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Eurasian Energy Security

2009-03-06T10:10:00.000-08:00

Eurasian Energy Security
By Jeffrey Mankoff

Publisher: Council on Foreign Relations
Number Of Pages: 66
Publication Date: February 2009
ISBN : ...
Binding: Paperback

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.

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.

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Preparing for Sudden Change in North Korea

2009-03-06T10:02:00.000-08:00

Preparing for Sudden Change in North Korea
By Paul B. Stares and Joel S. Wit

Publisher: Council on Foreign Relations
Number Of Pages: 70
Publication Date: January 2009
ISBN : ...
Binding: Paperback

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.

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Averting Crisis in Ukraine

2009-03-06T09:50:00.000-08:00

Averting Crisis in Ukraine
By Steven Pifer

Publisher: Council on Foreign Relations
Number Of Pages: 80
Publication Date: January 2009
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Binding: Paperback

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.

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U.S.-Latin America Relations: A New Direction for a New Reality

2009-03-06T09:10:00.000-08:00

U.S.-Latin America Relations: A New Direction for a New Reality
Edited by Charlene Barshefsky & James T. Hill (as the Chairs); Shannon K. O’Neil (as a Project Director)

Publisher: Council on Foreign Relations
Number Of Pages: 110
Publication Date: 2008
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Binding: Paperback

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.

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.

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.

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.

A Dictionary of Law, Fifth Edition

2008-12-10T07:10:00.000-08:00

A Dictionary of Law, Fifth Edition
Edited by Elizabeth A. Martin

Publisher: Oxford University Press
Number Of Pages: 281
Publication Date: 1983, 1990, 1994, 1997, 2002, 2003
ISBN : 0-19-860756-3
Binding: Paperback

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.

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Protracted Social Conflict; Theory and Practice in the Middle East

2008-11-03T21:54:00.000-08:00

Protracted Social Conflict; Theory and Practice in the Middle East
By Edward E Azar, Paul Jureidini, and Ronald McLaurin

Article Description:
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 Israel when leadership prefers to ignore a knotty problem rather than to deal with it. Both Israel 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.

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Contemporary Conflict Analysis in Perspective

2008-11-03T21:05:00.000-08:00

Contemporary Conflict Analysis in Perspective
By João Gomes Porto

Chapter Description:
In the conclusion, the author has three analyses about contemporary conflict in sub-Saharan Africa. Three lessons are important to consider in relation to the design and implementation of conflict prevention and management policies. Those are (pp 32):

1. Conflict in sub-Saharan Africa is structurally and functionally open. Conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa 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.

2. Conflict systems in sub-Saharan Africa 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.

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.

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Strategic Rivalries, Protracted Conflict, and Crisis Escalation

2008-11-03T20:49:00.000-08:00

Strategic Rivalries, Protracted Conflict, and Crisis Escalation
By Michael Colaresi & William R. Thompson (Department of Political Science, Indiana University)

Abstract of This Article:
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.

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?

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.

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The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Learning Conflict Resolution

2008-11-03T20:31:00.000-08:00

The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Learning Conflict Resolution
By Yaacov Bar-Siman-Tov (Department of International Relations, The Hebrew University & Department of Political Science, University of Florida)

Publish in : Journal of Peace Research, vol. 31, no. 1, 1994, pp. 75-92

Article Description:
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?

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The Middle East and the Theory of Conflict

2008-11-03T20:14:00.000-08:00

The Middle East and the Theory of Conflict
By Johan Galtung (International Peace Research Institute, Oslo)

Article Description:
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 Middle East 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.

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Conflict Resolution, Ethnonationalism and the Middle East Impasse

2008-11-03T20:02:00.000-08:00

Conflict Resolution, Ethnonationalism and the Middle East Impasse
By Alexis Heraclides (Mediterranean Studies Foundation)

Publish in : Journal of Peace Research, vol. 26, no. 2, 1989, pp. 197-212

Article Description:
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 Middle East 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 Palestine, a federal binational Jordan or two states in historical Palestine. 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 deus ex machina, and even less so by irredentism and 'denial' policies that can do nothing more than prolong the conflict indefinitely.

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Chapter 4: Understanding Contemporary Conflict

2008-11-03T19:54:00.000-08:00

Chapter 4: Understanding Contemporary Conflict

Chapter Description:

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.

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Contemporary Conflict Resolution: The Prevention, Management, and Transformation of Deadly Conflicts

2008-11-03T19:25:00.000-08:00

Contemporary Conflict Resolution: The Prevention, Management, and Transformation of Deadly Conflicts
By Hugh Miall, Oliver Ramsbotham, and Tom Woodhouse

Article Description:
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.

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.

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Japan's International Relations

2008-11-02T17:46:00.000-08:00

Japan's International Relations, 2nd Edition
By Glenn D. Hook

Publisher: Routledge
Number Of Pages: 623
Publication Date: 2005-08-24
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415336384
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415336383
Binding: Paperback

Book Description:

The new edition of this comprehensive and user-friendly textbook provides a single 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:

* The introduction of the Euro
* The war on terrorism
* Bush's foreign policy towards Asia
* Koizumi's visit to North Korea and the crisis on the Korean peninsula.

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.

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Globalisation, Domestic Politics and Regionalism The ASEAN Free Trade Area

2008-11-02T17:39:00.000-08:00

Globalisation, Domestic Politics and Regionalism The ASEAN Free Trade Area
By Helen E. S. Nesadurai

Publisher: Routledge
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: 2003-07-29
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415308003
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415308007
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:

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.

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The Clash Of Globalisations: Neo-Liberalism, The Third Way And Anti-Globalisation

2008-11-02T17:23:00.000-08:00

The Clash Of Globalisations: Neo-Liberalism, The Third Way And Anti-Globalisation

By Ray Kiely

Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
Number Of Pages: 324
Publication Date: 2005-03-30
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 9004143181
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9789004143180
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:
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.

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New Regionalisms in the Global Political Economy

2008-11-02T17:15:00.000-08:00

New Regionalisms in the Global Political Economy

Edited by Shaun Breslin, Christopher W. Hughes, Nicola Phillips and Ben Rosamond

Publisher: Routledge
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: 2002-10-25
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415277671
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415277679
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:

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.

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The Politics of Globalisation and Polarisation

2008-11-02T17:10:00.000-08:00

The Politics of Globalisation and Polarisation
By Dr Maurice Mullard (Reader in Public and Social Policy, University of Hull, UK)

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Number Of Pages: 232
Publication Date: 2004-08-01
Sales Rank: 1383027
ISBN / ASIN: 1843765799
EAN: 9781843765790
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:

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.

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.

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. Scholars involved in globalization will find this book to be a major contribution to the ongoing debate.

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Globalisation, Poverty, and Conflict: A Critical “Development” Reader

2008-11-02T16:59:00.000-08:00

Globalisation, Poverty, and Conflict: A Critical “Development” Reader
Edited by Max Spoor (Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands)

Publisher: Springer
Number Of Pages: 339
Publication Date: 2004-12-22
Sales Rank: 2634985
ISBN / ASIN: 1402028571
EAN: 9781402028571
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:

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.

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.

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.

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Industrialisation and Globalisation: Theory and Evidence from Developing Countries

2008-11-02T16:50:00.000-08:00

Industrialisation and Globalisation: Theory and Evidence from Developing Countries
By John Weiss

Publisher: Routledge
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: 2002-05-10
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 041518018X
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415180184
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:
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.

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International Trade in Hazardous Waste

2008-11-02T16:47:00.000-08:00

International Trade in Hazardous Waste
By D.K Asante-Duah

Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: 1998-04-23
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0419218904
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780419218906
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:

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 and 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.

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Sourcebook on Environmental Law

2008-11-02T16:24:00.000-08:00

Sourcebook on Environmental Law (Sourcebook)
By Sunkin

Publisher: Routledge Cavendish
Number Of Pages: 800
Publication Date: 2001-11-30
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1859415865
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781859415863
Binding: Paperback

Book Description:
This new edition takes into account the latest developments in environmental law. It considers in detail the impact of the Human Right 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.
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.

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How Everyday Products Make People Sick: Toxins at Home and in the Workplace

2008-10-25T22:52:00.000-07:00

How Everyday Products Make People Sick: Toxins at Home and in the Workplace

By Paul D. Blanc MD

Publisher: University of California Press
Number Of Pages: 385
Publication Date: 2007-01-03
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0520248821
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780520248823
Binding: Paperback

Book Description:

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 drawer, 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, How Everyday Products Make People Sick 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.

Among the surprisingly common hazards discussed in How Everyday Products Make People Sick: * Glue and rubber cement * Chlorine bleach * Rayon and other synthetic textiles * Welding and other metal fumes * Wood preservatives and * Gasoline additives

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High Tech Trash: Digital Devices, Hidden Toxics, and Human Health

2008-10-25T22:38:00.000-07:00

High Tech Trash: Digital Devices, Hidden Toxics, and Human Health
By Elizabeth Grossman

Publisher: Shearwater
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: 2006-05-06
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1559635541
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781559635547
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:
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 China and India where shiploads of discarded electronics arrive daily. There, they are “recycled”—picked apart by hand, exposing thousands of workers and community residents to toxics.

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. Europe has led the way in regulating materials used in electronic devices and in e-waste recycling. But in the United States 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.

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Diplomacy

2008-10-25T22:24:00.000-07:00

D i p l o m a c y
By Henry Kissinger

Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Number Of Pages: 912
Publication Date: 1995-04-04
Sales Rank: 44536
ISBN / ASIN: 0671510991
EAN: 9780671510992
Binding: Paperback

Book Description:

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.

Brilliant, controversial, and profoundly incisive, Diplomacy 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.

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Globalisation and Pedagogy: Space, Place and Identity

2008-10-25T22:17:00.000-07:00

Globalisation and Pedagogy: Space, Place and Identity
By R. Edwards

Publisher: RoutledgeFalmer
Number Of Pages: 184
Publication Date: 2000-05-31
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415191149
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415191142
Binding: Library Binding

Book Description:
The reconfiguration of pedagogical practices around the globe has taken on a momentum that an earlier generation might well have considered startling and disorientating. Many still working in the education and training arenas do experience a high degree of disorientation and dislocation. With different pedagogic practices come different ways of examining them and fresh understanding as to their assumptions and implications. It is the examination of these changes and developments that is the subject of this book. Central to this examination is the notion of ‘space’. Spatial metaphors are central to many discussions of pedagogy. Space has also been given greater significance in discussions of social theory informed by strands of postmodern, feminist and postcolonial thinking. The reconfiguration of space-time is also central to debates about the nature, extent and significance of economic, cultural and political forms of globalisation. The intention in this book is to open a space through which glimpses of globalising processes and their significance for education and pedagogy can be discerned and prospects explored.

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Postcolonial Politics, the Internet and Everyday Life: Pacific Traversals Online

2008-10-25T22:13:00.000-07:00

Postcolonial Politics, the Internet and Everyday Life: Pacific Traversals Online
By M. I. Franklin

Publisher: Routledge
Number Of Pages: 293
Publication Date: 2005-08-31
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415339405
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415339407
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:

Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) are now an inescapable part of everyday life as well as an integral element to large scale political-economic change. In this close-up study of pioneering and longstanding Internet discussion forums, M.I. Franklin explores the practice of everyday life in cyberspace. The author traces how the online practices and discussions of postcolonial and diasporic communities rearticulate the gendered, political, ethnic and cultural dimensions of daily lives, political and cultural issues on the ground. In a neoliberal global era, however, the possibilities for intercultural and intracultural empowerment emerging through these sorts of Internet uses have to contend with political-economic and sociocultural pressures from all sides. Franklin argues that Pacific traversals in public, open cyberspace trace another possible future for the Internet; more hospitable and equitable than the one being currently put in place by political and economic power-brokers.

This book will be of interest to students of international relations/international political economy, anthropology, cultural studies, science and technology studies.

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Interregionalism and International Relations A Stepping Stone to Global Governance?

2008-10-25T22:08:00.000-07:00

Interregionalism and International Relations A Stepping Stone to Global Governance?

By Heiner Hanggi

Publisher: Routledge
Number Of Pages: 364
Publication Date: 2005-12-16
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415360579
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415360579
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:

Over the last two decades, globalization and regionalization have led to the emergence of an increasingly differentiated multi-level system of global governance. One characteristic of this system is the growing level of interaction among regional organization and these interregional relations constitute a novelty in international relations, one that varies greatly in form, in function and in level of institutionalization.

Interregionalism and International Relations is the first attempt to summarize the state of the art in this rich new field of international relations research. It provides a comprehensive, theory-guided introduction into the numerous facets of this new phenomenon. Following a theoretical explanation and a typology of interregional relations, subsequent parts of the book examine key contacts between major world regions such as Asia and American, Asia and Europe, America and Europe, and Africa and Europe. This book also presents comparative analysis and borderline cases that transcend the standard manifestations of interregionalism.

With high-level contributors noted for their expertise in international relations and their expertise in interregion relations, this volume will appeal to political science scholars, diplomats and those with an interest in global and regional diplomacy.

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Critical Theories, International Relations and ‘the Anti-Globalisation Movement’ The Politics of Global Resistance

2008-10-25T21:28:00.000-07:00

Critical Theories, International Relations and ‘the Anti-Globalisation Movement’ The Politics of Global Resistance
Edited by Catherine Eschle and Bice Maiguashca

# Publisher: Routledge
# Number Of Pages: 283
# Publication Date: 2005
# ISBN : 0-203-68192-4 (Adobe eReader Format)
0–415–34390–9 (hbk)
0–415–34391–7 (pbk)
# Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:
With this book, Catherine Eschle and Bice Maiguashca make an important intervention in the contemporary debates on critical IR theory and the implications for concrete 'anti-globalisation' politics. In our view, their provocative and stimulating book will mark a departure from IR and IPE accounts of 'anti-globalisation' that take the theory and empirical realities as a given. Motivated by a desire to explore the intersection of critical theory and anti-globalisation practices, this book draws together insights from approaches as diverse as Marxism, Gramscian theory, feminism, poststructuralism, constructivism and postcolonialism. As such, the perspectives on power and movement that are taken in the volume cannot be easily captured under a single rubric. Eschle and Maiguascha have sought to engage their authors in an ongoing dialogue that stimulates open debate, rather than closing down possible insights into the anti-globalisation movement. Indeed, the reader will find that there are many more questions raised and explored than definitively answered in this volume. What does it mean to be 'antiglobalisation'? Is it possible to identify a singular entity we might call the 'anti-globalisation movement'? How can we best understand the politics of movement in an era of globalization? Who speaks, and who is silenced in international relations and international political economy accounts of power and resistance?

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Globalisation and the Rule of Law (Challenges of Globalisation)

2008-10-25T21:21:00.000-07:00

Globalisation and the Rule of Law (Challenges of Globalisation)

By Spencer Zifcak

Publisher: Routledge
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: 2004-12-20
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415326559
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415326551
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:

Globalization is the phenomenon of our times. In almost every area of human activity, the international interconnectedness of peoples, institutions, states and systems is increasing exponentially-whether the activities are economic, social, cultural, technological, environmental or political. This book examines the impact of globalization upon the rule of law, a fundamental value within liberal democratic sovereign states.

The authors collected here provide an ion-depth and innovative analysis of the challenges globalization presents to both national and international law. Diverse areas of interaction are investigated including:

# National sovereignty
# International economic transactions
# Global capital flows
# Human rights
# Humanitarian intervention
# The role of the military

This book will be of interest to students and researchers of international law and globalization.

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Two Worlds of International Relations

2008-10-25T21:14:00.000-07:00

Two Worlds of International Relations
By C. Hill

Publisher: Routledge
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: 1994-11-02
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 041506970X
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415069700
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:

In Two Worlds of International Relations, Christopher Hill and Pamela Beshoff investigate the relationship between diplomats and deans, legislators and law professors, policy makers and professors. The book assesses the relevance of international relations to the issues of policy formulation and implementation. The authors present a wide array of perspectives from both professions, exploring the nature of political economy, historical studies, and international relations theory. They trace salient connection between theory and practice of international relations, and analyze the differences between the two methods of thinking.

Composed of a collection of writing from academics and practioners alike, this book looks at issues such as human rights, foreign direct investment, foreign service, and international law among other concerns. It proves itself to be a broad and high-minded inquiry into the tensions that exist between international theory and the very practices its aims to understand.

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War, Peace, and International Relations: An Introduction to Strategic History (Strategy & History)

2008-10-25T21:10:00.000-07:00

War, Peace, and International Relations: An Introduction to Strategic History (Strategy & History)

By Colin Gray

Publisher: Routledge
Number Of Pages: 306
Publication Date: 2007-06-04
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415386381
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415386388
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:

This new volume explores the theory and practice of war and peace in modern historical context.

In fourteen clear and concise chapters, this book hits the high and low points of international politics over a two hundred year period, plus a brief foray into the future out to 2025. War, Peace and International Relations serves as an excellent introduction to the international history of the past two centuries, showing how those two centuries were shaped and reshaped extensively by war. This book takes a broad view of what was relevant to the causes, courses, and consequences of wars.

This book is an invaluable resource for students of strategic studies, security studies, international relations, and international history.

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The International Relations of Japan and South East Asia: Forging a New Regionalism

2008-10-25T21:04:00.000-07:00

The International Relations of Japan and South East Asia: Forging a New Regionalism (Politics in Asia Series)

By Sueo Sudo

Publisher: Routledge
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Date: 2001-12-07
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415255813
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415255813
Binding: Library Binding

Book Description:

This work gives a complete overview of Japanese foreign policy and Japan-Shout East Asian relations and will be invaluable to students and scholars of Japanese foreign policy, Asian studies and international relations.

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The Logic of Internationalism: Coercion and Accomodation

2008-10-25T20:59:00.000-07:00

The Logic of Internationalism: Coercion and Accomodation
By Kjell Goldmann

Publisher: Routledge
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: 1994-09-02
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415095980
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415095983
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:

This book examines this controversial topic of internationalism and discusses whether such a view is realistic or whether international relations are typically characterized by tension and war.
A theory of internationalism is outlined and is shown to have two dimensions: one coercive (to enforce the rules and decisions of international institutions) and one accommodative (to avoid confrontation by means of mutual understanding and compromise). Problematic features of the theory are then considered in detail: the assumption that all international cooperation tends to inhibit war, and the tension inherent in the joint pursuit of coercion and accommodation.

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Regions and Powers: The Structure of International Security

2008-10-25T20:44:00.000-07:00

Regions and Powers: The Structure of International Security
By Barry Buzan, Ole W'ver

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Number Of Pages: 596
Publication Date: 2004-01-12
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 052181412X
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780521814126
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:

Asserting that regional patterns of security are increasingly important in international politics, this study presents a detailed account of relations between global powers. It emphasizes their relationship with the regional security complexes which make up the contemporary international system. The book analyzes Africa, the Balkans, Eastern and Western Europe, East Asia, the Middle East, North America and South Asia, tracing the history of each region through the present.

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International Relations: The Basics

2008-10-18T05:00:00.000-07:00

International Relations: The Basics
By Sutch/Elias

Publisher: Routledge
Number Of Pages: 214
Publication Date: 2007-07-10
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415311845
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415311847
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:

International Relations: The Basics is a concise and accessible introduction for students new to international relations and for the general reader. It offers the most up-to-date guide to the major issues and areas of debate and:

explains key issues including humanitarian intervention and economic justice
features illustrative and familiar case studies from around the world
examines topical debates on globalization and terrorism
provides an overview of the discipline to situate the new reader at the heart of the study of global politics

Covering all the basics and more, this is the ideal book for anyone who wants to understand contemporary international relations.

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Can Institutions Have Responsibilities?: Collective Moral Agency and International Relations (Global Issues)

2008-10-18T04:51:00.000-07:00

Can Institutions Have Responsibilities?: Collective Moral Agency and International Relations (Global Issues)

By Toni Erskine

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: 2004-02-07
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0333971299
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780333971291
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:

Can institutions (in the sense of formal organizations) bear duties and be ascribed blame in the same way that we understand individual human beings to be morally responsible for actions? The idea of the "institutional moral agent" is critically examined in the guise of states, transnational corporations, the UN, NATO and international society in the context of some of the most critical and debated issues and events in international relations, including the Kosovo Campaign, development aid, and genocide in Rwanda.

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Internationalism and the State in the Twentieth Century (New International Relations)

2008-10-18T04:32:00.000-07:00

Internationalism and the State in the Twentieth Century (New International Relations)
By Cornelia Navari

Publisher: Routledge
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: 2000-03-07
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415097479
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415097475
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:
During the twentieth century, formal links between governments have become much more intense, reflecting a growing emphasis on internationalism and the world community. There has been a multi-layered transformation in the relations between states, at both a social and a diplomatic level. This has resulted in, amongst other changes, an increase in the number of international organisations and collective security arrangements and an expansion in international law. This text examines closely the developmentof this phenomenon, from its roots before the founding of the League of Nations in 1919 to its present day forms.

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International Relations and the Problem of Difference (Global Horizons)

2008-10-18T04:20:00.000-07:00

International Relations and the Problem of Difference (Global Horizons)

By Naeem Inayatullah, David L. Blaney

Publisher: Routledge
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: 2004-12-30
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415946387
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415946384
Binding: Paperback

Book Description:
This work developed out of the growing sense that International Relations as a discipline does not assess the quality of cultural interactions that shape, and are shaped by, the changing structures and processes of the international system. IR has long had little to say about the motivations of individuals, about the interactions of communities, or about the role of identity. Inayatullah and Blaney re-imagine IR as a uniquely placed site for the study of differences. They suggest that IR might be organized explicitly around the exploration of the relation of wholes and parts and sameness and difference.

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Human Rights in International Relations (Themes in International Relations)

2008-10-18T04:00:00.000-07:00

Human Rights in International Relations (Themes in International Relations)

By David P. Forsythe

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Number Of Pages: 298
Publication Date: 2006-05-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0521865603
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780521865609
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:
This new edition of David Forsythe's successful textbook provides an authoritative overview of the place of human rights in international politics in an age of terrorism. The book focuses on four central themes: the resilience of human rights norms, the importance of 'soft' law, the key role of non-governmental organizations, and the changing nature of state sovereignty. Human rights standards are examined according to global, regional, and national levels of analysis with a separate chapter dedicated to transnational corporations. This second edition has been updated to reflect recent events, notably the creation of the ICC and events in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, and new sections have been added on subjects such as the correlation between world conditions and the fate of universal human rights. Containing chapter-by-chapter guides to further reading and discussion questions, this book will be of interest to undergraduate and graduate students of human rights, and their teachers. David Forsythe received the Distinguished Scholar Award for 2007 from the Human Rights Section of the American Political Science Association.

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The Clash Of Globalisations: Neo-Liberalism, The Third Way And Anti-Globalisation

2008-10-18T00:17:00.000-07:00

The Clash Of Globalisations: Neo-Liberalism, The Third Way And Anti-Globalisation
By Ray Kiely

Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
Number Of Pages: 324
Publication Date: 2005-03-30
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 9004143181
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9789004143180
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:

Thisddresses 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.

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Theories of International Relations

2008-10-16T11:04:00.000-07:00

Theories of International Relations
By Scott Burchill, Matthew Paterson, Christian Reus-Smit, Andrew Linklater, Richard Devetak, Jacqui True, Jack Donnelly

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Number Of Pages: 321
Publication Date: 2005-09-03
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1403948658
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781403948656
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:

The fully updated and revised third edition of this widely used text provides a comprehensive survey of leading perspectives in the field including an entirely new chapter on Realism by Jack Donnelly. The introduction explains the nature of theory and the reasons for studying international relations in a theoretically informed way. The nine chapters which follow--written by leading scholars in the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand--provide thorough examinations of each of the major approaches currently prevailing in the discipline.

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The Future of International Relations: Masters in the Making (New International Relations)

2008-10-16T11:01:00.000-07:00

The Future of International Relations: Masters in the Making (New International Relations)

By Iver Neumann

Publisher: Routledge
Number Of Pages: 400
Publication Date: 1997-03-11
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415144086
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415144087
Binding: Paperback

Book Description:

In a departure from tradition, The Future of International Relations presents the state of the art of international relations theory through an analysis of the work of twelve key contemporary thinkers. Many of these authors are often considered hard to understand and so this book provides an alternative and more accessible analysis of contemporary international relations theory. Students of international relations will find this an invaluable introduction to and analysis of the key theories they will need to understand.

The theorists covered are: John Vincent, Kenneth Waltz, Robert O. Keohane, Robert Gilpin, Bertrand Badie, John Ruggie, Hayward Alker, Nicholas G. Onuf, Alexander Wendt, Jean Bethke Elshtain, R. B. J. Walker and James Der Derian.

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Fifty Key Thinkers in International Relations (Fifty Key Thinkers)

2008-10-16T10:57:00.000-07:00

Fifty Key Thinkers in International Relations (Fifty Key Thinkers)
By M. Griffiths

Publisher: Routledge
Number Of Pages: 296
Publication Date: 1999-12-02
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415162270
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415162272
Binding: Library Binding

Book Description:

This unique reference offers a quick and convenient overview of the key thinkers in international relations in the twentieth century.

The inclusive coverage ranges from politicians such as Lenin and Kissinger, to the most influential figures in feminism, nationalist studies and even historical sociology. Each entry describes the main elements of each thinker's contribution to the study of international relations, provides relevant information on his or her life and career, and lists valuable suggestions for further reading and critical analysis. Political science and journalism students, media professionals and anyone with an interest in modern international relations will want this useful work.

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International Relations Theory: A Critical Introduction

2008-10-16T10:52:00.000-07:00

International Relations Theory: A Critical Introduction
By Cynthia Weber

Publisher: Routledge
Number Of Pages: 199
Publication Date: 2005-02-02
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415342082
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415342087
Binding: Paperback

Book Description:

The new edition of this innovative textbook introduces students to the main theories in international relations. It explains and analyzes each theory, allowing students to understand and critically engage with the myths and assumptions behind them. Each theory is illustrated using the example of a popular film.

Key features of this textbook include:
* discussion of all the main theories: realism and neo-realism, idealism and neo-idealism, liberalism, constructivism, postmodernism, gender and globalization

* two new chapters on the 'clash of civilizations' and Hardt and Negri's Empire
* innovative use of narratives from films that students will be familiar with: Lord of the Flies, Independence Day, Wag the Dog, Fatal Attraction, The Truman Show, East is East and Memento
* an accessible and exciting writing style which is well-illustrated with film stills, boxed key concepts and guides to further reading.

This breakthrough textbook has been designed to unravel the complexities of international relations theory in a way that allows students a clearer idea of how the theories work and the myths that are associated with them.

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Ideology and International Relations in the Modern World (New International History Series)

2008-10-16T10:47:00.000-07:00

Ideology and International Relations in the Modern World (New International History Series)
By Alan Cassels

Publisher: Routledge
Number Of Pages: 302
Publication Date: 1996-11-15
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 041511926X
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415119269
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:
Alan Cassels traces the part played by ideology in international relations over the past two centuries. Starting with the French Revolution's injection of ideology into interstate politics, Cassels concludes by addressing present day preoccupations with the legacy of nationalist discontent left by the collapse of communism and the resurgence of religious fundamentalism in world politics.

Cassels includes discussion of Marxism-Leninism, Fascism and Nazism but, eschewing exclusive focus on totalitarianism, he also shows how less rigid belief systems impact on international affairs.

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International Relations Theory and Ecological Thought: Towards a Synthesis (Environmental Politics)

2008-10-16T10:40:00.000-07:00

International Relations Theory and Ecological Thought: Towards a Synthesis (Environmental Politics)
By Eric LaferriÃ¨re

Publisher: Routledge
Number Of Pages: 209
Publication Date: 1999-04-19
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415164788
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415164788
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:
Has the fact that environmental problems require international coordination affected eco-philosophy? This is the first book to show how international relations theory relates to ecological thought. It asks whether the environmental crises faced by scholars and policy makers have induced significant changes in perspective, and whether or not international politics theorists have reflected such shifts.

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Handbook of Global Environmental Politics

2008-10-16T10:33:00.000-07:00

Handbook of Global Environmental Politics
By Peter Dauvergne

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Number Of Pages: 560
Publication Date: 2005-08-05
Sales Rank: 1853006
ISBN / ASIN: 1843764660
EAN: 9781843764663
Binding: Hardcover
Manufacturer: Edward Elgar Publishing
Studio: Edward Elgar Publishing

Book Description:
The first Handbook of original articles by leading scholars of global environmental politics, this landmark volume maps the latest theoretical and empirical research in this young and growing field. Captured here are the dynamic and energetic debates over concerns for the health of the planet and how they might best be addressed. The introductory chapters explore the intellectual trends and evolving parameters in the field of global environmental politics. They make a case for an expansive definition of the field, one that embraces an interdisciplinary literature on the connections between global politics and environmental change. The remaining chapters are divided into three broad themes - states, governance and security; capitalism, trade and corporations; and knowledge, civil societies and ethics - with each section providing a cohesive discussion of current issues. In-depth explorations are given to topics such as: global commons, renewable energy, the effectiveness of environmental cooperation, regulations and corporate standards, trade liberalization and global environmental governance, and science and environmental citizenship. A comprehensive survey of the latest research, the Handbook is a necessary reference for scholars, students and policymakers in the field of global environmental politics.

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2008-10-16T10:27:00.000-07:00

The International Politics of the Middle East (Regional International Politics Series)
By Raymond Hinnebusch

Publisher: Manchester University Press
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: 2003-07-18
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0719053463
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780719053467
Binding: Paperback

Book Description:

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of Middle East international politics in the light of international relations theory. It assesses the impact of international penetration, including the historic formation of the regional state system, the continued role of external great powers, and the incorporation of the region into the international capitalist market. It examines the regionâ€™s distinctive dialect between trans-state identities, Arabism and Islam, and the consolidation of a sovereign state system. It looks at the consequences of state formation for the ability of state elites to manage the external and domestic arenas in which they must operate; and it analyzes the impact of the foreign policy process in individual states.

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Orientalism, Edward Said, 1977

2008-10-16T10:02:00.000-07:00

Orientalism
by Edward Said

# Publisher: Penguin Books
# Categories : Critical Thinking
# Identifications : Books
# Number of Pages: 234
# Publication Date: 2003

Book Description:
His idea in Orientalism is to use humanistic critique to open up the fields of struggle, to introduce a longer sequence of thought and analysis to replace the short bursts of polemical, thought-stopping fury that so imprison us in labels and antagonistic debate whose goal is a belligerent collective identity rather than understanding and intellectual exchange. He has called what he try to do "humanism," a word he continue to use stubbornly despite the scornful dismissal of the term by sophisticated post-modern critics. By humanism he means first of all attempting to dissolve Blake's mind-forg'd manacles so as to be able to use one's mind historically and rationally for the purposes of reflective understanding and genuine disclosure. More-over, humanism is sustained by a sense of community with other interpreters and other societies and periods: strictly speaking, there-fore, there is no such thing as an isolated humanist. This is to say that every domain is linked to every other one, and that nothing that goes on in our world has ever been isolated and pure of any outside influence. The disheartening part is that the more the critical study of culture shows us that this is the case, the less influence such a view seems to have, and the more territorially reductive polarizations like "Islam vs. the West" seem to conquer. For those of us who by force of circumstance actually live the pluri-cultural life as it entails Islam and the West, he has long felt that a special intellectual and moral responsibility attaches to what we do as scholars and intellectuals. Certainly he thinks it is incumbent upon us to complicate and/or dismantle the reductive formulae and the abstract but potent kind of thought that leads the mind away from concrete human history and experience and into the realms.

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Encyclopedia of Holocaust Literature

2008-10-15T09:13:00.000-07:00

Encyclopedia of Holocaust Literature
By David Patterson, Alan L. Berger, Sarita Cargas

Publisher: Oryx Press
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: 2002-03-30
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1573562572
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781573562577
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:
Whether it's a novel, memoir, diary, poem, or drama, a common thread runs through the literature of the Nazi Holocaust--a "motif of personal testimony to the dearness of humanity." With that perspective the expert authors of Encyclopedia of Holocaust Literature undertake profiling 128 of the most influential first generation authors who either survived, perished, or were closely connected to the Holocaust. Arranged alphabetically by author, all of the entries answer the same basic questions about the author and his or her work : What is the nature of the author's literary response to the Holocaust? What is his or her place in Holocaust literature? What does the author's work contribute to an understanding of the Holocaust? What is distinctive about the author's work? What are some key moments in the author's life? What issues does the author's work pose for the reader? To address these questions, the entries are generally organized into three primary divisions: (1) an opening section on why the author's work has a significant or distinctive place in Holocaust literature, (2) a second section containing information on the author's biography, and (3) a critical examination of the highlights of the author's work. In most cases, the third section is the longest, since the focus of the encyclopedia is the literature, not the author. The Encyclopedia is intended for all students and teachers of the Holocaust, regardless of their levels of learning. Avenues for further research are incorporated at the conclusion of each entry and in a comprehensive bibliography of primary works of Holocaust literature and a second bibliography of critical studies of Holocaust literature.

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Encyclopedia of Conflict Resolution

2008-10-15T08:55:00.000-07:00

Encyclopedia of Conflict Resolution
By Heidi Burgess & Guy M Burgess

# Publisher : ABC-Clio Inc
# ISBN : 0874368391
# Number of Pages : 356 pages
# Binding : Hardcover

Book Description :
The goal of this volume is "to make the broad conflict resolution knowledge base more accessible." Covering both deep-rooted conflicts and short-term negotiable disputes, the authors, codirectors of the Conflict Research Consortium at the University of Colorado at Boulder, furnish an inside look at a relatively new scholarly and professional field. Conflicts and disputes, from a basic two-party personal relationship to a showdown between superpowers, and the context in which these disputes occur are discussed. Labor-management issues, public-policy conflicts, business negotiations, victim-offender reconciliation, and tension between social groups, as well as those conflicts that occur in personal relationships, all have their place in this volume, which presents the competing viewpoints prevalent in the field.

The encyclopedia defines central concepts in entries such as alternative dispute resolution (ADR), arbitration, mediation, and negotiation, and provides explanations for common terms and phrases, such as collaborative problem solving, interest groups, and nonnegotiable issues. There are entries for ethical and legal issues, important organizations, and individuals, such as Henry Kissinger and Martin Luther King Jr., as well as critical cases and events in the history of conflict resolution, such as the Camp David Accords and the Persian Gulf War.

The introduction provides relevant background information on the development of the field of conflict resolution and a general overview of the contents. Entries are arranged alphabetically and vary in length from a few paragraphs to several pages. See also references guide the reader to related terms and entries. Each entry concludes with a brief bibliography of related titles, including relevant Internet addresses. Appendixes provide access to conflict-resolution organizations, ADR professionals, conferences, and training providers. The volume concludes with a 14-page bibliography and an index.

The authors' intention is that this unique encyclopedia will be useful to both nonprofessionals and beginning professionals in the field. It should assist readers in sorting through the many dispute-resolution techniques and options, as well as provide definitions of terms, details of historic events, and biographical information on important people in the field. Academic and large public libraries will find this a useful addition to their collections.

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National Awakening of Indonesia : 100 Years

2008-10-15T08:41:00.000-07:00

National Awakening of Indonesia : 100 Years
by M. Edy Sentosa Jk.

# Categories : Domestic
# Identifications : Notification Paper
# Number of Pages : 9
# Under License : Author
# Publication Date : Mei 2008

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International Security in 21th Century

2008-10-15T08:30:00.000-07:00

International Security in 21th Century
by Juwono Sudarsono

# Categories : Security
# Identifications : Notification Paper
# Number of Pages : 8
# Under License : Author
# Publish Committee : Badan Pembinaan Hukum Nasional Departemen Kehakiman dan Hak Asasi Manusia RI
# Publication Date : July 2003

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Verification and Stability : A Game Theoretic Analysis

2008-10-15T07:48:00.000-07:00

Verification and Stability : A Game Theoretic Analysis
by Steven J Brams & D Marc Kilgour

# Categories : Game Theory
# Identifications : Economic Research Reports
# Number of Pages : 40
# Publisher : CV Starr Center
# Under License : New York University, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Economic

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This book provides calculus measurement as the basis of game theory that under root of economic studies. Many measurements in every explanation of this book take some logical thinking of how the game theory gave perspective in verification and stability. And what does it mean with verification and stability in the perspective of those game. We must have mathematical background to understand definitely every description of formulas that offered by author. This book is positivistic hard wings.

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New Constitutions and the Old Problem of the Relationship between International Law and National Law

2008-10-15T07:27:00.000-07:00

New Constitutions and the Old Problem of the Relationship between International Law and National Law by Vladlen S. Vereshchetin (Judge at the International Court of Justice)

# Categories : Law
# Identifications : Paper or Article
# Number of Pages : 14
# Publication Date : -

Article Description :
Most of the new constitutions of the CIS and East European States, adopted in the wake of radical changes which occurred in that part of the world, place special emphasis on the role of international law not only in the foreign affairs of these States, but in their internal legal systems as well. However, the content and wording of the corresponding provisions are far from being uniform.

In many instances, rules of international law (customary, conventional or both) are recognized as a constituent part of national legal systems and given a higher hierarchical status in the case of a conflict with a national law.

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Democratization and Globalization: The Case of Russia

2008-10-15T06:59:00.000-07:00

Democratization and Globalization: The Case of Russia
by Yuri Fedorov

# Publisher: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
# Categories : Globalization (2000)
# Identifications : Working Papers
# Number of Pages: 29
# Publication Date: 13 November 2000

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Increasing globalization is forcing Russia to make some very serious choices about her political and economic systems and her national identity. Russia may seek to “participate in globalization” and gradually associate herself with the community of democracy. This, apart from anything else, will allow Russia to use effectively her still-strong scientific assets, technological achievements and high educational potential with a view to building a modern post-industrial economy and society. Such a choice would require Russia to reject her traditional suspiciousness (which sometimes borders on paranoia) toward the outside world and accept democratic standards, values, political practices and institutions, thus establishing true (liberal) democracy. In that case Russia will face a real, although long-term, prospect of economic rebirth on a new structural and institutional basis.

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Euro as Politics

2008-10-15T06:50:00.000-07:00

Euro As Politics
By Pedro Schwartz

Publisher: Inst of Economic Affairs
Number Of Pages: 217
Publication Date: 2004-12-31
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0255365357
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780255365352
Binding: Paperback

Book Description :

The Euro as Politics sheds new light on the discussions within the UK on the subject of whether or not to adopt the euro as our currency. Although Professor Schwartz questions the main political and economic arguments used on both sides of the debate, he develops a consistent free-market position that suggests that there are considerable dangers to the UK in adopting the euro.

Professor Schwartz reviews the economic arguments for and against the euro dispassionately. His views may not make happy eading for free-market, anti-euro economists, however. Schwartz argues that, in a free economy with low regulation, it matters little what currency is used because relative prices and wages in any currency will generally adjust to changing economic conditions. The arguments that are used by free-market economists to criticize the use of monetary policy to increase economic growth are the same as the ones that can be used to dismiss the idea that a separate domestic currency is necessary to deal with ‘asymmetric shocks’.

The economic arguments frequently used by the ‘pro-euro’ camp do not stand up to close scrutiny either, according to Schwartz. The thesis that the adoption of the euro will increase trade and reduce currency volatility is unproven at best. This all means, argues Schwartz, that the economic debate surrounding the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s fi ve economic tests is largely irrelevant.

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Globalization: A Critical Framework for Understanding Contemporary Social Processes

2008-10-15T06:20:00.000-07:00

Globalization: A Critical Framework for Understanding Contemporary Social Processes
by Dave Ramsaran & Derek V. Price

# Categories : Globalization (2003)
# Identifications : Article in Journals
# Number of pages : 26

Review of Article :

The term globalization describes the contradictory economic, political, and cultural processes of world capitalist integration. Although capitalism has been of a global character since the 1400s, the current phase of globalization is manifest by emergent transnational institutions, changing relations between multinational corporations and sovereign nation-states, and the development of a global monoculture of consumption. In order to articulate the contradictory processes of globalization, we propose a critical framework that explains globalization as a dialectical relationship between and within the suprastatal, statal, and intrastatal sectors of the global system. We argue that dominant global processes are not an immutable feature of capitalism, but are contested by social actors across these three dimensions.

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One World: The Ethics of Globalization

2008-10-14T10:38:00.000-07:00

One World: The Ethics of Globalization
By Peter Singer

# Publisher: Yale University Press
# Number Of Pages: 208
# Publication Date: 2002-10-01
# ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0300096860
# ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780300096866
# Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:
Known for his original and courageous thinking on matters ranging from the treatment of animals to genetic screening, Peter Singer now turns his attention to the ethical issues surrounding globalization. In this provocative book, he challenges us to think beyond the boundaries of nation-states and consider what a global ethic could mean in today's world. Singer raises novel questions about such an ethic and, more important, he provides illuminating and practical answers.

The book encompasses four main global issues: climate change, the role of the World Trade Organization, human rights and humanitarian intervention, and foreign aid. Singer addresses each vital issue from an ethical perspective and offers alternatives to the state-centric approach that characterizes international theory and relations today. Posing a bold challenge to narrow or nationalistic views, Singer presents a realistic, new way of looking at contemporary global issues-through a prism of ethics.

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The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

2008-10-14T09:19:00.000-07:00

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
By Naomi Klein

Publisher: Metropolitan Books
Number Of Pages: 576
Publication Date: 2007-09-18
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0805079831
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780805079838
Binding: Hardcover

Version: eBook
Version: Audio eBook
Book Description:

In her groundbreaking reporting over the past few years, Naomi Klein introduced the term disaster capitalism. Whether covering Baghdad after the U.S. occupation, Sri Lanka in the wake of the tsunami, or New Orleans post-Katrina, she witnessed something remarkably similar. People still reeling from catastrophe were being hit again, this time with economic shock treatment, losing their land and homes to rapid-fire corporate makeovers.

The Shock Doctrine retells the story of the most dominant ideology of our time, Milton Friedman s free market economic revolution. In contrast to the popular myth of this movement s peaceful global victory, Klein shows how it has exploited moments of shock and extreme violence in order to implement its economic policies in so many parts of the world from Latin America and Eastern Europe to South Africa, Russia, and Iraq.

At the core of disaster capitalism is the use of cataclysmic events to advance radical privatization combined with the privatization of the disaster response itself. Klein argues that by capitalizing on crises, created by nature or war, the disaster capitalism complex now exists as a booming new economy and is the violent culmination of a radical economic project that has been incubating for fifty years.

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The Transformation of Chinese Socialism

2008-10-14T09:12:00.000-07:00

The Transformation of Chinese Socialism
By Lin Chun

Publisher: Duke University Press
Number Of Pages: 370
Publication Date: 2006-05
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0822337983
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780822337980
Binding: Paperback

Book Description:
In this significant contribution to both political theory and China studies, Lin Chun provides a critical assessment of the scope and limits of socialist experiments in China, analyzing their development since the victory of the Chinese communist revolution in 1949 and reflecting on the country’s likely paths into the future. Lin suggests that China’s twentieth-century trajectory be grasped in terms of the collective search by its people for a modern alternative to colonial modernity, bureaucratic socialism, and capitalist subordination. Evaluating contending interpretations of the formation and transformation of Chinese socialism in the contemporary conditions of global capitalism, Lin argues that the post-Mao reform model must be remade.

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Supercapitalism : The Transformation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life

2008-10-14T09:07:00.000-07:00

Supercapitalism : The Transformation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life
By Robert B. Reich

Publisher: Knopf
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: 2007-09-04
ISBN / ASIN: 0307265617
EAN: 9780307265616
Binding: Hardcover
Manufacturer: Knopf

Book Description:
From the greatly admired author of The Work of Nations and The Future of Success, one of America's greatest economic and political thinkers as well as a distinguished public servant in three national administrations, a breakthrough book on the clash between capitalism and democracy.

Mid-twentieth-century capitalism has turned into global capitalism, and global capitalism—turbocharged, Web-based, and able to find and make almost anything just about anywhere—has turned into supercapitalism. But as Robert B. Reich makes clear in this eye-opening book, while supercapitalism is working wonderfully well to enlarge the economic pie, democracy—charged with caring for all citizens—is becoming less and less effective under its influence.

Reich explains how widening inequalities of income and wealth, heightened job insecurity, and the spreading effects of global warming are the logical outcomes of supercapitalism. He shows us why companies, fighting harder than ever to maintain their competitive positions, have become even more deeply involved in politics; and how average citizens, seeking great deals and invested in the stock market to an unprecedented degree, are increasingly loath to stand by their values if it means biting the hands that feed them. He makes clear how the tools traditionally used to temper America's societal problems—fair taxation, well-funded public education, trade unions—have withered as supercapitalism has burgeoned.

Reich sets out a clear course to a vibrant capitalism and a concurrent, equally vibrant democracy. He argues forcefully that the spheres of business and politics must be kept distinct. He calls for an end to the legal fiction that corporations are citizens, as well as the illusion that corporations can be "socially responsible" until laws define social needs. Reich explains why we must stop treating companies as if they were people—and must therefore abolish the corporate tax income and levy it on shareholders instead, hold individuals rather than corporations guilty of criminal conduct, and not expect companies to be "patriotic." For, as Reich says, only people can be citizens, and only citizens should be allowed to participate in democratic decision making.

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Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy

2008-10-14T08:59:00.000-07:00

Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
By Joseph Schumpeter

Publisher: Routledge
Number Of Pages: 460
Publication Date: 2006-08-28
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415107628
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415107624
Binding: Paperback

Book Description:
CS+D is one of the greatest books on political economy in the twentieth century. Schumpeter wrote this book when his generation was about to reach a fork in the road. What would the postwar world look like? Could Capitalism survive? Can Socialism work well enough to replace Capitalism? Was the dictatorial socialism of the USSR the wave of the future or could we have some form of democratic socialism? Schumpeter offered concise general answers to these questions. No, Capitalism cannot survive, and yes socialism can work.

In retrospect we can see that Schumpeter was wrong. However, there is no denying the greatness of this book. While Schumpeter's prediction of the demise of Capitalism was exaggerated, this is to some extent an understandable error. Schumpeter was right about how Capitalism would be attacked, but he overestimated the chances for the success of this attack. Capitalism did come under attack from the carping criticism of intellectuals. Many of those who you might expect to defend Capitalism remained silent. Yet capitalism survived anyway. Schumpeter's assertion that socialism can work is less defensible. Schumpeter also erred in predicting the obsolescence of the entrepreneurial function.

We can now use 20-20 hindsight to criticize Schumpeter for his general predictions. Or we could recognize that many of his individual supporting arguments are thought provoking, if not correct. Schumpeter had some good insights into democracy. His ideas on creative destruction and monopoly are important. Schumpeter does a good job discussing Marx too.

The important thing to remember while reading CS+D, is that you can learn much from it even though its major predictions failed the test of time. The issues explored in CS+D are vastly complex and involve elements that are hard to measure, let alone predict. One can be right on nine out of ten supporting arguments and still get the wrong answer in the end.

CS+D stands along side Hayek's The Road to Serfdom and Keynes' The General Theory as one of the most important and influential books of this mid Twentieth Century. Aside from its historical importance CS+D has many good insights. Schumpeter is worth reading despite the fact that his major predictions have failed. Read CS+D for its detailed analysis of economic and political systems, not for its general predictions regarding the postwar world.

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China and the World Trading System : Entering the New Millennium

2008-10-14T08:52:00.000-07:00

China and the World Trading System : Entering the New Millennium
Edited by Deborah Z. Cass, Brett G. Williams, and George Barker

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Number Of Pages: 468
Publication Date: 2003-04-07
Sales Rank: 1890270
ISBN / ASIN: 0521818214
EAN: 9780521818216
Binding: Hardcover
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
Studio: Cambridge University Press

Book Description:

The key issues relating to China's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) are analyzed by leading scholars in this volume. Will China's membership burden the WTO's dispute settlement system? What effects will it have upon liberalization of telecommunications, textiles, banking, insurance, copyright and patent protection within China and the rest of the world? This book considers whether the inclusion of a major non-Western power, and the tenth largest trading nation in the world, will alter the international trading system, as well as encourage domestic legal and economic reform in China.

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Getting Away With Genocide: Cambodia's Long Struggle Against the Khmer Rouge

2008-10-14T08:33:00.000-07:00

Getting Away With Genocide: Cambodia's Long Struggle Against the Khmer Rouge
By Tom Fawthrop, Helen Jarvis

Publisher: Pluto Press
Number Of Pages: 350
Publication Date: 2004-10-11
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0745320287
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780745320281
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:

"Getting away with Genocide?" is an excellent study of decades of untiring efforts to deal with the legacy of the Khmer Rouge. The staff of the Cambodian Genocide Project and the Documentation Center of Cambodia have worked their hearts out for years. These are not naive people, and they know that their labor has been worthwhile whether or not there is a tribunal put in place before the key perpetrators die laughing. No one is holding their breath, but many keep plugging away seeking justice, or the truth, or something less. Accountability, the only practical deterrence against future crimes of genocide, is the real target of all this work, I'm sure.

One cannot watch this drama without recalling the words of T.E. Lawrence, "Lawrence of Arabia", written more than 80 years ago. He was thinking of a certain Arab people seeking the aid of the great powers of that day, but a cynical reader will think of justice seeking Cambodians and the poor small people now being wiped out in the Sudan. -- "They had a curious inability to recognize the insignificance of their little country, and an equal inability to understand that great nations act in their own perceived national interests, with little regard for the unarmed peoples of the world."

What a tiresome game it is, this turning of the head from genocide, a deliberate repetition of what had first looked accidental, then seemed mere negligence. Perhaps turning our heads and doing nothing even makes us enablers if not facilitators. Surely we can't be accomplices, can we? It's not as if we provided the tangible means to commit these crimes,some lawyer will say. Maybe we are just voyeurs enjoying the blood letting after the fact, taking what we can for ourselves, safe in the conviction that it can't happen to us, after all. Maybe even some Cambodians are doing the same.

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Reading Humanitarian Intervention: Human Rights and the Use of Force in International Law (Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law)

2008-10-13T13:34:00.000-07:00

Reading Humanitarian Intervention: Human Rights and the Use of Force in International Law (Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law)
By Anne Orford

# Publisher: Cambridge University Press
# Number Of Pages: 256
# Publication Date: 2003-08-18
# ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0521804647
# ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780521804646
# Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:
Humanitarian intervention seemed to promise a world in which human rights would be privileged over national interests or imperial ambitions during the 1990s. This book argues that humanitarian intervention had far more exploitative effects and draws on feminist, postcolonial, legal and psychoanalytic theory to provide an innovative reading of the narratives accompanying humanitarian intervention, a field which has received very little critical analysis. It concludes by considering what has been lost in the transference of concerns from humanitarian intervention to the war on terror.

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The Limits of International Law

2008-10-13T11:31:00.001-07:00

The Limits of International Law
By Jack L. Goldsmith, Eric A. Posner

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: 2005-01-05
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0195168399
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780195168396
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:
International law is much debated and discussed, but poorly understood. Does international law matter, or do states regularly violate it with impunity? If international law is of no importance, then why do states devote so much energy to negotiating treaties and providing legal defenses for their actions? In turn, if international law does matter, why does it reflect the interests of powerful states, why does it change so often, and why are violations of international law usually not punished?

In this book, Jack Goldsmith and Eric Posner argue that international law matters but that it is less powerful and less significant than public officials, legal experts, and the media believe. International law, they contend, is simply a product of states pursuing their interests on the international stage. It does not pull states towards compliance contrary to their interests, and the possibilities for what it can achieve are limited. It follows that many global problems are simply unsolvable.

The book has important implications for debates about the role of international law in the foreign policy of the United States and other nations. The authors see international law as an instrument for advancing national policy, but one that is precarious and delicate, constantly changing in unpredictable ways based on non-legal changes in international politics. They believe that efforts to replace international politics with international law rest on unjustified optimism about international law's past accomplishments and present capacities.

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International Law and its Others

2008-10-13T11:30:00.001-07:00

International Law and its Others
By Anne Orford

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Number Of Pages: 434
Publication Date: 2006-11-13
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0521859492
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780521859493
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:
Institutional and political developments since the end of the CW have led to a revival of public interest in, and anxiety about, international law. Liberal international law is appealed to as offering a means of constraining power and as representing universal values. This book brings together scholars who draw on jurisprudence, philosophy, legal history and political theory to analyse the stakes of this turn towards international law. Contributors explore the history of relations between international law and those it defines as other - other traditions, other logics, other forces, and other groups. They explore the archive of international law as a record of attempts by scholars, bureaucrats, decision-makers and legal professionals to think about what happens to law at the limits of modern political organization. The result is a rich array of responses to the question of what it means to speak and write about international law in our time.

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Finnish Yearbook of International Law

2008-10-13T11:28:00.002-07:00

Finnish Yearbook of International Law
By Jan Klabbers; Taina Tuori

Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Pub
Number Of Pages: 392
Publication Date: 2005-05-15
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 9004146164
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9789004146167
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:

Despite its Finnish pedigree, the Finnish Yearbook of International Law does not restrict itself to purely 'Finnish' topics. On the contrary, it reflects the many connections in law between the national and the international. The Finnish Yearbook of International Law annually publishes articles of high quality dealing with all aspects of international law, including international law aspects of European law, with close attention to developments that affect Finland. It offers: longer articles of a theoretical nature; new avenues and approaches; shorter polemics; commentaries on current international law developments; book reviews; and documentation of relevance to Finland's foreign relations not easily available elsewhere. The Finnish Yearbook offers a fertile ground for the expression of and reflection on the connections between Finnish law and international law as a whole and insight into the richness of this interaction.

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The Law of Arms Control:International Supervision and Enforcement (Developments in International Law, V. 41)

2008-10-13T11:28:00.001-07:00

The Law of Arms Control:International Supervision and Enforcement (Developments in International Law, V. 41)

By Guido Dekker

Publisher: Springer
Number Of Pages: 432
Publication Date: 2001-05-02
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 9041116249
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9789041116246
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:

This book is about the role of international law in the arms control process. It discusses the law of arms control as a special branch of international law and covers the following topics: the place of the law of arms control in the system of international law and politics, special characteristics of arms control law, the international legal framework of supervision in the law of arms control, general features of supervisory mechanisms in all multilateral arms control treaties currently in force, case studies on the CWC, IAEA safeguards system and CTBT, and enforcement of the law of arms control. As such, this study provides a comprehensive theory and model for the analysis of supervisory mechanisms in arms control treaties and offers an in-depth overview of the law of arms control as it stands in the post CW situation. The book will be of interest to international lawyers as well as political scientists and policy-makers.

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International Law in Antiquity (Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law)

2008-10-13T11:27:00.000-07:00

International Law in Antiquity (Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law)
By David J. Bederman

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Number Of Pages: 342
Publication Date: 2001-03-05
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0521791979
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780521791977
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:

This study of the origins of international law combines techniques of intellectual history and historiography to investigate the earliest developments of the law of nations. Containing up-to-date literature and archaeological evidence, it reevaluates the critical attributes of international law. David J. Bederman focuses on three essential areas in which law influenced ancient state relations--diplomacy, treaty-making and warfare--in a detailed analysis of the Near East (2800-700 BCE), the Greek city-states (500-338 BCE), and Rome (358-168 BCE). A fascinating study for lawyers, ancient historians and classicists alike.

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Imperialism, Sovereignty and the Making of International Law (Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law)

2008-10-13T11:26:00.000-07:00

Imperialism, Sovereignty and the Making of International Law (Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law)
By Antony Anghie

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Number Of Pages: 378
Publication Date: 2005-03-07
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0521828929
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780521828925
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:

This book argues that the colonial confrontation was central to the formation of international law and, in particular, its founding concept, sovereignty. Traditional histories of the discipline present colonialism and non-European peoples as peripheral concerns. By contrast, Anghie argues that international law has always been animated by the 'civilizing mission' - the project of governing non-European peoples, and that the economic exploitation and cultural subordination that resulted were constitutively significant for the discipline. In developing these arguments, the book examines different phases of the colonial encounter, ranging from the sixteenth century to the League of Nations period and the current 'war on terror'. Anghie provides a new approach to the history of international law, illuminating the enduring imperial character of the discipline and its continuing importance for peoples of the Third World. This book will be of interest to students of international law and relations, history, post-colonial studies and development studies.

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Contemporary Issues in International Law:A Collection of the Josephine Onoh Memorial Lectures

2008-10-13T11:24:00.000-07:00

Contemporary Issues in International Law:A Collection of the Josephine Onoh Memorial Lectures
by David Freestone

Publisher: Springer
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: 2002-03-08
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 9041115870
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9789041115874
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:

Since 1985, the Law school at the University of Hull has hosted an annual lecture -- the Josephine Onoh Memorial Lecture - given by a distinguished international lawyer. These annual lectures are funded by the Josephine Onoh Memorial Fund, established in 1984 by the family and friends of Josephine Onoh who was tragically killed in an air crash at Enugu, Nigeria, in November 1983. Josephine was a Hull law graduate, and at the time of her death was registered at the University for a research degree in the field of international law. This book contains a collection of these annual lectures. The first lecture in 1985 was given by the late Judge Taslim Elias, at that time President of the International Court of Justice. Subsequent lectures have been given by both leading practitioners and professors of international law, including Sir Robert Jennings, Bin Cheng, Sir Ian Sinclair, Philip Allott, Henry Schermers, Lord Mackenzie-Stuart, Alexandre-Charles Kiss, Dame Rosalyn Higgins, Peter Sand, Ian Brownlie, Christopher Greenwood, Marti Koskenniemi, and Ralph Zacklin.

The lectures reflect some of the most significant international concerns of the last two decades. The subjects they address include new trends in international law, international courts and politics, the practitioner's view of international law, international law and revolution, the European Convention of human right. European Community law concepts, the global environment and international law, the current role of the United Nations, international environmental trust funds, international boundary law, international law and imperialism, and humanitarian intervention. This important collection of essays by some of the leading international law figures of our generation will be of equal value to all interested in international law, whether the academic or the practitioner.

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Time, History and International Law (Developments in International Law)

2008-10-13T11:23:00.000-07:00

Time, History and International Law (Developments in International Law)
By Matthew Craven, Malgosia Fitzmaurice, Maria Vogiatzi

Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: 2006-12-30
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 9004154817
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9789004154810
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:

This book examines theoretical and practical issues concerning the relationship between international law, time and history. Problems relating to time and history are ever-present in the work of international lawyers, whether understood in terms of the role of historic practice in the doctrine of sources, the application of the principle of inter-temporal law in dispute settlement, or in gaining a coherent insight into the role that was played by international law in past events. But very little has been written about the various different ways in which international lawyers approach or understand the past, and it is with a view to exploring the dynamics of that engagement that this book has been compiled.

In its broadest sense, it is possible to identify at least three different ways in which the relationship between international law and (its) history may be conceived. The first is that of a history of international law written in narrative form, and mapped out in terms of a teleology of origins, development, progress or renewal. The second is that of history in international law and of the role history plays in arguments about law itself (for example in the constructions of customary international law). The third way of understanding that relationship is in terms of international law in history: of understanding how international law has been engaged in the creation of a history that in some senses stands outside the history of international law itself.

The essays in this collection make clear that each type of engagement with history and international law interweaves various different types of historical narrative, pointing to the typically multi-layered nature of international lawyers' engagement with the past and its importance in shaping the present and future of international law.

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International Law from Below: Development, Social Movements, and Third World Resistance

2008-10-13T11:22:00.000-07:00

International Law from Below: Development, Social Movements, and Third World Resistance
By Balakrishnan Rajagopal

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Number Of Pages: 360
Publication Date: 2003-11-24
Sales Rank: 138919
ISBN / ASIN: 0521816467
EAN: 9780521816465
Binding: Hardcover
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
Studio: Cambridge University Press

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Book Description:

Balakrishnan Rajagopal's fundamental critique of modern international law draws attention to traditional Third World engagements. Rajagopal challenges current approaches to international law and politics either through states or through individuals. With transnational and local social movement action now becoming increasingly visible and important--as witnessed in Seattle in 1999, he demonstrates that a new global order must consider seriously the resistance of social movements in the development of international law.

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Clausewitz on Strategy : Inspiration and Insight from a Master Strategist

2008-10-13T11:19:00.000-07:00

Clausewitz on Strategy : Inspiration and Insight from a Master Strategist
By Tiha von Ghyczy, Christopher Bassford

Publisher: Wiley
Number Of Pages: 208
Publication Date: 2001-04-23
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0471415138
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780471415138
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:

Think about strategy and sharpen judgment in an unpredictable environment.
Carl von Clausewitz is widely acknowledged as one of the most important of the major strategic theorists; he's been read by Eisenhower, Kissinger, Patton, Chairman Mao, and numerous other leaders. In Clausewitz on Strategy, the Boston Consulting Group's Strategy Institute has excerpted those passages most relevant to business strategy from Clausewitz's classic text On War, the most general, applicable, and enduring work of strategy in the modern West and a source of insight into the nature of conflict, whether on the battlefield or in the boardroom. This book offers Clausewitz's framework for self-education--a way to train the reader's thinking. Clausewitz speaks the mind of the executive, revealing logic that those interested in strategic thinking and practice will find invaluable. He presents unique ideas, such as the idea that friction--unexpected interference--is an intrinsic part of strategy.

The Boston Consulting Group is one of the world's leading management consulting firms whose clients include many of the world's industry leaders. Tiha von Ghyczy (Charlottesville, VA) has been a faculty member and Director of Business Projects at the Darden School of Business since 1996. While with The Boston Consulting Group, he assumed responsibility for the practice groups in manufacturing/time-based competition and high technology. He has published numerous articles and books on vision and strategy. Bolko von Oetinger (Munich, Germany) is a Senior Vice President of BCG. Christopher Bassford (Washington, DC) is presently a Professor of Strategy at the National War College in Washington, DC, and the author of several books, including Clausewitz in English: The Reception of Clausewitz in Britain and America, 1815-1945.

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British Intelligence, Strategy and the Cold War, 1945-1951

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British Intelligence, Strategy and the Cold War, 1945-1951
By R. Aldrich

Publisher: Routledge
Number Of Pages: 364
Publication Date: 1992-09-16
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415078512
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415078511
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:

The Cold War is often considered to be the quintessential intelligence conflict, and a range of studies have focused on the diplomacy of this critical period. Yet over the last two decades, intelligence has remained the "missing dimension" of Britain's Cold War history. British Intelligence, Strategy and the Cold War, 1945-1951 examines the clandestine aspects of British policy, with particular emphasis on the key themes of intelligence and strategy.

The contributors, an international group of North American and British scholars, present an authoritative picture of Britain's post-World War II intelligence activities based on previously neglected documentary sources. They provide a detailed examination of the role of the British defectors Philby, Burgess, and Maclean, Anglo-American special operations against the Eastern bloc, strategic struggles between Prime Minister Attlee and Montgomery and the military dimension of Britain's plans for leadeship of a "Third Force" as a rival to the Soviet and American blocs.

The Cold War is a prominent issue of our time, and this book will be of interest to students of international and modern political history, political science, International relations, and intelligence history.

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Intelligence and Strategy: Selected Essays (Studies in Intelligence)

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Intelligence and Strategy: Selected Essays (Studies in Intelligence)
By John Ferris

Publisher: Frank Cass
Number Of Pages: 395
Publication Date: 2005-08-09
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415361958
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415361958
Binding: Paperback

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John Ferris is a giant figure in espionage, both through his pioneering work in British intelligence and in his studies of British strategic history. This volume selects his best essays of the past fifteen years. Many of these have been rewritten to incorporate recently released evidence.

Archives once closed have been opened, providing fascinating new findings and making possible a reconsideration of British naval, air and military operations in the two world wars, and of its diplomacy during the interwar years. This superb new book brings these fascinating developments to life.

The Berlin wall which once separated diplomatic and military history has fallen, while international and strategic history have provided new means for understanding power and war in recent times. These works span the period from the 1870s to the 1940s. They include studies of how intelligence affected British policy during the great eastern crisis and the appeasement eras, of naval and air policy during theinterwar years, of the transmission of British techniques for naval aviation to the Japanese navy, of the development of British signals intelligence, of British signals, signals security and the desert campaign, of how ULTRA affected the Second World War and of how intelligence is related to classical theories of war. They will greatly interest any student of intelligence and strategic history.

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Strategies of Containment: A Critical Appraisal of American National Security Policy during the Cold War

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Strategies of Containment: A Critical Appraisal of American National Security Policy during the Cold War
By John Lewis Gaddis

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Pages: 512
Publication Date: 2005-06-23
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 019517447X
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780195174472
Binding: Paperback

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When Strategies of Containment was first published, the Soviet Union was still a superpower, Ronald Reagan was president of the United States, and the Berlin Wall was still standing. This updated edition of Gaddis' classic carries the history of containment through the end of the Cold War. Beginning with Franklin D. Roosevelt's postwar plans, Gaddis provides a thorough critical analysis of George F. Kennan's original strategy of containment, NSC-68, The Eisenhower-Dulles "New Look," the Kennedy-Johnson "flexible response" strategy, the Nixon-Kissinger strategy of detente, and now a comprehensive assessment of how Reagan-- and Gorbechev-- completed the process of containment, thereby bringing the Cold War to an end.
He concludes, provocatively, that Reagan more effectively than any other Cold War president drew upon the strengths of both approaches while avoiding their weaknesses. A must-read for anyone interested in Cold War history, grand strategy, and the origins of the post-Cold War world.

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Geography and Japan's Strategic Choices: From Seclusion to Internationalization

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Geography and Japan's Strategic Choices: From Seclusion to Internationalization
By Peter J. Woolley

Publisher: Potomac Books Inc.
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: 2005-10-06
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1574886673
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781574886672
Binding: Hardcover

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Geography, this author contends, is the indisputably unique feature of any country. Geography and Japan's Strategic Choices begins by explaining Japan's unique location and topography in comparison to other countries. Peter Woolley then examines the ways in which the country's political leaders in various eras understood and acted on those geographical limitations and advantages. Proceeding chronologically through several distinct political eras, the book compares the Tokugawa era, the opening to the West, the Meiji Restoration, the long era of colonialization, industrialization and liberalization, the militarist reaction and World War II, the occupation, the Cold War, and finally the rudderless fin de siecle. Finally Woolley demonstrates how Japan's strategic situation in the twenty-first century is informed by past and present geo-strategic calculations as well as by current domestic and international changes. For students and scholars of U.S.-Japan relations and of Japanese history and politics, this book offers any informed reader a fresh perspective on a critical international relationships.

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Rome and the Enemy : Imperial Strategy in the Principate

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Rome and the Enemy : Imperial Strategy in the Principate
By Susan P. Mattern

Publisher: University of California Press
Number Of Pages: 277
Publication Date: 1999-11-01
Sales Rank: 956508
ISBN / ASIN: 0520211669
EAN: 9780520211667
Binding: Hardcover
Manufacturer: University of California Press
Studio: University of California Press

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How did the Romans build and maintain one of the most powerful and stable empires in the history of the world? This illuminating book draws on the literature, especially the historiography, composed by the members of the elite who conducted Roman foreign affairs. From this evidence, Susan P. Mattern reevaluates the roots, motivations, and goals of Roman imperial foreign policy especially as that policy related to warfare. In a major reinterpretation of the sources, Rome and the Enemy shows that concepts of national honor, fierce competition for status, and revenge drove Roman foreign policy, and though different from the highly rationalizing strategies often attributed to the Romans, dictated patterns of response that remained consistent over centuries.

Mattern reconstructs the world view of the Roman decision-makers, the emperors, and the elite from which they drew their advisers. She discusses Roman conceptions of geography, strategy, economics, and the influence of traditional Roman values on the conduct of military campaigns. She shows that these leaders were more strongly influenced by a traditional, stereotyped perception of the enemy and a drive to avenge insults to their national honor than by concepts of defensible borders. In fact, the desire to enforce an image of Roman power was a major policy goal behind many of their most brutal and aggressive campaigns.

Rome and the Enemy provides a fascinating look into the Roman mind in addition to a compelling reexamination of Roman conceptions of warfare and national honor. The resulting picture creates a new understanding of Rome's long mastery of the Mediterranean world.

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Clausewitz's Puzzle: The Political Theory of War

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Clausewitz's Puzzle: The Political Theory of War
By Andreas Herberg-Rothe

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Pages: 200
Publication Date: 2007-04-20
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0199202699
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780199202690
Binding: Hardcover

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Blending detailed contextual analysis with issues in modern-day international relations this book provides a major new analysis of the theory of Clausewitz and its relevance to contemporary society. This book argues that Clausewitz developed a wide-ranging political theory of war by reflecting on the success, the limitations, and the failure of Napoleon's method of waging war, a theory, which is still relevant in light of contemporary conflict. This new interpretation is the result of reflecting on Clausewitz's theory in light of the new developments and lays down the foundation of a general theory of war by concentrating on Clausewitz's historical analyses of war campaigns. For the first time analysis of three paradigmatic military campaigns is placed at the centre of understanding surrounding Clausewitz's 'On War': The author argues that the limitations of Napoleon's strategy, as revealed in Russia and in his final defeat, enabled Clausewitz to develop a general theory of war. This book is a project of the Oxford Leverhulme Programme on the Changing Character of War.

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Classical and Modern Thought on International Relations: From Anarchy to Cosmopolis (Palgrave MacMillan History of International Thought)

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Classical and Modern Thought on International Relations: From Anarchy to Cosmopolis (Palgrave MacMillan History of International Thought)
By Robert Jackson

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: 2005-04-16
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1403968586
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781403968586
Binding: Paperback

Book Description:
In the tradition of the English School of International Relations theory, this book seeks to show how continuities in international politics outweigh the changes. The author demonstrates how the world is neither one of anarchy, as put forward by realists, nor is it a fully cosmopolitan order, as argued by those on the other side of the theoretical spectrum. Instead, it is a world of states who acknowledge a set of moral constraints that exists between them.

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The World Trading System - 2nd Edition: Law and Policy of International Economic Relations

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The World Trading System - 2nd Edition: Law and Policy of International Economic Relations

By John H. Jackson

Publisher: The MIT Press
Number Of Pages: 453
Publication Date: 1997-10-10
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0262600277
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780262600279
Binding: Paperback

Book Description:

Since the first edition of The World Trading System was published in 1989, the Uruguay Round of trade egotiations has been completed, and most governments have ratified and are in the process of implementing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). In the Uruguay Round, more than 120 nations negotiated for over eight years, to produce a document of some 26,000 pages. This new edition of The World Trading System
takes account of these and other developments. Like the first edition, however, its treatment of topical issues is grounded in the fundamental legal, constitutional, institutional, and political realities that mold trade policy. Thus the book continues to serve as an introduction to the study of trade law and policy.

Two basic premises of The World Trading System are that economic concerns are central to foreign affairs, and that national economies are growing more interdependent. The author presents the economic principles of international trade policy and then examines how they operate under real- world constraints. In particular, he examines the extremely elaborate system of rules that governs international economic relations. Until now, the bulk of international trade policy has addressed trade in goods; issues inadequately addressed by policy include trade in services, intellectual property rights, certain investment measures, and agriculture.

The author highlights the tension between legal rules, designed to create predictability and stability, and the governments need to make exceptions to solve short-term problems. He also looks at weaknesses of international trade policy, especially as it applies to developing countries and economies in transition. He concludes with a look at issues that will shape international trade policy well into the twenty-first century.

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Principles of International Environmental Law 2nd Edition

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Principles of International Environmental Law 2nd Edition
By Philippe Sands

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Number Of Pages: 1246
Publication Date: 2003-11-03
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0521521068
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780521521062
Binding: Paperback

Book Description:
This leading textbook has been revised to include new developments since 1994, including all the international case-law (ICJ, ITLOS, WTO, human rights, etc.) and new international legislation (genetically modified organisms, the Kyoto Protocol, oil pollution, chemicals, etc.). It is the most comprehensive account of the principles and rules relating to the protection of the environment and the conservation of natural resources.

This second edition of Philippe Sand's leading textbook on international environmental law provides a clear and authoritative introduction to the subject, revised to December 2002. It considers relevant new topics, including the Kyoto Protocol, genetically modified organisms, oil pollution, chemicals etc. and will remain the most comprehensive account of the principles and rules relating to environmental protection and the conservation of natural resources. In addition to the key material from the 1992 Rio Declaration and subsequent developments, Sands also covers topics including the legal and institutional framework, the field's historic development and standards for general application. This will continue to be an invaluable resource for both students and practitioners alike.

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Decisions and Diplomacy: Essays in Twentieth Century International History

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Decisions and Diplomacy: Essays in Twentieth Century International History

By Glyn Stone

Publisher: Routledge
Number Of Pages: 248
Publication Date: 1994-12-21
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415097959
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415097956
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:
Decision making and diplomacy are key elements of twentieth century international history. Focusing particularly on the origins and aftermath of the Second World War, but expanding the scope broadly, this volume includes original papers on the management of British foreign policy between 1914 and 1945; the League of Nations and its impact on national and international diplomacy in the 1930s; the response of key powers to international crises and events such as the Manchurian crisis, the Abyssinian crisis, the Spanish Civil War and the Korean War; the intricacies and significance of conference diplomacy, such as the Geneva Disarmament Conference of 1932-34 and the Anglo-American relations post-1945. Each essay has been specially commissioned to cover an important aspect of decision-making and diplomacy in the twentieth century which is under-researched.

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An Introduction to International Institutional Law

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An Introduction to International Institutional Law
By Jan Klabbers

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Number Of Pages: 438
Publication Date: 2003-02-17
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0521520932
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780521520935
Binding: Paperback

Book Description:
International organizations are unusual creations: generated by and for their member states, they must also often compete with member states. This complicated relationship leads to some uncertainty in the law, and the legal argument of an organization may often be counterpointed by an equally valid argument from a member state. Aware of this relationship in his comprehensive analysis of international institutional law, Jan Klabbers re-appraises the status of international organizations in this text for advanced law and international relations students.

International organizations are unusual creations: generated by and for their member states, at the same time they often have to compete with those very states that created them. This complicated relationship often leads to some uncertainty in the law relating to international organizations: the legal argument of an organization will often be counterpointed by an equally valid argument from a member state. Professor Jan Klabbers is mindful of this complex relationship in his comprehensive analysis of international institutional law. As well as describing the law as it applies to legal institutions in chapters that include dispute settlement, financing and treaty-making, Klabbers looks forward to a re-appraisal of the status of international organizations. This is a key textbook for advanced-level students of law and of international relations.

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The Korean War : an International History

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The Korean War
By William Stueck

Publisher: Princeton University Press
Number Of Pages: 496
Publication Date: 1995-07-03
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0691037671
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780691037677
Binding: Hardcover

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This first truly international history of the Korean War argues that by its timing, its course, and its outcome it functioned as a substitute for World War III. Stueck draws on recently available materials from seven countries, plus the archives of the United Nations, presenting a detailed narrative of the diplomacy of the conflict and a broad assessment of its critical role in the Cold War. He emphasizes the contribution of the United Nations, which at several key points in the conflict provided an important institutional framework within which less powerful nations were able to restrain the aggressive tendencies of the United States.

In Stueck's view, contributors to the U.N. cause in Korea provided support not out of any abstract commitment to a universal system of collective security but because they saw an opportunity to influence U.S. policy. Chinese intervention in Korea in the fall of 1950 brought with it the threat of world war, but at that time and in other instances prior to the armistice in July 1953, America's NATO allies and Third World neutrals succeeded in curbing American adventurism. While conceding the tragic and brutal nature of the war, Stueck suggests that it helped to prevent the occurrence of an even more destructive conflict in Europe.

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Empire

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Empire
By Antonio; Hardt, Michael Negri

Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr
Number Of Pages: 560
Publication Date: 2001
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 2912969166
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9782912969163
Binding: Paperback

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Empire, as a new postmodern paradigm, differing in form and extent from previous manifestations, is thoroughly described in this work. It is no longer a nation-state project, concerned with individual state centered territorial imperatives; instead Empire has become Global in dimension, infused by technological rapidity, subsuming cultures, supranational, and maintaining and extending geographic perimeter by replicating its values in both the individual person and the multitude. Empire is intolerant of exception, and acts to police exceptional and threatening instances with coalitions of force on the international level, and internal nation-state force at local levels. Nations may be complicit in the new Paradigm of Empire, but they do not control it. In fact, Empire is now decentralized, or one may say the central emmanation of Imperial power modulates as need requires for its maintainence and progression. The values postmodern Empire imposes are plastic, not inherent, in this adaptive manner the imposition of Global value structures can modulate, thereby subsuming further the individual and composit populations of the geography within its project. It is a work in progress, not fully realized, yet stil imposing penalty via exclusion from itself and supranational legal statute. Empire suppresses the individual and unusual, in favor of a flat manageable consistancy.

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Classical Theory in International Relations

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Classical Theory in International Relations (Cambridge Studies in International Relations)
By Beate Jahn

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Number Of Pages: 334
Publication Date: 2006-11-20
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0521686024
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780521686020
Binding: Paperback

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Classical political theorists such as Thucydides, Kant, Rousseau, Smith, Hegel, Grotius, Mill, Locke and Clausewitz are often employed to explain and justify contemporary international politics and are seen to constitute the different school of thought in the discipline. However, traditional interpretations frequently ignore the intellectual and historical context in which these thinkers were writing as well as the lineages through which they came to be appropriated in International Relations. This collection of essays provides alternative interpretations sensitive to these political and intellectual contexts and to the trajectory of their appropriation. The political, sociological, anthropological, legal, economic, philosophical and normative dimensions are shown to be constitutive, not just of classical theories, but of international thought and practice in the contemporary world. Moreover, they challenge traditional accounts of timeless debates and schools of thought and provide new conceptions of core issues such as sovereignty, morality, law, property, imperialism and agency.

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NPT Agreement 1 Juli 68 - 5 March 70

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TREATY ON THE NON-PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS

Notification of the entry into force

1. By letters addressed to the Director General on 5, 6 and 20 March 1970 respectively, the Governments of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, which are designated as the Depositary Governments in Article IX. 2 of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, informed the Agency that the Treaty had entered into force on 5 March 1970.

2. The text of the Treaty, taken from a certified true copy provided by one of the Depositary Governments, is reproduced below for the convenience of all Members.

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