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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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Is Brazil ready to take its place among the world's leading powers? The authors examine Brazil's hard power and soft power resources, assessing the challenges the country will need to overcome in order to build its own "Brazilian dream" and project itself on the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-06-03
Collection :
International Political Economy Series
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The book seeks to untangle the complexities of how America and the West work within emerging markets, addressing the political and diplomatic implications of investment alongside emerging theory within IPE and its implications for the USA.
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Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2014-05-30
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Development researchers face many challenges in producing robust and persuasive analyses, often within a short time-frame. This edited volume tackles these challenges head-on, using examples from other fields to provide practical guidance to research producers and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-05-29
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How are global crises responded and dealt with? Are there any links between regionalism and global crises in terms of stimuli, processes, and consequences? This edited volume brings together a range of examples illustrating the development and importance of regional...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-05-29
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Economic growth continues to transform the economic and political landscape of Asia. Equally the policies now being adopted to promote private sector participation, re-structure state entities, and reduce the presence of the state in the provision of public goods and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-05-29
Collection :
Studies in the Political Economy of Public Policy
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Tadjoeddin uniquely explores four types of violent conflicts pertinent to contemporary Indonesia (secessionist, ethnic, routine-everyday and electoral violence), and seeks to discover what socio-economic development can do to overcome conflict and make the country's...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-05-07
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Most observers who follow nuclear history agree on one major aspect regarding Israel's famous policy of nuclear ambiguity; mainly that it is an exception. More specifically, it is largely accepted that the 1969 Nixon-Meir understanding, which formally established...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2014-05-01
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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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All over the world, the practice of peacebuilding is beset with common dilemmas: peace versus justice, religious versus secular approaches, individual versus structural justice, reconciliation versus retribution, and the harmonization of the sheer number of practices...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2014-04-17
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Europe's trade policies matter in global politics. Despite the recent focus on Brazil, India, and particularly China, the European Union remains the world's largest market and trader. Despite its recent economic troubles, Europe remains in a powerful position to shape...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2014-04-17
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Cultural diversity, because it is perceived to have significant security, developmental, and social implications, is fast becoming one of the major political issues of the day. At the international level, it overlaps with the now extensive debates on multiculturalism...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-04-16
Collection :
Culture and Religion in International Relations
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Exchange programs are often considered to create goodwill for host countries among foreign citizens - yet is this the case? Drawing on a wealth of research with participants and alumni of exchange programs, Iain Wilson shows that the pursuit of goodwill receives little...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-04-16
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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...
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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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This edited volume addresses the challenges and opportunities facing NATO post-2014, applying an original approach to strategy that will produce fresh insights into this hot topic within the international security community.
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-04-02
Collection :
Governance, Security and Development
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China's commitments in Central Asia illustrate how regional foreign policy works and how long-standing principles of Chinese foreign policy might be revised in the near future.China's rise has 'moved' Asia, which is why it seems that what we have traditionally regarded...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-03-21
Collection :
Politics and Development of Contemporary China
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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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In 1989, Francis Fukuyama famously announced the "end of history." The Berlin Wall had fallen; liberal democracy had won out. But what of illiberal democracy--the idea that popular majorities, working through the democratic process, might reject gender equality,...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2014-03-14
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This book provides an important study of a short-lived government making foreign policy in the shadow of an impending general election. It considers Britain's relations with the United States, Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-03-07
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