ilość książek w kategorii: 8733
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The Promotion of Freedom of Speech in China and South-East Asia: The Role of the United Nations
ISBN: 9783640930982 / Angielski / Miękka / 70 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bachelor Thesis from the year 2009 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: South Asia, grade: 5,5 (Schweizer System), University of St. Gallen, course: International Affairs, language: English, abstract: Freedom of speech is considered to be a counter stone for democracy and development. This paper aims to contribute to the discussion on the topic of freedom of speech, with a special focus on China and South‐ East Asia. To approach this topic, first of all, an overview of the topic of human rights will be presented, and an examination of the principle of universality...
Bachelor Thesis from the year 2009 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: South Asia, grade: 5,5 (Schweizer System), University of...
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A Special Relationship? CB: British Foreign Policy in the Era of American Hegemony
ISBN: 9780719083716 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book addresses the special relationship from the perspective of post-Second World War British governments. It asks how they have perceived the special relationship and performed a foreign policy role within it? This enables the book to argue that Britain's foreign policy challenges the dominant idea that its power has been waning and that it sees itself as the junior partner to the hegemonic US.The book also shows how at moments of international crisis successive British governments have attempted to re-play the same foreign policy role within the special relationship. By setting...
This book addresses the special relationship from the perspective of post-Second World War British governments. It asks how they have perceived the sp...
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Atomic Diplomacy: Hiroshima and Potsdam
ISBN: 9780745309477 / Angielski / Miękka / 414 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This revised edition of a work first published in 1960, provides new evidence to support the thesis that the primary reason for bombing Hiroshima was not to end the war on Japan, but to make the Russians more manageable. It re-evaluates the decisions that precipitated the use of atomic weapons.
This revised edition of a work first published in 1960, provides new evidence to support the thesis that the primary reason for bombing Hiroshima was ...
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The Structural Prevention of Mass Atrocities: Understanding Risk and Resilience
ISBN: 9780415791106 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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244,84 |
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At the Core: The United Nation's Tragically Massive Corruption and How It Affects You
ISBN: 9781439201398 / Angielski / Miękka / 596 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Author's email: at.the.core@hotmail.com The United Nations is touted internationally as a bastion of neutrality, an organization whose ethics should be duplicated around the world. M.M. Pierce's stunning book, At the Core: The United Nation's Tragically Massive Corruption and How It Affects You, blows the cover on decades of corruption within this revered body. The knowledgeable author not only describes, but meticulously itemizes corruptive practices and supports the theses with expert testimony. Through sworn legal briefs and journalistic tenacity, we learn how this corruption affects the...
Author's email: at.the.core@hotmail.com The United Nations is touted internationally as a bastion of neutrality, an organization whose ethics should b...
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Breaking the Rules: Working for the UN can be fun. And it can also do some good provided one is ready to lie, fib, obfuscate and break all
ISBN: 9781463665432 / Angielski / Miękka / 378 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Breaking the Rules" it that rare book which provides a unique insight into some of the events that have shaped our time: the Vietnam War and its aftermath, the ongoing Middle East crisis and China as it evolved from Mao to market economy, all viewed from the perspective of the UN refugee agency and its wacky workings. In 1973 the author meets the then UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan who asks him to becomes his liaison officer to the South Vietnam Liberation Front, the Viet Cong. After the fall of Saigon in 1975 he becomes the UNHCR Representative in Hanoi where...
"Breaking the Rules" it that rare book which provides a unique insight into some of the events that have shaped our time: the Vietnam War and its afte...
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Diplomats and Terrorists - Or: How I Survived a 61-day Cocktail Party
ISBN: 9781463789886 / Angielski / Miękka / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. American Ambassador Diego Asencio bravely reconstructs his 61 days of captivity in Bogota, Colombia. The siege takes place at the Dominican Republic Embassy and is carried out by Colombia's revolutionary M-19 guerrilla organization. This book is a rare look at how the captive diplomats played a large role in securing freedom. It is also testimony that, given time, the honest practice of conflict resolution can bring positive results. It is a small miracle that only one person died during this epic takeover. Much credit must be given to the diplomats in captivity. Ambassador Asencio is a...
American Ambassador Diego Asencio bravely reconstructs his 61 days of captivity in Bogota, Colombia. The siege takes place at the Dominican Republic E...
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Australia, Oceania, & Antarctica: A Continental Overview of Environmental Issues
ISBN: 9781576076941 / Angielski / Twarda / 269 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. They are vast, distant, and scarcely populated. Yet the environments of Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica are facing the same threats confronting the rest of the planet, as well as some unique ones of their own. How have human-introduced species impacted Australia's natural order? What new global conventions are helping close Antarctica's ozone hole? And how is global climate change threatening the South Pacific's species-rich coral reefs? The region's governments are grappling with the spectre of global warming, which, if not meaningfullly addressed by industrialized nations... They are vast, distant, and scarcely populated. Yet the environments of Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica are facing the same threats confronting ... |
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Global Power of Talk: Negotiating America's Interests
ISBN: 9781594519437 / Angielski / Miękka / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Global Power of Talk explores the power of negotiation and diplomacy in US foreign policy at a critical juncture in US history. Beginning with the failure of US diplomacy in relation to Saddam Hussein's regime in the 1980s, it shows how a series of diplomatic blunders has laid the foundations for the uninhibited use of 'gun power' over 'talk power' in the last two decades. It critically examines missed opportunities in America's handling of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in both the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations. In a provocative conclusion, the authors argue that the...
The Global Power of Talk explores the power of negotiation and diplomacy in US foreign policy at a critical juncture in US history. Beginning with the...
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Europe, Globalization, and the Coming of the Universal Caliphate
ISBN: 9781611474923 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The scope and the theme of the book is to analyze the modern political trends and strategies that are leading to major changes in Western civilization, America included, since the OIC strategy targets America also. Learning from the European experience is crucial for Americans. Moreover this evolution is inscribed in the historical movement of Islamic theology and expansionism. It is not fortuitous but it has its own theological and political structure that must be known in the West if we wish to live in a peaceful world.
The scope and the theme of the book is to analyze the modern political trends and strategies that are leading to major changes in Western civilization...
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The Liberty of Religious Rights and Religious Education in the Frame of the State Legislation in Hungary: A comparative legal study
ISBN: 9783656279624 / Angielski / Miękka / 26 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Scientific Essay from the year 2012 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Eastern Europe, Karoli Gaspar University of the Reformed Church, language: English, comment: In this short essay, the authors would intend to present the possible opportunities of religious education in the frame of the state legislation. Based on the current legislative issues, every faithful is entitled to get the proper religious education related to his/her own belief. However, the scale of the religious congregations might be very wide, hence the state must create a frame to fit the small...
Scientific Essay from the year 2012 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Eastern Europe, Karoli Gaspar University of the Reforme...
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The United States and the Congo Crisis, 1960 - 1961: A Constructivist Interpretation of US Foreign Policy
ISBN: 9783656340089 / Angielski / Miękka / 24 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Scientific Essay from the year 2012 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Africa, grade: A, University of Miami (Department of International Studies), course: American Imperialism, language: English, abstract: An assessment of the role played by the United States in the so-called Congo Crisis, focusing on the initial stage from 1960 to early 1961. Following a rendering of the historical context, US foreign policy will be analyzed from a three-dimensional perspective. Thus, Realist, Marxist, and Constructivist theories of International Relations are employed to provide an...
Scientific Essay from the year 2012 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Africa, grade: A, University of Miami (Department of In...
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Challenges and Importance of Nuclear Security: A Case Study of Pakistan
ISBN: 9783656344636 / Angielski / Miękka / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Master's Thesis from the year 2012 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Far East, Quaid I Azam University (Department of Defense and Strategic Studies), course: Seminar on Cureent Issues, language: English, abstract: The researcher has tried to look into the issue of the Security of Pakistan's Nuclear Assets objectively. The day Pakistan has become the nuclear power; it has been under stressful situation. It has to face different threats, from inside as well as from outside. Pakistan, being the sole Muslim nuclear power, has perturbed the sleep of many foreign forces....
Master's Thesis from the year 2012 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Far East, Quaid I Azam University (Department of Defense...
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The Environment and International History
ISBN: 9781472525055 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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International Law, New Diplomacy and Counterterrorism: An interdisciplinary study of legitimacy
ISBN: 9780415708357 / Angielski / Twarda / 310 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This interdisciplinary book explores how terrorism is meant to target a government's legitimacy, and advocates for sounder defensive measures when countering international attacks. The dramatic increase in global cooperation throughout the twentieth century-between international organisations and their state missions of diplomats, foreign officers, international civil servants, intelligence officers, military personnel, police investigators, judges, legislators, and financial regulators-has had a bearing on the shape and content of the domestic political order. The rules that govern... This interdisciplinary book explores how terrorism is meant to target a government's legitimacy, and advocates for sounder defensive measures when ... |
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Only Beautiful, Please: A British Diplomat in North Korea
ISBN: 9781931368254 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Coverage of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) all too often focuses solely on nuclear proliferation, military parades, and the personality cult around its leaders. As the British ambassador to North Korea, John Everard had the rare experience of living there from 2006, when the DPRK conducted its first nuclear test, to 2008, just before Kim Jong Il's stroke. While stationed in Pyongyang, Everard's travels around the DPRK provided him with numerous opportunities to meet and converse with North Koreans. "Only Beautiful, Please" goes beyond official North Korea to unveil... Coverage of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) all too often focuses solely on nuclear proliferation, military parades, and the perso... |
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Politics, Religion and Power in the Great Lakes Region
ISBN: 9782869784925 / Angielski / Miękka / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Politics, Religion and Power in the Great Lakes Region covers the political, religious and power relations in the contemporary Great Lakes States: Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Tanzania, Kenya and the Sudan. The work is important because of the nexus between these countries shared present and past - their political, socio-economic, cultural and historical aspirations. In terms of regional cooperation, they are the countries, save for the DRC and the Sudan, which form the current East African Community (EAC). The book reflects on the complex dynamics and...
Politics, Religion and Power in the Great Lakes Region covers the political, religious and power relations in the contemporary Great Lakes States: Uga...
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Political Culture, Islam and Public Participation in Modern Egypt
ISBN: 9783638649124 / Angielski / Miękka / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Near East, Near Orient, grade: very good, University of Vienna (Institute for Politcal Science), course: African Political Systems, language: English, abstract: In the vast field of political culture on the one hand and public participation, respectively democratisation, on the other hand I will start by limiting the field of my study by defining its aims. My first guiding thesis is that there is a cleavage between state and society in Egypt and I want to show some aspects and dimensions of its present...
Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Near East, Near Orient, grade: very good, University of Vi...
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A radical consequence of modernity : The Fethullah Gülen Movement as a Political Power Beyond the Turkish Nation State
ISBN: 9783640664191 / Angielski / Miękka / 40 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Project Report from the year 2010 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Near East, Near Orient, grade: 1,3, Middle East Technical University, language: English, abstract: This work deals with the broad topic of -Politcal Power beyond the State- and shows with the particular example of the Fethullah Gulen movement in Turkey how a non-state actor takes political power beyond the nation-state and slowly but surely transforms the identity of the Turkish Republic. A motivation to work on Fethullah Gulen as a political power beyond the state is the fact that Gulen in a survey...
Project Report from the year 2010 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Near East, Near Orient, grade: 1,3, Middle East Technical...
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The Impact of Migration on Areas of Limited Statehood in Sub-Sahara Africa
ISBN: 9783640730650 / Angielski / Miękka / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Africa, grade: 1,3, Hertie School of Governance (Master of Public Policy), course: Governance in Areas of Limited Statehood, language: English, abstract: (...) While Western economists and politicians discuss whether more or less migration benefits their countries, the other side of the medal, namely the impact of massive labour outflows on sending communities, is seldom devoted much attention (...). Every migrant that leaves an African country for another or for a destination off the continent takes...
Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Africa, grade: 1,3, Hertie School of Governance (Master of...
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