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What are the conditions for political development and decay, and the likelihood of sustained political order?What are the limits of established rule as we know it? How much stress can systems tackle before they reach some kind of limit? How do governments tackle...
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OUP Oxford
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2016-12-06
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Australia has long been a reliable ally of the United States. But has it become too reliable? Sixty-five years after the signing of the ANZUS treaty, and at a time of great strategic change caused by the rise of China, it is time for a fresh look at the...
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E-Penguin
Parution :
2016-11-28
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This book investigates the economic, political and cultural factors that influence regional economic integration processes as well as international political cooperation in the area of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The authors analyze market integration...
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Springer
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2016-11-26
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This book offers an original analysis of the long-term impact of western and Chinese economic and development cooperation policies in Africa. It argues that western Official Development Assistance (ODA) has failed to create viable and autonomous economies in beneficiary...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-11-25
Collection :
International Political Economy Series
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This book examines public oath taking as an anti-corruption strategy that has been implemented with successful results in Nigeria and that has applications for other countries struggling with similar problems. The author of the book is the founder of Association of...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-11-25
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This book explains the increasingly turbulent Sino–Japanese relations since the 2000s by innovatively investigating the formation mechanism of mutual misperception deeply rooted in China-Japan-U.S. trilateral structural dynamics. The political and security relationship...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-11-24
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By delving into the history of geopolitics and bringing us up to date with cutting-edge case studies looking at infrastructure, terrain, and maps, this book will dispel simplistic and misleading notions about the nature of how humans interact with the environment....
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-11-23
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This book presents a theory of economic integration in developing regions, where the level of intraregional economic interdependence is low and the dependence on extra-regional economic relations is high. It argues that the success or failure of regional integration in...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-11-23
Collection :
International Political Economy Series
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The book addresses the topic of EU legitimacy by exploring the forms, origins and effects of citizens' support to EU institutions. Through examining the wide-ranging levels of support, the authors show how these multi-faceted attitudes cast shade on...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-11-22
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Innovation is sweeping the globe at breakneck speed, and emerging markets are where tremendous growth and opportunity reside. Jerry Haar and Ricardo Ernst delve into the forces and drivers that shape innovation in emerging markets and present case studies, along with a...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-11-16
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This book considers the principal challenges facing the European Union, which has been buffeted by a series of profound crises, both internal and external. These range from the future of Ukraine, the Union’s reactions to China’s ‘One Belt, One Road’ initiative, how to...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-11-10
Collection :
European Administrative Governance
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This volume examines how local actors respond to Africa’s high dependence on donor health funds. It focuses on the large infusion of donor money to address HIV and AIDS into Malawi and Zambia and the subsequent slow-down in that funding after 2009. How do local people...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-11-09
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This thought-provoking book, edited by Jing Huang and Alexander Korolev, redefines the complex political and economic landscape of the Asia-Pacific region. Written by internationally recognized experts from Russia, China, South Korea, Japan, Norway and Singapore, it...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-11-08
Collection :
International Political Economy Series
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Tony Blair's decision to back George W. Bush in his attack on Iraq will go down as a defining moment for Britain. First as Ambassador to the UN, and then as Special Envoy for Iraq, the UK’s highest authority on the ground, Sir Jeremy Greenstock was centre stage in the...
Editeur :
Cornerstone Digital
Parution :
2016-11-03
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Bringing warring parties to the negotiating table is the aim of any peace process. But what happens when those negotiations falter and conflict resolution fails? Is everything lost or are there prospects for meaningful change in even the most intractable of conflicts? ...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2016-11-02
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Since the outbreak of the Ukraine crisis, there has been much talk of a new Cold War between the West and Russia. Under Putin’s authoritarian leadership, Moscow is widely seen as volatile, belligerent and bent on using military force to get its way. In this incisive...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2016-11-02
Collection :
Global Futures
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This volume honors the lifetime achievements of the distinguished activist and scholar Elise Boulding (1920–2010) on the occasion of her 95th birthday. Known as the “matriarch” of the twentieth century peace research movement, she made significant contributions in the...
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Springer
Parution :
2016-11-02
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There is a widespread assumption that the American food system after World War II was transformed-toward an increasingly industrialized production of crops, more processed foods, and diets higher in fat, sugar, and calories-as part of a unified system. In this book,...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2016-11-01
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This book takes a fresh approach to the puzzle of sub-Saharan Africa’s resource curse. Moving beyond current scholarship’s state-centric approach, it presents cutting-edge evidence gathered through interviews with mining company executives and industry representatives...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-10-31
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This book analyzes how international organizations and the European Union engage with civil society to pursue their policy goals. Multi-stakeholder initiatives, private-public partnership, sub-contracting, political alliances, hybrid coalitions, multi-sectoral networks,...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-10-26
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