tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36528688546993630862024-03-05T01:32:47.230-08:00Download FREE eBook GlobalGenerations"the science world is the great thing that can make our life more better than ever"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3652868854699363086.post-23843271393882600232009-03-06T10:10:00.000-08:002009-07-08T21:42:16.145-07:00Eurasian Energy Security<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF0iY0FbcI_4zMx3n5jLlSXT-PyXZXnQ0eaq-vNSQ-dtkO4mWa0GwtrOJLoWgdKef8gAus5TSdQIkYHq4G9Ucp8VbI7eHefzsDvdDkpWAKAalGbU-KAuvK78V44M8uNk4H63AbKVu6PeTL/s1600-h/EES.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 216px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF0iY0FbcI_4zMx3n5jLlSXT-PyXZXnQ0eaq-vNSQ-dtkO4mWa0GwtrOJLoWgdKef8gAus5TSdQIkYHq4G9Ucp8VbI7eHefzsDvdDkpWAKAalGbU-KAuvK78V44M8uNk4H63AbKVu6PeTL/s320/EES.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310139378607773794" border="0" /></a><br /><b style="">Eurasian Energy Security</b><br />By<b style=""> Jeffrey Mankoff<o:p></o:p></b><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><ul style="text-align: justify;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><strong>Publisher:</strong> Council on Foreign Relations<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><strong>Number Of Pages:</strong> 66<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><strong>Publication Date:</strong> February 2009<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><strong>ISBN :</strong> ...<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><strong>Binding:</strong> Paperback </li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/3760329/Eurasia_CSR43.pdf.html" target="_blank" title="Eurasian Energy Security"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=3652868854699363086&postID=2384327139388260023" alt="Download" border="0" /></a></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This January brought a stark reminder of the perils of European dependence on Russian natural gas. A cutoff of supplies connected in part to a pricing dispute between Russia and Ukraine, the crucial transit country for much of Russia’s gas, left millions of Europeans without heat and forced factories to close. The crisis not only underscored the challenges of managing U.S. and European relations with Russia, a country whose geopolitical reach rises and falls to some extent with the price of oil and gas. It also highlighted the difficulty for America’s European allies of breaking their dependence on a single energy supplier, one whose willingness and ability to provide sufficient gas over time is uncertain.<br /><br />This Council Special Report, authored by Jeffrey Mankoff, explores the challenges faced by consumer and supplier alike in Europe and Eurasia. It looks at Russia’s rise as an energy power, analyzing its control of supplies and delivery systems and its investments in energy infrastructure across Europe, as well as questions about the potential of its production. The report also examines Europe’s difficulties in forging a common policy on energy supply and recommends a two-pronged strategy of integration and diversification. It urges Europe to integrate both internally—developing a single EU gas market—and externally—tying Russia’s energy sector to Europe and its more transparent regulations. It also recommends that Europe seek new sources of energy from both non-Russian suppliers and non-fossil fuels. Eurasian Energy Security is a thoughtful work that illustrates the need for a coherent European energy policy and argues that the ongoing financial crisis provides a unique opportunity to tackle the issue. At the same time, it recognizes that European dependence on Russian energy will be a reality well into the future and that Europe can increase its energy security only by working with—not against—Russia. The report is a sophisticated contribution to the debate on an issue that can at any moment hit home for millions.<br /></div><br />Download this ebook <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/3760329/Eurasia_CSR43.pdf.html" target="_blank" title="Eurasian Energy Security"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=3652868854699363086&postID=2384327139388260023" alt="Download" border="0" /></a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3652868854699363086.post-2661769009960005152009-03-06T10:02:00.000-08:002009-03-06T10:10:28.478-08:00Preparing for Sudden Change in North Korea<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisLS651G5SjE6LjQx3hEeVuuL6ZOSTCJ-FLn96d_HsFhJNJoWyrGOEAk5UPIdBLa-kFVkpSS3s2x0HKc1x3It0N-8gpRq0tDBcgPf52aRoydcicofYKmuhQ9YJPdeWeACUM8_o-N6wN7AZ/s1600-h/NKKJIL.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 205px; height: 311px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisLS651G5SjE6LjQx3hEeVuuL6ZOSTCJ-FLn96d_HsFhJNJoWyrGOEAk5UPIdBLa-kFVkpSS3s2x0HKc1x3It0N-8gpRq0tDBcgPf52aRoydcicofYKmuhQ9YJPdeWeACUM8_o-N6wN7AZ/s320/NKKJIL.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310137114738688626" border="0" /></a><br /><b style="">Preparing for Sudden Change in North Korea</b><br />By<b style=""> Paul B. Stares and Joel S. Wit<o:p></o:p></b><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><ul style="text-align: justify;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><strong>Publisher:</strong> Council on Foreign Relations<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><strong>Number Of Pages:</strong> 70<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><strong>Publication Date:</strong> January 2009<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><strong>ISBN :</strong> ...<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><strong>Binding:</strong> Paperback </li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/3760331/North_Korea_CSR42.pdf.html" target="_blank" title="Preparing for Sudden Change in North Korea"><img src="" border="0" alt="Download" /></a><br /><br /></span>North Korea poses difficult challenges for U.S. foreign policy. It possesses nuclear weapons and missiles to deliver them, and despite some progress, it is by no means clear that the ongoing Six-Party Talks will be able to reveal the full extent of the country’s nuclear activities, much less persuade Pyongyang to give them up. The United States maintains tens of thousands of forces on the Korean peninsula in support of its commitments to the Republic of Korea (South Korea), a country with which the North is still technically at war. And the peninsula sits in a strategically vital region, where the United States, China, Russia, Japan, and South Korea all have important interests at stake. All of this puts a premium on close attention to and knowledge of developments in North Korea. Unfortunately, Kim Jong-Il’s government is perhaps the world’s most difficult to read or even see. This Council Special Report, commissioned by the Council’s Center for Preventive Action and authored by Paul B. Stares and Joel S. Wit, focuses on how to manage one of the central unknowns: the prospect of a change in North Korea’s leadership. The report examines three scenarios: managed succession, in which the top post transitions smoothly; contested succession, in which government officials or factions fight for power after Kim’s demise; and failed succession, in which a new government cannot cement its legitimacy, possibly leading to North Korea’s collapse. The authors consider the challenges that these scenarios would pose—ranging from securing Pyongyang’s nuclear arsenal to providing humanitarian assistance—and analyze the interests of the United States and others. They then provide recommendations for U.S. policy. In particular, they urge Washington to bolster its contingency planning and capabilities in cooperation with South Korea, Japan, and others, and to build a dialogue with China that could address each side’s concerns. With Kim Jong-Il’s health uncertain and with a new U.S. president in office, this report could not be more timely. And with all the issues at stake on the Korean peninsula, the subject could not be more important. Preparing for Sudden Change in North Korea is a thoughtful work that provides valuable insights for managing a scenario sure to arise in the coming months or years.<br /><br />Download this ebook <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/3760331/North_Korea_CSR42.pdf.html" target="_blank" title="Preparing for Sudden Change in North Korea"><img src="" border="0" alt="Download" /></a></span><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3652868854699363086.post-86444967499092526252009-03-06T09:50:00.000-08:002009-03-06T10:02:22.710-08:00Averting Crisis in Ukraine<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGORxuH-8Zl_cmAHX0PPd-J3KL1wuRhTr8Gns9_iWTEF_N7rFgdx-mlcBUqgWHQVJnC3lE0-HxDxJrJsy7luSg2Y0xz6cO6w9terdQIVps85DX1UXziL7CeQSoBbePeR8ezwcFCOrfpUsF/s1600-h/UKR.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 205px; height: 303px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGORxuH-8Zl_cmAHX0PPd-J3KL1wuRhTr8Gns9_iWTEF_N7rFgdx-mlcBUqgWHQVJnC3lE0-HxDxJrJsy7luSg2Y0xz6cO6w9terdQIVps85DX1UXziL7CeQSoBbePeR8ezwcFCOrfpUsF/s320/UKR.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310134783142577218" border="0" /></a><br /><b style="">Averting Crisis in Ukraine</b><br />By<b style=""> Steven Pifer<o:p></o:p></b><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><ul style="text-align: justify;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><strong>Publisher:</strong> Council on Foreign Relations<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><strong>Number Of Pages:</strong> 80<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><strong>Publication Date:</strong> January 2009<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><strong>ISBN :</strong> ...<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><strong>Binding:</strong> Paperback </li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/3760330/Ukraine_CSR41.pdf.html" target="_blank" title="Averting Crisis in Ukraine"><img src="" border="0" alt="Download" /></a></span><br /><br />Many of the principal foreign policy challenges facing the new administration deal with the greater Middle East and Asia. Europe, by contrast, appears relatively stable. One potential exception, however, involves Ukraine. The largest country entirely within Europe, Ukraine has tremendous economic potential. It occupies a strategically vital position as the transit point for large amounts of Russian energy going to Europe. At the same time, its links to Russia, ranging from the ethnic and linguistic ties of much of its population to the continuing presence of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet on Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula, complicate efforts to consolidate stable democratic practices and chart Ukraine’s course. Indeed, the prospect of Ukraine’s eventual membership in NATO is a source of friction in U.S.-Russia relations as well as the subject of disagreement within NATO itself.<br /><br />Download this ebook <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/3760330/Ukraine_CSR41.pdf.html" target="_blank" title="Averting Crisis in Ukraine"><img src="" border="0" alt="Download" /></a></span><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3652868854699363086.post-13626104000180122112009-03-06T09:10:00.000-08:002009-03-06T09:49:22.121-08:00U.S.-Latin America Relations: A New Direction for a New Reality<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif2wZTPkawiOQHJUJ3D0ANRYxUJ05Aht2Z0v98ghSU8PVPAnChyphenhyphenm2Mjhbg1msZnVNhHqyZ2HbOv1t7VL3HD__6RuuAgabQjsZmFyTSy3wjkrT3ss29_pMN8ctIiwAu3CAbAfZm68dYdtcW/s1600-h/AL.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 198px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif2wZTPkawiOQHJUJ3D0ANRYxUJ05Aht2Z0v98ghSU8PVPAnChyphenhyphenm2Mjhbg1msZnVNhHqyZ2HbOv1t7VL3HD__6RuuAgabQjsZmFyTSy3wjkrT3ss29_pMN8ctIiwAu3CAbAfZm68dYdtcW/s320/AL.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310132270368636594" border="0" /></a>
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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cserver%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]-->This Task Force report takes stock of the current situation in Latin America and the main challenges and opportunities for U.S.-Latin America relations. Latin America has benefited greatly in recent years from democratic opening, stable economic policies, and increasing growth. Many countries are taking advantage of these developments to consolidate democratic institutions, broaden economic opportunities, and better serve their citizens. Yet Latin American nations face daunting challenges as they integrate into global markets and work to strengthen historically weak state institutions. These challenges increasingly matter for the United States, as deepening economic and social ties link U.S. well-being to the region’s stability and development.
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<br />Rather than an exhaustive study of U.S.-Latin America relations and policies, this report does not reprise many long-standing initiatives or the intricacies of each bilateral relationship. Nor, given Latin America’s complexity and level of development, does it seek to define the entire U.S. approach with one overarching grand idea. Instead, the Task Force identifies four critical issues and four strategic relationships that merit special attention at this point in time. Poverty and inequality, public security, human mobility, and energy security represent fundamental challenges and opportunities for the region and for U.S.-Latin America relations. These factors affect traditional U.S. objectives of democracy promotion, economic expansion, and counter narcotics. They also reflect new policy issues arising from the increasing societal and economic integration of the Western Hemisphere. In addition, the Task Force calls for the deepening of the United States’ relations with Mexico and Brazil, and the redefining of relations with Venezuela and Cuba.
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<br />In pursuing its objectives through the concrete policy recommendations laid out in this report, the United States must focus its efforts and resources on helping Latin America strengthen the public institutions necessary to address the challenges identified in this report. In doing so, Washington should work in partnership with Latin American nations through multilateral organizations such as the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Finance Corporation, and Organization of American States (OAS). It should also continue to work closely with civil society organizations and domestic and international businesses to create more inclusive economic, social, and political opportunities for Latin American countries and their citizens, which will benefit U.S. policy goals.
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<br />Achieving the ambitious goals of strengthening institutions and improving the lives of Latin Americans will require long-term efforts on the part of many participants, most importantly Latin American governments and societies themselves. Nevertheless, there is a significant supporting role for the United States. Expanding its policy framework and concentrating on strategic regional partnerships will best promote U.S. interests, enhancing stability, security, and prosperity throughout the hemisphere.</div><p></p> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/3760332/LatinAmerica_TF.pdf.html" target="_blank" title="U.S.-Latin America Relations: A New Direction for a New Reality"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=3652868854699363086&postID=1362610400018012211" alt="Download" border="0" /></a></span><style><!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section</style>
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3652868854699363086.post-61991800373412580802008-12-10T07:10:00.000-08:002008-12-10T07:53:22.177-08:00A Dictionary of Law, Fifth Edition<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm_QqxBjC_rNkNfLjxJuDfDHIWvwnzazZXkl7RJg_SjZneyKEkDM7srhx-VYIXcBsq0gcyOkPE6fiEDshWshwpL_PjuFaV_F8NNE2vZC9Igg7hjjXkxNy_TwdqkfjAL7v6YQFDxSqWH8y0/s1600-h/oxford.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm_QqxBjC_rNkNfLjxJuDfDHIWvwnzazZXkl7RJg_SjZneyKEkDM7srhx-VYIXcBsq0gcyOkPE6fiEDshWshwpL_PjuFaV_F8NNE2vZC9Igg7hjjXkxNy_TwdqkfjAL7v6YQFDxSqWH8y0/s320/oxford.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278189323483866738" border="0" /></a><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><b style="">A Dictionary of Law, Fifth Edition</b><br />Edited by<b style=""> Elizabeth A. Martin<o:p></o:p></b><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><ul style="text-align: justify;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><strong>Publisher:</strong> <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Oxford</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place> Press<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><strong>Number Of Pages:</strong> 281<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><strong>Publication Date:</strong> 1983, 1990, 1994, 1997, 2002, 2003<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><strong>ISBN :</strong> 0-19-860756-3 <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><strong>Binding:</strong> Paperback </li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/2890432/OxfordDictionaryofLaw5thEd1.2003-OCR.pdf.html" target="_blank" title="A Dictionary of Law, Fifth Edition"><img src="" border="0" alt="Download" /></a></span><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">This dictionary has been written by a distinguished team of academic and practising lawyers. It is intended primarily for those without a qualification in law who nevertheless require some legal knowledge in the course of their work: chartered surveyors and accountants, civil servants and local-government officers, social workers and probation officers, as well as businessmen and legal secretaries are typical examples of those whose work often calls for a knowledge of the precise meaning (and spelling) of a legal term. Each article, therefore, begins with a clear definition of the entry word (or words) and, in most cases, is followed by a more detailed explanation or description of the concepts involved.</p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"></p>Download this eBook <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/2890432/OxfordDictionaryofLaw5thEd1.2003-OCR.pdf.html" target="_blank" title="A Dictionary of Law, Fifth Edition"><img src="" border="0" alt="Download" /></a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3652868854699363086.post-66611340067273874002008-11-03T21:54:00.000-08:002008-11-03T22:09:39.868-08:00Protracted Social Conflict; Theory and Practice in the Middle East<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNFiJUm9tv8ecPSiGG-Eh4tCVspfrPVnl9kbB8wex1dQopQv1lRn_4eYT39PfJiYj5mWenFXUeH8ZUK7TeHkF6fbByfRHRcxLCXNRuJjTNnu3uSc59AcMJspezzA2Ris636nPGPr0k3YfK/s1600-h/8.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 291px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNFiJUm9tv8ecPSiGG-Eh4tCVspfrPVnl9kbB8wex1dQopQv1lRn_4eYT39PfJiYj5mWenFXUeH8ZUK7TeHkF6fbByfRHRcxLCXNRuJjTNnu3uSc59AcMJspezzA2Ris636nPGPr0k3YfK/s320/8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264680128375919618" border="0" /></a> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="">Protracted Social Conflict; Theory and Practice in the <st1:place st="on">Middle East</st1:place></b><br />By <b style="">Edward E Azar, Paul Jureidini, and Ronald McLaurin<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style=""><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/2569444/ProtractedSocialConflictinMiddleeast...EdwardAzar.pdf.html" target="_blank" title="Protracted Social Conflict; Theory and Practice in the Middle East"><img src="" border="0" alt="Download" /></a><br />Article Description:</b><br />The Arab-Israeli conflict plays its traditional role as an excuse for inaction. This is one of the most useful and, perhaps, most destructive of the implications of the protracted conflict. Inaction is excused as caution; indecision, as cunning. The Arab-Israeli conflict has been exploited and continues to serve as a rationale for both the Arab states and <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region> when leadership prefers to ignore a knotty problem rather than to deal with it. Both <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region> and its Arab neighbors entertain major social problems in terms of ethnic minorities; income and services distribution; the role of religion; health delivery; and important shift in societal composition and mobility. These problems are being assiduously avoided I the name of security, in the name of Arab-Israeli conflict.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Download this article <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/2569444/ProtractedSocialConflictinMiddleeast...EdwardAzar.pdf.html" target="_blank" title="Protracted Social Conflict; Theory and Practice in the Middle East"><img src="" border="0" alt="Download" /></a></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3652868854699363086.post-61805673025615892612008-11-03T21:05:00.000-08:002008-11-03T21:38:58.564-08:00Contemporary Conflict Analysis in Perspective<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-cIhtXkUjlVCpKyEdMzTzbn_NHNaw6BGm-oPR2dH_z2o61KVFydMSgs_Bw3zOnq1IMVcdStvtfQbEg82oNSKpkptPSsmPT9_DVjUQ_FPvfNU7BQlel1lW6MxQLHFFJ58RzwZ5Z3ZCAIDX/s1600-h/7.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-cIhtXkUjlVCpKyEdMzTzbn_NHNaw6BGm-oPR2dH_z2o61KVFydMSgs_Bw3zOnq1IMVcdStvtfQbEg82oNSKpkptPSsmPT9_DVjUQ_FPvfNU7BQlel1lW6MxQLHFFJ58RzwZ5Z3ZCAIDX/s320/7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264666686099557106" border="0" /></a><br /> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="">Contemporary Conflict Analysis in Perspective</b><br />By <b style="">João Gomes <st1:place st="on">Porto</st1:place></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/2569378/ContemporaryConflictAnalysisinPerspective.pdf.html" target="_blank" title="Chapter One: Contemporary Conflict Analysis in Perspective"><img src="" border="0" alt="Download" /></a><br />Chapter Description</span>:</o:p><br />In the conclusion, the author has three analyses about contemporary conflict in sub-Saharan <st1:place st="on">Africa</st1:place>. Three lessons are important to consider in relation to the design and implementation of conflict prevention and management policies. Those are (pp 32): </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">1. Conflict in sub-Saharan <st1:place st="on">Africa</st1:place> is structurally and functionally open. Conflicts in sub-Saharan <st1:place st="on">Africa</st1:place> operate within broader regional and international systems. Apparently isolated conflicts are in reality intimately linked to broader political and economic contexts involving multiple, and often times, competing individuals and group actors, and interests. The institutions, policies and legal regimes governing these, moreover, are overlapping and mixed. Policy makers, therefore, must explicitly recognize the role of external engagers, and incorporate their involvement in policy formulation and interventions. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">2. Conflict systems in sub-Saharan <st1:place st="on">Africa</st1:place> are operationally complex. The levels of engagement and the number of variables underlying conflict are many; and more often than not the operation of conflict is uncertain. Tracing the role of different conflict variables, including ecological, demands scrupulous policy attention to such operational vagaries. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">3. The ecological variable is clearly an important factor in conflict. It is critical that policies consider how the ecological variable triggers and sustains conflict, as well as how it generates conflict. Moreover, it is also important that policy research and analysis trace the relationship of ecology to conflict through different pathways. Policies will vary depending on how the ecological variable is linked to conflict. Identifying and assessing linkages is critical to targeting effective policy interventions that have lasting impact.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Download this chapter <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/2569378/ContemporaryConflictAnalysisinPerspective.pdf.html" target="_blank" title="Chapter One: Contemporary Conflict Analysis in Perspective"><img src="" border="0" alt="Download" /></a></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3652868854699363086.post-13234806491987833812008-11-03T20:49:00.000-08:002008-11-03T21:05:05.519-08:00Strategic Rivalries, Protracted Conflict, and Crisis Escalation<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8zaPmr1lI6j-nAYQp4J_-G7fRx8iRUzxM8Ua12cfLb_0xxJp57KwyT2IlW6GGx9bh9DnnwYV3fWYl6LKxtyzLuu9gnay4RM6O07bPg5u6wzs2JgiyTGYGUglulkctScoAu2Huy2lng_9R/s1600-h/6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 303px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8zaPmr1lI6j-nAYQp4J_-G7fRx8iRUzxM8Ua12cfLb_0xxJp57KwyT2IlW6GGx9bh9DnnwYV3fWYl6LKxtyzLuu9gnay4RM6O07bPg5u6wzs2JgiyTGYGUglulkctScoAu2Huy2lng_9R/s320/6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264660735734413634" border="0" /></a><br /> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="">Strategic Rivalries, Protracted Conflict, and Crisis Escalation</b><br />By<b style=""> Michael Colaresi & William R. Thompson </b>(Department of Political Science, <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Indiana</st1:PlaceName> <st1:placetype st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>)</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style=""><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/2569442/cRivalriesProtractedConflictandCrisisEscalations.pdf.html" target="_blank" title="Strategic Rivalries, Protracted Conflict, and Crisis Escalation"><img src="" border="0" alt="Download" /></a><br />Abstract of This Article:</b><br />Underlying the emerging interest in the role of rivalry processes as antecedents to interstate conflict is the simple idea that conflict within the constraints of rivalry works differently than conflict outside of rivalry. In this article, the authors inspect the concepts of protracted conflict, as developed within the International Crisis Behavior (ICB) project, and rivalry, and discuss some of their applications to crisis escalation.<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The protracted conflict and rivalry concepts are not identical, but they do overlap in terms of their emphases on historical context, serious goal incompatibilities, and stakes that might be resolved coercively. Developing an argument for the concept of rivalry possessing fewer limitations than protracted conflict, the authors proceed to analyze and test the interaction between rivalry and other variables, again making use of an ICB escalation model, when predicting crisis escalation to war. Throughout, their basic question concerns what role interstate rivalry plays in crisis behavior. Are the crises of rivals more lethal than those of non-rivals? If so, can we pinpoint why that is the case?<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The authors find that rivalry not only makes escalation more likely, but also significantly interacts with more traditional predictors of conflict, such as capability ratios, the number of actors in a crisis, democracy, and the issues under contention.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Download this article <b style=""><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/2569442/cRivalriesProtractedConflictandCrisisEscalations.pdf.html" target="_blank" title="Strategic Rivalries, Protracted Conflict, and Crisis Escalation"><img src="" border="0" alt="Download" /></a></b></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3652868854699363086.post-43606599977220507192008-11-03T20:31:00.000-08:002008-11-03T20:47:08.184-08:00The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Learning Conflict Resolution<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIPYp7J1AiFIcG8JJfWSw1LwRxA-IAQHL1Eis345Sx-n80QorjdxdNx_Kl2VYFpX1lV1Shk0tSS_scuOatlQw7qpyrljbSHI4gwe0pX_qZUlpDmi9kHtJBhZC9rfwao0wSFICovHEzdp6o/s1600-h/5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIPYp7J1AiFIcG8JJfWSw1LwRxA-IAQHL1Eis345Sx-n80QorjdxdNx_Kl2VYFpX1lV1Shk0tSS_scuOatlQw7qpyrljbSHI4gwe0pX_qZUlpDmi9kHtJBhZC9rfwao0wSFICovHEzdp6o/s320/5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264658710801287778" border="0" /></a><br /> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="">The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Learning Conflict Resolution</b><br />By <b style="">Yaacov Bar-Siman-Tov</b> (Department of International Relations, The Hebrew University & Department of Political Science, University of Florida)</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Publish in</span> : Journal of Peace Research, vol. 31, no. 1, 1994, pp. 75-92</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style=""><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/2569855/TheArab-IsraeliConflictLearningConflictResolutions.pdf.html" target="_blank" title="The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Learning Conflict Resolution"><img src="" border="0" alt="Download" /></a><br />Article Description:</b><br />This article has a good explanation to examine why, how, and when effective management of a conflict can develop into conflict resolution; how do the most effective mechanisms originate and how are they sustained; and how can they influence the controlling, limiting, and resolving of a conflict?</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Download this article <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/2569855/TheArab-IsraeliConflictLearningConflictResolutions.pdf.html" target="_blank" title="The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Learning Conflict Resolution"><img src="" border="0" alt="Download" /></a></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3652868854699363086.post-54294812186611569452008-11-03T20:14:00.000-08:002008-11-03T20:31:12.771-08:00The Middle East and the Theory of Conflict<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp_RyEOBcsbGZG1AWTIavJSyXr5jn1lY5U4khoCT2CpbmnwQ1wkbw7lvxxDRQtaDhyphenhyphenFvPyf6qi1omL0fBodnqe96724FZCoTwmkOfDpaYsPTqHpe-G4crfVHekoYVkkYzOO1pOnyomEEtS/s1600-h/4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 281px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp_RyEOBcsbGZG1AWTIavJSyXr5jn1lY5U4khoCT2CpbmnwQ1wkbw7lvxxDRQtaDhyphenhyphenFvPyf6qi1omL0fBodnqe96724FZCoTwmkOfDpaYsPTqHpe-G4crfVHekoYVkkYzOO1pOnyomEEtS/s320/4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264652847678809682" border="0" /></a><br /> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="">The <st1:place st="on">Middle East</st1:place> and the Theory of Conflict</b><br />By<b style=""> Johan Galtung </b>(International Peace Research Institute, <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Oslo</st1:City></st1:place>)</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style=""><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/2569900/TheMiddleEastandtheTheoryofConflict.pdf.html" target="_blank" title="The Middle East and the Theory of Conflict"><img src="" border="0" alt="Download" /></a><br />Article Description:</b><br />One approach to the problem of conflict is to preserve the parties and preserve the incompatibility, but at the same time to push the incompatibility far into the background of the political agenda because the goals are no longer so relentlessly pursued. The conflict is there, in that sense it is not resolved, it is protracted, institutionalized, made less salient and kept static. How can this be brought about, and what does it have to do with the <st1:place st="on">Middle East</st1:place> situation? This analysis is so comprehensive to define exactly the complicated Arab-Israeli conflict with many perspectives and approaches in the term of conflict resolution.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Download this Article <b style=""><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/2569900/TheMiddleEastandtheTheoryofConflict.pdf.html" target="_blank" title="The Middle East and the Theory of Conflict"><img src="" border="0" alt="Download" /></a></b></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3652868854699363086.post-57792581681459180362008-11-03T20:02:00.000-08:002008-11-03T20:14:40.461-08:00Conflict Resolution, Ethnonationalism and the Middle East Impasse<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWC7hh0X4rC9rabLUA4oJi88LeWsxPobBS1lZ4hM3qWAS7q04u-anBmJQ72CinTXQ1oyZvdKVyRtDCBdfLQcWQfYXUULV0Q_-hKUMUeIN3j582_GY2jsJE1JZxUcLXpCo8MNKjh41wNsNS/s1600-h/3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 260px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWC7hh0X4rC9rabLUA4oJi88LeWsxPobBS1lZ4hM3qWAS7q04u-anBmJQ72CinTXQ1oyZvdKVyRtDCBdfLQcWQfYXUULV0Q_-hKUMUeIN3j582_GY2jsJE1JZxUcLXpCo8MNKjh41wNsNS/s320/3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264648999646845810" border="0" /></a> <div style="text-align: justify;"><b style=""><br />Conflict Resolution, Ethnonationalism and the <st1:place st="on">Middle East</st1:place> Impasse<br /></b>By <b style="">Alexis Heraclides </b>(Mediterranean Studies Foundation)<o:p><br /><br /></o:p>Publish in : Journal of Peace Research, vol. 26, no. 2, 1989, pp. 197-212</div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style=""><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/2570169/ConflictResolutionEthnonationalismandthe.pdf.html" target="_blank" title="Conflict Resolution, Ethnonationalism and the Middle East Impasse"><img src="" border="0" alt="Download" /></a><br />Article Description:</b><br />It is obvious that conflict resolution in the Middle East context, as distinct from all kinds of ephemeral conflict management, can only come about through a process of open-ended peace talks between the legitimized leaderships of the two parties to the conflict; talks that would address themselves to the conflict in all its dimensions to all the fundamental problems involved, all the ten and other stumbling-blocks that have through the years erected an almost insurmountable barrier against peace. The revolutionary ethnic conflict of the <st1:place st="on">Middle East</st1:place> can only be resolved by way of negotiable acceptance policies by both sides to the conflict. In the Middle East context genuine acceptance solutions revolve around a federal binational or consociational <st1:city st="on">Palestine</st1:City>, a federal binational <st1:country-region st="on">Jordan</st1:country-region> or two states in historical <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Palestine</st1:place></st1:City>. The resolution of a revolutionary ethnic conflict such as the Palestinian-Israeli clash cannot come about by the magic stroke of the traditional diplomatic mediator and other such <i style="">deus ex machina</i>, and even less so by irredentism and '<i style="">denial</i>' policies that can do nothing more than prolong the conflict indefinitely.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Download this article <b style=""><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/2570169/ConflictResolutionEthnonationalismandthe.pdf.html" target="_blank" title="Conflict Resolution, Ethnonationalism and the Middle East Impasse"><img src="" border="0" alt="Download" /></a></b></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3652868854699363086.post-9510317137609514892008-11-03T19:54:00.000-08:002008-11-03T20:02:43.698-08:00Chapter 4: Understanding Contemporary Conflict<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjwlSS1pIbbIaKdPpHg9HpKG-1Na7nlrCjlDiybqeSZDT4ctzcTIQNAGAQL6snbMED2Xciq9n8ioKd3rUxx-oZki7zcXUzr_JHdiqVPUdBQGxHXKLPOAt2VS9KJiuHuhyrMuBN2iDx6Lq_/s1600-h/2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjwlSS1pIbbIaKdPpHg9HpKG-1Na7nlrCjlDiybqeSZDT4ctzcTIQNAGAQL6snbMED2Xciq9n8ioKd3rUxx-oZki7zcXUzr_JHdiqVPUdBQGxHXKLPOAt2VS9KJiuHuhyrMuBN2iDx6Lq_/s320/2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264646830456254194" border="0" /></a> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="">Chapter 4: Understanding Contemporary Conflict<o:p></o:p></b></p> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/2570267/UnderstandingContemporaryConflict4.pdf.html" target="_blank" title="Chapter 4: Understanding Contemporary Conflict"><img src="" border="0" alt="Download" /></a><br />Chapter Description:<br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;">This chapter has outlined a framework for the analysis of contemporary conflict that draws on Edward Azar’s account of protracted social conflict, and then updates it via a ‘levels of analysis’ approach at international, state and sub-state levels. This framework is not a theory of conflict, but a model for locating the chief sources of contemporary conflict. The possibility of a revival of interstate war is by no means ruled out, but more unruly multilevel conflict seems likely to remain the predominant pattern for the immediate future. <br /></div><br />Download this chapter <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/2570267/UnderstandingContemporaryConflict4.pdf.html" target="_blank" title="Chapter 4: Understanding Contemporary Conflict"><img src="" border="0" alt="Download" /></a> </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3652868854699363086.post-4770117860621046652008-11-03T19:25:00.000-08:002008-11-03T19:54:15.148-08:00Contemporary Conflict Resolution: The Prevention, Management, and Transformation of Deadly Conflicts<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE0yg2TV_Gjcwz-AKf0htzTdZvCDV2mXzE2d6oH3ecCosAep3K1d8fXFyLbWqBL_1RzqZ4PxaCHdg_2yR85122QlRm_91TH_D6B-L-qHl1NUwv_hIYQ73TlG56miyH8gs0qwLzs-a-ezfb/s1600-h/1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 242px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE0yg2TV_Gjcwz-AKf0htzTdZvCDV2mXzE2d6oH3ecCosAep3K1d8fXFyLbWqBL_1RzqZ4PxaCHdg_2yR85122QlRm_91TH_D6B-L-qHl1NUwv_hIYQ73TlG56miyH8gs0qwLzs-a-ezfb/s320/1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264644257314133042" border="0" /></a><br /> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="">Contemporary Conflict Resolution: The Prevention, Management, and Transformation of Deadly Conflicts</b><br />By <b style="">Hugh Miall, Oliver Ramsbotham, and Tom Woodhouse</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/2570266/ntionmanagementandtransformationofdeadlyconflicts.pdf.html" target="_blank" title="The prevention, management and transformation of deadly conflicts"><img src="" border="0" alt="Download" /></a><br />Article Description:</span><br />This book argues that, on the contrary, the developing tradition of thinking about conflict and conflict resolution is all the more relevant as the fixed structures of sovereignty and governance break down. All over the world, societies are facing stresses from population growth, structural change in the world economy, migration into cities, environmental degradation and rapid social change. Societies with institutions, rules or norms for managing conflict and well-established traditions of governance, are generally better able to accommodate peacefully to change; those with weaker governance, fragile social bonds and little consensus on values or traditions are more likely to buckle. Strengthening the capacity of conflict resolution within societies and political institutions, especially preventatively, is a vital part of the response to the phenomena of warlordism and ethno-nationalism.<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The authors argue that conflict resolution has a role to play, even in war zones, since building peace constituencies and understandings across divided communities is an essential element of humanitarian engagement. Then, conflict resolution is an integral part of work for development, social justice and social transformation, that aims to tackle the problems of which mercenaries and child soldiers are symptoms. And the authors argue for a broad understanding of conflict resolution, to include not only mediation between the parties but efforts to address the wider context in which international actors, domestic constituencies and intra-party relationships sustain violent conflicts. Finally, although the theories and practices of conflict resolution that deal with spring from western roots, every culture and society has its own version of what is, after all, a general social and political need. The point is not to abandon conflict resolution because it is western, but to find ways to enrich western and non-western traditions through their mutual encounter.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Download this article <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/2570266/ntionmanagementandtransformationofdeadlyconflicts.pdf.html" target="_blank" title="The prevention, management and transformation of deadly conflicts"><img src="" border="0" alt="Download" /></a></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3652868854699363086.post-78979269281188992182008-11-02T17:46:00.000-08:002008-11-02T17:51:52.898-08:00Japan's International Relations<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlSbl_Woepq3z_DvjAjiBcj7XUhKusi-Dppnx9DGaXAOS1hdLmGQZmr-nzRiUwFuwuia7N2-jUGd5hqtEjJFqKz9vGfq4tur-4cH_cdWZ5Ml92GGK5QqPtP1kjFO3S6_ds-9e7eUl4x6eo/s1600-h/9.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlSbl_Woepq3z_DvjAjiBcj7XUhKusi-Dppnx9DGaXAOS1hdLmGQZmr-nzRiUwFuwuia7N2-jUGd5hqtEjJFqKz9vGfq4tur-4cH_cdWZ5Ml92GGK5QqPtP1kjFO3S6_ds-9e7eUl4x6eo/s320/9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264242373344959346" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size: 120%;"></span><strong></strong><span style="font-weight: bold;">Japan's International Relations, 2nd Edition </span><br />By <span style="font-weight: bold;">Glenn D. Hook</span><br /><ul><li> <strong>Publisher:</strong> Routledge </li><li> <strong>Number Of Pages:</strong> 623 </li><li> <strong>Publication Date:</strong> 2005-08-24 </li><li> <strong>ISBN-10 / ASIN:</strong> 0415336384 </li><li> <strong>ISBN-13 / EAN:</strong> 9780415336383 </li><li> <strong>Binding:</strong> Paperback </li></ul> <strong><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/2433948/JapansInternationalRelations2ndEdition.zip.html" target="_blank" title="Japan's International Relations, 2nd Edition"><img src="" border="0" alt="Download" /></a><br />Book Description: </strong><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The new edition of this comprehensive and user-friendly textbook provides a single <a id="KonaLink0" target="undefined" class="kLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;" href="http://gigapedia.org/items/156350/japan-s-international-relations--2nd-edition--sheffield-centre-for-japanese-studies-routledge-#"><span style="color: orange ! important; font-family: arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13px; position: static;color:orange;" ><span class="kLink" style="color: orange ! important; font-family: arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13px; position: static;"></span></span></a>volume resource for all those studying Japan's international relations. It offers a clear and concise introduction to the most important aspects of Japan's role in the globalized economy of the twenty-first century. The book has been fully updated and revised to include discussion of such recent events as:<br /></div>* The introduction of the Euro<br />* The war on terrorism<br />* Bush's foreign policy towards Asia<br />* Koizumi's visit to North Korea and the crisis on the Korean peninsula.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This book is essential reading for those studying Japanese politics and international relations of the Asia Pacific, as well as US and European foreign policy.<br /><br />Download this eBook <strong><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/2433948/JapansInternationalRelations2ndEdition.zip.html" target="_blank" title="Japan's International Relations, 2nd Edition"><img src="" border="0" alt="Download" /></a></strong></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3652868854699363086.post-1944680978580871472008-11-02T17:39:00.000-08:002008-11-02T17:58:56.259-08:00Globalisation, Domestic Politics and Regionalism The ASEAN Free Trade Area<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKW5Br5cVxWJoraP5gIx0Y9IvYfvA-NKFPfidGsv1oo5BIVYoqikcHnM5MuKDY_jVNSEWhKRGc7_1tIJNvQrEr4obsrrIRjAWpGkY56XxePHAzhlPHSwC52RJEpVX6OLev9qDkKb058wln/s1600-h/8.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 204px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKW5Br5cVxWJoraP5gIx0Y9IvYfvA-NKFPfidGsv1oo5BIVYoqikcHnM5MuKDY_jVNSEWhKRGc7_1tIJNvQrEr4obsrrIRjAWpGkY56XxePHAzhlPHSwC52RJEpVX6OLev9qDkKb058wln/s320/8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264241050517205442" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:120;" ></span><strong style="font-weight: bold;"></strong><span style="font-weight: bold;">Globalisation, Domestic Politics and Regionalism The ASEAN Free Trade Area</span><br />By <span style="font-weight: bold;">Helen E. S. Nesadurai</span><br /><ul><li> <strong>Publisher:</strong> Routledge </li><li> <strong>Number Of Pages:</strong> 224 </li><li> <strong>Publication Date:</strong> 2003-07-29 </li><li> <strong>ISBN-10 / ASIN:</strong> 0415308003 </li><li> <strong>ISBN-13 / EAN:</strong> 9780415308007 </li><li> <strong>Binding:</strong> Hardcover </li></ul> <strong><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/2428801/GlobalisationDomesticPoliticsandRegionalism.zip.html" target="_blank" title="Globalisation, Domestic Politics and Regionalism The ASEAN Free Trade Area"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=3652868854699363086&postID=194468097858087147" alt="Download" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/2433949/GlobalisationDomesticPoliticsandRegionalism.zip.html" target="_blank" title="Globalisation, Domestic Politics and Regionalism The ASEAN Free Trade Area"><img src="" border="0" alt="Mirror" /></a><br />Book Description:<br /></strong><div style="text-align: justify;">This book examines the relationship between globalisation and regionalism through a detailed analysis of the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) project. It analyses how the interaction between globalisation and domestic politics shaped the evolution of AFTA over the past 10 years, arguing that although AFTA was triggered primarily by the pressures of globalisation, it was a tussle between the imperatives of growth and domestic distribution that shaped the way economic cooperation unfolded and the forms it took.<br /><br />Download this eBook <strong><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/2433949/GlobalisationDomesticPoliticsandRegionalism.zip.html" target="_blank" title="Globalisation, Domestic Politics and Regionalism The ASEAN Free Trade Area"><img src="" border="0" alt="Mirror" /></a></strong> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/2428801/GlobalisationDomesticPoliticsandRegionalism.zip.html" target="_blank" title="Globalisation, Domestic Politics and Regionalism The ASEAN Free Trade Area"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=3652868854699363086&postID=194468097858087147" alt="Download" border="0" /></a></span><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3652868854699363086.post-8717576405730356642008-11-02T17:23:00.000-08:002008-11-02T17:39:31.118-08:00The Clash Of Globalisations: Neo-Liberalism, The Third Way And Anti-Globalisation<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHxSzE29ASh_vLmD0yb3xNK9Hfjd9iIz4HNzKSuWvuNccLT3M5S6RS4lyBNpGfvJ7q9VTU1vWxI0reB8V9V__9RYo3hbLaBnRArYmXhGcYL_sAiO2Dckf8BqsRCYN15YMK34xyv4ibJx-Z/s1600-h/7.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 208px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHxSzE29ASh_vLmD0yb3xNK9Hfjd9iIz4HNzKSuWvuNccLT3M5S6RS4lyBNpGfvJ7q9VTU1vWxI0reB8V9V__9RYo3hbLaBnRArYmXhGcYL_sAiO2Dckf8BqsRCYN15YMK34xyv4ibJx-Z/s320/7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264239210361410946" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size: 120%;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>The Clash Of Globalisations: Neo-Liberalism, The Third Way And Anti-Globalisation</strong><br /><strong></strong></div><strong>By Ray Kiely<br /></strong><ul><li> <strong>Publisher:</strong> Brill Academic Pub </li><li> <strong>Number Of Pages:</strong> 324 </li><li> <strong>Publication Date:</strong> 2005-03-30 </li><li> <strong>ISBN-10 / ASIN:</strong> 9004143181 </li><li> <strong>ISBN-13 / EAN:</strong> 9789004143180 </li><li> <strong>Binding:</strong> Hardcover </li></ul><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/2424628/onsNeo-LiberalismTheThirdWayAndAnti-Globalisation.rar.html" target="_blank" title="The Clash Of Globalisations: Neo-Liberalism, The Third Way And Anti-Globalisation"><img src="" border="0" alt="Download" /></a><br />Book Description:</strong><br />This work addresses the politics of globalisation through an examination of neo-liberalism, the third way, and anti-capitalist responses and alternatives. It utilises a Marxist approach, not only to challenge the claims made by apologists for 'actually existing globalisation', but to explain, contextualise and problematise the rise of anti-globalisation politics. Central to the work is a critique of globalisation theory, neo-liberalism and the third way; an examination of the role of the state as an agent of globalisation, particularly the hegemonic US state; a theorisation of the nature of uneven development in the global order; and an examination of the political implications of these issues for progressive alternatives to neo-liberal globalisation.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Download this eBook <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/2424628/onsNeo-LiberalismTheThirdWayAndAnti-Globalisation.rar.html" target="_blank" title="The Clash Of Globalisations: Neo-Liberalism, The Third Way And Anti-Globalisation"><img src="" border="0" alt="Download" /></a></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3652868854699363086.post-27869267661419728102008-11-02T17:15:00.000-08:002008-11-02T17:23:36.728-08:00New Regionalisms in the Global Political Economy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUhuVi659EGgaQ32JGzMdWeFAn17L2YXywyexe-rTImYLIt0SZ-xZ2L89nyH_auXwj5qYW3gbQOSdjzSzGliCCU_fAYzFkyux9TzTRsOUqNKSh3HB4sjwqtCELYNyLS0qcnnnII-DJAbdm/s1600-h/6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 198px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUhuVi659EGgaQ32JGzMdWeFAn17L2YXywyexe-rTImYLIt0SZ-xZ2L89nyH_auXwj5qYW3gbQOSdjzSzGliCCU_fAYzFkyux9TzTRsOUqNKSh3HB4sjwqtCELYNyLS0qcnnnII-DJAbdm/s320/6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264235289479487474" border="0" /></a><span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span class="" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_JustifyFull" title="Justify Full" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 13);ButtonMouseDown(this);"><img src="img/blank.gif" alt="Justify Full" class="gl_align_full" border="0" /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />New Regionalisms in the Global Political Economy </span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Edited by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Shaun Breslin, Christopher W. Hughes, Nicola Phillips and Ben Rosamond</span><br /></div><ul><li> <strong>Publisher:</strong> Routledge </li><li> <strong>Number Of Pages:</strong> 256 </li><li> <strong>Publication Date:</strong> 2002-10-25 </li><li> <strong>ISBN-10 / ASIN:</strong> 0415277671 </li><li> <strong>ISBN-13 / EAN:</strong> 9780415277679 </li><li> <strong>Binding:</strong> Hardcover </li></ul> <strong><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/2424627/NewRegionalismintheGlobalPoliticalEconomy.zip.html" target="_blank" title="New Regionalisms in the Global Political Economy"><img src="" border="0" alt="Download" /></a><br />Book Description:<br /></strong><div style="text-align: justify;">This collection features a distinguished list of international contributors who provide a systematic and stimulating 'state of the art' discussion on regionalism and key issues such as sovereignty, autonomy, identity, and global financial crisis.<br /><br />Download this eBook <strong><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/2424627/NewRegionalismintheGlobalPoliticalEconomy.zip.html" target="_blank" title="New Regionalisms in the Global Political Economy"><img src="" border="0" alt="Download" /></a></strong></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3652868854699363086.post-76402848812400736072008-11-02T17:10:00.000-08:002008-11-02T17:15:22.532-08:00The Politics of Globalisation and Polarisation<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivXU9lJZh61qUGi7K_kJQLb_8-VuvHJ_MGwMf-msiIPXi3GoykCeGRw_yrZk9y3ii3VFE7lOZ1DLG2-t0q8Li36g7aysrUFoyRHOhHkEol5Qj_vHCqRGXK3ciIx9W0xJNCtuIC2q4SNp0f/s1600-h/5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivXU9lJZh61qUGi7K_kJQLb_8-VuvHJ_MGwMf-msiIPXi3GoykCeGRw_yrZk9y3ii3VFE7lOZ1DLG2-t0q8Li36g7aysrUFoyRHOhHkEol5Qj_vHCqRGXK3ciIx9W0xJNCtuIC2q4SNp0f/s320/5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264232811598346786" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />The Politics of Globalisation and Polarisation<br /></span>By <span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr Maurice Mullard</span> (Reader in Public and Social Policy, University of Hull, UK)<br /> <ul><li> <strong>Publisher:</strong> Edward Elgar Publishing </li><li> <strong>Number Of Pages:</strong> 232 </li><li> <strong>Publication Date:</strong> 2004-08-01 </li><li> <strong>Sales Rank:</strong> 1383027 </li><li> <strong>ISBN / ASIN:</strong> 1843765799 </li><li> <strong>EAN:</strong> 9781843765790 </li><li> <strong>Binding:</strong> Hardcover </li></ul> <strong><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/2424626/ThePoliticsofGlobalisationandPolarisation.zip.html" target="_blank" title="The Politics of Globalisation and Polarisation"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=3652868854699363086&postID=7640284881240073607" alt="Download" border="0" /></a><br />Book Description: </strong><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This book deals with the nature of contemporary globalization. Maurice Mullard shows that globalization is not an inescapable, unstoppable process somehow beyond human control, rather that it represents, and is being shaped by, a series of deliberate policy choices and policy decisions. The emphasis of this fascinating work is on how these policy choices are creating new forms of economic inequalities and also political elites that distort the democratic process.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The mapping of winners and losers goes beyond the usual analysis of the rich North versus the poor South, by including an examination of the widening inequalities in the North and the emergence of new elites in the South. Policies of privatization and liberalization of water and electricity create new political elites. The author reveals the shift in the North towards multi-national corporations with their emphasis on profits and stock market prices, while at the same time incomes for most employees have either stagnated or actually declined. The standard discourse on globalization and market flexibility often blurs the issues of declining trade union influence and corporations moving to countries offering lower labor costs. Maurice Mullard herein attempts to rectify this imbalance.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Politics of Globalisation and Polarisation is interdisciplinary and will therefore be relevant for academics and researchers of politics, social policy, public policy and economics. <a id="KonaLink0" target="undefined" class="kLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;" href="http://gigapedia.org/items/78801/the-politics-of-globalisation-and-polarisation#"><span style="font-weight: 400; position: static;font-family:arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;font-size:13;color:#000e00;" ><span class="kLink" style="font-weight: 400; position: static;font-family:arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;font-size:13;color:#000e00;" ></span></span></a>Scholars involved in globalization will find this book to be a major contribution to the ongoing debate.<br /><br />Download this eBook <strong><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/2424626/ThePoliticsofGlobalisationandPolarisation.zip.html" target="_blank" title="The Politics of Globalisation and Polarisation"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=3652868854699363086&postID=7640284881240073607" alt="Download" border="0" /></a></strong></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3652868854699363086.post-14232217297602712462008-11-02T16:59:00.000-08:002008-11-02T17:09:57.240-08:00Globalisation, Poverty, and Conflict: A Critical “Development” Reader<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-MbG3psqPIl5ZStsjw0uNDpsVwC5nUXsqQU4Mi-MlNH5dsNy_ALrQ5FMMVbDTmSiBEEJLcmeKNowNotQLcqHlvLNPCmKrwmzlmPdBrXyHM_9VUlsfvz7CUBmh0iiop29RKjdGjH7ni06a/s1600-h/4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-MbG3psqPIl5ZStsjw0uNDpsVwC5nUXsqQU4Mi-MlNH5dsNy_ALrQ5FMMVbDTmSiBEEJLcmeKNowNotQLcqHlvLNPCmKrwmzlmPdBrXyHM_9VUlsfvz7CUBmh0iiop29RKjdGjH7ni06a/s320/4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264230649633175154" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Globalisation, Poverty, and Conflict: A Critical “Development” Reader </span><br />Edited by<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Max Spoor </span>(Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands)<br /><ul><li><strong>Publisher:</strong> Springer</li><li><strong>Number Of Pages:</strong> 339</li><li><strong>Publication Date:</strong> 2004-12-22</li><li><strong>Sales Rank:</strong> 2634985</li><li><strong>ISBN / ASIN:</strong> 1402028571</li><li><strong>EAN:</strong> 9781402028571</li><li><strong>Binding:</strong> Hardcover</li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/2424625/GlobalisationPovertyandConflict.PDF.html" target="_blank" title="Globalisation, Poverty, and Conflict: A Critical “Development” Reader"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=3652868854699363086&postID=1423221729760271246" alt="Download" border="0" /></a></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Book Description:<br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;">Is ‘development’ passé? Is it merely a by-product or a ‘trickle down’ effect of economic growth, spurred by globalisation? Will poverty simply diminish with increased global markets? This state-of-the-art critical ‘development’ reader deals with these and related questions. Globalisation, Poverty and Conflict examines the inter-relationship between globalisation, poverty and conflict. It complements current debates in the field of development studies and, in an era in which development fatigue seems to have become more profound than ever before, it brings the importance of development once again to the forefront. Achieving the Millennium Development Goals by 2015 is a concrete target which many governments have agreed to work towards.Whether these goals can be realised is another issue. Nonetheless, the Millennium Development Goals have brought more focused attention to development in the past few years and renewed debate about the relationships between the process of globalisation and widespread poverty and the emergence of violent conflicts.<br /><br />The authors in this edited volume discuss these inter-related and highly controversial topical elements of development in a number of chapters organised around three sets of issues: (1) globalisation, inequality and poverty; (2) governance, civil society and poverty; and (3) resource degradation, institutions and conflict. The contributions represent current thinking on (and practice of) development policy, poverty reduction, the need for multi-level democratic institutions, and the containing and prevention of conflicts. The authors confront the predominant mainstream ideas on ‘development’ and propose alternatives.<br /><br />The chapters, written by a select group of scholars and development practitioners, will be of direct interest to those involved in this field of social sciences and in ‘development practice’, but they are composed in such a way as to remain accessible for the generally interested reader.<br /><br />Download this eBook <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/2424625/GlobalisationPovertyandConflict.PDF.html" target="_blank" title="Globalisation, Poverty, and Conflict: A Critical “Development” Reader"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=3652868854699363086&postID=1423221729760271246" alt="Download" border="0" /></a></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3652868854699363086.post-71539657111096889362008-11-02T16:50:00.000-08:002008-11-02T16:59:33.787-08:00Industrialisation and Globalisation: Theory and Evidence from Developing Countries<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpJcukiZchlfaiysBBTIATlI2sYKyFGSzagPXMGUMnLsBhaxB7JxhuHG_1f9gxoebPrzd38XeH6p4RUppJm7y0Ls927UMZgVksqsIi69h1zo-6uTENwI6_34EVXmYuLRrV0JMctktR179p/s1600-h/3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpJcukiZchlfaiysBBTIATlI2sYKyFGSzagPXMGUMnLsBhaxB7JxhuHG_1f9gxoebPrzd38XeH6p4RUppJm7y0Ls927UMZgVksqsIi69h1zo-6uTENwI6_34EVXmYuLRrV0JMctktR179p/s320/3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264229057548223106" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size: 120%; font-weight: bold;">Industrialisation and Globalisation: Theory and Evidence from Developing Countries</span><br />By <strong>John Weiss</strong><br /></div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li> <strong>Publisher:</strong> Routledge </li><li> <strong>Number Of Pages:</strong> 224 </li><li> <strong>Publication Date:</strong> 2002-05-10 </li><li> <strong>ISBN-10 / ASIN:</strong> 041518018X </li><li> <strong>ISBN-13 / EAN:</strong> 9780415180184 </li><li> <strong>Binding:</strong> Hardcover </li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"> <strong><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/2424624/IndustrialisationandGlobalisation.zip.html" target="_blank" title="Industrialisation and Globalisation: Theory and Evidence from Developing Countries"><img src="" border="0" alt="Download" /></a><br />Book Description: </strong><br />In a refreshingly accessible style John Weiss has presented a survey of industrialisation in developing countries since 1945, as well as offering a study of the predominant theories of industrial growth in the third World.<br /><br />Download this eBook <strong><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/2424624/IndustrialisationandGlobalisation.zip.html" target="_blank" title="Industrialisation and Globalisation: Theory and Evidence from Developing Countries"><img src="" border="0" alt="Download" /></a></strong></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3652868854699363086.post-66204293694342671452008-11-02T16:47:00.000-08:002008-11-02T16:50:24.948-08:00International Trade in Hazardous Waste<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7VQ11XPBOPva2yVD6mvvsr3goTxuyco2d0LHcbCeuQbOcDlIp7fuH_wTPuvydaL-vLOZuL3mD68K3NOmCQ2f2RIekdTRAiJbPHB5JtV544N3u-1CRTamk5ZoT6C4rtxm3fT2bk_cRm-Bb/s1600-h/2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7VQ11XPBOPva2yVD6mvvsr3goTxuyco2d0LHcbCeuQbOcDlIp7fuH_wTPuvydaL-vLOZuL3mD68K3NOmCQ2f2RIekdTRAiJbPHB5JtV544N3u-1CRTamk5ZoT6C4rtxm3fT2bk_cRm-Bb/s320/2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264226618292132018" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size: 120%; font-weight: bold;">International Trade in Hazardous Waste</span><br />By <strong>D.K Asante-Duah</strong><br /><ul><li> <strong>Publisher:</strong> Taylor & Francis </li><li> <strong>Number Of Pages:</strong> 224 </li><li> <strong>Publication Date:</strong> 1998-04-23 </li><li> <strong>ISBN-10 / ASIN:</strong> 0419218904 </li><li> <strong>ISBN-13 / EAN:</strong> 9780419218906 </li><li> <strong>Binding:</strong> Hardcover </li></ul> <strong><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/2537701/InternationalTradeinHazardousWaste.zip.html" target="_blank" title="International Trade in Hazardous Waste"> <img src="" border="0" alt="Download" /></a><br />Book Description:<br /></strong><div style="text-align: justify;">This book discusses the need for a regulated and informed forum for international trade in hazardous waste. The authors argue that with careful planning, health a<a id="KonaLink0" target="_top" class="kLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;" href="http://gigapedia.org/items/161382/international-trade-in-hazardous-waste#"><span style="color: orange ! important; font-family: arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13px; position: static;color:orange;" ><span class="kLink" style="color: orange ! important; font-family: arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13px; position: static;"></span></span></a>nd ecological risks can be minimized and net economic benefits realized fairly. The book examines the key parameters that should be considered by potential trading nations to ensure an optimally safe and mutually beneficial partnership. The authors provide comprehensive coverage of the political, environmental, industrial and economic issues involved in this complex and increasingly controversial practice.<br /><br />Download this eBook <strong><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/2537701/InternationalTradeinHazardousWaste.zip.html" target="_blank" title="International Trade in Hazardous Waste"> <img src="" border="0" alt="Download" /></a></strong></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3652868854699363086.post-91332005913513483972008-11-02T16:24:00.000-08:002008-11-02T16:47:14.521-08:00Sourcebook on Environmental Law<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi70AiUfJT54dxEw606w7IHan2PuT_VPuj37rqgUzKRWcHgHptDePNKW_O4HtX4Y-BL01wz3e6468ZGsH7FQUXguY8dZ06DqWoo6nWhmhZfTy6UocvIj5unmwvL_em2JlCVOBGZAzpNrFwh/s1600-h/1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi70AiUfJT54dxEw606w7IHan2PuT_VPuj37rqgUzKRWcHgHptDePNKW_O4HtX4Y-BL01wz3e6468ZGsH7FQUXguY8dZ06DqWoo6nWhmhZfTy6UocvIj5unmwvL_em2JlCVOBGZAzpNrFwh/s320/1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264224033367511970" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:120;" >Sourcebook on Environmental Law (Sourcebook)</span><br />By <strong>Sunkin</strong><br /></div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li> <strong>Publisher:</strong> Routledge Cavendish </li><li> <strong>Number Of Pages:</strong> 800 </li><li> <strong>Publication Date:</strong> 2001-11-30 </li><li> <strong>ISBN-10 / ASIN:</strong> 1859415865 </li><li> <strong>ISBN-13 / EAN:</strong> 9781859415863 </li><li> <strong>Binding:</strong> Paperback </li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"> <strong><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/2537702/environmentalInternationalLaw.zip.html" target="_blank" title="Sourcebook on Environmental Law"> <img src="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=3652868854699363086&postID=9133200591351348397" alt="Download" border="0" /></a><br />Book Description:</strong><br /><strong></strong>This new edition takes into account the latest developments in environmental law. It considers in detail the impact of the Human Right <a id="KonaLink0" target="undefined" class="kLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;" href="http://gigapedia.org/items/154427/sourcebook-on-environmental-law-2-e--sourcebook-#"><span style="font-weight: 400; position: static;font-family:arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;font-size:13;color:#000e00;" ><span class="kLink" style="font-weight: 400; position: static;font-family:arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;font-size:13;color:#000e00;" ></span></span></a>Act 1998 upon UK Environmental Law, the new European Directives on the Landfill of Waste, Emissions of VOCs and limit values for Sulphur Dioxide. It includes updated and expanded commentary on the new contaminated land regime and UK implementation of the IPPC Directive, as well as a resume of the EC White Paper on Environmental Liability; UK environmental cases: R v North Yorkshire, the Cairngorms case and Savage v Fairclough. The book also examines the Bill on Access to the Countryside, which increases the protection of SSSIs. A new chapter on noise is included and the International law section has been thoroughly revised.<br />This edition incorporates several new Protocols to important international conventions. These include the Kyoto Protocol to the Climate Change Convention 1992, the Montreal Protocol to the Biodiversity Convention 1992, and the new Protocol to the Basel Convention on Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes 1989.<br /><br />Download this eBook <strong><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/2537702/environmentalInternationalLaw.zip.html" target="_blank" title="Sourcebook on Environmental Law"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=3652868854699363086&postID=9133200591351348397" alt="Download" border="0" /></a></strong><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3652868854699363086.post-15216468207740103982008-10-25T22:52:00.000-07:002008-10-27T07:08:59.904-07:00How Everyday Products Make People Sick: Toxins at Home and in the Workplace<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7RKDf5DAG1bVe1EP5QLQkJQ6UNf6Vkok3rWFuzCcduqN74Ek4TSiokw5s-xnXMP0h_19p44wVjf97RZurKI0OvkDUhVvz9svGae7dIMK8R_p1bLFdGND3eABN_gF1-hPwOBZAUdye282G/s1600-h/11.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7RKDf5DAG1bVe1EP5QLQkJQ6UNf6Vkok3rWFuzCcduqN74Ek4TSiokw5s-xnXMP0h_19p44wVjf97RZurKI0OvkDUhVvz9svGae7dIMK8R_p1bLFdGND3eABN_gF1-hPwOBZAUdye282G/s320/11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261336421974968162" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:120;" >How Everyday Products Make People Sick: Toxins at Home and in the Workplace</span><br /></div>By <strong>Paul D. Blanc MD</strong><br /><ul><li><strong>Publisher:</strong> University of California Press </li><li><strong>Number Of Pages:</strong> 385 </li><li><strong>Publication Date:</strong> 2007-01-03 </li><li><strong>ISBN-10 / ASIN:</strong> 0520248821 </li><li><strong>ISBN-13 / EAN:</strong> 9780520248823 </li><li><strong>Binding:</strong> Paperback </li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/2496103/HowEverydayProductsMakePeopleSick.PDF.html" target="_blank" title="How Everyday Products Make People Sick: Toxins at Home and in the Workplace"><img src="" alt="Download" border="0" /></a><br />Book</span><strong> Description:<br /></strong><div style="text-align: justify;">This book reveals the hidden health dangers in many of the seemingly innocent products we encounter every day--a tube of glue in a kitchen d<a id="KonaLink0" target="undefined" class="kLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;" href="http://gigapedia.org/v5/item:view_description?id=117666#"><span style="font-weight: 400; position: static; color: rgb(0, 14, 0);font-family:arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;font-size:13;" ><span class="kLink" style="font-weight: 400; position: static; color: rgb(0, 14, 0);font-family:arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;font-size:13;" ></span></span></a>rawer, a bottle of bleach in the laundry room, a rayon scarf on a closet shelf, a brass knob on the front door, a wood plank on an outdoor deck. A compelling exposé, written by a physician with extensive experience in public health and illustrated with disturbing case histories, <em>How Everyday Products Make People Sick </em>is a rich and meticulously documented account of injury and illness across different time periods, places, and technologies. It presents a picture not of one exceptional or corrupt industry but rather of how run-of-the-mill manufacturing processes and consumer marketing expose workers and the general public alike to toxic hazards. More troubling still, even when such hazards are recognized, calls for their control are routinely ignored. Written for a wide audience, it offers a critical and disquieting perspective on the relationship between industrial development and its adverse health consequences.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Among the surprisingly common hazards discussed in <em>How Everyday Products Make People Sick:<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></em><strong style="font-weight: normal;">* Glue and rubber cement * Chlorine bleach * Rayon and other synthetic textiles * Welding and other <a id="KonaLink3" target="undefined" class="kLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;" href="http://gigapedia.org/v5/item:view_description?id=117666#"><span style="position: static; color: rgb(0, 14, 0);font-family:arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;font-size:13;" ><span class="kLink" style="position: static; color: rgb(0, 14, 0);font-family:arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;font-size:13;" ></span></span></a>metal fumes * Wood preservatives and * Gasoline additives<br /><br />Download this eBook <a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/2496103/HowEverydayProductsMakePeopleSick.PDF.html" target="_blank" title="How Everyday Products Make People Sick: Toxins at Home and in the Workplace"><img src="" alt="Download" border="0" /></a><br /></strong></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3652868854699363086.post-74384327764562706922008-10-25T22:38:00.000-07:002008-10-27T07:08:59.904-07:00High Tech Trash: Digital Devices, Hidden Toxics, and Human Health<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimFxU0MtLfJJ1dngOpID-od60EPEfxbPuuQhIgAhHxegONkKu06VjPeuOaS_cPXnwV-CTH1qrOCqdaqprhQpIB25JQ99Ld0pd2L9tl7CwyxrgohLwlG7TpumDaCSbDsB2T8LQBE4zXyP_5/s1600-h/10.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimFxU0MtLfJJ1dngOpID-od60EPEfxbPuuQhIgAhHxegONkKu06VjPeuOaS_cPXnwV-CTH1qrOCqdaqprhQpIB25JQ99Ld0pd2L9tl7CwyxrgohLwlG7TpumDaCSbDsB2T8LQBE4zXyP_5/s320/10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261332828594164434" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:120;" >High Tech Trash: Digital Devices, Hidden Toxics, and Human Health</span><br />By <strong>Elizabeth Grossman</strong><ul><li> <strong>Publisher:</strong> Shearwater </li><li> <strong>Number Of Pages:</strong> 352 </li><li> <strong>Publication Date:</strong> 2006-05-06 </li><li> <strong>ISBN-10 / ASIN:</strong> 1559635541 </li><li> <strong>ISBN-13 / EAN:</strong> 9781559635547 </li><li> <strong>Binding:</strong> Hardcover<br /></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style=""><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/2496102/HighTechTrash.pdf.html" target="_blank" title="High Tech Trash: Digital Devices, Hidden Toxics, and Human Health"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=3652868854699363086&postID=7438432776456270692" alt="Download" border="0" /></a><br />Book Description:</b><br />The Digital Age was expected to usher in an era of clean production, an alternative to smokestack industries and their pollutants. But as environmental journalist Elizabeth Grossman reveals in this penetrating analysis of high tech manufacture and disposal, digital may be sleek, but it’s anything but clean. Deep within every electronic device lie toxic materials that make up the bits and bytes, a complex thicket of lead, mercury, cadmium, plastics, and a host of other often harmful ingredients. High Tech Trash is a wake-up call to the importance of the e-waste issue and the health hazards involved. Americans alone own more than two billion pieces of high tech electronics and discard five to seven million tons each year. As a result, electronic waste already makes up more than two-thirds of the heavy metals and 40 percent of the lead found in our landfills. But the problem goes far beyond American shores, most tragically to the cities in <st1:country-region st="on">China</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> where shiploads of discarded electronics arrive daily. There, they are “recycled”—picked apart by hand, exposing thousands of workers and community residents to toxics.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">As Grossman notes,“This is a story in which we all play a part, whether we know it or not. If you sit at a desk in an office, talk to friends on your cell phone, watch television, listen to music on headphones, are a child in Guangdong, or a native of the Arctic, you are part of this story.” The answers lie in changing how we design, manufacture, and dispose of high tech electronics. <st1:place st="on">Europe</st1:place> has led the way in regulating materials used in electronic devices and in e-waste recycling. But in the <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region> many have yet to recognize the persistent human health and environmental effects of the toxics in high tech devices. If Silent Spring brought national attention to the dangers of DDT and other pesticides, High Tech Trash could do the same for a new generation of technology’s products.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Download this eBook <a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/2496102/HighTechTrash.pdf.html" target="_blank" title="High Tech Trash: Digital Devices, Hidden Toxics, and Human Health"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=3652868854699363086&postID=7438432776456270692" alt="Download" border="0" /></a><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3652868854699363086.post-5092513779266689132008-10-25T22:24:00.000-07:002008-10-27T07:12:14.675-07:00Diplomacy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBPh38bRxs2Sj30jlq61qv4MiFwaTYjLzq07SzLzDi7syclBHpJ0Y2vKI0pqrH6TibeJXRbYlmHcnGVyuqQz-XnmkrKSMiFI1QaHXAX_zNLj4LLemmxSkMr1LO85URxGn4XQBkoFHAxrEL/s1600-h/9.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBPh38bRxs2Sj30jlq61qv4MiFwaTYjLzq07SzLzDi7syclBHpJ0Y2vKI0pqrH6TibeJXRbYlmHcnGVyuqQz-XnmkrKSMiFI1QaHXAX_zNLj4LLemmxSkMr1LO85URxGn4XQBkoFHAxrEL/s320/9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261330153136113394" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">D i p l o m a c y</span><br />By <span style="font-weight: bold;">Henry Kissinger</span><br /><ul><li><strong>Publisher:</strong> Simon & Schuster</li><li><strong>Number Of Pages:</strong> 912</li><li><strong>Publication Date:</strong> 1995-04-04</li><li><strong>Sales Rank:</strong> 44536</li><li><strong>ISBN / ASIN:</strong> 0671510991</li><li><strong>EAN:</strong> 9780671510992</li><li><strong>Binding:</strong> Paperback</li></ul><table summary="item" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td width="20%"><br /></td> <td valign="top"><br /></td> </tr> </tbody> </table><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/2458771/HenryKissinger-Diplomacy.rar.html" target="_blank" title="Diplomacy Henry Kissinger"><img src="" border="0" alt="Download" /></a></span><br /><strong>Book Description:</strong><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Moving from a sweeping overview of history to blow-by-blow accounts of his negotiations with world leaders, Henry Kissinger describes how the art of diplomacy has created the world in which we live, and how America's approach to foreign affairs has always differed vastly from that of other nations.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Brilliant, controversial, and profoundly incisive, <em>Diplomacy</em> stands as the culmination of a lifetime of diplomatic service and scholarship. It is vital reading for anyone concerned with the forces that have shaped our world today and will impact upon it tomorrow.<br /><br />Download this eBook <a href="http://www.ziddu.com/download/2458771/HenryKissinger-Diplomacy.rar.html" target="_blank" title="Diplomacy Henry Kissinger"><img src="" border="0" alt="Download" /></a><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0