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International organizations (IOs) matter. This book uncovers the regular working world of IOs, examining whether, to what extent, and how these 'global governing bodies' can act independently of the will of states. This book explores this issue by asking who or what...
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OUP Oxford
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2018-01-05
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Grand strategies can be thought of as overall survival strategies of all states. Great powers seek survival against other great powers seeking to undermine their power and position, determining prestige-seeking behavior as psychotic and destructive. Weak states suffer...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-12-26
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The extent of Islamicity, or what Islam demands, is measured to confirm that self-declared Muslim countries have not adopted foundational Islamic teachings for rule-compliant Muslim communities. Western countries, on the other hand, are demonstrated to have better...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-12-13
Collection :
Political Economy of Islam
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This book collects some of the most influential scholars in international relations who focus on Asia globally in exploring the challenges of diplomacy faced in Asia as US policy drastically changes. The president-elect has suggested policies which, if implemented,...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2017-12-04
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Within the context of regional integration, comparative regionalism, organizational change, and regional security literatures, this book investigates three cases wherein regional economic organizations were confronted with conventional security threats: the 1978-91...
Editeur :
Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2017-11-22
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This book analyzes the phenomenon of xenophobia across African countries. With its roots in colonialism, which coercively created modern states through border delineation and the artificial merging and dividing of communities, xenophobia continues to be a barrier to...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2017-11-13
Collection :
Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development
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From DNA sequences stored on computer databases to archived forensic samples and biomedical records, bioinformation comes in many forms. Its unique provenance – the fact that it is 'mined' from the very fabric of the human body – makes it a mercurial resource; one that...
Editeur :
Polity
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2017-11-10
Collection :
Resources
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The international trading system remains a locus of fierce social conflict.The protesters who besiege gatherings of its managers-most famously on the streets of Seattle at the turn of the millennium-regard it with suspicion and hostility, as a threat to their...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2017-11-10
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The international trading system remains a locus of fierce social conflict.The protesters who besiege gatherings of its managers-most famously on the streets of Seattle at the turn of the millennium-regard it with suspicion and hostility, as a threat to their...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2017-11-03
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This book offers an assessment of China’s assertive foreign policy behavior with a special focus on Chinese policies in the South China Sea (SCS). By providing a detailed account of the events in the SCS and by analyzing power dynamics in the region, it identifies the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2017-10-27
Collection :
Global Power Shift
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This book probes key issues pertaining to Africa’s relations with global actors. It provides a comprehensive trajectory of Africa’s relations with key bilateral and major multilateral actors, assessing how the Cold War affected the African state systems’ political...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-10-25
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This book critically introduces two compelling contemporary schools of Marxian thought: the New Reading of Marx of Michael Heinrich and Werner Bonefeld, and the postoperaismo of Antonio Negri. Each stake novel claims on Marx’s value theory, the first revisiting key...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-10-17
Collection :
Marx, Engels, and Marxisms
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This book focuses on global financial systems. After summarising historical financial institutions, it subsequently uses economic and econometrical models to analyse the strengths and weaknesses of these institutions and their role in the history. Readers, especially...
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Springer
Parution :
2017-10-05
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This book analyzes the shifting global economic architecture, indicating the decentralizing authority in global economic governance since the Cold War and, especially, following the 2008-09 global financial crisis. The author examines recent adjustments to the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-10-05
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This volume examines contemporary political relations between Turkey and the Middle East. In the light of the Arab Uprisings of 2011, the Syria Crisis, the escalation of regional terrorism and the military coup attempt in Turkey, it illustrates the dramatic fluctuations...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2017-09-18
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Egypt is one of the few great empires of antiquity that exists today as a nation state. Despite its extraordinary record of national endurance, the pressures to whichEgypt currently is subjected and which are bound to intensify are already straining the ties that hold...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2017-09-18
Collection :
Hot Spots in Global Politics
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This collection examines implications of technological automation to global prosperity and peace. Focusing on robots, information communication technologies, and other automation technologies, it offers brief interventions that assess how automation may alter extant...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-09-16
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