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The age of Western hegemony is over. Whether or not America itself declines or thrives under President Trump's leadership, the post-war liberal international order underpinned by US military, economic and ideological primacy and supported by global institutions serving...
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Polity
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2018-03-16
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We have long been told that corporations rule the world, their interests seemingly taking precedence over states and their citizens. Yet, while states, civil society, and international organizations are well drawn in terms of their institutions, ideologies, and...
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Polity
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2018-02-12
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Chocolate has long been a favorite indulgence. But behind every chocolate bar we unwrap, there is a world of power struggles and political maneuvering over its most important ingredient: cocoa. In this incisive book, Kristy Leissle reveals how cocoa, which brings...
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Polity
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2018-02-12
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Resources
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This book analyzes the phenomenon of xenophobia across African countries. With its roots in colonialism, which coercively created modern states through border delineation and the artificial merging and dividing of communities, xenophobia continues to be a barrier to...
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Springer
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2017-11-13
Collection :
Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development
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From DNA sequences stored on computer databases to archived forensic samples and biomedical records, bioinformation comes in many forms. Its unique provenance – the fact that it is 'mined' from the very fabric of the human body – makes it a mercurial resource; one that...
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Polity
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2017-11-10
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This book offers an assessment of China’s assertive foreign policy behavior with a special focus on Chinese policies in the South China Sea (SCS). By providing a detailed account of the events in the SCS and by analyzing power dynamics in the region, it identifies the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2017-10-27
Collection :
Global Power Shift
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This book focuses on global financial systems. After summarising historical financial institutions, it subsequently uses economic and econometrical models to analyse the strengths and weaknesses of these institutions and their role in the history. Readers, especially...
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Springer
Parution :
2017-10-05
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This volume examines contemporary political relations between Turkey and the Middle East. In the light of the Arab Uprisings of 2011, the Syria Crisis, the escalation of regional terrorism and the military coup attempt in Turkey, it illustrates the dramatic fluctuations...
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Springer
Parution :
2017-09-18
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Egypt is one of the few great empires of antiquity that exists today as a nation state. Despite its extraordinary record of national endurance, the pressures to whichEgypt currently is subjected and which are bound to intensify are already straining the ties that hold...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2017-09-18
Collection :
Hot Spots in Global Politics
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The global financial crisis of 2008 ushered in a system of informal decision-making in the grey zone between economics and politics. Legitimized by a rhetoric of emergency, ad hoc bodies have usurped democratically elected governments. In line with the neoliberal credo,...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2017-09-05
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The world economy is expanding rapidly despite chronic economic crises. Yet the majority of the world's population live in poverty. Why are wealth and poverty two sides of the coin of capitalist development? What can be done to overcome this destructive dynamic? In...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2017-08-31
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This book evaluates the impact of the 2001 central government reforms on effective foreign policy making in Japan. It puts a special focus on the evolution of the domestic institutional factors and decision-making processes behind Japan’s foreign policy, while also...
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Springer
Parution :
2017-08-28
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This book offers a socio-historical analysis of migration and the possibilities of regional integration in Southern Africa. It examines both the historical roots of and contemporary challenges regarding the social, economic, and geo-political causes of migration and its...
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Springer
Parution :
2017-07-24
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Through a detailed historical and empirical account of post-independence years, this book offers a new assessment of the role of the judiciary in Pakistani politics. Instead of seeing the judiciary as helpless or struggling against an authoritarian state, it argues that...
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Springer
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2017-07-02
Collection :
International Law and the Global South
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Oil pulses through our daily lives. It is the plastic we touch, the food we eat, and the way we move.Oil politics in the twentieth century was about the management of abundance, state power, and market growth. The legacy of this age of plenty includes declining...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2017-06-05
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Resources
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This book focuses on international relations in the Indian Ocean region and covers many policy aspects of Modi’s India. Written by leading scholars of international and Indian Ocean studies, this annual report includes both a strategic review and the major events and...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2017-06-01
Collection :
Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China’s Development Path
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This book presents novel theoretical and empirical findings on the issue of unrecognized states and secession. The first part of the book conceptualizes unrecognized states as entities with a national identity and which have achieved political independence, yet are not...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2017-05-27
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For decades, Milton Santos (1926-2001) has been considered one of the most influential thinkers in Brazilian and Latin American social sciences and geography. Yet his writings, most of which have not been translated into English, are largely unknown to European and...
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Springer
Parution :
2017-05-08
Collection :
Pioneers in Arts, Humanities, Science, Engineering, Practice
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This book examines in depth science diplomacy, a particular field of international relations, in which the interests of science and those of foreign policy intersect. Building on a wealth of examples drawn from history and contemporary international relations, it...
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Springer
Parution :
2017-05-07
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