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Global crises not only deeply impact the economy and people's livelihoods, they also unsettle basic ideas and assumptions about the meaning and drivers of development. This collection of theoretical and empirical studies explores the substance and politics of policy...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2012-03-02
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International Political Economy Series
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Fidel turns to me again: - Why did you come to Cuba? - I answer in an obvious tone, almost smiling, andFidel does the same: - I'm delighted that you've come to make money, so that I can make more than you! This reflection also reveals to me the state of mind that reigns...
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Max Milo Éditions
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2012-03-01
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The authors interrogate the condition of the neoliberal project in the wake of the global crisis and neoliberalism's predicted death in 2007, both in terms of the regulatory structures of finance-led capitalism in Europe and North America, and the impact of new centres...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2012-02-29
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International Political Economy Series
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International institutions (United Nations, World Bank) and multinational companies have voiced concern over the adverse impact of resource extraction activities on the livelihood of indigenous communities. This volume examines mega resource extraction projects in...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2012-02-14
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International Political Economy Series
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Offering conclusions for improving intergovernmental relations, determining international economic development strategies, and showing how many subnational governments are involved in world politics, this book examines how US states and governors connect to American...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2012-02-13
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Formulating a strategy involves complex interactions between politicians, strategic commanders and generals in the field. The authors explore the strategic decisions made during NATO missions in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Afghanistan, Somalia and Libya.
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2012-02-10
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New Security Challenges
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Werden private Sicherheits- und Militärfirmen (PSMCs) in Zukunft vermehrt in internationale Friedensmissionen eingebunden? Dieser Frage geht die vorliegende Studie nach und verbindet zwei Phänomene miteinander, die seit den 1990er- Jahren an Aktualität gewonnen haben....
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2012-01-31
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There is widespread agreement that climate change is a serious problem. If we fail to regulate greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming, or use alternative strategies for addressing the problem, the damages could be significant, and perhaps catastrophic....
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OUP Oxford
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2012-01-26
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Indispensable for students of diplomacy and junior members of diplomatic services, this dictionary not only covers diplomacy's jargon but also includes entries on legal terms, political events, international organizations, e-Diplomacy, and major figures who have...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2012-01-25
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Friesen demonstrates how transnational CSOs and NGOs can influence the context in which international political decisions are made. She shows how, by reframing the issues, the transnational campaign for the cancellation of third world debt altered the dominant...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2012-01-25
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International Political Economy Series
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The resolution of the civil war in El Salvador coincided with the end of the Cold War. After two years of negotiations and a decade-long effort to implement the peace accords, this work examines how peace was made and whether it has endured.
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2012-01-17
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Citizens in our deeply, angrily divided world desperately need peaceful and productive ways of relating to each other. Rooted in four decades of intense experience in deep-seated human conflicts, Saunders presents a peaceful way of transforming destructive relationships...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2012-01-02
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Corporations in conflict zones and their provision of security are particularly relevant for understanding whether private actors are increasingly sources of governance contributions that regulate public goods. Feil highlights the discrepancies between political and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2011-12-02
Collection :
Global Issues
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In the context of the financial and economic crisis, corporate governance and regulatory supervision failures, Laura Horn investigates one of the defining questions in social power relations in contemporary capitalism: who controls the modern corporation, and why.
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
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2011-11-22
Collection :
International Political Economy Series
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This is a collection of works which considers the many different facets of the EU’s increasingly important engagement with the world beyond its borders. The Treaty of Lisbon marked a change in the powers and competences endowed on the EU - the contributions to this...
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T.M.C. Asser Press
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2011-11-17
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Gender oppression has been a feature of war and conflict throughout human history, yet until fairly recently, little attention was devoted to addressing the consequences of violence and discrimination experienced by women in post-conflict states. Thankfully, that is...
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Oxford University Press
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2011-11-16
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This book examines the role of everyday action in accepting, resisting and reshaping interventions, and the unique forms of peace that emerge from the interactions between local and international actors. Building on critiques of liberal peace-building, it redefines...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2011-11-15
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Bringing together both contemporary and historical just war concepts, Peter Lee shows that Blair's illusion of morality evaporated quickly and irretrievably after the 2003 Iraqinvasion because the ideas Blair relied upon were taken out of their historical context and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-11-08
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