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The new developments across the Taiwan Strait have illuminated the dilemma of the 'One China' policy, which could mislead to inconsistent or even contradictory policies, and result in devastating military confrontation between China and the U.S. and possibly Japan.
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2008-04-28
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An exploration of the evolution of regionalism and regional economic relations in East Asia since the late 1990s. The book analyzes moves towards free trade agreements, cooperation in information technology, energy and environment, and agriculture, by highlighting...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2008-04-23
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This book looks at the ways in which prime ministers manage and fail to manage their public communication. A timely examination of the ways in which prime ministers manage and fail to manage their public communication. Original in scope, covering political rumours,...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2008-04-15
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In this fully revised and updated new edition, leading political scientist Stephen Gill further develops his radical theory of the new world order to argue that as the globalization of power intensifies, so too do globalized forms of resistance. Including two new...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2008-04-10
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The author argues that in the post-9/11 era, North America is evolving from a primarily economic space to a strategic 'securitized' one and that NAFTA has been used by the US as a regulatory framework for dealing with the pressures of globalization that have emerged in...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2008-04-09
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'...effectively fills a long-standing void and will no doubt be hailed as a much-needed new addition to the literature... This text very much exemplifies the strength of Ho-Won Jeong as a theorist and one of the more prolific writers in the larger peace and conflict...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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2008-04-08
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Policymaking in large bureaucracies is hardly a simple process. Even the most respected policymakers have to contend with obstacles that seemingly have little to do with the issue at hand--office politics, work structure, and shifting political environments. Yet...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2008-04-02
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This volume analyzes changing patterns of authority in the global political economy with an in-depth look at the new roles played by state and non-state actors, and addresses key themes including the provision of global public goods, new modes of regulation and the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2008-03-27
Collection :
International Political Economy Series
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Coming at the heels of September 11, Operation Iraqi Freedom has focused the limelight on the way in which the United States predicts and manages political change. The failure to find WMD and more important, the continued violence in Iraq instead of the hoped for...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2008-02-18
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Middle East in Focus
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Using figures from European Union members, the volume highlights the conditional effects of globalization, asset specificity, and domestic institutions. Far from being impotent, democratic states face politically powerful pressures to continue to shield social actors...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2008-02-18
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Inequalities of wealth and income have a significant impact for the achievement of economic, political and human development in developing counties. This book argues that a high level of economic inequality undermines a country's growth potential, retards the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2008-02-13
Collection :
International Political Economy Series
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A Legal Geography of Yugoslavia's Disintegration explains the violent break-up of the former Yugoslavia in early 1990s in the context of two legal principles- sovereignty and the self-determination of peoples. The author recounts Yugoslavia's history, with a focus on...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2008-02-05
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Can Latin America compete? Many argue that the macroeconomic and trade reforms of the 1990s merely put a handsome coat of paint over education, labour, judicial, and administrative reforms that remain incomplete. This book identifies ten factors that most influence the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2008-01-21
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This book updates the 1989 volume 'Caribbean in World Affairs' providing a comprehensive and theoretically-grounded account of diplomatic developments in the Caribbean. The new material includes attention to the changed global setting, updated theoretical developments...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2007-12-25
Collection :
Studies of the Americas
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The book describes how Botswana's leaders effectively employed the instruments of power at their disposal, portraying a state that works. It argues that Africans are contributing meaningfully to emerging global thinking on security and urges Africa's friends to take...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2007-12-25
Collection :
Initiatives in Strategic Studies: Issues and Policies
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Images and accounts of the Mexican - US migration process and the border region abound. Representations of border crossers, plans for the construction of a security fence, the shifting economic relationship between the US and its southern neighbors, and the changing...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2007-12-25
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This book describes the WTO from its post-WWII beginnings in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade through a series of negotiated enhancements of these agreements. It describes the WTO's origins, structure, and growing pains as it has had to face challenges from...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2007-12-25
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This book looks at economic sanctions, using a political economy foundation. The author investigates the effectiveness of sanctions and the human suffering caused by them from a political and economic vantage, addressing political decisions, case studies, and game...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2007-12-09
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This book examines the role of faith-based organizations in managing international aid, providing services, defending human rights and protecting democracy. It argues that greater engagement with faith communities and organizations is needed, and questions traditional...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2007-11-28
Collection :
International Political Economy Series
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