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The normative power of the European Union has historically been a key element of its foreign policy. This study considers the EU's Central Asia policy, questioning whether the EU's normative power can work in this remote region.
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Palgrave Pivot
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2014-08-19
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This book explores Australia's role as a US client state and the subsequent consequences for Australian democracy. Examining whether neoliberal and neoconservative interests have hijacked democracy in Australia, Paul questions whether further de-democratisation will...
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Palgrave Pivot
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2014-08-19
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Addressing an under-studied aspect of U.S. foreign policy towards sub-Saharan Africa, Hendrickson provides a critical historical analysis of institutions designed to promote private investment in the region. She draws attention to the interaction between strategic...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2014-08-19
Collection :
International Political Economy Series
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An engaging explanation and unique analysis of the increased involvement of the private sector in one of the world's most influential development organizations, the United Nations Development Programme.
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Palgrave Pivot
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2014-08-14
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Financial statecraft' goes beyond sanctions against rogue states. The aims of financial statecraft may be defensive or offensive, its targets bilateral or systemic, and its instruments financial or monetary. Regions and countries profiled include Argentina, Venezuela,...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2014-08-12
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International Political Economy Series
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Although it is still early for an established academic account of the motivations behind the dramatic events in the Arab world in 2010/11, Leila Simona Talani believes that it is about time to try and place this issue into the broader picture of the latest changes in...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-07-29
Collection :
International Political Economy Series
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Most literature on international arbitration is practice-oriented, technical, and promotional. It is by arbitrators and largely for arbitrators and their clients. Outside analyses by non-participants are still very rare.
This book boldly steps away from this tradition...
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OUP Oxford
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2014-07-18
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A significant amount of International Relations scholarship examines the role of international norms in world politics. Existing work, though, focuses mainly on how these norms emerge and the process by which governments sign and ratify them. In conventional accounts,...
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OUP Oxford
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2014-07-17
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If an old treaty regulating 'commerce' or forbidding 'degrading treatment of persons' is to be interpreted decades after its conclusion, does 'commerce' or 'degrading treatment of persons' have the same meaning at the time of interpretation as they had when the treaty...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2014-07-17
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This book aims to contribute to our understanding of recent changes in Chinese and Western cooperatives. It will provide a variety of audiences with relevant and useful information for further co-operative development, mutual understanding and cooperation.
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-07-16
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This book provides authoritative and up-to-date research for anyone interested in the study of international environmental politics. It demonstrates how the field of international environmental politics has evolved and identifies key questions, topics and approaches to...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-07-16
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Why is France so often relegated to the background in studies of international relations? This book seeks to redress this balance, exploring the relationship between the United States, United Kingdom and France, and its wider impact on the theory and practice of...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-07-15
Collection :
Studies in Diplomacy and International Relations
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This book explores the process of policymaking and implementation in the finance, energy and security sectors in the United Arab Emirates. It looks at the role of informal advisory networks in a nascent private sector, federal politics, and historical ties in foreign...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-07-08
Collection :
International Political Economy Series
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This book reviews the global dilemma and tensions over whether to intervene or not to intervene in severe civil conflicts which test the validity of the new doctrine of Responsibility to Protect or R2P. It particularly assesses R2P’s relevance for Asia, which is defined...
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Springer
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2014-07-08
Collection :
SpringerBriefs in Political Science
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Finding an alternative to supplement military ways of resolving international conflicts has been taken up by many people skilled in various areas such as political science, economics, social studies, modelling and simulation, artificial intelligence and expert systems,...
Editeur :
Pergamon
Parution :
2014-07-04
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This outstanding book is the first comprehensive introduction to the English School of International Relations. Written by leading ES scholar Barry Buzan, it expertly guides readers through the English School’s formative ideas, intellectual and historical roots, current...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2014-07-02
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The rise of multinational corporations (MNCs) from emerging markets has been a major development during the last decade. An important feature of emerging market MNCs is their close relationship with home states.The book investigates this special kind of relationship and...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-07-01
Collection :
International Political Economy Series
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This book provides an enlightening comparative analysis of Japan’s and Italy’s political cultures and systems, economics, and international relations from World War II to the present day. It addresses a variety of fascinating questions, ranging from the origins of the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2014-07-01
Collection :
Perspectives in Business Culture
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Strategy and Defence Planning: Meeting the Challenge of Uncertainty explores and examines why and how security communities prepare purposefully for their future defence. The author explains that defence planning is the product of interplay among political process,...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2014-06-26
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In this book, leading experts discuss innovative components of complexity theory and chaos theory in economics.The underlying perspective is that investigations of economic phenomena should view these phenomena not as deterministic, predictable and mechanistic but...
Editeur :
Springer
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2014-06-26
Collection :
New Economic Windows
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