 1400.00
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The collection begins with material describing the Third British-Afghan War of 1919, which led to the establishment of Afghan independence. There is coverage of coups and instability within the ruling family from 1919 to 1933; increased influence and sustained presence of the USSR; continuous evaluation by the British of the Russian threat posed for the integrity of Afghanistan and implications for the defence of India; relations between Afghanistan and neighbouring tribes including on the Northwest Frontier; the activities in Afghanistan of anti-imperialist agents and groups. The collection ends in 1970 with the end of the available documents but with the country moving towards the deposal of King Zahir Shah and the establishment of the republic in 1973. |
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Liberlism: Critical Concepts in Political Science, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Smith, G. W./ 9780415223577/ Price:GBP 325.00
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Encompassing the relationship between the state and the individual, society and the individual, the nature of freedom and the concept of the person, this four-volume set covers the main tenets of the liberal tradition. The collection includes material from the rich background and history of classical writings, and also emphasizes modern scholarship and contemporary issues.
Fully indexed and including a new introduction by the editor, this is an invaluable reference tool for both researchers and students in the field.
Volume I: Ideas of Freedom
Volume II: Liberty and Rights
Volume III: Justice and Reason
Volume IV: The Limits of Liberalism |
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Handbook of Public Policy Evaluation. |
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Nagel, Stuart S./ 9780761923749/ Price:GBP 155.00
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This Handbook deals with many aspects of public policy evaluation including methods, examples, studies, professionalism, perspectives, concepts, trends, substance, theory, applications, dispute resolution, interdisciplinary interaction and bibliographies. A rich variety of insights and alternative perspectives on systematic policy evaluation, as well as ideas and applications dealing with win-win policy evaluation are, brought together to create a unique resource in public policy evaluation. |
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Rights and Duties, 6-Vols/Set. |
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Wellman, Carl/ 9780415939829/ Price:GBP 735.00
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This collection of facsimile articles reprints essays of ethical philosophy from the Twentieth Century that debate the nature of entitled rights and imposed obligations, issues that form the basis of the modern concept of civil society. What is the foundational basis and meaning of a natural, a civil, a universal right or duty? Who is entitled to rights and obliged by duties? What kind of right or duty is work, life, speech, property, welfare. These are the timeless and timely issues of interest to students of philosophy, law and policy and international relations.
Volume One: Conceptual Analyses of Rights and Duties
Volume Two: Rational Foundations of Rights and Duties
Volume Three: Possible Bearers of Rights and Duties
Volume Four: Human Rights and Universal Duties
Volume Five: Welfare Rights and Duties of Charity
Volume Six: Property Rights and Duties of Redistribution |
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Jacques Lacan: Critical Evaluations in Cultural Theory, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Zizek, Slavoj/ 9780415278621/ Price:GBP 290.00
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Jacques Lacan (1901-1980) is undoubtedly the central figure of psychoanalysis in the second half of the 20th century. He not only revolutionized the psychoanalytic practice, but in his 'return to Freud', he also deployed a global reinterpretation of the entire structural linguistics and semiotics.
The influence of Lacan's work is widespread. It gave rise to passionate discussions not only in France, but also in the UK, US, Germany, Italy, Latin America, Japan and Eastern Europe, stretching beyond the field of psychoanalysis itself, to philosophy, the social sciences and cultural studies.
The texts selected present the entire scope of the Lacan debate focusing on the four main domains of Lacan's influence: psychoanalytic theory and practice; philosophy; social sciences and cultural studies. |
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Kierkegaard: Critical Assessments of Leading Philosophers, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Conway, Daniel W./ 9780415235860/ Price:GBP 270.00
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Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) is widely recognized as a leading figure in the Western tradition of philosophy. Especially well known are his seminal contributions to existentialism, philosophy of religion, and cultural criticism. His novel experiments with pseudonymy, irony, satire, allegory and self-erasure have influenced the development of various strands of 'post-structuralist' and 'post-modern' thought in the twentieth century. The secondary literature devoted to his thought is consequently distributed across a number of academic disciplines, including philosophy, literature, religion, political theory and history.
These volumes are designed to allow current debates on key themes to be followed through in depth without having to seek additional sources, while giving readers an appreciation of the diversity of philosophical approaches and interpretive strategies which characterize recent Kierkegaard scholarship. |
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Richard Rorty, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Malachowski, Alan/ 9780761974642/ Price:GBP 675.00
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The collection is divided into four volumes:
- Philosophy: this volume looks at how Rorty's contribution to the analytic tradition was assessed by his peers at the time and then examines how his later, more explicitly post-analytic, writings relate to traditional philosophical topics such as `truth' and `realism'.
- Post-Analytic Pragmatism: Volume Two examines Rorty's `post-analytic pragmatism'. It begins by considering how Rorty prepared for a shift into this territory, and then looks more closely at the kind of pragmatism he sought to establish; the volume contains discussions of the kind of pragmatism that emerges from both Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature (1979) and Consequences of Pragmatism (1982).
- Politics, Irony and Solidarity provides an assessment of Rorty's account of irony and examines its relationship to his liberal politics.
- Culture, Interpretation and Conversations: this final volume examines Rorty's views on philosophy as a form of cultural conversation and discusses his interpretations or `appropriations' of other philosophers. Of special interest here are his readings of continental philosophers such as Hegel, Heidegger and Derrida, where it is acknowledged that one Rorty's most important contributions to social thought has been to make the work of such philosophers more accessible to readers unfamiliar with, or even hostile to, the continental tradition. Volume 4 concludes with a definitive bibliography, which will be an invaluable resource for researchers and students.
Edited by Alan Malachowski - a leading commentator on Rorty's work - this collection will be the standard reference work on one of the canonical theorists of the late 20th century. |
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Handbook of Citizenship Studies. |
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Isin, Engin F./ 9780761968580/ Price:GBP 125.00
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From women's rights, civil rights, and sexual rights for gays and lesbians to disability rights and language rights, we have experienced in the past few decades a major trend in Western nation-states towards new claims for inclusion. This trend has echoed around the world: from the Zapatistas to Chechen and Kurdish nationalists, social and political movements are framing their struggles in the languages of rights and recognition, and hence, of citizenship.
Citizenship has thus become an increasingly important axis in the social sciences. Social scientists have been rethinking the role of political agent or subject. Not only are the rights and obligations of citizens being redefined, but also what it means to be a citizen has become an issue of central concern.
As the process of globalization produces multiple diasporas, we can expect increasingly complex relationships between homeland and host societies that will make the traditional idea of national citizenship problematic. As societies are forced to manage cultural difference and associated tensions and conflict, there will be changes in the processes by which states allocate citizenship and a differentiation of the category of citizen.
This book constitutes the most authoritative and comprehensive guide to the terrain. Drawing on a wealth of interdisciplinary knowledge, and including some of the leading commentators of the day, it is an essential guide to understanding modern citizenship. |
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American Experience in World War II, The. 12-Vols/Set. |
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Hixson, Walter L./ 9780415940283/ Price:GBP 1450.00
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World War II was a major formative factor in the creation of modern America. It changed the face of the United States, catapulting the country out of economic depression, political isolation and social conservatism. The articles collected here analyse all major phases of US involvement in World War II, as well as the impact of the war on domestic policies, diplomatic relations, and the cultural and social arenas, making this a unique one-stop resource.
Volume One: The United States and the Road to War in Europe
Volume Two: Isolationists and Internationalists: The Battle over Intervention
Volume Three: The United States and the Road to War in the Pacific
Volume Four: Pearl Harbor in History and Memory
Volume Five: The United States in the European Theater
Volume Six: The United States in the Pacific War
Volume Seven: The Atomic Bomb in History and Memory
Volume Eight: American Diplomacy of the Second World War |
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Terrorism and War |
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Howard Zinn/ 9781583224939/ Price:US$ 9.95
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The Future of the Capitalist State. |
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Jessop, Bob/ 9780745622729/ Price:US$ 79.95
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Discovering the Welfare State in East Asia. |
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Aspalter, Christian/ 9780275974138/ Price:GBP 73.00
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The Macro Polity. |
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Erikson, Robert S./ 9780521563895/ Price:GBP 68.00
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Human Rights and Good Governance: Building Bridges. |
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Sano, H. O./ 9789041117762/ Price:EUR 159.00
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The European Union Democratic Deficit and the Public Sphere: An Evolution of EU Media Policy. (Information Developments & the Public Sector S.). |
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Ward, David/ 9781586032814/ Price:EUR 67.00
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Handbook of Strategy and Management. |
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Pettigrew, A. M./ 9780761958932/ Price:GBP 125.00
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This Handbook presents a major retrospective and prospective overview of the strategic management field and will be an important benchmark volume for management scholars worldwide. The Handbook frames, assesses and synthesizes the work in the field and helps to define and shape its current and future development. The editors combine focus with diversity in the material and approaches covered, thus providing a powerful critical analysis and synthesis of diverse disciplinary contributions to this rapidly growing body of knowledge.
Each of the four parts of this book concentrates on a specific area of strategy and management. Within these parts, leading international scholars provide historical overviews of the key strands delineating the `topography' of their particular themes, address the central problems and approaches which have characterized these, critically assess the state and quality of current theory and knowledge, and set out agendas for future theoretical and empirical development.
The resulting volume is a unique overview of the inputs and dynamics that shape the core ideas and practices of strategy and management. |
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Encyclopedia of International Political Economy, 3-Vols/Set. |
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Jones, R. J. Barry/ 9780415145329/ Price:GBP 625.00
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This three volume Encyclopedia offers the first comprehensive and authoritative survey of the rapidly developing field of international political economy. Its entries cover the major theoretical issues and analytical approaches within the field. The set also provides detailed discussion of the contributions of key individuals and surveys a wide range of empirical conditions and developments within the global political economy, including its major institutions.
The Encyclopedia has been designed to be eclectic in approach and wide-ranging in coverage. Theoretical entries range from discussions of the definition and scope of the field, through core methodological questions such as rationalism and the structure-agent problem, to surveys of the major theories and approaches employed in the study of the international political economy. |
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China: Political Reports 1911-1960, 11-Vols/Set. |
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Jarman, Robert, L./ 9781852079307/ Price:GBP 3850.00
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This collection draws together the periodic political reports sent by British Officials based in China back to the British Foreign Office. Some of these reports were destined for official publication and are now located either in the Official Publications rooms of the British Museum or Cambridge University Library. Other reports were intended to be confidential and were seen only by the Foreign Secretary and permanent officials in the British Foreign Office. Such reports are generally released, after 30 years, into the public domain via the Public Record Office. Still further reports are retained by the Government indefinitely due to their perceived sensitivity.
The most important series of reports is the Annual Reports series, initiated by Sir Edward Grey in a memorandum of 6 April 1906 sent to British representatives in 46 countries. He suggested that the report should 'deal fully with events and matters of interest concerning that country which have occurred during the preceding twelve months, and should explain their bearing on its position and policy'; he also suggested topics that should be covered such as foreign relations, naval policy, the machinery of government, finance, education, and the press and its influence on public opinion. |
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Consumption: Critical Concepts in the Social Sciences, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Miller, Daniel/ 9780415242660/ Price:GBP 1300.00
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These volumes comprise the most extensive guide to past and current research on the topic of consumption ever created. Ranging from the classic discussions of a century and more ago to the latest evidence for the diversity of consumption as it is actually practiced, this set is an essential foundation for one of the most rapidly growing areas of contemporary academic study.
The contents are highly inter-disciplinary, with approaches ranging from anthropology and media studies, to geography and business studies. Each discipline provides its own theories, perspectives and methodologies for studying this topic. These volumes also make use of the rapid increase in studies of actual consumption across the globe, with examples from China, Japan, India and South America. |
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Antonio Gramsic, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Martin, James/ 9780415217477/ Price:GBP 325.00
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From the sociology of modern capitalism to state theory and cultural and media studies, Gramsci's ideas have become a central component of mainstream social and political thought since the publication of his writings, in English, in the 1960s. In particular, his concept of 'hegemony', denoting the struggle for ideological dominance by social classes, has been fundamental to the understanding of power in modern states. Over the past thirty years, Gramsci's ideas have been influential in the following areas:
* Marxist Political Theory
* The Sociology of Culture and Ideology
* Political Analysis and State Theory
* Cultural Studies
* Critical International Relations
* Post-structuralist Political Thought
With both a general introduction and individual volume introductions and including articles translated from Italian for the first time, this is the only collection of its kind and the first systematic collection of over thirty years worth of critical commentary on this influential figure. |
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Michael Davitt: Collected Writings, 1868-1906, 8-Vols/Set. |
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King, Carla/ 9781855066489/ Price:GBP 695.00
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Michael Davitt (1846-1906), father of the Land League, Member of Parliament, labour campaigner, writer and public speaker, was one of the central Irish figures of the late nineteenth century. Closely involved in the land question, Home Rule and labour issues, he wrote articulately and reflectively on these and many other important and problematic subjects, leaving historians an invaluable resource, not only of biographical material, but also of insights into the major questions of his day. The importance of Davitt's contribution alone would justify the publication of a collected works.
However, it might also be argued that by looking at his writing as a body of work, the man and ideas that emerge are both more wide-ranging and more complex than the traditional identification of Davitt as founder of the Irish Land League, important as this was in securing for Irish tenant farmers the right to own their land. In particular, it demonstrates the significance of his non-Irish interests, the breadth of his social thinking and his concern to link the land question with the cause of labour. This collection includes his six books, all his pamphlets, and his major writings for journals such as the Contemporary Review and the Nineteenth Century.
Carla King has edited the collection and written a new introduction to reintroduce the writings and ideas of one of the most influential Irish voices of the nineteenth century, and this remarkable gathering of his diverse books and essays - many of them reset - will prove a key resource for Irish historians for many decades to come. |
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Routledge Library of British Political History: Labour and Radical Politics 1762-1937, 11-Vols/Set. |
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This set re-issues major writings on British history from the Routledge archives.
In scope and detail of coverage, these books comprise a unique contribution to our understanding of over one and a half centuries of British politics. |
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Political Chronologies of the World Series, 6-Vols/Set. |
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This six-volume regional series charts the major events and memorable dates in the political histories of the countries of the world.
The Political Chronologies of the World set includes the following titles:A Political Chronology of Africa; A Political Chronology of the Americas ; A Political Chronology of Central, South and East Asia ; A Political Chronology of Europe; A Political Chronology of the Middle East; A Political Chronology of South-East Asia and Oceania
Each volume provides:
* Individual country profiles
* Chronological listings of major events from the birth of the nation to the most recent history
* Economic, social and cultural developments that have affected the political history of a country
* Major events charted include: elections, wars, border disputes, invasions, assassinations, the formation of leading parties, treaties and constitutional changes
* Special emphasis is given to contemporary affairs, particularly in nations that have undergone extensive political upheaval. |
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Public Management, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Osborne, Stephen P./ 9780415233804/ Price:GBP 120.00
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Since the 1980s, the public sector has been undergoing major changes throughout the Western industrialized world, the transitional economies of Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America and South East Asia. The main thrust of these changes has been to bring public sector management practices closer to those of the private sector. This raises the question of how far public and private sector management are comparable.
This set examines the relationships between public and private sector management in terms of both classical management theory and the new public management that emerged in the 1980s and 1990s. While the collection concentrates on articles from the last twenty years, some historical pieces are also included. Individual volume introductions as well as a general introduction place the articles in their historical context. A detailed index is also provided. |
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Ludwig Wittgenstein: Critical Assessments of Leading Philosophers, Second Series. |
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Shanker, Stuart/ 9780415149181/ Price:GBP 1050.00
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Wittgenstein scholarship has continued to grow at a pace few could have anticipated - a testament both to the fertility of his thought and to the thriving state of contemporary philosophy.
In response to this ever-growing interest in the field, we are delighted to announce the publication of a second series of critical assessments on Wittgenstein, emphasising both the breadth and depth of contemporary Wittgenstein research.
As well as papers on the nature and method of Wittgenstein's philosophy, this second collection also relates to a broader range of topics, including psychology, politics, art, music and culture. |
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Handbook of International and Intercultural Communication. |
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Gudykunst, William B./ 9780761920908/ Price:GBP 155.00
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This Second Edition illustrates how the field is composed and looks at how it has grown. The four parts examine: cross-cultural communication; intercultural communication; international communication; and development communication. Each part begins with a chapter on theories and closes with one on issues. This edition is thoroughly revised and reorganized with expanded coverage of international, development, and cross-cultural communication and new chapters. |
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Game Theory, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Varoufakis, Yanis/ 9780415222402/ Price:GBP 1150.00
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Game theory is rapidly becoming one of the cornerstones of the social sciences. The articles gathered here chart the intellectual history of game theory from its place in the Enlightenment tradition, through the explosion of literature in the late 1970s, to issues of current and emerging debates.
This extensively indexed set will be a valuable reference tool to researchers in sociology and politics, as well as economics.
Volume I: Foundations
Part A: Precursors
Part B: Pioneers of Game Theory
Part C: Pioneers of Modern Bargaining Theory
Volume II: Refinements
Part A: Nash's Project Embellished with (Bayesian) Uncertainty
Part B: Dynamic Games
Part C: Dynamic Bargaining
Part D: Evolutionary Games
Part E: Psychological Games
Volume III
Part I: Economic Applications
Part A: Oligopolistic Games
Part B: Auctions
Part C: Macroeconomic Games
Part D: General Equilibrium and Arrow's Impossibility Theorem
Part II: Game Theory and the Social Sciences
Part A: Political Science
Part B: Analytical Marxism
Part C: Sociology and Anthropology
Volume IV: Discontents
Part A: The Trouble with Consistently Aligned Beliefs
Part B: The Problem With Backward Induction
Part C: The Problem with Bargaining Solutions
Part D: Philosophical Queries |
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Home Rule in America: A Fifty-State Handbook. |
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Krane, Dale/ 9781568022819/ Price:GBP 190.00
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CQ's Politics in America 2002: The 107th Congress. |
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Stern, Amy/ 9781568026565/ Price:US$ 42.00
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The Case of the Minimum Wage: Competing Policy Models. |
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Levin-Waldman, Oren M./ 9780791448557/ Price:US$ 62.50
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The End of Politics: Corporate Power and the Decline of the Public Sphere. |
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Boggs, Carl/ 9781572305045/ Price:US$ 36.00
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Why do so many Americans feel that politics has become irrelevant to their daily lives? Why is there so little public discussion of important social issues, despite unprecedented access to mass media and new communication technologies? This book delves beneath the sound bites and news headlines to explore the ongoing process of depoliticization in the United States. Attuned to the many contemporary trends eroding the public sphere, Carl Boggs illuminates the American retreat to an eerily privatized landscape of shopping malls, gated communities, new-age fads, rural militias, isolated computer terminals, and postmodern intellectual discourse. Yet Boggs maintains hope that current trends can be reversed, issuing an eloquent call for revitalizing politics, culture, and civic society. The paperback concludes with a new postscript on the movement against corporate globalization and the tumultuous presidential election of 2000. |
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Jean-baptiste Say: Critical Assessments of Leading Economists, 5-Vols/Set. |
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John Cunningham Wood/ 9780415193405/ Price:GBP 1250.00
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Jean-Baptiste Say (1767-1832) is remembered primarily for Say's Law, one of the cornerstones of classical economics. The success of his Traite d'economie Politique made Say the best-known expositor of Adam Smith in Europe and America, and he became France's first professor of political economy.
The set covers the following themes:
* Say in the history of economics
* classical statements on Say's Law
* later statements on Say's Law (the prelude to the General Theory)
* the Keynesian Revolution and the attack on Say's Law
* Lange, Say's Law and the demand for money
* modern reconstructions of Say's Law
* commentaries on classical views relating to Say's Law
* Retrieving the classical understanding of Say's Law. |
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Major International Treaties of the Twentieth Century, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Grenville, John/ 9780415141253/ Price:GBP 325.00
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This definitive work surveys the history of treaty-making in the 20th century, providing the texts of all the major treaties that either continue in force today, or are of historical importance.
Truly global in scope and completely up-to-date, this book covers treaties of all kinds, from political and economic agreements to environmental and human rights pacts. Treaties featured include:
* the Treaty of Versailles, 1919
* the Pact of Steel, 1939
* the Charter of the United Nations, 1945
* the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
* the Charter of the Organisation of African Unity, 1963
* the Belfast Agreement. |
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Edward Said, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Williams, Patrick/ 9780761970545/ Price:GBP 675.00
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By a wide measure of assent, Edward Said is one of the most important scholars examining society, politics and culture. A Palestinian-American, his life has been shaped by the cross-currents of race, globalization and nationalist violence. Said has emerged as a leading figure in the dialogue between occidentalism and orientalism, making seminal contributions to our understanding of colonialism, postcolonialism and the responsibilities of criticism. He is one of the figures cited most frequently in the Social Science Citation Index, and one of the few, genuinely global, public intellectuals.
This exhaustive and unparalleled collection draws together the essential writings on Said's thought in a collection which any serious student of contemporary social thought will find indispensable. Planned and produced with a view to provide an accessible and reliable survey of all aspects of Said's voluminous writings, the collection is divided into four sections. |
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International Relations: Critical Concepts in Political Science, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Linklater, Andrew/ 9780415201377/ Price:GBP 375.00
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Comprising more than 80 influential papers published in the 20th century, this set is the most comprehensive guide to appear to date. It is an indispensible research tool for students in upper level undergraduate programmes and taught postgraduate students. Researchers will also find it invaluable to have key essays in the development of international relations theory brought together in these volumes.
The set gathers together essential papers from recent years, alongside classic studies from earlier periods. Organised into ten main areas, the themes covered include:
* the nature and purpose of international theory
* realism and idealism
* scientific approaches
* approaches to international cooperation
* the liberal democratic peace
* Marxism
* historical sociology
* critical theory
* political theory and International Relations
* normative approaches to world order
A substantial new index and Linklater's new introduction make this an invaluable research tool. |
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Jean Baudrillard, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Gane, Mike/ 9780761968320/ Price:GBP 675.00
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Jean Baudrillard is one of the most important and provocative writers in the contemporary era. Widely acclaimed as the prophet of postmodernism, he has famously announced the disappearance of the subject, meaning, truth, class and the notion of reality itself. Although he worked as a sociologist, his writing has enjoyed a wide interdisciplinary popularity and influence. He is read by students of sociology, cultural studies, philosophy, literature, French and geography. |
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Nationalism: Critical Concepts in Political Science, 5-Vols/Set. |
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Hutchinson, John/ 9780415201094/ Price:GBP 675.00
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Nations and nationalism are central phenomena of the modern world, feeding into every aspect of personal and social life - the family, economy, culture, politics and international relations. This multi-volume collection of articles and chapters is the most comprehensive guide yet published on the subject of nationalism. It brings together in a compact format the major texts, many of which are scattered in specialist and inaccessible journals. Beginning with classic texts of Max Weber and concluding with contributions by postmodernists, this set aims to provide students and scholars with an overview of the most important debates and lines of enquiry.
A general introduction outlines the main theoretical approaches and section introductions comment on the specific selections. There is also an extensive new index. |
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The Sources of the National Integrity: Remainnings From Asia to Anatolia |
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Abdurrahman Kucuk/ 9789751613271/ Price:GBP 14.69
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Right-Wing Populism in America: Too Close for Comfort. |
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Berlet, Chip/ 9781572305625/ Price:US$ 30.00
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Right-wing militias and other anti-government organizations have received heightened public attention since the Oklahoma City bombing. While such groups are often portrayed as marginal extremists, the values they espouse have influenced mainstream politics and culture far more than most Americans realize. This important volume offers an in-depth look at the historical roots and current landscape of right-wing populism in the United States. Illuminated is the potent combination of anti-elitist rhetoric, conspiracy theories, and ethnic scapegoating that has fueled many political movements from the colonial period to the present day. The book examines the Jacksonians, the Ku Klux Klan, and a host of Cold War nationalist cliques, and relates them to the evolution of contemporary electoral campaigns of Patrick Buchanan, the militancy of the Posse Comitatus and the Christian Identity movement, and an array of millennial sects. Combining vivid description and incisive analysis, Berlet and Lyons show how large numbers of disaffected Americans have embraced right-wing populism in a misguided attempt to challenge power relationships in U.S. society. Highlighted are the dangers these groups pose for the future of our political system and the hope of progressive social change. |
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Animal Rights: Political and Social Change in Britain Since 1800. |
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Kean, Hilda/ 9781861890610/ Price:GBP 19.95
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Philosophy of Law: An Encyclopedia, 2-Vols/Set. |
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Gray, Berry/ 9780815313441/ Price:GBP 350.00
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The first major study of the intersections between philosophy and law
This volume delivers systematic and sustained coverage of the many dimensions of legal thought, and gives full expression to the true breadth and depth of the philosophy of law. Areas covered include;
* The ways of understanding and the kinds of normativity used in the law
* Studies in international, constitutional, criminal, administrative, persons and property, contracts and tort areas of the law - including their historical origins and world-wide ramifications
* Current legal cultures - such as common law and civilian, European, and Aboriginal
* Influential jurisprudents and their biographies
* All influential schools and methods
Studies of important historical, cultural, and geographical settings for legal philosophy
Coverage ranges from Machiavelli to Marx and from Utilitarianism to the Fascist philosophy of law. As well as the consideration of current legal cultures are treatments of other periods significant to legal thinking, such as the Hellenistic, the sixteenth century and the Federalist.
Discussion of the practice of legal philosophy today
In every major area where public policy gives rise to philosophical inquiry regarding the law, debates and discussions are covered in full: tort reform, protection of life and death, gay rights, objectives in punishment, non-putative detention, international deterrence, and legitimacy of government are all comprehensively studied.
An invaluable and unique research resource
Contributions from approximately 400 prominent legal and philosophical scholars from around the world complement the volume's international scope. Many of the contributors are active participants in the issues discussed, making the book's focus a pertinent and contemporary look at all the major topics under discussion in recent literature on philosophy and law. Detailed bibliographies after each entry facilitate further research. |
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Revolution: Critical Concepts in Political Science, 4-Vols/Set. |
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O' Kane, Rosemary H. T./ 9780415201322/ Price:GBP 400.00
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This unique set collects together 83 key articles on revolution. The set begins with theoretical approaches to the study of the subject, noting several theories advanced by revolutionaries themselves, and then moves on to major articles about individual events. Revolution: Critical Concepts provides an invaluable reference work for social scientists and historians.
The articles reprinted here consider the following issues:
* revolution - concept and theory
* explaining the causes of revolution
* revolutionary state building and the outcomes of revolutions
* revolutionaries theories of revolution
* case studies of great revolutions - applying theories, testing hypotheses
* comparing and contrasting - explaining the success or failure of modern revolutions
* revolutionary change in Eastern Europe, 1989
* the future of revolutions |
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Karl Marx's Social and Political Thought: Second Series Critical Assessments in Leading Political Philosophers, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Jessop, Bob/ 9780415193269/ Price:GBP 1350.00
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This collection addresses fundamental themes in Marx's social and political thought. It covers key controversies in the analysis of Marx's overall intellectual development, the influence of Hegel, the Marx-Engels relationship, the validity of historical materialism, the significance of class and class struggle, the state and political parties, and reform and revolution. It also addresses Marx's work as historian, anthropologist, student of time and space, social psychologist, social interactionist, and literary scholar. It also covers debates regarding Marx's views on technological determinism: *national identity *nationalism, and cosmopolitanism *cities and citizenship *welfare and human rights *science and ideology *patriarchy and the family *gender and sexual orientations *culture and religion *alienation and fetishism *justice in capitalism and communism.
Bob Jessop provides an extended general introduction and also summarizes and interrelates the various articles at the start of each volume. Contributors adopt a wide range of approaches and cover some sixty years of analysis. |
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Development: Critical Concepts in Social Sciences, 6-Vols/Set. |
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Corbridge, Stuart/ 9780415205412/ Price:GBP 130.00
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In this four volume set of readings on Development, Stuart Corbridge brings together more than one hundred articles dealing with Development in all its diversity. Key topics include the transformation of peasant economies, argibusiness, rural-urban relations, markets, industrialisation, workers, trade, aid and structural adjustment. It also considers four key challenges for development theory and practice: these relate to capabilities, ethics, sustainability and regulation.
Volume I: Doctrines of Development
a. The Invention of Development
b. The Age of High Modernism: Development as Mimicry
c. Growth, Development and Welfare
d. The Development of Underdevelopment
e. The Counter-Revolution in Development Theory and Policy
f. Feminism
g. Post-Colonialism and Post-Development
Volume II: The Great Transformation (Part One)
a. The Agrarian Question: Food, Famine, Peasants and Farmers
b. Political Ecology: Science, Agribusiness and the Environment
c. The Countryside and the City
d. Merchants, Markets and Workers |
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Central Currents in Social Theory: The Roots of Sociological Theory 1700-1920, Volume I-IV. |
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Boudon, Raymond/ 9780761962410/ Price:GBP 675.00
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Divided into two 4 volume sets, this collection provides a complete guide to social theory from 1700 to the present day. Each set is divided around eight essential issues which are of core concern to social theory: social action and basic processes of interaction; social institutions; social structure; social representations; social change; theoretical orientations; problems in the philosophy of social sciences; sociology's reflections upon itself and its relations with other social sciences.
The collections are designed to show how thinking in social theory has changed since 1700 on all of these essential issues and to give a comprehensive and concise guide to the main issues. The editors provide a collection which distils the essence of the key questions so that researchers and advanced students will need to look no further for a guide to the essentials in social theory. |
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Civic Engagement in American Democracy. |
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Theda Skocpol/ 9780815728092/ Price:US$ 27.99
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American Civil Rights: Primary Sources |
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Animal Rights: Political and Social Change in Britain Since 1800. |
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Kean, Hilda/ 9781861890146/ Price:GBP 19.95
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In the late twentieth century animals are news. Parliamentary debates, protests against fox hunting and television programmes like Animal Hospital all focus on the way in which we treat animals and on what that says about our own humanity. As vegetarianism becomes ever more popular, and animal experimentation more controversial, it is time to trace the background to contemporary debates and to situate them in a broader historical context.
Hilda Kean looks at the cultural and social role of animals from 1800 to the present ¡V at the way in which visual images and myths captured the popular imagination and encouraged sympathy for animals and outrage at their exploitation. From early campaigns against the beating of cattle and ill-treatment of horses to concern for dogs in war and cats in laboratories, she explores the relationship between popular images and public debate and action. She also illustrates how interest in animal rights and welfare was closely aligned with campaigns for political and social reform by feminists, radicals and socialists. |
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Classical Tradition in Sociology, The: The American Tradition, 4-Vols/Set. |
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Alexander, Jeffrey C./ 9780761953258/ Price:GBP 780.00
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This authoritative collection of the key secondary literature of American sociology is unparalleled in its scope. The set provides a comprehensive guide and reassessment of the American tradition from the eighteenth century to today: from Franklin to Etzioni demonstrates that Americans have left an indelible mark on sociological theory and method: from the American Enlightenment, through to the monumental contributions of the Chicago School, Parsons, Goffman, Functionalism, Garfinkel and radical-critical theory.
Volume 1 considers the emergence of American sociology, and includes the key writings on the American Enlightenment: from Madison to Thoreau, de Tocqueville's seminal critical contribution and the work of Giddings, Small, Dewey and the American pragmatists. One finds here an indispensable survey of the roots of American sociology.
Volume 2 covers pragmatism, functionalism and the quantitative tradition. Seminal contributions from Bulmer, Mills, Parsons, Merton and Coser are included. The distinctive twentieth century contribution of American sociology is pinpointed and explored.
Volume 3 expands the discussion to explore the distinctive critical strands in American sociology. Classical writings from Bales, Homans, Wrong, Riesman, Lipset, Mills and Bell are selected. The volume gives a sense of the growing richness and self-consciousness of the American contribution.
Volume 4 investigates recent trends in American sociology. Selections from the writings of Alexander, Gouldner, Skocpol, Wallerstein, Barrington Moore, Tilly, Sacks and Seidman are included. The fertility and inventiveness of recent American sociology is demonstrated. |
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Public Opinion and the Communication of Consent. |
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Glasser, Theodore L./ 9780898624991/ Price:US$ 55.00
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Public Opinion and the Communication of Consent offers an unprecedented range of scholarly perspectives on the relationship between public opinion and communication. With contributions written from social-scientific, historical, critical and cultural traditions, the book illuminates the importance and richness of treating "public opinion" as a multifaceted concept.
Written by leading thinkers in the field, some of the work's chapters offer state-of-the-art reviews of research findings, while others are scholarly treatises on some aspect of communication, public opinion, and society. Topics covered include: The nature and institutions of public opinion; the influence of media on public opinion; social and psychological contexts of public opinion; the role public opinion assessment plays in a democratic society. |
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Karl Marx's Economics: Critical Assessments II, 4Vols/Set |
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Wood, John Cunningham/ 9780415087131/ Price:GBP 975.00
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This work completes the project of the earlier assessments by making available more than 100 additional titles. Primarily these are articles which have appeared since the earlier volumes were published, plus some newer controversies of Marx |
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Machiavelli: The Chief Works and Others, Vol. 2. |
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Nicollo di Bernado dei Machiavelli/ 9780822309468/ Price:GBP 24.99
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Republic of Fear: The Inside Story of Saddam's Iraq. |
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al-Khalil, Samir/ 9780679735021/ Price:US$ 12.95
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Karl Marx's Economics: Critical Assessments I, 4Vols/Set |
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Wood, John Cunningham/ 9780415065580/ Price:GBP 1050.00
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The first 4 volumes of an 8 volume re-issue of Karl Marx's key essays in the economics arena, these titles also cover newer controversies in Marxian economics, such as reinterpretations by Sraffa and Roemer. |
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American Diplomacy. |
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Kennan, George F./ 9780226431475/ Price:US$ 15.00
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Hong Kong Under Military Government, Part 2. |
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Far Eastern Economics Bureau of Hong Kong/ 9781288587650/ Price:US$ 20.75
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