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Geopolitics and Expertise is an in-depth exploration of how expert knowledge is created and exercised in the external relations machinery of the European Union. Provides a rare, full-length work on transnational diplomatic practice Based on a rigorous and empirical...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2013-12-24
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RGS-IBG Book Series
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The Horn of Africa is a deeply troubled region engulfed in three interlocking crises.The first is a security crisis characterized by a range of devastating inter-state and inter-communal conflicts, including civil wars.The second is an economic crisis, evidenced by...
Editeur :
Polity
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2013-12-17
Collection :
Hot Spots in Global Politics
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This book focuses on a central concept that “Theory is History”, as the theory of capitalism can only be formulated on the basis of an analysis of its history. In contrast, bourgeois thinking replaces the analysis of historical capitalism with an abstract theory without...
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Springer
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2013-12-12
Collection :
SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice
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Far-reaching changes in the global distribution of wealth over the last few decades have led scholars of regional integration to recognise a need to examine the regional level as an arena of social policy formation and implementation. This development has long been an...
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P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
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2013-12-04
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?Substantial disparities across different Chinese regions are one of the most prominent features in China’s development process. This book investigates the mechanisms through which openness affects regional economic growth and interregional disparities in China. Based...
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Springer
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2013-11-29
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Denmark and Switzerland are small and successful countries with exceptionally content populations. However, they have very different political institutions and economic models. They have followed the general tendency in the West toward economic convergence, but both...
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Springer
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2013-11-26
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This book investigates the causes of inequalities that have developed in the European Union, analyzes their social and economic consequences, and assesses the political measures taken to address these issues – also on the basis of public survey results.The detailed...
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Springer
Parution :
2013-11-19
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Wer heute über die deutsch-französischen Beziehungen nach 1945 spricht, denkt in der Regel an den Élysée-Vertrag, das Deutsch-Französische Jugendwerk und die (bundes)deutsch-französische Aussöhnung. Vergessen wird dabei häufig, dass auch die DDR bis zu ihrem Ende 1990...
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P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
Parution :
2013-11-15
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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,...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
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,...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
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...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-08-23
Collection :
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...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-08-23
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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...
Editeur :
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...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-07-08
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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...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2013-07-03
Collection :
SpringerBriefs in Economics
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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...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2013-06-27
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Since the end of the Cold War, activists and scholars alike have celebrated the phenomenal growth of transnational social movements across the globe. For some, this new eruption of grass-roots political activism on a world scale – from the Rio Earth Summit to the...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-06-26
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This concise and timely book, written by one of the world's leading authorities on China, argues that the country is at a crossroads in its development and explores the challenges that lie ahead. A concise and timely book about China and its future, which argues...
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Polity
Parution :
2013-06-17
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When India was invented as a "modern" country in the years after Independence in 1947 it styled itself as a secular, federal, democratic Republic committed to an ideology of development. Nehru's India never quite fulfilled this promise, but more recently his vision of...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-05-28
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