| |
The book analyzes Brazil's Africa engagement as a rising power's strategy to gain global recognition, linking it to Brazil's broader foreign policy objectives and shedding light on the mechanisms of Brazilian status-seeking in Africa.
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-04-16
PDF
|
In the past generation, Brazil has risen to become the seventh largest economy and fourth largest democracy in the world. Yet its rise challenges the conventional wisdom that capitalist democracies will necessarily converge to become faithful adherents of a US-led...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-04-15
PDF
|
This study examines the history and politics of Turkey-EU relations since 1959, exploring the complex interaction of geostrategic and normative concerns which have resulted in the current lack of accession progress and Turkey's slide to authoritarianism.
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-04-08
Collection :
New Security Challenges
PDF
|
The world of trade is changing rapidly, from the 'rise of the South' to the growth of unconventional projects like fair trade and carbon trading. Beyond Free Trade advances alternative ways for understanding these new dynamics, based on historical, political, or...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-04-08
PDF
|
This book reveals the mechanisms underlying the convergence of car fuel economy regulations in Europe, Japan and the US by drawing upon a constructivist theory of International Relations and law that focuses on business competition and environmental regulations. It...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2015-04-08
ePub
|
This volume brings emerging research on religion and development into conversation with politics. Deploying innovative conceptual frameworks, and drawing on empirical research from across contemporary Asia, this collection makes an incisive contribution to the analysis...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-04-07
Collection :
International Political Economy Series
PDF
|
The author examines the rise of the BRICs and the supposed decline of the United States. Focusing on the boom years from 1992 to 2007, and the crisis years after 2008, he argues that there are limits to the rise of the former and that the extent of US decline has been...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-04-07
Collection :
International Political Economy Series
PDF
|
This book presents the theoretical-historical-comparative political framework needed to fully grasp the truly dynamic nature of 21st century global affairs. The author provides a realistic assessment of the shift from U.S predominance to a new mix of counterbalancing...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2015-04-02
ePub
|
Au sortir de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, des millions d’étrangers se trouvent sur le sol allemand : anciens travailleurs forcés, rescapés des camps nazis ou déracinés aux profils multiples. La plupart d’entre eux sont rapatriés après la capitulation allemande, mais...
Editeur :
P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
Parution :
2015-03-31
PDF, ePub
|
?This edited volume discusses critically the social implications of current structural transformations in Europe within the broader context of the global financial crisis. Experts from across Europe and the US discuss challenges and solutions to political and economic...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2015-03-26
ePub
|
China?s ambition is to rise peacefully. Avoiding fierce conflicts with its Asian neighbors is essential to this goal. Jonathan Holslag makes a brilliant case for the geopolitical dilemma facing the rising China, and his argument that China will likely enter into major...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2015-03-17
PDF, ePub
|
This study looks at the underlying foundations of global order, putting aside mainstream institutionalist approaches in showing how China and the US are engaged in an intense process of contestation and renegotiation of an institutionalized order that has long been...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-03-17
PDF
|
Now that the 'Varieties of Capitalism' hype has passed, students of capitalist diversity are searching for new directions. This book presents the first sustained dialogue between institutionalist 'post-VoC' and more critical, global approaches, thus contributing to the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-03-17
PDF
|
During the Cold War the concept of international security was understood in military terms as the threat or use of force by states. The end of EastÐWest hostilities, however, brought ‘critical’ perspectives to the fore as scholars sought to explain the emergence of new...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2015-03-06
ePub
Offre spéciale
-8%
28,30€
|
For more than a century, the United States has been the world's most powerful state. Now some analysts predict that China will soon take its place. Does this mean that we are living in a post-American world? Will China's rapid rise spark a new Cold War between the two...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2015-03-05
Collection :
Global Futures
PDF, ePub
|
Anonymous. WikiLeaks. The Syrian Electronic Army. Edward Snowden. Bitcoin. The Arab Spring. Digital communication technologies have thrust the calculus of global political power into a period of unprecedented complexity. In every aspect of international affairs,...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2015-03-02
PDF, ePub
|
Examining how leading developing countries are increasingly shaping international economic negotiations, this book uses the case studies of India and South Africa to demonstrate the ability of states to exert diplomatic influence through different bargaining strategies...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-03-01
PDF
|
The American welfare state has long been a source of political contention and academic debate. This Oxford Handbook pulls together much of our current knowledge about the origins, development, functions, and challenges of American social policy. After the Introduction,...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2015-02-25
PDF, ePub
|
This book explores the intersection of the study of transatlantic relationships and the study of public support for the use of force in foreign policy. It contributes to two important debates: one about the nature of transatlantic partnership, and another about the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-02-24
PDF
|
Der Zweite Weltkrieg und die unmittelbare Nachkriegszeit hatten tiefgreifende Auswirkungen auf die Industrieunternehmen Mittel- und Osteuropas. Die Studie beschäftigt sich mit den Bemühungen des luxemburgischen ARBED-Konzerns zur Wahrung seiner dortigen...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2015-02-20
PDF, ePub
|