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The Japanese mafia - known collectively as yakuza - has had a considerable influence on Japanese society over the past fifty years. Based on extensive interviews with criminals, police officers, lawyers, journalists, and academics, this is the first academic analysis in...
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OUP Oxford
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2003-09-04
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Based on new and existing research by a world-class scholar, this is the first book in twenty years to examine the dynamics of the entire American-West European relationship since 1945.
The relationship between the United States and Western Europe has always been...
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OUP Oxford
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2003-09-04
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The international administration of troubled states - whether in Bosnia, Kosovo, or East Timor - has seen a return to the principle of trusteeship; that is when some form of international supervision is required in a particular territory in order both to maintain order...
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OUP Oxford
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2003-08-14
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For the first two thirds of the twentieth century, British government was among the most stable in the advanced industrial world. In the last three decades, the governing arrangements have been in turmoil and the country has been a pioneer in economic reform, and in...
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OUP Oxford
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2003-08-14
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The international administration of troubled states - whether in Bosnia, Kosovo, or East Timor - has seen a return to the principle of trusteeship; that is when some form of international supervision is required in a particular territory in order both to maintain order...
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OUP Oxford
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2003-08-14
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'The Politics of Europeanization' looks at the political aspects of European integration from the point of view of domestic politics. In doing so, it goes beyond the classic analysis of 'how policies are made in Brussels' and raises instead the question 'what is the...
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OUP Oxford
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2003-06-05
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The Global Covernant is a ground-breaking work by one of the leading scholars in international relations that rejuvenates the classical international society approach, and brings it into contact with the new era of world politics. It investigates the most important...
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OUP Oxford
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2003-03-27
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Governing Europe is intended to be the leading advanced survey of politics in Western Europe. It examines in detail all aspects of political life in Western Europe, from public protest to core executives, social policy to Europe's place in the world. It brings together...
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OUP Oxford
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2003-03-20
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The relationship between a powerful United States of America and some of the central multilateral organizations in global society is an essential feature of contemporary international relations. 'US Hegemony and International Organizations' brings together a range of...
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OUP Oxford
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2003-02-27
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Social movements take shape in relation to the kind of state they face, while over time states are transformed by the movements that they both incorporate and resist. Green States andSocial Movements is a comparative study of the environmental movement's successes and...
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OUP Oxford
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2003-02-20
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The relationship between international order and justice has long been central to the study and practice of international relations. For most of the twentieth century, states and international society gave priority to a view of order that focused on the minimum...
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OUP Oxford
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2003-02-13
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L'Asie du Sud est devenue une région d'une grande importance stratégique: le conflit indo-pakistanais, le rôle du Pakistan dans la lutte contre le terrorisme, l'influence de l'islamisme dans les décisions publiques, etc. Cepednant, les problèmes environnementaux...
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Editions L'Harmattan
Parution :
2003-01-01
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Environnement et sécurité
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Recent years have seen a shift in the international development agenda in the direction of a greater emphasis on rights and democracy. While this has brought many positive changes in women's rights and political representation, in much of the world these advances were...
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OUP Oxford
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2002-11-07
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Recent years have seen a shift in the international development agenda in the direction of a greater emphasis on rights and democracy. While this has brought many positive changes in women's rights and political representation, in much of the world these advances were...
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OUP Oxford
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2002-11-07
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`A unique and indispensible work that serves both as a basic introduction to the disarmament scene and a reference book for experts' - Disarmament Times
`This compendium of the history and achievements of arms control and disarmament efforts is unique in its kind and...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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2002-09-24
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Not since the Roman Empire has any nation had as much economic, cultural, and military power as the United States does today. Yet, as has become all too evident through the terrorist attacks of September 11th and the impending threat of the acquisition of nuclear...
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Oxford University Press
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2002-03-07
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This book assesses European Union policies aimed at encouraging democratization in East Asia and the North African and Middle Eastern States within the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership - these two regions being the source of some of the strongest conceptual challenges to...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2002-01-03
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Strategic decisions to reduce the size, scope, or ambitions of organizations - including states - in order to enhance future prospects, are among the most difficult and least well-understood choices made in collective life. This volume makes a bold effort to identify...
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OUP Oxford
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2001-11-22
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