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HarperCollins Publishers The Arab Lobby
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Oxford University Press National Security and Double Government
Book SynopsisWhy has U.S. security policy scarcely changed from the Bush to the Obama administrations? The theory of double government posed by the 19th century English scholar Walter Bagehot suggests a disquieting answer that is extensively discussed in National Security and Double Government. Michael J. Glennon challenges the myth that U.S. security policy is made through the visible, Madisonian institutions--the President, Congress, and the courts, proposing that their roles are largely illusory. Presidential control is nominal, congressional oversight is dysfunctional, and judicial review is negligible. He argues that security policy is really made by the managers of the military, intelligence, diplomatic, and law enforcement agencies- a concealed Trumanite network of several hundred members who are responsible for protecting the nation, and who are primarily immune from constitutional restraints. As such, this new system of double government will not correct itself, as to do so would require tTrade ReviewMichael Glennon's book is important precisely because it pulls back the curtain to reveal the realities of the largely unconstrained U.S. national security state. In doing so, Glennon's analysis shows how the national security apparatus is a threat to the very freedoms its inhabitants and supporters purport to protect. * Christopher J. Coyne, Public Choice *[An] original and thought-provoking book, with a key goal of explaining why national security policies change little across presidential administrations. * AJIL, Ashley Deeks, University of Virginia School of Law *Though it's a bedrock American principle that citizens can steer their own government by electing new officials, Glennon suggests that in practice, much of our government no longer works that way. In a new book, "National Security and Double Government," he catalogs the ways that the defense and national security apparatus is effectively self-governing, with virtually no accountability, transparency, or checks and balances of any kind. He uses the term "double government": There's the one we elect, and then there's the one behind it, steering huge swaths of policy almost unchecked. Elected officials end up serving as mere cover for the real decisions made by the bureaucracy. * Jordan Michael Smith, Books of the Year 2014, The Boston Globe *If constitutional government is to endure in the United States, Americans must confront the fundamental challenges presented by this chilling analysis of the national security state. * Bruce Ackerman, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science Yale University *Shrewdly updating Walter Bagehot's theory of 'double government,' Michael Glennon shows how present-day Washington really works. In our faux democracy, those we elect to govern serve largely ornamental purposes, while those who actually wield power, especially in the realm of national security, do so chiefly with an eye toward preserving their status and prerogatives. Read this incisive and richly documented book, and you'll understand why. * Andrew J. Bacevich, Professor of History and International Relations, Boston University *Taking a leaf from Walter Bagehot's thesis of dual government in Britain, Michael Glennon has transported the concept of 'double government' to the United States analyzing the constitutional institutions, or what he calls the 'Madisonian' side; and a cohort of several hundred senior military, diplomatic, and intelligence officials who run the daily business of national security, or what he calls the 'Trumanite' side. This explains the relatively little difference between the Bush 43 and the Obama presidencies. In this brilliant, deeply researched book, Glennon spells out the relation of his overall thesis to contemporary issues such as the Snowden revelations. * Charles G. Cogan, Associate, International Security Program Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School *Michael Glennon has written a brilliant book that helps explain why U.S. foreign policy changes so little over time, despite frequent failure. Barack Obama certainly promised to fundamentally alter America's approach to the world, but little changed after he took office. Glennon shows how the underlying national security bureaucracy in Washington - what might be called the deep state - ensures that presidents and their successors act on the world stage like Tweedledee and Tweedledum. * John J. Mearsheimer, R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago *In this timely book Michael Glennon provides a compelling argument that America's national security policy is growing outside the bounds of existing government institutions. This is at once a constitutional challenge, but is also a case study in how national security can change government institutions, create new ones, and, in effect, stand-up a parallel state. This is a well-argued book of academic import and policy relevance. It is recommended reading for an informed debate on an issue of great significance. * Vali Nasr, Dean of Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies *National Security and Double Government is an important and insightful book. It should be read by anyone concerned that Obama's national security policies differ so little from those of the Bush Administration, and by every in-coming President and her staff. * Morton H. Halperin, Senior Advisor, Open Society Foundations *Glennon has written a unique book that stands out among the collection of post-9/11 works for the way it lashes historical trends to the most contemporary problems of government secrecy, power and overreach in a highly readable way. I underlined passages on just about every page and can't wait to reread it. The 'ah ha!' moments are endless. * Dana Priest, Two-time Pulitzer Prize winning national security reporter, The Washington Post *Michael Glennon's National Security and Double Government explains why U.S. foreign policy is prone to recurring failure and resistant to genuine reform. Instead of being responsive to citizens or subject to effective checks and balances, U.S. national security policy is in fact conducted by a shadow government of bureaucrats and a supporting network of think tanks, media insiders, and ambitious policy wonks. Presidents may come and go, but the permanent national security establishment inevitably defeats their efforts to chart a new course. Gracefully written and extensively researched, this book is the most penetrating analysis of U.S. foreign policy that I have read in years. * Stephen M. Walt, Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School *National Security and Double Government is brilliant, deep, sad, and vastly learned across multiple fields--a work of Weberian power and stature. It deserves to be read and discussed. The book raises philosophical questions in the public sphere in a way not seen at least since Fukuyama's end of history. * David A. Westbrook, Del Cotto Professor, SUNY Buffalo Law School *Table of ContentsACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; I. INTRODUCTION ; II. THE TRUMANITE NETWORK ; Origins ; Operation ; Threat Exaggeration ; Secrecy ; Conformism ; III. THE SOURCES OF MADISONIAN ILLUSION ; IV. THE REALITY OF MADISONIAN WEAKNESS ; The Judiciary ; The Congress ; The Presidency ; A Case Study: NSA Surveillance ; V. PLAUSIBLE ALTERNATIVE EXPLANATIONS FOR POLICY CONTINUITY ; The Rational Actor Model ; The Government Politics Model ; The Organizational Behavior Model ; The Network Model ; Conclusion: The Myth of Alternative Competing Hypotheses ; VI. IS REFORM POSSIBLE? CHECKS, SMOKE, AND MIRRORS ; Strengthening systemic checks ; Government cultivation of civic virtue ; VII. CONCLUSION ; INDEX
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Oxford University Press The Global Offensive
Book SynopsisOn March 21, 1968, Yasir Arafat and his guerrillas made the fateful decision to break with conventional guerrilla tactics, choosing to stand and fight an Israeli attack on the al-Karama refugee camp in Jordan. They suffered terrible casualties, but they won a stunning symbolic victory that transformed Arafat into an Arab hero and allowed him to launch a worldwide campaign, one that would reshape Cold War diplomacy and revolutionary movements everywhere.In The Global Offensive, historian Paul Thomas Chamberlin offers new insights into the rise of the Palestine Liberation Organization in its full international context. After defeat in the 1967 war, the crushing of a guerrilla campaign on the West Bank, and the attack on al-Karama, Arafat and his fellow guerilla fighters opened a global offensive aimed at achieving national liberation for the Palestinian people. In doing so, they reinvented themselves as players on the world stage, combining controversial armed attacks, diplomacy, and radTrade ReviewThe Global Offensive makes a laudable contribution to the growing body of scholarship that places the developing world and transnational actors at the forefront of international politics, rather than treating them as peripheral, secondary actors or curiosities. * Jeffrey James Byrne, H-Diplo *By establishing connections between the PLO and other revolutionary nationalist groups that most historians have either previously ignored or failed to recognize, Chamberlin has written a true work of transnational history that includes discussion of the United States, Palestinians, Israel, Vietnam, China, Algeria, and South Africa. By establishing connections between the PLO and other revolutionary nationalist groups that most historians have either previously ignored or failed to recognize, Chamberlin has written a true work of transnational history that includes discussion of the United States, Palestinians, Israel, Vietnam, China, Algeria, and South Africa. * Craig Daigle, H-Diplo *Chamberlin's most innovative move is simply to insist that we view the PLO as part of a larger landscape of third-world revolutionaries and the global radical left, of which it viewed itself a part, and not merely as a subset of the Arab-Israeli struggle or the history of Arab nationalism and decolonization. * Bradley Simpson, H-Diplo *The Global Offensive would be quite valuable for undergraduate and graduate history courses on the Middle East, U.S. foreign policy, or twentieth-century global history. Students and teachers would undoubtedly benefit from the balance of narrative and argumentation buttressed by clearly written explanations of key players and events. Most importantly, the book offers an opportunity for teacher and students to engage in questions regarding the latter decades of the twentieth century as less of a coda for the post-World War II global order and more as a beginning point toward understanding the twenty-first century. * Teaching History *The Global Offensive is sophisticated in its treatment of complex issues, drawing on published and unpublished sources in Arabic and English. The book internationalizes the story of Arab-Israeli conflict in the Middle East, and it simultaneously localizes the story of globalization. Most of all, the book asks a big question: what were the alternatives to the patterns of insurgency and counterinsurgency that have characterized the Middle East for the last forty years?...The book will surely inform and inspire many new perspectives. * Jeremi Suri, American Historical Review *Using hitherto unexcavated material, at least in much of Western scholarship, Chamberlin provides an engaging, well-documented narrative of the PLO global offensive . It contributes to the growing scholarship that recognizes that the history of the Cold War in the Middle East, Latin America, Africa, and Asia is inseparable from the history of the states and the peoples that constitute those regions. Or, as Chamberlin puts it in reference to the PLO, the dynamics of its encounter [with the global stage] rejects the reality that the process of globalization was taking place not only from the top down, but also from the bottom up. * Dina Matar, Diplomatic History *Paul Chamberlin's The Global Offensive moves from the camps of the Palestinian refugees to the air conditioned offices of the White House, from the deliberations of the Vietnamese guerrillas to the calculations of Tel Aviv's political elite. Drawn from an array of archives, Chamberlin's narrative teaches us that international relations is not simply the whimsy of states but that it is constrained and enabled by the dreams and frustrations of ordinary people forced to be extraordinary because of their circumstances. A brilliant study of how the Palestinian liberation struggle moved from the valleys of the Levant onto the world stage. * Vijay Prashad, author of The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World *With balanced and comprehensive scholarship, Paul Chamberlin traces the rise of the Palestine Liberation Organization under Yasser Arafat, the widening gap of generations in both Israel and the Arab world, and the dilemmas of the U.S. government as Lebanon descended into civil war. The Global Offensive is a masterly account of the worldwide as well as the regional dimension of Arab-Israeli conflict in the critical decades of the 1960s and 1970s. * Wm. Roger Louis, University of Texas at Austin *Chamberlin is the first to frame the story of the Palestine Liberation Organization in a truly global context, and in so doing he sheds startling new light on his subject. He shows how the Palestinian struggle in the 1960s and 1970s was embedded in global revolutionary networks that stretched from Cuba to Vietnam, and argues convincingly for its centrality in the drama of Cold War decolonization and the transformation of international relations in this era. This book is not only a rare judicious intervention in the history of the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians; it is also a superb contribution to postwar international history writ large. * Erez Manela, author of The Wilsonian Moment *A major contribution to understanding US foreign policy since WWII, not only in the Middle East, but also in the context of the Cold War and national liberation movements. Summing Up: Highly recommended. * CHOICE *Paul Chamberlin's history of the relationship between the United States and the Palestinian Liberation Organization is a superb example of Cold War international and transnational history. Based on an extensive use of Arabic language sources, it documents dispassionately and with remarkable fairness the long history of efforts to form a Palestinian state. Must reading for anyone interested in how the modern Middle East came to be. * John Lewis Gaddis, Yale University *This extremely well-written book clearly reflects the extensive archival research that has gone into it. Chamberlin's narrative style is engaging and effective, and offers a great deal of information and insight into U.S. policy towards the PLO and, through this, the Arab-Israeli conflict and the wider region. For the reader, the access provided by the author to U.S. thinking is akin to the impact that Wikileaks has had more recently, giving this historical study an unexpectedly fresh and topical feel. I recommend it without any hesitation. * Yezid Sayigh, Carnegie Middle East Center *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ; Introduction: Palestine Liberation and the Dawn of the Post-Cold War Era ; 1. The Struggle against Oppression Everywhere ; 2. The Storm ; 3. Nixon, Kissinger, and the Terror of a Post-Imperial World ; 4. The Jordanian Civil War ; 5. A Worldwide Interlocking Terrorist Network ; 6. "The Torch Has Been Passed From Vietnam To Us" ; 7. The Diplomatic Struggle ; Conclusion ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index
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Oxford University Press Inc Anwar alSadat
Book SynopsisPart of The World in A Life series, this brief, inexpensive text provides insight into the life of Anwar al-Sadat, one of the most transformative figures in Middle Eastern and world history. Little was expected of Sadat, as he came to power after the death of Egypt''s powerful modernizing leader, Gamal Abdel Nasser. However, he left an unparalleled mark on Egypt, the Middle East, and Cold War relations. He surprised the Israelis by starting the 1973 war, crossing the Suez Canal into Sinai. Though eventually Egypt was forced to sue for peace, Sadat won the support and praise of the Americans. His chief American supporters at the time were President Richard Nixon and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. Not content with this partial military success, Sadat traveled to Jerusalem in 1977 to address the Israeli Knesset (parliament), marking the first time that an Arab leader had traveled to Israel and openly negotiated with the Israelis. He followed this trip with a peace treaty with Israel Trade ReviewThis is a welcome contribution; it reads well and offers new insights into a pivotal historical figure, and the author has clearly enjoyed writing it. It is a terrific book for students and scholars interested in modern Egyptian history, Middle Eastern history, and the Arab-Israeli conflict. * Eve M. Troutt Powell, University of Pennsylvania *This is an outstanding study of the life and times of Anwar al-Sadat by a scholar deeply familiar with the subject, written in a style that will engage and challenge undergraduate students. * John Calvert, Creighton University *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations ; List of Maps ; Acknowledgements ; Introduction ; 1. The Making of a Revolutionary: 1918-1952 ; 2. Living with Nasser's Revolution: 1952-1967 ; 3. Becoming President: 1967-1973 ; 4. Making War: 1973-74 ; 5. Opening Egypt to the Outside: 1974-1977 ; 6. Making Peace: 1974-1979 ; 7. Losing Control 1979-1981 ; 8. Sadat on the World Stage ; Primary Sources and Study Questions ; Further Readings ; Credits ; Index
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Oxford University Press Inc Arcs of Global Justice
Table of ContentsContributors Foreword by Diane Marie Amann and Margaret M. deGuzman Introduction William Schabas: Portrait of a Scholar/Activist Extraordinaire Roger S. Clark I. Human Rights Chapter 1: Human Rights and International Criminal Justice in the Twenty First Century: The End of the Post-WWII Phase and the Beginning of an Uncertain New Era M. Cherif Bassiouni Chapter 2: William Schabas, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and International Human Rights Law Thomas A. Cromwell and Bruno Gélinas-Faucher Chapter 3: The International Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, as a Victim-Oriented Treaty Emmanuel Decaux Chapter 4: The Politics of Sectarianism and its Reflection in Questions of International Law & State Formation in The Middle East Kathleen Cavanaugh and Joshua Castellino II. Capital Punishment Chapter 5: International Law and the Death Penalty: A Toothless Tiger, or a Meaningful Force for Change? Sandra L. Babcock Chapter 6: The UN Optional Protocol on the Abolition of the Death Penalty Marc Bossuyt Chapter 7: The Right to Life and the Progressive Abolition of the Death Penalty Christof Heyns and Thomas Probert and Tess Borden Chapter 8: Progress and Trend of the Reform of the Death Penalty in China Zhao Bingzhi III. International Criminal Law Chapter 9: Criminal Law Philosophy in William Schabas' Scholarship Margaret M. deGuzman Chapter 10: Is the ICC Focusing too Much on Non-State Actors? Frédéric Mégret Chapter 11: The Principle of Legality at the Crossroads of Human Rights and International Criminal Law Shane Darcy Chapter 12: Revisiting the Sources of Applicable Law Before the ICC Alain Pellet Chapter 13: The ICC as a Work in Progress, for a World in Process Mireille Delmas-Marty Chapter 14: Legacy in International Criminal Justice Carsten Stahn Chapter 15: Torture by Private Actors and 'Gold Plating' the Offence in National Law: An Exchange of Emails in Honour of William Schabas Andrew Clapham and Paola Gaeta IV. Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity Chapter 16: Secrets and Surprises in the Travaux Préparatoires of the Genocide Convention Hirad Abtahi and Philippa Webb Chapter 17: Perspectives on Cultural Genocide: From Criminal Law to Cultural Diversity Jérémie Gilbert Chapter 18: Crimes Against Humanity: Repairing Title 18's Blind Spots Beth Van Schaack Chapter 19: A New Global Treaty on Crimes Against Humanity: Future Prospects Leila Nadya Sadat V. Transitional Justice and Atrocity Prevention Chapter 20: Justice Outside of Criminal Courtrooms and Jailhouses Mark A. Drumbl Chapter 21: Toward Greater Synergy between Courts and Truth Commissions in Post-Conflict Contexts: Lessons from Sierra Leone Charles Chernor Jalloh Chapter 22: International Criminal Tribunals and Cooperation with States: Serbia and the provision of evidence for the Slobodan Milosevic Trial at the ICTY Geoffrey Nice and Nevenka Tromp Chapter 23: The Arc toward Justice and Peace Mary Ellen O'Connell Chapter 24: The Maintenance of International Peace and Security through Prevention of Atrocity Crimes: The Question of Co-operation between the UN and regional Arrangements Adama Dieng VI. Justice in Culture and Practice Chapter 25: Law and Film: Curating Rights Cinema Emma Sandon Chapter 26: The Role of Advocates in Developing International Law Wayne Jordash Chapter 27: Bill the Blogger Diane Marie Amann Index
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Oxford University Press National Security and Double Government
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OUP USA Climate Change What Everyone Needs to Knowr
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Oxford University Press The Code of Putinism
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Oxford University Press Fighting at the Legal Boundaries
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Oxford University Press Inc American Occupation of Japan
Book SynopsisMichael Schaller argues that the reconstruction of postwar Japan not only shaped the future of that country, but also the future of U.S. policy throughout postwar Asia, leading up to the controversial interventions in China, Korea, and Vietnam. In this detailed study, he shows how the U.S., after the war, sought to develop Japan as a stable bulwark against both Soviet expansion and Asian revolution. In particular, he depicts the intense conflict that raged among American officials, with the flamboyant Occupation Commander, General Douglas MacArthur, against virtually all civilian and military planners in Washington, including President Truman. Lauded by the public as a hero, and initially given free rein to shape the future of Japan, MacArthur was gradually undermined in a series of bureaucratic and personal manoeuvres. His plans were replaced by a new Occupation programme, which provided U.S. aid to rebuild Japan as a major industrial power at the hub of a subordinate Asian trading neTrade Review`A fascinating account...This volume will be indispensable to all who seek to understand the more recent chapters in the historic struggle between the two superpowers.' New York Times
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Oxford University Press Out of Afghanistan
Book SynopsisThe Soviet withdrawal from Afganistan has been largely attributed to the bravery of the Afghan resistance reinforced by American weaponry and support. This book shows how it was infact years of persistent United Nations initiatives that proved crucial to the conclusion of the Geneva accords, and that the ideological hard line of the Reagan administration prolonged the conflict. Diego Cordovez, the United Nations mediator for the Afghanistan conflict, and prominent foreign policy analyst Selig Harrison have written the definitive account of the negotiations that helped end the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, the last great clash of the cold war.Trade ReviewA fascinating and superbly-researched account which seems destined to be the classic work on the subject. * The Guardian *
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Oxford University Press The Devil We Knew
Book SynopsisIn the late 1950s, Washington was driven by its fear of communist subversion: it saw the hand of Kremlin behind developments at home and across the globe. The FBI was obsessed with the threat posed by American communist party--yet party membership had sunk so low, writes H.W. Brands, that it could have fit inside a high-school gymnasium, and it was so heavily infiltrated that J. Edgar Hoover actually contemplated using his informers as a voting bloc to take over the party. Abroad, the preoccupation with communism drove the White House to help overthrow democratically elected governments in Guatemala and Iran, and replace them with dictatorships. But by then the Cold War had long since blinded Americans to the ironies of their battle against communism. In The Devil We Knew, Brands provides a witty, perceptive history of the American experience of the Cold War, from Truman''s creation of the CIA to Ronald Reagan''s creation of SDI. Brands has written a number of highly regarded works on Trade Reviewa sophisticated interpretation of America's involvement in the Cold War * Kirkus Reviews *thought-provoking, controversial study * Publishers Weekly *Brands writes with consummate wit and good humor * Washington Post *
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Oxford University Press Geopolitics and the Green Revolution
Book SynopsisCereal grains like wheat and rice are important, because they are the basis of most food supplies. Yields of such crops have increased dramatically during the past 100 years and especially since 1950, leading to what was often called the Green Revolution. This book examines why the United States, India, Britain and Mexico each sought to develop high yield wheat production. Although the increase in yield has been attributed to plant breeding science, security concerns and management of foreign exchange were prime motivators of the new technologies. This relationship has not been previously developed in studies of agricultural modernization, and will plague future efforts to make agriculture equitable and sustainable.Trade Review'...an important book on the development of wheat breeding in the United States, Great Britain, India and Mexico during the 20th century...The book's strength is its descriptive power, especially in intellectual hisotr...Throughout, Perkins provides his readers with an excellent introduction to a variety of complex topics...' * Kathy J Cooke, Endeavour Vol. 22 (3), 1998. *Table of Contents1. Political Ecology and Yield Transformation ; 2. Wheat, People, and Plant Breeding ; 3. Wheat Breeding: Coalescence of a Modern Science, 1900-1939 ; 4. Plant Breeding in its Institutional and Political Economic Setting, 1900-1940 ; 5. The Rockefeller Foundation in Mexico: The New International Politics for Plant Breeding, 1941-1945 ; 6. Hunger, Overpopulation, and Natural Security: A New Strategic Theory for Plant Breeding, 1945-1956 ; 7. Wheat Breeding and the Exercise of American Power, 1940-1970 ; 8. Wheat Breeding and the Consolidation of Indian Autonomy, 1940-1970 ; 9. Wheat Breeding and the Reconstruction of Post-Imperial Britain, 1935-1954 ; 10. Science and the Green Revolution, 1945-1975 ; Epilogue: Implications of History the Future
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Oxford University Press, USA Mobilizing for Peace Conflict Resolution in Northern Ireland IsraelPalestine and South Africa
Book SynopsisEdited by three leading scholars of peace and conflict, Resolving Conflict brings together the work of international experts to provide an in-depth study of thirty-three peace/conflict organizations in Northern Ireland, South Africa, and Israel/Palestine. The contributors show how the sociopolitical and cultural context of the conflict in each region has shaped the type of resolution organisations that have emerged and their conception of the conflict and its resolution. By promoting more humane images of the contestants and by offering alternative peaceful approaches to resolve the conflict, the organisations have successfully galvanised previously weak or non-existent pro-peace political forces to become important players in the political struggle for peace.Trade ReviewWe highly recommend the Gidron, Katz and Hasenfeld book. This is a systematic, theory-based study of third sector organizations, which have very rarely been studied before. This study contributed significantly to the understanding of their structure and dynamics. * Administration in Social Work *Table of ContentsPART 1: INTRODUCTION, THEORETICAL APPROACH, AND METHODOLOGY; PART 2: HISTORIES OF THE THREE CONFLICTS; PART 3: PEACE CONFLICT RESOLUTION ORGANISATIONS IN THE FOUR LOCALES STUDIED; PART 4: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF P/CROS; PART 5: CONCLUSION
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Oxford University Press The Moral Imagination
Book SynopsisJohn Paul Lederach''s work in the field of conciliation and mediation is internationally recognized. As founding Director of the Conflict Transformation Program and Institute of Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University, he has provided consultation and direct mediation in a range of situations from the Miskito/Sandinista conflict in Nicaragua to Somalia, Northern Ireland, the Basque Country, and the Philippines. His influential 1997 book Building Peace has become a classic in the discipline. This new book represents his thinking and learning over the past several years. He explores the evolution of his understanding of peacebuilding by reflecting on his own experiences in the field. Peacebuilding, in his view, is both a learned skill and an art. Finding this art, he says, requires a worldview shift. Conflict professionals must envision their work as a creative act - an exercise of what Lederach terms the ''moral imagination.''Trade ReviewToday the telecommunications and transport revolution has made the world a smaller place offering both an opportunity and challenge to the major leading countries to come together to shape the world, overcome violence and create a peaceful global community. John Paul Lederach presents a powerful case for the use of the moral imagination in rising to this challenge, thus creating authentic new possibilities. This book provides a valuable contribution to peacebuilding literature and I welcome it wholeheartedly. * John Hume, Winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace *This is a wonderful book it resonated, provoked and exhilarated me, challenging me to think very carefully and deeply about why peace builders do what they do. It also offers some profound compass points for direction which may help to keep many of us sane and focused in the midst of the chaos and violence that so often makes up our world. * Mari Fitzduff, Brandeis University *The Moral Imagination is an eloquent and personal meditation on the challenge of peacebuilding by one of the fields most insightful theorists and practitioners. Professor Lederach correctly observes that the years following the tragedy of September 11, 2001, represent a precious opportunity to address underlying cycles of violence and insecurity, locally and globally. It will take courage and creativity, but it is an opportunity we must not let pass us by. * Jimmy Carter, Chairman, The Carter Center *Much exists in the conflict resolution literature about method and technique, little about art and soul. John Paul Lederach, a theorist of great insight who also happens to be a practitioner of high skill, brings us deep into his own process of learning and the results are marvelous. He offers us a rich fare of insights, stories and metaphors that captivate the moral imagination this world so badly needs. Consider this book a precious treat! * William Ury, co-author of Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement without Giving In and author of The Third Side: Why We Fight and How We Can Stop *In its depth of wisdom regarding the dynamics of soul, spirit and society that lead good people to become effective practitioners of conflict transformation in war zones, The Moral Imagination could serve as the magnificent capstone to a life's work. The thrilling fact, however, is that Lederach stands not at the end but at the midpoint of a remarkable journey of conciliation, peacebuilding and ethical reflection. This book is a milestone in that journey; there is nothing quite like it in the literature of social change, peace and conflict studies, theology, ethics, and spiritualit? * for it weaves those disciplines together into a seamless, riveting whole.R. Scott Appleby, Professor of History and John M. Regan, Jr. Director of the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame *
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Oxford University Press Support Any Friend
Book SynopsisAt the Cold War''s height, John F. Kennedy set precedents that continue to shape America''s encounter with the Middle East. Kennedy was the first president to make a major arms sale to Israel, the only president to push hard to deny Israel the atomic bomb, and the last president to reach out to the greatest champion of Arab nationalism, Egyptian President Jamal Abdul Nasser. Now Warren Bass takes readers inside the corridors of power to show how Kennedy''s New Frontiersmen grappled with the Middle East. He explains why the fiery Nasser spurned Washington''s overtures and stumbled into a Middle Eastern Vietnam. He shows how Israel persuaded the Kennedy administration to start arming the Jewish state. And he grippingly describes JFK''s showdown with Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion over Israel''s secret nuclear reactor. From the Oval Office to secret diplomatic missions to Cairo and Tel Aviv, Bass offers stunning new insights into the pivotal presidency that helped create the U.S.Trade Review"A major contribution to the diplomatic history of a little understood period in American Middle East diplomacy. Bass captures the full flavor of the collision between abstract interests and flesh-and-blood personalities that makes international diplomacy so fascinating. This book will be riveting even for those who think they are not especially interested in the period or its problems.... 'Support Any Friend' uses much new documentary evidence, along with interviews and the requisite secondary studies, to advance our knowledge of a fascinating, indeed seminal, period."--Adam Garfinkle, The New York Times Book Review"Surely the definitive account of John F. Kennedy's Israel policy. To provide perspective on the decisions of the Kennedy administration, Bass has done a tremendous amount of legwork, consulting archives in the United States and Israel to produce a lively narrative of how different U.S. presidents have had different attitudes towards Israel."--Jacob Heilbrunn, The Washington Monthly"Stimulating and informative.... Based on deep research, well-weighed and analyzed...an important addition to our knowledge of a fraught subject."--Geoffrey Wheatcroft, Washington Post Book World"A major contribution to our understanding of the American imperium in Middle Eastern lands. The writing is superb and the scholarship really first class. This is the sort of book I would love to have my students read!"--Fouad Ajami"Thorough and fascinating.... The book may leave readers with two thoughts: the first, that enmities in the Middle East have cooled little 40 years hence; the second, that JFK, for the brevity of his time in office, really did make a tremendous difference in the world."--Christian Science Monitor"As Warren Bass writes in his informative new book on the Kennedy administration's Middle East policy, in the early 1960's, 'progressive, democratic Israel was still widely popular in liberal circles,' and some of this affection survived even the death of Israel's underdog status in the 1967 war."--The Weekly Standard"One of the many virtues of Warren Bass's Support Any Friend is its ability to strip away conventional wisdom and accreted knowledge and transport a reader vividly back to a time when the United States was by no means certain to become Israel's ally at the expense of the Arab world. With pungent detail, wise analysis and vivid prose, Bass traces the series of diplomacy and military episodes that led Kennedy, initially very devoted to evenhandedness in Middle East policy, to align firmly, if not uncritically, with Israel....The lasting impact on the Middle East of what brief time Kennedy had is inescapable to anyone reading Warren Bass's illuminating book."--The Jewish Book World"In his groundbreaking and engaging book, Warren Bass introduces us to a Kennedy whom few people in America and in the Middle East ever knew or even imagined existed. A fine and illuminating book that handsomely earns its place as a standard work for the study of America in the Middle East."--Michael Oren, New Republic"Warren Bass's important and timely book Support Any Friend, written with candor and firmly rooted in primary sources, takes us back to the diplomacy of the 1960s, and to what he argues were the beginnings of today's extraordinarily intimate alliance between the two countries. It is in effect the story of how Israel and its American friends came to exercise a profound influence on American policy toward the Arab and Muslim world. Bass believes it all began with JFK. It is an interesting thesis and he argues it well."--Patrick Seale, The Nation"A generous introduction to the issues and events in lively prose, judiciously leavened with wryly humorous anecdotes.... An engaging book, thoroughly researched and lucidly argued, on a seminal moment in the making of one of America's most consequential alliances."--San Francisco Chronicle"Fascinating.... The strength of Support Any Friend rests on exhaustive research in government documents, numerous interviews with the important players, and one dramatic tape of a key meeting surreptitiously recorded by the President, filed at the Kennedy Library. Bass also has a gift for bringing the dry details of diplomacy to life.... Quite aside from the story it tells, Support Any Friend has the added virtue of underlining just how much has changed since the 1960s."--The New Leader"Bass's major contribution to our understanding of Kennedy and Israel is his deeply researched and dramatic telling of the Dimona confrontation. The French had helped Israel build the semi-secret nuclear reactor to produce electricity for water desalinization, which it indeed needed desperately. But when Kennedy became suspicious that Israel was also using Dimona to produce weapons-grade plutonium (which it was), he pushed for inspections of the reactor. Ben-Gurion resisted; Kennedy pushed harder.... Bass tells the little-known story of Kennedy and the Middle East with a sure hand."--Bostonia Magazine"With pungent detail, wise analysis, and vivid prose, Bass traces the series of diplomatic and military episodes that led Kennedy, initially very devoted to even-handedness in Middle East policy, to align firmly, if not uncritically, with Israel."--Sam Freedman, Jewish Book World"Exceedingly well told.... [Bass] has written a superb book--one that a scholarly and more general audience will find fascinating and useful for understanding some of today's realities."--Dennis Ross, The Forward"A Middle Eastern nation becomes a nuclear power and refuses to admit arms inspectors, an American president threatens intervention: news from today's headlines, now more than 40 years old.... Bass has several purposes here. First among them, he shows with admirable clarity just how keen a student and practitioner of foreign policy JFK truly was, and especially in contrast with his recent successors. As Bass writes, again with an eye to today's news, 'In the 1960s, at the height of the Cold War, the American electorate knew what it came to forget in the 1990s: that it could not afford ill-preparedness in its commander-in-chief.' Plus ca change.... A fine, well-constructed study."--Kirkus Reviews"Bass establishes his case that the Kennedy administration was 'the true origin of America's alliance' with Israel, illuminating in the process some new and humanizing facets of Kennedy's management style and rehabilitating the savvy and subtle leadership skills of Israeli prime minister Levi Eshkol, successor to the combative David Ben-Gurion."--Publishers Weekly"A first-rate book.... Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the roots of America's current ties to Israel and dilemmas in trying to resolve the tensions that plague the Middle East. General readers as well as specialists will enjoy and profit from this important study."--Robert Dallek, author of An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963"Warren Bass is a wonderful writer with an eye for the telling quotation and perfect anecdote. The years he covers in this intelligent, engaging book are important and unexplored. His conclusions are clarifying and useful as we look at the Middle East today. All in all, this is a work of history that scholars, students, and citizens will greatly enjoy."--Fareed Zakaria, author of The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy At Home and Abroad"A gripping account of how a chilly U.S.-Israeli relationship was transformed during the Kennedy presidency into today's full-blown alliance. Bass illuminates Kennedy's chess-like efforts to adequately arm the Israelis and maintain rapport with the Arabs, while keeping the Soviets out, the Suez Canal open and the oil flowing. Kennedy masterfully managed the potential Middle East crises of his time. Only Israel among the regional players made the most of what America offered. Bass' elegantly written analysis is filled with insights that make this an important and exciting work of history."--James Hoge, editor of Foreign Affairs
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Oxford University Press What Hitler Knew The Battle for Information in Nazi Foreign Policy
Book SynopsisPresents a study of how the climate of fear in Nazi Germany affected Hitler's advisers and shaped the decision making process. This work also explores the key foreign policy decisions from the Nazi seizure of power up to the hours before the outbreak of World War II.Trade Review"This book could be titled "What Hitler Did Not Know." . . . the book demonstrates just how Hitler's decision making was handicapped by a "frenetic system which he himself created Recommended. All levels and collections."-- Choice"The frightening yet fascinating story of the inner workings of Nazi Germany's diplomatic corps during the years leading up to World War II. Shore...presents a graphic picture of Hitler's Reich that heretofore has been largely ignored"-- Library Journal"A superb, scholarly and fascinating study of decision-making in Nazi foreign policy between 1933 and 1939. Focused on the battle for the control of information around Hitler, it confirms what we knew about the frequent disorganization and chaos of his regime, it shows how the battles of clans and rivals increased the riskiness of his policies, and it scrupulously points out how much remains to be known. Zachary Shore's first book proves what a penetrating and elegant historian he is."--Stanley Hoffmann, Harvard University"With a wealth of fascinating new material, Zachary Shore shows that a key to Nazi Germany's foreign policy was the struggle over the intelligence that flowed within the regime and especially to the top. This perspective challenges much of our received wisdom about Hitler's choices."--Robert Jervis, Columbia University"Intriguing"-- Washington Monthly
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Oxford University Press Defending Humanity
Book SynopsisIn Defending Humanity, internationally acclaimed legal scholars George P. Fletcher and Jens David Ohlin tackle one of the most important and controversial questions of our time: When is war justified? When a nation is attacked, few would deny that it has the right to respond with force. But what about preemptive and preventive wars, or crossing another state''s border to stop genocide? Was Israel justified in initiating the Six Day War, and was NATO''s intervention in Kosovo legal? What about the U.S. invasion of Iraq? In their provocative new book, Fletcher and Ohlin offer a groundbreaking theory on the legality of war with clear guidelines for evaluating these interventions. The authors argue that much of the confusion on the subject stems from a persistent misunderstanding of the United Nations Charter. The Charter appears to be very clear on the use of military force: it is only allowed when authorized by the Security Council or in self-defense. Unfortunately, this has led to the problem of justifying force when the Security Council refuses to act or when self-defense is thought not to apply--and to the difficult dilemma of declaring such interventions illegal or ignoring the U.N. Charter altogether. Fletcher and Ohlin suggest that the answer lies in going back to the domestic criminal law concepts upon which the U.N. Charter was originally based, in particular, the concept of legitimate defense, which encompasses not only self-defense but defense of others. Lost in the English-language version of the Charter but a vital part of the French and other non-English versions, the concept of legitimate defense will enable political leaders, courts, and scholars to see the solid basis under international law for states to intervene with force--not just to protect themselves against an imminent attack but also to defend other national groups.Trade Review"Defending Humanity may be viewed as a protracted and fascinating effort to show that certain intuitive conclusions regarding the use of international force are justified and reinforced by international law...Fletcher and Ohlin serve up much thoughtful discussion and a number of fascinating historical opinions and observations...Upon completing the book, I felt a bond of kinship with the authors and an appreciation for their willingness to undertake such a worthy exploration."--International Journal of World Peace "With its elegant distinctions and provocative theories, Defending Humanity offers a much needed rethinking of the disparate justifications for war. But at least as importantly, it is methodologically diverse, presenting a rich tapestry of comparative, criminal, and international law. A must read."--Kim Ferzan, Professor of Law and Co-Director, Institute for Law and Philosophy, Rutgers University, School of Law, Camden "The publication of this book is an exciting event for those who care about the legal regulation of war. Ranging over diverse legal and philosophical traditions, the authors analyze and evaluate theories of self-defense in criminal law in order to develop a plausible account of legitimate defense. They then extend this account to enhance our understanding of self-defense in the international law of war. Defending Humanity is philosophically informed, erudite yet accessible, and lively and pugnacious without being polemical. I read it with continuous pleasure."--Jeff McMahan, author of The Ethics of Killing: Problems at the Margins of Life "Provocative and innovative.... George Fletcher and Jens Ohlin's book, Defending Humanity, presents a remarkable tour through the theoretical, historical, and cultural justifications for the use of force by one country against another.... Defending Humanity is an exellent book, and its probing analysis should help sharpen readers' own views."--Harold J. Krent, Dean and Professor of Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law. "The two Columbia professors provide a carefully thought out set of guidelines on what counts as 'defense,' when humanitarian interventions are legitimate, why preemptive and preventive wars are almost always impossible,...and much more. Carefully reasoned from the standpoint of those who still rely on violence to achieve national ends, this book should become a classic for the foreign policy 'realists.'"--Tikkun "A stimulating and provocative book, deserving a wide readership and a central place in debates about the role of military force in international affairs...an excellent, thought-provoking, and, not least, timely book. Its main line of argument concerning the defensive use of military force draws on notions of self-defense found in several traditions of domestic law, and does so in original and insightful ways. The result is a much more fine-grained notion of self-defense in international law than what figures in most current debates."--Ethics & International Affairs "Fletcher and Ohlin present us with a valuable and significant contribution to theories and arguments about the use of force in international law. They formulate a coherent set of principles be which the legitimacy of defensive actions can be tested which bridge the divide between philosophy and legal theory."--Charlotte Peevers, PhD Candidate, London School of EconomicsTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Murder Among Nations 2. How to Talk Self Defense 3. A Theory of Legitimate Defense 4. The Six Elements of Legitimate Defense 5. Excusing International Aggression 6. Humanitarian Intervention 7. Preemptive and Preventive Wars 8. The Collective Dimension of War Conclusion
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Oxford University Press Policing the Globe
Book SynopsisIn this illuminating history that spans past campaigns against piracy and slavery to contemporary campaigns against drug trafficking and transnational terrorism, Peter Andreas and Ethan Nadelmann explain how and why prohibitions and policing practices increasingly extend across borders. The internationalization of crime control is too often described as simply a natural and predictable response to the growth of transnational crime in an age of globalization. The internationalization of policing, they demonstrate, primarily reflects ambitious efforts by generations of western powers to export their own definitions of crime, not just for political and economic gain but also in an attempt to promote their own morals to other parts of the world. A thought-provoking analysis of the historical expansion and recent dramatic acceleration of international crime control, Policing the Globe provides a much-needed bridge between criminal justice and international relations on a topic of crucial puTrade ReviewThis book is essential reading for anyone interested in the policing of transnational crime * the dark side of globalization.George Soros, Open Society Institute *This is the book we have been waiting for since 9/11 * a historically rich, thematically cogent, politically nuanced, up-to-date analysis of the international politics of policing. Andreas and Nadelmann provide an authoritative account with extraordinary insights.Peter J. Katzenstein, Cornell University *This book sets a new standard in our understanding of international policing as it addresses some of the central worries of our time. * Jorge I. Dominguez, Harvard University *Policing the Globe is an important and interesting read not only for international relations scholars and criminologists, but also for a wider public. * Anne-Marie Slaughter, Princeton University *Policing the Globe is an absolutely first-rate examination of a subject as vastly important to international relations as it is to criminal law. A subject that cannot continue to be ignored has received the treatment it deserves. * Philip B. Heymann, Harvard University *Every serious student of international organized crime in particular and international crime control in general should make the reading of Policing the Globe by Peter Andreas and Ethan Nadelmann a priority. * Michael Woodiwiss, International Criminal Justice Review *Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION: THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF CRIME CONTROL ; The History and Study of International Crime Control ; Narratives of International Crime Control ; The Plan of the Book ; ONE: CRIMINALIZATION THROUGH GLOBAL PROHIBITIONS ; The Nature and Evolution of Global Prohibitions ; Piracy and Privateering ; Slavery and the Slave Trade ; Prostitution ("White Slavery") ; International Drug Trafficking ; Endangered Species ; New and Emerging Global Prohibitions ; TWO: EUROPEAN ORIGINS OF INTERNATIONAL CRIME CONTROL ; The "High Police" and the "Low Police" ; The Emergence of International Criminal Law Enforcement in Europe ; The Development of Criminal Investigative Bodies ; Multilateralism in European Policing ; The Origins of Interpol ; The Modern Era of European Police Cooperation ; THREE: U.S. ORIGINS OF INTERNATIONAL CRIME CONTROL ; The Beginnings of U.S. Involvement in International Crime Control ; Policing Slavery ; The Emergence of Federal Law Enforcement ; Policing Borders ; The Early International Law Enforcement Activities of City Police ; The Early Years of U.S. Drug Enforcement Abroad ; The FBI Abroad ; The Activities of Other U.S. Law Enforcement Agencies Abroad ; The Internationalization of Evidence Gathering ; International Asset Forfeiture and Anti-Money Laundering Initiatives ; The International Rendition of Fugitives ; Continuity and Change in U.S. International Crime Control ; FOUR: INTERNATIONAL CRIME CONTROL AFTER THE COLD WAR ; From Cold War to Crime War: The Fusion of U.S. Policing and Security ; The Buildup of U.S. Border Controls ; Beyond the Border: The Expanding Global Reach of U.S. Law Enforcement ; Policing an Integrating Europe after the Cold War ; Shifting Security Concerns and the Making of "Schengenland" ; Turning the EU's Eastern Neighbors into Buffer Zones ; Building EU Law Enforcement Institutions ; FIVE: INTERNATIONAL CRIME CONTROL AFTER SEPTEMBER 11 ; Expanding U.S. Policing Powers in a New Security Context ; From the U.S.-Led War on Drugs to the War on Terror ; Hardening, Internationalizing, and Digitizing U.S. Border Controls ; The Return of Counterterrorism to Center Stage in European Policing ; The Growth of Transatlantic Law Enforcement Cooperation ; SIX: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE TRAJECTORIES ; The Primacy of Criminalization ; Homogenization and the Future of Global Prohibitions ; Regularization and the Fate of International Police Cooperation ; Securitization and Desecuritization ; The Europeanization of International Crime Control ; The Americanization of International Crime Control ; State Power, Globalization, and Transnational Crime ; Lessons and Implications ; Notes ; Index
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Oxford University Press, USA Treading On Hallowed Ground Counterinsurgency Operations in Sacred Spaces
Trade ReviewThis smart, well-executed set of essays should interest not only tacticians of counterinsurgency warfare but anyone seeking to understand how politicized religion confronts the practical dilemmas of struggling for power. * Jack Snyder, Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of International Relations, Columbia University *Table of ContentsContributors ; 1. Counterinsurgency and the Problem of Sacred Space ; 2. The Golden Temple: A Tale of Two Sieges ; 3. A Mosque, a Shrine, and Two Sieges ; 4. The Battle for the Soul of Pakistan at Islamabad's Red Mosque ; 5. Fighting for the Holy Mosque: The 1979 Mecca Insurgency ; 6. Insurgency and Counter-Insurgency in Iraq's Sacred Spaces ; 7. Iron Fists Without Velvet Gloves: The Krue Se Mosque Incident and Lessons in Counterinsurgency for the Southern Thai Conflict ; 8. Conclusion: Counterinsurgency in Sacred Spaces
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Oxford University Press The Wilsonian Moment
Book SynopsisDuring the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, while key decisions were debated by the victorious Allied powers, a multitude of smaller nations and colonies held their breath, waiting to see how their fates would be decided. President Woodrow Wilson, in his Fourteen Points, had called for a free, open-minded, and absolutely impartial adjustment of all colonial claims, giving equal weight would be given to the opinions of the colonized peoples and the colonial powers. Among those nations now paying close attention to Wilson''s words and actions were the budding nationalist leaders of four disparate non-Western societies - Egypt, India, China, and Korea. That spring, Wilson''s words would help ignite political upheavals in all four of these countries. This book is the first to place the 1919 Revolution in Egypt, the Rowlatt Satyagraha in India, the May Fourth movement in China, and the March First uprising in Korea in the context of a broader Wilsonian moment that challenged the existing iTrade ReviewManela has produced an immensely rich and important work of comparative politics. * Pankaj Mishra, London Review of Books *This book will undoubtedly be definitive.... Manela conclusively shows that Wilson, who had little interest in liberating colonial peoples, inadvertently planted among colonial peoples the seeds of national self-determination and disillusionment with a West that saw this concept applying to white peoples only. Essential. * J.D.Doenecke, CHOICE *Table of ContentsPART ONE: THE EMERGENCE OF THE WILSONIAN MOMENT ; PART TWO: EXPECTATIONS AND MOBILIZATION ; PART THREE: DISILLUSTION AND REVOLT
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Oxford University Press, USA Global Good Samaritans
Book SynopsisIn a troubled world where millions die at the hands of their own governments and societies, some states risk their citizens'' lives, considerable portions of their national budgets, and repercussions from opposing states to protect helpless foreigners. Dozens of Canadian peacekeepers have died in Afghanistan defending humanitarian reconstruction in a shattered faraway land with no ties to their own. Each year, Sweden contributes over $3 billion to aid the world''s poorest citizens and struggling democracies, asking nothing in return. And, a generation ago, Costa Rica defied U.S. power to broker a peace accord that ended civil wars in three neighboring countries--and has now joined with principled peers like South Africa to support the United Nations'' International Criminal Court, despite U.S. pressure and aid cuts. Hundreds of thousands of refugees are alive today because they have been sheltered by one of these nations. Global Good Samaritans looks at the reasons why and how some stTrade ReviewClear, cogent, accessible and balanced.... It makes a very significant and positive contribution to debates regarding human rights and the international order. * Human Rights Law Resource Centre Bulletin *Global Good Samaritans strengthens Alison Brysk's claim to be the most conceptually creative and solidly grounded empirical social scientist writing about human rights. This is a path-breaking book with implications reaching far beyond its focus. It should be read by everyone with a serious interest in foreign policy and international relations. * Richard Falk, Professor Emeritus of International Law, Princeton University *The study of human rights has for too long focused excessively, almost obsessively, on U.S. foreign policy. Alison Brysk's careful comparative study of some of the 'nice guys' of international human rights policy decisively shifts the focus. For teachers looking for cases to play off against the United States, and citizens interested in thinking about the broader possibilities of international human rights diplomacy, this will be not merely a welcome, but an essential book. * Jack Donnelly, Professor of International Relations, University of Denver *Alison Brysk's important description of the Good Samaritan state introduces into the debate about the changing global order the reality that it is not just the U.S., Europe and the BRICs who are playing important roles. Smaller states, independent of the size of their armies and their modest economies, have punched well above their weight, introducing important new ideas, standards, practices, institutions and treaties. It is time to pay more attention to the Good Samaritans. * Lloyd Axworthy, Former Foreign Minister of Canada and President of The University of Winnipeg *This is an excellent book. It deserves a wide readership. ...Brysk is to be congratulated on providing a corrective to the all-too-common realist refrain that ethical foreign policies are not possible. Let us hope that scholars, activists, and policymakers pay attention to its conclusions * Perspectives on Politics *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements ; 1. Introduction: States as Global Citizens ; 2. Why and How They Do it: Reconstructing the National Interest ; 3. The Gold Standard: Sweden ; 4. The Other America: Canada ; 5. The Little Country That Could: Costa Rica ; 6. The Netherlands: Globalization and its Discontents ; 7. Peace Without Justice: Japan ; 8. From Pariah to Promoter: South Africa ; 9. Coalitions of the Caring: Inter-state Networks for Human Rights ; 10. Conclusion: "The World Needs More Canada" ; Bibliography ; Endnotes ; Index
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Oxford University Press Democracy in Iran
Book SynopsisToday Iran is once again in the headlines. Reputed to be developing nuclear weapons, the future of Iraq''s next-door neighbor is a matter of grave concern both for the stability of the region and for the safety of the global community. President George W. Bush labeled it part of the Axis of Evil, and rails against the country''s authoritarian leadership. Yet as Bush trumpets the spread of democracy throughout the Middle East, few note that Iran has one of the longest-running experiences with democracy in the region.In this book, Ali Gheissari and Vali Nasr look at the political history of Iran in the modern era, and offer an in-depth analysis of the prospects for democracy to flourish there. After having produced the only successful Islamist challenge to the state, a revolution, and an Islamic Republic, Iran is now poised to produce a genuine and indigenous democratic movement in the Muslim world. Democracy in Iran is neither a sudden development nor a western import, Gheissari and NasTrade ReviewA clear and readable account of politics in the Islamic Republic. * The Washington Post *A comprehensive overview of Iran's history on its way towards democracy...shed[s] new light on already well-known facts, recombining them into an unfamiliar but conclusive shape; and on top of that is an impressive read. * Iranian Studies *Democracy in Iran unravels the jumble of paradoxes that have marked Iranian politics over the last century. The country has experienced considerable success in state-building and development but has periodically undermined both by failing to consolidate democracy. Presently, it has many of the elements of a lively democracy but, somehow, is not a democracy at all. Iranians have successfully challenged candidates supported by the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic but have failed to weaken clerical control of the state. Vali Nasr and Ali Gheissari do an outstanding job of explaining how Iran keeps flirting with democratic governance, more than practically any other Islamic country in the Middle East, yet somehow always seems to fall short of sealing the marriage. * Joel Migdal, Professor of International Studies, University of Washington, and author of State in Society *A comprehensive account of political developments in Iran in the last century, theoretically sophisticated and yet very accessible. Easily the best book in a decade on Iran's bumpy road to democracy through two revolutions and much anti-democratic state-building. * Said Amir Arjomand, author of The Turban for the Crown *Democracy in Iran is a bold and sweeping survey of the past century of Iranian political history, an absorbing drama of contending ideologies, social classes, revolutionary movements, international pressures, political factions, and charismatic leaders. Nasr and Gheissari vividly expose Iran's ongoing struggle between democratic principles of freedom and accountability, the authoritarian-modernist quest for order and development, and revolutionary idealism, both secular and religious. In the process, they show once again the folly of all forms of utopianism and the necessity of constitutional and representative government. This is not just a book about Iran, but an insightful study of how regimes rise, evolve, stagnate, fragment, and fall. * Larry Diamond, author of Squandered Victory *Iran is often portrayed in the West as 'despotic,' 'autocratic,' and 'totalitarian.' This lucid and succinct book is an excellent antidote to the conventional view. It narrates eloquently the history of modern Iran through the prism of democracy * its birth, growth, trials and tribulations, and, despite recent setbacks, its continued vibrancy and extensive social roots. Those interested in modern Iran would do well to read this highly informative book.Ervand Abrahamian, author of Tortured Confessions *Table of ContentsChronology ; Introduction ; Part I: Rise of the State ; 1. Democracy or State-Building? 1906-1941 ; 2. The Triumph of the State, 1941-1979 ; Part II: The Crucible of Revolution ; 3. Revolution and War Fundamentalism, 1979-1989 ; 4. An Islamic Developmental State? 1989-1997 ; 5. State and Limits to Democracy, 1997-2005 ; 6. Epilogue ; Prospects for a Democratic State ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index
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Oxford University Press Navigation by Judgment Why and When TopDown Management of Foreign Aid Doesnt Work
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Oxford University Press Reconsidering American CivilMilitary Relations
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Oxford University Press The Rights of War and Peace
Book SynopsisThe Rights of War and Peace is the first fully historical account of the formative period of modern theories of international law. It sets the scene with an extensive history of the theory of international relations from antiquity down to the seventeenth century. Professor Tuck then examines the arguments over the moral basis for war and international aggression, and links the debates to the writings of the great political theorists such as Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, and Kant. This is not only an account of international law: as Professor Tuck shows, ideas about inter-state relations were central to the formation of modern liberal political theory, for the best example of the kind of agent which liberalism presupposes was provided by the modern state. As a result, the book illuminates the presuppositions behind much current political theory, and puts into a new perspective the connection between liberalism and imperialism.Trade ReviewIn often dazzling displays of how to combine theoretical acumen and historical scholarship, Tuck has vastly enriched our understanding of his subjects * Mind *Fascinating new book ... Tuck's thesis, argued with great historical erudition and philosophical subtlety, is persuasive ... a rich and stimulating book * Bhikhu Parekh, Times Literary Supplement *Recommended for anyone interested in the history of international law * Choice *Table of ContentsPreface ; Introduction ; 1. Humanism ; 2. Scholasticism ; 3. Hugo Grotius ; 4. Thomas Hobbes ; 5. Samuel Pufendorf ; 6. From Locke to Vattel ; 7. Rousseau and Kant ; Conclusion ; Index
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Clarendon Press On the Causes of War
Book SynopsisIn this highly original and important book, Hidemi Suganami analyses one of the fundamental questions of international relations: what causes war? Drawing on historical, statistical, and philosophical perspectives to produce an innovative theory, he rejects the simplistic notion that war can be explained by some straightforward formula, yet demonstrates that there are basic similarities among the diverse origins of wars. Such similarities, he argues, are rooted in the way the origins of wars, conventionally, are narrated. Comparing various narrative accounts of the origins of wars, Suganami shows that enquiry into the causes of war is inseparable from the question of responsibility.Trade ReviewSuganami goes back to his intellectual roots, to political science, not history. The intelligence and rigour of his arguments ought to impress both disciplines. * Times Literary Supplement *This is a good and very readable book. Anyone interested in the causes of war or the philosophy of explanation in International Relations should read it. It will be very helpful to graduate students and third year undergraduates. * Michael Nicholson, Millennium *Suganami presents On the Causes of War as a corrective; in reality, he is tearing up Waltz's book and starting again. * Hew Strachan, Times Literary Supplement *The intelligence and rigour of his arguments ought to impress both disciplines [history and political science]. * Times Literary Supplement *Suganami's taut, spare, disciplined, analytical. * Times Literary Supplement *A strength of Suganami's approach is the width of the scholarship he considers ... this is a good and very readable book. Anyone interested in the causes of was or the philosophy of explanation in International Relations should read it. It will be very helpful to graduate students and third year undergraduates, and so the publishers should think quickly of a paperback edition. * Millennium *Hidemi Suganami's book is a detailed analysis of the substantive problems of the causes of war, embedded in a careful analysis of the relevant issues in the philosophy of the social sciences ... A strength of Suganami's approach is the width of the scholarship he considers ... this is a good and very readable book. Anyone interested in the causes of war or the philosophy of explanation in International Relations should read it. It will be very helpful to graduate students and third year undergraduates, and so the publishers should think quickly of a paperback edition. * Millennium *Students of war are well-advised to pay heed to Suganami's critique, but this compact essay would make worthwhile reading for all social scientists and historians. It is a fundamental inquiry into the nature of explanation and causation, problems that far too often are taken for granted rather than articulated explicitly ... Suganami shows us how we can better link the scientific and ethical domains. * International Affairs *Suganami's book is a much needed contribution to a field which for too long has been dominated by over-confident grand theorists and over-ambitious empirical researchers ... His book is a brilliant demonstration of the fact that an exercise in the philosophy of science really can pay off in terms of concrete empirical analysis. The book should be prescribed reading for all scholars of international conflicts. It fits perfectly in a course on the origins of war, even, I think, one at a fairly elementary level. * Neue Politische Literatur *Students of war are well-advised to pay heed to Suganami's critique, but this compact essay would make worthwhile reading for all social scientists and historians. It is a fundamental inquiry into the nature of explanation and causation, problems that far too often are taken for granted rather than articulated explicitly ... Suganami shows us how we can better link the scientific and ethical domains. * International Affairs *The range of discussion in this volume is broad indeed. * Journal of Peace Research *The fusion of historical and philosophical approaches does lead to insights of value...He also offers a persuasive analysis of the relationship between war origins in general and the location of the sources of specific wars. * The Times Higher Education Supplement *a complex philosophical treatment of the idea of causation ... He provides a new way of examining the past to learn how wars could have been avoided and why they were brought about. Those engaged in peace research, and especially those concerned with normative peace studies or with doing empirical research in a postpositivist vein, will find this book of interest. * John A. Vasquez, Vanderbilt University, American Political Science Review, Vol. 91, No. 2, June 1997 *
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Clarendon Press Explaining And Understanding International Relations Clarendon Paperbacks
Book SynopsisIn Explaining and Understanding International Relations philosopher Martin Hollis and international relations scholar Steve Smith join forces to analyse the dominant theories of international relations and to examine the philosophical issues underlying them.Trade Review`Steve Smith's books are always written clearly, and in a straight-forward way - ideal for undergraduates.' Dr M. O'Neill, Nottingham Polytechnic`It is an impressive book which will test international relations students.' Tony Thorndike, Staffordshire Polytechnic`This book should be of considerable interest to those in the sub-fields of foreign policy analysis and decision-making theory, as well as those wrestling with the philosophical bases of international relations, making this work an important contribution to the study of international relations in the 1990s' Political Studies`An excellent book.' Dr Aldrich, University of Nottingham'There are very few books that can serve both as an introduction to theoretical debates in international relations and as a contribution to those debates. This is one of them, and a very good one. Jointly authored books rarely work, but this is emphatically not the case here. All the chapters are well structured and clearly written, and some are exceptional ... this is a first-rate addition to the literature of internatioanl theory, and the authors should be congratulated.' International Affairs'It is an excellent introduction to IR, defining major terms and presenting major controversies in readily understandable language. Its clarity and precision make it an excellent candidate for an introductory text.' Pauline Vaillancourt-Rosenau, University of Quebec at Montreal, Canadian Journal of Political Science`this book by Martin Hollis and Steve Smith is a very useful guide to intellectual navigation in the fearful sphere of IR ... This book by Hollis and Smith is a comprehensive account and discussion of the options, dilemmas, controversies and perspectives that constitute the dispute. It provides a platform for more conscious and potentially better choices between existing and potential meta-theoretical approaches.' Cooperation and Conflict'thoughtful and stimulating discourse ... The main value of this book is that it offers a thoughtful, step-by-step review of the literature using a common set of questions and concerns. Idealism, Realism ... and Behavioralism are clearly assessed ... a splendid contribution to the study of international relations and the authors deserve a good readership.' Ashok Kapur, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Perspectives on Political Science, Fall '93Table of ContentsIntroduction: Two Traditions; The Growth of a Discipline; Explaining; Understanding; The International System; The Games Nations Play (1); Roles and Reasons; The Games Nations Play (2); Explaining and Understanding; Guide to Further Reading
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Clarendon Press Israels Border Wars 19491956
Book SynopsisThis revised and updated paperback edition of a highly successful study looks at the development of Israeli-Arab relations during the formative years 1949 to 1956, focusing on Arab infiltration into Israel and Israeli retaliation. Palestinian refugee raiding and cross-border attacks by Egyptian-controlled irregulars and commandos were a core phenomenon during this period and one of the chief causes of Israel''s invasion of Sinai and the Gaza strip, the Israeli part of the Anglo-French-Israeli invasion of Egypt in 1956. Benny Morris probes the types of Arab infiltration and the attitude of Arab governments towards the phenomenon, and traces the evolution of Israel''s defensive and offensive responses. He analyses Israeli decision-making processes, including the emergence and ultimate failure of Foreign Minister Moshe Sharett''s dissident policy of moderation and describes in detail the history of the Arab infiltration, including the terrorist-guerrilla raids by state-organized Fedayeen Trade ReviewTimely ... an impressive work, scholarly, balanced and searching ... Morris lets the facts speak for themselves * The Observer *There can be nothing but praise for Dr Morris's latest book ... makes uncomfortable reading, but is nevertheless of fundamental importance for understanding the evolution of Israeli policy and the attitude of the major powers, particularly Britain and the United States * Jewish Chronicle *Morris analyses effectively the interplay between different Israeli decision-making authorities, military and civilian, local and central ... this book confirms and lends depth to the authoritative picture of the Arab exodus in Morris's previous work ... Morris's works provide the fullest, best documented, and most fair-minded examination of the subject yet published. They are likely to remain the standard works on the topic for the foreseeable future. * Mediterranean Historical Review *Table of Contents1. Israel, the Arab States, and the Palestinians after the 1948 War ; 2. Infiltration ; 3. Arab Attitudes and Policies Towards Infiltration, 1949-55 ; 4. The Costs of Infiltration ; 5. The Israeli Defensive Responses to Infiltration ; 6. The Beginning of the Retaliatory Policy ; 7. Raiding and Counter-Raiding, 1951-1953 ; 8. Qibya ; 9. Israel, the Arab States, and the Great Powers, 1952-1956 ; 10. Sharett's Year, 1954 ; 11. The Gaza Raid and After ; 12. Countdown to a War ; Afterword: The Sinai/Suez War and the End of the Gaza Fedayeen ; Conclusion ; Biographical Notes
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Oxford University Press, USA Massacres and Morality Mass Atrocities In An Age Of Civilian Immunity
Book SynopsisStarting with the French Revolution Massacres and Morality studies mass killing as perpetrated by states. In particular it examines the role that civilian immunity has played in shaping the behaviour of perpetrators and how international society has responded.Trade ReviewMassacres and Morality is a work of immense scholarship. The author, Alex Bellamy ... succeeds in weaving together histories and philosophies of civilian immunity across two centuries of war, terror, and destruction. * Tim Dunne, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, The University of Queensland, Australia *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. Civilian Immunity and the Politics of Legitimacy ; 2. State Terror in the Long-Nineteenth Century ; 3. Totalitarian Mass Killing ; 4. Terror Bombing in the Second World War ; 5. The Cold War Struggle (1): Capitalist Atrocities ; 6. The Cold War Struggle (2): Communist Atrocities ; 7. Atrocities and the 'Golden Age' of Humanitarianism ; 8. Radical Islamism and the War on Terror ; Conclusion
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Oxford University Press Documents On The Laws Of War
Book SynopsisA work on international humanitarian law, which contains texts of the main treaties and includes other documents, such as: agreements on anti-personnel mines and laser weapons; two documents on UN forces and international humanitarian law; an extract from the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on nuclear weapons; and more.Trade Review"masterly...The third edition of Roberts and Guelff's Documents on the Laws of War is an essential and invaluable working tool for all those who are interested in international humanitarian law." International Review of the Red Cross, Geneva"An indispensable tool for any international lawyer." Professor Antonio Cassese, former President of the Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal, The Hague"Indispensable to practitioners and students alike ... We are much indebted to the patient and scholarly labours of the two editors." International AffairsTable of ContentsIntroduction by the Editors ; 1856 Paris Declaration Respecting Maritime Law ; 1868 St Petersburg Declaration Renouncing the Use, in Time of War, of Explosive Projectiles Under 400 Grammes Weight ; 1899 Hague Declaration 2 Concerning Asphyxiating Gases ; 1899 Hague Declaration 3 Concerning Expanding Bullets ; 1907 Hague Convention IV Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land ; ANNEX TO THE CONVENTION: REGULATIONS RESPECTING THE LAWS AND CUSTOMS OF WAR ON LAND ; 1907 Hague Convention V Respecting the Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers and Persons in Case of War on Land ; 1907 Hague Convention VII Relating to the Conversion of Merchant Ships into Warships ; 1907 Hague Convention VIII Relative to the Laying of Automatic Submarine Contact Mines ; 1907 Hague Convention IX Concerning Bombardment by Naval Forces in Time of War ; 1907 Hague Convention XI Relative to Certain Restrictions with Regard to Exercise of the Right of Capture in Naval War ; 1907 Hague Convention XIII Concerning the Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers in Naval War ; 1923 Hague Rules of Aerial Warfare ; 1925 Geneva Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare ; 1936 London Proces-Verbal Relating to the Rules of Submarine Warfare Set Forth in Part IV of the Treaty of London of 22 April 1930 ; 1946 Judgment of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg: Extracts on Crimes Against International Law ; 1948 UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide ; 1949 Geneva Convention I for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field ; 1949 Geneva Convention II for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea ; 1949 Geneva Convention III Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War ; 1949 Geneva Convention IV Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War ; 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict ; REGULATIONS FOR THE EXECUTION OF THE CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF CULTURAL PROPERTY IN THE EVENT OF ARMED CONFLICT ; 1954 First Hague Protocol for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict ; 1976 UN Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques ; 1977 Geneva Protocol I Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts ; 1977 Geneva Protocol II Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts ; 1978 Red Cross Fundamental Rules of International Humanitarian Law Applicable in Armed Conflicts ; 1980 UN Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects ; 1980 Protocol I on Non-Detectable Fragments ; 1980 Protocol II on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices ; 1980 Protocol III on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Incendiary Weapons ; 1995 Protocol IV on Blinding Laser Weapons ; 1996 Amended Protocol II on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices ; 1991 Operation Desert Storm, US Rules of Engagement (Pocket Card) ; 1993 Statute of International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia: Extracts ; 1994 San Remo Manual on International Law Applicable to Armed Conflicts at Sea ; 1994 ICRC/UNGA Guidelines for Military Manuals and Instructions on the Protection of the Environment in Time of Armed Conflict ; 1994 Statute of International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda: Extracts ; 1994 UN Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel ; 1996 Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons: Extract ; 1997 Ottawa Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction ; 1998 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court: Extracts ; 1999 Second Hague Protocol for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict ; 1999 UN Secretary-General's Bulletin on Observance by UN Forces of International Humanitarian Law ; Appendix I : Emblems and Signs ; Appendix II : Electronic Media ; Select Bibliography on the Laws of War ; Index
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OUP Oxford The Oxford Handbook of the History of Nationalism
Book SynopsisThe Oxford Handbook of the History of Nationalism comprises thirty six essays by an international team of leading scholars, providing a global coverage of the history of nationalism in its different aspects - ideas, sentiments, and politics. Every chapter takes the form of an interpretative essay which, by a combination of thematic focus, comparison, and regional perspective, enables the reader to understand nationalism as a distinct and global historical subject. The book covers the emergence of nationalist ideas, sentiments, and cultural movements before the formation of a world of nation-states as well as nationalist politics before and after the era of the nation-state, with chapters covering Europe, the Middle East, North-East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, and the Americas. Essays on everday national sentiment and race ideas in fascism are accompanied by chapters on nationalist movements opposed to existing nation-states, nationalism and international relations, and the role of external intervention into nationalist disputes within states. In addition, the book looks at the major challenges to nationalism: international socialism, religion, pan-nationalism, and globalization, before a final section considering how historians have approached the subject of nationalism. Taken separately, the chapters in this Handbook will deepen understanding of nationalism in particular times and places; taken together they will enable the reader to see nationalism as a distinct subject in modern world history.Trade Reviewan impressive volume of easy-to-read, clear and concise essays ... an extremely thorough and illuminating book. * Gilles Andréani, Survival *All students of nationalism will want to possess this volume. Not only are the individual contributions excellent, with useful up-to-date bibliographies, but there is a bonus in the form of helpful chronologies and maps showing the worldwide spread of nationalism. * Krishan Kumar, International Affairs *Taken at once, the book juxtaposes advances from numerous regional and thematic subfields to open up theoretical vistas for specialists. At the same time, its chapters decorate this theoretical tableau with rich detail. As such the book will engage both students and lay readers. * Eric Kaufmann, LSE Review of Books *Table of ContentsPART I: THE EMERGENCE OF NATIONALISM: IDEAS AND SENTIMENTS; PART II: THE EMERGENCE OF NATIONALISM: POLITICS AND POWER; PART III: NATIONALISM IN A WORLD OF NATION STATES: POLITICS AND POWER; PART IV: NATIONALISM IN A WORLD OF NATION STATES: IDEAS, SENTIMENTS, AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; PART V: CHALLENGES TO THE WORLD OF NATION STATES; PART VI: NATIONALIST HISTORIOGRAPHY
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OUP Oxford Contemporary Security Studies
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Oxford University Press International Relations and the Problem of Time
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OUP Oxford The Oxford Handbook of International Political Theory
Book SynopsisInternational Political Theory (IPT) focuses on the point where two fields of study meet - International Relations and Political Theory. It takes from the former a central concern with the ''international'' broadly defined; from the latter it takes a broadly normative identity. IPT studies the ''ought'' questions that have been ignored or side-lined by the modern study of International Relations and the ''international'' dimension that Political Theory has in the past neglected. A central proposition of IPT is that the ''domestic'' and the ''international'' cannot be treated as self-contained spheres, although this does not preclude states and the states-system from being regarded by some practitioners of IPT as central points of reference. This Handbook provides an authoritative account of the issues, debates, and perspectives in the field, guided by two basic questions concerning its purposes and methods of inquiry. First, how does IPT connect with real world politics? In particular, how does it engage with real world problems, and position itself in relation to the practices of real world politics? And second, following on from this, what is the relationship between IPT and empirical research in international relations? This Handbook showcases the distinctive and valuable contribution of normative inquiry not just for its own sake but also in addressing real world problems. The Oxford Handbooks of International Relations is a twelve-volume set of reference books offering authoritative and innovative engagements with the principal sub-fields of International Relations. The series as a whole is under the General Editorship of Christian Reus-Smit of the University of Queensland and Duncan Snidal of the University of Oxford, with each volume edited by specialists in the field. The series both surveys the broad terrain of International Relations scholarship and reshapes it, pushing each sub-field in challenging new directions. Following the example of Reus-Smit and Snidal''s original Oxford Handbook of International Relations, each volume is organized around a strong central thematic by scholars drawn from different perspectives, reading its sub-field in an entirely new way, and pushing scholarship in challenging new directions.Trade ReviewWith this engaging book, Chris Brown and Robyn Eckersley have moved the IR theorizing needle. Drones, poverty, misogyny, climate change - they and their smart contributors show us here how IR critical theorizing can productively engage with today's most daunting globalized puzzles and risks. * Professor Cynthia Enloe Clark University and author of The Big Push: Exposing and Challenging Persistent Patriarchy *Table of ContentsPart 1: Introduction 1: Chris Brown and Robyn Eckersley: International Political Theory and the Real World Part 2: History, Traditions, and Perspectives 2: David Boucher: History of International Thought: Text and Context 3: Peter Sutch: The Slow Normalisation of Normative Political Theory: Cosmopolitanism and Communitarianism Then and Now 4: Chris Brown: International Relations and International Political Theory 5: Gerry Simpson: International Law and International Political Theory 6: Anna Jurkevics and Seyla Benhabib: Critical International Political Theory 7: Laura Sjoberg: Feminist International Political Theory Part 3: International Justice 8: Simon Caney: Global Distributive Justice: Seven Theses About Facts and Empirical Research 9: Darrel Moellendorf: Real World Global Egalitarianism 10: Toni Erskine: Moral Responsibility - and Luck? - in International Politics 11: Hilary Charlesworth: International Law and International Justice 12: Susanne Buckley-Zistel: Transitional Justice 13: Will Kymlicka: Minority Rights 14: Edward Page: Environmental Justice and Sustainability Part 4: IPT of Violence and Conflict 15: Anthony F. Lang Jr: Violence and International Political Theory 16: Cian O'Driscoll: The Historical Just War Tradition 17: Janina Dill: Just War Theory Times of Individual Rights 18: Michael L. Gross: Moral Dilemmas of Asymmetric Conflict 19: Christopher Coker: Ethics, Drones, and Killer Robots 20: Brandon Valeriano and Ryan C. Maness: International Relations Theory and Cybersecurity: Threats, Conflicts, and Ethics in an Emergent Domain 21: Mary Elizabeth King: The Ethics and 'Realism' of Nonviolent Action Part 5: Humanitarianism and Human Rights 22: Michael N. Barnett: Human Rights and Humanitarianism 23: Steve Hopgood: Human Rights in the Real World 24: Jennifer M. Welsh: Humanitarian Actors and International Political Theory 25: James Pattison: The 'Responsibility to Protect' and International Political Theory 26: Denise Walsh: Multiculturalism and Women's Rights 27: Patrick Hayden: The Human Right to Health and the Challenge of Poverty 28: Anthony J. Langlois: International Political Theory of LGBTQ Rights Part 6: Democracy, Accountability, and Global Governance 29: Carol C. Gould: Democracy and Global Governance 30: Terry Macdonald: Sovereignty, Democracy, and Global Political Legitimacy 31: Eva Erman: The Ethical Limits of Global Democracy 32: Milja Kurki: The Contested Ethics of Democracy Promotion 33: Jens Steffek: Deliberation and Global Governance 34: Kate MacDonald: Accountability in Global Economic Governance 35: Frank Biermann: Global Governance in the 'Anthropocene' Part 7 Ethics and International Public Policy 36: Christian Barry: IPT meets International Public Policy 37: Tim Dunne: Ethical Foreign Policy in a Multipolar World 38: Nicole Hassoun: Fair Trade Under Fire: How to Think about Fair Trade in Theory and Practice 39: Luara Ferracioli: International Migration and Human Rights 40: Steve Vanderheiden: Climate Equity in the Real-World 41: Paul Collier: The Ethical Foundations of Aid: Two Duties of Rescue 42: Fiona Robinson: A Feminist Practical Ethics of Care Part 8: New Directions in International Political Theory 43: Friedrich Kratochwil: Judgement: A Conceptual Sketch 44: Steven Torrente and Harry D. Gould: Virtues and Capabilities 45: Renée Jeffery: Emotions in International Political Theory 46: Anna Geis: The Ethics of Recognition in International Political Theory 47: Steven Slaughter: Republicanism and International Political Theory Part 9: For and Against Real Politics and IPT 48: Duncan Bell: Realist Challenges 49: Andrew Davenport: The Marxist Critique of International Political Theory 50: Laura Valentini: The Case for Ideal Theory
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Oxford University Press, USA The Sovereignty Paradox
Book SynopsisThe post-cold war years have witnessed an unprecedented involvement by the United Nations in the domestic affairs of states, to end conflicts and rebuild political and administrative institutions. International administrations established by the UN or Western states have exercised extensive executive, legislative, and judicial authority over post-conflict territories to facilitate institution building and provide for interim governance.This book is a study of the normative framework underlying the international community''s statebuilding efforts. Through detailed case studies of policymaking by the international administrations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, and East Timor, based on extensive interviews and work in the administrations, the book examines the nature of this normative framework, and highlights how norms shape the institutional choices of statebuilders, the relationship between international and local actors, and the exit strategies of international administrations. ThTrade ReviewZaums normative analysis is a refreshing addition to the developing ITA canon * International Affairs *A growing array of international groups and organizations are now devoted to state building, and scholars are slowly developing a body of knowledge on its theory and practice. This book helps illuminate these efforts by looking at the ideas and norms that inform the activities of international agencies as they engage local actors. * G. John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; PART I: CONCEPTS AND THEORIES ; 1. Sovereignty in International Society ; 2. International Administrations in International Society ; PART II: CASE STUDIES ; 3. Statebuilding in Bosnia and Herzegovina ; 4. Statebuilding in Kosovo ; 5. Statebuilding in East Timor ; 6. The Sovereignty Paradox ; Bibliography
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OUP Oxford Oxf Handbook of the History of Nationalism
Book SynopsisThe Oxford Handbook of the History of Nationalism comprises thirty six essays by an international team of leading scholars, providing a global coverage of the history of nationalism in its different aspects - ideas, sentiments, politics. Every chapter takes the form of an interpretative essay which, by a combination of thematic focus, comparison, and regional perspective enables the reader to understand nationalism as a distinct and global historical subject. The book covers the emergence of nationalist ideas, sentiments, and cultural movements before the formation of a world of nation-states as well as nationalist politics before and after the era of the nation-state, with chapters covering Europe, the Middle East, North-East Asia, South Asia, South-East Asia, and the Americas. Essays on everday national sentiment and race ideas in fascism are accompanied by chapters on nationalist movements opposed to existing nation-states, nationalism and international relations, and the role of exTrade Reviewan impressive volume of easy-to-read, clear and concise essays ... an extremely thorough and illuminating book. * Gilles Andréani, Survival *All students of nationalism will want to possess this volume. Not only are the individual contributions excellent, with useful up-to-date bibliographies, but there is a bonus in the form of helpful chronologies and maps showing the worldwide spread of nationalism. * Krishan Kumar, International Affairs *Taken at once, the book juxtaposes advances from numerous regional and thematic subfields to open up theoretical vistas for specialists. At the same time, its chapters decorate this theoretical tableau with rich detail. As such the book will engage both students and lay readers. * Eric Kaufmann, LSE Review of Books *The book is both a handy reference to the state of the field and the place for students and experts alike to begin an investigation of a complex and fraught subject which never seems to lose its potency to disturb ... Breuilly has provided one of the best places to delve deeply into the murky and turbulent waters of national history. In an age when ethnic and religious conflicts roil our world, understanding how we ended up with the nation form may be a useful first step to thinking beyond that confining framework. * Ronald Grigor Suny, English Historical Review *Table of ContentsPART I: THE EMERGENCE OF NATIONALISM: IDEAS AND SENTIMENTS; PART II: THE EMERGENCE OF NATIONALISM: POLITICS AND POWER; PART III: NATIONALISM IN A WORLD OF NATION STATES: POLITICS AND POWER; PART IV: NATIONALISM IN A WORLD OF NATION STATES: IDEAS, SENTIMENTS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; PART V: CHALLENGES TO THE WORLD OF NATION STATES; PART VI: NATIONALIST HISTORIOGRAPHY
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Oxford University Press, USA Rectifying International Injustice Principles of Compensation and Restitution Between Nations
Book SynopsisThe history of international relations is characterized by widespread injustice. What implications does this have for those living in the present? Many writers have dismissed the moral urgency of rectificatory justice in a domestic context, as a result of their forward-looking accounts of distributive justice. Rectifying International Injustice argues that historical international injustice raises a series of distinct theoretical problems, as a result of the popularity of backward-looking accounts of distributive justice in an international context. It lays out three morally relevant forms of connection with the past, based in ideas of benefit, entitlement and responsibility. Those living in the present may have obligations to pay compensation to those in other states insofar as they are benefiting, and others are suffering, as a result of the effects of historic injustice. They may be in possession of property which does not rightly belong to them, but to which others have inherited entitlements. Finally, they may be members of political communities which bear collective responsibility for an ongoing failure to rectify historic injustice. Rectifying International Injustice considers each of these three linkages with the past in detail. It examines the complicated relationship between rectificatory justice and distributive justice, and argues that many of those who resist cosmopolitan demands for the global redistribution of resources have failed to appreciate the extent to which past wrongdoing undermines the legitimacy of contemporary resource holdings.Table of Contents1. Introduction ; 2. Why worry about historic injustice? ; 3. International libertarianism ; 4. Compensation for historic international injustice ; 5. Restitution and inheritance ; 6. Nations, overlapping generations and historic injustice ; Conclusion ; Index
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Oxford University Press Legitimacy in International Society
Book SynopsisThe word ''legitimacy'' is seldom far from the lips of practitioners of international affairs. The legitimacy of recent events - such as the wars in Kosovo and Iraq, the post-September 11 war on terror, and instances of humanitarian intervention - have been endlessly debated by publics around the globe. And yet the academic discipline of IR has largely neglected this concept. This book encourages us to take legitimacy seriously, both as a facet of international behaviour with practical consequences, and as a theoretical concept necessary for understanding that behaviour. It offers a comprehensive historical and theoretical account of international legitimacy. It argues that the development of principles of legitimacy lie at the heart of what is meant by an international society, and in so doing fills a notable void in English school accounts of the subject. Part I provides a historical survey of the evolution of the practice of legitimacy from the ''age of discovery'' at the end of theTrade ReviewReview from previous edition Legitimacy in International Society is an immensely scholarly work, well researched and closely argued. * Times Higher Education Supplement, March 2006. *Ian Clark's book offers the most comprehensive analysis of legitimacy in international relations available today, in the process breathing new life into the concept of international society. Few international relations scholars today can demonstrate such range and relevance. * Perspectives on Politics *In this work, Clark achieves the objective of showing how legitimacy is intrinsically connected to international society. * Journal of Peace, May 2006 *This book constitutes a sound study of the role of legitimacy in the international realm. * Journal of Peace Research, Vol 43, May 2006 *Clark provides one of the most systematic and historically informed accounts of international legitimacy to appear in many years. * Foreign Affairs *Ian Clark's contribution is a theoretically sophisticated, historically rooted and timely work, that justly proclaims itself the most sustained treatment of the concept of legitimacy yet attempted in an International Relations context. * Cambridge Review of International Affairs *In short, this is a superb, provocative volume that has in one swoop placed legitimacy firmly on the agenda and significantly raised the intellectual bar on its study. It is essential and rewarding reading. * International Affairs *Ian Clark's Legitimacy in International Society is a timely contribution...Clark has provided us with a rich understanding of the role of this concept in IR, and in doing so has secured its place in the English Schools lexicon * Political Studies Review *Clark's book deserves a wide reading. He seamlessly incorporates history and theory into an insightful analysis of an important concept. * Politics and Ethics *Ian Clark's exceptionally interesting book should reinvigorate the debate about the nature of legitimacy in the rapidly evolving international context. This important book deserves a significant audience. * Millennium *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. International Legitimacy ; PART I: HISTORICAL INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY ; 2. Europe and the Scope of International Society ; 3. Westphalia: The Origins of International Legitimacy? ; 4. Utrecht: Consensus, Balance of Power, and Legitimacy ; 5. Revolutionary and Legitimate Orders: Revolution, War, and the Vienna Settlement ; 6. Versailles: The Making of an Illegitimate Order? ; 7. Legitimacy and the Dual Settlement of 1945 ; PART II: CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY ; 8. Legitimacy after the Cold War ; 9. Legitimacy and Rightful Membership ; 10. Legitimacy and Consensus ; 11. Legitimacy and Norms ; 12. Legitimacy and Equilibrium ; Conclusion
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Oxford University Press, USA Global Stakeholder Democracy Power and Representation Beyond Liberal States
Book SynopsisIn this book Macdonald elaborates a democratic framework based on the new theoretical concepts of 'public power', 'stakeholder communities' and 'non-electoral representation', and illustrates the practical implications of these proposals for projects of global institutional reform.Trade Reviewan impressive achievement which lifts the debate on global democracy to a new level ... a veritable treasure box full of original insights, sharp and sophisticated arguments ... This book should be studied by anyone interested in the democratisation of global governance and indeed in the future of democracy. * Mathias Koenig-Archibugi, Political Studies Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; PART I: DEMOCRATIC BOUNDARIES IN THE NEW GLOBAL POLITY ; 1. Democracy Beyond 'Closed' Societies ; 2. Public Power Beyond 'Sovereign' States ; 3. The Public Power of NGOs in Global Politics ; 4. From Nation-States to 'Stakeholder' Communities ; PART II: DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATION IN THE NEW GLOBAL POLITY ; 5. Global Social Choice Beyond Nation-State Representation ; 6. Global Social Choice Through Multi-Stakeholder Representation ; 7. Theorising Global Representative Agency: Non-Electoral Authorization and Accountability ; 8. Instituting Global Representative Agency: The Authorization and Accountability of NGOs ; 9. Conclusion ; Bibliography
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Oxford University Press The Cold War
Book SynopsisThe East-West struggle for supremacy from 1945 to 1989 shaped the lives of hundreds of millions and brought the world to the brink of disaster on several occasions. More than two decades on, the debate over its causes and dynamics is far from over. Drawing on the latest archival evidence and scholarly research, prize-winning historian John Lamberton Harper provides a concise, briskly-written assessment of the Cold War. Why did it start, and eventually envelope nearly every corner of the planet? Why did it stay cold, at least in its original, European theatre? Why did it end, and who should take the credit? Harper illuminates the deep-seated behavioural patterns within both the Soviet Union and the United States: the search for security through expansion and military might, the belief in a messianic mission to uplift humanity, but also a readiness to live and let live based on membership in a common state system and a shared interest in survival. He stresses ways in which internal compeTrade Reviewa clearly written, lucid political history of the Cold War * Peter Shearman, Europe-Asia Studies *an excellent book, a careful, nuanced and rich account of four decades of East-West conflict. * Survival *This is an excellent overview of the Cold War. * Dr Gábor Bátonyi, University of Bradford *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; Documentary Traces ; 1. Russia and the West: Destined to Collide? ; 2. The End of Illusions, 1945-1946 ; 3. The Consolidation of the Blocs, 1947-1949 ; 4. The Globalization and Militarization of the Contest, 1949-1953 ; 5. The Age of Brinkmanship, 1953-1963 ; 6. The Struggle in the Third World, 1950-1968 ; 7. The Rise and Decline of Detente, 1969-1977 ; 8. To the Panic of '79 ; 9. Stirrings of Change, 1980-1985 ; 10. Putting an End to the Cold War, 1986-1990 ; Conclusion ; Endnotes ; Select Bibliography ; Index
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Oxford University Press, USA The International Dimensions of Democratization Europe and the Americas Oxford Studies in Democratization
Book SynopsisHighly respected and international contributors examine the development of democratic government in Latin America and Europe, and the role that world politics play in shaping it in this revised edition of a highly acclaimed volume.Trade ReviewReview from previous edition Whitehead gathers an impressive group of scholars to examine the range of ways international actors, institutions, structures, and norms have influenced democratization in Latin America and Southern Europe...important contribution. * - Katherine Hite. Political Science Quarterly. Summer 1998. *Table of ContentsI: COMPARATIVE ; II: THE AMERICAS ; III: EUROPE
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Oxford University Press The Rights of War and Peace
The Rights of War and Peace is the first fully historical account of the formative period of modern theories of international law. It sets the scene with an extensive history of the theory of international relations from antiquity down to the seventeenth century. Professor Tuck then examines the arguments over the moral basis for war and international aggression, and links the debates to the writings of the great political theorists such as Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, and Kant.This is not only an account of international law: as Professor Tuck shows, ideas about inter-state relations were central to the formation of modern liberal political theory, for the best example the kind of agent which liberalism presupposes was provided by the modern state. As a result the book illuminates the presuppositions behind much current political theory, and puts into a new perspective the connection between liberalism and imperialism.
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