The Dragon's Will: The Exercise and Limitation of China's Power from Pyongyang to Khartoum
ISBN: 9781441140258 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. China's growing power has led to many discussions on how Beijing will use its economic growth, military capabilities, and soft power in its regional and global foreign relations. Today, two predominantly Western misconceptions prevail. One is that China is going to use its newly acquired power to undermine the position of the West, especially that of the US. The other is that China is not doing enough to advance the international principles it claims to support. These case studies show how China uses a long-term perspective and holistic approach to problem-solving and rarely moves away... China's growing power has led to many discussions on how Beijing will use its economic growth, military capabilities, and soft power in its regiona... |
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332,62 zł |
The Dragon's Will: The Exercise and Limitation of China's Power from Pyongyang to Khartoum
ISBN: 9781441197542 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. China's growing power has led to many discussions on how Beijing will use its economic growth, military capabilities, and soft power in its regional and global foreign relations. Today, two predominantly Western misconceptions prevail. One is that China is going to use its newly acquired power to undermine the position of the West, especially that of the US. The other is that China is not doing enough to advance the international principles it claims to support. These case studies show how China uses a long-term perspective and holistic approach to problem-solving and rarely moves away... China's growing power has led to many discussions on how Beijing will use its economic growth, military capabilities, and soft power in its regiona... |
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102,29 zł |
Confronting Corruption, Building Accountability: Lessons from the World of International Development Advising
ISBN: 9780230100206 / Angielski / Twarda / 203 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The crisis that nearly brought the world's financial house down in 2008 demonstrated clearly that the global economy cannot work where there is widespread deception, corruption and lack of accountability. Corruption and lack of accountability are also key reasons why international development assistance so often fails to deliver on its promise.
The crisis that nearly brought the world's financial house down in 2008 demonstrated clearly that the global economy cannot work where there is widesp...
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195,42 zł |
Global Civil Society 2011: Globality and the Absence of Justice
ISBN: 9780230272019 / Angielski / Miękka / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Global Civil Society 2011 combines activist and academic accounts of contemporary struggles to promote, negotiate and deliver justice in a global frame without a central authority. In their engagement with cultural diversity and their networked communication the contributors rethink and remake justice beyond the confines of the nation state.
Global Civil Society 2011 combines activist and academic accounts of contemporary struggles to promote, negotiate and deliver justice in a global fram...
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195,42 zł |
The Olympic Movement and the Sport of Peacemaking
ISBN: 9780415618786 / Angielski / Twarda / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sport and peacemaking have evolved. It is no longer the case that the Olympic Games and war games exist in isolation from each other. Increasingly, policymakers, peacekeepers, athletes, development workers, presidents of nations and others combine forces in an integrated approach towards peace. This approach is located not only within the broader, historically evolved Olympic Movement but also in relation to a newly emerged social movement which promotes development and peace through sport. This book critically examines the ways in which this development is being played out at global,...
Sport and peacemaking have evolved. It is no longer the case that the Olympic Games and war games exist in isolation from each other. Increasingly, po...
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Religion and the State in Turkish Universities: The Headscarf Ban
ISBN: 9780230110373 / Angielski / Twarda / 207 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores educational and cultural experiences of 'part-time' unveilers during their undergraduate degree programs in public institutions in Turkey. The term 'part-time unveiler' refers to undergraduate female students who cover their hair in their private lives but who remove the headscarf while at a Turkish university.
This book explores educational and cultural experiences of 'part-time' unveilers during their undergraduate degree programs in public institutions in ...
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Economic Policy Issues for the Next Decade
ISBN: 9781441954183 / Angielski / Miękka / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 7 RZB Niederosterreich Wien, Osterreichische Lotterien, RLB Steiermark, Oester reichische Nationalbank, Bundesarbeitskammer, and Wirtschaftskammer Osterreich. We thank lise Schulz and Marianne Uitz for editing this volume. REFERENCES Aiginger, K., The New European Model of the Refonned Welfare State, Stanford University, European Forum Working Paper 2002, (2). Gordon, R. I., Two Centuries of Economic Growth: Europe Chasing the American Frontier, Paper prepared for the Economic History Workshop, Northwestern University, Chicago, 2002. JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ ECONOMIC POLICY FOR THE 21 ST CENTURY...
7 RZB Niederosterreich Wien, Osterreichische Lotterien, RLB Steiermark, Oester reichische Nationalbank, Bundesarbeitskammer, and Wirtschaftskammer Ost...
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The Idea of World Government : From ancient times to the twenty-first century
ISBN: 9780415781626 / Angielski / Twarda / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The notion of a single political organization encompassing the whole of humanity - a world state - has intrigued mankind since earliest recorded history. This book seeks to provide a concise yet comprehensive overview of the history of world government.
The notion of a single political organization encompassing the whole of humanity - a world state - has intrigued mankind since earliest recorded histo...
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Performing Otherness: Java and Bali on International Stages, 1905-1952
ISBN: 9780230224629 / Angielski / Twarda / 285 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A far-reaching examination of exoticism, cultural internationalism and modernism's encounters with Indonesian tradition, Performing Otherness examines how Indonesia entered world stages through imperialism as an antimodern phantasm and through nationalism became a means of intercultural communication and cultural diplomacy.
A far-reaching examination of exoticism, cultural internationalism and modernism's encounters with Indonesian tradition, Performing Otherness examines...
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390,87 zł |
Rising Above the Gathering Storm, Revisited: Rapidly Approaching Category 5
ISBN: 9780309160971 / Angielski / Miękka / 102 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the face of so many daunting near-term challenges, U.S. government and industry are letting the crucial strategic issues of U.S. competitiveness slip below the surface. Five years ago, the National Academies prepared Rising Above the Gathering Storm, a book that cautioned: "Without a renewed effort to bolster the foundations of our competitiveness, we can expect to lose our privileged position." Since that time we find ourselves in a country where much has changed--and a great deal has not changed. So where does America stand relative to its position of five years... In the face of so many daunting near-term challenges, U.S. government and industry are letting the crucial strategic issues of U.S. competitiveness... |
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The Politics of Intellectual Property Rights and Access to Medicines
ISBN: 9780230235298 / Angielski / Twarda / 181 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book shows why contests over intellectual property rights and access to affordable medicines emerged in the 1990s and how they have been 'resolved' so far. It argues that the current arrangement mainly ensures wealth for some rather than health for all, and points to broader concerns related to governing intellectual property solely as capital
This book shows why contests over intellectual property rights and access to affordable medicines emerged in the 1990s and how they have been 'resolve...
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Partnerships and Foundations in Global Health Governance
ISBN: 9780230238763 / Angielski / Twarda / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book argues that the new actors in global health constitute a 'private turn' in global health governance, and provides theoretical and practical grounds for viewing global health partnerships and philanthropic foundations as closely aligned in their ideational and material approaches to a range of important issues and crises.
This book argues that the new actors in global health constitute a 'private turn' in global health governance, and provides theoretical and practical ...
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Critical International Political Economy: Dialogue, Debate and Dissensus
ISBN: 9780230280304 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Amidst the continued debate surrounding the foundations of IPE, coupled with recent methodological and theoretical divides this book argues that an attempt should be made to re-visit the notion of the 'critical'. The challenge posed by contributors to this volume is to assess the development of so-called critical IPE and interrogate whether the theoretical foundations it was built upon have reached their potential. The essays in this volume take up this challenge in a number of different ways but all share a common concern - to re-assess the purpose of critical approaches, reflect on why... Amidst the continued debate surrounding the foundations of IPE, coupled with recent methodological and theoretical divides this book argues that an... |
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Solidarity Transformed: Labor Responses to Globalization and Crisis in Latin America
ISBN: 9780801476730 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mark S. Anner spent ten years working with labor unions in Latin America and returned to conduct eighteen months of field research: he found himself in the middle of violent raids, was detained and interrogated in a Salvadoran basement prison cell, and survived a bombing in a union cafeteria. This experience as a participant observer informs and enlivens Solidarity Transformed, an illustrative, nuanced, and insightful account of how labor unions in Latin America are developing new strategies to defend the interests of the workers they represent in dynamic global and local... Mark S. Anner spent ten years working with labor unions in Latin America and returned to conduct eighteen months of field research: he found himsel... |
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War, Peace, and International Political Realism: Perspectives from the Review of Politics
ISBN: 9780268160890 / Angielski / Twarda / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. These essays, all of which were published in The Review of Politics, the majority during the 1940s and 1950s, reflect four major tenets of the classical realist tradition: an obligation to confront large and difficult questions about international politics, a recognition of the fundamentally tragic nature of relations among humans and states, a rejection of historical optimism, and a belief in practical morality.
These essays, all of which were published in The Review of Politics, the majority during the 1940s and 1950s, reflect four major tenets of the classic...
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Global Citizenship and the University: Advancing Social Life and Relations in an Interdependent World
ISBN: 9780804775427 / Angielski / Miękka / 335 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With the increasing integration of global economies and societies, the nation-state is no longer the sole force shaping and defining citizenship. New ideas of "global citizenship" are emerging, and universities, which are increasingly involved in international engagements, provide a unique opportunity to explore how fundamental understandings of modern citizenship are changing. Drawing on case studies of universities in China, the United States, Hungary, and Argentina, Global Citizenship and the University moves beyond a narrow political definition of citizenship to address the...
With the increasing integration of global economies and societies, the nation-state is no longer the sole force shaping and defining citizenship. New ...
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Global Citizenship and the University: Advancing Social Life and Relations in an Interdependent World
ISBN: 9780804775410 / Angielski / Twarda / 335 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With the increasing integration of global economies and societies, the nation-state is no longer the sole force shaping and defining citizenship. New ideas of "global citizenship" are emerging, and universities, which are increasingly involved in international engagements, provide a unique opportunity to explore how fundamental understandings of modern citizenship are changing. Drawing on case studies of universities in China, the United States, Hungary, and Argentina, Global Citizenship and the University moves beyond a narrow political definition of citizenship to address the...
With the increasing integration of global economies and societies, the nation-state is no longer the sole force shaping and defining citizenship. New ...
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Locating Global Order: American Power and Canadian Security After 9/11
ISBN: 9780774818322 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since 9/11, policy-makers and observers have questioned whether America should don the mantle of empire for the sake of world peace, or whether peace will come through world government. Locating Global Order questions the very idea that the political order is hierarchical, with state and international institutions at the top and groups and individuals at the bottom. Chapters examining various case studies on Canada's role in the construction and maintenance of order domestically and internationally reveal that the global order post-9/11 is not exclusively American - allied powers... Since 9/11, policy-makers and observers have questioned whether America should don the mantle of empire for the sake of world peace, or whether pea... |
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173,99 zł |
Solidarities Beyond Borders: Transnationalizing Women's Movements
ISBN: 9780774817967 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Scholars of social movements tend to overlook the achievements and political significance of women's movements. Through theoretical discussions and empirical examples, Solidarities beyond Borders demonstrates the creativity and dynamism of transnational feminist and women's groups around the world. These timely case studies from North America, Latin America, and Southeast Asia explore the benefits and challenges of extending ties beyond national borders and disciplinary boundaries. The contributors not only bring to light the opportunities and challenges that globalization poses for... Scholars of social movements tend to overlook the achievements and political significance of women's movements. Through theoretical discussions and... |
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Indigenous Peoples and Autonomy: Insights for a Global Age
ISBN: 9780774817936 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When the UN adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in 2007, it brought the negative effect of globalization on the lives of Indigenous peoples to the centre of public debate. The contributors to this innovative collection extend the discussion by asking, what can Indigenous peoples? experiences with and thoughts on globalization tell us about the relationship between globalization and autonomy and the meaning of the concepts themselves? Indigenous Peoples and Autonomy brings together scholars from multiple disciplines and backgrounds who seek answers to... When the UN adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in 2007, it brought the negative effect of globalization on the lives of In... |
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173,99 zł |