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Israel’s Asymmetric Wars
Av S. Cohen
Inbunden, 2010
551 kr
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This book is devoted to Israel's asymmetric wars, those conducted against irregular armed groups that have attacked it. It seeks to understand the Israeli strategy in the fight against terrorists acting under the guise of civilians or using the population as human shields. The army has implemented …
Making Peace
The Contribution of International Institutions
Av G. Devin
Inbunden, 2011
551 kr
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Do international institutions really contribute to building a lasting peace? As diplomats, practitioners with these institutions, and experts on their processes, the authors underline the strengths and weaknesses that international actors have created and won't abandon.
RAND Corporation (1989-2009)
The Reconfiguration of Strategic Studies in the United States
Av J. Samaan
Inbunden, 2012
551 kr
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Based on a case study of the RAND Corporation, this shows how the uncertainties of US defense policies since the fall of the USSR can be understood and illustrated through an analysis of the evolution of the think tank community, and more particularly through a sociological study of the so-called …
War Veterans in Postwar Situations
Chechnya, Serbia, Turkey, Peru, and Côte d’Ivoire
Av N. Duclos
Inbunden, 2012
551 kr
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This edited volume deals with the reintegration and trajectories of intrastate or interstate war veterans. It raises the question of the effects of the war experience on ex-combatants with regards, in particular, to the perpetuation of a certain level of violence as well as the maintaining of …
Moralizing International Relations
Called to Account
Inbunden, 2008
551 kr
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The end of the cold war has paved the way for a series of moral claims that force institutions such as States, International Organizations of Multinationals to justify themselves. What is the effect of this phenomenon on the international relations of the 1990s and beyond.
Justifying War?
From Humanitarian Intervention to Counterterrorism
Inbunden, 2008
506 kr
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This book is based on a multinational and multidisciplinary discussion between American and European researchers and practitioners on the moral, legal and political dilemmas raised by the use of force in today's world.
Democracies at War against Terrorism
A Comparative Perspective
Av S. Cohen, Samy Cohen
Inbunden, 2008
506 kr
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Numerous democratic nations have been singled out by NGOs for brutality in their modus operandi, for paying inadequate attention to civilian protection or for torture of prisoners. This book deals with the difficulties faced when conducting asymmetric warfare in populated areas without violating …
Norms over Force
The Enigma of European Power
Av Z. Laïdi
Inbunden, 2008
551 kr
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Can Europe defend its social model in a globalized world when the US, China, India and Russia are enhancing their national sovereignties and playing power politics? This original and informative book addresses such questions and considers if Europe, although it is not a 'super state', would be able …
Central and Eastern Europe
Europeanization and Social Change
Inbunden, 2009
551 kr
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The collapse of communism in 1989 paved the way for the reunification of the continent. This book analyzes the impact of the different dynamics of change since 1989 on public policy and on various economic and political sectors.
Politics of Regional Integration in Latin America
Theoretical and Comparative Explorations
Av O. Dabène
Inbunden, 2009
551 kr
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This book explores the widely admitted failure of regional integration in this continent, linking the features of regional institutional arrangements with domestic politics and includes an inquiry into regionalism at the hemispherical level.
Organized Crime and States
The Hidden Face of Politics
Av J. Briquet, G. Favarel-Garrigues
Inbunden, 2010
551 kr
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In contrast to a globalizing approach to 'transnational organized crime,' this edited volume studies socio-historical environments in which mafia-esque violence has found a fertile ground for growth and development within the political arena.
Diplomacy of Connivance
Av B. Badie
Inbunden, 2012
568 kr
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The status quo of the modern world order, a diplomatic entente best characterized as "connivance diplomacy," is limited in its performances, defensive of its privileges, midway between competition and cooperation. It is examined here through its history, its functions, and its failures.
Gamble of War
Is It Possible to Justify Preventive War?
Av A. Colonomos
Inbunden, 2013
551 kr
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This book analyzes the justification of preventive war in contemporary asymmetrical international relations. It focuses on the most crucial aspect of prevention: uncertainty. It builds a new framework where the role of luck—whether military, political, moral, or normative—is a corrective to the …
Limited Achievements
Obama’s Foreign Policy
Av Z. Laïdi
Inbunden, 2012
551 kr
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Through an analysis of the general principles of Obama's foreign policy, LaIdi shows how Obama has charted a realist course in the Middle East, in Europe, in diplomacy, and in war.
Democracy at Large
NGOs, Political Foundations, Think Tanks and International Organizations
Av B. Petric
Inbunden, 2012
551 kr
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An analysis of the transnationalization of politics in several societies concerned by programs of democracy promotion, the contributors to this book seek to understand how these new global norms and programs create forms of appropriation and resistance at the local level.
Emerging Capitalism in Central Europe and Southeast Asia
A Comparison of Political Economies
Av F. Bafoil
Inbunden, 2014
551 kr
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This book examines the emergence of different forms of capitalism in Central-Eastern states in Europe and Mekong states within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). All of them (but Thailand) have historically disappeared from the regional maps for long periods of time due to colonial …
Making of the Chinese Middle Class
Small Comfort and Great Expectations
Inbunden, 2016
1095 kr
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This book analyses the making of the Chinese middle class that started in the 1990s using a constructivist approach. With the development of the Chinese economy, a new group of middle wage earners appeared. Chinese social scientists and state institutions promoted the idea that China needs a middle …
Governing Disasters
Beyond Risk Culture
Av S. Revet, J. Langumier
Inbunden, 2015
551 kr
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Based on extensive ethnographic and historical research conducted in diverse field locations, this volume offers an acute analysis of how actors at local, national, and international levels govern disasters; it examines the political issues at stake that often go unaddressed and demonstrates that …
Origins and Evolution of the US Rebalance toward Asia
Diplomatic, Military, and Economic Dimensions
Av H. Mejier
Inbunden, 2015
551 kr
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This book provides a multifaceted analysis of the so-called US 'rebalance' (or 'pivot') toward Asia by focusing on the diplomatic, military, and economic dimensions of the American policy shift in the Asia Pacific region.
Bureaucratization of the World in the Neoliberal Era
An International and Comparative Perspective
Av B. Hibou
Inbunden, 2015
551 kr
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Contemporary bureaucracy is a set of norms, rules, procedures, and formalities which includes administration, business, and NGOs. Where Max Weber meets Michel Foucault, Béatrice Hibou analyzes the political dynamics underlying this process. Neoliberal bureaucracy is a vector of discipline and …
Egypt's Revolutions
Politics, Religion, and Social Movements
Av Bernard Rougier, Stéphane Lacroix
Inbunden, 2015
568 kr
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Where is Egypt headed? Did the people 'bring down the government'? Has the country become the first front in a regional counter-revolution backed by the Gulf monarchies? These are only some of the questions that this volume - the first to describe the ongoing dynamics in Egypt since the outbreak of …
Regime Transition and the Judicial Politics of Enmity
Democratic Inclusion and Exclusion in South Korean Constitutional Justice
Inbunden, 2016
507 kr
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Among the societies that experienced a political transition away from authoritarianism in the 1980s, South Korea is known as a paragon of 'successful democratization.' This achievement is considered to be intimately tied to a new institution introduced with the 1987 change of regime, intended to …
Israel’s Asymmetric Wars
Av S. Cohen
Häftad, 2015
551 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book is devoted to Israel's asymmetric wars, those conducted against irregular armed groups that have attacked it. It seeks to understand the Israeli strategy in the fight against terrorists acting under the guise of civilians or using the population as human shields. The army has implemented …
Making Peace
The Contribution of International Institutions
Av G. Devin
Häftad, 2011
551 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Do international institutions really contribute to building a lasting peace? As diplomats, practitioners with these institutions, and experts on their processes, the authors underline the strengths and weaknesses that international actors have created and won't abandon.
RAND Corporation (1989-2009)
The Reconfiguration of Strategic Studies in the United States
Av J. Samaan
Häftad, 2012
551 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Based on a case study of the RAND Corporation, this shows how the uncertainties of US defense policies since the fall of the USSR can be understood and illustrated through an analysis of the evolution of the think tank community, and more particularly through a sociological study of the so-called …
War Veterans in Postwar Situations
Chechnya, Serbia, Turkey, Peru, and Côte d’Ivoire
Av N. Duclos
Häftad, 2012
551 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This edited volume deals with the reintegration and trajectories of intrastate or interstate war veterans. It raises the question of the effects of the war experience on ex-combatants with regards, in particular, to the perpetuation of a certain level of violence as well as the maintaining of …
Moralizing International Relations
Called to Account
Häftad, 2015
568 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The end of the cold war has paved the way for a series of moral claims that force institutions such as States, International Organizations of Multinationals to justify themselves. What is the effect of this phenomenon on the international relations of the 1990s and beyond.
Norms over Force
The Enigma of European Power
Av Z. Laïdi
Häftad, 2015
551 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Can Europe defend its social model in a globalized world when the US, China, India and Russia are enhancing their national sovereignties and playing power politics? This original and informative book addresses such questions and considers if Europe, although it is not a 'super state', would be able …
Politics of Regional Integration in Latin America
Theoretical and Comparative Explorations
Av O. Dabène
Häftad, 2009
551 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book explores the widely admitted failure of regional integration in this continent, linking the features of regional institutional arrangements with domestic politics and includes an inquiry into regionalism at the hemispherical level.
In the Name of the Nation
Nationalism and Politics in Contemporary Russia
Av M. Laruelle
Häftad, 2010
551 kr
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This book deconstructs the equation of nationalism with the extreme right in Russia. Nationalism now extends throughout all ofthe countryand can not be seen as a phenomenon confined to the margins of society. This study rejects the interpretation that understands Kremlin-backed patriotism as simply …
