ilość książek w kategorii: 2541
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Industries and Globalization: The Political Causality of Difference
ISBN: 9781349299898 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Through analyzing recent change within six industries this book develops a resolutely interdisciplinary approach to studying globalization. By combining questions and methodologies from institutionalist economics and political science, it proposes a generalizable model for studying the politics of industry. It then tests a causal hypothesis.
Through analyzing recent change within six industries this book develops a resolutely interdisciplinary approach to studying globalization. By combini...
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201,24 |
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Russia as an Aspiring Great Power in East Asia: Perceptions and Policies from Yeltsin to Putin
ISBN: 9781349302772 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rangsimaporn argues that Russia aspires to become a great power and tries to achieve this through utilizing its position as a Eurasian country, with vast territories in East Asia, its economic assets, primarily arms and energy, and careful management of its role in a multipolar East Asia with a complex balance of power.
Rangsimaporn argues that Russia aspires to become a great power and tries to achieve this through utilizing its position as a Eurasian country, with v...
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201,24 |
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Peace, Power and Resistance in Cambodia: Global Governance and the Failure of International Conflict Resolution
ISBN: 9781349406852 / Angielski / Miękka / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The political economy of emerging mechanisms of global governance entails the imposition of specific models of conflict resolution in peripheral regions. This has led to international peace initiatives which often lack resonance in the complex of institutions and practices at the centre of long-standing conflicts in these regions.
The political economy of emerging mechanisms of global governance entails the imposition of specific models of conflict resolution in peripheral regio...
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201,24 |
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Brexit: How Britain Left Europe
ISBN: 9781784537845 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. HOW COULD THIS HAVE HAPPENED? On 23 June 2016, UK voters elected to leave the European Union. The result was perhaps the biggest bombshell in modern British political history. In this new and updated edition of Denis MacShane's bestselling history of the UK's relationship with Europe, the former Europe Minister reveals the full story behind Britain's historic EU Referendum decision. Denis MacShane was the only senior Remainer to have called the EU Referendum result correctly and his book provides the essential context to the new political and economic landscape of Brexit Britain.
HOW COULD THIS HAVE HAPPENED? On 23 June 2016, UK voters elected to leave the European Union. The result was perhaps the biggest bombshell in modern B...
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73,42 |
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Games of Conflict and Cooperation in Asia
ISBN: 9784431564645 / Angielski / Twarda / 275 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This edited volume is an outcome of the first major collaborative project between Japanese economists and political scientists, funded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. The authors of the individual chapters show that Asian states play games of conflict and cooperation strategically by creating, changing, or destroying institutions. For them, conflict and cooperation are inseparable phenomena and are integral parts of states' strategic interactions under constraints. Through the establishment of appropriate institutions that coordinate states' actions, present conflict... This edited volume is an outcome of the first major collaborative project between Japanese economists and political scientists, funded by the Japa... |
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Oil
ISBN: 9781509511723 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Oil pulses through our daily lives. It is the plastic we touch, the food we eat, and the way we move. Oil politics in the twentieth century was about the management of abundance, state power, and market growth. The legacy of this age of plenty includes declining conventional oil reserves, volatile prices, climate change, and enduring poverty in many oil-rich countries. The politics of oil are now at a turning point, and its future will not be like its past. In this in-depth primer to one of the world's most significant industries, authors Gavin Bridge and Philippe Le Billon take a... Oil pulses through our daily lives. It is the plastic we touch, the food we eat, and the way we move. Oil politics in the twentieth century was abo... |
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Oil
ISBN: 9781509511730 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Oil pulses through our daily lives. It is the plastic we touch, the food we eat, and the way we move. Oil politics in the twentieth century was about the management of abundance, state power, and market growth. The legacy of this age of plenty includes declining conventional oil reserves, volatile prices, climate change, and enduring poverty in many oil-rich countries. The politics of oil are now at a turning point, and oil's future will not be like its past.
In this in-depth primer to one of the world's most significant industries, authors Gavin Bridge and Philippe Le Billon... Oil pulses through our daily lives. It is the plastic we touch, the food we eat, and the way we move. Oil politics in the twentieth century was about ...
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The Drug War in Latin America: Hegemony and Global Capitalism
ISBN: 9781138209824 / Angielski / Twarda / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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U.S.-India Relations: Democratic Partners of Economic Opportunity
ISBN: 9781539170402 / Angielski / Miękka / 62 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The U.S.-India relationship can be characterized as one of enormous potential. It is in the interest of this subcommittee and the United States to see democratic societies prosper, and it is because of this view that India is a natural partner for the United States. The 1.3-billion-person nation has become the focus of U.S. trade and business opportunity. As a growing military power, India is also a critical global security partner with the potential to help avert military confrontation and conflict in the Indo-Pacific region. Both the United States and India recognize the potential...
The U.S.-India relationship can be characterized as one of enormous potential. It is in the interest of this subcommittee and the United States to see...
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Trade with Cuba: Growth and Opportunities
ISBN: 9781539322528 / Angielski / Miękka / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1962, the United States imposed a trade embargo on Cuba. Fifty-four years later, Cuba is still communist and the Castros are still in charge. But it has succeeded-this policy-in hurting U.S. agricultural business. In December 2014, the administration announced that the U.S. would take steps to normalize the U.S.-Cuba relationship. Cuba was removed from the state sponsor of terrorists list. A U.S. Embassy was opened in Havana. The Department of Treasury and Commerce rolled out three rounds of trade reforms. But it is Congress alone than can lift the embargo on Cuba. The United States used...
In 1962, the United States imposed a trade embargo on Cuba. Fifty-four years later, Cuba is still communist and the Castros are still in charge. But i...
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Great Powers and Geopolitics: International Affairs in a Rebalancing World
ISBN: 9783319362502 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book presents the theoretical-historical-comparative political framework needed to fully grasp the truly dynamic nature of 21st century global affairs.
This book presents the theoretical-historical-comparative political framework needed to fully grasp the truly dynamic nature of 21st century global af...
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560,12 |
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Reciprocity and Retaliation in U.S. Trade Policy
ISBN: 9780881320848 / Angielski / Miękka / 503 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Should the United States use retaliatory threats to open foreign markets or deter unfair trading practices? This study reexamines the arguments for and against reciprocity and retaliatory threats in light of actual experience since early 1975, especially the United States' aggressive use of the section 301, special 301, and super 301 provisions of US trade law, which gives the president broad authority to retaliate against "unjustifiable, unreasonable, or discriminatory" foreign trade practices. It analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of these policies and the circumstances under which...
Should the United States use retaliatory threats to open foreign markets or deter unfair trading practices? This study reexamines the arguments for an...
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103,11 |
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Who's Bashing Whom?: Trade Conflicts in High-Technology Industries
ISBN: 9780881321067 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study seeks to resolve the "free trade vs. managed trade" debate. It provides innovative recommendations for US policy based on detailed and rigorous case studies of high-technology trade conflicts between the United States, Japan and Europe in aircraft, telecommunications, electronics and supercomputers.The study addresses three key issues: What trade policy should the United States adopt to support its high-technology industries? What domestic policy initiatives are necessary to realize this goal? Are new international rules needed to reduce trade conflicts over high-technology...
This study seeks to resolve the "free trade vs. managed trade" debate. It provides innovative recommendations for US policy based on detailed and rigo...
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103,11 |
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Trade and Development Report: 2016: Structural Transformation for Inclusive and Sustained Growth
ISBN: 9789211129038 / Angielski / Miękka / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Development is a transformational process, combining a series of interactive and cumulative linkages to create a virtuous circle of enhanced resource mobilization, higher incomes, expanding markets and investment, leading to more and better jobs. Such a structural transformation requires selective government policies to shift a country's productive structure towards activities and sectors with higher productivity, better paid jobs and greater technological potential what is commonly called "industrial policies." The Trade and Development Report (TDR) 2016 highlights the central role of...
Development is a transformational process, combining a series of interactive and cumulative linkages to create a virtuous circle of enhanced resource ...
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284,07 |
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Free Trade Agreements in the Asia Pacific
ISBN: 9789813203563 / Angielski / Miękka / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) have proliferated in East Asia as regional economies rush to catch up with the rest of the world — but what difference do they make? This book answers that question by providing an up-to-date assessment of the quality and impact of FTAs in the region. Featuring a collection of papers originally written for the prestigious Research Institute for Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) in Tokyo, it presents contemporary analysis and insights into the evolution of recent FTAs. The book is suitable for use by trade policy negotiators, policy analysts, and people...
Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) have proliferated in East Asia as regional economies rush to catch up with the rest of the world — but what differ...
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235,10 |
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Who Benefits From Trade?
ISBN: 9780876096819 / Angielski / Miękka / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Trade policy is one of the hottest issues of the 2016 election, but throughout the campaign, the level of discussion about it has been abysmally low. This collection is designed to correct that, offering readers everything they need to understand the relevant facts and arguments and make informed decisions for themselves about what should be done in this crucial arena.
Trade policy is one of the hottest issues of the 2016 election, but throughout the campaign, the level of discussion about it has been abysmally low. ...
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Handbook of Research on Fair Trade
ISBN: 9781783474615 / Angielski / Miękka / 608 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Fair trade critiques the historical inequalities inherent in international trade and seeks to promote social justice by creating alternative networks linking marginalized producers (typically in the global South) with progressive consumers (typically in the global North). The first of its kind, this volume brings together 43 of the foremost fair trade scholars from around the world and across the social sciences. The Handbook serves as both a comprehensive overview and in-depth guide to dominant perspectives and concerns. Chapters analyze the rapidly growing fair trade movement and market,...
Fair trade critiques the historical inequalities inherent in international trade and seeks to promote social justice by creating alternative networks ...
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Judicial Politics and International Cooperation: From Disputes to Deal-Making at the World Trade Organization
ISBN: 9781785522550 / Angielski / Miękka / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Judicial politics has emerged as a central feature of the multilateral trading system alongside a steep decline in the World Trade Organization's ability to deliver negotiated trade liberalization. This book advances innovative arguments and presents original evidence to shed light on the important and surprisingly under-researched question of whether, and how, judicial politics has affected the prospects for cooperation in the WTO through multilateral trade rounds.
Judicial politics has emerged as a central feature of the multilateral trading system alongside a steep decline in the World Trade Organization's abil...
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Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters: 2015, Supp. 25
ISBN: 9789218000095 / Angielski / Miękka / 28 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Presents the Report on the Eleventh Session of the Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters.
Presents the Report on the Eleventh Session of the Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters.
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Bioinformation
ISBN: 9781509505463 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From DNA sequences stored on computer databases to archived forensic samples and biomedical records, bioinformation comes in many forms. Its unique provenance ? the fact that it is ?mined? from the very fabric of the human body ? makes it a mercurial resource; one that no one seemingly owns, but in which many have deeply vested interests. From DNA sequences stored on computer databases to archived forensic samples and biomedical records, bioinformation comes in many forms. Its unique... |
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