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Examining how leading developing countries are increasingly shaping international economic negotiations, this book uses the case studies of India and South Africa to demonstrate the ability of states to exert diplomatic influence through different bargaining strategies...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2015-03-01
Collection :
Studies in Diplomacy and International Relations
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This book explores the intersection of the study of transatlantic relationships and the study of public support for the use of force in foreign policy. It contributes to two important debates: one about the nature of transatlantic partnership, and another about the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-02-24
Collection :
New Security Challenges
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Der Zweite Weltkrieg und die unmittelbare Nachkriegszeit hatten tiefgreifende Auswirkungen auf die Industrieunternehmen Mittel- und Osteuropas. Die Studie beschäftigt sich mit den Bemühungen des luxemburgischen ARBED-Konzerns zur Wahrung seiner dortigen...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2015-02-20
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The book investigates the substance of the European Union's (EU) democracy promotion policy. It focuses on elections, civil and political rights, horizontal accountability, effective power to govern, stateness, state administrative capacity, civil society, and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-02-17
Collection :
Governance and Limited Statehood
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Since the field of International Relations was established almost a century ago, many different theoretical approaches have been developed, each offering distinctive accounts of the world, why it has come to be the way it is, and how it might be made a better place. In...
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Polity
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2015-02-12
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Despite the fact that countries transitioned to democracy, many citizens residing in peripheral regions continue to live under undemocratic rule. Democrats and Autocrats studies the existence of subnational undemocratic regimes (SURs) alongside national democratic...
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OUP Oxford
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2015-02-12
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This monograph analyses the rhythms of war and the geopolitical significance of Afghanistan with a focus on the interrelated concepts of weak/rentier state, great power rivalry, and counter-insurgency. It analyses why the Mughals, the British, the Soviets, and the...
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OUP India
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2015-02-12
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This book offers an empirically rich study of Chinese nuclear weapons behaviour and the impact of this behaviour on global nuclear politics since 1949.
China's behaviour as a nuclear weapons state is a major determinant of global and regional security. For the United...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2015-02-12
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The author examines Brazil's emerging role as an important actor in various sectors of global governance. By exploring how Brazil's exercise of power developed over the last decade in the sectors of health, food security and bioenergy, this book sheds light on the power...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-02-11
Collection :
International Political Economy Series
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The author draws on behavioral ecology to predict the evolution of organized crime in unregulated systems of exchange and the further development of racketeer economies into unstable kleptocratic states.The result is a new model that explains the expansion and...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-02-09
Collection :
International Political Economy Series
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This book deals with anti-dumping measures (AD) and investigates two questions: First, what country characteristics affect AD use and notably, do domestic political institutions have an effect? Second, (how) is the decision to impose a new AD measure affected by...
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Springer
Parution :
2015-02-09
Collection :
Contributions to Economics
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Destructive conflicts have thwarted growth and development in South Asia for more than half a century. This collection of multi-disciplinary essays examines the economic causes and consequences of military conflict in South Asia from a variety of perspectives embracing...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-02-03
Collection :
International Political Economy Series
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Using a framework of norm diffusion to determine the EU's international actorness in the context of its relations with ASEAN, this book provides a timely and in-depth analysis of EU-ASEAN relations. By investigating three aspects of regionalism support by the EU it...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-01-31
Collection :
The European Union in International Affairs
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This book provides the first book-length, English-language account of the political ethics of large-scale, Western-based humanitarian INGOs, such as Oxfam, CARE, and Doctors Without Borders. These INGOs are often either celebrated as heroes or do-going machines or...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2015-01-29
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Since the end of the Cold War, crises from the Balkans to Central Asia and Africa have forced international organizations to adapt, expand, and cooperate to end civil wars, manage humanitarian challenges, and contain terrorist threats. The Power of Dependence explores...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2015-01-29
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Future developments in war, armed conflict and international relations are central to our collective fate in this century. This book looks forward by considering the forces that will drive changes in military organizations, sources of conflict, the power of states and...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2015-01-28
Collection :
Themes for the 21st Century
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Unlawful Combatants brings the study of irregular warfare back into the centre of war studies. The experience of recent and current wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, and Syria showed that the status and the treatment of irregular fighters is one of the most central and...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2015-01-22
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The contributors highlight alternative imaginaries and social forces harnessing new organizational and political forms to counter and displace dominant strategies of rule. They suggest that to address intensifying economic, ecological and ethical crises far more...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-01-02
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The book provides an in-depth analysis of the governance of Africa's natural resource sectors (oil, biofuels, forestry, fisheries, minerals) and new insights for readers as they navigate the burgeoning research on global governance initiatives and regional/national...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-12-22
Collection :
International Political Economy Series
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