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Book SynopsisFor many commentators and historians the announcement of the Carter Doctrine signaled the end of the British presence and the final transfer of power to the United States in the Persian Gulf. But on the ground the reality was different, after the announcement of the British leaving the Persian Gulf in 1971, formal positions were replaced by informal ones. Britain still ran much of the political, economic and military life in the lower Gulf and in the Arabian Peninsula. The transition from formal to informal empire was seamless: British influence remained large and almost paramount in the region. Margaret Thatcher's premiership saw a sharp increase in British influence not only in the traditional British enclaves of the Persian Gulf sheikdoms, but surprisingly even in Saudi Arabia. The historic Al-Yamamah deal with Saudi Arabia in 1985, selling advanced fighter aircraft, was Britain's largest ever arms deal. While British influence in the Gulf increased, the Americans floundered culminating in the ignominy of the Iran/Contra scandal, and the Reagan administration meekly accepting Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's apology for attacking the USS Stark killing 34 American sailors in May 1987 payback for the Irani-American rapprochement. Tore T. Petersen sets out the policy objectives of Great Britain and the United States as they confronted the initial emergence of fundamentalist Islam, with the occupation of the Holy Mosque in Mecca and Khomenei's revolution in Iran. Research by the author in the Nixon, Carter and Reagan presidential libraries provides strong evidence for US strategy based on Nixonian foreign policy objectives, supported all the way through to the Reagan administration.

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Book SynopsisThis book calls for the progressive creation of supra-national institutions intended to protect life on Earth against natural threats, be these terrestrial (pandemics, super-volcanoes, major earthquakes) or celestial (comets, asteroids, meteor storms). The protection proffered would need to be pre-emptive though also responsive, reducing the number of adverse events but also their specific consequences. Rancid though the world scene currently looks, this may actually be a good time to look towards a planetary security programme that can build up over a century or more. It would need special international institutions that are sufficiently integrated to cope with the celestial and terrestrial contingencies anticipated yet not so much a class apart as to be a law unto themselves, a military regime able to ride roughshod over general world opinion. Such an holistic approach to planetary security might prove to be a definitive substitute for war between nations. Professor Brown comes to such questions from a broad career background. His lead qualifications are a Masters degree from Oxford in Modern History and a Doctorate of Science from Birmingham (UK) in Applied Geophysics. He has been a naval meteorologist; staff college instructor; part-time but pro-active as a defence correspondent for several of the West's leading journals; and political consultant. From 1980 to 1986, he was Chairman of the Council for Arms Control. From 1993 to 1997 he worked half-time in the Sensors and Electronic Systems directorate of Britain's Ministry of Defence. This was as the Academic Consultant in a small task force specifically created to advise the government of the day apropos what British policy to Strategic Ballistic Missile Defence should be. A declassified rendering of his 90,000-word report (published by Mansfield College, Oxford, in 1998) argued firmly against our going down this path. It could lead to a catastrophic arms race.

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Book SynopsisPortugal's European Union honeymoon has officially ended. It was the victim of a Europe-wide political and financial crisis and an unstable EU identity increasingly splintered along regional and economic fractures. What does this mean for the former good student of European democracy? The answer may lie in renewed Portuguese efforts to deepen and strengthen ties with Lusophone countries across the globe, which since 1996 have been organized into a supranational organization called the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP). While Portugal's marginality in relation to Europe might be emphasized in the corridors of Brussels, within the realm of the CPLP the former world power can once again see itself as existing at the center geographically as well as from a historic-cultural perspective of an extensive international milieu. The Lusophone World: The Evolution of Portuguese National Narratives explores the dialectic between Portugal's sense of identity and belonging in the EU and the CPLP. It provides an analysis of the manner in which Portugal's institutional allegiances to both of these organizations have impacted the political, economic, and social fabric of the nation. The fact that Portugal is turning to its former colonies as alternate partners in trade, commerce, emigration, and development initiatives may not be evidence of straightforward estrangement from the European continent. More likely, Portugal appears to be riding a fresh wave of what it means to be modern in the European milieu. This new concept of modernity, related to rhetoric of hybridity and a self-professed position as interlocutor, could be evidence of a deeper understanding of the new tools needed to survive and prosper in a rapidly-changing European Union.

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Book SynopsisThe South China Sea Arbitration, which marks the first time that the Philippines and China have been parties to a compulsory dispute settlement procedure, is a landmark legal case. The Tribunal tackled head-on critical issues in the interpretation and application of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea that other international courts have failed to address, particularly the compatibility of historic rights with the Convention, the identification of maritime features as permanently submerged or above water at high-tide, and the distinction between features that are fully entitled to maritime zones and those that are not. In addition, the Tribunal also had to decide on issues as diverse as near-collisions at sea, illegal fishing of giant clams and sea turtles, and the destruction of fragile coral reefs resulting from island-building. The Tribunals task was rendered arduous by Chinas refusal to appear before it. In these circumstances, understanding the Tribunals decisions is a challenging undertaking. Chinas public relations campaign targeting the proceedings raised issues that the layperson could readily grasp, notably African states support for its non-appearance, the integrity of the judges, and the validity of arbitral awards. Understanding the Awards and Debating with China aims to facilitate understanding of the South China Sea Arbitration by presenting detailed summaries of the two Arbitral Awards. The author rebuts the questionable claims raised by Chinas public relations campaign and highlights Chinas covert actions during the proceedings.

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Book SynopsisGovernance and Nationbuilding describes how aid donors have attempted to improve the performance of government in developing countries and countries in crisis. Kate Jenkins and William Plowden review the widespread lack of success, tracing the history of international government intervention, the roles of donors and recipient countries, the ways in which expert advice and support have been provided, and the donors' own evaluation of their work. The authors outline and analyse the many obstacles to success, highlighting how the lack of effective learning from experience has led to repeated failures to improve the quality of government. The authors draw on the donors' own assessments of the issues and on their own experience in the British Government and many other countries. They recommend a new approach to improving government: much less grandiose and more modest expectations on the part of the donors, and a new and enhanced role for recipient countries.This is a hard-hitting analysis of the problems and potential proposals for change by two experts in the field. Both have not only advised governments in many different countries but also have first-hand experience of working at a senior level in British Government.The aid community worldwide, academics and students of international politics, international relations and public policy, along with officials and politicians outside the aid community will all find this fascinating book of great value. It will also appeal to journalists and commentatorsTrade Review'. . . a detailed and well-argued book. . . They provide an excellent historical narrative that explodes the twin myths that nation building is a new phenomenon and that the post-war recovery in Japan and Germany constitutes examples of successful nation building that can be replicated elsewhere. . . this book is essential reading for anyone engaged in this issue.' -- Aidan Hehir, Political Studies Review’"Nation Building", "Good Governance" and "Democratization" are the main slogans guiding efforts to help societies in trouble. But nearly all such contemporary endeavors fail. This book is invaluable in exposing the causes for disappointing results and thus provides foundations for much improved policies. It is obligatory reading for all concerned with improving governance.' -- Yehezkel Dror, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and author of The Capacity to Govern: A Report to the Club of Rome (2002)'Reporting on the failure of international intervention, Jenkins and Plowden offer an illuminating analysis of an old but always ignored truth: institutions can be imported, not exported.' -- Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira, Getulio Vargas Foundation, Sao Paulo, Brazil'Anyone contemplating giving aid to developing countries for economic development and governmental modernisation should read this wide-ranging and sharp analysis of why past programmes have brought disappointment and disillusion, and what can be done in the future to ensure more effective use of such aid. It goes beyond economics, encompassing history, culture, social factors and above all politics. It reflects the accumulated wisdom and scholarship of two experienced practical administrators and consultants, who have seen at first hand what can go wrong.' -- G.W. Jones, London School of Economics and Political Science, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Nationbuilding and Governance 2. Empire and Influence 3. The Providers: The Donors 4. The Recipients: The Host Nations 5. The System and its Objectives 6. Evaluation and Outcome 7. Culture and Context 8. The Constraints on Reform 9. Conclusions Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book critically analyses the topic of US-led external interventions in the affairs of developing countries by using one of the most contested experiments of modern times, namely, the invasion of Iraq and its aftermath. The March 2003 invasion of Iraq has so far failed to deliver the benefits and outcomes its supporters anticipated, prompting international discussion as to whether the promises of externally-led nation-building (as an attempt to mould rogue states in a democratic, market-friendly fashion) are outweighed by the kinds of pitfalls and perils of intervention that have come to characterise the Iraq experience. This book identifies and addresses the major issues emerging from the current debate including the evolution of external interventionism as an idea, an explanation of what went wrong in post-Saddam Iraq and why the Iraq experiment is flawed by the Bush administration's refusal to address long standing political and historical grievances among Muslims as part of the 'War on Terror'. The contributors assess the troubled relationship between Islam and the West, the prospects for democracy in the Middle East, foreign policy debates in the US, and how economics and politics are juxtaposed in a highly contentious manner in any project of externally-driven nation-building.Beyond the Iraq War brings together scholars and practitioners in an attempt to move beyond the polemical dimensions of the existing debate and provide a balanced analysis of what the Iraq enterprise can tell us about the brand of external interventionism espoused by the Bush administration and also the lessons it holds for any future interventions into the affairs of states. It combines a mix of disciplines, most notably international relations and economics as well as theory and empirical evidence. The book is written in a non-technical, but rigorous, manner in order to make complex and diverse issues accessible to the general reader.This fascinating and scholarly work will appeal to academics and scholars in the fields of political economics, political science and international relations. Policymakers, journalists and media commentators will also find this work to be of great interest and value.Trade Review'The main lesson from the Iraq experience so far has been the enormous costs of military intervention. The effects of a doctrine of interventionism on both the target country and the international political environment in general are profound and far-reaching. As a test case, Iraq has demonstrated a clear need for both the costs and benefits and the circumstances under which intervention should occur to be much better defined and understood. Careful evaluation of the thinking and goals behind the Iraq intervention, the difficulties it faces, and its status as a "test case" for dealing with conventional and non-conventional threats alike is required. This volume on the promises and perils of interventionism, therefore, is both timely and significant.' -- From the foreword by Kevin Rudd, MP, Australian Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and International SecurityTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Kevin Rudd, MP 1. Editors’ Introduction: New Interventionism but Same Old Promises and Perils? Michael Heazle and Iyanatul Islam PART I: POLITICAL ORIGINS AND FUTURE OF NEOLIBERAL INTERVENTIONISM 2. The New Interventionism and the Invasion of Iraq Michael Wesley 3. Competing US Perspectives on Iraq Ira Chernus PART II: NEOLIBERAL INTERVENTIONISM IN PRACTICE: DEMOCRACY AND THE IRAQ EXPERIMENT 4. Democratisation Dilemmas: Iraq, the United States and Political Reform in the Middle East Anthony Bubalo 5. Cooperation and Resistance under Occupation: A Complex Web Peter Khalil 6. Post Election Iraq: A Case for Declining Optimism John Hartley PART III: THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS: WESTERN–ARAB/MUSLIM RELATIONS AND PERCEPTIONS 7. Islam and the West: Where to from Here? Amin Saikal 8. Covering (Up) Islam Part III: Terrorism and the US Intervention in Iraq Michael Heazle PART IV: THE ECONOMICS OF NEOLIBERAL INTERVENTION: ALL DOLLARS AND NO SENSE? 9. Iraq’s Sovereign Debt and its Curious Global Implications Ross P. Buckley 10. Neoliberalism and Post-Saddam Iraq: A Global Perspective Iyanatul Islam Index

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Book Synopsis`In this book, Tamm Hallström and Boström provide us with useful tools to make sense of the proliferation of new rules and standards established by multi-stakeholder initiatives. Focusing on cases of the International Organization for Standardization, the Forest Stewardship Council and the Marine Stewardship Council, they examine struggles in the development of legitimate authority for these standards. Their critical analysis highlights the obstacles and problems these initiatives face and seeks to correct what they see as overly optimistic assessments of these developments in the current literature.' - Jennifer Clapp, University of Waterloo, Canada `This book contributes to the lively contemporary exploration of transnational governance in the making. It brings a welcome focus on practices, strategies and conflicts in complex multi-stakeholder processes of standardization. As such, it answers current calls, in the literature, to take the question of power seriously - power struggles in the process of governance making but also power and authority as a result of that process. The question of power and authority in the context of transnational governance in the making is, undoubtedly, our collective new frontier. The type of well-crafted and theoretically informed comparative study proposed by Kristina Tamm Hallström and Magnus Boström is just what we need today to move forward on this frontier.' - Marie Laure Djelic, ESSEC Business School, France This enriching book provides a novel analysis of the organizational processes behind the establishment, maintenance, and challenges of non-state authority. In doing so, it compares three transnational, multi-stakeholder standard-setting processes: those of the Forest Stewardship Council, the Marine Stewardship Council, and the International Organization for Standardization on the subject of social responsibility (ISO 26000). The authors theorize the fragility of authority defined as legitimate power. They examine the problematic nature of the long-term transnational multi-stakeholder work upon which this authority is based, including the risks of being ruled out by competing rule setters or being split apart by the centrifugal forces inherent in the multi-stakeholder logics. Scholars of organization studies, sociology, political science, and related disciplines will find this eloquent book of great importance to their field. Practitioners, including standardization experts, managers, management consultants, movement intellectuals, as well as policymakers, should not be without this important book.Trade Review‘In this book, Tamm Hallström and Boström provide us with useful tools to make sense of the proliferation of new rules and standards established by multi-stakeholder initiatives. Focusing on cases of the International Organization for Standardization, the Forest Stewardship Council and the Marine Stewardship Council, they examine struggles in the development of legitimate authority for these standards. Their critical analysis highlights the obstacles and problems these initiatives face and seeks to correct what they see as overly optimistic assessments of these developments in the current literature.’ -- Jennifer Clapp, University of Waterloo, Canada‘This book contributes to the lively contemporary exploration of transnational governance in the making. It brings a welcome focus on practices, strategies and conflicts in complex multi-stakeholder processes of standardization. As such, it answers current calls, in the literature, to take the question of power seriously - power struggles in the process of governance making but also power and authority as a result of that process. The question of power and authority in the context of transnational governance in the making is, undoubtedly, our collective new frontier. The type of well-crafted and theoretically informed comparative study proposed by Kristina Tamm Hallström and Magnus Boström is just what we need today to move forward on this frontier.’ -- Marie Laure Djelic, ESSEC Business School, FranceTable of ContentsContents: 1. Organizing Transnational Multi-Stakeholder Standard Setting 2. Authority as Legitimate Power 3. International Organization for Standardization: A Standard for Social Responsibility 4. Forest Stewardship Council 5. Marine Stewardship Council 6. Actors and Capabilities in the Regulatory Space 7. Dynamics of Preferences and Strategies of Participation 8. Power and Actor Categories 9. Legitimacy in the Making 10. Fragile Non-State Authority: The Long and Winding Road to Legitimate Power References Index

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Book Synopsis'China threat or China opportunity, like beauty, is in the eyes of the beholder. Western imaginations of China come under close scrutiny in this book, in a new, philosophical depth seldom attempted before. Dr Pan displays in full force his analytical skills and his mastery of knowledge, both East and West. Contrary to conventional approaches, he takes a step back to exercise a powerful reflective process to watch the China watchers, with illuminating results. Dr Pan's book deserves wide and careful reading.'- Professor Gerald Chan, University of Auckland, New Zealand'The rise of China is largely seen as either a threat or an opportunity. Chengxin Pan exposes both of these representations as expressions of Western fears and desires for certainty and predictability. His call for a more reflective and culturally sensitive understanding of China offers an important contribution to one of the big political debates of our time.'- Professor Roland Bleiker, University of Queensland, AustraliaHow is the rise of China perceived in the West? Why is it often labelled as 'threat' and/or 'opportunity'? What are the implications of these China imageries for global politics?Taking up these important questions, this groundbreaking book argues that the dominant Western perceptions of China's rise tell us less about China and more about Western self-imagination and its desire for certainty. Chengxin Pan expertly illustrates how this desire, masked as China 'knowledge', is bound up with the political economy of fears and fantasies, thereby both informing and complicating foreign policy practice in Sino-Western relations. Insofar as this vital relationship is shaped not only by China's rise, but also by the way we conceptualize its rise, this book makes a compelling case for critical reflection on China watching.Knowledge, Desire and Power in Global Politics is the first systematic and deconstructive analysis of contemporary Western representation of China's rise. Setting itself apart from the mainstream empiricist literature, its critical interpretative approach and unconventional and innovative perspective will not only strongly appeal to academics, students and the broader reading public, but also likely spark debate in the field of Chinese international relations.Trade ReviewKnowledge, Desire and Power breaks new ground in the China-IR literature. It represents a leading light in the comparatively small but growing body of work which is exposing deep ontological weaknesses in the broad realm of China studies. Chengxin Pan is at the forefront of a push to demonstrate the fallacy in consigning such forces as discourse, identity and representation to the periphery, when they play such a crucial role in the dynamics of China's global affairs and particularly in its relations with the United States. This book should be required reading for students (most likely final year undergraduates and post graduates) as well as scholars with an appetite to critically evaluate the now somewhat tired debates over what China 'is' or will be.' --Oliver Turner, The University of Manchester, Global Change, Peace & Security, 2014'This is a brilliant and insightful treatment of Western representations of China, with a theoretical framework suggesting they come not only from China itself, but also the West. Although it is not the first treatment of this topic, it is innovative in considering the 'China threat' and 'China opportunity': both aspects of the rise of China are of crucial importance for our times. With provocative conclusions, it is a truly path-breaking contribution to the literature. I recommend it highly!' --Emeritus Professor Colin Mackerras, Griffith University, Australia'Pan has produced a book which not only challenges some basic assumptions about the nature of China's 'rise', but more importantly forces us to rethink the very basic starting points of how we know what we know about China.' --Professor Shaun Breslin, University of Warwick, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction: Knowledge, Desire and Power in Western Representations of China’s Rise 2. Threat and Opportunity: A Bifocal Lens 3. Of Fears and Fantasies: Neocolonial Desire in Western Self/Other Imagination 4. The ‘China Threat’ and the Political Economy of Fear 5. The ‘China Threat’: A Self-fulfilling Prophecy 6. The ‘China Opportunity’: False Promises (and Premises) 7. The International Politics of Disillusionment 8. China Watching: Towards Reflection and Dialogue Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe book reveals, for the first time, the origins, growth and complex role of the OECD as it celebrates its fiftieth anniversary, showing how it has adapted - for the most part successfully - to the changing needs of its members, both large and small. Peter Carroll and Aynsley Kellow provide a comprehensive account and analysis of the origins, development and, most intriguingly, the recent reforms that characterise the OECD. They argue that this increasingly complex organisation has fulfilled its design to be an adaptive, learning organisation and explore how the OECD has spread its wings beyond its European and North American roots to become an increasingly influential body in global governance. Topical chapters include the OECD's work on health and the environment, relations with international, intergovernmental organisations, the OECD's structure and also the key processes. This fascinating book will be warmly welcomed by academics, researchers and postgraduate students in a wide range of fields including international relations, international business, political science, public policy and public administration. Public servants in national departments and agencies - particularly those with significant international activities - will also find the book to be of great interest, as will professionals within international organisations such as IMF, World Bank, EU, UN and (of course) the OECD itself.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. The OECD Approaching 50 3. Key Processes: Peer Reviews, Roundtables and Budgets 4. The Origins of the OECD and its Development in the 1960s 5. The Quest for a More Active Role in the 1970s 6. The OECD in the 1980s: Changing Roles and Influence 7. The 1990s: New Challenges 8. A New Century 9. Accession and Policy Transfer 10. The OECD and Civil Society 11. The OECD and International Organisations 12. The OECD and the Environment 13. The Health-related Work of the OECD 14. Conclusion: An Evolving OECD Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the interdependences of economic globalization, political tensions, and national policymaking whilst analysing opportunities for governance reform at both national and international levels. It considers how governance mechanisms can be fashioned in order to both exploit the opportunities of globalization and cope with the numerous potential conflicts and risks. The authors adopt a multidisciplinary approach based on various theories from economics, political science, sociology and law to provide new insights into globalization processes, their causes and effects and to further develop the understanding of, and interaction between globalization and governance. They underline the need to design innovative governance structures at national, regional, and global levels ? an unalterable precondition to overcome political, cultural, and distributional conflicts in a globalizing world. In conclusion, the book prescribes development strategies to successfully manage and overcome the political, cultural and distributional conflicts arising in a globalizing world.Highlighting the successes and failures of globalization, this challenging book will be warmly welcomed by scholars and researchers in various fields of economics including development economics, institutional economics, political economy, and the economics of transition. Those with an interest in regulation and governance, including policymakers and professionals in non-governmental organizations and development agencies will also find the book to be an invaluable tool.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Governance, Development, and Institutional Change in Times of Globalization Joachim Ahrens PART I: CONFLICT AND COOPERATION 2. Samuel Huntington’s Clash of Civilizations − A Self-fulfilling Prophecy? Werner Ruf 3. France and the Islamic World: Exterior and Interior Aspects of an Exceptional Relationship Gisela Müller-Brandeck-Bocquet 4. The Role of Turkey: Secular Statehood and Islam Gülistan Gürbey 5. The EU and the Middle East Conflict: Promoting Peace and Reform? Isabel Schäfer 6. The European Union’s Foreign Policy: Regional Profile and Global Reach Udo Diedrichs PART II: NATIONAL STRATEGIES 7. Small Countries – Useful Lessons: Governance in EU Accession Countries and in East Asia Joachim Ahrens 8. Successfully Catching Up: Non-Orthodox Economic and Governance Reforms in India and China Christian Roland 9. Africa: Sad Proof that Institutions Do Matter Janina Weingarth and Alfred Wiederer 10. On the African Development Tragedy Jörn Altmann PART III: NEWLY EMERGING GLOBAL ACTORS AND NETWORKS 11. The Beginning of the End of the Western-dominated World Order? On the Dynamics of the Rise of China and India Dirk Messner 12. Globalization, Social Movement, and the Labor Market: A Transatlantic Perspective Welf Werner 13. Global Governance and the Private Sector Peter-Tobias Stoll 14. Regions in the World Economic Triangle Dirk Messner References Index

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Book SynopsisThe US policy of supporting a democratic Taiwan while simultaneously engaging China is a delicate and complex balance, with outcomes critical to economic, security and strategic interests in Asia. At the same time, rising Taiwanese identity amid the emerging power of China continues to change the paradigm. The contributors to this volume explore the political and economic dimensions of this complicated and pressing issue. Whether the US-China relationship evolves as one of 'strategic partners' or 'strategic competitors' will significantly affect power relations between Washington, Beijing and Taipei. More generally, it will set the tone for peace, stability and prosperity in the Asia Pacific. Peter Chow examines the potential crisis, as well as mitigating influences, by investigating political, economic and security considerations affecting cross-Taiwan Strait relations. He presents broad coverage of recent changes of policy in Taiwan, China and the US, with special emphasis on the adjustments of American policy on Taiwanese identity amid its democratization. An overall evaluation of current US policies toward China based on 'realism' and 'idealism' illustrates the shifting US-China-Taiwan relations.This insightful treatment will be of great interest to students and scholars of international relations, political economy, foreign relations, Asian studies, political science and economics. Civic leaders and representatives of interest groups involved with US-China-Taiwan relations will find the volume of great value in their work.Trade Review'The book offers such significantly in-depth evidence of the tremendous complexities involved in PRC-ROC relations that scholars and policymakers alike will greatly appreciate its broader applicability to current comparative research on contemporary East Asia.' -- Lisa Fischler, East Asia Integration Studies'Professor Chow has put together an excellent collection of papers analyzing some of the most important political and economic issues in East Asia. The focus is on Taiwan, but several chapters deal separately with the United States, China, North Korea, Japan, and the EU. This is a very useful publication for those interested in contemporary East Asia.' -- Thomas J. Bellows, The University of Texas at San Antonio, US and Editor, American Journal of Chinese StudiesTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Michael Yahuda Preface PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. The Shifting Paradigm in US, China and Taiwan Relations: Causes and Implications for US Economic, Security and Strategic Interests Peter C.Y. Chow PART II: DEMOCRATIZATION IN TAIWAN AND ITS IMPACTS ON THE TRIANGULAR RELATIONS 2. China’s Incorporation of Taiwan: The Manipulation of Community Tensions Edward Friedman 3. Taiwan’s Party System, Coalition Politics and Cross-Strait Relations Tun-Jen Cheng and Yung-Ming Hsu 4. US Response to Rising Taiwanese Identity and China’s Emerging Power June Teufel Dreyer 5. Legislating the Cross-Strait Status Quo? China’s Anti-Secession Law, Taiwan’s Constitutional Reform and Referenda, and the United States’ Taiwan Relations Act Jacques deLisle 6. Taiwan’s Choices Nat Bellocchi PART III: ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AND SECURITY OF THE GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS 7. Growing East Asian Trade and Economic Integration: Implications for Economic Relations Across the Taiwan Strait Dan Ciuriak 8. Taiwan and East Asian Integration Tain-Jy Chen and Ying-Hua Ku 9. Prospects of a US–Taiwan Free Trade Agreement: The China Factor and Critical Assessments Frank S.T. Hsiao and Mei-Chu W. Hsiao 10. Taiwan’s FTA Bid: Process and Prospects from the Global IT Supply Chain Perspective Merritt T. Cooke PART IV: US STRATEGIC AND SECURITY INTERESTS IN ASIA 11. US Leadership in Asia in the Second Term of the Bush Administration and the Challenge of China’s Rise Robert Sutter 12. North Korea’s Nuclear Threat and its Impact on Taiwan’s Security Richard D. Fisher 13. Has There Been a Shift in Japanese Policy Toward China? Alexander K. Young 14. The Lifting of the EU Arms Embargo on China: An American Perspective Peter Brookes PART V: POSTSCRIPT 15. China’s Strategy: ‘Licking the US Without Firing a Shot’ Alexander K. Young Index

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Book SynopsisPlaces Sudan's oil industry (examined here in macro, micro and political terms), its economy, external relations and changing politics under the impact of the Darfur conflict and the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, in the wider context of the expansion of Asia's global economic strength. By successfully turning to China, Malaysia and India from the mid-1990s, amidst civil war and political isolation, Khartoum's 'Look East' policy transformed Sudan's economy and foreign relations. Sudan, in turn, has been a key theatre of Chinese, Indian and Malaysian overseas energy investment. What began as economic engagements born of pragmatic necessity later became politicized within Sudan and without, resulting in global attention. Despite its importance, widespread sustained interest and continuing political controversy, there is no single volume publication examining the rise and nature of Chinese, Malaysian and Indian interests in Sudan, their economic and political consequences, and role in Sudan's foreign relations. Addressing this gap, this book provides a groundbreaking analysis of Sudan's 'Look East' policy. It offers the first substantive treatment of a subject of fundamental significancewithin Sudan that, additionally, has become a globally prominent dimension of its changing international politics. Daniel Large is research director of the Africa Asia Centre, Royal African Society at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, and founding director of the Rift Valley Institute's digital Sudan Open Archive. Luke A. Patey is a Research Fellow at the Danish Institute for International Studies.Trade ReviewA very useful reference for many of those engaged in Sudanese studies and affairs. * SUDAN STUDIES *Table of ContentsSudan Looks East: Introduction - Daniel Large and Luke A. Patey Sudan's Foreign Relations since Independence - Peter Woodward The Oil Boom & its Limitations in Sudan - Laura James Local Relations of Oil Development in Southern Sudan: Displacement, Environmental Impact & Resettlement - Leben Nelson Moro India in Sudan: Troubles in an African Oil 'Paradise' - Luke A. Patey Malaysia-Sudan: From Islamist Students to Rentier Bourgeois - Roland Marchal 'Dams are Development': China, the Al-Ingaz Regime & the Political Economy of the Sudanese Nile - Harry Verhoeven Genocide Olympics: How Activists Linked China, Darfur & Beijing 2008 - Alexandra Cosima Budabin Southern Sudan & China: 'Enemies into Friends'? - Daniel Large Conclusion: China, India & the Politics of Sudan's Asian Alternatives - Daniel Large and Luke A. Patey

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Book SynopsisChina's increasing role as an education donor in Africa, and the significance of this both economically and politically. Why does China run one of the world's largest short-term training programmes, with plans to bring 30,000 Africans to China between 2013 and 2015? Why does it give generous support to 31 Confucius Institutes teaching Mandarin and Chinese culture at many of Africa's top universities from the Cape to Cairo? Why is China one of the very few countries to increase the number of full scholarships for Africans to study in its universities,a total of 18,000 anticipated between 2013 and 2015? China claims to have been involved for 60 years in South-South cooperation of mutual benefit to China and Africa. While its dramatic economic and trade impact, particularly on Africa, has caught global attention, little focus has yet been given to its role as an education donor - and especially to the critical role of China's support for training and human resource development for Africans inChina, and within Africa itself. It is vital that we understand what is going on, and why education is so important in China-Africa relations. Here is hard evidence from Ethiopia, South Africa and Kenya of the dramatic growth ofChina's soft power and increasing impact in capacity-building, and of the implications of this for Africa, China and the world.Trade ReviewAn invaluable survey [and] an essential text. * FRONTIERS IN EDUCATION IN CHINA *A useful text which will be helpful to students and policy-makers interested in the emerging role of countries such as China in global politics and development. * INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONTINUING EDUCATION AND LIFELONG LEARNING *Professor King is an acknowledged expert in the field of international education, with a vast experience in pioneering research throughout the globe. His latest book offers a unique and valuable insight into the dynamics of Chinese aid for education in Africa. * RT HON GORDON BROWN MP, UN Special Envoy for Global Education *Professor King's superbly reported and careful balanced analysis examines whether the Chinese really do (as the ancient sage Lao Tzu put it) 'teach a man to fish rather than giving him a fish'. -- DEBORAH BRAUTIGAM, author of The Dragon's Gift: the Real Story of China in AfricaTable of ContentsChina & Africa: Origins, documents & discourses in relation to human resource development China's higher education partnerships with Africa: Modalities for mutual cooperation? African students in China: Changing characteristics, contexts & challenges Chinese enterprise & training in Africa: A theatre for win-win cooperation? China & traditional donors: Convergence or divergence? China's soft power in Africa: Past, present & future Conclusion - Appendix

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Book SynopsisExplores to what extent Africa's "rise" has impacted on development and whether the BRICS are creating a new version of dependency. Africa is said to be rising, turning a definitive page in its history, heralding new and exciting possibilities for the continent. This discourse maintains that with upsurge in economic growth comes improved governance and endogenous dynamics; that the emerging economies, and especially the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa), have been instrumental in diversifying Africa's international relations, perhaps leading to a radical change in theglobal order, favourable to the developing world. But to what extent is this true, and how deep and how broad has been the impact on society at large? This book takes a critical look at the prevalent Africa Rising discourse,and explores the nature and implications of Africa's "rise" and the role that the BRICS have played in it. The author argues that Africa has still to undergo any structural transformation; that there is strong evidence that deindustrialisation and jobless growth have accompanied the upsurge of interest in the continent; and that far from making a radical turn in its developmental trajectory, Africa is being pushed into the resource corner as commodity exporters, to the North (and now, the BRICS) with little scope for industrial progress or skills advancement. Hope that the BRICS might offer an alternative to the extant neoliberal order are misplaced, for the BRICS have a stake in maintaining the current global unequality. Africa must therefore fashion its own independent path - while the emerging economies will be important, relying on external actors may simply reproduce anew the current state of underdevelopment. Ian Taylor is Professor in International Relations and African Politics, University of St Andrews; Chair Professor, Renmin, University of China; Professor Extraordinary, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa; Honorary Professor, Institute of African Studies, Zhejiang Normal University, China; and a Visiting Scholar at Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda.Trade ReviewFor scholars who enjoy the international lens and large-scale statistics to understand the economic health of a region, this book is a respectable addition to that conversation. It is also a refreshing examination and nod to the relevance of the relationships between countries in the global South. * AFRICAN STUDIES QUARTERLY *[A]n extremely detailed, thought-provoking and boldly argued synopsis, a provocative primer for those monitoring these twenty-first century dynamics. * INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS *Africa Rising? is a fresh and well-argued book on Africa's changing international relations with the leading voices of the Global South. It is fundamental reading for a general public, and a 'must' for those who want to understand Africa's potential future. * JOURNAL OF MODERN AFRICAN STUDIES *For scholars who enjoy the international lens and large-scale statistics to understand the economic health of a region, this book is a respectable addition to that conversation. It is also a refreshing examination and nod to the relevance of the relationships between countries in the global South. * AFRICAN STUDIES QUARTERLY *Table of ContentsThe BRICS and 'Africa Rising' Brazil and Africa Russia and Africa India and Africa China and Africa "Africa Rising": Jobless Growth and Deindustrialisation Diversifying Dependency?

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Book SynopsisInvestigates the production, trade and consumption of the bouquets sold in European supermarkets and the consequences of this for the globalised economy. From a macro-perspective, it appears that the cut flower industry has changed into a buyer-driven value chain with corporate retailers as the new lead firms. Yet, as this book shows, this is insufficient to explain how new trade relations come into being, and the consequences of this, not only for global economics, but for the producers, climate change and rural livelihoods. As the retailers and wholesalers of the flower industry in the West linked directly to producers in the Global South, trade relations changed fundamentally, and this critical new book explores the complexities of the power asymmetries and the way in which corporate retailers have shaped the market to promote their own interests, as well as the role non-economic actors played. This book examines in detail the situation at Lake Naivasha, Kenya, which has played a central part within this new market order. Since the 1970s, the area has developed into one of the most important production areas for the ready-made bouquets that sell so cheaply in European supermarkets. For the flower growers themselves, however, coping with the new conditions of supply and demand, the new market order has brought financial precariousness. Farms needed to be flexible in the production and marketing of their flowers. Yet while they were able to expand their production and achieve more stable employment conditions, this has not resulted in significantly higher remuneration. The rapidly changing economic situation has also had a profound impact, not only on local stakeholders, but on the environment, where there is intensified competition for resources and new production technologies. Published in association with the Collaborative Research Centre FUTURE RURAL AFRICA, funded by the German Research Council (DFG).Table of Contents1 Introduction 2 Place, Chains, and Actor-Networks: Conceptualising Economic Linkages 3 Trading Roses: Reorganising Producer-Buyer Relations in the Dutch Cut Flower Network 4 The Lake Naivasha Cut Flower Industry: Past and Present 5 Linking to Buyers: The Making of the Global Cut Flower Market at Lake Naivasha 6 Growing Roses: Reorganising Flower Production at Lake Naivasha 7 The Cut Flower Industry in the Social-Ecological System of Lake Naivasha: Setting the Scene for a New Market Order 8 Conclusion: A New Market Order

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Book SynopsisExamines the history of post-colonial Kenya's and Zambia's relations with the People's Republic of China from ideological, political, economic and social perspectives. Africa has become a major platform from which to analyse and understand China's growing influence in the global South. Yet, the impact of their historical relationship has been largely overlooked. Through the triangulation of the global Cold War, African history, and Chinese history, this study provides a detailed analysis of China-Africa relations in the second half of the 20th century. Examining the encounters, conflicts, and dynamics of China-Kenya/Zambia relations from the 1950s until the present, as well as the basis on which historical narratives have been constructed, the book presents two contrasting state perspectives underlining the concept of 'African agency'. Driven by a class-based analysis of world revolution, Communist China's foreign policy did not distinguish significantly between Kenya and Zambia. Both countries sought ideological and material support from China in the years after their independence. The Kenya African National Union under both Jomo Kenyatta and Daniel Moi pursued a consistently pragmatic foreign agenda, and despite political tensions and ideological rifts with China since the mid-1960s, Sino-Kenyan trade has continued to grow steadily. In contrast, China-Zambia relations under Kenneth Kaunda were cordial despite their political differences. Zambian leaders maintained a relatively high consensus that any alleged Chinese Communist threat would not be allowed to fuel power struggles within their United National Independence Party. Challenging both the widely accepted role of China-Africa's historical lineage, as well as the tendency to assume uniformity in China's relationships across the continent, the author explains the development of these relationships and sheds light on the historical underpinnings - or lack thereof - on contemporary China-Africa relations.Trade ReviewSun's book marks an important and exciting contribution to China-Africa studies. The research presented here is deeply nuanced and feels somehow personal. As a reader, this is a compelling combination, one that really draws me into the narrative in an engaging way. -- Ruodi Duan * H-NET *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Decolonisation, the Cold War and Afro-Asian Solidarity: China, Kenya and Zambia at a Crossroads, 1949-1964 2. Caught in-between: Kenya's Foreign Policy and its Relations with China, 1964-1975 3. 'All-Weather Friendship'?: Zambia's Foreign policy and its Relations with China, 1965-1974 4. Political Transition and Multifaceted Engagements: China, Zambia and Kenya in the late 1970s and 1980s 5. China's 'Return' to Africa and the Past in the Present, 1989-2019 Conclusion

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Book SynopsisLandmark study of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights. Documents on one side the international community's inability to foist a human rights system upon Africa and on the other the process within the OAU (now African Union) that eventually brought it into being and determined its content. The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR), which was proposed in 1979, adopted in 1981 and came into effect in 1986, was the first non-Western declaration of human rights and the first official statement of an African human rights perspective. With Africa largely absent in 1948 when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted, it stands in stark historical reproach to the Western conception of universal human rights as a pivotal document in the decolonisation of the continent. This book, for the first time, presents a comprehensive account of the development of the ACHPR, which is key to a proper understanding of its fundamental nature. Through documenting its process of construction, it becomes possible to understand how Africans themselves understood the process and the issues involved and how the ACHPR became a political text asserted by African leaders and not a continuum of a so-called universal human rights tradition. The result is a radical repositioning of the underlying context of the ACHPR, one of the most important documents in modern African history, of how it came to be and how it should therefore be understood. Volume 2 describes the process through which the ACHPR came into being. Analysing the role of Western governments, the UN and NGOs, it shows that, contrary to the prevailing view of African human rights commentators, their influence was limited and at times counter-productive. That, in fact, the formulation of the ACHPR was a profoundly political process that was primarily a product of an African desire to instigate its own human rights perspective as a counter to the human rights universalism advanced by the Western post-war human rights tradition.Table of ContentsIntroduction PART THREE: THE INFLUENCE OF OUTSIDERS 1. The outsiders - Western governments, the UN and NGOs Western governments - The USA, UK and France The United Nations Non-Governmental Organisations The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) PART FOUR: THE POLITICAL PROCESS 2. The Insiders - the Political Process of the ACHPR The Commonwealth human rights initiative The gestation and birth of Decision 115 The 1979 UN Monrovia Seminar The drafting process Postscript: Ratification, implementation and compliance 3. The Text Title Preamble Part I Rights and Duties Part II Measures of Safeguard Part III General Provisions Conclusion APPENDICES Appendix 1: The OAU Charter Appendix 2: The ACHPR

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive book explains that while world politics has entered the post-Cold War era since the late 1980s, the Korean peninsula has not. Diplomatic relations have yet to be established between North Korea, the US and Japan, while conventional military confrontation has persisted. Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programme has further increased tensions and the possibility of war has frequently been considered.In this rigorously theoretical work, the author analyses the tension on the peninsula through three very different perspectives: the security dilemma and misperceptions; domestic politics and ideology; and the influence of external actors. Recognizing that existing explanations do not take full account of the multi-dimensional character of Korean security problems, efforts are made in this book to understand how various interrelated factors are at work, and which of them matter most under different conditions. This book provides an invaluable and balanced understanding of the complex nature of post-Cold War security problems on the peninsula. Academics, researchers and post-graduate students interested in issues pertaining to security on the Korean peninsula, and on US policy towards North Korea will find much to engage them within this book, as will those interested in politics and international relations more generally. The in-depth analyses of current issues of interest and their policy implications will also appeal to policymakers.Trade Review'This excellent book painstakingly analyzes the recurrent crises in the Korean peninsula in the 1990s. . . this is an insightful, meticulously researched, and extremely well-argued study of the US-North Korean bargaining process, from 1988 to 1997. A must read for scholars and practitioners. Highly recommended.' -- M.E. Carranza, ChoiceTable of ContentsContents: A Note on Romanisation 1. Introduction 2. Challenges and Opportunities in the Post-Cold War Era: 1988–1992 3. Limitations and Shortcomings: 1988–1991 4. From Accommodation to Crisis: 1992–1993 5. Dramatic Reversal at the Brink of a Collision 1993–1994 6. Recurrent Hostilities: 1994–1997 7. Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAcademic and accepted orthodoxy maintains that Southeast Asia, and Asia generally, is evolving into a distinctive East Asian regional order. This book questions this claim and reveals instead uncertainty and incoherence at the heart of ASEAN, the region's foremost institution.The authors provide a systematic critique of ASEAN's evolution and institutional development, as well as a unified understanding of the international relations and political economy of ASEAN and the Asia-Pacific. It is the first study to provide a sceptical analysis of international relations orthodoxies regarding regionalization and institutionalism, and is based on wide-ranging and rigorous research.Students of international relations, the Asia-Pacific, Southeast Asia, regional studies, international history and security and defence studies will find this book of great interest, as will scholars, policy makers and economic forecasters with an interest in long-term Asia-Pacific trends.Trade Review'David Martin Jones, Nicholas Khoo and MLR Smith have delivered a wonderful neoclassical take on East Asian security and added energy to the debate surrounding China's rising influence in that region. Asian Security and the Rise of China will find an audience in universities as well as in the conference rooms where foreign and security policies are made in the Asia-Pacific.' -- CEU Political Science JournalTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: The Age of Delusion in the Asia–Pacific 1. The Delusions of Aseanology: Exploring the Sovietology of Southeast Asian Studies 2. An Imitation Community for Imitation States: ASEAN and the Region that Never Was 3. Asia Rising (Again): ASEAN and the Illusion of an Asian Model of Economic Development 4. The Contradictions in the Political Economy of East Asian Regionalism 5. A Delusion Transformed: ASEAN and East Asian Regionalism 6. Constructing and Deconstructing Regions: Australia’s Engagement with ‘Asia’ 7. Political Illiberalism and the War on Terrorism in Southeast Asia: The Delusions of the Surveillance State Conclusion: It’s No Fun at the ASEAN Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the often troubled relationship between Japan and China from a broad interdisciplinary perspective. Utilising the expertise of Chinese, Japanese and regional specialists working in a variety of fields, this original work approaches the contemporary sources of tensions between these two Asian giants from several levels of analysis. In particular the domestic-state interface in both countries and the important role of historical perceptions in the region are explored.China-Japan Relations in the Twenty-first Century avoids perceiving the discord between China and Japan simply from an international relations-based perspective, as has been the tendency of recent scholarly analysis. Rather, it strives to set the existing relationship in the context of historical interaction, the influence of culture on mutual perceptions, the role of ideologies - particularly nationalism, domestic political and economic changes that affect China and Japan's state-to-state perceptions and relations, and their changing regional and global relations. The book firmly emphasises the importance of history and historical memory in the construction of relations; a relationship constructed on present perceptions of the past that also shape expectations for the future.This is a unique and topical book, using the tensions of 2005 between China and Japan as the point of departure for a broad historical, political, cultural and international relations analysis. As such it will appeal to scholars at many levels of academe in the fields of Asian studies, international relations, regional studies and government.Trade Review'. . . the book provides excellent analyses and perspectives which will appeal to a wide readership. . . A fine analysis of the changing nature of nationalism in both countries brings richness to the discussion.' -- Miwa Hirono, The China Journal'This book is highly recommended to readers interested in historical memories, competing nationalisms, and their impact on Sino-Japanese relations.' -- Lam Peng Er, Journal of Japanese Studies'Of the many challenges facing the modern world, the complex relationship between China and Japan is one that urgently demands close analysis. Both sides want economic prosperity, but neither can forgo nationalist impulses or forget the hurt and humiliation of the recent past. With essays by experts in diverse fields ranging from political science to history, this book provides fascinating insights into this fraught relationship. It is a must-read for all those interested in the intricate pattern of Sino-Japanese interactions and international affairs.' -- Kam Louie, University of Hong Kong'China-Japan Relations in the Twenty-first Century is a unique and important volume, drawing on multidisciplinary perspectives to examine from both sides the domestic and international dynamics of the bilateral relationship. The China-Japan nexus holds the key to understanding the future of East Asia, and thus this excellent book should be required reading for all scholars of Chinese, Japanese and East Asian politics.' -- Christopher W. Hughes, University of Warwick, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction: 2005 – China and Japan’s Year of Living Dangerously Michael Heazle and Nick Knight PART I: LIVING IN THE PAST? THE POLITICS OF NATIONALISM IN CHINA 2. The Influence of Chinese Nationalism on Sino–Japanese Relations Jian Zhang 3. East Asian Multilateral Cooperation and the Prospects for China–Japan Relations Xia Liping 4. Thinking About Globalisation, Thinking About Japan: Dichotomies in China’s Construction of the Modern World Nick Knight PART II: THE PAST IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT – THE SPECTRE OF NATIONALISM IN CONTEMPORARY JAPAN 5. ‘Will you go to War? Or will you stop being Japanese?’: Nationalism and History in Kobayashi Yoshinori’s Sensoron Rumi Sakamoto 6. Competing Historical Perceptions in Japan’s Post-war Narratives Barbara Hartley 7. Japan under siege: Japanese Media Perceptions of China and the Two Koreas Six Decades after World War II Eric Johnston PART III: NORTHEAST ASIAN THREAT PERCEPTIONS: THE POLITICS OF FUTURE INTENTIONS 8. Two Tigers on the Same Mountain: China’s Security Policy Towards Japan Jian Yang 9. China’s Asian Policy: Multipolarity, Regionalism and Peaceful Rise Joseph Y.S. Cheng 10. Nationalism, Security, and Prosperity: The Three Dimensions of Sino–Japan Relations Michael Heazle PART IV: REGIONAL PERCEPTIONS OF CHINA AND JAPAN 11. Jealous Suitors: Sino–Japanese Competitive Regionalism and the Future of East Asia Michael Wesley 12. South Korea between China and Japan: Lifting the Cold War Lens David Hundt Index

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Book SynopsisDouglas Sturkey's book presents a detailed and enlightening analysis of the projection of state power in international relations. As a case study, he considers the projection of the United States's power to attain international objectives by means other than force. The Limits of American Power discusses how any country, including the US, has a range of instruments, short of force, at its disposal by which it may project power in pursuit of its diplomatic objectives. The use of the instruments is subject to domestic and international constraints and, particularly in the case of the US, its global position must also be considered. This is a fascinating and rigorous study of how, from 1991, the US projected its power to attain its declared objective of a negotiated settlement of the Arab-Israel dispute, yet despite these efforts, failed to achieve it. The author reveals the disinclination of Presidents Clinton and George W. Bush to employ all the means available to them, and discontinuities in their approaches, which resulted in an ineffective projection of power during their presidencies to 2006. This analysis reveals measures that could be applied for a more effective projection of state power in relation to the Middle East dispute and also in other circumstances around the globe.This book's penetrating analysis and lessons to be learnt from the US experience in relation to the Arab-Israel dispute, will appeal strongly to scholars and practitioners in international relations, political science, and diplomacy.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Power and Diplomacy: The United States’s ‘Unipolar Moment’ 2. Failures and Success: The Road to Madrid 3. Expectation and Disappointment: The United States, Israel and the Palestinians, 1991–96 4. Progress and Regional Cooperation: The United States, Israel and Jordan; and the Multilateral Negotiations, 1992–97 5. Advance and Retreat: The United States, Israel and Syria, and Lebanon 6. Frustration and Failure: The United States, Israel and the Palestinians, 1996–2001 7. Distrust and Disengagement: The United States, Israel and the Palestinians, 2001–2006 8. Vision and Reality: A Post Hoc Evaluation 9. Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWhat should businesses consider in preparing for terrorist attacks, natural disasters, pandemic illnesses and other emergencies? What steps can a business take to ensure continuity during and after a crisis? What can we learn from past success?This edited collection provides responses to these and other questions from prominent business executives and academics, drawn from their personal experiences with such crises as the terrorist attacks of 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and the Asian tsunami. Their analyses prove a major step forward in the emerging academic and professional field of homeland security.In this first volume, The Challenge of the New Age, the contributors- noted authorities in security and risk management, technology, public health, political science and business - look at specific ways disasters can impact businesses, both in the short and long term. They recount their experiences with terrorist attacks and natural disasters, and explore the potential impact of other hazards, such as a biological event or pandemic.Intended for business practitioners, real world operators, students and faculty, government leaders, and their libraries, the book demonstrates with historical examples the connectivity between threats, hazards, policies, jurisdictions, information, technology, leadership, and considerations of profit and loss. Those who want to benefit from best practices while avoiding mistakes of the past will find this an excellent place to start.Contributors: D. Alexander, F. Burton, B. Eggers, E. Gursky, W.I. Hancock, J. Jackson, P.B. Kurtz, P. Leitner, K. Lindsey, D.H. McIntyre, G. McNeal, M. Minor, G. Pellegrino, N. Saiff, G. Selig, K. Senser, C. Shays, G. Williams, D. WyssTrade Review'[T]his volume provides valuable, expert perspective on a wide variety of topics relevant to homeland security research and practice. It will become a go-to reference for consultants working in this area and be of value to students of business administration, resource managers, and senior managers.' --K.J. Constas, Choice'As someone who has been teaching homeland security at the graduate and undergraduate levels since 1999, I find this book perfectly suited as a supplemental reader for homeland security courses, particularly those examining the role of the private sector. The authors of this edited volume are well-recognized in this field - most with decades of related experience. Well-written and concise. Perfect for the busy executive and for the classroom.' --Randall J. Larsen, author, Our Own Worst EnemyTable of ContentsContents: Foreword: The Challenge of the New Age Christopher Shays Preface David H. McIntyre Introduction to Volume 1 PART I: BUSINESS IN DANGEROUS TIMES: THE NEW REALITY 1. Terror and the Economy David Wyss 2. Terrorism: A Short-term Phenomenon? Michael Minor 3. Business Continuity and Enterprise Value Peter Leitner 4. The Legal Impact of Homeland Security on Business Greg McNeal 5. Legal Liability when Businesses are Unprepared for Disasters Kevin Lindsey 6. The Impact of Threats and Catastrophes on Corporate Governance: How to Minimize Disruption, Mitigate the Risks and Manage Business Recovery and Continuity Proactively Gad Selig PART II: REAL DANGERS DEMAND REAL ANSWERS 7. The Threat of Terrorism Fred Burton 8. Transcending the Consequences of Terror on Business Dean Alexander 9. The Impact of Disease and Pandemics on Business Continuity Elin Gursky 10. Telework in the Face of a Pandemic Paul B. Kurtz 11. Immediate Effects of Terrorism on Business Dean Alexander 12. Prospering in the Secure Economy Greg Pellegrino and Bill Eggers PART III: DISASTER STORIES WE CAN LEARN FROM 13. Failure to Communicate: Lesson of 9/11 Geoff Williams 14. A Networked Model for Emergency Planning and Response: The Lessons of Katrina (I) Bill Eggers 15. Wal-Mart Case Study: The Lessons of Katrina (II) Ken Senser and Jason Jackson 16. Doing Business in No Man’s Land: The Lessons of Katrina (III) Geoff Williams Index

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Book SynopsisThe history of international relations has been shaped by a sequence of 'Great Debates', in which leading scholars of the field advanced, challenged, and defended views about the assumptions that should inform the study of world politics. In this authoritative collection, the editors bring together for the first time the most important contributions to these inspiring intellectual exchanges and provide an excellent overview of the discipline's development since its inception in the early 20th century. Students and scholars in international relations as well as neighboring disciplines will find this title to be an indispensable and highly informative source of reference.Table of ContentsContents: Volume I: Substantive Debates Acknowledgements Introduction Rainer Baumann, Peter Mayer and Bernhard Zangl PART I SUBSTANTIVE DEBATES A. First Debate: Realism vs. Idealism 1. Norman Angell (1910), ‘Outline of the Psychological Case for Peace’ and ‘Unchanging Human Nature’ 2. Edward Hallett Carr ([1939] 1940), ‘The Beginnings of a Science’ and ‘Utopia and Reality’ 3. Leonard Woolf (1940), ‘Utopia and Reality’ 4. John H. Herz (1950), ‘Idealist Internationalism and the Security Dilemma’ 5. Hans J. Morgenthau (1954) [1985], ‘A Realist Theory of International Politics’ B. The Inter-paradigm Debate: Realism vs. Pluralism vs. Globalism 6. Graham T. Allison (1969), ‘Conceptual Models and the Cuban Missile Crisis’ 7. Robert Gilpin (1971), ‘The Politics of Transnational Economic Relations’ 8. Immanuel Wallerstein (1974), ‘The Rise and Future Demise of the World Capitalist System: Concepts for Comparative Analysis’ 9. Robert O. Keohane and Joseph S. Nye (1977), ‘Interdependence in World Politics’ and ‘Realism and Complex Interdependence’ 10. Michael W. Doyle (1983), ‘Kant, Liberal Legacies, and Foreign Affairs’ 11. Kenneth N. Waltz (1990), ‘Realist Thought and Neorealist Theory’ C. Neo-Neo Debate: Neorealism vs. Neoliberalism 12. Robert Axelrod and Robert O. Keohane (1985), ‘Achieving Cooperation under Anarchy: Strategies and Institutions’ 13. Robert D. Putnam (1988), ‘Diplomacy and Domestic Politics: The Logic of Two-Level Games’ 14. Joseph M. Grieco (1988), ‘Anarchy and the Limits of Cooperation: A Realist Critique of the Newest Liberal Institutionalism’ 15. Duncan Snidal (1991), ‘Relative Gains and the Pattern of International Cooperation’ 16. Stephen D. Krasner (1991), ‘Global Communications and National Power: Life on the Pareto Frontier’ 17. John J. Mearsheimer (1994/1995), ‘The False Promise of International Institutions’ 18. Robert O. Keohane and Lisa L. Martin (1995), ‘The Promise of Intuitionalist Theory’ 19. Andrew Moravcsik (1997), ‘Taking Preferences Seriously: A Liberal Theory of International Politics’ D. Statism vs. Global Governance 20. James N. Rosenau (1995), ‘Governance in the Twenty-first Century’ 21. Jessica T. Mathews (1997), ‘Power Shift’ 22. Anne-Marie Slaughter (1997), ‘The Real New World Order’ 23. Margaret E. Keck and Kathryn Sikkink (1998), ‘Transnational Advocacy Networks in International Politics: Introduction’ 24. Stephen D. Krasner (2001), ‘Abiding Sovereignty’ 25. A. Claire Cutler (2002), ‘Private International Regimes and Interfirm Cooperation’ Volume II: Epistemological and Ontological Debates Acknowledgements An introduction to all three volumes by the editors appears in Volume I PART I EPISTEMOLOGICAL DEBATES A. Traditionalism vs. Science 1. Morton A. Kaplan (1966), ‘The New Great Debate: Traditionalism vs. Science in International Relations’ 2. Raymond Aron (1967), ‘What Is a Theory of International Relations?’ 3. Hedley Bull (1969), ‘International Theory: The Case for a Classical Approach’ 4. J. David Singer (1969), ‘The Incompleat Theorist: Insight Without Evidence’ B. Third Debate: Positivism vs. Post-Positivism 5. Robert W. Cox (1986), ‘Social Forces, States and World Orders: Beyond International Relations Theory’ 6. Richard K. Ashley (1988), ‘Untying the Sovereign State: A Double Reading of the Anarchy Problematique’ 7. J. Ann Tickner (1988), ‘Hans Morgenthau’s Principles of Political Realism: A Feminist Reformulation’ 8. Mark Neufeld (1993), ‘Interpretation and the “Science” of International Relations’ 9. John Lewis Gaddis (1996), ‘History, Science, and the Study of International Relations’ 10. Michael Nicholson (1996), ‘The Continued Significance of Positivism?’ 11. Mervyn Frost (1998), ‘A Turn not Taken: Ethics in IR at the Millennium’ 12. Alexander Wendt (1999), ‘Scientific Realism and Social Kinds’ PART II ONTOLOGICAL DEBATES A. The Agent-Structure Debate 13. J. David Singer (1961), ‘The Level-of-Analysis Problem in International Relations’ 14. Alexander E. Wendt (1987), ‘The Agent-Structure Problem in International Relations Theory’ 15. Walter Carlsnaes (1992), ‘The Agency-Structure Problem in Foreign Policy Analysis’ 16. Martin Hollis and Steve Smith (1994), ‘Two Stories about Structure and Agency’ 17. Roxanne Lynn Doty (1997), ‘Aporia: A Critical Exploration of the Agent-Structure Problematique in International Relations Theory’ 18. Colin Wight (1999), ‘They Shoot Dead Horses Don’t They? Locating Agency in the Agent-Structure Problematique’ B. Rationalism vs. Constructivism 19. John Gerard Ruggie (1983), ‘Continuity and Transformation in the World Polity: Toward a Neorealist Synthesis’ 20. Duncan Snidal (1985), ‘The Game Theory of International Politics’ 21. Friedrich Kratochwil and John Gerard Ruggie (1986), ‘International Organization: A State of the Art on an Art of the State’ 22. Robert O. Keohane (1988), ‘International Institutions: Two Approaches’ 23. Alexander Wendt (1992), ‘Anarchy is what States Make of it: The Social Construction of Power Politics’ 24. Martha Finnemore and Kathryn Sikkink (1998), ‘International Norm Dynamics and Political Change’ 25. James G. March and Johan P. Olsen (1998), ‘The Institutional Dynamics of International Political Orders’ 26. Thomas Risse (2000), ‘”Let’s Argue!”: Communicative Action in World Politics’ 27. Friedrich Kratochwil (2000), ‘Constructing a New Orthodoxy? Wendt’s “Social Theory of International Politics” and the Constructivist Challenge’ 28. James Fearon and Alexander Wendt (2002), ‘Rationalism v. Constructivism: A Skeptical View’ Volume III: Normative Debates Acknowledgements An introduction to all three volumes by the editors appears in Volume I PART I NORMATIVE DEBATES A. Competing Perspectives on International Ethics: Moral Skepticism vs. Communitarianism vs. Cosmopolitanism 1. Charles R. Beitz (1983), ‘Cosmopolitan Ideals and National Sentiment’ 2. Marshall Cohen (1984), ‘Moral Skepticism and International Relations’ 3. George F. Kennan (1985), ‘Morality and Foreign Policy’ 4. David Miller (1988), ‘The Ethical Significance of Nationality’ 5. Robert E. Goodin (1988), ‘What Is So Special about Our Fellow Countrymen?’ 6. Avishai Margalit and Joseph Raz (1990), ‘National Self-Determination’ 7. Thomas W. Pogge (1992), ‘Cosmopolitanism and Sovereignty’ B. Human Rights 8. The Executive Board, American Anthropological Association (1947), ‘Statement on Human Rights’ 9. Henry Shue ([1980] 1996), ‘Security and Subsistence’ 10. Alan Gewirth (1981), ‘The Basis and Content of Human Rights’ 11. Maurice Cranston (1983), ‘Are There Any Human Rights?’ 12. Richard Rorty (1993), ‘Human Rights, Rationality, and Sentimentality’ 13. Susan Moller Okin (1998), ‘Feminism, Women’s Human Rights, and Cultural Differences’ 14. Peter Jones (1999), ‘Group Rights and Group Oppression’ 15. Joshua Cohen (2004), ‘Minimalism About Human Rights: The Most We Can Hope For?’ C. Coercion, Deterrence, and the Use of Force 16. Thomas Nagel (1972), ‘War and Massacre’ 17. Gregory S. Kavka (1978), ‘Some Paradoxes of Deterrence’ 18. David Luban (1980), ‘Just War and Human Rights’ 19. Michael Walzer (1980), ‘The Moral Standing of States: A Response to Four Critics’ 20. Gerald Dworkin (1985), ‘Nuclear Intentions’ 21. Joy Gordon (1999), ‘A Peaceful, Silent, Deadly Remedy: The Ethics of Economic Sanctions’ 22. George A. Lopez (1999), ‘More Ethical than Not: Sanctions as Surgical Tools: Response to a “Peaceful, Silent, Deadly Remedy”’ 23. Jeff McMahan (2005), ‘Just Cause for War’ D. Poverty and Distributive Justice 24. Peter Singer (1972), ‘Famine, Affluence, and Morality’ 25. Garrett Hardin (1974), ‘Living on a Lifeboat’ 26. Charles R. Beitz (1975), ‘Justice and International Relations’ 27. Henry Shue (1988), ‘Mediating Duties’ 28. John Rawls (1993), ‘The Law of Peoples’ 29. Thomas W. Pogge (1994), ‘An Egalitarian Law of Peoples’ E. The Global Polity 30. David Held (1992), ‘Democracy: From City-states to a Cosmopolitan Order?’ 31. Michael Zürn (2000), ‘Democratic Governance Beyond the Nation-State: The EU and Other International Institutions’ 32. Andrew Moravcsik (2004), ‘Is there a “Democratic Deficit” in World Politics? A Framework for Analysis’ 33. Allen Buchanan and Robert O. Keohane (2006), ‘The Legitimacy of Global Governance Institutions’

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Book SynopsisGovernance and Nationbuilding describes how aid donors have attempted to improve the performance of government in developing countries and countries in crisis. Kate Jenkins and William Plowden review the widespread lack of success, tracing the history of international government intervention, the roles of donors and recipient countries, the ways in which expert advice and support have been provided, and the donors' own evaluation of their work. The authors outline and analyse the many obstacles to success, highlighting how the lack of effective learning from experience has led to repeated failures to improve the quality of government. The authors draw on the donors' own assessments of the issues and on their own experience in the British Government and many other countries. They recommend a new approach to improving government: much less grandiose and more modest expectations on the part of the donors, and a new and enhanced role for recipient countries.This is a hard-hitting analysis of the problems and potential proposals for change by two experts in the field. Both have not only advised governments in many different countries but also have first-hand experience of working at a senior level in British Government.The aid community worldwide, academics and students of international politics, international relations and public policy, along with officials and politicians outside the aid community will all find this fascinating book of great value. It will also appeal to journalists and commentatorsTrade Review'. . . a detailed and well-argued book. . . They provide an excellent historical narrative that explodes the twin myths that nation building is a new phenomenon and that the post-war recovery in Japan and Germany constitutes examples of successful nation building that can be replicated elsewhere. . . this book is essential reading for anyone engaged in this issue.' -- Aidan Hehir, Political Studies Review’"Nation Building", "Good Governance" and "Democratization" are the main slogans guiding efforts to help societies in trouble. But nearly all such contemporary endeavors fail. This book is invaluable in exposing the causes for disappointing results and thus provides foundations for much improved policies. It is obligatory reading for all concerned with improving governance.' -- Yehezkel Dror, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and author of The Capacity to Govern: A Report to the Club of Rome (2002)'Reporting on the failure of international intervention, Jenkins and Plowden offer an illuminating analysis of an old but always ignored truth: institutions can be imported, not exported.' -- Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira, Getulio Vargas Foundation, Sao Paulo, Brazil'Anyone contemplating giving aid to developing countries for economic development and governmental modernisation should read this wide-ranging and sharp analysis of why past programmes have brought disappointment and disillusion, and what can be done in the future to ensure more effective use of such aid. It goes beyond economics, encompassing history, culture, social factors and above all politics. It reflects the accumulated wisdom and scholarship of two experienced practical administrators and consultants, who have seen at first hand what can go wrong.' -- G.W. Jones, London School of Economics and Political Science, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Nationbuilding and Governance 2. Empire and Influence 3. The Providers: The Donors 4. The Recipients: The Host Nations 5. The System and its Objectives 6. Evaluation and Outcome 7. Culture and Context 8. The Constraints on Reform 9. Conclusions Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book takes an in-depth look at Japan's long-festering territorial and maritime disputes with its three neighbors - China, South Korea and the Russian Federation. Japan has established friendly relations with all three former adversaries since the end of World War II, but these sovereignty issues remain. All three disagreements have recently flared into potentially violent incidents that could erupt again at any time. The book explores each situation and proposes concrete compromise solutions to each of the outstanding disputes. The key recommendation the book sets forth is that the disputes in question be resolved through the conclusion of separate negotiated agreements between Japan and each of its neighbors, whereby separate Zones of Cooperation and Environmental Protection are established in northeast Asia. These three agreements would be international treaties with the purpose of establishing ongoing permanent cooperation in the three disputed areas. The book concludes with a discussion of the need for broader multilateral institutions of cooperation.International relations specialists, government officials, international lawyers and scholars of Asian politics will find great value in the knowledgeable discussions of these complex issues.Trade Review'The volume provides comprehensive explanations and useful points to help readers understand various conventions, principles, and bases for dispute settlements in terms of international law, especially for those who are not familiar with legal discussions about these islands.' -- Kimie Hara, Journal of Japanese Studies'. . . this book provides a logically written explanation of legalistic matters that otherwise would be hard to approach for the layman. . . The arguments laid out in this book are clear and precise and postulate a need for mutual co-operation and an ecological use of resources as well as the importance for regional actors to use international legal institutions as a conduit to peaceful resolution and mutual benefit.' -- Markus Bell, East Asia Integration Studies'. . . the book successfully outlines the essential points of the disputes and proposes the establishment of regional fora for security and development.' -- Gibeom Kim, Political Studies ReviewTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: Resolving the Disputes on the Basis of Peace, Justice and International Cooperation 2. The Politics of the East China Sea Gas Dispute: Ongoing Discussion between China and Japan by Reinhard Drifte 3. The Legal Aspects of Japan’s Territorial and Maritime Disputes with Neighboring States 4. Options for Dispute Settlement by Michael Hahn 5. Finding Solutions to the Disputes between China and Japan 6. Finding a Solution to the Takeshima/Dok Island Dispute between Japan and South Korea 7. Solving the “Northern Territories” Problem and Concluding a Peace Treaty between Japan and Russia 8. Security and Cooperation in Northeast Asia Index

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Book SynopsisScholars from Japan and a range of other countries explore in this book the still-unfinished effort to achieve the reconciliation of old enmities left over from past wars in East Asia. They present concrete policy proposals for a 'grand design' of peace based on the Japanese concept of 'kyosei’, a word roughly translated as 'conviviality'. A positive peace through kyosei means not only the absence of violence, but also the amelioration of past injustices, exploitation and oppression. The diversity of disciplines represented in the volume - international law and politics, history, philosophy and theology - enrich the contributors' search for an intellectually appropriate, practically transformative and viable grand theory of peace in the twenty-first century. Chapters address issues such as security in North-South conflict situations, foreign policy strategies for Japan, the perspective of comparative religions, and current skepticism for the possibility of peace and reconciliation. These insightful and compelling analyses will be of great interest to students and researchers of East Asia and the politics of peace in general.Trade Reviewi>'This is a serious, theory-laden research book that is suitable for scholars of peace studies, East Asian history, international politics, and political philosophy as well as graduate students of political science, international relations, and political theory.' -- Zhiqun Zhu, East Asia Integration StudiesTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: WHAT KIND OF GRAND THEORY? 1. The Birth of Arts: An Example of Functional Tolerance in Society Yoichiro Murakami 2. Is Grand Theory Possible Today? Shin Chiba 3. In Search of a Grand Theory Against the Current of Skepticism Ryuichi Yamaoka 4. After Grand Theory: Musings on Dialogue, Diversity, and World Formation Lester Edwin J. Ruiz PART II: TOWARD THE CONSTRUCTION OF A GRAND THEORY OF PEACE 5. Horizons of a Grand Theory of Peace Richard Falk 6. Peace Studies and Peace Politics: Multicultural Common Security in North–South Conflict Situations Kinhide Mushakoji 7. Toward a Grand Theory of Negative and Positive Peace: Peace, Security, and Conviviality Johan Galtung PART III: A GRAND DESIGN FOR ACHIEVING KYOSEI IN EAST ASIA 8. Mapping the Sorrows of War Philip West 9. Foreign Policy Strategies for Japan: A Non-Japanese Perspective Thomas J. Schoenbaum 10. Toward a Theology of Reconciliation: Forgiveness from the Perspective of Comparative Religion Anri Morimoto 11. For Realizing Wa and Kyosei in East Asia Shin Chiba Index

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Book SynopsisThis book considers themes, evidence and ideas relating to the prospects for regional leadership in East Asia, with particular reference to China and Japan assuming 'regional leader actor' roles. Key issues discussed by the list of distinguished contributors include: the extent to which there is an East Asian region to lead China-Japan relations different aspects of Japan and China's positions in the East Asia region how the seemingly inexorable rise of China is being addressed within the region how China and Japan have explored paths of regional leadership through certain regional and multilateral organisations and frameworks the position of certain 'intermediary powers' (i.e. the United States and Korea) with regards to regional leadership diplomacy in East Asia. Invaluably, the concluding chapter brings together the main findings of the book and presents new analytical approaches for studying the nature of, and prospects for leadership in East Asia.China, Japan and Regional Leadership in East Asia will be essential reading for upper level undergraduate and postgraduate students and researchers of international relations, regional studies, international political economy and economics as well as Asian and development studies.Trade Review‘China, Japan and Regional Leadership in East Asia is a compilation which provides a necessary and welcome update to the Asian regionalism debates of the last decade, bringing together notable experts in Asian area studies and comparative foreign policy to provide many new insights. . . essential reading both for practitioners of Asian studies and those concerned with the role of comparative regionalism in modern international relations.' -- Marc Lanteigne, East Asia - An International Quarterly'. . . this book is strongly recommended reading for everyone interested in Japan-China relations, leadership, and East Asia. It proves that looking at complex issues from a variety of angles does bring a much deeper understanding. I thoroughly enjoyed it!' -- Marie Soderberg, Journal of Japanese Studies'This book addresses one of the most intriguing but also under-researched issues of the future of the Asian strategic landscape: who will lead the region and replace US leadership, Japan and China, and what kind of leadership do we have to expect? The authors come to the conclusion that it is a matrix or combination of leadership options rather than a single leadership type, depending on issue domains, governance structure and geospatial scales. . . The conclusions by Christopher Dent admirably draw the theoretical and empirical issues together.' -- Reinhard Drifte, Pacific AffairsTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: ‘LEADING’ THE EAST ASIA REGION 1. What Region to Lead? Developments in East Asian Regionalism and Questions of Regional Leadership Christopher M. Dent PART II: CHINA–JAPAN RELATIONS IN FOCUS 2. Japan’s Policy Towards China: Domestic Structural Change, Globalisation, History and Nationalism Christopher W. Hughes 3. Sino-Japanese Relations After Koizumi and the Limits of ‘New Era’ Diplomacy Caroline Rose PART III: JAPAN AND CHINA IN THE EAST ASIA REGION 4. Comparing Summitry, Financial and Trade Regionalisms in East Asia: From the Japanese Perspective Shintaro Hamanaka 5. China’s Place in East Asia Steve Tsang 6. A Regional Partner or a Threatening Other? Chinese Discourse of Japan’s Changing Security Role in East Asia Rex Li PART IV: ADDRESSING THE RISE OF CHINA 7. Towards a Sino-centric Regional Order? Empowering China and Constructing Regional Order(s) Shaun Breslin 8. Who’s Leading Who in ASEAN–China Relations? Community-Building versus Pax Sinica in the Management of Regional Security Joern Dosch PART V: REGIONAL AND MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATION PERSPECTIVES 9. Leadership in Global Governance: Japan and China in the G8 and the United Nations Hugo Dobson 10. Contesting East Asian Security Leadership: China and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Neil Renwick PART VI: INTERMEDIARY POWERS? THE UNITED STATES AND KOREA 11. The United States and East Asia: The Decline of Long-Distance Leadership? Mark Beeson 12. A Shrimp Among the Whales? Korea in the Northeast and East Asia Regional System Christoph Bluth and Christopher M. Dent PART VII: CONCLUSION 13. Regional Leadership in East Asia: Towards New Analytical Approaches Christopher M. Dent Index

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Book SynopsisRecent thinking on globalization places risk at the centre of contemporary life. Yet what if our perception of risk is misplaced? What if the greatest risk is not terrorism itself but the conditions that allow terrorism to flourish? This fascinating book illustrates that elevated perceptions of terrorism-related risks are having a deleterious impact on many societies, exacerbating feelings of exclusion among individuals and groups. Via their exploration of various societies, the expert contributors show that as a causal factor of terrorism, social exclusion can be remedied by inclusive, participatory and deliberative measures. They argue that it would be beneficial to recalibrate counter-terrorism policies to unite rather than divide multi-ethnic, religiously diverse and multicultural societies, stressing the importance of understanding and addressing underlying causes of social tensions. They also assess how global and domestic forces have impacted on the prospects for longer term social cohesion in the countries under review, presenting studies from Western and non-Western societies such as Algeria, Australia, Russia and the United Kingdom, to demonstrate that the differences between these societies are not as stark as is often assumed. This path-breaking book questions the validity of attacks on multiculturalism. As such, it will appeal to a wide-ranging audience including academics, students and researchers in the fields of counter-terrorism, peace-building, and the sociology of religion. It will also provide valuable insights to policy-makers in the areas of immigration, security and community building.Contributors: W. Aly, V. Andre, Y. Bouandel, G.D. Bouma, S. Carland, A. Halafoff, P. Lentini, R. Ling, J. Lyons, B. MacQueen, J. Tirman, D. Wright-Neville, G.M. YemelianovaTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction David Wright-Neville and Anna Halafoff 2. Globalization, Interreligious Conflict and Social Cohesion Gary D. Bouma and Rod Ling 3. Immigration and Insecurity: Post-9/11 Fear in the United States John Tirman 4. The Anatomy of Anti-Muslim Sentiment in Australia: The Case of Muslim Women Waleed Aly and Susan Carland 5. The 2003 Chechen Amnesty: An Unintended Obstacle in the Path of Post-conflict Social Cohesion? Pete Lentini 6. Islam and Social Conflict in Russia Galina M. Yemelianova 7. Algeria’s Arduous Search for Peace Youcef Bouandel 8. Electoral Law Reform and the Potential for Post-confessional Politics in Lebanon Benjamin MacQueen 8. Globalization: A New Driving Force in Southern Thailand Virginie Andre 10. Out of the Mouths of Babes: What the ‘Danish Cartoons’ Can Teach Us About a Multicultural Future Jonathan Lyons 11. Civic Integration for Religious Community Leaders New to Australia: A Multifaith Approach Anna Halafoff, Pete Lentini and Gary D. Bouma Conclusion: International Conflict in the Post-Bush Era David Wright-Neville Index

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the emerging challenges to foreign policymaking in liberal democracies and the adequacy of the 'marketplace of ideas' in responding to these challenges. Looking at foreign policy challenges as diverse as democratization, globalization and climate change, from the role of values in environmental debate to the Iraq invasion and the war on drugs, the contributors critically examine how key global issues are framed in public debate across three of the world's most mature liberal democracies: the US, the UK, and Australia. The book contributes to a better understanding of the limits of the 'marketplace of ideas' in helping to produce wise and accountable policy, and how those limits may soon be overcome.Examining how key global issues are framed in foreign policy debate across a range of liberal democratic societies, this book will strongly appeal to academics and students with an interest in international relations, policymaking and politics, as well as to governmental and think tank policymakers and advisors.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction: Foreign Policy and the Limits of Democratic Debate Michael Heazle, Martin Griffiths and Tom Conley PART I: CHALLENGES OF A NEW CENTURY 2. Democratization: Paradoxes and Pitfalls Martin Griffiths 3. Science, Advocacy and the Role of Values in Environmental Debate Michael Heazle 4. The Marketplace of Ideas and Global Development Iyanatul Islam 5. Globalization, the State and Liberal Democracy Tom Conley 6. The Song Remains the Same: Converging Views on a Rising China Michael Clarke and Doug Smith PART II: THE LIMITS OF DEMOCRATIC DEBATE 7. The Invasion of Iraq: The Marketplace of Ideas and its Limits Andrew O’Neil 8. Epistemic Constitutionalism in International Governance: The Case of Climate Change Clark A. Miller 9. Islam and the Struggle for Democracy Mohamad Abdalla and Halim Rane 10. The International Movement of People: A Multi-headed Policy Hydra for Liberal Democracies Christine Inglis 11. A Hundred Years of Drug Prohibition: A Study in the Failure of Global Governance Alfred W. McCoy Index

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Book SynopsisA Republic of Europeans looks at the changing routes and conditions of the European polity from a liberal republican angle, proposing an innovative regulative ideal for Europe's future. The book assesses the prospects for uniting diverse publics into a composite polity with its own sense of 'demos-hood'. It also places Europe's normative evolution in the wider context of an ordered global plurality made up of highly interrelated actors. In examining whether the European Union has reached a point which might be telling of an end state, the book offers a depiction of the whole as an 'organized synarchy' of entwined sovereignties, arguing that the envisaged transition from a synarchy of co-sovereigns to a self-identifying citizenry requires the constitution of a 'Republic of Europeans'. A polity which, corresponding to the liberal republican vision of 'many peoples, one demos', regulates contemporary forms of pluralism, which the authors approach as instances of a 'civic polyculturalism'. Offering new understandings on Europe's normative evolution, this book will appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate students in politics, Government, European studies, international relations, international organization and political theory. Doctoral students, postdoctoral and advanced researchers, as well as policy makers in government and international organizations, will also find much to interest them in this book. Contents: Preface; 1. The Global Plurality; 2. Retheorizing Europe; 3. 'One Great Republic'?; 4. Reflective Projections; 5. Postscript: Directions; References; IndexTrade Review'A Republic of Europeans builds on an analysis of the European Union as part of the more general process of globalizing governance, but what is distinctive about the book is its imaginative defence of a liberal form of republicanism as the normative answer to the EU's legitimacy deficit. Lavdas' and Chryssochoou's republicanism is pragmatic in its analysis of the EU's institutional structure and political conditions, but civic in inspiration. It assumes that the EU is still a collection of demoi, but it suggests that a European demos can be built and sustained through democratic politics and a republican culture based on civic engagement and the principle of non-domination. This is a new and insightful addition to the growing republican literature on the EU.' - Dario Castiglione, University of Exeter, UK 'This book is an essential read for anyone concerned about relationships between individuals and authority in the evolving European Union. It is full of insight and persuasively original, and brilliantly relates developments in the European polity to those at the global level.' - Paul Taylor, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK 'A Republic of Europeans looks at the institutions of the European Union in the search for an image that is fit to regulate the aspirations of member states and member subjects. It grounds this search in an informed account of how those institutions actually operate and it relies on the framework of ideas deriving from the European republican tradition to provide guidance for the project. The book gives us a regulative ideal for the development of the Union that ought to command the attention of citizens and policymakers alike.' --- Philip Pettit, Princeton University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. The Global Plurality 2. Retheorizing Europe 3. ‘One Great Republic’? 4. Reflective Projections 5. Postscript: Directions References Index

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Book SynopsisThe Handbook on the Political Economy of War highlights and explores important research questions and discusses the core elements of the political economy of war.By defining political economy and war in the broadest sense, this unique Handbook brings together a wide range of interdisciplinary scholars from economics, political science, sociology, and policy studies to address a multitude of important topics. These include an analysis of why wars begin, how wars are waged, what happens following the cessation of war, and various alternatives to conflict. Other sections explore civil war and revolution, the arms trade, political and economic systems, and post-conflict reconstruction and nation building. Erudite yet accessible, this comprehensive reference work will prove to be an engaging and enlightening read for policymakers, academics, and students of political science, economics, public policy, and sociology.Trade Review‘From why wars begin and how they are waged to alternatives to conflict ,civil war, arms issues, and nation building, this offers a detailed, in-depth and comprehensive reference perfect for any military or political issues holding.’ -- The Midwest Book ReviewTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Christopher J. Coyne and Rachel L. Mathers PART I: WHY WARS ARE WAGED 2. Theories and Causes of War Jack S. Levy 3. The Reasons for Wars: An Updated Survey Matthew O. Jackson and Massimo Morelli 4. Can’t We All Just Get Along? Fractionalization, Institutions and Economic Consequences Peter T. Leeson and Claudia R. Williamson 5. Psychological Aspects of War Iain Hardie, Dominic Johnson and Dominic Tierney PART II: WAYS OF WAGING WAR 6. What is Guerrilla Warfare? Anthony James Joes 7. The Economics of Torture Pavel Yakovlev 8. Terrorism in Rational Choice Perspective William F. Shughart II 9. The Political Economy of Conscription Panu Poutvaara and Andreas Wagener PART III: CIVIL WAR AND REVOLUTION 10. Economic Perspectives on Civil Wars Nathan Fiala and Stergios Skaperdas 11. Political Economy of Third World Revolutions Misagh Parsa PART IV: THE ARMS TRADE 12. The Arms Trade David Kinsella 13. Arms Trade Offsets: What Do We Know? Jurgen Brauer and John Paul Dunne PART V: POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SYSTEMS 14. The Capitalist Peace Erich Weede 15. On the Democratic Peace Sebastian Rosato 16. International Conflict and Leadership Tenure Randall J. Blimes 17. A Public Choice Perspective on Defense and Alliance Policy Bernhard Klingen 18. International Regimes and War James Ashley Morrison and Avery F. White PART VI: POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION AND NATION BUILDING 19. Fixing Failed States: A Dissenting View Justin Logan and Christopher Preble 20. Choice and Consequence in Strategies of Transitional Justice Geoff Dancy 21. Dynamics of Military Occupation Michael Hechter and Oriol Vidal-Aparicio 22. Three’s Company? Towards an Understanding of Third-Party Intervention Effectiveness David Carment and Martin Fischer 23. Credible Commitment in Post-Conflict Recovery Thomas Edward Flores and Irfan Nooruddin 24. Conflict, Credibility and Asset Prices Gregory M. Dempster and Justin P. Isaacs PART VII: ALTERNATIVES TO WAR 25. Disaggregated Trade Flows and International Conflict Han Dorussen and Hugh Ward 26. Sanctions as Alternatives to War David Cortright and George A. Lopez 27. International Negotiation and Conflict Prevention I. William Zartman 28. The Economics of Peacekeeping Lloyd J. Dumas Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely book examines the immense surges in immigration since the mid-1990s in Australia and the United States, two of the world's most important settler-receiving countries.Australia's shift to a points-based, skills-oriented system is contrasted with the political deadlock that has prevented any basic change in US immigration policy during this period. Focusing on immigration policy trends, effects on labour markets, successes and failures in integrating massive numbers of new immigrants, and the future of multiculturalism, the book ponders many of the policy dilemmas that confront both countries.Drawing on extensive research findings in the field of immigration policy, this book will prove a fascinating read for both scholars and postgraduate students working on immigration, as well as undergraduates studying courses on Australia and comparisons of the Australian and American policy arenas. Public servants engaged in administering Australian and US immigration policies will also find this book invaluable.Trade Review'. . . the true strength of this book is the chapters stand as well alone as they do together, allowing the reader to peruse those of most interest. This work provides enough to whet the intellectual appetite, providing an overview and basic introduction to some of the current key issues on immigration in the two countries, and provides many references for readers interested in learning more.' -- Nikoleta Rukaj, Journal of Population Research'. . . the volume provides an important contribution to international immigration (policy) studies and will serve as a useful resource for students and expert readers alike.' -- Martina Boese, Pacific Affairs'The book will be a good addition to policymakers', faculty, and student libraries, and they will find themselves going back to the book time after time for data and information that they can compare with their own country's history and statistics. Even though the focus is on two specific countries, it is a timely piece of scholarship and one that should be read by all those in the field of immigration. The editors are to be congratulated for putting together an excellent and timely book on immigration issues.' -- James Frideres, Canadian Studies in Population'These papers capture the pluralist phenomenon of two of the largest immigrant-receiving countries of all time. Within this 200+ page volume, then, is to be found a truly informative mass of data (complete with graphs, tables and statistics) and learned analyses pertaining to the twin-focus of its title which will serve as a valuable tool of reference and reflection by all who have an interest in the subject.' -- Ramnik Shah, Immigration, Asylum and Nationality LawTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction John Higley and John Nieuwenhuysen 2. Flows of Immigrants 1993–2008: Australia Graeme Hugo 3. Trends in US Immigration Susan K. Brown, James Bachmeier and Frank D. Bean 4. From Disordered Expansion to Disordered Stalemate: Immigration Politics in the United States Gary P. Freeman 5. Immigration Policy in Australia Bob Birrell 6. Immigration and the Labour Market in Australia Santina Bertone 7. Immigration and the United States Labour Market Brian Duncan and Stephen J. Trejo 8. New Groups and Social Cohesion in Australia Andrew Jakubowicz 9. Latinos, Immigration and Social Cohesion in the United States David L. Leal 10. Immigrant Settlement, Ethnic Relations and Multiculturalism in Australia James Jupp 11. Who Belongs? Assimilation, Integration and Multiculturalism in the United States Cara Wong Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisDoes the increasing prominence of Asia also mark a new era for human rights in the region? This timely book uncovers the political drivers behind both recent regional and country-based changes to the recognition, promotion, and protection of rights. Human Rights in Asia focuses on the relationships between political regimes, institutions and cultures, and external actors, such as international organizations, NGOs, and business. The contributing authors provide important discussions on Burma, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and the Phillipines. Thematic chapters then go on to frame these individually focused contributions, by examining the international pressure to 'normalize' rights regimes, and the relationship between Islam and rights in the region. Providing a unique combination of country-specific and thematic analysis, this book will be a fascinating and beneficial read for postgraduate and undergraduate students in human rights and international relations, as well as scholars in politics, human rights, international relations and government and NGO analysts. Contributors include: M.K. Connors, T.W.D. Davis, M. Ford, B. Galligan, A. Kent, A. McGregor, T. Milner, R.C. Pangalangan, S. Peou, G. Rodan, A. Saeed, R. SamaddarTrade ReviewThis timely collection tracks legal, cultural, political and institutional developments concerning human rights and Asia over the last decade, and, crucially, helps to move the Asia/human rights discourse beyond the Asian 'values' debate. Covering both country-specific and thematic analyses, it will be a key addition to the library of all who are interested in the promotion and protection of human rights.’Asia - in all its robust variety - is a hotbed of human rights controversy and conflict. It also harbours great potential and promise to improve the standards of human rights enjoyed by its peoples. This tremendously readable and insightful collection of essays shirks neither perspective, employing an impressive array of political, economic, cultural and legal arguments as to how to exploit the good and counteract the bad.’ -- David Kinley, University of Sydney, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Human Rights in Asia: Institutions, Norms and Politics Thomas W.D. Davis 2. Muslim Debates on Human Rights and Freedom of Religion Abdullah Saeed 3. International Networks and Human Rights in Indonesia Michele Ford 4. Human Rights Discourse in Post-Marcos Philippines Raul C. Pangalangan 5. Political Accountability and Human Rights in Singapore Garry Rodan 6. Contesting Human Rights in Malaysia Anthony Milner 7. Ambivalent About Human Rights: Thai Democracy Michael K. Connors 8. The Challenge for Human Rights in Cambodia Sorpong Peou 9. Human Rights Coalitions in Myanmar Andrew McGregor 10. The Politics of Human Rights in India Ranabir Samaddar 11. China’s Human Rights in ‘the Asian Century’ Ann Kent 12. Human Rights in Asia: Comparative Reflections Brian Galligan Index

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Book SynopsisThe Elgar Handbook of Civil War and Fragile States brings together contributions from a multidisciplinary group of internationally renowned scholars on such important issues as the causes of violent conflicts and state fragility, the challenges of conflict resolution and mediation, and the obstacles to post-conflict reconstruction and durable peace-building.While other companion volumes exist, this detailed and comprehensive book brings together an unrivalled range of disciplinary perspectives, including development economists, quantitative and qualitative political scientists, and sociologists. Topical chapters include: Post-Conflict and State Fragility, Ethnicity, Human Security, Poverty and Conflict, Economic Dimensions of Civil War, Climate Change and Armed Conflict, Rebel Recruitment, Education and Violent Conflict, Obstacles to Peace Settlements and many others.With detailed and comprehensive coverage, this Handbook will appeal to postgraduate and undergraduate students, policymakers, researchers and academics in conflict and peace studies, international relations, international politics and security studies.Contributors include: P. Aall, T. Addison, P.H. Baker, R.H. Bates, J. Bercovitch, G.K. Brown, H. Buhaug, P. Clark, C.A. Crocker, H. Dorussen, V.P. Fortna, S. Fukuda-Parr, K.S. Gleditsch, N.P. Gleditsch, Y. Guichaoua, F.O. Hampson, C.A. Hartzell, H. Hegre, H. Holtermann, L.M. Howard, P. Justino, A. Langer, R. Licklider, K. Long, C. Lutmar, D.M. Malone, J. McGarry, C. Messineo, N.W. Metternich, R. Muggah, S.M. Murshed, H. Nitzscke, B. O Leary, J. Ohiorhenuan, A. Ruggeri, B.R. Sørensen, F. Stewart, M.Z. Tadjoeddin, O.M. Theisen, H. Urdal, P. Vermeersch, S. WolffTrade Review'The Elgar Handbook of Civil War and Fragile States is an impressive volume. Its distinguished contributors offer a rich menu of courses, ranging from conflict and war to peacemaking, transitional justice, peacekeeping, and powersharing. Encyclopedic in its scope, the volume encompasses many different approaches to stimulate and provoke the careful reader. It serves up a feast for scholars and policymakers alike.' --Donald L. Horowitz, Duke University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Conflict, Post-Conflict, and State Fragility: Conceptual and Methodological Issues Arnim Langer and Graham K. Brown 2. Ethnicity Robert H. Bates 3. Human Security Sakiko Fukuda-Parr and Carol Messineo 4. Poverty and Conflict Håvard Hegre and Helge Holtermann 5. Conflict and the Social Contract Syed Mansoob Murshed 6. Economic Dimensions of Civil War Heiko Nitzschke and David M. Malone 7. Horizontal Inequalities and Conflict Frances Stewart 8. Conflict, Natural Resources and Development Mohammad Zulfan Tadjoeddin 9. Climate Change and Armed Conflict Ole Magnus Theisen, Nils Petter Gleditsch and Halvard Buhaug 10. Demography and Armed Conflict Henrik Urdal 11. Rethinking Durable Solutions for Refugees Katy Long 12. Rebel Recruitment Yvan Guichaoua 13. Violent Conflict and Human Capital Accumulation Patricia Justino 14. Education and Violent Conflict Birgitte Refslund Sørensen 15. International Dimensions of Internal Conflict Nils W. Metternich, Kristian Skrede Gleditsch, Han Dorussen and Andrea Ruggeri 16. Theories of Ethnic Mobilization: Overview and Recent Trends Peter Vermeersch 17. Transitions from War to Peace Caroline A. Hartzell 18. Fragile States and Civil Wars: Is Mediation the Answer? Carmela Lutmar and Jacob Bercovitch 19. Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Robert Muggah 20. Obstacles to Peace Settlements Roy Licklider 21. Pitfalls and Prospects in the Peacekeeping Literature Virginia Page Fortna and Lise Morjé Howard 22. Transitional Justice in Post-Conflict Societies Phil Clark 23. Collective Conflict Management Chester A. Crocker, Fen Osler Hampson and Pamela Aall 24. The Political Economy of Fragile States Tony Addison 25. Conflict Resolution versus Democratic Governance: Can Elections Bridge the Divide? Pauline H. Baker 26. Federations and Managing Nations John McGarry and Brendan O’Leary 27. Post-Conflict Recovery John Ohiorhenuan 28. Gendering Violent Conflicts Birgitte Refslund Sørensen 29. Complex Power Sharing Stefan Wolff References Index

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Book SynopsisGlobal threats can be expected to cause a global environmental crisis and declining living standards for most people. Threats analyzed include poverty, cultural, economic, political and religious fundamentalism, consumption, population increase and degradation of the global ecosystem. Chapters on the United States, China and Zambia illustrate difficulties that high, middle and low income countries face in addressing such threats. The final chapter examines the type of transformational change required just to reduce the rate and magnitude of future decline.Trade Review‘A work of political economy from the perspective of an anthropologist who has made a career of studying poverty and displaced people, Global Threats, Global Futures will prove rewarding reading for anyone concerned with issues of economic development, environmental and cultural degradation, and the causes and solutions of poverty. Most of all, Thayer Scudder illuminates a path, not only possible but plausible, through a destructive maze of humankind’s own making - if only the political will can be found to tread it.’ -- Engineering & Science‘Thayer Scudder is one of those gifted authors who have the experience and the vision to span multiple sectors and far flung sites in assessing where humankind and its habitat are heading. His restless curiosity in everything around him has led him to become not simply the world’s leading authority on the impacts on the lives of people resettled by dam-building projects but an innovative thinker about development anthropology and the threats to the globe from poverty, fundamentalism in all its pernicious forms and environmental degradation. This iconoclastic book assails sacred cows ranging from the World Bank to the malign role of Buddhist priests in the late civil war in Sri Lanka. The work is not reassuring. But its conclusion that humans can learn to live with declining living standards is more uplifting than doom-laden.’ -- David McDowell, Former Director General of the IUCN and New Zealand Ambassador to the United Nations‘Neither Pollyanna nor Prophet of Doom, Professor Scudder has drawn on his 55 years of international experience and presented a clear, hard hitting, extraordinarily well documented analysis of the critical and urgent global challenges that face humankind and of the transformations that will be required to meet those challenges. This is a very important book. It should be read by an informed public, but most particularly by leaders and policy makers of the world’s governments, international organizations, educational and religious institutions.’ -- Lee Talbot, George Mason University, US‘This is an extraordinary, bold, and exceptionally well thought out prospectus on the next century of the human condition. Declining living standards, consequential to the pervasive pursuit of growth in terms of Gross Domestic Product, is a central theme that is thoroughly documented and engagingly articulated. The decisive role in the decline of living standards played by global threats including poverty, fundamentalism, environmental degradation, wars, and excess consumption, is compellingly presented from the perspective of the author’s unique career.’ -- Burton Singer, Princeton University, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. The Threat of Global Poverty 2. The Threat of Fundamentalism 3. The Threat of Environmental Degradation 4. United States 5. People’s Republic of China 6. Zambia 7. Transforming Global Societies References Index

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Book SynopsisGlobal threats can be expected to cause a global environmental crisis and declining living standards for most people. Threats analyzed include poverty, cultural, economic, political and religious fundamentalism, consumption, population increase and degradation of the global ecosystem. Chapters on the United States, China and Zambia illustrate difficulties that high, middle and low income countries face in addressing such threats. The final chapter examines the type of transformational change required just to reduce the rate and magnitude of future decline.Trade Review‘A work of political economy from the perspective of an anthropologist who has made a career of studying poverty and displaced people, Global Threats, Global Futures will prove rewarding reading for anyone concerned with issues of economic development, environmental and cultural degradation, and the causes and solutions of poverty. Most of all, Thayer Scudder illuminates a path, not only possible but plausible, through a destructive maze of humankind’s own making - if only the political will can be found to tread it.’ -- Engineering & Science‘Thayer Scudder is one of those gifted authors who have the experience and the vision to span multiple sectors and far flung sites in assessing where humankind and its habitat are heading. His restless curiosity in everything around him has led him to become not simply the world’s leading authority on the impacts on the lives of people resettled by dam-building projects but an innovative thinker about development anthropology and the threats to the globe from poverty, fundamentalism in all its pernicious forms and environmental degradation. This iconoclastic book assails sacred cows ranging from the World Bank to the malign role of Buddhist priests in the late civil war in Sri Lanka. The work is not reassuring. But its conclusion that humans can learn to live with declining living standards is more uplifting than doom-laden.’ -- David McDowell, Former Director General of the IUCN and New Zealand Ambassador to the United Nations‘Neither Pollyanna nor Prophet of Doom, Professor Scudder has drawn on his 55 years of international experience and presented a clear, hard hitting, extraordinarily well documented analysis of the critical and urgent global challenges that face humankind and of the transformations that will be required to meet those challenges. This is a very important book. It should be read by an informed public, but most particularly by leaders and policy makers of the world’s governments, international organizations, educational and religious institutions.’ -- Lee Talbot, George Mason University, US‘This is an extraordinary, bold, and exceptionally well thought out prospectus on the next century of the human condition. Declining living standards, consequential to the pervasive pursuit of growth in terms of Gross Domestic Product, is a central theme that is thoroughly documented and engagingly articulated. The decisive role in the decline of living standards played by global threats including poverty, fundamentalism, environmental degradation, wars, and excess consumption, is compellingly presented from the perspective of the author’s unique career.’ -- Burton Singer, Princeton University, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. The Threat of Global Poverty 2. The Threat of Fundamentalism 3. The Threat of Environmental Degradation 4. United States 5. People’s Republic of China 6. Zambia 7. Transforming Global Societies References Index

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Book SynopsisThis book considers themes, evidence and ideas relating to the prospects for regional leadership in East Asia, with particular reference to China and Japan assuming 'regional leader actor' roles. Key issues discussed by the list of distinguished contributors include: the extent to which there is an East Asian region to lead China-Japan relations different aspects of Japan and China's positions in the East Asia region how the seemingly inexorable rise of China is being addressed within the region how China and Japan have explored paths of regional leadership through certain regional and multilateral organisations and frameworks the position of certain 'intermediary powers' (i.e. the United States and Korea) with regards to regional leadership diplomacy in East Asia. Invaluably, the concluding chapter brings together the main findings of the book and presents new analytical approaches for studying the nature of, and prospects for leadership in East Asia.China, Japan and Regional Leadership in East Asia will be essential reading for upper level undergraduate and postgraduate students and researchers of international relations, regional studies, international political economy and economics as well as Asian and development studies.Trade Review‘China, Japan and Regional Leadership in East Asia is a compilation which provides a necessary and welcome update to the Asian regionalism debates of the last decade, bringing together notable experts in Asian area studies and comparative foreign policy to provide many new insights. . . essential reading both for practitioners of Asian studies and those concerned with the role of comparative regionalism in modern international relations.' -- Marc Lanteigne, East Asia - An International Quarterly'. . . this book is strongly recommended reading for everyone interested in Japan-China relations, leadership, and East Asia. It proves that looking at complex issues from a variety of angles does bring a much deeper understanding. I thoroughly enjoyed it!' -- Marie Soderberg, Journal of Japanese Studies'This book addresses one of the most intriguing but also under-researched issues of the future of the Asian strategic landscape: who will lead the region and replace US leadership, Japan and China, and what kind of leadership do we have to expect? The authors come to the conclusion that it is a matrix or combination of leadership options rather than a single leadership type, depending on issue domains, governance structure and geospatial scales. . . The conclusions by Christopher Dent admirably draw the theoretical and empirical issues together.' -- Reinhard Drifte, Pacific AffairsTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: ‘LEADING’ THE EAST ASIA REGION 1. What Region to Lead? Developments in East Asian Regionalism and Questions of Regional Leadership Christopher M. Dent PART II: CHINA–JAPAN RELATIONS IN FOCUS 2. Japan’s Policy Towards China: Domestic Structural Change, Globalisation, History and Nationalism Christopher W. Hughes 3. Sino-Japanese Relations After Koizumi and the Limits of ‘New Era’ Diplomacy Caroline Rose PART III: JAPAN AND CHINA IN THE EAST ASIA REGION 4. Comparing Summitry, Financial and Trade Regionalisms in East Asia: From the Japanese Perspective Shintaro Hamanaka 5. China’s Place in East Asia Steve Tsang 6. A Regional Partner or a Threatening Other? Chinese Discourse of Japan’s Changing Security Role in East Asia Rex Li PART IV: ADDRESSING THE RISE OF CHINA 7. Towards a Sino-centric Regional Order? Empowering China and Constructing Regional Order(s) Shaun Breslin 8. Who’s Leading Who in ASEAN–China Relations? Community-Building versus Pax Sinica in the Management of Regional Security Joern Dosch PART V: REGIONAL AND MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATION PERSPECTIVES 9. Leadership in Global Governance: Japan and China in the G8 and the United Nations Hugo Dobson 10. Contesting East Asian Security Leadership: China and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Neil Renwick PART VI: INTERMEDIARY POWERS? THE UNITED STATES AND KOREA 11. The United States and East Asia: The Decline of Long-Distance Leadership? Mark Beeson 12. A Shrimp Among the Whales? Korea in the Northeast and East Asia Regional System Christoph Bluth and Christopher M. Dent PART VII: CONCLUSION 13. Regional Leadership in East Asia: Towards New Analytical Approaches Christopher M. Dent Index

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Book SynopsisThis unique and fascinating book illustrates that in moving the research agenda forward - despite whatever methodological pitfalls that may await in the attempt - the dynamics of religion must now be considered to be of central and abiding importance in the study of world politics. An illuminating case study of the World Bank s engagements with religion/faith communities, institutions and social movements provides insights into the current discourse on religion in international relations. John A. Rees argues that religion is of equal importance to other structures of international relations (IR), and questions where religion is operating in world politics rather than what religion is in an essential sense. He constructs a new model for differentiating three distinct discourses of religion in the theory and practice of world politics, which he applies to the IR sphere of international development, and encourages new thinking in the field by answering conceptual and methodological challenges in religion research. This book will prove an enlightening point of reference for academics and researchers in the fields of religion, world politics, international relations, and development studies, as well as for international organizations, development theorists and practitioners working in conjunction with faith-based organizations.Table of ContentsContents: Foreword by Scott M. Thomas Introduction 1. The Discourses of Religion in International Politics 2. Modelling Religion in International Relations 3. Religion and the Discourse of Development 4. Religion and the World Bank 5. Analyzing World Bank Faith and Development Partnerships 6. The World Faiths Development Dialogue (1998–2005) 7. Development and the Sacral Deficit Index

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Book Synopsis'The Handbook of Globalisation and Environmental Policy is a very important book. More than 40 experienced authors, including some of the most important international thought leaders of our time, have confronted a crucial question: How can and should national governments come to grips with the need for global action on a wide range of increasingly urgent environmental challenges that exceed their authority and capability? Through close examination of numerous case studies, a balanced perspective that takes government, business and civil society into account, and fresh interdisciplinary thinking about a range of policy tools, the Handbook offers a treasure-trove of new concepts and new perspectives. The authors conclude that by acknowledging the ongoing erosion of national sovereignty and accepting the growing need to work together in supranational forums, national governments can, in fact, increase their capacity to shape their own destiny.'- Lawrence Susskind, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US 'In an increasingly interdependent world, global forces affect both the design and effectiveness of environmental policy. This Handbook provides an unusually creative and comprehensive guide, not only to the nature of these forces and their impacts, but also to how a better understanding of these forces can provide a foundation for improving the effectiveness of environmental policy.' - Tom Tietenberg, Colby College, US In the current era of globalization, national governments are increasingly exposed to international influences that present new constraints and opportunities for domestic environmental policies. This comprehensive, revised Handbook pushes the frontiers of theoretical and empirical knowledge, and provides a state-of-the-art examination of the multifaceted effects of globalization on environmental governance. Including substantially revised as well as new contributions from leading authorities, the Handbook offers an insightful overview of recent developments at the intersection of globalization and national environmental policy. It covers themes including national regimes, trade rules, types of goods, federalism, innovation, standards, citizen-consumers, developing countries, policy networks, partnerships, and carbon trading. The Handbook's depth and scope will appeal to a broad and varied readership, across academics, students, and policy makers interested in public and private governance, environmental economics, international relations, environmental politics and law, sociology, and political science. Contributors: T. Chagas, P. Conceicao, E. Dellas, D. Esty, M. Flaherty, P. Glasbergen, E. Harkink, J. Hontelez, M. Ivanova, M. Jansen, N. Johnstone, M. Kalamova, I. Kaul, A. Keck, R. Kemp, W. Kersten, A. Kolliker, L. Kramer, D. Liefferink, A. Mol, H. Mowat, H. Opschoor, S. Ozinga, J. Pieters, D. Post, L. Soete, G. Spaargaren, B. Stigson, C. Streck, M. Toffel, N. Uludere Aragon, J. van Kasteren, P. van Seters, S. Veenman, J. Verschuuren, R. Visser, D. Vogel, K. von Moltke, M. von Unger, R. Weehuizen, F. Wijen, K. ZoetemanTrade ReviewThis is undoubtedly a useful collection of essays for environmental policy-makers and anyone interested in the relationship between national government and transnational forces. . . the collection brings together some interesting perspectives and should prove a useful complement to the existing political sociology of the environment. - -- International Sociology - Review of BooksTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: OVERVIEW 1. Globalisation and National Environmental Policy: Update and Overview Frank Wijen, Kees Zoeteman, Jan Pieters and Paul van Seters 2. Environmental Policy Stringency and Foreign Direct Investment Margarita Kalamova and Nick Johnstone 3. Collaboration of National Governments and Global Corporations in Environmental Management Kees Zoeteman and Eric Harkink 4. Globalisation, Sustainable Development, and Environmental Policies in Developing Countries Hans Opschoor PART II: NATIONAL POLICIES IN A GLOBALISED WORLD 5. Globalisation and National Incentives for Protecting Environmental Goods: Types of Goods, Trade Effects, and International Collective Action Problems Alkuin Kölliker 6. National Environmental Policies and Multilateral Trade Rules Marion Jansen and Alexander Keck 7. Towards an Effective Eco-Innovation Policy in a Globalised Setting René Kemp, Luc Soete and Rifka Weehuizen 8. Standards and the Internationalisation of Environmental Practices and Policies Jan Pieters 9. Globalisation and Crop-Protection Policy Joost van Kasteren 10. Overcoming Limitations of National Governments to Mitigate Global Environmental Distortions Kees Zoeteman and Wouter Kersten PART III: NATIONAL INFLUENCE IN SUPRANATIONAL FORUMS 11. Environmental Federalism in the European Union and the United States David Vogel, Michael Toffel, Diahanna Post and Nazli Uludere Aragon 12. The Dispersion of Authority in the European Union and its Impact on Environmental Legislation Ludwig Krämer 13. Different Countries, Different Strategies: ‘Green’ Member States Influencing EU Climate Policy Sietske Veenman and Duncan Liefferink 14. Mutual Recognition in the Testing of Chemicals through the OECD Rob Visser 15. Strategies to Prevent Illegal Logging Saskia Ozinga and Hannah Mowat 16. Financing Global Public Goods: Responding to Global Environmental Challenges Pedro Conceição and Inge Kaul 17. Globalisation and Environmental Policy Design Konrad von Moltke 18. Governments and Policy Networks: Chances, Risks, and a Missing Strategy Charlotte Streck and Eleni Dellas 19. Globalisation and Environmental Stewardship: A Global Governance Perspective Daniel Esty and Maria Ivanova PART IV: PUBLIC-PRIVATE INTERACTIONS 20. Partnerships for Sustainable Development in a Globalised World: A Reflection on Market-Oriented and Policy-Oriented Partnerships Pieter Glasbergen 21. Overcoming the Limitations of Environmental Law in a Globalised World Jonathan Verschuuren 22. Business Drivers of Sustainable Development: The Role and Influence of the WBCSD, a Global Business Network Björn Stigson and Margaret Flaherty 23. The Influence of Non-Governmental Environmental Organisations on EU Policies John Hontelez 24. The Role of Citizen-Consumers in Globalising Environmental Politics Gert Spaargaren and Arthur Mol 25. Trading with Carbon: A Global Response to a Global Challenge Moritz von Unger and Thiago Chagas Index

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Book SynopsisThis well-documented book analyzes the possibilities and constraints of regulatory cooperation between the EU and the US (particularly California) with a specific focus on environmental protection, food safety and agriculture, biosafety and biodiversity. Transatlantic Regulatory Cooperation features eleven original essays by leading academics of regulation on both sides of the Atlantic. They explore topics such as the impact of federalism on regulatory policies both within the US and Europe, the transatlantic dynamics of water policy, climate change, pesticide and chemical regulation, and biotechnology. A primary focus of this timely study is on the shifting roles of California and the EU as regulatory leaders and ITS impact on future regulatory cooperation across the Atlantic. This informative book will appeal to graduate and postgraduate students, as well as academics and researchers in international relations, business, law and economics who are working on regulatory issues. The policy community which focuses on regulation and transatlantic regulatory relations will also find it an important resource.Trade ReviewIn this increasingly globalised regulatory environment there is a need to better understand how the world s two most active trade-blocks are cooperating especially with regard to pending complicated regulations be it REACH or the proposed revision of US TSCA. In this most timely book, Vogel and Swinnen bring together an outstanding group of scholars to help explain the delicate and important intricacies of present policy debates, making the volume essential reading for policy researchers, regulators and consultants active in the area. Ragnar Lofstedt, King's College London, UK David Vogel and Johan Swinnen have assembled a first-rate book on regulatory cooperation between the US and EU. The case studies provide detailed and nuanced analyses of policy areas from water to climate change and biotechnology, and the concluding chapters offer well-judged and balanced assessments of the regulatory challenges for future transatlantic relations. - Robert Falkner, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK Transatlantic Regulatory Cooperation represents a cutting-edge contribution to the study of economic regulation, and in particular the prospects for cooperation between the US and the EU as the world's dominant economic blocs. The authors, among the leading scholars in their fields, provide theoretically and empirically informed studies of transatlantic cooperation and conflict in areas such as the environment, climate change, food safety, and genetically modified foods, deriving provocative and compelling policy recommendations from each. The discussion of federalism, and the opportunities and constraints it presents for international cooperation, is superb. --- Mark A. Pollack, Temple University, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Heddy Riss, Johan F.M. Swinnen and David Vogel PART I: FEDERALISM AND COOPERATION AT THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS 1. Legal Guidelines for Cooperation between the EU and American State Governments Daniel Farber 2. Transatlantic Environmental Regulation-making: Strengthening Cooperation between California and the EU Christina G. Hioureas and Bruce E. Cain 3. California Motor Vehicle Standards and Federalism: Lessons for the EU Ann E. Carlson PART II: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 4. Rivers of Diversity: Water Regulation in California and the EU Gabrielle Bouleau and Matt Kondolf 5. Reshaping Chemicals Policy on Two Sides of the Atlantic: The Promise of Improved Sustainability through International Collaboration Megan R. Schwarzman and Michael P. Wilson 6. Climate Change Policy in California: Balancing Markets versus Regulation Michael Hanemann and Chris Busch PART III: FOOD SAFETY AND AGRICULTURE 7. US versus EU Biotechnology Regulations and Comparative Advantage: Implications for Future Conflicts and Trade Gal Hochman, Gordon C. Rausser and David Zilberman 8. Circuits of Regulation: Transatlantic Perspectives on Persistent Organic Pollutants and Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals Chris Ansell and Jörg Balsiger 9. How to Get Out of the Transatlantic Regulatory Deadlock Over Genetically Modified Organisms? Alberto Alemanno PART IV: THE POTENTIAL AND LIMITS OF INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY COOPERATION 10. Food Labels and the Environment: Towards Harmonization of EU and US Organic Standards David E. Winickoff and Kendra Klein 11. EU–US Horizontal Regulatory Cooperation: Mutual Recognition of Impact Assessment? Anne C.M. Meuwese PART V: SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS 12. Transatlantic Regulatory Cooperation: Conclusions and Implications Axel Marx and Jan Wouters 13. Lessons Learned and Suggestions for Improving Regulatory Cooperation between California and the EU Ian Clark Index

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Book Synopsis`This book offers an exciting new approach to assess and remedy the deficiencies of international rule making. The existing system is prone to the epistemic failings of elites and suffers from the lack democratic responsiveness. Both flaws ought to be corrected by introducing governing rules that allow for challenge and dissent. The book is perfect reading for scholars and practitioners who are interested in placing the international order on a more secure footing.' - Beate Kohler-Koch, University of Mannheim, Germany `A thoughtful and authoritative work on international rule making and a fresh approach to the challenges it poses to democracy.' - John Braithwaite, Australian National University Frank Vibert examines the fundamental issues involved in attempts to rethink international institutions and their rule making procedures. He analyses the basic problems with the existing system and the main approaches to its reform. The book repudiates the idea that there are any simple institutional `fixes' for current problems, such as relying on the G20 to coordinate global rule making, and also rejects more ambitious attempts to prescribe new general organising principles for world governance. It calls instead for specific remedies for specific problems. The author recommends new procedures for all international rule making, so that both expert groups and governments are subject to much stronger external checks on what they do. Democracy and Dissent will be essential reading for both academics and postgraduate students of risk management and regulation in economics, international relations, international business, political science and international law for the discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of expert rulemaking groups and their procedures. Practitioners in international organisations, NGOs and domestic regulatory bodies will also find this timely resource invaluable. The book opens up new areas for empirical investigation and in the discussion of theory.Trade Review‘This is a book that has been crying out to be written for a very long time. . . Frank Vibert’s work is a valuable contribution to the debate. . . the book is a very worthwhile read with many interesting ideas to contribute to the future development of international rule-making, and for those involved in policy formation and regulation, whether at national or international level, the book should be compulsory reading.’ -- Richard Parlour, Central Banking‘This book offers an exciting new approach to assess and remedy the deficiencies of international rule making. The existing system is prone to the epistemic failings of elites and suffers from the lack democratic responsiveness. Both flaws ought to be corrected by introducing governing rules that allow for challenge and dissent. The book is perfect reading for scholars and practitioners who are interested in placing the international order on a more secure footing.’ -- Beate Kohler-Koch, University of Mannheim, Germany‘A thoughtful and authoritative work on international rule making and a fresh approach to the challenges it poses to democracy.’ -- John Braithwaite, Australian National UniversityTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. ‘How False were our Postulates’ 2. Managing Strain – Styles of International Rule Making 3. Analytic Frameworks 4. The Choice of Venue 5. The Choice of Instruments 6. The Sources of Failure 7. Diagnosing the Democratic Deficit 8. Challenge Systems and the Rule Makers 9. Dissonance and Democracy 10. Conclusions Appendix A: Transaction Costs and Styles of Organising Appendix B: Definitions of Selected Cognitive Terms Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis`This book offers an exciting new approach to assess and remedy the deficiencies of international rule making. The existing system is prone to the epistemic failings of elites and suffers from the lack democratic responsiveness. Both flaws ought to be corrected by introducing governing rules that allow for challenge and dissent. The book is perfect reading for scholars and practitioners who are interested in placing the international order on a more secure footing.' - Beate Kohler-Koch, University of Mannheim, Germany `A thoughtful and authoritative work on international rule making and a fresh approach to the challenges it poses to democracy.' - John Braithwaite, Australian National University Frank Vibert examines the fundamental issues involved in attempts to rethink international institutions and their rule making procedures. He analyses the basic problems with the existing system and the main approaches to its reform. The book repudiates the idea that there are any simple institutional `fixes' for current problems, such as relying on the G20 to coordinate global rule making, and also rejects more ambitious attempts to prescribe new general organising principles for world governance. It calls instead for specific remedies for specific problems. The author recommends new procedures for all international rule making, so that both expert groups and governments are subject to much stronger external checks on what they do. Democracy and Dissent will be essential reading for both academics and postgraduate students of risk management and regulation in economics, international relations, international business, political science and international law for the discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of expert rulemaking groups and their procedures. Practitioners in international organisations, NGOs and domestic regulatory bodies will also find this timely resource invaluable. The book opens up new areas for empirical investigation and in the discussion of theory.Trade Review‘This is a book that has been crying out to be written for a very long time. . . Frank Vibert’s work is a valuable contribution to the debate. . . the book is a very worthwhile read with many interesting ideas to contribute to the future development of international rule-making, and for those involved in policy formation and regulation, whether at national or international level, the book should be compulsory reading.’ -- Richard Parlour, Central Banking‘This book offers an exciting new approach to assess and remedy the deficiencies of international rule making. The existing system is prone to the epistemic failings of elites and suffers from the lack democratic responsiveness. Both flaws ought to be corrected by introducing governing rules that allow for challenge and dissent. The book is perfect reading for scholars and practitioners who are interested in placing the international order on a more secure footing.’ -- Beate Kohler-Koch, University of Mannheim, Germany‘A thoughtful and authoritative work on international rule making and a fresh approach to the challenges it poses to democracy.’ -- John Braithwaite, Australian National UniversityTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. ‘How False were our Postulates’ 2. Managing Strain – Styles of International Rule Making 3. Analytic Frameworks 4. The Choice of Venue 5. The Choice of Instruments 6. The Sources of Failure 7. Diagnosing the Democratic Deficit 8. Challenge Systems and the Rule Makers 9. Dissonance and Democracy 10. Conclusions Appendix A: Transaction Costs and Styles of Organising Appendix B: Definitions of Selected Cognitive Terms Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg is remembered mainly for the promotion of a novel form of global governance: the so-called 'partnerships for sustainable development'. This book provides a first authoritative assessment of partnerships for sustainable development, ten years after the Johannesburg Summit. The extensive research builds on an exclusive Global Sustainability Partnerships Database and a series of in-depth qualitative case studies. Key questions studied in this book include the overall effectiveness and influence of partnerships, their geographical, functional and organizational scope, and their legitimacy. This unique book systematically investigates the questions of emergence, influence and legitimacy, which will prove invaluable for scholars and students interested in global environmental governance and sustainability, public-private partnerships, sustainability at the UN level and environmental governance beyond international agreements and policies. Contributors: K. Backstrand, F. Biermann, S. Chan, D. Compagnon, E. Dellas, A. Mert, C. Muller, P. Pattberg, K. SzuleckiTrade ReviewThe authors advance our understanding of the role of non-state actors in global governance. Not only do they empirically investigate the role of public - private - type 2 - partnerships systematically, they also critically consider their role in mitigating global governance deficits and their accountability in global governance. --Peter M. Haas, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction: Partnerships for Sustainable Development Philipp Pattberg, Frank Biermann, Sander Chan and Ayşem Mert PART I: EMERGENCE OF PARTNERSHIPS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 2. The Politics of Partnerships for Sustainable Development Ayşem Mert and Sander Chan 3. Explaining the Geographic, Thematic and Organizational Differentiation of Partnerships for Sustainable Development Sander Chan and Christina Müller PART II: INFLUENCE OF PARTNERSHIPS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 4. The Overall Effects of Partnerships for Sustainable Development: More Smoke than Fire? Frank Biermann, Sander Chan, Ayşem Mert and Philipp Pattberg 5. Partnerships for Sustainable Development in the Energy Sector: Explaining Variation in their Problem-Solving Effectiveness Kacper Szulecki, Philipp Pattberg and Frank Biermann PART III: PARTNERSHIPS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT BEYOND THE OECD WORLD 6. Partnerships for Sustainable Development beyond the OECD World: Comparing China and India Sander Chan 7. Africa’s Involvement in Partnerships for Sustainable Development: Holy Grail or Business as Usual? Daniel Compagnon PART IV: LEGITIMACY OF PARTNERSHIPS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 8. Are Partnerships for Sustainable Development Democratic and Legitimate? Karin Bäckstrand 9. Partnerships for Sustainable Development in the Water Sector: Privatization, Participation and Legitimacy Eleni Dellas 10. Assessing the Legitimacy of Technology Transfer through Partnerships for Sustainable Development in the Water Sector Ayşem Mert and Eleni Dellas 11. Conclusions: Partnership for Sustainable Development Philipp Pattberg, Frank Biermann, Sander Chan and Ayşem Mert Index

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Book SynopsisA concise introduction to the study of foreign policy, this textbook provides an essential guide to a major area of international politics which has become increasingly complex and sophisticated.Understanding Foreign Policy focuses on the foreign policy systems approach. It explores how such a system can be understood, how it can be used to generate further ideas and how to recognize its limitations. The book examines the context and the international environment in which foreign policy systems must be seen; and it shows how the approach can be used for comparative study. In particular, it offers three avenues of theory - bureaucratic politics, psychological processes, and the policy implementation - as a way of illustrating the utility of the systems approach. The book offers a comprehensive introduction to the study of foreign policy and will be essential reading for undergraduate courses on international politics.

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Book SynopsisContinuity and Change in Contemporary Europe focuses on the dramatic events in Eastern and Western Europe over recent years, events which have not produced the 'golden age' which many people expected when the Berlin Wall came down. In fact, Europe in the 1990s is, the authors argue, in many ways a more uncertain place than it was before 1989. This is not due simply to recent events themselves, but also to longer term historical problems. Hence the book traces the complex interplay of past continuities and present day changes in an increasingly unified Europe by looking at national experiences and at the broader international and institutional context.The authors cover the status quo in the aftermath of the last war, economic and social growth and attempts at European integration; the new developments of the 1980s with the surge in Western European integration, glasnost and perestroika, and the revolutions in Eastern Europe; and giving special attention to the problems of the 1990s, in the European Union, inside the states of Europe, and in security and international affairs.Undergraduates will find Continuity and Change in Contemporary Europe especially helpful since it deals not just with history, but current affairs, the emerging challenges with which Europe is increasingly faced, and ways to understand them.Trade Review'Enriched with a glossary and maps showing the borders of European countries before and after the Second World War, the clear text describes the post-war background (1940 to the 1970s), the new directions of the 1980s and the challenges of the 90s.' -- Colette Beck, European Library'. . . an informative book with a different scope to most others . . . recommended as introductory reading to all European politics students.'– Martin J. Bull, Political StudiesTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Part I: The Post War Background Part II: New Directions in the 1980s Part III: The Challenges of the 1990s Conclusions: A Guide to Further Reading Index

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Book SynopsisSome of the most important scholarly work in comparative politics has dealt with the domestic political consequences of the increasingly important and volatile international political economy.In this important two volume set, Ronald Rogowski draws together the core contributions from economics, history and political science. The first section presents the major theoretical essays; the second includes historical examples from the ancient, mediaeval and modern world; the third section discusses the implications for economic growth and the last section explores issues in industrial-state economic policy.Trade Review'. . . most of the essays in part two of volume two, and the contributions of Gourevitch will have a broader apppeal to theorists working in the discipline of comparitive politics and international political economy in that they are a series of essays which highlight the capacity for domestic politics to control the influence of international factors on domestic economic outcomes.' -- Rachel Parker, Australian Journal of International Affairs

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Book SynopsisThe complex inter-relationships between Japan and the two Koreas are thoroughly assessed in this authoritative new book, which concentrates upon developments since the late 1980s and the prospects for the 1990s.Japan and Korea in the 1990s examines the historical legacies, the current perceptions and the policy making processes. It then details the recent trends in the economic, political-strategic and cultural dimensions of the relationships. The involvement and influence of the other interested powers, China, the former Soviet Union and the United States, as well as the broader regional context, are considered. A separate chapter concentrates on the current Japan-North Korea negotiationsBrian Bridges has written an enlightening study of this important area in international relations. As the only up-to-date study of Japan-Korea relations available in English, it will be welcomed by teachers, students and policymakers alike.Trade Review’Brian Bridges skilfully disentangles the many strands of Japan’s relationship with both South and North Korea. His study is both deep and broad. In short, this thorough, balanced, judicious and clearly written study can be highly recommended to both the specialist and those who want to know more about the present state and future outlook of the relationship between Japan and Korea.’Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. The Legacies of History 3. Perceptions and Policy-making 4. The Political and Security Triangle 5. The Major Powers and the Korean Conundrum 6. Economic Interdependence 7. Culture, Korean Residents and Reconciliation 8. Normalising Japan-North Korea Relations 9. Conclusions References, Index

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Book SynopsisTerror, Force and States offers a new theoretical explanation of the nature and causes of terror states. The theory is developed through a critical examination of the works of Bauman, Weber, Arendt, Friedrich and Brzezinski, as well as through detailed case studies of terror regimes including Nazi Germany, Stalin's Russia and Pol Pot's Cambodia.The view of force as a form of power is rejected by Rosemary O'Kane who carefully distinguishes between repressive and terror governments and, crucially, between totalitarian dictatorships and totalitarian regimes. The lessons drawn suggest that the Holocaust and modern genocide are not intrinsically related to modernity. Terror regimes, she argues, operate not through the state but from behind a state facade within a secret society. Economic crisis is given prominence in their explanation with the decisive explanatory factor argued to be the move from plans to substantive irrationality. Indeed it is the economic rationality of modern society, most particularly in respect of labour markets, which acts as the barrier to terror's rule.All those with an interest in politics, sociology, history and Holocaust and genocide studies will welcome this important book which generates a new theory of terror states.Trade Review'There is no doubt that O'Kane's analysis is a valuable and interesting one.' -- Simon Tromey, Intelligence and National SecurityTable of ContentsContents: Part I: The Theories Part II: The Classic Cases 1. Russia Under Stalin 2. Germany Under Hitler Part III: Generalization and the Case of Cambodia Bibliography Index

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