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Examines international cooperation in European security from a transaction cost economics perspective. This book addresses the puzzle of how to approach differing institutional preferences. It argues that the reduction and limitation of transaction costs was the primary...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-04-12
Collection :
Transformations of the State
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Why do Britain, France, and Italy provide or refuse military support for U.S.-led uses of force? This book provides a unique, multiple-case study analysis of transatlantic burden-sharing. Sixty original interviews with top policymakers and analysts provide insight into...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-04-11
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Can international legitimacy operate even in a deformed balance of power, and when there is only one dominant state? Conventionally, hegemony has been perceived as a threat to international society. But how then is international order to be maintained, if this still...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2011-04-07
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In the aftermath of the financial crisis, Cooper locates the WTO-focused struggle between the US and the very small island state of Antigua on Internet gambling in the wider International Political Economy. He draws connections between gambling and offshore and/or...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-04-01
Collection :
International Political Economy Series
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Regional cooperation has become a distinctive feature of the Balkans, an area known for its turbulent politics. Exploring the origins and dynamics of this change, this book highlights the transformative power of the EU and other international actors.
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-03-15
Collection :
St Antony's Series
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Governments have at their disposal many economic instruments to promote national security, such as sanctions, foreign aid, international trade, international finance and laws blocking funds for international terrorism. This book examines the use of theses economic...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-03-09
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This book explores the impact of the rise of China on South East Asia, addressing the consequences for some of Asia's key economic sectors, including educational services, bio-technology, financial services, and the food industry, among others.
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-03-08
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Nach fast vier Jahrzehnten, in denen eine mögliche Vereinigung der beiden deutschen Staaten BRD und DDR kein aktuelles Hauptthema war, avancierte es im Herbst 1989 ganz überraschend zu einer Schlüsselfrage europäischer Politik. Der Autor versucht aufzuzeigen, wie der...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2011-03-07
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A primer to terrorist financing and resourcing, this book examines what terrorist organizations must acquire in order to survive and operate, and describes the various means used to meet these needs. It also observes how terrorism financing and resourcing has evolved...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-02-14
Collection :
Initiatives in Strategic Studies: Issues and Policies
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This book analyzes how neo-liberal state economic policies and political reforms have impacted on state-society relations, economic and class configurations, social composition of power, social welfare and cohesion in post-military Nigeria; and points to key policy...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-02-14
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This book brings together for the first time a large collection of essays (including three new ones) of a leading writer on diplomacy. They challenge the fashionable view that the novel features of contemporary diplomacy are its most important, and use new historical...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-02-08
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This book shows how domestic political institutions and the lack of time pressure have an impact on negotiations at the WTO. It provides detailed information on WTO ministerial meetings as well as on the political economy of trade policy in the EU, U.S., Brazil, and...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-02-08
Collection :
International Political Economy Series
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As the international community struggles with major issues such as deforestation, it is increasingly turning to sustainable development and market-based mechanisms to tackle environmental problems. Focusing on forestry, this book investigates the legitimacy of global...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-02-08
Collection :
International Political Economy Series
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The Forest and the Marine Stewardship Councils constitute new global governance institutions using voluntary certification and labelling as market incentives to encourage sustainable management. Utilizing a comparative political economic framework, the authors analyse...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-02-01
Collection :
International Political Economy Series
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Amidst the continued debate surrounding the foundations of IPE, coupled with recent methodological and theoretical divides this book argues that an attempt should be made to re-visit the notion of the 'critical'. The challenge posed by contributors to this volume is to...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-02-01
Collection :
International Political Economy Series
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This book shows why contests over intellectual property rights and access to affordable medicines emerged in the 1990s and how they have been 'resolved' so far. It argues that the current arrangement mainly ensures wealth for some rather than health for all, and points...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-02-01
Collection :
International Political Economy Series
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This book looks critically at various constructions of the Indian citizen from 1991 to 2007, the period when economic liberalization became established government policy. Examining differing images of citizenship and its rules and rituals, Chowdhury sheds light on the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-01-31
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This book traces the historic relationships between cotton production, the international cotton trade and poverty south of the Sahara, and assesses various approaches to corporate social responsibility and nongovernmental policy advocacy in this area.
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-01-28
Collection :
International Political Economy Series
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This book presents a clear exposition of what constitutes asymmetry in economics. It provides an empirical application of these ideas in the case of the EU. In particular, it shows how important asymmetry is for the appropriate design of policy in the Euro Area.
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-01-27
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