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Since 11 September 2001, the War on Terror has dominated global political life. The book takes a critical look at different ways in which the George W. Bush administration created and justified this far-reaching conflict through their use of language and...

Foreword Preface Acknowledgements Explanation of Terms Used Glossary Types and Tactics Challenges and Questions Oxfam and its Global Campaign On Trade Case Study - Garment Workers in Sri Lanka Case Study - Trade and Agriculture in India Oxfam's Global...

The book examines the emergence of hegemonic development ideas and practices in the context of shifts in world orders post-1945 and debates concerning the transforming of the prevailing world order characterized by neoliberalism and securitization of...

This collection re-examines and re-assesses the role of the semi-periphery in world politics and argues that the processes of globalization have led us to widen our understanding of the semi-periphery, through a range of case studies as well as...

Elizabeth Spencer has published critically acclaimed fiction for over forty years. Yet in many respects, Spencer's work has existed largely on the margins of the southern canon, whose rigid boundaries cannot easily accommodate her shifting vision of-and...

The 'democratic deficit' of the European Union is a much discussed-concern of politicians and commentators, and this insightful collection argues that this is a result of the multi-level nature of EU governance. Popular loyalties become divided between...

Simon Reich presents an interpretation of the relationship between material (hard) and social (soft) power, with implications for the alternative ways these link and the impact of these linkages on the future of American policy. Global Norms offers a new...

This book brings together academics and politicians to debate the intellectual roots of the ideas that currently drive the main UK political parties. With major players responding to the arguments raised in each chapter, the book will be a mustread for...

Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction: Reflections on the Demise and Renewal of Utopia in a Global Age; P.Hayden & C.el-Ojeili PART I: GLOBALIZATION AND UTOPIANISM: THEORETICAL CONNECTIONS Placing Utopia: Some Classical Images; P...

Introduction: Industries, Globalization and Politics; B.Jullien & A.Smith European Automobile Distribution: Globalization and Incomplete Liberalization; B.Jullien Globalization within the French Wine Industry: Commercial Challenges but Producer...

Introduction Capitalist Varieties as Open Systems Capitalist Diversity, Typologies and Ideal Types Types, and Cases as Historical Constellations Pressures, Changes, Path Continuity Socio-Economic Performances Conclusion and Prospects Bibliography Index

An investigation of recent developments and trends within the Yugoslav successor states since the signing of the Dayton Agreements in Autumn 1995. This book offers a distinctive and desirable perspective on the seven successor states, their cultures,...

Organised around the themes of seeing, waiting and travelling, this book presents an innovative reassessment of the War on Terror. Opening with the September 11 attacks and moving forward in time, each chapter focuses upon a different feature of this...

Japan Table Tennis Association President Goto Koji (1906-1972), the founder of Aichi Institute of Technology and Meiden High School, nurtured youth socially through sports education and used table tennis as a means of promoting international friendship...

Although people may not realize it, the modern Christmas book market carries on a Victorian legacy. An explosion of Christmas print matter reinvigorated and regularized the holiday during the midVictorian period, infusing Christmas with...

The book examines the emerging dynamics of the globalization of technology and innovation in China and India.

Can states be ruled in the same way as individuals? Has globalization made the analogy between men and states redundant? This book tackles such questions by analyzing the presuppositions of the domestic analogy and providing the tools to assess its...

Identity , Culture and Dialogue pursues many of the important issues raised in the author's Rethinking Multiculturalism focusing in particular on their consequences for global politics. In it Bhikhu Parekh develops a theory of identity that combines...

Introduction; S.Wolff & R.G.Whitman PART I: THE STUDY OF THE EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICY European Union Normative Power in the European Neighbourhood Policy; I.Manners Identity Construction through the ENP; B.Tonra The ENP, Security and Democracy in...

Palgrave Advances in Global Governance is an authoritative collection devoted to clarifying established understandings of global governance as a distinct form of political activity. Ranging across the actors, arenas, means and purposes of global...

Securitizing Immigration deals with the growing concern for immigration as a matter of security at the EU level. It combines an analysis of the way bureaucratic and political processes have interacted in the integration process with an analysis of how...

Since the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, and particularly after the opening brought about by economic reforms roughly thirty years thereafter, China has become an influential player in regional and global affairs. Increasingly,...

Telecommunications and International Politics 1851-1945.Headrick examines the political history of telecommunications from the mid-nineteenth century to the end of World War II, and illustrates how this technology gave nations a new instrument for...

"The Cold War's Turning Points" offers a riveting exploration of two of the most critical events during the Kennedy presidency: the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis. These consecutive events, spanning a tumultuous year and a...

"Navigating the Challenges" offers a compelling exploration of the unique predicaments faced by landlocked countries worldwide. Devoid of direct coastal access, these nations grapple with a distinct set of economic, political, and logistical...

"Brothers at War" provides a detailed and nuanced examination of the bitter and complex rivalry between India and Pakistan, two nations that emerged from the British colonial yoke in 1947. Born out of a turbulent partition, these South Asian...

"The China Economic Experiment" delves deep into the unique economic metamorphosis that China has undergone in recent decades, charting its rise from an impoverished nation to a global superpower. The book dissects how, in a world of...

"Navigating the Caspian Sea" offers an illuminating journey into the geopolitics, economics, and history of one of the world's most significant, yet often overlooked, inland bodies of water. As the largest enclosed inland body of water by area,...

In "The Arab Dictatorships - The Unfinished Work of the Arab Spring," he author meticulously examines the intricate dynamics that led to the rise, resilience, and in some cases, fall of autocratic regimes across the Arab world. With a blend of...

"Securing Iran's Future" delves into the unintended geopolitical consequences of the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, with a particular focus on how the ensuing power vacuum and regional upheaval inadvertently bolstered Iran's strategic position in...

"Unveiling the Divide" delves deep into the complex, centuries-old relationship between Greece and Turkey, with a sharp focus on the persistent and contentious issue of Cyprus. As two regional powers with divergent cultural, religious, and...

In "Navigating the Foreign Policy Landscape," the author offers an in-depth analysis and guide to understanding the intricate dynamics of the five "Tan" ex-Soviet Republics: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and...

Governance and Border Security in Africa addresses issues related to the strategic role of African borders in fulfilling regional aspirations in integration, security and development in the twenty-first century. The 23 chapters bring to the fore the...

"Great Britain and the American Civil War Vol. 1," authored by Ephraim Douglass Adams, offers a comprehensive examination of the intricate relationship between Great Britain and the United States during one of the most pivotal periods in American history...

"Great Britain and the American Civil War Vol. 1," authored by Ephraim Douglass Adams, offers a comprehensive examination of the intricate relationship between Great Britain and the United States during one of the most pivotal periods in American history...

"The Wars Between England and America," written by Theodore Clarke Smith, provides a thorough examination of the conflicts that defined the stormy relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States. Smith looks into the different...

Address Of Hon. Philander C. Knox Before The American Society For Judicial Settlement Of International Disputes : Cincinnati, Ohio, November 8, 1911, has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This...

The European Union has been experiencing a complex nature of national security threats as the war in Ukraine has threatened their geographical and political existence since 2022. Neither diplomacy nor engagement has prevented Europe's worst nightmare-the...