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Corporate Security Responsibility? focuses on the role of private business in zones of conflict. The book contributes to closing the gap between research on Global Governance and Peace and Conflict Studies. It applies a systematic research design to the study of...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2010-01-13
Collection :
Global Issues
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The Role of Business in Global Governance offers an empirically rich analysis of the new political role of corporations in the co-performance of governance functions beyond the state. Within comparative case studies, potential explanations of the political role of...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2010-01-13
Collection :
Global Issues
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In Chinese Capitalisms , experts examine the rise of capitalism on China and Taiwan, analyzing impacts exerted by global capitalism, Chinese civilization, and remnants of socialist practice.In focusing on these, they also address longstanding issues such as Weber's...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2010-01-13
Collection :
International Political Economy Series
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American corporations have to beg for capital from the cash-rich Sovereign Wealth Funds in the Persian Gulf. By invading Iraq, President George W. Bush grossly underminedAmerican credibility in the international arena and irrevocably weakened Washington's diplomatic...
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Bold Type Books
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2010-01-12
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War and Social Welfare: Reconstruction after Conflict addresses the issues of rebuilding social assistance and pension programs in the wake of war. Arguing that post-conflict reconstruction missions need to pay greater attention to comprehensive social policy formation,...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2010-01-04
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This book focuses on the neglected cultural front of the Cold War in Asia to explore the mindsets of Asian actors and untangle the complex cultural alliances that undergirded the security blocs on this continent.
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2009-12-21
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This volume explores broad conceptual questions raised by the 'discovery' of indigenous peoples as increasingly important global political actors - questions made all the more urgent by the sudden recognition that indigenous diplomacies are not at all new, but merely...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2009-12-21
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Hancock argues that there are three governance structures states can use when designing integration accords: plutocratic, supranational and intergovernmental. The first, in which states delegate to a wealthy state, has been largely ignored by scholars yet is both a...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2009-12-07
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For many Americans, Iran is our most dangerous enemy--part of George W. Bush's "axis of evil" even before the appearance of Ahmadinejad. But what is the reality? How did Ahmadinejad rise to power, and how much power does he really have? What are the chances of...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2009-11-20
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In the twenty-first century, Africa has become an important source of US energy imports and the world's natural resources. It has also become the epicentre of the world's deadly health epidemic, HIV/AIDS, and one of the battlegrounds in the fight against terrorism....
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2009-11-18
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"Mitchell Dean has written an outstandingly clear and scholarly introduction to the central theses and methods of the analysis of the mentalities and techniques of rule… He not only provides a guide to Foucault's own thought in this area, but he also draws upon other...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2009-11-13
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This is the first of two volumes that examine the changing nature of state-business relations.This book assesses the potential and limits of CSR in developing countries, by focusing on aspects that are often ignored in the CSR literature: historical experience,...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2009-11-12
Collection :
International Political Economy Series
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By placing the conflict in its historical, ideological, ethno-political and geostrategic context, the book extends beyond conventional realist approaches and lays bare those less visible dimensions that are often ignored by analysts and policy-makers alike.
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2009-11-09
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This book focuses on the Macquarie Group Ltd. From its modest beginnings in Australia, Macquarie has achieved preeminence as the world's leading non-governmental operator of infrastructure assets. Its infrastructure fund model leases (or buys) staid assets ranging from...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2009-11-09
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This book explores the gendered nature of the historical emergence of modern finance markets and their expansion to a now global scale. It analyses the ways in which women were and still are marginalized in terms of financial activity and associated structures of power...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2009-10-22
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This book provides cutting-edge material elaborating on monetary circuit theory and post-Keynesian monetary economics. It contributes to a new approach to monetary analysis, which provides original insights into the complex fields of money, banking, and finance.
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2009-10-21
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The right to individual and collective self-defense in international law and politics has always been a controversial issue. Using the example of how the US employs self-defense against Iraq, this book uncovers new dimensions, which lead to innovative and practical...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2009-10-09
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This fifth volume in the International Papers in Political Economy (IPPE) series focuses on the theme of path dependency and macroeconomics in terms of both theory and applications. The volume examines how path dependency is linked with notions of fundamental...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2009-10-09
Collection :
International Papers in Political Economy
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This book aims at presenting and assessing imperialism as a theoretical concept. It aims to provide a comprehensive evaluation, focusing specifically on the tension between Marx's theoretical system of the Critique of Political Economy and the theories of capitalist...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2009-10-09
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This book investigates the role and the impacts of armies and military regimes in the Middle East. It argues that one of the main causes of the slow and stagnated economic development in the region is high military expenditure perpetuated by strong grips of armies on...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2009-09-29
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