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Cambridge University Press Determinants of Democratization
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Cambridge University Press Atomic Weapons and EastWest Relations
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Cambridge University Press The Cold War and the United States Information Agency
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Cambridge University Press The International Monetary Fund in the Global Economy Banks Bonds and Bailouts
Book SynopsisThe explosive growth and increasing complexity of global financial markets are defining characteristics of the contemporary world economy. Unfortunately, financial globalization has been accompanied by a marked increase in the frequency and severity of financial crises. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has taken a central role in managing these crises through its loans to developing countries. Despite extensive analysis and criticism of the IMF in recent years, key questions remain unanswered. Why does the Fund treat some countries more generously than others? To what extent is IMF lending driven by political factors rather than economic concerns? In whose interests does the IMF act? In this book, Mark Copelovitch offers novel answers to these questions. Combining statistical analysis with detailed case studies, he demonstrates how the politics and policies of the IMF have evolved over the last three decades in response to fundamental changes in the composition of international caTrade Review'The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is one of the world's most important economic institutions, especially in times of crisis. Yet we lack a full understanding of how and why it operates as it does, and in particular of the political forces that affect it. In The International Monetary Fund in the Global Economy, Mark Copelovitch makes the case that the IMF's behavior responds to the interests represented by the major financial powers, as well as to the goals of the IMF's professional staff. Copelovitch presents a series of clear-headed, theoretically grounded arguments, then subjects them to empirical assessment. He analyzes an original database of 197 IMF programs over twenty years, and then provides two extensive country studies, of IMF relations with Mexico and Korea in the 1980s and 1990s. Both the statistical analysis and the detailed narratives provide compelling evidence for Copelovitch's political economy arguments. The International Monetary Fund in the Global Economy is a careful, persuasive application of the ideas and methods of modern political economy to a crucially important topic. It will be of interest to any serious scholar or student of international political economy, international relations, and international economics.' Jeffry Frieden, Harvard'This is an outstanding piece of political science that combines richly detailed case studies based on primary documents with impressive quantitative results. Copelovitch argues convincingly that banks heavily influence IMF lending, but their influence depends on the composition of capital flows and the consistency of the interests of the major powers.' Randall Stone, University of Rochester'This book represents a major contribution to the growing literature on the IMF and, more generally, to the understanding of the political economy of international organizations. Using an original 'common agency' perspective, Mark Copelovitch presents an innovative way to address decision-making at the international financial institutions, which is driven both by the major shareholder governments and by the bureaucratic staff of these organizations. Copelovitch shows that both the intensity and the heterogeneity of the preferences of the IMF's major shareholders determine whether a country will receive favorable treatment from the institution. The book furthermore shows that the nature of IMF lending has changed because of major historical shifts in patterns of international financing from concentrated sovereign bank lending to decentralized portfolio investment and bank lending to the private sector. The greater collective action problems generated by these new forms of international finance force the IMF to make larger loans with more extensive conditionality in order to reassure global markets. Copelovitch substantiates his theoretical claims with both sophisticated statistical analysis and detailed case studies. This is a must-read for both scholars of international political economy and policy-makers interested in the IMF's evolving role in the global financial system.' James Raymond Vreeland, Georgetown University and author of The IMF and Economic DevelopmentTable of Contents1. The International Monetary Fund in the global economy; 2. Global finance and the politics of IMF lending: theory; 3. Global finance and the politics of IMF lending: evidence; 4. Global finance and IMF lending to Mexico, 1983–1995; 5. Global finance and IMF lending to South Korea, 1983–1997; 6. Conclusions.
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Cambridge University Press Systems States Diplomacy and Rules
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Cambridge University Press The Politics of Nuclear Consultation in NATO 19651980 LSE Monographs in International Studies
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Cambridge University Press A World at Total War Global Conflict and the Politics of Destruction 19371945 Publications of the German Historical Institute
Book SynopsisThis volume presents the results of a fifth and final conference on the history of total war. It is devoted to the Second World War, which many scholars regard as the paradigmatic instance of total war. In considering the validity of this proposition, the authors address a broad range of analytical problems that this vast conflict posed in the arenas of Europe and Asia. They analyze modes of combat, war aims, the mobilization of economies and societies, occupation regimes, the vulnerability of noncombatants, and the legal and moral issues raised by the industrialized warfare of the mid-twentieth century. The volume will be of interest to all students of war and society in the modern era.Trade ReviewReview of the hardback: 'Within the covers of this book is such a wealth of information that it makes it almost compulsory reading for any student of WW2.' Open HistoryTable of ContentsIntroduction: are we there yet? World War II and a theory of total war Roger Chickering and Stig Förster; Part I. The Dimension of War: 1. Total war: the global dimensions of conflict Gerhard L. Weinberg; 2. Total war: the conduct of war, 1939–1945 Hew Strachan; 3. The ultimate horror: total war and genocide Stig Förster and Myriam Gressler; Part II. Combat: 4. Germany and the Battle of the Atlantic Holger Herwig; 5. From 'Blitzkrieg' to 'total war': Germany's war in Europe Jürgen Förster; 6. Global yet not total: the US war effort and its consequences Dennis Showalter; Part III. Mobilizing Economies: 7. The USSR and total war: why didn't the Soviet economy collapse? Mark Harrison; 8. Blood, sweat, and tears: British mobilization for World War II Stephen Broadberry and Peter Howlett; 9. The impact of compulsory labor on German society at war Hans Mommsen; Part IV. Mobilizing Societies: 10. Fantasy, reality, and modes of perception in Ludendorff's and Goebbels' concepts of 'total war' Martin Kutz; 11. The Home Front in 'total war': women in Germany and Britain in the Second World War Jill Stephenson; 12. Women in the Soviet war effort John Barber; 13. The spirit of St Louis: mobilizing American politics and society 1937–1945 Bernd Greiner; Part V. The War against non-Combatants: 14. Partisan war in the Belorussia, 1941–1944 Hans-Heinrich Nolte; 15. Allied bombing and the destruction of German cities Richard Overy; 16. 'Accidental judgments, casual slaughters': Hiroshima, Nagasaki and total war Robert Messer; Part VI. Criminal War: 17. Sexual violence and its prosecution: courts martial of the Wehrmacht Birgit Beck; 18. Ideologies of difference and the turn to atrocity: Japan's war on China Louise Young; 19. On the road to total retribution? The international debate on the punishment of war crimes, 1872–1945 Daniel Segesser; Conclusion: 20. Some concluding reflections Michael Howard.
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Cambridge University Press The Market and the Masses in Latin America Policy Reform and Consumption in Liberalizing Economies Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
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Cambridge University Press Shaping Foreign Policy in Times of Crisis
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Cambridge University Press The United States and Germany in the Era of the Cold War 19451990 A Handbook Volume 1 Publications of the German Historical Institute
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Cambridge University Press The United States and Germany in the Era of the Cold War 1945 1990
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Cambridge University Press America in the World
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Cambridge University Press International Legal Argument in the Permanent Court of International Justice The Rise of the International Judiciary 34 Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law Series Number 34
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Cambridge University Press Transnational Constitutionalism
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Cambridge University Press Prosecuting International Crimes Selectivity and the International Criminal Law Regime 41 Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law Series Number 41
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Cambridge University Press Free World
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Cambridge University Press Human Rights The Hard Questions
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Cambridge University Press The Rule of Law in Afghanistan Missing in Inaction
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Cambridge University Press The Politics of Prisoner Abuse The United States and Enemy Prisoners after 911
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Cambridge University Press Law and Practice of Eu External Relations
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Cambridge University Press Defeating Authoritarian Leaders in PostCommunist Countries Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics
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Cambridge University Press The International Relations of the Persian Gulf
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Cambridge University Press US Leadership History and Bilateral Relations in Northeast Asia
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to International Law
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Cambridge University Press Intellectual Property and Human Development Current Trends and Future Scenarios
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Cambridge University Press The Participation of States in International Organisations The Role of Human Rights and Democracy 71 Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law Series Number 71
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Cambridge University Press The Worlds of European Constitutionalism
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Cambridge University Press The Gacaca Courts PostGenocide Justice and Reconciliation in Rwanda
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Cambridge University Press The United Nations Secretariat and the Use of Force in a Unipolar World Power v Principle Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lectures Series Number 19
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Cambridge University Press The International Monetary Fund in the Global Economy
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Cambridge University Press Multination States in Asia Accommodation or Resistance
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Cambridge University Press Small Arms Survey 2012 Moving Targets
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Cambridge University Press Hugo Grotius on the Law of War and Peace Student Edition
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Cambridge University Press Making the Law of the Sea A Study in the Development of International Law Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law Series Number 80
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Cambridge University Press The Limits of Transnational Law Refugee Law Policy Harmonization and Judicial Dialogue in the European Union
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Cambridge University Press Global Financial Integration Thirty Years on
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Cambridge University Press Who Governs the Globe 114 Cambridge Studies in
Book SynopsisAcademics and policymakers frequently discuss global governance but they treat governance as a structure or process, rarely considering who actually does the governing. This volume focuses on the agents of global governance: 'global governors'. The global policy arena is filled with a wide variety of actors such as international organizations, corporations, professional associations, and advocacy groups, all seeking to 'govern' activity surrounding their issues of concern. Who Governs the Globe? lays out a theoretical framework for understanding and investigating governors in world politics. It then applies this framework to various governors and policy arenas, including arms control, human rights, economic development, and global education. Edited by three of the world's leading international relations scholars, this is an important contribution that will be useful for courses, as well as for researchers in international studies and international organizations.Trade Review'This path-breaking collaborative work illuminates complex social and political relationships that constitute governing authority in a changing world. New questions provoke deeper reflection than the term 'global governance' typically stimulates. Specialists need to read this fine book, and so do students.' Louis W. Pauly, Canada Research Chair in Globalization and Governance, University of Toronto'This volume makes and illustrates an important fact about global governance today: it isn't only or always the institutional form of actors - be they states, corporations, or NGOs - but their relationships with key constituencies and with one another that shape governance outcomes. Authority, the essence of governance, comes in many guises. I recommend this book highly.' John Gerard Ruggie, Harvard UniversityTable of Contents1. Who governs the globe? Deborah D. Avant, Martha Finnemore and Susan K. Sell; Part I. Authority Dynamics and New Governors: 2. Who is running the international criminal justice system? Allison Danner and Erik Voeten; 3. The International Organization for Standardization as a global governor: a club theory approach Aseem Prakash and Matthew Potoski; 4. Corporations in zones of conflict: issues, actors, and institutions Virginia Haufler; 5. International organization control under conditions of dual delegation: a transgovernmental politics approach Abraham L. Newman; 6. Constructing authority in the European Union Kathleen R. McNamara; Part II. Authority Dynamics and Governance Outcomes: 7. Packing heat: pro-gun groups and the governance of small arms Clifford Bob; 8. Governing the global agenda: 'gatekeepers' and 'issue adoption' in transnational advocacy networks R. Charli Carpenter; 9. Outsourcing authority: how project contracts transform global governance networks Alexander Cooley; 10. When 'doing good' does not: the IMF and the Millennium Development Goals Tamar Gutner; 11. The power of norms; the norms of power: who governs international electric and electronic technology? Tim Büthe; 12. 'Education for all' and the global governors Karen Mundy; 13. Conclusion: authority, legitimacy, and accountability in global politics Deborah D. Avant, Martha Finnemore and Susan K. Sell.
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Cambridge University Press decolonisinginternationallawdevelopmenteconomicgrowthandthepoliticsofuniversality
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Cambridge University Press The Evolution of Strategy
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Cambridge University Press In the Shadow of the Cold War
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Cambridge University Press The Middle East in Chinas Foreign Policy 1949 1977
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Cambridge University Press Nixon Kissinger and U.S. Foreign Policy Making
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Cambridge University Press War and Change in World Politics
Book SynopsisWar and Change in World Politics introduces the reader to an important new theory of international political change. Arguing that the fundamental nature of international relations has not changed over the millennia, Professor Gilpin uses history, sociology, and economic theory to identify the forces causing change in the world order.Trade Review' … Professor Gilpin provides in place of the tedious and vacuous theorizing common in the literature an intelligent and intellectually stimulating, if speculative, study of major issues in world politics. As such it can be highly recommended.' The Times Higher Education Supplement'Gilpin has read widely and thoughtfully, and future analysis of big changes in the world political system will find that he has asked important questions and given provisional answers.' Political Science QuarterlyTable of ContentsPreface; Introduction; 1. The nature of international political change; 2. Stability and change; 3. Growth and expansion; 4. Equilibrium and decline; 5. Hegemonic war and international change; 6. Change and continuity in world politics; Epilogue: change and war in the contemporary world; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Islam in the Political Process
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Cambridge University Press Islam in Foreign Policy
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Cambridge University Press The Nuclear Revolution
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Cambridge University Press China and the Great War
Book SynopsisChina's role in the First World War has been a curiously neglected topic. This 2005 book is a full-length study of China's involvement in the conflict from perspectives of international history, using previously unknown archival materials. In this account, Professor Xu restores the China war memory into its rightful place.Trade ReviewReview of the hardback: 'Any student of WW1 would consider this book as an essential read.' Open HistoryReview of the hardback: '… a fine example of the writing of international history, based on careful archival research. The argument is skilfully developed and assisted by a small section of illustrations. It puts before the reader the Chinese side of a story which is not unfamiliar but which has been slanted in the past.' The China QuarterlyReview of the hardback: 'This is an important book, helping to answer hitherto neglected questions about China's role in the Great War and the role the war played in bringing China onto a changing international stage. It is well researched and written, and deserves to be read widely.' Asian AffairsTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. The Stage Is Set: 1. China's preparation for entry into the international system; 2. The rise of Chinese internationalism and the new diplomacy; Part II. China Attempts to Join the War: 3. China responses to the outbreak of war; 4. 'Using laborers as soldiers' - an alternative strategy; 5. China's formal entry into the war; Part III. The Great War in Chinese Domestic Politics and Foreign Relations: 6. The war within; 7. The 1919 Paris Peace Conference and China's search for a new world order; Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press Isolated States
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