International relations

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Ard examines Mexico's long transition to democracy and the vital role played by the National Action Party, an opposition system party inspired by Catholic social doctrine and dedicated to democratic values.

The need for collective action has never been greater, but geopolitics, structural changes and diverging preferences mean that existing global governance arrangements, devised at Bretton Woods in the 1940s, are either unravelling or outmoded.

This book discusses the various critical dimensions of the Qatar Crisis as a development that has fundamentally reshaped the nature of regional integration for the near future.

Holger Janusch sucht nach rationalistischen Erklärungen für das Scheitern internationaler Verhandlungen, indem er einen Konfliktbegriff und neuere verhandlungstheoretische Ansätze in den Neuen Liberalismus integriert und dadurch klassische Hypothesen der Kooperationsforschung infrage stellt.

Food insecurity and disease are inextricably linked.

A crucial commentary on the worst global economic crisis since the Great Depression, this book argues for 'Three Rs' - Regulation, Responsibility and Radicalism - i.

The African Stakes in the Congo War analyzes the Congo conflict by looking at the roles played by various states and factors in the conflict.

This book examines the role of transnational advocacy networks in enabling effective participation for individual citizens in the deliberative processes of global governance.

This study of police governance draws on over ninety interviews conducted with Argentine police officers.

This volume explores the role of informal networks in the politics of Middle Eastern economic reform.

Governments are rightly discussing reform of investment treaties, and of the incredibly powerful system of 'investor-state dispute settlement' (ISDS) upon which they rest.

This overview of world affairs provides a comprehensive assessment of the important trends and events during 1986 and the first half of 1987 that will have a decisive impact on U.

Who were key figures in the making of European monetary union?

State Crime and Civil Activism explores the work of non-government organisations (NGOs) challenging state violence and corruption in six countries - Colombia, Tunisia, Kenya, Turkey, Myanmar and Papua New Guinea.

As China takes up the mantle of a global power, its diplomatic policy has changed significantly as it assumes a role of regional leadership.

The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is an international organization comprised of the eight countries in South Asia.

Sally Marks provides a compelling analysis of European diplomacy between the First World War and Hitler's advent.

International Criminal Law in Context provides a critical and contextual introduction to the fundamentals of international criminal law.

This book demands that we question what we are told about security, using tools we have had for thousands of years.

In this book, Fauri and Tedeschi bring together contributions that outline the movement of job seekers and ethnic minority entrepreneurs in Europe, to analyse the overall impact of different forms of migration on European economies in the last 100 years.

This book aims at providing students, experts and practitioners with a detailed overview of agricultural and food security issues in China, analyzed through the lenses of a multidisciplinary approach that enables to fully grasp the current socio-political challenges and lock-ins of agricultural transformation towards more sustainable practices.

Much more than a simple examination of EU-Asia relations, this book examines the idea that the EU may constitute a 'model' for East Asian regionalism.

This book provides a detailed examination of Japan's diplomatic relations in the 1950s, an important decade in international affairs when new structures and systems emerged, and when Japan established patterns in its international relationships which continue today.

This book provides an introductory analysis of Norway's foreign policy in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, with a particular focus on the latter.

Dark Shadows is a compelling portrait of Kazakhstan, a country that is little known in the West.

International Relations: A European Perspective presents the main schools of international relations while underlining the added value of the European approach.

The face of international politics has changed significantly in the 21st century: it has become increasingly female.

This expansive history traces the hidden connections between oil and capitalism from the late 1800s to the current climate crisis.

New conventional wisdom posits that the public in democracies is inattentive but not really ignorant nor easily swayed, and indeed quite consistent and thoughtful when it comes to national security and foreign policy issues.

This book looks at the transition of modern Chinese society in terms of its culture and literature.

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By comparing the role and influence of early Christian missionaries with those of Christian NGOs today, this book critically assesses the idea of a Christian 'civilizing mission' within the context of China.

Radio Diplomacy and Propaganda investigates the role of international radio broadcasting in diplomacy during the Cold War period and, in particular, the contribution of the BBC and the Voice of America in the construction and projection of foreign policy, together with their role in the dissemination of international propaganda.

Combining innovative theory with detailed case studies, this book offers a novel account of the border-crossing processes of civil war.

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As a new president takes power in Russia, this book provides an analysis of the changing relationship between control of Russian television media and presidential power during the tenure of President Vladimir Putin.

This book provides a broad, interdisciplinary analysis of events impacting on North Macedonia since its independence, particularly during the last decade.

An examination of how American newspaper articles on Muslims are strikingly negative by any measure.

The ethics of hospitality - the welcome of the foreigner - is implied in all moral debate in international relations ranging from questions of asylum to those of humanitarian intervention.

Noble Cause Corruption, the Banality of Evil, and the Threat to American Democracy, 1950-2008 is a probe of the mindset of American government officials, from presidents of the United States on down, who decided that necessity required that the American democracy had to be defended by actions and policies that were contrary to the traditional ideals of the democracy.

This book offers a comprehensive review of the Communist Party of China's approach to diplomacy, through an extensive evaluation of the major practices and theories behind the Party's diplomacy, with its main achievements in its 90 years of diplomacy highlighted.

American foreign policy is fundamental to any understanding of how the post-war world has been shaped.

Der Wirtschaftstheoretiker, Diplomat und Eisenbahnpionier Friedrich List hat den industriellen Take-off in Deutschland im 19.

Kreutz examines the goals and strategies of Russia and the former Soviet Union toward most of the Arab states in the Middle East.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of feminist international relations in South Asia.

The transatlantic dispute over genetically modified organisms (GMOs) has brought into conflict the United States and the European Union, two long-time allies and economically interdependent democracies with a long record of successful cooperation.

In this highly provocative and documented book, Thibault Muzergues describes how war in Europe is now more likely than it has been for at least the past 30 years, how it might come back to Europe and what Europeans can do to avoid getting drawn again in fratricide conflicts.

This book examines the political consequences of European security commercialisation through increased reliance on private military and security companies (PMSCs).