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Twenty-five years after the end of the Cold War, Euro-Atlantic security is under pressure. Faced with major geopolitical shifts, instability at its frontiers and financial crisis at home, the European nations and their American Allies will have to rethink how to design...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-06-17
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Deutet sich die Neuauflage des Ost-West-Konflikts oder das Entstehen einer multipolaren Machtstruktur an? Das Festhalten der USA an Hegemonialvorstellungen kann beides bewirken. Ist für Europas Zukunft die Ausrichtung auf Eurasien oder auf Nordamerika vorteilhafter?...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-06-17
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The European Union is in crisis. Crippled by economic problems, political brinkmanship, and institutional rigidity, the EU faces an increasingly uncertain future. In this compelling essay, leading scholar of European politics, Jan Zielonka argues that although the EU...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2014-06-05
Collection :
Global Futures
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The European Community (EC) has taken on an outward-looking dimension over the years since its first establishment, developing structures and tools which are unprecedented in the history of international relations.The original signatories of the Treaty of Rome accepted...
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P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
Parution :
2014-04-29
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ÔEven if bilateral trade between India and China goes beyond $100 billion in the coming years, ChinaÕs posture towards India is adversarial and will perhaps remain so in the future, with Beijing viewing New Delhi through the prism of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan...
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Hachette India
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2014-04-15
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The lifestyle, economic basis and political affiliations of the British upper class are the focus of this exciting new textbook. Combining a review of existing sociological theory on class and capitalism with material drawn from a great variety of sources it is likely...
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Polity
Parution :
2014-04-03
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This Handbook brings together 30 state-of-the-art essays covering the essential aspects of global security research and practice for the 21st century. Embraces a broad definition of security that extends beyond the threat of foreign military attack to cover new risks...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2014-03-20
Collection :
Handbooks of Global Policy
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Against the backdrop of China’s increasingly influential role in the international financial architecture, this book seeks to characterize and evaluate China’s financial power potential. It does so by analyzing the relationship between domestic financial repression and...
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Springer
Parution :
2014-01-27
Collection :
Global Power Shift
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Public housing was once an important strand in western housing policies, but is seldom seen as a mainstream policy instrument for the future. In contrast, in many East Asian countries large public housing programs are underway. Behind these generalizations, there are...
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Springer
Parution :
2013-12-26
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Geopolitics and Expertise is an in-depth exploration of how expert knowledge is created and exercised in the external relations machinery of the European Union. Provides a rare, full-length work on transnational diplomatic practice Based on a rigorous and empirical...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2013-12-24
Collection :
RGS-IBG Book Series
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The Horn of Africa is a deeply troubled region engulfed in three interlocking crises.The first is a security crisis characterized by a range of devastating inter-state and inter-communal conflicts, including civil wars.The second is an economic crisis, evidenced by...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-12-17
Collection :
Hot Spots in Global Politics
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This book focuses on a central concept that “Theory is History”, as the theory of capitalism can only be formulated on the basis of an analysis of its history. In contrast, bourgeois thinking replaces the analysis of historical capitalism with an abstract theory without...
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Springer
Parution :
2013-12-12
Collection :
SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice
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Far-reaching changes in the global distribution of wealth over the last few decades have led scholars of regional integration to recognise a need to examine the regional level as an arena of social policy formation and implementation. This development has long been an...
Editeur :
P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
Parution :
2013-12-04
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?Substantial disparities across different Chinese regions are one of the most prominent features in China’s development process. This book investigates the mechanisms through which openness affects regional economic growth and interregional disparities in China. Based...
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Springer
Parution :
2013-11-29
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Denmark and Switzerland are small and successful countries with exceptionally content populations. However, they have very different political institutions and economic models. They have followed the general tendency in the West toward economic convergence, but both...
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Springer
Parution :
2013-11-26
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This book investigates the causes of inequalities that have developed in the European Union, analyzes their social and economic consequences, and assesses the political measures taken to address these issues – also on the basis of public survey results.The detailed...
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Springer
Parution :
2013-11-19
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Wer heute über die deutsch-französischen Beziehungen nach 1945 spricht, denkt in der Regel an den Élysée-Vertrag, das Deutsch-Französische Jugendwerk und die (bundes)deutsch-französische Aussöhnung. Vergessen wird dabei häufig, dass auch die DDR bis zu ihrem Ende 1990...
Editeur :
P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
Parution :
2013-11-15
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Over a decade on from the terrorist attacks of 9/11, intelligence continues to be of central importance to the contemporary world. Today there is a growing awareness of the importance of intelligence, and an increasing investment in it, as individuals, groups,...
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Polity
Parution :
2013-08-27
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This book presents a clear and comprehensive introduction to the diverse and wide-ranging ethical aspects of war and peace. In a fair-minded and engaging analysis, Nigel Dower introduces the different ethical theories in traditional and contemporary debates ? realism,...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-08-26
Collection :
War and Conflict in the Modern World
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