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In this pathbreaking book, one of the world’s leading analysts of globalization and global governance confronts the failures of international politics in the aftermath of 9/11 and the war against Iraq. He argues that there were and are alternatives to the way the...
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Polity
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2013-05-02
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This introductory textbook examines the role of the Third World and the processes of development from the study of international politics and argues that in an increasingly globalized world development can no longer be seen as an isolated practice.
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Polity
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2013-05-02
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Der Arabische Frühling in Ägypten und Tunesien hat die EU sichtlich überrascht, die trotz milliardenschwerer Demokratisierungsprogramme keine Erfolge in der Demokratisierung der Länder aufweisen konnte. In der Arbeit wird folglich der Frage nachgegangen, ob die von der...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-05-02
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Die EU-Grenz- und Migrationspolitik haben seit 1999 eine neue Dimension erreicht. Eine «gemeinsame» Außengrenze ist entstanden.Die Koordination, Harmonisierung und Weiterentwicklung des Grenzmanagements wird seit 2005 von der Agentur FRONTEX vorangetrieben, die sich als...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-05-02
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Seit der Unabhängigkeit vor über 200 Jahren waren die bilateralen Beziehungen zwischen Lateinamerika und Europa stets geprägt von einem asymmetrischen Abhängigkeitsverhältnis zugunsten Europas. Trotz historisch enger Verbundenheit und gemeinsamer kultureller und...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-05-02
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Thema dieser Arbeit ist das Polenbild und die Polenpolitik der Jahre 1916 bis 1922. Stellvertretend für die deutsche Gesellschaft werden die Parteien SPD, DDP und das Zentrum in den Fokus genommen. Zur Diskussion steht hier der Einfluss, den Polenstereotypen und der...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-05-02
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Gorbachev’s Gamble offers a new and more convincing answer to this question by providing the missing link between the internal and external aspects ofGorbachev’s perestroika. Andrei Grachev shows that the radical transformation of Soviet foreign policy during the...
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Polity
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2013-04-30
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The range of global human rights institutions which have been created over the past half century is a remarkable achievement. Yet, their establishment and proliferation raises important questions. Why do states create such institutions and what do they want them to...
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Polity
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2013-04-30
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Is it is justifiable to make any basic moral distinction between 'insiders and outsiders'? Do we have substantive duties of 'justice' to all human beings or merely Humanitarian duties of aid and assistance? These are two of the most crucial questions confronting world...
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Polity
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2013-04-30
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The ideas of Hans Morgenthau dominated the study of international politics in the United States for many decades. He was the leading representative of Realist international relations theory in the last century and his work remains hugely influential in the field. In...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-04-30
Collection :
Key Contemporary Thinkers
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The multi-billion dollar business of the international conventional arms trade involves virtually every country in the world. Around the globe, people's lives are being irrevocably changed by the effects of guns, tanks, and missiles. These weapons have the potential to...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-04-29
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War and Conflict in the Modern World
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The ideas of Hans Morgenthau dominated the study of international politics in the United States for many decades. He was the leading representative of Realist international relations theory in the last century and his work remains hugely influential in the field. In...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-04-29
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The multi-billion dollar business of the international conventional arms trade involves virtually every country in the world. Around the globe, people's lives are being irrevocably changed by the effects of guns, tanks, and missiles. These weapons have the potential to...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-04-29
Collection :
War and Conflict in the Modern World
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Sovereignty is at the very centre of the political and legal arrangements of the modern world. The idea originated in the controversies and wars, both religious and political, of 16th and 17th century Europe and since that time it has continued to spread and evolve....
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-04-26
Collection :
Key Concepts series
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Power has been compared to the weather: people discuss it all the time, but very few really understand it. This book seeks to demystify this complex concept by providing students with an incisive and engaging introduction to the shifting configurations of power in the...
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Polity
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2013-04-26
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Unrecognized states are places that do not exist in international politics; they are state-like entities that have achieved de facto independence, but have failed to gain widespread international recognition. Since the Cold-War, unrecognized states have been involved in...
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Polity
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2013-04-26
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In recent years there has been a tendency to intervene in the military, political and economic affairs of failed and failing states and those emerging from violent conflict.In many cases this has been accompanied by some form of international judicial intervention to...
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Polity
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2013-04-26
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Mary Kaldor's New and Old Wars has fundamentally changed the way both scholars and policy-makers understand contemporary war and conflict. In the context of globalization, this path-breaking book has shown that what we think of as war - that is to say, war between...
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Polity
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2013-04-26
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Wars often spring out of nowhere with little warning. One need only look at the recent troubles at the Lebanon-Israeli border for evidence of this claim. At other points in history, such as the run-up to the Second World War, wars seem all but foretold. How does one...
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Polity
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2013-04-25
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Preventing violent conflicts and establishing comprehensive lasting peace in some of the world’s most turbulent regions has become the new global imperative. But to be effective, peacebuilding must be a multilateral, not a unilateral process. Even for the world’s sole...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-04-24
Collection :
War and Conflict in the Modern World
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