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Taylor & Francis Ltd Special Providence American Foreign Policy and
Book SynopsisGod has a special providence for fools, drunks and the United States of America.--Otto von BismarckAmerica''s response to the September 11 attacks spotlighted many of the country''s longstanding goals on the world stage: to protect liberty at home, to secure America''s economic interests, to spread democracy in totalitarian regimes and to vanquish the enemy utterly.One of America''s leading foreign policy thinkers, Walter Russell Mead, argues that these diverse, conflicting impulses have in fact been the key to the U.S.''s success in the world. In a sweeping new synthesis, Mead uncovers four distinct historical patterns in foreign policy, each exemplified by a towering figure from our past.Wilsonians are moral missionaries, making the world safe for democracy by creating international watchdogs like the U.N. Hamiltonians likewise support international engagement, but their goal is to open foreign markets and expand the economy. Populist Jacksonians support a strTrade Review"Ambitious...inventive...A heroic effort to comprehend the entirety of Americans' diplomatic past. This intellectually fecund, infectiously engaging book deserves a wide readership. It raises serious questions in abundance and provides often ingenious answers. A rich and substantial book that is sure to influence discussion of foreign-policy issues in the years ahead.--David M.Kennedy, The American Prospect.""The most orignial and probably the most important book to have been written on American foreign policy in decades. --Martin Walker, United Press International.""A remarkable accomplishment...[Mead] is a brilliant scholar, and he has produced a book of enduring value as both a work of intellectual genealogy and a stimulating re-evaluation of some of the roots of America's rise.--David Rieff, The Los Angeles Times.""Mead is a clear and original thinker and an engaging writer, and these pages are filled with striking insights and pithy formulations.--Aaron L. Friedberg, New YorkTimes Book Review.""In his ambitious and important new book, Walter Russell Mead offers a provocative and highly original way of looking at American foreign policy, one that moves far beyond the conventional wisdom of "realist vs. idealists." His insights linking the grand sweep of American history to our present world situation are particularly valuable. I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in America's role in our increasingly complex world.--Richard C. Holbrooke, author of To End aWar.""A fresh and well-written introduction to American foreign policy traditions.--Foreign Affairs.""A stunning achievement. At a time of crisis, Mead's book forces the reader to rethink the central ideas that have guided American foreign policy in the past and are likely to shape its future.--James Chace, author of Acheson: The Secretary of State Who Created The American World.""This important book-high-spirited, eloquent, and imaginative-could well change the way we about America's relatons with the world.--Ronald Steel, author of Temptations of a Superpower.""This ingenious and provocative account of AMerican foreign policy's past is a splendid introduction to its future. --Michael Mandelbaum, author of The Dawn of Peacein Europe.""Exceedingly interesting...a treasure trove for modern-day policy-makers seeking historical justifications for their positions.--James P. Rubin, The New Republic.""Mead is a lively and provocative thinker, and he produces the kind of work that is increasingly uncommon among political scientist; in Speical Providence, he skillfully brings the history of American foreign affaris alive, employs anecdotes to telling effect, and shuns jargon. Most of all he is never boring.--Jacob Heilbrunn, Commentary.""A comprehensive history of American foreign policy that challenges conventional wisdom in thought-provoking ways. --Chicago Tribune.""A treasure trove of information put together with an engaging writing style. The challenges before us now give urgency for arriving at a consensus fitting for this new era. His book provides a remarkably clear guide to how the country responded in the past.--The Christian Science Monitor.""Brilliant...thought-provoking...Walter Russell Mead, a prolific and engaging writer, has produced a history of American foreign policy turning upon American ideas and practices since the days of the Founders. At its core is a myth-breaking proposition that the US has been actively, and mostly successfully, involved in the world economically and diplomatically since the early days of the Republic. American isolationism, the author argues, is a myth propagated to rally public opinion for engagement in the early days of the Cold War.--The Washington Monthly.""Full of common sense and learning, and is clear and readable to boot.--The Economist.""Insightful...The strength of Mr. Mead's clear, jargon-free analysis is that he is so even-handed in his description of all four schools, whose members are ofter vitriolic in denouncing each other.--The Wall Street Journal.""To understand U.S. foreign policy, it is necessary to understand the United States. Nobody understands either better than Walter Russell Mead. This book is destined to join the small list of classics that explain America to the world and to Americans themselves.--Michael E. Lind, author of Vietnam, the Necessary War.""Essential and urgent...an unparalleled clarification of American foreign policy and the choices we face.--Denver Post.""Few people writing on U.S. foreign policy are as brilliant and original as Walter Russell Mead. In SpecialProvidence he shatters old diplomatic theories and historical assumptions with a creative vengeance. The result is a brave, landmark study that cannot be ignored.--Douglas Brinkley, author of Rise to Globalism:American Foreign Policy."Table of ContentsForeward by Richard C. LeoneIntroduction1. The American Foreign Policy Tradition2. The Kaleidoscope of American Foreign Policy3. Changing the Paradigms4. The Serpent and the Dove: The Hamiltonian Way5. The Connecticut Yankee in the Court of King Arthur: Wilsonianism and Its Mission6. "Vindicator Only of Her Own": The Jeffersonian Tradition7. Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright: The School of Andrew Jackson8. The Rise and Retreat of the New World Order9. The Future of American Foreign Policy
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Basic Books The World Was Going Our Way The KGB and the
Book SynopsisChronicles of the KGBs extensive penetration of governments throughout the Third World-the battlefield on which the U. S. S. R. sought to achieve global supremacy
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The University of Michigan Press Beyond Groupthink
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The University of Michigan Press Kinship and Diasporas in International Affairs
Book SynopsisIncluding examples of kinship networks and diasporas from a wide range of cultures, this book illustrates the ways in which far-reaching alliances based on blood and belief penetrate borders and shape international politics.Trade ReviewEssential reading for our globalized world! - David A. Harris, Executive Director, American Jewish Committee ""This book will be required reading for anyone interested in how and why diasporas support homeland political violence, including terrorism."" - Clark McCauley, Professor of Psychology, Bryn Mawr College; Co-director, National Consortium for Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START)
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The University of Michigan Press To See Ourselves as Others See Us
Book SynopsisDrawing on public opinion surveys conducted in 30 nations, this book documents an anti-American sentiment. It suggests that the war in Iraq, human rights violations, and unpopular international policies are largely responsible.Trade ReviewHolsti, the authority on American foreign policy attitudes, investigates others' views of us. It's not pretty. It matters. Read this. - Bruce Russett, Dean Acheson Professor of International Relations, Yale University, and Editor of the Journal of Conflict Resolution
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The University of Michigan Press Handbook of War Studies III
Book SynopsisA follow-up to ""Handbook of War Studies"" I (1993) and II (2000), this volume collects original work from leading international relations scholars on domestic strife, ethnic conflict, genocide, and other topics. It pays attention to civil war, which has become one of the dominant forms - if not the dominant form - of conflict in the world.
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The University of Michigan Press Governing the Global Polity
Book SynopsisDrawing on literatures on state formation and social theory, and through a series of case studies, Neumann and Sending demonstrate that the growing importance of NGOs and international organizations tends to increase the power of states, because states ar
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The University of Michigan Press Politics and Foreign Direct Investment
Book SynopsisThe proliferation of foreign direct investment has raised questions about its impact upon local economies and politics. Here, seven scholars bring together their wide-ranging expertise to investigate the factors that determine the attractiveness of a locale to investors and the extent of their political power.
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The University of Michigan Press World Politics Simulations in a Global
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LUP - University of Michigan Press The Political Economy of Regional Peacemaking
Book SynopsisExamines the efficacy of trade agreements, economic sanctions, and other strategies of economic statecraft for the promotion of peace both between rival states and across conflict-ridden regions more generally. The contributors consider five key questions from a variety of methodological, historical, cultural, and empirical perspectives.Trade ReviewThis valuable collection of essays succeeds notably in bridging the gap that has long existed between the fields of international political economy and security studies. An A-list of distinguished scholars addresses the political economy of peacemaking, which has rarely received the attention it deserves. This is a must-read for anyone interested in the role that economic statecraft can play in today’s greatly troubled world.”—Benjamin Jerry Cohen, University of California, Santa Barbara""Lobell and Ripsman have assembled a nicely integrated collection of studies which provide a new perspective on economic statecraft. Influence is sometimes targeted at elites, and at other times at interest groups or mass publics. Sometimes influence may be overt (as with sanctions), at other times its channels are much more subtle (e.g., interdependence). Varying time dimension and higher-order effects can lead to unintended consequences. Lobell and Ripsman offer a framework for thinking about such complexities, and the chapters provide colorful evidence and illustration. Do not miss this one.” —Brian M. Pollins, The Ohio State University""This volume successfully leverages the topic of regional peacemaking to confront big questions on the economic causes of peace. The mix of essays complement each other well, offering carefully reasoned and balanced judgments on the conditions under which economic policy tools have both succeeded and failed in helping resolve some of the world’s most pressing conflicts.”—Patrick J. McDonald, University of Texas at Austin""The study of the relationship between economic interactions and militarized conflict has deep roots in international relations. This volume provides a refined advancement in that field. The contributors not only narrow and deepen this analysis, they do so by employing an array of conceptual and methodological approaches. The outcome of interest is narrowed to regional peacemaking, providing focus and allowing the authors to develop more powerful models and empirical approaches.”—Lisa L. Martin, Professor of Political Science, University of Wisconsin–Madison
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LUP - University of Michigan Press Interpretive Quantification
Book SynopsisTen highly regarded scholars in the field of International Relations apply quantitative methods and formal models to specific constructivist and critical research questions. In this way, each chapter serves not only as evidence that methods can productively be applied across paradigms, but also as a guide as to how this may be done.Trade ReviewInterpretive Quantification offers a timely, much-needed transgression of a major theoretical-methodological boundary limiting the possibilities of IR: with high-quality contributions organized in a systematic way, it demonstrates how quantitative methods can and should enrich constructivist and critical approaches, thereby opening up fascinating new research avenues."" - Stephane Baele, University of Exeter""...deserves a place on the short list of books and articles that change, not what we know about the world, but how we think about it. Very highly recommended for graduate students and faculty alike."" - Bear Braumoeller, The Ohio State University""This truly path-breaking volume opens up productive lines of scholarship that have been sorely neglected."" - Andrew Bennett, Georgetown University
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The University of Michigan Press Curating Community
Book SynopsisChallenges the centrality of sovereignty in our political and juridical imaginations. Creatively bringing together constitutional, political, and aesthetic theory, Stacy Douglas argues that museums and constitutions invite visitors to identify with a prescribed set of political constituencies based on national, ethnic, or anthropocentric premises.Trade ReviewCurating Community makes a really significant and exciting contribution to existing literatures. Douglas is at her best when engaging in critiques of other thinkers such as Christodoulidis and Cornell. The unexpected link that Douglas makes between constitutions and museums is critically important because it directly links law and culture in ways that are not usually noted or thought about, but which have vital effects on our political and aesthetic lives."" - James Martel, San Francisco State University
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LUP - University of Michigan Press The Uruguay Round and Beyond
Book SynopsisKey players in world trade policy formation discuss the origins of the World Trade Organization--and where it is going
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The University of Michigan Press When Opponents Cooperate
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The University of Michigan Press Bargaining and Learning in Recurring Crises
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The University of Michigan Press Collective Security beyond the Cold War
Book SynopsisReexamines the idea of collective security, weighing the arguments for and against it and assessing its potential for coping with the regional and global security problems of a post-Cold War world.
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The University of Michigan Press A Study of Crisis
Book SynopsisA comprehensive study of the causes and consequences of war in the twentieth century
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The University of Michigan Press Strategic Politicians Institutions and Foreign
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The University of Michigan Press The Art of Economic Persuasion
Book SynopsisUsing the process of German-Polish reconciliation in the 1970s and 1980s as a case study, The Art of Economic Persuasion argues that complex institutional links between the German government and the German business community enabled the government to encourage commercial relations with Poland, which supported the government's policies.
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The University of Michigan Press Power and Negotiation
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The University of Michigan Press Foreign Policy and Congress
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The University of Michigan Press Manipulating the Market
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The University of Michigan Press The PowerConflict Story
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The University of Michigan Press Compound Dilemmas
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables Preface Introduction Chapter 1. Rivalry in International Relations Chapter 2. Democracy and Rivalry Chapter 3. Rational Expectations and the Arms Race Chapter 4. Dynamics of Superpower Rivalry Chapter 5. Organizations and the Domestic Politics of Rivalry Chapter 6. International Cooperation and the End of Rivalry Chapter 7. Lessons for the Post---Cold War World Appendix A. Data Appendix Appendix B. Methodological Appendix Notes References Index \to come\
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The University of Michigan Press All International Politics Is Local
Book SynopsisLooks at disparate zones in the international system to see how conflict, integration, and democracy have clustered over time and space. Kristian Skrede Gleditsch argues that the most interesting aspects of international politics are regional rather than fully global or exclusively national.
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The University of Michigan Press Bound by Struggle
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The University of Michigan Press Secular Morality and International Security
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The University of Michigan Press Veto Power
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The University of Michigan Press Psychology and Constructivism in International
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The University of Michigan Press Regional Economic Institutions and Conflict
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The University of Michigan Press Governance and Foreign Investment in China India
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The University of Michigan Press The Politics of Subjectivity in American Foreign
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The University of Michigan Press Alignment Alliance and American Grand Strategy
Book SynopsisAlthough US foreign policy was largely unpopular in the early 2000s, many nation-states, especially those bordering Russia and China, expanded their security cooperation with the US. In Alignment, Alliance, and American Grand Strategy, Zachary Selden notes that the regional power of these two illiberal states prompt threatened neighbouring states to align with the United States.Trade Review“When it comes to prominent analyses of alliance politics within the fieldof international relations, Selden shows quite convincingly the limits ofthe conventional wisdom, whether realist, liberal, or constructivist. AsSelden puts it so well, American allies will only assist in the maintenanceof American hegemony if the U.S. demonstrates both the capability andthe will to defend it. Altogether this is an argument with solid empiricalsupport—surprising yet persuasive—strong theoretical implications, anddemonstrable policy relevance.” - Colin Dueck, George Mason University“Timely and well-researched, Alignment, Alliance, and American GrandStrategy makes convincing and well-supported cases about the dynamicsof US power in the contemporary IR environment.” - Scott Jones, University of Georgia
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The University of Michigan Press India China
Book SynopsisChallenging the Westphalian view of international relations, which focuses on the sovereignty of states and the inevitable potential for conflict, the authors from the Borderlands Study Group reconceive borders as capillaries enabling the flow of material, cultural, and social benefits through local communities, nation-states, and entire regions.
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The University of Michigan Press The Regional Roots of Russias Political Regime
Book SynopsisExamines Russian politics at the subnational level in order to discover why democracy failed to take root and how Putin's authoritarian regime materialized. By analysing successive federal elections, Reisinger and Moraski show that regions that led the way in delivering votes in Putin's favour were those that had been both more independent and more authoritarian during the Yeltsin era.Trade ReviewThe authors set for themselves an ambitious goal of tracing the evolution of the timing, institutions, and competitiveness of subnational elections, as well as of national-regional electoral links, political, and institutional change from the late Soviet period to the present. They achieve this goal admirably in this highly original and novel account."" - Tomila Lankina, London School of Economics ""I have no doubt that the book will fill a glaring gap in the academic book market."" - Grigorii V. Golosov, European University at St. Petersburg
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The University of Michigan Press Latin American Elections
Book SynopsisThe Michigan model, named after the institution where it was first articulated, has been used to explain voting behavior in North American and Western European democracies. In Latin American Elections, experts on Latin America join with experts on electoral studies to evaluate the model’s applicability in this region.Trade ReviewLatin American Elections makes a strong case that voter choice in Latin America fits a universal mold while keeping cognizant of differences across countries in the region. The book is carefully motivated and engaging, and it makes an important contribution to scholarship on electoral behavior in general and in Latin America."" - Elizabeth Zechmeister, Vanderbilt University""This book makes an important contribution to our understanding of both voter decision making and Latin American political behavior. Latin American Elections offers a broader, more unified perspective on both the similarities and cross-national heterogeneity that characterize voter decision making in the region."" - Ted Brader, University of Michigan
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The University of Michigan Press Rival Claims
Book SynopsisChallenges the conventional beliefs that territorial autonomy demands are a reaction to centralized power and that governments resist autonomy to preserve central prerogatives. The centre has allegiances in regional politics, and ethnoterritorial violence reflects the center's entanglement with rival interests in the periphery.Trade ReviewRival Claims is an important contribution to the literature on territorial autonomy generally and Indian federalism more specifically. Bethany Lacina advances an important and so far largely neglected argument on when demands for autonomy occur and when they result in conflict."" - Simon Hug, Université de Genève""Lacina convincingly shows political changes previously attributed to center-periphery conflicts are actually best understood as a reaction to local politics in the periphery. This book is an invaluable reference for scholars of modern India. The depth of knowledge on display is prodigious."" - Jacob Shapiro, Princeton University
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The University of Michigan Press When Informal Institutions Change
Book SynopsisExamines how, when, and under which conditions democratic institutional reforms affect informal institutions in hybrid regimes, countries transitioning to democracy. Huseyn Aliyev analyses the impact of institutional changes on the use of informal practices and what happens when democratic reforms succeed.Trade ReviewAn impressive accomplishment. Aliyev engages with numerous literatures from multiple disciplines to provide valuable insights into both the durability and the malleability of informal practices in post-Soviet politics. For theoretical as well as geopolitical reasons, his selection of Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova for detailed comparative case studies could not be more opportune."" - William Reisinger, University of Iowa""The book makes an excellent contribution to the literature and provides a timely analysis of the three important countries that it examines. The book will definitely be sought after by scholars working to understand the prospects for reform in the former Soviet Union."" - Robert Orttung, The George Washington University
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The University of Michigan Press The Politics of Intimacy
Book SynopsisDebates on the end-of-life controversy are complex because they seem to highjack national and cultural traditions. Where previous books have focused on ideological grounds, The Politics of Intimacy explores dying as the site where policies are negotiated and implemented.Trade ReviewAnna Durnová's book joins the scholarship on flows of ideas and practices across borders, on emotions and IR, on the body and IR, and on 'the everyday' and IR. Her interviews, reviews of media coverage, and other research findings allow her to tell very interesting and analytically rich stories that tease out the relations between government, medical professionals, patients and their loved ones, and contending advocacy organizations."" - Renee Marlin-Bennett, Johns Hopkins University""This is a fascinating and empirically rich book that is a signature, poignant study on the ‘politics of intimacy'. . . the arguments are interesting, provocative, and insightfully persuasive."" - Brent J. Steele, The University of Utah
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Mariner Books Commander in Chief 2 Fdrs Battle with Churchill
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Random House USA Inc Arab and Jew
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Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale Time to Eat Delicious Meals for Busy Lives A
Book SynopsisFrom the host of the beloved Netflix series Time to Eat and winner of The Great British Baking Show come over 100 time-smart recipes to tackle family mealtime.Nadiya Hussain knows that feeding a family and juggling a full work load can be challenging. Time to Eat solves mealtime on weeknights and busy days with quick and easy recipes that the whole family will love. Nadiya shares all her tips and tricks for making meal prep as simple as possible, including ideas for repurposing leftovers and components of dishes into new recipes, creating second meals to keep in the freezer, and using shortcuts--like frozen foods--to cut your prep time significantly. In Time to Eat, Nadiya teaches you to make recipes from her hit Netflix show, including Peanut Butter & Jelly Traybake, Instant Noodles, Egg Rolls, and zesty Marmalade Haddock. Each recipe also notes exactly how long it will take to prepare and cook, making planning easy. Helpful icons ide
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Issues in New Political Economy
Book SynopsisThis is the third volume in the series Surveys of Recent Research in Economics. The series is intended to help busy academics and practitioners keep abreast of important developments that relate to, without necessarily being narrowly focussed on, their own more specific interests.Table of ContentsPreface. 1. Issues in New Political Economy: An Introduction: Stuart Sayer (University of Edinburgh). 2. Political Macroeconomics: A Survey of Recent Developments: Manfred Gõrtner (University of St. Gallen). 3. Central Bank Independence: An Update of Theory and Evidence: Helge Berger (University of Munich), Jakob de Haan (University of Groningen) and Sylvester Eijffinger (Tilburg University). 4. Dependant and Accountable: Evidence from the Modern Theory of Central Banking: Gustavo Piga ( University of Macerata). 5. The Political Economy of Low Inflation: Jonathan Kirshner ( Cornell University & Harvard University). 6. Monetary Policy Rules, Policy Preferences, and Uncertainty: Some Recent Theoretical Contributions: Anton Muscatelli and Carmine Trecroci (University of Glasgow). 7. Social Capital: One or Many? Definition and Measurement: Martin Paldam (University of Aarhus). 8. Corruption: A Review: Arvind Jain (Concordia University). 9. Collective Action: Susanne Lohmann (University of California - Los Angeles). Index.
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Penguin Random House India Kathmandu Dilemma
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Irish Academic Press Ltd The Irish Act of Union Bicentennial Essays
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Prentice Hall Press Almighty
Book SynopsisA timely, chilling tale of how a group of ragtag activists infiltrated one of the most secure nuclear-weapons sites in the United States.
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Darkening Web
Book SynopsisAn eye-opening look at one of the most urgent conflicts the world will confront in the twenty-first century: the desire of nations to dominate cyberspace.
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Vintage Canada The Expendables
Book SynopsisNATIONAL BESTSELLERA Globe and Mail Favourite Book of 2020 From the #1 bestselling author of Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller, a provocative, far-reaching account of how the middle class got stuck with the bill for globalization, and how the blowback—from Brexit to Trump to populist Europe—will change the developed world.Real wages in North America have not risen since the 1970s. Union membership has collapsed. Full-time employment is beginning to look like a quaint idea from the distant past. If it seems that the middle class is in retreat around the developed world, it is. Former CIBC World Markets Chief Economist Jeff Rubin argues that all this was foreseeable back when Canada, the United States and Mexico first started talking free trade. Growing global inequality is a problem of our own making, he says. And solving it won''t be easy if we draw on the same ideas about capital
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