Crisis of the State: War and Social Upheaval
ISBN: 9781845455835 / Angielski / Twarda / 338 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Analyzing both historical contexts and geographical locations, this volume explores the continuous reformation of state power and its potential in situations of violent conflict. The state, otherwise understood as an abstract and transcendent concept in many works on globalization in political philosophy, is instead located and analyzed here as an embedded part of lived reality. This relationship to the state is exposed as an integral factor to the formation of the social - whether in Africa, the Middle East, South America or the United States. Through the examination of these particular... Analyzing both historical contexts and geographical locations, this volume explores the continuous reformation of state power and its potential in... |
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Worst-Case Scenario?: Governance, Mediation and the Security Regime
ISBN: 9781848135307 / Angielski / Miękka / 295 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this original and provocative new book, Stuart Price identifies the existence of a practice that lies at the core of the western security regime - the worst-case scenario. This consists of the projection of a significant material threat, made by an authoritative or executive power, used to bolster the security agenda of the neo-liberal state. This in turn has altered the conduct of military and police operations, which are increasingly directed against any substantial expression of dissent.
Using a wide range of official sources and case studies, from 9/11 to the Stockwell shooting,... In this original and provocative new book, Stuart Price identifies the existence of a practice that lies at the core of the western security regime - ...
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121,80 zł |
Resurrecting Empire: Western Footprints and America's Perilous Path in the Middle East
ISBN: 9781850439035 / Angielski / Miękka / 229 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rashid Khalidi's powerful new book examines the record of Western involvement in the Middle East and analyzes the likely outcomes of the U.S.A's most recent incursions in the region. Begun as the United States and Britain moved their forces into Iraq, and specially updated for this U.K.
Rashid Khalidi's powerful new book examines the record of Western involvement in the Middle East and analyzes the likely outcomes of the U.S.A's most ...
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116,73 zł |
A Vulcan's Tale: How the Bush Administration Mismanaged the Reconstruction of Afghanistan
ISBN: 9780815725466 / Angielski / Miękka / 335 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A firsthand account of how the Bush administration mismanaged its Afghan campaign, "A Vulcan's Tale" shines new and important light on the events and people behind the headlines in the immediate years following the September 11 attacks. The "Vulcans," so named by Condoleezza Rice, were eight foreign policy experts who advised George W. Bush during his 2000 presidential campaign. After Bush assumed the presidency, the Vulcans helped shape the administration's foreign policy following 9/11, including the military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. All were veterans of past... A firsthand account of how the Bush administration mismanaged its Afghan campaign, "A Vulcan's Tale" shines new and important light on the events a... |
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106,84 zł |
The Quality of Science and Engineering at the Nnsa National Security Laboratories
ISBN: 9780309290906 / Angielski / Miękka / 74 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The three National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) national security laboratories--Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), and Sandia National Laboratories (SNL)--are a major component of the U.S. government's laboratory complex and of the national science and technology base. These laboratories are large, diverse, highly respected institutions with broad programs in basic sciences, applied sciences, technology development, and engineering; and they are home to world-class staff and facilities. Under a recent interagency agreement... The three National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) national security laboratories--Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Lawrence Livermore... |
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154,99 zł |
The Ethics of Armed Conflict: A Cosmopolitan Just War Theory
ISBN: 9780748645756 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Just war theory exists to stop armies and countries from using armed force without good cause. But how can we judge whether a war is just? In this original book, John W. Lango takes some distinctive approaches to the ethics of armed conflict.
. A revisionist approach that involves generalising traditional just war principles, so that they are applicable by all sorts of responsible agents to all forms of armed conflict . A cosmopolitan approach that features the Security Council . A preventive approach that emphasises alternatives to armed force, including negotiation, nonviolent... Just war theory exists to stop armies and countries from using armed force without good cause. But how can we judge whether a war is just? In this ori...
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The Romani Movement: Minority Politics and Ethnic Mobilization in Contemporary Central Europe
ISBN: 9781845451646 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The collapse of communism and the process of state building that ensued in the 1990s have highlighted the existence of significant minorities in many European states, particularly in Central Europe. In this context, the growing plight of Europe's biggest minority, the Roma (Gypsies), has been particularly salient. Traditionally dispersed, possessing few resources and devoid of a common "kin state" to protect their interests, the Roma have often suffered from widespread exclusion and institutionalized discrimination. Politically underrepresented and lacking popular support amongst the... The collapse of communism and the process of state building that ensued in the 1990s have highlighted the existence of significant minorities in m... |
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502,65 zł |
The Making of the Tunisian Revolution: Contexts, Architects, Prospects
ISBN: 9780748691036 / Angielski / Miękka / 351 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From late 2010 to the present day, the Arab world has been shot through with insurrection and revolt. As a result, Tunisia is now seen as the unlikely birthplace and exemplar of the process of democratisation long overdue in the Arab world.
Mixing political, historical, economic, social and cultural analyses and approaches, these essays reflect on the local, regional and transnational dynamics together with the long and short term factors that, when combined, set in motion the Tunisian revolution and the Arab uprisings. Above all, the book maps the intertwined genealogies of cultural... From late 2010 to the present day, the Arab world has been shot through with insurrection and revolt. As a result, Tunisia is now seen as the unlikely...
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380,79 zł |
The Making of the Tunisian Revolution: Contexts, Architects, Prospects
ISBN: 9780748691043 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From late 2010 to the present day, the Arab world has been shot through with insurrection and revolt. As a result, Tunisia is now seen as the unlikely birthplace and exemplar of the process of democratisation long overdue in the Arab world.
Mixing political, historical, economic, social and cultural analyses and approaches, these essays reflect on the local, regional and transnational dynamics together with the long and short term factors that, when combined, set in motion the Tunisian revolution and the Arab uprisings. Above all, the book maps the intertwined genealogies of cultural... From late 2010 to the present day, the Arab world has been shot through with insurrection and revolt. As a result, Tunisia is now seen as the unlikely...
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126,88 zł |
War Narratives and the American National Will in War
ISBN: 9781137426208 / Angielski / Twarda / 221 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The understanding of the national will in war needs to move beyond untested maxims that the nation is averse to conflicts which are not costless and quick. To better understand the true American will, one must ask the following: What variables shape the du
The understanding of the national will in war needs to move beyond untested maxims that the nation is averse to conflicts which are not costless and q...
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On American Freedom: A Critique of the Country's Core Value with a Reform Agenda
ISBN: 9781137435897 / Angielski / Twarda / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Although freedom is America's core value, few Americans have a clear idea of what it means or - worse - enjoy much freedom in any of its conventional meanings. Drawing from republican tradition, the book critiques the contemporary American value of freedom as it appears in politics, the economy, and culture.
Although freedom is America's core value, few Americans have a clear idea of what it means or - worse - enjoy much freedom in any of its conventional ...
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Rethinking Border Control for a Globalizing World: A Preferred Future
ISBN: 9780415708333 / Angielski / Twarda / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides a new point of departure for thinking critically and creatively about international borders and the perceived need to defend them, adopting an innovative 'preferred future' methodology. The authors critically examine a range of 'border domains' including law, citizenship, governance, morality, security, economy, culture and civil society, which provide the means and justification for contemporary border controls, and identify early signs that the dynamics of sovereignty and borders are being fundamentally transformed under conditions of neoliberal globalization.... This book provides a new point of departure for thinking critically and creatively about international borders and the perceived need to defend the... |
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736,21 zł |
Statebuilding and State-Formation: The Political Sociology of Intervention
ISBN: 9780415731423 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the ways in which long-term processes of state-formation limit the possibilities for short-term political projects of statebuilding. Using process-oriented approaches, the contributing authors explore what happens when conscious efforts at statebuilding 'meet' social contexts, and are transformed into daily routines. In order to explain their findings, they also analyse the temporally and spatially broader structures of world society which shape the possibilities of statebuilding. Statebuilding and State-Formation includes a variety of case studies from post-conflict...
This book examines the ways in which long-term processes of state-formation limit the possibilities for short-term political projects of statebuilding...
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218,27 zł |
1948 and 1968 - Dramatic Milestones in Czech and Slovak History
ISBN: 9780415845717 / Angielski / Miękka / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume has been published to coincide with the anniversaries of two significant milestones in Czech and Slovak history - the establishment of communist rule in 1948 and the Prague Spring of 1968 - and in anticipation of the 20th anniversary of the 1989 'Velvet Revolution'. Given the ultimate failure of the communist system, these events and their legacy for Czech and Slovak society and politics merit continued study, particularly given the wealth of new data made available when state and Party archives were finally opened in the 1990s. The essays in this volume, by witnesses, historians...
This volume has been published to coincide with the anniversaries of two significant milestones in Czech and Slovak history - the establishment of com...
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101,49 zł |
A Global Security Triangle: European, African and Asian Interaction
ISBN: 9780415847995 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book considers the interactions between Africa, Asia and Europe, analysing the short and long term strategies various states have adopted to external relations. The urgency attached to the agenda of international terrorism and human and drugs- trafficking has forced the European Union into new cooperation with Africa and Asia. These inter-regional relations have taken on new dimensions in the context of contemporary international politics framed by new security challenges, and new competitive forces particularly from Asia. This book provides both conceptual and empirical arguments to...
This book considers the interactions between Africa, Asia and Europe, analysing the short and long term strategies various states have adopted to exte...
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48,43 zł |
Religion and Democratizations
ISBN: 9780415850308 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines key debates on religion and democratization from three main perspectives:
The contributions are... This book examines key debates on religion and democratization from three main perspectives:
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96,42 zł |
An Ethnographic Approach to Peacebuilding: Understanding Local Experiences in Transitional States
ISBN: 9780415870351 / Angielski / Twarda / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book aims to outline and promote an ethnographic approach to evaluating international peacebuilding interventions in transitional states. While the evaluation of peacebuilding and transitional justice efforts has been a growing concern in recent years, too often evaluations assess projects based on locally irrelevant measures, reinforce the status quo distribution of power in transitional situations, and uncritically accept the implicit conceptions of the funders, planners, and administrators of such projects. This book argues that evaluating the effects of peacebuilding... This book aims to outline and promote an ethnographic approach to evaluating international peacebuilding interventions in transitional states. W... |
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710,82 zł |
Fruits of Propaganda in the Tyler Administration
ISBN: 9780674420854 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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The Royal Navy and Anti-Submarine Warfare, 1917-49
ISBN: 9781138010420 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An essential new account of how anti-submarine warfare is conducted, with a focus on both historic and present-day operations. This new book shows how until 1944 U-boats operated as submersible torpedo craft which relied heavily on the surface for movement and charging their batteries. This pattern was repeated in WWII until Allied anti-submarine countermeasures had forced the Germans to modify their existing U-boats with the schnorkel. Countermeasures along also pushed the development of high-speed U-boats capable of continuously submerged operations. This study... An essential new account of how anti-submarine warfare is conducted, with a focus on both historic and present-day operations. This new boo... |
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263,97 zł |
Migrants or Expatriates?: Americans in Europe
ISBN: 9781349334063 / Angielski / Miękka / 330 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the migration, integration and transnational activity of overseas Americans - American migrants - in France, Germany and the UK. It examines the reasons for their migration, introduces the concept of 'accidental migrant' and explores the question of overseas Americans' integration and identity formation.
This book examines the migration, integration and transnational activity of overseas Americans - American migrants - in France, Germany and the UK. It...
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194,52 zł |