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An invaluable guide to international relations and diplomacy, covering the international system, crises and meetings, policies and doctrines, force and diplomacy, common international space and diplomatic relations.

This guide is designed to make it easy for students of every kind to access the necessary historical and contemporary information to help with their study of the evolution and current functioning of the international and global system. It provides information about the institutions, mechanisms and practices which support the conduct of international and global affairs....

This encyclopedic-style guide to international relations and diplomacy consists of 900 entries, arranged broadly by key concepts, such as diplomatic relations; diplomatic agreements; force and diplomacy; doctrines; policies and tactics, etc. moving from the general and structural issues of the global system to more detailed events, crises and war. The editors draw together a large quantity of background and contextual information on the evolution and functioning of the global international system in one volume. It covers the time period from the Vienna Congress in 1815 to the present.

The book not only documents the authors' own studies of real-life social situations, but also provides an extensive review of other literature in this field....

Managing disease in free-ranging wild mammals presents serious challenges. This book provides an authoritative contemporary review of the major issues and challenges in the management of disease in wild mammals.

Wildlife populations may be a significant source of infection for humans and domestic animals while in some cases being themselves endangered by pathogens. The development of sustainable approaches to the management of wildlife diseases is fundamental to the protection of human health, agriculture, and endangered species. Managing disease in free-ranging wild mammals presents serious challenges, however, because of their often complex ecology and social behavior, which can undermine simplistic assumptions about the dynamics of disease and responses to intervention. The text presents...