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The author shows how sustainable development may be organized, valued and distributed by introducing situational contracting as an interactive and contextual mode of governance. Situational contracting provides a road map for where we want to go, serving the prevailing...
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Palgrave Pivot
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2015-06-11
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This book explores the relations between the EU and the BRICS in the areas of politics, economic development, trade and security. The contributions cover topics such as the position of the EU and BRICS in the global order and the EU as a "normative power," as well as...
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Springer
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2015-06-10
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This volume examines the impact of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on Africa’s development post-2015. It assesses the current state of the MDGs in Africa by outlining the successes, gaps and failures of the state goals, including lessons learned. A unique...
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Springer
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2015-06-10
Collection :
Social Indicators Research Series
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This book describes the history of the IMF from its birth, through the Bretton Woods era, and in the aftermath. Special attention is paid to integrating IMF history with the macro-economic policies of member countries and of other international institutions as well....
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Springer
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2015-06-10
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Studies in Economic History
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Using fresh evidence and a novel methodological framework, this book sheds light on how institutions have driven economic reform in China's urban housing sector. The book systematically analyzes the developmental role of the state in China, with rich empirical evidence...
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Springer
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2015-06-10
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In recent years there has been an increased public and academic interest in the new activism within Turkish foreign policy and Turkey's search for a more ambitious role. This book represents a new outlook, perception and conceptualization on Turkish Foreign Policy and...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2015-05-31
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Presenting a critical overview of what 'emerging multipolarity' means for the world's foremost global trading bloc and economic power, the European Union, this book offers new insights into how the rise of the emerging economies has impacted the EU and its role within...
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Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2015-05-27
Collection :
Global Reordering
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This book explores how technological change is influencing the dynamics of relations between mainland China and Taiwan. Using the latest research, it examines the acceleration of technology-led and how it shapes three key dimensions of the cross-Strait relationship: the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-05-26
Collection :
St Antony's Series
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Why did France, with its strong sense of national identity, want to give up the Franc for the Euro? This book, by a former British diplomat in Paris, draws on new archive evidence to explore France's drive for European Economic and Monetary Union, and how unresolved...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-05-26
Collection :
St Antony's Series
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Jan-Philipp Sommer weist in seiner Dissertation mithilfe eines konstruktivistischen Analysedesigns nach, dass die deutsche Außenpolitik gegenüber Polen maßgeblich von einem Grundkanon an Normen geprägt ist. Der Autor zeigt auf, wie diese letztlich einen leitenden...
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Springer VS
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2015-05-22
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Diplomacy is conventionally understood as an authentic European invention which was internationalised during colonialism. For Indians, the moment of colonial liberation was a false dawn because the colonised had internalised a European logic and performed European...
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Oxford University Press
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2015-05-21
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A scholarly perspective of a soldier's own challenges working in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). This work examines how regional/cultural knowledge and language ability contribute to improved leadership in a UN operation, based on the author's own...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-05-20
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In an age of uncertainties influenced by information technologies and the networking of societies, the maritime domain remains the main global lane of communication, vital for trade and security.
The European Union has become a maritime actor, carrying out...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2015-05-19
Collection :
Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics
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Helmut Krieger untersucht den Staatsformierungsprozess in den besetzten palästinensischen Gebieten aus politökonomischer Perspektive. Die Palästinensische Autonomiebehörde wird dabei als strategisches Terrain analysiert, in dem Kooperationen, Konflikte und Kämpfe...
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Springer VS
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2015-05-13
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Christoph Trinn analysiert die Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Vorhersagbarkeit der gewaltsamen Eskalation innerstaatlicher Konflikte. Auch wenn diese durchaus einfachen empirischen Gesetzmäßigkeiten unterliegen, ist der Ausbruch von Gewalt grundsätzlich unvorhersehbar....
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Springer VS
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2015-05-05
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This book provides a comprehensive treatment of Russett’s scientific contributions, with key examples of his major studies. It will greatly benefit today’s International Relations students, deepening their understanding of the field’s theory and methods.Bruce M. Russett...
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Springer
Parution :
2015-05-05
Collection :
SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice
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There is now a major new interest in ethical issues about warfare emerging from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, conflict in Syria and Libya, the war on terror, and the introduction of new weapon systems, such as unmanned drones. In this re-written version of the...
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OUP Oxford
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2015-04-30
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Russia's new 'pivot to Asia' increases the global significance ofRussia's Siberia and Far East. The contributors - recognized experts from Russia, China, South Korea, Japan, Norway and Singapore - analyze political, economic, social and geostrategic roadblocks in the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-04-30
Collection :
International Political Economy Series
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In this collection of refreshing and provocative essays, the contributors to Theorizing Foreign Policy in a Globalized World reflect on the game-changing political impact of globalization, outlining the situation as it currently stands and suggesting strategies for...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-04-29
Collection :
Palgrave Studies in International Relations
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