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Molloy depicts a relationship between Canada and the US based on envy, rivalry, and misunderstanding. Drawing on a range of disciplines including sociology, international relations, and cultural studies, she examines contentious events in Canada/US relations and their...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2012-07-25
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Cohn lays out a new strategy of how states can produce economic development in poor nations – by considering barber shops, beauty parlours, hotels and restaurants in Brazil.Cohn considers the case of nations with budgetary limits that cannot afford to follow the East...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2012-07-24
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International Political Economy Series
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From human trafficking to the smuggling of small arms to the looting of antiquities, illicit trade poses significant threats to international order. So why is it so difficult to establish international cooperation against illicit trade? Governing Guns, Preventing...
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Oxford University Press
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2012-07-19
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Dedicated to the empirical analysis of data from the world of international relations, SSIP scholars tend to focus on interstate conflicts, civil wars, and conflict management. The range of perspectives in this edited volume provide a comprehensive introduction to SSIP...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2012-07-17
Collection :
Guides to International Studies
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The book seeks to understand China's evolving political and economic role in Africa and assesses what impacts Chinese aid, trade and investment have on the politics of specific African countries, and the extent to which it excites geopolitical competition.
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2012-07-17
Collection :
International Political Economy Series
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Explaining how the price of aggression is low enough that governments do not avoid conflicts, this book uses examples drawn from recent conflicts in the Persian Gulf to examine many dimensions of costs incurred by warfare and proposes a private sector solution to...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2012-07-03
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Despite their immense war-fighting capacity, the five most powerful states in the international system have failed to attain their primary political objective in almost 40% of their military operations against weak state and non-state targets since 1945. Why are states...
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Oxford University Press
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2012-06-15
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This book carefully develops the perspective of nonprofit organizations as social capital assets and agents of public policy within a principal-agent framework. It shows the practical as well as managerial and marketing advantages of such an approach, one that can lead...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2012-06-14
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The Oxford Handbook on the World Trade Organization provides an authoritative and cutting-edge account of the World Trade Organization. Its purpose is to provide a holistic understanding of what the WTO does, how it goes about fulfilling its tasks, its achievements and...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2012-05-31
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The Oxford Handbook on the World Trade Organization provides an authoritative and cutting-edge account of the World Trade Organization. Its purpose is to provide a holistic understanding of what the WTO does, how it goes about fulfilling its tasks, its achievements and...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2012-05-31
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In light of the events of 2011, Real-Time Diplomacy examines how diplomacy has evolved as media have gradually reduced the time available to policy makers. It analyzes the workings of real-time diplomacy and the opportunities for media-centered diplomacy programs that...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-05-14
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Thalakada argues that the principal purpose of US alliances have shifted since the end of the Cold War from containing communist expansionism (balance of power) to preserving and exercising US power (management of power).He also looks across all US alliances...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-05-04
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Der Zerfall der Sowjetunion gilt als zentrales politisches Ereignis der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts. Selbst der letzte Präsident Michail Gorbatschow folgerte im Nachhinein, dass er niemals mit einem so plötzlichen Zusammenbruch gerechnet hätte. Im Mittelpunkt...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2012-05-04
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How do state parties react to the challenge of peripheral parties demanding political power to be devolved to their culturally distinct territories? Is devolution the best response to these demands? Why do national governments implement devolution given the high risk...
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OUP Oxford
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2012-04-26
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Heo conceptualizes reconciliation in International Relations theory and fills a gap by building a theoretical framework for interstate reconciliation. Combining historical and political scientific approaches, she analyses case studies from Europe, the Middle East, and...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-04-24
Collection :
International Relations and Development Series
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This book provides the first full account of America's relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran from Jimmy Carter's presidency to Barack Obama's. It discusses all major facets of Iranian policy of interest to the United States: nuclear proliferation, revolutionary...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-04-23
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At a time when momentous changes are taking place in the Middle East, this volume provides a timely and critical assessment of the European Union (EU) foreign policy towards the region. The book collects revised and updated versions of the papers presented at the third...
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P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
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2012-04-17
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This is the eighteenth volume in an annual series in which leading economists provide a concise and accessible evaluation of major developments in trade and trade policy. Examines key issues pertinent to the multinational trading system, as well as regional trade...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2012-04-11
Collection :
World Economy Special Issues
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An in-depth look at the Chinese car industry that sheds new light on the delicate nature of China's planned economy China's unprecedented growth over the last three decades, along with the recent financial crisis in the West, has raised questions about the superiority...
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Wiley
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2012-04-02
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This book examines the outlook for Latin American entrepreneurs in the new global environment. Using case studies from across the region, the book highlights liberalization measures nations are adopting to facilitate small and medium size enterprise (SME) creation and...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-04-02
Collection :
International Political Economy Series
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