International relations Books
United Nations The League of Nations: from collective security
Book SynopsisIn the wake of the First World War, at the Peace Conference at Versailles, US President Wilson called for the creation of a League of Nations for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small nations alike. For the first time, conflicts between nations were a matter of global concern. Numerous key areas - social, economic and statistics, health, labour - were dealt with either directly by the League or indirectly by its specialised agencies. The League's lifetime (1919-1947) saw the creation of bodies that would be at the origin of the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the World Health Organization and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Their achievements were manifold and though some of them were "revived" as United Nations offices or specialised agencies after the Second World War, they were inherited from the League of Nations.
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United Nations 70 years Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Book SynopsisThe Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is the first international agreement setting out freedoms, rights and entitlements for all humanity to claim. It emphasizes the inextricable relationship between fundamental freedoms and social justice, and their connection with peace and security. The General Assembly of the United Nations proclaims this Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations, to the end that every individual and every organ of society, keeping the UDHR constantly in mind, shall strive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms and by progressive measures, national and international, to secure their universal and effective recognition and observance, both among the peoples of Member States themselves and among the peoples of territories under their jurisdiction.
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United Nations Financing for sustainable development report 2021
Book SynopsisThis publication assesses progress in implementing the commitments and actions outlined in the Addis Ababa Action Agenda. It explores how the COVID-19-related global economic recession and financial turmoil are derailing implementation of the Agenda and achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Even before the pandemic, the 2020 Financing for Sustainable Development Report (FSDR) of the Inter-agency Task Force noted that there was backsliding in many areas. Due to the crisis, global financial markets have witnessed heavy losses and intense volatility, and the prospect of a new debt crisis is particularly worrisome. This report offers recommendations, highlighting both immediate and longer-term actions, including arresting the backslide, to respond to the COVID-19 crisis
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United Nations Index to proceedings of the General Assembly:
Book SynopsisThe Index to Proceedings of the General Assembly is a bibliographic guide to the proceedings and documentation of the General Assembly. This issue covers the seventy-fifth session of the Assembly including its Main and ad hoc committees. The Index is prepared by the Dag Hammarskjèld Library, Department of Global Communications, as one of the products of the United Nations Bibliographic Information System (UNBIS)
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United Nations Index to proceedings of the General Assembly:
Book SynopsisThe Index to Proceedings of the General Assembly is a bibliographic guide to the proceedings and documentation of the General Assembly. This issue covers the seventy-fifth session of the Assembly including its Main and ad hoc committees. The Index is prepared by the Dag Hammarskjèld Library, Department of Global Communications, as one of the products of the United Nations Bibliographic Information System (UNBIS)
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United Nations Worlds of influence: understanding what shapes
Book SynopsisFor the last 20 years, the Innocenti Report Card series has led the way in comparing children's well-being across rich countries. Report Card 16 develops this further through a multi-level approach to show that children's well-being is influenced by children's own actions and relationships, by the networks and resources of their caregivers, and by public policies and the national context. This approach is aligned with the 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, in that it recognises the responsibilities of governments, families and communities to help realize children's rights and promote their well-being
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United Nations Trade and development report 2018: power,
Book SynopsisThis flagship publication examines different aspects of the nature and role of international trade in the era of hyperglobalization and considers related policy challenges that will need to be addressed if trade is to contribute to a more stable and inclusive global economic order. Research provides authoritative data and analysis on trade, investment, finance and technology. UNCTAD offers solutions to the major challenges facing developing countries, particularly the poorest and most vulnerable nations. Beyond tailored analysis and policy recommendations, UNCTAD research also generates global standards that govern responsible sovereign lending and borrowing, investment, entrepreneurship, competition and consumer protection and trade rules.
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United Nations UNCTAD handbook of statistics 2020
Book SynopsisFirst launched in 1967 this handbook has evolved to incorporate new statistics to ensure that readers have access to the best possible information available. This edition continues in this tradition and introduces 'nowcasted' estimates for total merchandised trade, total services trade and GDP on a worldwide basis
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United Nations Key statistics and trends in international trade
Book SynopsisKey Statistics and Trends in International Trade is a yearly publication. It is a product of the Trade Analysis Branch, Division on International Trade and Commodities (DITC), UNCTAD secretariat. This publication monitors the trends of international trade in goods and services in the medium term. The series is part of a larger effort by UNCTAD to analyze trade-related issues of particular importance for developing countries
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United Nations World investment report 2022: international tax
Book SynopsisThe World Investment Report 2022 provides the latest trends and prospects for foreign direct investment. It documents the recovery of cross-border investment flows after the pandemic shock, looking at greenfield investment in industry, project finance in infrastructure, and international production activities of the largest multinationals. The Report also reviews recent policy developments, including trends in national investment policy measures and international investment agreements. It presents an overview of international corporate taxation and national investment incentive schemes worldwide. The theme chapter of the Report examines the implications for investment and investment policies of ongoing reforms in international taxation, including the adoption of a global minimum tax for multinationals and other mechanisms to counter harmful tax practices. It looks at the overall expected impact on cross-border investment flows, with a specific focus on developing countries, and assesses the effect on the use of common investment promotion tools such as fiscal incentives, special economic zones, and regional cooperation frameworks. The Report has a dedicated chapter on the global trends in financing for sustainable development. It presents key findings and policy implications for the consideration of the General Assembly of the United Nations
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United Nations Globally harmonized system of classification and
Book SynopsisThe Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) addresses classification and labelling of chemicals by types of hazards. It provides the basis for worldwide harmonization of rules and regulations on chemicals and aims at enhancing the protection of human health and the environment during their handling, transport and use by ensuring that the information about their physical, health and environmental hazards is available.
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United Nations UNECE Nexus: sustainable mobility and smart
Book SynopsisMobility and connectivity are powerful catalysts for sustainable development. Nurturing innovation, mobilizing partnerships and capitalizing on the potential of new technologies can drive cross-cutting the progress of Sustainable Development Goals. In the geographically diverse UNECE region, which includes some of the world's richest countries as well as a number of economies in transition, UNECE is uniquely positioned to support harmonization and value creation processes as part of efforts to strengthen smart connectivity and advance sustainable mobility for its Member States. In an increasingly interconnected world, UNECE's norms, standards, guidelines and conventions are also widely used globally
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United Nations Innovation for sustainable development: review of
Book SynopsisThis publication contains the outcomes of a policy advisory exercise that drew on the UNECE's cumulative experience in the identification of good practices and lessons on innovation and competitiveness policies. Placing particular focus on the problems of countries with economies in transition, it provides a set of recommendations and policy options to stimulate innovation activity in Georgia, enhance its innovation capacity and improve overall efficiency of the national innovation system.
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United Nations Detailed Methodology for the Preparation of the
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United Nations Asia and the Pacific SDG progress report 2021
Book SynopsisThe Asia and the Pacific SDG Progress Report 2021 analyses trends as well as data availability for monitoring progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Asia-Pacific and its five subregions. It assesses gaps that must be closed to achieve the goals by 2030. This assessment is designed to ensure that the region's actions remain on target, shortcomings are addressed as they arise, and all interested parties remain engaged. This edition also explores the impact of COVID-19 on achieving the 2030 Agenda, with inputs from partner UN agencies
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United Nations Fiscal Panorama of Latin America and the
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United Nations Economic Survey of Latin America and the
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United Nations International Trade Outlook for Latin America and
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United Nations Human development report 2020: the next frontier,
Book SynopsisThe 30th Anniversary 2020 Human Development Report is the latest in the series of global Human Development Reports published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) since 1990 as independent and analytically and empirically grounded discussions of major development issues, trends and policies. This report offers a thought-provoking, necessary alternative to paralysis in the face of alarming planetary change. Its release comes as the COVID-19 (coronarvirus) pandemic simultaneously offers a glimpse of what a 'new normal' could hold and opens up the opportunity for humanity to change course. The report also sets out new metrics of human development to guide us, including a new, experimental Planetary pressures-adjusted Human Development Index.
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United Nations Law of the Sea Bulletin, No. 103
Book SynopsisIssued three times a year, the Bulletin provides cogent and timely information on issues related to the Convention on the Law of the Sea - 'the constitution for the ocean' - and contains the most recent legal materials relevant to the law of the sea. It includes national legislation, bilateral agreements and multilateral treaties as well as information on decisions of the International Court of Justice, arbitral tribunals and other dispute settlement procedures.
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United Nations Yearbook of the International Law Commission
Book SynopsisThis volume contains the report of the International Law Commission on the work of its fifty-sixth session. Volume II (Part I) contains reports of special rapporteurs and other documents considered during the session
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United Nations Yearbook of the International Law Commission
Book SynopsisThe International Law Commission was established in 1947 with a view to carrying out the responsibility of the General Assembly, under article 13(1)(a) of the Charter of the United Nations, to “initiate studies and make recommendations for the purpose of ... encouraging the progressive development of international law and its codification.” Since its first session in 1949, the Commission has considered a wide-range of topics of international law and made a number of proposals for its codification and progressive development, some of which have served as the basis for the subsequent adoption of major multilateral treaties. The Yearbook of the International Law Commission contains the official records of the Commission and is an indispensable tool for the preservation of the legislative history of the documents emanating from the Commission, as well as for the teaching, study, dissemination and wider appreciation of the efforts undertaken by the Commission in the progressive development of international law and its codification. Volume II (Part One) reproduces the edited versions of the official documents considered by the Commission at the respective annual session.
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United Nations The United Nations disarmament yearbook
Book SynopsisThe United Nations Disarmament Yearbook, Volume 43 (Part I): 2019 is a compilation of the resolutions and decisions of the previous General Assembly, their voting patterns in the General Assembly and the First Committee, lead sponsors, sponsors and co-sponsors, references to First Committee report and dates of adoption
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United Nations The United Nations disarmament yearbook
Book SynopsisThe United Nations Disarmament Yearbook, Volume 45 (Part I): 2020 is a compilation of the resolutions and decisions of the 75th session of the General Assembly, the voting patterns in the General Assembly and the First Committee, lead sponsors, sponsors and co-sponsors, references to First Committee report and dates of adoption
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United Nations Agreement on the International Carriage of
Book SynopsisDone at Geneva on 1 September 1970 and entered into force on 21 November 1976, the objectives of the Agreement on the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs and on the Special Equipment to be used for such Carriage (ATP) are to facilitate international transport of perishable foodstuffs and to ensure a high level of preservation of the quality of perishable foodstuffs during their carriage. It applies to the carriage of perishable foodstuffs performed on the territory of at least two Contracting States not only by road, but also by rail and by sea (sea crossings must be less than 150 km long). The ATP is an Agreement between States, and there is no overall enforcing authority
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United Nations The United Nations disarmament yearbook
Book SynopsisThe United Nations Disarmament Yearbook, Volume 45 (Part I): 2020 is a compilation of the resolutions and decisions of the 75th session of the General Assembly, the voting patterns in the General Assembly and the First Committee, lead sponsors, sponsors and co-sponsors, references to First Committee report and dates of adoption
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United Nations The United Nations disarmament yearbook
Book SynopsisSummarizes developments and trends in 2021 on key issues of multilateral consideration at the international and regional levels. Reviews the activities of the General Assembly, the Conference on Disarmament and the Disarmament Commission. Contains a timeline that highlights events in multilateral disarmament in 2021. With a foreword written by the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs
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United Nations Supplement to the Annual Report of the Board for
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John Wiley & Sons Transboundary Cooperation in the Arab Region
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United Nations National accounts statistics 2011: main
Book SynopsisThe publication contains detailed official national accounts data for 202 countries or areas of the World for the years 2000 to 2011. It is a valuable source of information on the state and structure of economies worldwide. The data for each country or area are presented in separate chapters with uniform table headings and classifications as recommended in the System of National Accounts 1993 (1993 SNA). Each country chapter also contains a write-up on the methodology and data sources which are used to compile the national accounts. A summary of the SNA conceptual framework, classifications, definitions, is also included in the publication. The publication contains statistics on gross domestic product by expenditure at current and constant prices and the relations among product, income, saving and net lending; value added by kind of activity at current and constant prices, and output, gross value added and fixed assets by industry; classification of consumption expenditure of general government, households, and non-profit institutions serving households according to purpose; production account through the financial account for the institutional sectors; and cross classification of gross value added by industry and institutional sector.
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United Nations National accounts statistics: analysis of main
Book SynopsisThe National Accounts Statistics: Analysis of Main Aggregates, 2015 is the forty-sixth issue of this publication which comprises in the form of analytical tables a summary of the principal national accounting aggregates based on official national accounts data for more than 200 countries and areas, covering 1970-2015. It also contains a section on the estimation methods used for compiling data. It is prepared by the Statistics Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations in cooperation with national statistical offices. Tables include analysis of data on gross domestic product (GDP) by different structural components. They are classified into: 1) analysis of the level of total and per capita GDP 2) analysis of the percentage shares of GDP by type of expenditure and gross value added by kind of economic activity 3) analysis of economic development expressed in terms of real growth of GDP and its components by type of expenditure and gross value added by kind of economic activity, and 4) analysis of price development reflected by implicit price deflators of GDP.
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United Nations Recommandations Relatives Au Transport Des
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United Nations United Nations manual for the negotiation of
Book SynopsisThis manual provides insights to all aspects of tax treaty negotiation, including a brief description of the Articles of the United Nations Model Double Taxation Convention between Developed and Developing Countries. It is intended mainly for negotiators with little or no experience in the negotiation of tax treaties.The Manual for the Negotiation of Bilateral Tax Treaties between Developed and Developing Countries seeks to provide practical guidance on all aspects of tax negotiation, including how to prepare for and conduct negotiations. Treaty negotiators in developing countries are encouraged to use this Manual in preparing for tax treaty negotiations in light of their country's policy framework and the intended outcomes they wish to achieve. Although the Manual provides a description of the Articles of the UN Model and, where there are differences, of those of the OECD Model Tax Convention on Income and on Capital, it is not intended to replace the detailed Commentaries on these two models; these constitute the most authoritative sources on issues of interpretation of the UN and OECD models and should be consulted in parallel with the Manual
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United Nations National accounts statistics 2019: main
Book SynopsisThis publication shows detailed national accounts estimates for over 200 countries and areas for the reporting years 2008 to 2019. National data for each country and area are presented in separate chapters using uniform table headings and classifications recommended in the United Nations System of National Accounts (SNA). A summary of the conceptual framework of the SNA and definitions of important terms are also included in this publication. Other statistical information covered includes gross domestic product, national income, savings, private and government consumption, and transactions of institutional sector
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United Nations 2018 electricity profiles
Book SynopsisThe 2018 Electricity Profiles contains electricity profiles for about 230 countries and territories, providing detailed information on production, trade and consumption of electricity, net installed capacity and thermal power plant input and efficiency for most countries, on an internationally comparable basis. Electricity production and electric installed capacity are disagregated by source, as coming from Combustible fuels, Hydro, Nuclear and Other sources; and by type of producer, whether from main activity producers or autoproducers
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United Nations The United Nations and disarmament amid COVID-19:
Book SynopsisThe COVID-19 outbreak posed an unprecedented challenge to intergovernmental disarmament institutions and processes. This publication offers an extensive review of relevant developments at the United Nations, particularly in the General Assembly and the Security Council, as well as in the disarmament machinery and other disarmament bodies and processes. After comparing the varying responses to the pandemic, the author considers whether the outbreak should serve as a catalyst for rethinking and changing multilateral working methods or rules of procedure
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United Nations Treaty Series
Book SynopsisIn accordance with Article 102 of the Charter and the relevant General Assembly Resolutions, every treaty and international agreement registered or filed and recorded with the Secretariat since 1946 is published in the United Nations Treaty Series. At present, the collection includes about 30,000 treaties reproduced in their authentic languages, together with translations into English and French, as necessary. The Treaty Series, where treaties are published in the chronological order of registration, also provides details about their subsequent history (i.e., participation in a treaty, reservations, amendments, termination, etc.). Comprehensive Indices covering 50-volume-lots are published separately. A Standing Order service is available for the Series and out-of-print volumes are available on microfiche.
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United Nations Handbook on national spectrum management 2015
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The Chinese University Press Chinese Foreign Policy Think Tanks and China's Policy Toward Japan
Book SynopsisThis book examines Chinese foreign policy think tanks and their influence in China's foreign policy towards Japan between the late 1970s and late 1990s. Being one of the first attempts to examine the rise of Chinese think tanks through empirical case-studies, this book has demonstrated a growing pluralistic trend in post-Mao China's foreign policy-making process. It has also confirmed the variety of the role played by International Relations think tanks regarding different foreign policy issues.
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The Chinese University Press Renewal – The Chinese State and the New Global
Book SynopsisThe Chinese state has been the subject of fierce debates since reformers and revolutionaries first fought to redefine it at the end of the Qing dynasty. After the 1912 Revolution, when the idea of “empire” gave way to that of “nation-state,” the Chinese people sought a modern identity, re-designed their governance system and re-wrote their history. Revolution became the source of the legitimacy that the new leaders defended in a world based on state sovereignty. They soon found the task of reconciling their republic with the political culture they inherited extraordinarily difficult. They now sense that their state is neither an empire nor a nation-state and seek to renew the Chinese state through a civilisation of industry and science fused with the best of their heritage.Chinese statehood will also be shaped by the country’s relations with its neighbours, the way its leaders deal with global issues of social justice, its attitudes towards culture and identity among all varieties of Chinese peoples, and the deep sense of history that guides state formation. The author probes into the Chinese perception of its place in world history, and examines the unique features that propel China onto its modern global trajectory. By bringing these themes together, he depicts the travails of renewal that the Chinese have to face and betters our understanding of China’s position in today’s interconnected world.
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University of the West Indies Press C.L.R. James and the 21st Century Caribbean
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Springer Verlag, Singapore India and China: Beyond the Binary of Friendship
Book SynopsisThis book examines the changing dynamics of the issues between India and China in the wake of extensive globalisation, economic slowdown, the trade wars, Covid 19, Galwan and the undercurrents in the emerging new global order. Providing a comprehensive overview of India–China relationship and the role of the USA in the context of India’s economic and security cooperation in the region, it argues that India–China relations are too complex to be defined through the binary of friendship and enmity, since it includes an element of cooperation, competition, coordination and as well as conflict and confrontation. The book also opens new avenues for research. As such it is of interest to researchers and students of Asian studies, Asian history, China studies, peace and conflict studies and international relations. Table of ContentsChapter 1. India-China Cooperation and Conflict: Assessing the state of Crisis Management Mechanisms.- Chapter 2. Sino-Indian Border Conflict: An outcome of China’s victim’s psychology’ and India’s ‘tough posture’?.- Chapter 3. India, China and Tibet: Fundamental Perceptions.- Chapter 4. China-Pak Nexus: Strategic implications and choices for India.- Chapter 5. 21st Century Maritime Silk Road: Historicity, converging/conflicting interests and responses.- Chapter 6. India-China and the Indo Pacific: Cooperation, competition and overlapping interests.- Chapter 7. Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar Economic Corridor (BCIM-EC.: Security dilemma rider to regional economic integration.- Chapter 8. Energy Cooperation between China and the ‘Belt and Road’ Countries: Exploring India-China cooperation.- Chapter 9.India and China: Multilateral cooperation and global governance.- Chapter 10. Emerging India and the World Order: Status quoits or a reluctant power?.- Chapter 11. The Rise of China: Implications to the world.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Modernity, Development and Decolonization of
Book SynopsisThis book joins the discussion on foreign aid triggered by the rise of multiplicity of emerging donors in international development and explores the transformation of Kazakhstan from a recipient country to a development aid provider. Drawing on fieldwork in Nur-Sultan and Almaty (Kazakhstan) between 2016 and 2019, this research evaluates the philosophy and core features of Kazakhstan’s chosen development aid model and explains the factors that account for the construction of aid patterns of Kazakh donorship. This book will be of interest to scholars of Central Asia and the emerging politics of Eurasia as well as scholars of politics and aid.Trade Review“Modernity, Development and Decolonization of Knowledge in Central Asia. Kazakhstan as a Foreign Aid Provider adds a discussion of Kazakhstani aid, a neglected topic, to the scholarly discourse on foreign aid. Nafissa Insebayeva explores Kazakhstan’s transition from a recipient country to a development aid provider. In doing so, she examines how Kazakhstan has constructed its development aid model, assessing its philosophy and main features … . I highly recommend the book” (Lamine Balde, Europe-Asia Studies, August 31, 2023)Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Setting the Stage for Research: Theoretical Approaches to Development.- The ‘Development’ Paradigm: Official Development Assistance and DAC.- Kazakhstan as a Humanitarian Aid Donor.- New Actors Through Old Lenses?.- In the Colonial Matrix of Power: The Aftermath of the Soviet Collapse.- Conclusion.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Power and Issue Framing in the Contemporary
Book SynopsisThis book puts forward a new angle of understanding the society of states in the milieu of the contemporary world. The absence of a regulatory mechanism, i.e., anarchy, has been the fundamental issue of international relations. This book explains how the normative imperatives, information and communication technology (ICT) and nuclear deterrence generated ambiance have poised the states in a society where they are bound to follow certain normative imperatives that dilute the color and meaning of anarchy and obliges the states to act in a certain way. It develops a theoretical proposition with regard to state power defined in terms of the capability of determining the outcomes. The proposition first elaborates how international institutions foster normative imperatives; then, in line with this ontology, it narrows down the focus solely on the power of the states in the contemporary world. It explains how the power that can determine the outcome today is holistic in nature, comprising both materialistic and normative factors. In the next step, it tailors the proposition in a way so as to employ it for a specific empirical work. The book does not end just positing the theoretical proposition; the proposition is testified through some case studies with regard to climate negotiations under the UNFCCC. The empirical part not only serves to examine the plausibility of the theoretical proposition, but it also presents the logic of the major actors and the politics with respect to some of the major issues of climate change, i.e., mitigation, funding policy and mechanism and adaptation. The scholars in this arena, climate activists and climate-conscious people in general would find this book worth reading as it kindles a different angle to understand the issues in the context of the contemporary world and as it elaborates the logic, framing process, and mechanism of reaching outcomes through complex negotiation process. No other work has so far analyzed the issues covering the entire period of 21 apex UNFCCC negotiations that led to the Paris Agreement. Apart from university libraries, this book, thus, has the prospect to be sold in the markets targeting the academicians, climate change experts, bureaucrats, negotiators and the common readers.Table of Contents- Chapter 1. Power and Issue Framing in the context of Climate Negotiations - Chapter 2. The Normative Imperatives and Power of the States in the contemporary World: A Holistic Theoretical Proposition - Chapter 3. The concept of Framing and its utility for climate negotiations - Chapter 4. The Analytical Frameworks of the case studies - Chapter 5. Framing waves of the issues related to Mitigation - Chapter 6. Adaptation Funding issues in the UNFCCC Negotiation - Chapter 7. Institution Building in the Contemporary World: The case of the Funding Mechanism and Policies in UNFCCC Negotiations - Chapter 8. Reaching the outcome: Analysis through the lens of the holistic theoretical proposition - Chapter 9. Conclusion
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Springer Verlag, Singapore China in the Global South: Impact and Perceptions
Book SynopsisThis book scrutinizes the frequently ignored agency of Global South sub-national actors in their interactions with China, using a multidisciplinary approach and eleven case studies. Contributors examine China’s presence in the Global South on a country-by-country basis, analyzing how various non-state and sub-state actors are responding to the rise of China and whether they are attracted by the cooperation models that China proposes or deterred by its new assertiveness. Contributions cover diverse and heterogeneous geographies of the Global South, ranging from Papua-New Guinea to Argentina and from Madagascar to the Russian Far East. Examining such diverse cases, contributors focus on two interrelated questions: What is the actual economic, political, and social impact of China’s growing presence in the Global South? And, critically, how do the citizens of the Global South understand and interpret China’s rise? Taken together, the case studies develop a comprehensive picture of a complex and sometimes problematic process of China’s inclusion into the economic, social, and political realities of the Global South.This book identifies and fills the gaps in the existing literature on China’s rise by offering a nuanced perspective on China’s relations with the countries of the Global South that captures such variables as social context, intersubjective meanings, and identities. By focusing China’s relations with the Global South, it also provides an important addition to the literature on international politics of development and China’s role in the transformation of the South-South cooperation. Table of ContentsChapter 1. Not the Relationship You Would Expect: China, Sub-National Actors, and Structural Factors(Anna Kuteleva and Theodor Tudoroiu).- Chapter 2. Images and Models of China-led South-South Cooperation: What does Rising China Offer to the Global South?( Anna Kuteleva).- Part I: China’s Image and Its Reception in the Global South.- PART 1 China’s Image and Its Reception in the Global South.- Chapter 3 Manufacturing Sameness: Reconstructing Brand-China in Africa (Tara Mock).- Chapter 4 The Unguaranteed Hegemony of China in Global South: A Reception Analysis of China Central Television in Africa(Yu Xiang).- Chapter 5 China’s global media in Latin America: Exploring the impact and perception in Mexico and Argentina(Pablo Sebastian Morales).- Chapter 6 Kung Fu vs. Radio Calisthenics: The Confucius Institute and Chinese Culture Education in Madagascar(Mingyuan Zhang).- PART 2 China as a Dividing Factor within Countries of the Global South.- Chapter 7 Melanesian Self-Reliance Discourses and Chinese Investment: The Ramu Nickel Mine in Papua New Guinea(Henryk Szadziewski).- Chapter 8 China’s Tied Aid to Trinidad and Tobago: Impact and Perceptions(Theodor Tudoroiu and Amanda Reshma Ramlogan).- Chapter 9 Indonesian Elite Perception of China during the Presidency of Joko (Jokowi) Widodo(Johanes Herlijanto).- PART 3 China’s Acceptance as a Function of Partner Country’s Structural Features.- Chapter 10 China's Colombia Conundrum: from Warm Reception to Failure, Apathy and Prejudice(Sabrina van den Bos).- Chapter 11 The impact of China’s rise on the Russian Far East: Opportunities and Challenges(Anna Kuteleva and Sergei Ivanov).- PART 4 Chapter 12 Normative Power China, Subnational Agency, and Structural Factors in the Global South(Theodor Tudoroiu).
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Regions, Power, and Conflict: Constrained
Book SynopsisThe three main levels of analysis in international relations have been the systemic, the national, and the individual. A fourth level that falls between the systemic and the national is the region. It is woefully underdeveloped in comparison to the attention afforded the other three. Yet regions tend to be distinctive theaters for international politics. Otherwise, we would not recognize that Middle Eastern interstate politics somehow does not resemble Latin American interstate politics or interstate politics in Southern Africa (although once the Middle East and Southern Africa may have seemed more similar in their mutual fixation with opposition to domestic policies in Israel and South Africa, respectively). This book, divided into three parts, first makes a case for studying regional politics even though it must also be appreciated that regional boundaries are also hazy and not always easy to pin down empirically. The second part examines power distributions within regions as an important entry point to studying regional similarities and differences. Two emphases are stressed. One is that regional power assessments need to be conditioned by controlling for weak states which are more common in some regions than they are in others. The other emphasis is on regional power hierarchies. Some regions have strong regional hierarchies while others do not. Regions with strong hierarchies operate much differently from those without them in the sense that the former are more pacific than the latter. The third part of the book focuses on regional differences in terms of conflict behavior, order preferences, rivalries, and rivalry termination.Table of Contents1. The Significance of Regional Analyses.- 2. The Case for Comparative Regional Analysis in International Politics.- 3. Borders, Rivalry, Democracy, and Conflict in the European Region, 1816-1994.- 4. In Search of Super Asia.- 5. Is There a Central Asia and Does It Matter?.- 6. The Strength of Nations: Constrained Indicators and the Salience of Asymmetry in Conflict Relationships.- 7. Differences in Strength Across Regions.- 8. Conflict, Regions and Regional Hierarchies.- 9. Sources of Regional Conflict and Peace in the Empirical International Relations Literature: States, Dyads, and Beyond.- 10. Bad Neighborhoods in World Politics: Ethnic Political Exclusion, Weak States, and Interstate Territorial Disputes.- 11. Regions and World Order Preferences.- References.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Mainstreaming the Tribal Areas (ex-FATA) of
Book SynopsisThe book addresses why the Pakistani state is facing persistent challenges in extending and consolidating its governance (authority) throughout its territories, especially in the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas (ex-FATA)? Even after the de jure merger, the question still remains valid that how Pakistani state could establish its governance in these tribal areas? Through multi-dimensional approaches and multi-pronged analysis of state-centric (top-down), society-centric (bottom-up) and state-in-society (mixed-horizontal) approaches, the book explains factors and dimensions that pose challenges to Pakistani state governance in ex-FATA. The main hypothesis is that societies, where state governance is absent, turn to informal governance and create informal institutions as a substitute for the weak central state governance thereby challenging the domination and control/authority of the state. The book presents policy recommendations for bringing these tribal areas into the mainstream governance system of Pakistan.Table of ContentsChapter 1: State Governance in the Ungoverned Territories of Developing States: The Conceptual Framework.- Chapter 2: Geography, Socio-economic and Political set up of FATA: An Overview.- Chapter 3: Challenges to State Governance in FATA: Society-centred Approach.- Chapter 4: Challenges to State Governance in FATA: ‘State-in-Society’ Approach.- Chapter 5: Challenges to State Governance in FATA: State-centred Approach.- Chapter 6: Extension of State Governance (Authority) in FATA: Prospects.- Chapter 7: Conclusion.- Index.
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