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For many Americans, Iran is our most dangerous enemy--part of George W. Bush's "axis of evil" even before the appearance of Ahmadinejad. But what is the reality? How did Ahmadinejad rise to power, and how much power does he really have? What are the chances of...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2009-11-20
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In the twenty-first century, Africa has become an important source of US energy imports and the world's natural resources. It has also become the epicentre of the world's deadly health epidemic, HIV/AIDS, and one of the battlegrounds in the fight against terrorism....
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2009-11-18
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"Mitchell Dean has written an outstandingly clear and scholarly introduction to the central theses and methods of the analysis of the mentalities and techniques of rule… He not only provides a guide to Foucault's own thought in this area, but he also draws upon other...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2009-11-13
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This is the first of two volumes that examine the changing nature of state-business relations.This book assesses the potential and limits of CSR in developing countries, by focusing on aspects that are often ignored in the CSR literature: historical experience,...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2009-11-12
Collection :
International Political Economy Series
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By placing the conflict in its historical, ideological, ethno-political and geostrategic context, the book extends beyond conventional realist approaches and lays bare those less visible dimensions that are often ignored by analysts and policy-makers alike.
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2009-11-09
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This book focuses on the Macquarie Group Ltd. From its modest beginnings in Australia, Macquarie has achieved preeminence as the world's leading non-governmental operator of infrastructure assets. Its infrastructure fund model leases (or buys) staid assets ranging from...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2009-11-09
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This book explores the gendered nature of the historical emergence of modern finance markets and their expansion to a now global scale. It analyses the ways in which women were and still are marginalized in terms of financial activity and associated structures of power...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2009-10-22
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This book provides cutting-edge material elaborating on monetary circuit theory and post-Keynesian monetary economics. It contributes to a new approach to monetary analysis, which provides original insights into the complex fields of money, banking, and finance.
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2009-10-21
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The right to individual and collective self-defense in international law and politics has always been a controversial issue. Using the example of how the US employs self-defense against Iraq, this book uncovers new dimensions, which lead to innovative and practical...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2009-10-09
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This fifth volume in the International Papers in Political Economy (IPPE) series focuses on the theme of path dependency and macroeconomics in terms of both theory and applications. The volume examines how path dependency is linked with notions of fundamental...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2009-10-09
Collection :
International Papers in Political Economy
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This book aims at presenting and assessing imperialism as a theoretical concept. It aims to provide a comprehensive evaluation, focusing specifically on the tension between Marx's theoretical system of the Critique of Political Economy and the theories of capitalist...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2009-10-09
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This book investigates the role and the impacts of armies and military regimes in the Middle East. It argues that one of the main causes of the slow and stagnated economic development in the region is high military expenditure perpetuated by strong grips of armies on...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2009-09-29
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Sugar is a commonplace product with a complex background, mainly because of the high degree of protectionism given to the industry and the benefits of ensuring domestic producers stay in business. This book asks why there are such disagreements over trade policy, who...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2009-09-23
Collection :
International Political Economy Series
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As a linchpin of global capitalism, the World Trade Organization is both revered and reviled. In this book, financial journalist Paul Blustein tells the surprisingly entertaining and compelling story of how the WTO is sliding into dysfunctionality -- which poses a new...
Editeur :
PublicAffairs
Parution :
2009-09-22
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Palgrave Advances in Global Governance is an authoritative collection devoted to clarifying established understandings of global governance as a distinct form of political activity. Ranging across the actors, arenas, means and purposes of global governance, this...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2009-09-16
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The status of the United States as a world power, and the nature of power itself, are at a historic turning point. It is essential that we understand and adapt to the new security environment in which we find ourselves. Two of the most respected figures in American...
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Basic Books
Parution :
2009-09-01
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Proponents of American public diplomacy sometimes find it difficult to be taken seriously. Everyone says nice things about relying less on military force and more on soft power. But it has been hard to break away from the longtime conventional wisdom that America owes...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2009-08-31
Collection :
Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy
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Rangsimaporn argues that Russia aspires to become a great power and tries to achieve this through utilizing its position as a Eurasian country, with vast territories in East Asia, its economic assets, primarily arms and energy, and careful management of its role in a...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2009-08-27
Collection :
St Antony's Series
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This groundbreaking study maps out and analyzes the development of a global intergovernmental (IGO) institutional architecture in the post World War II era. Systematically traces similarities and differences between the institutional architecture of the Cold War and...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-08-18
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