ilość książek w kategorii: 31186
China's Security Interests in the 21st Century
ISBN: 9780415590440 / Angielski / Miękka / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The collapse of communism in Europe, the quest for economic security, and the war on terror have all affected China's view of security matters. This book includes chapters on Chinese concepts of security, the role of the United States, regional tensions, and China's quest for 'great power' status.
The collapse of communism in Europe, the quest for economic security, and the war on terror have all affected China's view of security matters. This b...
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100,70 zł |
Tribal Politics in Iran: Rural Conflict and the New State, 1921-1941
ISBN: 9780415596244 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Placing Iran's 'tribal problem' in its historical context, Tribal Politics in Iran provides an overall assessment on the impact of this crucial period on the character of tribe-state relations in Iran to the end of Pahlavi rule and in the Islamic Republic. It analyzes the political and socio-economic factors undermining tribal politics under the regime of Reza Shah, and examines the division which took place regarding the 'tribal problem'. The author argues that on the one hand, it lead to modern ethnic nationalism and on the other, detribalization and absorption into wider class... Placing Iran's 'tribal problem' in its historical context, Tribal Politics in Iran provides an overall assessment on the impact of this cr... |
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261,89 zł |
Governments, Ngos and Anti-Corruption: The New Integrity Warriors
ISBN: 9780415599610 / Angielski / Miękka / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The purpose of this book is to understand the rise, future, and implications of the new kinds of 'integrity warriors' and to locate them in a wider context and history of anti-corruption activity.
The purpose of this book is to understand the rise, future, and implications of the new kinds of 'integrity warriors' and to locate them in a wider co...
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261,89 zł |
Global Justice and Neoliberal Environmental Governance: Ethics, Sustainable Development and International Co-Operation
ISBN: 9780415599467 / Angielski / Miękka / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is an ethical critique of existing approaches to sustainable development and international environmental cooperation, providing a detailed and structured account of the tensions, normative shifts and contradictions that currently characterize it. With specific focus on three environmental regimes, the volume explores the way various notions of justice feature both implicitly and explicitly in the design of global environmental policies. In so doing, the dominant conceptions of justice that underpin key global environmental policies are identified and criticised on the... This book is an ethical critique of existing approaches to sustainable development and international environmental cooperation, providing a detaile... |
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151,07 zł |
Trans-Atlantic Divide: The USA/Euroland Rift?
ISBN: 9780761851387 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book brings a needed balance to the debate: are the USA and Europe really at odds after stressful unavoidable diplomatic residue following the Iraq War? The book outlines a clear common ground for both sides, noting that American relations with Europe remain vital for commercial, cultural, and geo-political reasons.
This book brings a needed balance to the debate: are the USA and Europe really at odds after stressful unavoidable diplomatic residue following the Ir...
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307,59 zł |
Media and Technology in Emerging African Democracies
ISBN: 9780761851998 / Angielski / Miękka / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection of essays will give students an opportunity to familiarize themselves with some of the best literature in media technology impact in emerging African democracies with relevant concentration on information and communication technology (ICT). Inclusion of several social science disciplines gives students, professionals, and government agencies an interdisciplinary perspective.
This collection of essays will give students an opportunity to familiarize themselves with some of the best literature in media technology impact in e...
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434,15 zł |
Red Inc.: Dictatorship and the Development of Capitalism in China, 1949 to the Present
ISBN: 9781594517112 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Red Inc. provides a sweeping, critical account of the political and economic changes that have transformed China since 1949. Although many observers argue that Deng Xiaoping introduced capitalism to China in the late 1970s, Red Inc. demonstrates that capitalist development really began during the 1950s under Mao Zedong. But while Mao made relentless efforts to generate the capital needed to finance economic development his regime failed to promote any real growth. By contrast, Deng successfully used reforms to promote rapid growth. Importantly, China's remarkable success was assisted by U.S....
Red Inc. provides a sweeping, critical account of the political and economic changes that have transformed China since 1949. Although many observers a...
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730,42 zł |
On Legislatures: The Puzzle of Representation
ISBN: 9781594517518 / Angielski / Twarda / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On Legislatures looks at why people support their individual representatives but continue to criticise the legislative system at every opportunity. Although legislatures exist in every political system and are meant to represent the people, they are generally disparaged because they appear both unrepresentative and indecisive. Gerhard Loewenberg explains this puzzling contradiction by examining what representation means and what it takes for a large number of equally representative members to reach decisions. It also describes the methods for studying legislatures that have been developed in...
On Legislatures looks at why people support their individual representatives but continue to criticise the legislative system at every opportunity. Al...
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755,61 zł |
Decoding Boundaries in Contemporary Japan: The Koizumi Administration and Beyond
ISBN: 9780415600446 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book sheds light on the changing nature of contemporary Japan by decoding a range of political, economic and social boundaries. With a focus on the period following the inauguration of Prime Minister Koizumi Junichirō, the book grows out of a recognition that, with the Koizumi administration playing a more proactive role internationally and moving ahead with deregulation and the 'structural reform' of the economy domestically, a range of boundaries have been challenged and reinscribed. Here 'boundaries' refers to the ways in which contemporary Japan is shaped as a separate entity... This book sheds light on the changing nature of contemporary Japan by decoding a range of political, economic and social boundaries. With a focus o... |
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478,50 zł |
Identity, Interest, and Ideology: An Introduction to Politics
ISBN: 9780275954406 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In politics, individual political behavior is often ascribed to class and ethnic identity. How does this happen? In this text, Needler shows how the individual constructs his or her political identity, and develops ideologies that guide their political behavior. Intended as an alternative to traditional introductory texts in politics and political science, this book is, at the same time, a survey and introduction to political theory, a survey and introduction to comparative and American politics, and a review of contemporary international relations. These topics are combined in a novel and... In politics, individual political behavior is often ascribed to class and ethnic identity. How does this happen? In this text, Needler shows how th... |
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578,87 zł |
Conflict and Compliance: State Responses to International Human Rights Pressure
ISBN: 9780812221305 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Conflict and Compliance State Responses to International Human Rights Pressure Sonia Cardenas "Finally, a book showing that compliance is not an all-or-nothing affair. Cardenas unpacks compliance and makes a compelling case that domestic politics are a big part of the story, two invaluable contributions to the field of human rights. Read the book "--Emilie M. Hafner-Burton, University of California, San Diego "This is an excellent look at why states comply--or not--with international human rights norms, and will be a valuable reference on the bookshelf of students of human rights as well as,...
Conflict and Compliance State Responses to International Human Rights Pressure Sonia Cardenas "Finally, a book showing that compliance is not an all-o...
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130,92 zł |
Memoirs of the Chief Incidents of the Public Life of Sir George Thomas Staunton, Bart., Hon. D.C.L. of Oxford: One of the King's Commissioners to the
ISBN: 9781108014922 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sir George Thomas Staunton (1781 1859), sinologist and politician, was a key figure in early nineteenth-century Anglo-Chinese relations. Staunton secured a post as a writer in the East India Company's factory in Canton in 1798 and was the only Englishman at the factory to study Chinese. He translated China's penal code and was promoted to chief of the Canton factory in 1816. He was a member of Britain's Amherst embassy to Peking in 1816 1817 to protest against mandarins' treatment of Canton merchants. The embassy failed to obtain an imperial interview but, despite being threatened with...
Sir George Thomas Staunton (1781 1859), sinologist and politician, was a key figure in early nineteenth-century Anglo-Chinese relations. Staunton secu...
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120,84 zł |
Mass Atrocity Crimes: Preventing Future Outrages
ISBN: 9780815704713 / Angielski / Miękka / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What can be done to combat genocide, ethnic cleansing, and other crimes against humanity? Why aren't current measures more effective? Is there hope for the future? These and other pressing questions surrounding human security are addressed head-on in this provocative and all-too-timely book. Millions of people, particularly in Africa, face daily the prospect of death at the hands of state or state-linked forces. Although officially both the United Nations and the African Union have adopted "Responsibility to Protect" (R2P) principles, atrocities continue. The tenets of R2P, recently... What can be done to combat genocide, ethnic cleansing, and other crimes against humanity? Why aren't current measures more effective? Is there hope... |
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132,56 zł |
Hotel Trópico: Brazil and the Challenge of African Decolonization, 1950-1980
ISBN: 9780822348559 / Angielski / Miękka / 326 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the wake of African decolonization, Brazil attempted to forge connections with newly independent countries. In the early 1960s it launched an effort to establish diplomatic ties with Africa; in the 1970s it undertook trade campaigns to open African markets to Brazilian technology. Hotel Tropico reveals the perceptions, particularly regarding race, of the diplomats and intellectuals who traveled to Africa on Brazil s behalf. Jerry Davila analyzes how their actions were shaped by ideas of Brazil as an emerging world power, ready to expand its sphere of influence; of Africa as the...
In the wake of African decolonization, Brazil attempted to forge connections with newly independent countries. In the early 1960s it launched an effor...
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165,75 zł |
Regional Security in the Third World: Case Studies from Southeast Asia and the Middle East
ISBN: 9780415601801 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This reissue, first published in 1986, argues that there is a radical difference between the use of the term 'Regional Security' when applied to the Third World rather than the developed world. It explores the concept of regional security and shows how items which make for regional security in the developed world - such as strong cohesive states or the linking of a state's security to the international security system - are absent in the Third World. It goes on to analyse these arguments in relation to a series of case studies from the Middle East and South-East Asia,... This reissue, first published in 1986, argues that there is a radical difference between the use of the term 'Regional Security' when applied to th... |
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705,23 zł |
Lament for America: Decline of the Superpower, Plan for Renewal
ISBN: 9781442601918 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Lament for America explores the major challenges to the status of the United States as a world superpower. In delving into the fundamental question of whether or not a relative decline is inevitable, the author recognizes that the changes faced over the next few decades will be more rapid and transformational than at any other period in American history. Lament for America offers concrete recommendations for renewal in areas such as defense policy, health care, education, and the environment, and serves as a useful guide to understanding how decisions will shape both the U.S.... Lament for America explores the major challenges to the status of the United States as a world superpower. In delving into the fundamental q... |
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125,88 zł |
European Security Since the Fall of the Berlin Wall
ISBN: 9781442611306 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There have been dramatic changes to the landscape of European security in the twenty years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. The essays in European Security Since the Fall of the Berlin Wall collectively take stock of how approaches to security in Europe have changed, both in practice and in theory, since the end of the Cold War. Organized into three sections, this collection begins with an exploration of the broad changes in Europe's security environment relating to issues such as terrorism and the rising importance of energy security. The second section describes the... There have been dramatic changes to the landscape of European security in the twenty years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. The essays in Eur... |
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156,16 zł |
European Security Since the Fall of the Berlin Wall
ISBN: 9781442642409 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There have been dramatic changes to the landscape of European security in the twenty years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. The essays in European Security Since the Fall of the Berlin Wall collectively take stock of how approaches to security in Europe have changed, both in practice and in theory, since the end of the Cold War. Organized into three sections, this collection begins with an exploration of the broad changes in Europe's security environment relating to issues such as terrorism and the rising importance of energy security. The second section describes the... There have been dramatic changes to the landscape of European security in the twenty years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. The essays in Eur... |
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317,35 zł |
The Other Cold War
ISBN: 9780231153041 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this conceptually bold project, Heonik Kwon uses anthropology to interrogate the cold war's cultural and historical narratives. Adopting a truly panoramic view of local politics and international events, he challenges the notion that the cold war was a global struggle fought uniformly around the world and that the end of the war marked a radical, universal rupture in modern history. Incorporating comparative ethnographic study into a thorough analysis of the period, Kwon upends cherished ideas about the global and their hold on contemporary social science. His narrative describes the...
In this conceptually bold project, Heonik Kwon uses anthropology to interrogate the cold war's cultural and historical narratives. Adopting a truly pa...
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328,76 zł |
Amid a Warring World: American Foreign Relations, 1775-1815
ISBN: 9781597975216 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The period between 1775 and 1815 could be called the -critical period- of American foreign relations. At no time in American history was the existence of the republic in greater physical peril. Questions of foreign policy dominated American public life in a way unequalled until World War II. From the American Revolution through the War of 1812, the United States was a small power confronted by great powers hostile to each other and to the United States. Furthermore, the era was dominated by two great revolutions that reshaped the Atlantic world. The problem for American diplomats and foreign...
The period between 1775 and 1815 could be called the -critical period- of American foreign relations. At no time in American history was the existence...
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272,02 zł |