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Over a decade on from the terrorist attacks of 9/11, intelligence continues to be of central importance to the contemporary world. Today there is a growing awareness of the importance of intelligence, and an increasing investment in it, as individuals, groups,...
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Polity
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2013-08-27
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This book presents a clear and comprehensive introduction to the diverse and wide-ranging ethical aspects of war and peace. In a fair-minded and engaging analysis, Nigel Dower introduces the different ethical theories in traditional and contemporary debates ? realism,...
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Polity
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2013-08-26
Collection :
War and Conflict in the Modern World
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Many books have been written about war, but few have focused on how wars can be brought to an end. Wars are rarely inevitable however and this book is aimed at understanding how violent conflicts can be brought to a close through intervention, mediation and political...
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Polity
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2013-08-23
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War and Conflict in the Modern World
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According to politicians, we now live in a radically interconnected world. Unless there is international stability – even in the most distant places – the West's way of life is threatened. In meeting this global danger, reducing poverty and developing the unstable...
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Polity
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2013-08-23
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Why are allies so unpredictable? In American Allies in Times of War, Stéfanie von Hlatky tackles this question by examining military cooperation between the United States and its allies. First, this book demonstrates that alliance demands in times of war cannot always...
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OUP Oxford
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2013-08-22
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?Die Feststellung, dass sich die globale Klimapolitik in einer tiefen Krise befindet, klingt mittlerweile beinahe nach einer abgedroschenen Phrase. Nur zu sehr haben sich mediale und wissenschaftliche Beobachter daran gewöhnt, den Parteien der Klimarahmenkonvention und...
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Springer VS
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2013-08-15
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As national governments continue to disagree over how to respond to the aftermath of the global financial crisis, two of the few areas of consensus were the decisions to increase the IMF's capacity to respond and remove the policies designed to limit the use of its...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2013-08-15
Collection :
International Political Economy Series
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The debt crisis in Greece has sparked lively debates about the origins of the crisis and policy measures to be adopted in order to fix it.The authors offer the first original and comprehensive narrative on Greece....
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2013-07-30
Collection :
International Political Economy Series
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Huw Macartney examines the conflicting movements gripping Europe. He explains why 'more Europe and less democracy' seems to be the order of the day. He argues that state managers responses reflect a long-term disquiet about the economic consequences of democracy....
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Palgrave Pivot
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2013-07-23
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This book provides a comprehensive study of asymmetric territorial conflict combining game theory, statistical empirical analysis and historiographic analysis. Using the Israeli-Palestine conflict as a case study, it tests the model on a database of almost four hundred...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2013-07-12
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Using a unique, question-based format, Global Trade Policy offers accessible coverage of the key questions in trade and policy; it charts the changing policy landscape and evolving institutional arrangements for trade policies, examines trade theory, and provides...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2013-07-09
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There have been significant political eras which have shaped not only the structure of world politics but the way in which it has been studied. The geopolitical and ideological contours of the Cold War period, for example, had an impact on almost every aspect of world...
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Polity
Parution :
2013-07-08
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This book provides a comprehensive view of women's political participation in Latin America. Focusing on the latter half of the twentieth century, it examines five different arenas of action and debate: political institutions, workplaces, social movements, revolutions...
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Polity
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2013-07-08
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This volume addresses the changing nature of the international aid system and the challenges it poses for the multilateral system, donors and aid recipients, centring on new regional and national relationships developing in the multilateral system, economic and social...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2013-07-08
Collection :
International Political Economy Series
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Global crime governance has emerged as an important component of world politics. It is manifested in national and international agendas, the proliferation of global regulations, growing international budgets, and the enlarged mandates of international organizations. As...
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OUP Oxford
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2013-07-04
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The partnership between India and Taiwan is situated in a virtual maze of complex political factors. Given the core issue of contestation of Taiwan’s political status in world affairs and India’s adherence to the “One China” policy, the relationship remains a fragile...
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Springer
Parution :
2013-07-03
Collection :
SpringerBriefs in Economics
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Who are the vulnerable, and what makes them so? Through an innovative application of English School theory, this book suggests that people are vulnerable not only to natural risks, but also to the workings of international society. This replicates the approach of those...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2013-06-27
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The term 'circular migration' has become a buzzword among European and international policy and academic circles in recent years. Many national and EU policy makers have heralded the idea of 'circular' migration with great enthusiasm as the solution to many of 'our'...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2013-06-27
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Using a unique, question-based format, Global Trade Policy offers accessible coverage of the key questions in trade and policy; it charts the changing policy landscape and evolving institutional arrangements for trade policies, examines trade theory, and provides...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2013-06-27
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This innovative new text is derived from a highly successful Open University course of the same title. It takes as a dominant theme the contested issue of ‘globalization’ (the apparent intensification of global patterns of inter-dependence) and its implications for the...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-06-26
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