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The American welfare state has long been a source of political contention and academic debate. This Oxford Handbook pulls together much of our current knowledge about the origins, development, functions, and challenges of American social policy. After the Introduction,...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2015-03-25
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China?s ambition is to rise peacefully. Avoiding fierce conflicts with its Asian neighbors is essential to this goal. Jonathan Holslag makes a brilliant case for the geopolitical dilemma facing the rising China, and his argument that China will likely enter into major...
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Polity
Parution :
2015-03-17
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This study looks at the underlying foundations of global order, putting aside mainstream institutionalist approaches in showing how China and the US are engaged in an intense process of contestation and renegotiation of an institutionalized order that has long been...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-03-17
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Now that the 'Varieties of Capitalism' hype has passed, students of capitalist diversity are searching for new directions. This book presents the first sustained dialogue between institutionalist 'post-VoC' and more critical, global approaches, thus contributing to the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-03-17
Collection :
International Political Economy Series
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During the Cold War the concept of international security was understood in military terms as the threat or use of force by states. The end of EastÐWest hostilities, however, brought ‘critical’ perspectives to the fore as scholars sought to explain the emergence of new...
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Polity
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2015-03-06
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For more than a century, the United States has been the world's most powerful state. Now some analysts predict that China will soon take its place. Does this mean that we are living in a post-American world? Will China's rapid rise spark a new Cold War between the two...
Editeur :
Polity
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2015-03-05
Collection :
Global Futures
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Anonymous. WikiLeaks. The Syrian Electronic Army. Edward Snowden. Bitcoin. The Arab Spring. Digital communication technologies have thrust the calculus of global political power into a period of unprecedented complexity. In every aspect of international affairs,...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2015-03-02
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Examining how leading developing countries are increasingly shaping international economic negotiations, this book uses the case studies of India and South Africa to demonstrate the ability of states to exert diplomatic influence through different bargaining strategies...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-03-01
Collection :
Studies in Diplomacy and International Relations
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This book explores the intersection of the study of transatlantic relationships and the study of public support for the use of force in foreign policy. It contributes to two important debates: one about the nature of transatlantic partnership, and another about the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-02-24
Collection :
New Security Challenges
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Der Zweite Weltkrieg und die unmittelbare Nachkriegszeit hatten tiefgreifende Auswirkungen auf die Industrieunternehmen Mittel- und Osteuropas. Die Studie beschäftigt sich mit den Bemühungen des luxemburgischen ARBED-Konzerns zur Wahrung seiner dortigen...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2015-02-20
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The book investigates the substance of the European Union's (EU) democracy promotion policy. It focuses on elections, civil and political rights, horizontal accountability, effective power to govern, stateness, state administrative capacity, civil society, and...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-02-17
Collection :
Governance and Limited Statehood
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Since the field of International Relations was established almost a century ago, many different theoretical approaches have been developed, each offering distinctive accounts of the world, why it has come to be the way it is, and how it might be made a better place. In...
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Polity
Parution :
2015-02-12
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Despite the fact that countries transitioned to democracy, many citizens residing in peripheral regions continue to live under undemocratic rule. Democrats and Autocrats studies the existence of subnational undemocratic regimes (SURs) alongside national democratic...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2015-02-12
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This monograph analyses the rhythms of war and the geopolitical significance of Afghanistan with a focus on the interrelated concepts of weak/rentier state, great power rivalry, and counter-insurgency. It analyses why the Mughals, the British, the Soviets, and the...
Editeur :
OUP India
Parution :
2015-02-12
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This book offers an empirically rich study of Chinese nuclear weapons behaviour and the impact of this behaviour on global nuclear politics since 1949.
China's behaviour as a nuclear weapons state is a major determinant of global and regional security. For the United...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2015-02-12
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The author examines Brazil's emerging role as an important actor in various sectors of global governance. By exploring how Brazil's exercise of power developed over the last decade in the sectors of health, food security and bioenergy, this book sheds light on the power...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-02-11
Collection :
International Political Economy Series
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The author draws on behavioral ecology to predict the evolution of organized crime in unregulated systems of exchange and the further development of racketeer economies into unstable kleptocratic states.The result is a new model that explains the expansion and...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-02-09
Collection :
International Political Economy Series
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This book deals with anti-dumping measures (AD) and investigates two questions: First, what country characteristics affect AD use and notably, do domestic political institutions have an effect? Second, (how) is the decision to impose a new AD measure affected by...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2015-02-09
Collection :
Contributions to Economics
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Destructive conflicts have thwarted growth and development in South Asia for more than half a century. This collection of multi-disciplinary essays examines the economic causes and consequences of military conflict in South Asia from a variety of perspectives embracing...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-02-03
Collection :
International Political Economy Series
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