Télécharger le livre :  On Dangerous Ground
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On Dangerous Ground


Andrew P. Owsiak , Toby J. Rider


As a rule, countries consider clearly defined international borders to be paramount for their survival and prosperity. Most borders gain definition peacefully and, once they do, these definitions stick (i.e., the border remains settled). The failure to define borders,...

Parution : 2021-03-18
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Télécharger le livre :  The Stupidity of War
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The Stupidity of War


John Mueller


It could be said that American foreign policy since 1945 has been one long miscue; most international threats - including during the Cold War - have been substantially exaggerated. The result has been agony and bloviation, unnecessary and costly military interventions...

Parution : 2021-03-04
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Télécharger le livre :  Gold
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Gold


Michael John Bloomfield , Roy Maconachie


Gold remains a highly prized and impactful resource within the global economy. From the insatiable demand for gold in the electronics that permeate our day-to-day lives to the environmental desolation driven by gold mining in the Amazon, the gold trade continues to...

Parution : 2021-02-04
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Éditeur : Polity
Collection : Resources
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Télécharger le livre :  Canada's Public Diplomacy
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Canada's Public Diplomacy


Nicholas J. Cull , Michael K. Hawes


This book is a timely resource for the debate around “revitalizing” Canada’s public diplomacy, bringing together some of the top scholars of Canadian public diplomacy and practitioners past and present to build a one-stop shop for thinking on the past, present, and...

Parution : 2020-09-17
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Éditeur : Palgrave Macmillan
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Télécharger le livre :  Combatting Modern Slavery
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Combatting Modern Slavery


Genevieve Lebaron


Over the last decade, the world’s largest corporations – from The Coca Cola Company to Amazon, Apple to Unilever – have taken up the cause of combatting modern slavery. Yet, by most measures, across many sectors and regions, severe labour exploitation continues to soar....

Parution : 2020-08-04
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Éditeur : Polity
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Télécharger le livre :  A Matter of Style?
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A Matter of Style?


Louisa Bayerlein , Christoph Knill , Yves Steinebach


International public administrations (IPAs) have become an essential feature of global governance, contributing to what some have described as the 'bureaucratization of world politics'. While we do know that IPAs matter for international politics, we neither know...

Parution : 2020-07-23
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Télécharger le livre :  Food
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Food


Jennifer Clapp


We all need food to survive, and forty percent of the world’s population relies on agriculture for their livelihood. Yet control over food is concentrated in relatively few hands. Turmoil in the world food economy in recent decades has highlighted a number of...

Parution : 2020-04-20
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Éditeur : Polity
Collection : Resources
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Télécharger le livre :  Private Governance and Public Authority
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Private Governance and Public Authority


Stefan Renckens


At a time of significant concern about the sustainability of the global economy, businesses are eager to display responsible corporate practices. While rulemaking for these practices was once the prerogative of states, businesses and civil society actors are...

Parution : 2020-04-02
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Télécharger le livre :  Transitional Justice
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Transitional Justice


Michael Newman


What should be done after the end of a repressive regime or a civil war? How can bitter divisions be resolved in a way that combines reconciliation with accountability? In this book, Michael Newman accessibly introduces these debates, outlining the key ideas and giving...

Parution : 2019-07-02
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Éditeur : Polity
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Télécharger le livre :  New Directions in India's Foreign Policy
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New Directions in India's Foreign Policy


Harsh V. Pant


India's foreign policy has witnessed a dramatic transformation since the end of the Cold War. Though academic study of Indian foreign policy has also shown a degree of maturity, theoretical developments have been underwhelming. Scholars have introduced new concepts and...

Parution : 2019-03-21
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Télécharger le livre :  Bargaining over the Bomb
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Bargaining over the Bomb


William Spaniel


Can nuclear agreements like the Iran deal work? This book develops formal bargaining models to show that they can over time, despite apparent incentives to cheat. Existing theories of nuclear proliferation fail to account for the impact of bargaining on the process....

Parution : 2019-02-21
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Télécharger le livre :  Religion and International Security
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Religion and International Security


Lee Marsden


Religious violence is on the rise globally. Hardly a day passes without news of a vicious attack being carried out in the name of religion. Religion can, of course, bring security to many but its perversion leads to insecurity for all. Why is this? How and why do so...

Parution : 2019-01-22
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Éditeur : Polity
Collection : Dimensions of Security
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Télécharger le livre :  Post-Humanitarianism
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Post-Humanitarianism


Mark Duffield


The world has entered an unprecedented period of uncertainty and political instability. Faced with the challenge of knowing and acting within such a world, the spread of computers and connectivity, and the arrival of new digital sense-making tools, are widely celebrated...

Parution : 2018-12-28
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Éditeur : Polity
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Télécharger le livre :  The Responsibility to Protect
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The Responsibility to Protect


Alex J. Bellamy , Edward C. Luck


In 2005, the international community made a landmark commitment to prevent mass atrocities by unanimously adopting the UN’s “Responsibility to Protect” (R2P) principle. As often as not, however, R2P has failed to translate into decisive action. Why does this gap persist...

Parution : 2018-12-05
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Éditeur : Polity
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Télécharger le livre :  Varieties of Resilience
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Varieties of Resilience


Jonathan Joseph


Resilience refers to the ability of individuals, groups and societies to withstand and recover from external shocks. This pioneering book-length comparative study examines resilience as it is experienced across different countries, such as the UK, US, France, Germany...

Parution : 2018-10-18
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Télécharger le livre :  Global International Society
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Global International Society


Barry Buzan , Laust Schouenborg


This ambitious book provides a new framework for analysing global international society (GIS). In doing so, it also links the English School's approach more closely to classical sociology, constructivism, liberal institutionalism, realism and postcolonialism. It retells...

Parution : 2018-08-23
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Télécharger le livre :  On Cultural Diversity
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On Cultural Diversity


Christian Reus-Smit


The rise of non-Western Great Powers, the spread of transnational religiously-justified insurgencies, and the resurgence of ethno-nationalism raise fundamental questions about the effects of cultural diversity on international order. Yet current debate - among...

Parution : 2018-08-09
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Télécharger le livre :  Global Security Cultures
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Global Security Cultures


Mary Kaldor


Why do politicians think that war is the answer to terror when military intervention in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria, Mali, Somalia and elsewhere has made things worse?Why do some conflicts never end? And how is it that practices like beheadings, extra-judicial...

Parution : 2018-05-21
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Éditeur : Polity
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Télécharger le livre :  Constructing Global Order
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Constructing Global Order


Amitav Acharya


For a long time, international relations scholars have adopted a narrow view of what is global order, who are its makers and managers, and what means they employ to realize their goals. Amitav Acharya argues that the nature and scope of agency in the global order - who...

Parution : 2018-03-22
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Télécharger le livre :  The End of American World Order
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The End of American World Order


Amitav Acharya


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...

Parution : 2018-03-16
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Éditeur : Polity
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