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An increasing number of scholars have begun to see science and technology as relevant issues in International Relations (IR), acknowledging the impact of material elements, technical instruments, and scientific practices on international security, statehood, and global...
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Springer
Parution :
2014-08-20
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This book reviews the global dilemma and tensions over whether to intervene or not to intervene in severe civil conflicts which test the validity of the new doctrine of Responsibility to Protect or R2P. It particularly assesses R2P’s relevance for Asia, which is defined...
Editeur :
Springer
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2014-07-08
Collection :
SpringerBriefs in Political Science
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This outstanding book is the first comprehensive introduction to the English School of International Relations. Written by leading ES scholar Barry Buzan, it expertly guides readers through the English School’s formative ideas, intellectual and historical roots, current...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2014-07-02
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62,20€
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This book provides an enlightening comparative analysis of Japan’s and Italy’s political cultures and systems, economics, and international relations from World War II to the present day. It addresses a variety of fascinating questions, ranging from the origins of the...
Editeur :
Springer
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2014-07-01
Collection :
Perspectives in Business Culture
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In this book, leading experts discuss innovative components of complexity theory and chaos theory in economics.The underlying perspective is that investigations of economic phenomena should view these phenomena not as deterministic, predictable and mechanistic but...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2014-06-26
Collection :
New Economic Windows
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Twenty-five years after the end of the Cold War, Euro-Atlantic security is under pressure. Faced with major geopolitical shifts, instability at its frontiers and financial crisis at home, the European nations and their American Allies will have to rethink how to design...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-06-17
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Deutet sich die Neuauflage des Ost-West-Konflikts oder das Entstehen einer multipolaren Machtstruktur an? Das Festhalten der USA an Hegemonialvorstellungen kann beides bewirken. Ist für Europas Zukunft die Ausrichtung auf Eurasien oder auf Nordamerika vorteilhafter?...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-06-17
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The European Union is in crisis. Crippled by economic problems, political brinkmanship, and institutional rigidity, the EU faces an increasingly uncertain future. In this compelling essay, leading scholar of European politics, Jan Zielonka argues that although the EU...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2014-06-05
Collection :
Global Futures
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39,60€
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The European Community (EC) has taken on an outward-looking dimension over the years since its first establishment, developing structures and tools which are unprecedented in the history of international relations.The original signatories of the Treaty of Rome accepted...
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P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
Parution :
2014-04-29
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ÔEven if bilateral trade between India and China goes beyond $100 billion in the coming years, ChinaÕs posture towards India is adversarial and will perhaps remain so in the future, with Beijing viewing New Delhi through the prism of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan...
Editeur :
Hachette India
Parution :
2014-04-15
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The lifestyle, economic basis and political affiliations of the British upper class are the focus of this exciting new textbook. Combining a review of existing sociological theory on class and capitalism with material drawn from a great variety of sources it is likely...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2014-04-03
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20,40€
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This Handbook brings together 30 state-of-the-art essays covering the essential aspects of global security research and practice for the 21st century. Embraces a broad definition of security that extends beyond the threat of foreign military attack to cover new risks...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2014-03-20
Collection :
Handbooks of Global Policy
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-10%
162,95€
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Against the backdrop of China’s increasingly influential role in the international financial architecture, this book seeks to characterize and evaluate China’s financial power potential. It does so by analyzing the relationship between domestic financial repression and...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2014-01-27
Collection :
Global Power Shift
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Many books have been written about war, but few have focused on how wars can be brought to an end. Wars are rarely inevitable however and this book is aimed at understanding how violent conflicts can be brought to a close through intervention, mediation and political...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2014-01-24
Collection :
War and Conflict in the Modern World
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56,50€
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Preventing violent conflicts and establishing comprehensive lasting peace in some of the world’s most turbulent regions has become the new global imperative. But to be effective, peacebuilding must be a multilateral, not a unilateral process. Even for the world’s sole...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2014-01-23
Collection :
War and Conflict in the Modern World
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56,50€
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Public housing was once an important strand in western housing policies, but is seldom seen as a mainstream policy instrument for the future. In contrast, in many East Asian countries large public housing programs are underway. Behind these generalizations, there are...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2013-12-26
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Geopolitics and Expertise is an in-depth exploration of how expert knowledge is created and exercised in the external relations machinery of the European Union. Provides a rare, full-length work on transnational diplomatic practice Based on a rigorous and empirical...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2013-12-24
Collection :
RGS-IBG Book Series
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-62%
67,80€
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The Horn of Africa is a deeply troubled region engulfed in three interlocking crises.The first is a security crisis characterized by a range of devastating inter-state and inter-communal conflicts, including civil wars.The second is an economic crisis, evidenced by...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-12-17
Collection :
Hot Spots in Global Politics
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62,20€
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This book focuses on a central concept that “Theory is History”, as the theory of capitalism can only be formulated on the basis of an analysis of its history. In contrast, bourgeois thinking replaces the analysis of historical capitalism with an abstract theory without...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2013-12-12
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