International relations Books
The University of Chicago Press The PostCold War Trading System Whos on First A
Book SynopsisWith the ending of the Cold War, the search for a new international and economic order has begun. This text examines the role of key economic power brokers, particularly the USA, in the reconstruction and reconfiguration of an international economy after World War II.Table of ContentsForeword Preface Acknowledgments 1: The Sources of Convergence 2: Building the Convergence Club: Technology and Investment 3: The GATT House: Termites in the Basement 4: The Eighties: Pacific Prelude 5: The East Asian Challenge: A New Convergence Club? 6: The Uruguay Round: Renewing Multilateralism 7: Building the Post-Cold War Trading System Notes Index
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The University of Chicago Press Geocultural Power
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The University of Chicago Press Geocultural Power Chinas Quest to Revive the Silk
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The University of Chicago Press Resisting Reagan
Book SynopsisThis work explains why and how more than 100,000 US citizens demonstrated their protests against the Reagan administration's policy of sponsoring wars in Nicaragua and El Salvador. The book concentrates on the peace movements of Witness for Peace, Sanctuary and the Pledge of Resistance.
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The University of Chicago Press The Contested Crown
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Reflecting on the repatriation of cultural property, this study covers disputed objects from the differing perspectives of ownership on the part of European museums in Austria, the UK, France, and Germany that currently hold cultural artifacts originally taken from Mexico. . . . Carroll reflects on the controversial five-centuries-long history in Mexico and Austria of El Penacho, the titular contested crown, believed to have belonged to Aztec Emperor Moctezuma Xocoyotzin. . . . The study concludes with an analysis of the ethics of keeping artifacts in museums in the future." * Choice *"The Contested Crown is a beautifully written and engaging work, effectively weaving together family history, colonial studies, museum politics, conservation dilemmas, national agendas, and personal reflections. Carroll situates the book in a global art history while also considering a psychological dimension of the protagonists’ feelings, from guilt to intimacy.” -- Sally Price, author of Paris Primitive: Jacques Chirac's Museum on the Quai Branly“I urge you to spend some time with The Contested Crown—an original, personal, and creative insight into the repatriation debate from someone uniquely placed to comment. The book invites us all to situate ourselves within a story that has deep historical roots and casts long shadows on all of our lives.” -- Charlotte Joy, author of Heritage JusticeTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: Writing as Listening Chapter 2: El Penacho Chapter 3: The View from the Vitrine Chapter 4: The Real and the Replica Chapter 5: Collecting and Catastrophe Chapter 6: Monuments and Exile Chapter 7: Relational Ethics and the Future of Museums Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
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The University of Chicago Press The United States and Mexico The United States in
Book SynopsisJosefina Zoraida Vazquez and Lorenzo Meyer recreate, from a distinctly Mexican perspective, the dramatic story of how one country's politics, economy, and culture have been influenced by its neighbor. Throughout, the authors emphasize the predominance of the United States, the defensive position of Mexico, and the impact of the United States on internal Mexican developments.
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The University of Chicago Press The Powers of War and Peace The Constitution and
Book SynopsisSince the September 11 attacks on the United States, the Bush administration has come under fire for its methods of combating terrorism. Waging war against al Qaeda has proven to be a legal quagmire, with critics claiming that the administration's response in Afghanistan and Iraq is unconstitutional. The war on terrorand, in a larger sense, the administration's decision to withdraw from the ABM Treaty and the Kyoto accordshas many wondering whether the constitutional framework for making foreign affairs decisions has been discarded by the present administration. John Yoo, formerly a lawyer in the Department of Justice, here makes the case for a completely new approach to understanding what the Constitution says about foreign affairs, particularly the powers of war and peace. Looking to American history, Yoo points out that from Truman and Korea to Clinton's intervention in Kosovo, American presidents have had to act decisively on the world stage without a declaration of war. They are a
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The University of Chicago Press Cultures of Border Control
Book SynopsisIn years, a number of European countries have abolished national border controls in favor of Europe's external frontiers. Setting forth an analytic framework informed by constructivism and pragmatism, this title traces the transformation of underlying assumptions and cultural practices guiding European policymakers and postnational Europe.Trade Review"Ruben Zaiotti provides a fascinating, comprehensive, and intelligent analysis of the role of culture in the evolution of international borders. This exceptionally crafted piece of theoretical and empirical work will be a must read for anyone interested in how nature and nurture combine to construct international reality." (Emanuel Adler, University of Toronto)"
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McGill-Queen's University Press Political Ideologies in Contemporary Russia
Book SynopsisIn the realm of political discourse there is a distinct gap in understanding between Russia and the West. To an outsider, the ideas that animate the actions of Russia's ruling elite, opposition, and civil society remain shrouded in mystery. This key text is a major contribution to our understanding of this world power.Trade Review"A useful rejoinder to much of the simplistic analysis of Russia that predominates nowadays. Chebankova displays an excellent mastery of the subject matter and treats it in a balanced and fair way. This book will benefit scholars and members of the general public interested in a more detailed analysis of modern Russia." Paul Robinson, University of Ottawa“[Chebankova]’s forensic, historically grounded, and comparatively informed treatment of Russia’s main ideological trends is a valuable addition to our understanding of contemporary Russian politics. It successfully argues that Russian intellectual life is more vibrant and pluralist than is often presented, as well as far more complex." H-Russia
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McGill-Queen's University Press Rivals in Arms
Book SynopsisAs the UK leaves the European Union and as the multilateral order is increasingly under stress, bilateral security links are more important than ever. Among such relationships, the UK-France partnership has become particularly critical in the past decades. Alice Pannier''s Rivals in Arms reveals the history of the growing special partnership between Europe''s two leading military powers in the twenty-first century. Using an innovative analytical framework rooted in theories of cooperation and negotiation, this book exposes the challenges the two countries have faced to develop, equip, and employ their military capabilities together. Through a decade-long study, Pannier highlights how France and the UK have endeavoured to make their partnership more effective and resistant to domestic and international shifts, including Brexit. Building on more than one hundred interviews with key stakeholders and unmatched access to primary sources, Rivals in Arms takes the reader behind the scenes, inTrade Review“Pannier offers a substantial contribution to the literature on the UK-France relations in the realm of defence given that the Brexit environment opens new avenues for the research. The author successfully extends the theoretical assumptions of bilateral relations and emphasizes their importance when it comes to defence matters in a world of swaying multilateral commitments.” Journal of Contemporary European Studies“Rivals in Arms is recommended for a primarily academic audience with an interest in IR theory, contemporary military affairs, and European politics and diplomacy.” The Northern Mariner / Le marin du nord“This book is a timely reminder of how far the British and French have come over the past decade in surmounting obstacles to collaboration. Successes in force planning and the nuclear realm could serve as templates for future cooperation even if the entente between Downing Street and the Elysée remains less than cordiale.” International Affairs“Alice Pannier provides a comprehensive overview and in-depth study of the relationship between France and the UK. The shift back towards bilateral relationships in European security and defence with the focus on Franco-British cooperation is a very welcomed addition to the literature. The book will not only appeal to academics and advanced students of European security and defence, but specifically also to experts and policymakers who are interested in deepening their knowledge and understandings of this special relationship.” European Security“Rivals in Arms establishes the complex relation between bilateral cooperation and multilateral settings through a robust framework of analysis. It also offers a rich narrative of Anglo-French inner-state and inter-state learning, so often unintelligible to outside observers. Although published in 2020, before successive challenges rocked the boundaries of the European and transatlantic security frameworks, the book will continue to appeal to those with an interest in European security and state decision-making on defence.” Modern & Contemporary France
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McGill-Queen's University Press Multilateral Sanctions Revisited
Book SynopsisSanctions are back with a vengeance, with new objectives, measures, challenges, and opportunities. Shaping the thinking of generations of scholars, Canadian Margaret Doxey anticipated and analyzed these issues. Multilateral Sanctions Revisited applies her lessons to the many multilateral sanctions that define our geopolitically contested world.Trade Review“Margaret Doxey (1975) wrote much of her influential work on sanctions in an era characterized by young international institutions, against the backdrop of the geopolitical tensions of the Cold War. The 16 women who contribute to [this book] honor Doxey's scholarship in a time of re-emerging global tensions. Contemporary sanctions are smarter than ever, but they fail to make up for the eroding moral legitimacy of measures imposed outside of the framework of the UN. Regardless of the reader's stand in the debate between respecting the consensus below the ceiling or pursuing higher norms above and beyond it, the inevitable consequence is that multiple unilateral sanctions can never be as effective as truly multilateral ones.” World Affairs"Cutting-edge considerations and scholarly insight … de facto make Multilateral Sanctions Revisited the new reference point in multilateral sanctions studies. Furthermore, as all the contributions(and even reviews) are made by female-only sanctions experts, this volume is … tangible proof of the successful path a once-solitary female voice helped shape for many subsequent female scholars in the discipline.” International Spectator“... expertly and comprehensively explained ... [this] book provides an authoritative guide to the use of multilateral sanctions and the UN’s central role in it. While the future of the UN and multilateral sanctions looks uncertain, this book provides an excellent guide to all aspects of its past and present.” International Affairs
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McGill-Queen's University Press Distant Stage Quebec Brazil and the Making of
Book SynopsisDistant Stage examines the neglected histories of Canada-Brazil relations and the role culture played in Canada’s pursuit of an international identity. French-Canadian artists, intellectuals, and diplomats are at the heart of both. Eric Fillion shows how Brazil served as a distant stage where Canadian identity politics and aspirations could play out.Trade Review“The research in Distant Stage is excellent, and the writing is really exceptional; it is a pleasure to be guided through the significance of the interwoven cultural episodes at the heart of this book. This is truly a study of two countries’ relations in the cultural and diplomatic fields, not simply Canada's approach to one country. Nonetheless, it does a great deal to rectify the neglect of Quebec, French Canada, and Catholicism in English scholarship on Canada and the world.” David Webster, Bishop's University and author of Fire and the Full Moon: Canada and Indonesia in a Decolonizing World
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McGill-Queen's University Press Socialist Yugoslavia and the NonAligned Movement
Book SynopsisIn September 1961, Socialist Yugoslavia formally established a partnership with states in the Global South called the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). Socialist Yugoslavia and the Non-Aligned Movement understands the NAM as a site for transnational cultural exchange, and explores the movement’s decolonial alternatives to global inequalities.Trade Review“This astute volume brings together the latest research by established Non-Aligned Movement specialists – most of which is being published in English for the first time. Using an interdisciplinary approach, the book deals with important questions raised by prior works and presents unused material, leading to new interpretations.” Nataša Mišković, co-editor of The Non-Aligned Movement and the Cold War: Delhi-Bandung-Belgrade“This edited volume by Paul Stubbs will serve as an essential reference point and an insight into the work of some of the most prolific participants in this discussion … highly recommended to a wide audience. [Socialist Yugoslavia and the Non-Aligned Movement] is a representative, accessible and enjoyable read [that] comes at a time when a strong voice from the peripheral and marginalised is as important as ever. Rigorous scholarship such as that provided in this book will helps us better understand and defend or regain historical memory.” Europe-Asia Studies
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Palgrave MacMillan UK The MigrationDevelopment Nexus A Transnational Perspective Migration Diasporas and Citizenship
Book SynopsisAcknowledgements Preface Notes on Contributors The Migration-Development Nexus: Toward a Transnational Perspective; T.Faist & M.Fauser PART I: Paradigms Methodologicaland Conceptual A Global Perspective on Migration and Development; N.Glick Schiller The Dialectic between Uneven Developmentand Forced Migration:Toward aPolitical Economy Analytical Framework; R.Delgado Wise & H.Márquez Covarrubias PART II: Organizations, Networksand States Diasporas, Recovery,and Developmentin Conflict-Ridden Societies; N.van Hear Businessas Usual? Urban Actorsand Transnational Investmentsin Accra, Ghana; L.Smith How Receiving Cities Contributeto Simultaneous Engagementsfor Incorporationand Development; M.Fauser A Sociologyof Diaspora Knowledge Networks; J.B Meyer PART III: Outlook Academic Knowledge, Public Policy,and theRole ofSocial Scientists; T.Faist Modernization, Development, and Migration in a Skeptical Age; P.KivistoTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface Notes on Contributors The Migration-Development Nexus: Toward a Transnational Perspective; T.Faist & M.Fauser PART I: Paradigms – Methodological and Conceptual A Global Perspective on Migration and Development; N.Glick Schiller The Dialectic between Uneven Development and Forced Migration: Toward a Political Economy Analytical Framework; R.Delgado Wise & H.Márquez Covarrubias PART II: Organizations, Networks and States Diasporas, Recovery, and Development in Conflict-Ridden Societies; N.van Hear Business as Usual? Urban Actors and Transnational Investments in Accra, Ghana; L.Smith How Receiving Cities Contribute to Simultaneous Engagements for Incorporation and Development; M.Fauser A Sociology of Diaspora Knowledge Networks; J.B Meyer PART III: Outlook Academic Knowledge, Public Policy, and the Role of Social Scientists; T.Faist Modernization, Development, and Migration in a Skeptical Age; P.Kivisto
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Columbia University Press Peace with Justice Selected Addresses of Dwight
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Columbia University Press Dynamics of Regional Politics Four Systems on
Book SynopsisThis study explores the patterns of international conflict and co-operation in four geographical subsystems: the Horn of Africa, the Persian/Arabian Gulf, the South Asian subcontinent and south-east Asia. Each area is scrutinized in terms of its individual dynamics over a period of time.
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Columbia University Press The Cold War and American Science
Book SynopsisFocusing on MIT and Stanford, Leslie offers a critical look at American science in the making. He reveals a regrettable series of misplaced priorities and missed opportunities that have characterized the recent history of science and technology in this country.Table of ContentsA university polarized around the military; steeple building in electronics; military guidance and control; sonic boom; the power of the nucleus; accelerating physics; a matter of state; material science; the days of reckoning - March 4 and April 3.
£29.75
Columbia University Press Doing Good or Doing Well Japans Foreign Aid
Book SynopsisThis monograph argues that, contrary to stated claims, Japanese foreign aid is inextricably linked to Japanese business interests. It demonstrates how Japanese aid to the developing world is often tied to purchases from Japan, with potentially devastating consequences to Third World nations.
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Columbia University Press Economic Vulnerability in International Relations
Book SynopsisThis study examines claims that vulnerability existed in Western economic relations with the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe from 1970-1990, describing historical evidence that refutes these assumptions and highlights the weaknesses in their arguments.
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Columbia University Press World Orders Old and New
Book SynopsisChomsky takes on the international scene since 1945, devoting particular attention to events following the collapse of the Soviet Union. He develops a forceful critique of Western government, from imperialist foreign policies to the Clinton administration's empty promises to the poor.Trade ReviewFor nearly thirty years now, Noam Chomsky has parsed the main proposition of American power-what they do is aggression, what we do upholds freedom-with encyclopedic attention to detail and an unflagging sense of outrage. World Orders Old and New... may be his best book; it's certainly his most concise and far-ranging. Utne Reader With his customary mastery of the historical record and his command of enormous amounts of source material, Chomsky here debunks the notion that the 'new world order' of Bush and Clinton is different in any essentials from the old world order... Impressive. The Progressive Judged in terms of the power, range, novelty, and influence of his thought, Noam Chomsky is arguably the most important intellectual alive. New York Times Book Review
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Columbia University Press Picturing Japaneseness
Book SynopsisProviding an historical and cultural exploration, this text demonstrates the role Japanese cinema played in the 1930s in the construction of a national identity, and in terms of the larger context of Japan's encounter with the West and with modernity.
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Columbia University Press The Culture of National Security
Book SynopsisContributors ask whether it is more useful to conceive of the world as arrayed in regional, cultural, institutional complexes or organized along the conventional dimensions of power, alliance, and geography. They argue that perspectives that neglect the roles of culture and identity are no longer adequate to explain the complexities of a world undergoing rapid change.Trade ReviewBeyond the substantive contributions of the individual authors and the extensive debate about the nature and the advantages and disadvantages of fully integrating ideational scholarship into the study of world politics,The Culture of National Security should interest comparativists as a broad and ambitious attempt to apply the insights and tools of sociological and constructivist scholarship to the analysis of concrete political questions... -- Sheri Berman Comparative Politics Historians, policy-makers and analysts of contemporary affairs will find much food for thought here. -- James Jay Carafano, Georgetown University H-Net ReviewsTable of Contents1: Introduction: Alternative Perspectives on National Security, by Peter J. Katzenstein 2: Norms, Identity, and Culture in National Security, by Ronald L. Jepperson, Alexander Wendt, and Peter J. Katzenstein I. Norms and National Security 3: Status, Norms, and the Proliferation of Conventional Weapons: An Institutional Theory Approach, by Dana P. Eyre and Mark C. Suchman 4: Norms and Deterrence: The Nuclear and Chemical Weapons Taboos, by Richard Price and Nina Tannenwald 5: Constructing Norms of Humanitarian Intervention, by Martha Finnemore 6: Culture and French Military Doctrine Before World War II, by Elizabeth Kier 7: Cultural Realism and Strategy in Maoist China, by Alastair Iain Johnston II. Identity and National Security 8: Identity, Norms, and National Security: The Soviet Foreign Policy Revolution and the End of the Cold War, by Robert G. Herman 9: Norms, Identity, and National Security in Germany and Japan, by Thomas U. Berger 10: Collective Identity in a Democratic Community: The Case of NATO, by Thomas Risse-Kappen 11: Identity and Alliances in the Middle East, by Michael N. Barnett III. Implications and Conclusions 12: Norms, Identity, and Their Limits: A Theoretical Reprise, by Paul Kowert and Jeffrey Legro 13: Conclusion: National Security in a Changing World, by Peter J. Katzenstein
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Columbia University Press Friends or Rivals
Book SynopsisFrom his position of ambassador to Japan until 1993, Armacost offers an inside view and analysis of relations between the US and Japan during both the Bush and Clinton administrations, as well as offering his personal predictions and suggestions for the future of Japan policy in the US.Trade ReviewArmacost, who served as U.S. ambassador to Japan during 1989-1993, has written a valuable book, recounting in great detail the events that claimed his attention in Tokyo... An excellent introduction to the study of an emerging Asia. -- Akira Iriye Washington PostTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Friends or Rivals? An Essay in Photographs 1. The Promise and Perils of Interdependence 2. Reducing the Trade and Investment Imbalance 3. Redistributing the Burdens of Mutual Security 4. The Gulf War 5. Forging a Global Partnership 6. The Clinton Administration's Japan Policy 7. Whither Japan? 8. The Challenge for America Index
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Columbia University Press Sex Among Allies
Book SynopsisThis study examines and illuminates how the lives of Korean prostitutes in the 1970s served as the invisible underpinnings to US-Korean military policies at the highest level.Trade ReviewIn a carefully researched study of U.S. military prostitution in Korea, Moon validates Cynthia Enloe's claim that the personal is international. These moving stories tell how the lives of Korean prostitutes in the 1970s served as nearly invisible instruments of U.S.-Korean military policies at the highest level. Moon's innovative case study demonstrates how a Cold War alliance was maintained at the price of these women's personal insecurity and challenges us to reconsider the human costs of international security policies. -- J. Ann Tickner
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Columbia University Press The Ottoman Gulf
Book SynopsisAiming to dispel the notion that Britain is exclusively responsible for the formation of the Persian Gulf's modern states, this text puts into perspective the central roles played by the Ottoman empire and explains the reasons behind the Ottoman occupation of the Persian Gulf in 1871.
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Columbia University Press The Politics of Strategic Adjustment
Book SynopsisExamines a century of American experience to illustrate how the United States determines its security policies. The essays in this volume show that decisions about strategy are critically shaped by domestic politics - political ideologies, state structure and societal interests.
£90.00
Columbia University Press Healing Communities in Conflict International
Book SynopsisThis book shows how the international community can be more effective in the war-torn, disaster-scarred regions of the world-and ensure that people in conflict can rebuild their communities after the fighting stops.Trade ReviewA valuable and essential book to read for scholars, policymakers, and practitioners who work in the field of complex human emergencies. Ethnic Conflict Research Digest Maynard's study takes a critical look at international relief efforts in communities ruptured by violent internal conflict-what relief workers call 'complex emergencies.' Journal of Social Work Education Maynard, perhaps uniquely qualified by virtue of more than 20 years'experience working on the ground in areas such as Rwanda, Tajikstan, Somalia, Zaire, and others, offers a comprehensive, multidimensional look at the context and scope of these types of conflicts. -- J. L. Twigg Choice
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Columbia University Press Unipolar Politics Realism and State Strategies
Book SynopsisNations around the world are bandwagoning with the United States, while trying to maintain some independence of action in case America becomes isolationist. Meanwhile the U.S. is being pulled in different directions by its own economic and security requirements, leading to policy contradictions that must be resolved if the unipolar moment is to endure.Table of Contents1. Realism and International Relations After the Cold War, by Michael Mastanduno and Ethan B. Kapstein 2. Realism and the Present Great Power System: Growth and Positional Conflict Over Scarce Resources, by Randall L. Schweller 3. The Political Economy of Realism, by Jonathan Kirshner 4. Realism Structural Liberalism, and the Western Order, by Daniel Deudney and G. John Ikenberr 5. Preserving the Unipolar Moment: Realist Theories and U.S. Grand Strategy After the Cold War, by Michael Mastanduno 6. Mercantile Realism and Japanese Foreign Policy, by Eric Heginbotham and Richard J. Samuels 7. Realism and Russian Strategy after the Collapse of the USSR, by Neil MacFarlane 8. Realism(s) and Chinese Security Policy in the Post-Cold War Period, by Alastair Iain Johnston 9. Realism and Regionalism: American Power and German and Japanese Institutional Strategies During and After the Cold War, by Joseph M. Grieco 10. Realism and Reconciliation: France, Germany, and the European Union, by Michael Loriaux 11. Neorealism Nuclear Proliferation, and East-Central European Strategies, by Mark Kramer 12. Does Unipolarity Have A Future?, by Ethan B. Kapstein
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Columbia University Press Afterglow or Adjustment Domestic Institutions and
Book SynopsisIs the United States overstretched in its international commitments? This book examines differing responses to overstretch in modern history, focusing mostly on military and economic policies in the U.S. and Britain over the past century.Trade Review"Brawley injects a healthy dose of human agency into the often mechanistic study of hegemonic decline. Afterglow or Adjustment should be read carefully by anyone interested in understanding why powerful states are often slow to adjust to changing international circumstances." -- --William Roberts Clark, New York UniversityTable of Contents1: Overextension and the Obstacles to Adjustment 2: From Ascendance to Afterglow: The Bank of England in British Hegemony 3: Afteglow Avoided?: The Federal Reserve, the Treasury, and the Breakdown of Bretton Woods 4: Institutional Innovation and Ineffective Leadership: The Bank of Amsterdam and the Stadholderate 5: Britain's Decline, Military Overcommitment, and the Committee of Imperial Defense 6: The Joint Chiefs of Staff and Military Overcommitment during American Leadership 7: The Rarity of Effective Adjustments
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Columbia University Press The Global Construction of Gender HomeBased Work
Book SynopsisExplores the debates and rhetoric surrounding home-based workers that have taken place in global movements and multilateral organizations since the early 1900s. This title describes the rules that have separated home and work and, in the process, created a diverse array of distinctly gendered identities.Table of Contents1. Feminism, Constructivism, and the Global Politics of Home-Based Work 2. Motherly Women--Breadwinning Men: Industrial Homework and the Construction of Western Welfare States 3. Supplemental Earners and National Essence: Home-Based Crafts Producers and Nation-Building in Post-Colonial States 4. Marginal Survivors or Nurturant Entrepreneurs: Home-Based Work in the Informal Sector 5. Fordist Gender Rules at Issue: The Debate over the ILO Convention on Homework 6. Fordist Class Categories at Issue: Are Homeworkers Employees or Self-Employed? 7. Studying Global Politics Appendix: ILO Convention Concerning Home Work Notes Index
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Columbia University Press Glimmer of a New Leviathan
Book SynopsisPresents the story of how the three chief architects of an influential ideology struggled with the implications of their own creation. This book offers historical context for contemporary debates about weapons of mass destruction and the post-Cold War international order.Trade ReviewThe most compelling account to date of how realism gave way to neorealism in the face of a nuclearized world. -- Lawrence D. Freedman Foreign Affairs Craig's book is to be commended for shedding light on how three important thinkers dealt with one of the most important issues of international politics... an important contribution to the intellectual history of the field of International Relations. -- Brian Schmidt International Affairs An ambitious and fascinating work of intellectual history. -- Keir Lieber Ethics and International Affairs This is a highly commendable study. It will be essential reading. -- Ian Jackson Journal of American Studies Craig's treatment of these thinkers is subtle, insightful, and revealing. A more accessible introduction to realist thought would be hard to imagine. -- H. W. Brands American Historical Review Campbell Craig has written a well-researched and cogent account. -- Benjamin A. Kleinerman Journal of Conflict Studies Breathes fresh air into the stultifying atmosphere of realist theory. -- William E. Scheuerman Constellations Craig's book provides a fine example of how substantial intellectual history can contribute to an engagement with contemporary political dilemmas. -- Michael C. Williams Contemporary Political Theory Interesting and thought-provoking. -- Clifford Angell Bates Jr Political Studies ReviewTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments 1. The Historical Setting of Modern American Realism and the Thermonuclear Revolution 2. Reinhold Niebuhr and the Emergence of American Realism, 1932-44 3. Harsh Realism for an Atomic Age? Hans Morgenthau, 1946-52 4. Niebuhr and the Thermonuclear Dilemma, 1945-1963 5. Morgenthau and the Thermonuclear Dilemma 6. The Waltzian Turn 7. Retreat from Parsimony Conclusion Bibliography Index
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Columbia University Press Conflict Unending
Book SynopsisGanguly authoritatively analyzes why hostility persists as well as the current prospects for war and peace in the region.Trade ReviewGanguly presents a concise, dispassionate summary of each Indo-Pakistani conflict. Library Journal In his brilliant new book, [Ganguly] provides a sophisticated and lucid explanation of why India and Pakistan have suffered such chronically bad relations. Conflict Unending sets the industry standard... and it cements Ganguly's reputation as one of the world's leading experts on subcontinental political affairs. Foreign Affairs Conflict Unending is a welcome successor to much-worn copies of Sources of Conflict on library shelves. There is no better concise presentation for those seeking a grounding in this sadly still current subject. -- Thomas Perry Thornton Political Science Quarterly This outstanding examination of the India-Pakistan conflict is indispensable reading for the scholar and policymaker. Sumit Ganguly offers a guide to its deeper origins and its dangerous manifestations with clarity and rigor. Dr. Ganguly has explored the reasons for India-Pakistan discord; his book is a major contribution to our understanding of what has emerged as one of the world's major trouble spots -- Stephen P. Cohen Brookings Institution Into this vague understanding [of the India-Pakistan conflict] strides the refreshingly direct Conflict Unending: India-Pakistan Tensions since 1947, a book that manages to explicate the origins and evolution of South Asian political and military strife in a manner that is both straightforward and nuanced...making Conflict Unending's clear account of the core motivations at work both timely and significant. Arms Control Today Ganguly's comprehensive assessment of Indo-Pakistan tension should be required background reading for policy-makers, journalists and others seeking to understand the causes and history of conflict between these two sparring siblings. Asian Affairs A straightforward, well-written account... Brevity and lucidity are the strong points of this... easy read. -- Sanjay Joshi HistorianTable of ContentsIntroduction: A Relationship of Unremitting Hostility? 1. The First Kashmir War 2. The Second Kashmir War 3. The Bangladesh War 4. From Crisis to Crisis 5. The Nuclear Dimension 6. The Kargil War Epilogue: A Restive Relationship Enters a New Century Appendices
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Columbia University Press The Case for IslamoChristian Civilization
Book SynopsisLooks beneath the rhetoric of hatred and misunderstanding to challenge the views of Islamic history. argues that beginning in the 1950's American policymakers misread the Muslim world and, instead of focusing on the growing discontent against the government, saw only a forum for liberal, democratic reforms within those governments.Trade ReviewRichard Bulliet's The Case for Islamo-Christian Civilization re-examines most of the pieties of the West about the Muslim world and Islamic politics (and about the West itself) and finds them not only wrong but wrongly conceived... He argues that modern European and Muslim history are deeply intertwined and that one cannot be understood in isolation from the other, thereby launching a profound challenge to teachers, historians and policy-makers. -- Juan Cole, University of Michigan The International Journal of Middle East Studies [An] insightful book about Islam and Muslims that actually provides hope for the future... this book is a quick, informative, and encouraging read. Publishers Weekly A clearly written book, aimed at the general reader...requires a place on the library shelf -- Steve Young Library Journal Presents a persuasive case for viewing Islam and the West... [a]brilliant new book -- Emran Qureshi Toronto Globe and Mail Seeks to bridge a gap between Islam and the West... His solution is to try to patch things up by emphasizing all that Islam and Christianity have in common. -- Daniel Lazare The Nation As Bulliet writes... there is a far better case for 'Islamo-Christian civilization' than there is for a clash of civilizations. Washington Monthly Offers a rich lode of penetrating insights. -- L. Carl Brown Foreign Affairs A positive and challenging proposal, underscoring the importance of the phases we use in defining our world. Future Survey Obviously, this is an important book with the important proposal to familiarize everyone with the term "Islam-Christian civilization". Let us take heed. -- Murad Wilfried Hofmann The Muslim World Book Review It deserves the widest possible readership, addressing as it does with wit and insight one of the most freighted issues of our times. -- Malise Ruthven Times Literary Supplement Bulliet's ideas are collectively imaginative and a major contribution... No reader will see the history either of Christendom or Islam in quite the same way. -- Ronald Davis Domes Great scholarship and vision... Bulliet offers rare insights in the Islamic and the (post)-Christian worlds. -- Johannes J. G. Jansen International History Review An excellent touchstone... this is not a volume that should be ignored. -- John J. Curry, Ph.D. Digest of Middle East Studies [A] wise and wonderful book. -- Howard J. Dooley Journal of World History [These essays] emanate from a fair-minded approach to strident debates - written, if you will, from the center. International Journal of Middle East StudiesTable of ContentsPreface Chapter 1. Islamo-Christian Civilization Chapter 2. What Went On? Chapter 3. Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places Chapter 4. The Edge of the Future Appendix Works Cited
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Columbia University Press Sex and World Peace
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewSex and World Peace should be on top of every introductory International Relations reading list. -- Sara E. Davies International Affairs [A] pioneering and readable book... Highly recommended. Choice This is an important, well written, and inf ormative book that will serve a wide audience of graduate and undergraduate students, academics, and policymakers, as well as the interested public. -- Helen M. Kinsella Ethics and International Affairs highly readable and provides a thought-provoking introduction to the reasons why equality between women and men within the family matters for the relations between states and, ultimately, world peace. -- Marijke Breuning Peace and Conflict A landmark book. -- Gloria Steinem Ms. Since violence against females is the normalizer of all other forms of violence, this book is vital, from family life to foreign policy. -- Gloria Steinem T: The New York Times Style MagazineTable of ContentsList of Maps Preface and Acknowledgments 1. Roots of National and International Relations 2. What Is There to See 3. When We Do See the Global Picture 4. The Heart of the Matter: The Security of Women and the Security of States 5. Wings of National and International Relations 6. Wings of National and International Relations 7. Taking Wing Appendix A. Operationalizations for Data Analysis in Chapter 4 Appendix B. Data Analysis Results for Chapter 4 Notes Contributors Index
£15.99
Columbia University Press The IndiaChina Relationship What the United
Book SynopsisScholars from political science, history, economics, international relations, and security studies offer fresh insight into the relationship between the two most populous nations on Earth.Trade ReviewThe publication takes a multidisciplinary approach and has inputs from political science, history, economics, international relations and security studies... The book also focuses on the broader international contexts for the bilateral relations between China and India. Indus Business Journal an important book...should be read by policy-makers -- Arnold Beichman Sunday Times Washington DC This excellent collection...fills a gap in the literature on Asia's international relations...Highly recommended. ChoiceTable of ContentsForeword, by Winston Lord and Frank G. Wisner Part 1. Historical Overview 1. Introduction, by Francine R. Frankel 2. Perception and China Policy in India, by Steven A. Hoffman 3. One-Sided Rivalry: China's Perceptions and Policies toward India, by Susan Shirk Part 2. Dimensions of the India-China Relationship 4. India and China: Border Issues, Domestic Integration, and International Security, by Sumit Ganguly 5. China and India in Asia, by Ashley J. Tellis 6. The Nuclear and Security Balance, by George Perkovich 7. Economic Reforms and Global Integration, by T. N. Srinivasan 8. Convergent Chinese and Indian Perspectives on the Global Order, by James Clad 9. Quiet Competition and the Future of Sino-Indian Relations, by Mark W. Frazier Part 3. Implications for the United States 10. The Evolution of the "Strategic Triangle" among China, India, and the United States, by Harry Harding Contributors
£90.00
Columbia University Press The IndiaChina Relationship
Book SynopsisScholars from political science, history, economics, international relations, and security studies offer fresh insight into the relationship between the two most populous nations on Earth.Trade ReviewThe publication takes a multidisciplinary approach and has inputs from political science, history, economics, international relations and security studies... The book also focuses on the broader international contexts for the bilateral relations between China and India. Indus Business Journal an important book...should be read by policy-makers -- Arnold Beichman Sunday Times Washington DC This excellent collection...fills a gap in the literature on Asia's international relations...Highly recommended. ChoiceTable of ContentsForeword, by Winston Lord and Frank G. Wisner Part 1. Historical Overview 1. Introduction, by Francine R. Frankel 2. Perception and China Policy in India, by Steven A. Hoffman 3. One-Sided Rivalry: China's Perceptions and Policies toward India, by Susan Shirk Part 2. Dimensions of the India-China Relationship 4. India and China: Border Issues, Domestic Integration, and International Security, by Sumit Ganguly 5. China and India in Asia, by Ashley J. Tellis 6. The Nuclear and Security Balance, by George Perkovich 7. Economic Reforms and Global Integration, by T. N. Srinivasan 8. Convergent Chinese and Indian Perspectives on the Global Order, by James Clad 9. Quiet Competition and the Future of Sino-Indian Relations, by Mark W. Frazier Part 3. Implications for the United States 10. The Evolution of the "Strategic Triangle" among China, India, and the United States, by Harry Harding Contributors
£27.00
Columbia University Press Faces of Power
Book SynopsisSeyom Brown’s authoritative account of U.S. foreign policy from the end of the Second World War to the presenTrade Review[A]n analysis with difference-an important difference. Seyom Brown discusses United States policy from the perspective of how decision makers in the United States viewed their adversaries and the alternatives as those decision makers saw them... Well worth the effort of a careful reading. American Political Science Review An outstanding work for understanding the big picture and much detail of American foreign policy over the past seventy years. Brilliant clarity in understanding complex situations makes this book particularly rewarding. -- Ronald E. Neumann, president, American Academy of Diplomacy and former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan This well researched and carefully interpreted narrative has become a classic account of American foreign policy. Brown masterfully reveals how presidents since Harry Truman have struggled to reconcile America's commitment to the foundational principles of democracy and the rule of law with a never-ending struggle to protect the national security in a perilous world. Faces of Power is essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand the deep historical roots of the profound challenges that both George W. Bush and Barack Obama have faced in navigating the unsettled terrain of international affairs at the dawn of the twenty-first century. -- Sidney M. Milkis, University of Virginia Seyom Brown's latest update of his classic text on U.S. foreign policy since 1945 is a welcome treat for experts and an effective tool for teachers. Brown is both lively and thorough-an extraordinary achievement considering the ground he covers. He describes with style and grace events that seem ambiguous or inconsistent and weaves them into an overarching set of themes: the continuities and breaks of U.S. policy. We should ensure that our friends and students get to know Brown's pathbreaking work, especially in its new and comprehensive form. -- Cameron Munter, Pomona College, former U.S. ambassador to Pakistan Recommended. All readership levels. ChoiceTable of ContentsPreface Introduction: Constancy and Change Since WWII Part I. The Truman Administration 1. The Shattering of Expectations 2. Implementing Containment Part II. The Eisenhower Era 3. A New Look for Less Expensive Power 4. Waging Peace: The Eisenhower Face 5. Crises and Complications Part III. The Kennedy-Johnson Years 6. Enhancing the Arsenal of Power 7. The Third World as a Primary Arena of Competition 8. Kennedy's Cuban Crises 9. Berlin Again 10. The Vietnam Quagmire Part IV. Statecraft Under Nixon and Ford 11. Avoiding Humiliation in Indochina 12. The Insufficiency of Military Containment 13. The Middle East and the Reassertion of American Competence Abroad 14. The Anachronism of Conservative Realpolitik Part V. The Carter Period 15. The Many Faces of Jimmy Carter 16. The Fusion of Realism and Idealism 17. The Camp David Accords: Carter's Finest Hour 18. Iran and Afghanistan: Carter's Struggles to Salvage Containment Part VI. The Reagan Era-Realism or Romanticism? 19. High Purpose and Grand Strategy 20. The Tension Between Foreign and Domestic Imperatives 21. Middle East Complexities, 1981-1989: The Arab-Israeli Conflict, Terrorism, and Arms for Hostages 22. Contradictions in Latin America 23. The Reagan-Gorbachev Symbiosis Part VII. Prudential Statecraft with George Herbert Walker Bush 24. Presiding Over the End of the Cold War 25. The Resort to Military Power 26. The New World Order Part VIII. Clinton's Globalism 27. From Domestic Politician to Geopolitician 28. Opportunities and Frustrations in the Middle East 29. Leaving Somalia and Leaving Rwanda Alone 30. Getting Tough with Saddam and Osama 31. Into Haiti and the Balkans: The Responsibility to Protect Part IX. The Freedom Agenda of George W. Bush 32. Neoconservatives Seize the Day 33. 9/11, the War on Terror, and a New Strategic Doctrine 34. From Containment to Forcible Regime Change: Afghanistan and Iraq 35. National Security and Civil Liberties Part X. Obama's Universalism Versus a Still-Fragmented World 36. Engaging the World 37. Ending Two Wars 38. Counterterrorism and Human Rights 39. Ambivalence in Dealing with Upheavals in the Arab World Epilogue Notes Index
£118.75
Columbia University Press Faces of Power
Book SynopsisSeyom Brown’s authoritative account of U.S. foreign policy from the end of the Second World War to the presenTrade Review[A]n analysis with difference-an important difference. Seyom Brown discusses United States policy from the perspective of how decision makers in the United States viewed their adversaries and the alternatives as those decision makers saw them... Well worth the effort of a careful reading. American Political Science Review An outstanding work for understanding the big picture and much detail of American foreign policy over the past seventy years. Brilliant clarity in understanding complex situations makes this book particularly rewarding. -- Ronald E. Neumann, president, American Academy of Diplomacy and former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan This well researched and carefully interpreted narrative has become a classic account of American foreign policy. Brown masterfully reveals how presidents since Harry Truman have struggled to reconcile America's commitment to the foundational principles of democracy and the rule of law with a never-ending struggle to protect the national security in a perilous world. Faces of Power is essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand the deep historical roots of the profound challenges that both George W. Bush and Barack Obama have faced in navigating the unsettled terrain of international affairs at the dawn of the twenty-first century. -- Sidney M. Milkis, University of Virginia Seyom Brown's latest update of his classic text on U.S. foreign policy since 1945 is a welcome treat for experts and an effective tool for teachers. Brown is both lively and thorough-an extraordinary achievement considering the ground he covers. He describes with style and grace events that seem ambiguous or inconsistent and weaves them into an overarching set of themes: the continuities and breaks of U.S. policy. We should ensure that our friends and students get to know Brown's pathbreaking work, especially in its new and comprehensive form. -- Cameron Munter, Pomona College, former U.S. ambassador to Pakistan Recommended. All readership levels. ChoiceTable of ContentsPreface Introduction: Constancy and Change Since WWII Part I. The Truman Administration 1. The Shattering of Expectations 2. Implementing Containment Part II. The Eisenhower Era 3. A New Look for Less Expensive Power 4. Waging Peace: The Eisenhower Face 5. Crises and Complications Part III. The Kennedy-Johnson Years 6. Enhancing the Arsenal of Power 7. The Third World as a Primary Arena of Competition 8. Kennedy's Cuban Crises 9. Berlin Again 10. The Vietnam Quagmire Part IV. Statecraft Under Nixon and Ford 11. Avoiding Humiliation in Indochina 12. The Insufficiency of Military Containment 13. The Middle East and the Reassertion of American Competence Abroad 14. The Anachronism of Conservative Realpolitik Part V. The Carter Period 15. The Many Faces of Jimmy Carter 16. The Fusion of Realism and Idealism 17. The Camp David Accords: Carter's Finest Hour 18. Iran and Afghanistan: Carter's Struggles to Salvage Containment Part VI. The Reagan Era-Realism or Romanticism? 19. High Purpose and Grand Strategy 20. The Tension Between Foreign and Domestic Imperatives 21. Middle East Complexities, 1981-1989: The Arab-Israeli Conflict, Terrorism, and Arms for Hostages 22. Contradictions in Latin America 23. The Reagan-Gorbachev Symbiosis Part VII. Prudential Statecraft with George Herbert Walker Bush 24. Presiding Over the End of the Cold War 25. The Resort to Military Power 26. The New World Order Part VIII. Clinton's Globalism 27. From Domestic Politician to Geopolitician 28. Opportunities and Frustrations in the Middle East 29. Leaving Somalia and Leaving Rwanda Alone 30. Getting Tough with Saddam and Osama 31. Into Haiti and the Balkans: The Responsibility to Protect Part IX. The Freedom Agenda of George W. Bush 32. Neoconservatives Seize the Day 33. 9/11, the War on Terror, and a New Strategic Doctrine 34. From Containment to Forcible Regime Change: Afghanistan and Iraq 35. National Security and Civil Liberties Part X. Obama's Universalism Versus a Still-Fragmented World 36. Engaging the World 37. Ending Two Wars 38. Counterterrorism and Human Rights 39. Ambivalence in Dealing with Upheavals in the Arab World Epilogue Notes Index
£35.70
Columbia University Press Between Ally and Partner
Book SynopsisChina and South Korea have come a long way since they were adversaries. This book tackles three questions: why did South Korea and China reconcile before the end of the cold war? How did rapprochement lay the groundwork for diplomatic normalization? And what will the intersection of security concerns and economic necessity with China mean?Trade ReviewAn important contribution to the understanding of the Sino-South Korean relationship and the implications for US policy. -- Heike Hermanns The China Journal [An] excellent and pioneering study... [that] will remain a very useful study for a long time. -- Chae-Jin Lee China Quarterly This book offers a refreshingly original, detached, non-American (South Korean) perspective... [and] should be considered required reading. -- Samuel S. Kim Pacific Affairs Chung writes with directness and clarity, moving smoothly between coverage of S. Korea's bilateral relations with both China and the United States. -- James Matray The International History Review An important contribution... well researched and clearly written. -- Qiang Zhai China Information Invaluable contribution to our thin understanding of the comprehensive structure of Korea-China relations. China Review International Chung provides a sweeping overview of the past, present, and future of the Sino-Korean relationship. -- J. J. Suh Journal of Asian Studies Imposing clarity upon the cluttered chessboard of contemporary North-east Asian geopolitics is a daunting proposition, but one at which Jae Ho Chung effortlessly succeeds in his book, Between Ally and Partner. -- Adam Cathcart Korean StudiesTable of ContentsList of Tables Preface 1. The Rise of Korea-China Relations and the United States 2. A Sketch of Sino-Korean Relations 3. Perspectives on the Origins of the South Korea-China Rapprochement 4. South Korea-China Relations Before 1988 5. The Political Economy of Rapprochement, 1988-1992 6. The Politics of Normalization: Actors, Processes, and Issues 7. Beyond Normalization: South Korea and China in the Post-Cold War Era 8. The Rise of China and the U.S.-South Korean Alliance Under Strain 9. Between Dragon and Eagle: Korea at the Crossroads Notes Index
£82.80
Columbia University Press Chinas Search for Security
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe rise of China is the most important international trend of our time, and this superb book is the best guide to it that I've seen. Broad, deep, and wise, it is simply an indispensable introduction to all aspects of China's ongoing encounter with the world at large. Any politician or pundit who wants to say anything at all about this subject should have to pass a test on Andrew J. Nathan and Andrew Scobell's tour de force before doing so. -- Gideon Rose, editor, Foreign Affairs For the scholar, student, and general reader, China's Search for Security is a source of value. Nathan and Scobell successfully view the world through Chinese eyes and provide just the right mix of interpretation and narrative. Nuggets of insight glitter on every page. -- Richard Bush, Brookings Institution Nathan and Scobell are extremely well qualified to assess China's foreign policy. As their book makes clear, understanding that policy is essential to the consideration of virtually every issue of international concern. I strongly recommend China's Search for Security to all those with an interest in global public policy. -- Aryeh Neier, president emeritus, Open Society Foundations Even though China's foreign policy has become more practical and confident, China's rise has generated regional and international anxiety. Nathan and Scobell probe the mix of forces reshaping Chinese strategic deliberations, providing the deepest insight yet into how Chinese decision-makers perceive their geostrategic predicaments and security challenges. -- Zhe Sun, Center for U.S.-China Relations, Tsinghua University [Nathan & Scobell] skillfully and fairly explore this complex and contradictory American-Chinese competition-without themselves being complex or contradictory. -- Jonathan Mirsky New York Review of Books China's Search for Security is a good introductory text for students and policymakers without expertise in the area. It highlights and summarizes most of the critical issues associated with Chinese security policy -- Robert Farley H-Diplo Comprehensive, persuasive, and empathetic, China's Search for Security offers a fresh look. -- Kendrick Kuo e-International Relations This is a superb book, richly detailed, and will be required reading for anyone wishing to understand how China views its own situation. -- David C. Kang Journal of Asian Studies A valuable survey of the foreign policy and national security behavior of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the many factors that bear upon it. -- Christopher A. Ford China Review International Nathan and Scobell are senior scholars who know their subject matter well... Their analysis is thorough and generally judicious. China's Search for Security is useful in its systematic deflation of common fears about the rise of China. -- Denny Roy Contemporary Southeast AsiaTable of ContentsAbbreviations Introduction Part I. Interest and Identity in Chinese Foreign Policy 1. What Drives Chinese Foreign Policy? 2. Who Runs Chinese Foreign Policy? Part II. Security Challenges and Strategies 3. Life on the Hinge: China's Russia Policy During the Cold War and After 4. Deciphering the U.S. Threat 5. The Northeast Asia Regional System: Japan and the Two Koreas 6. China's Other Neighbors: The Asia-Pacific 7. China in the Fourth Ring Part III. Holding Together: Territorial Integrity and Foreign Policy 8. Problems of Stateness: Tibet, Xinjiang, Hong Kong, and Taiwan 9. Taiwan's Democratic Transition and China's Response Part IV. Instruments of Power 10. Dilemmas of Opening: Power and Vulnerability in the Global Economy 11. Military Modernization: From People's War to Power Projection 12. Soft Power and Human Rights in Chinese Foreign Policy Part V. Conclusion 13. Threat or Equilibrium? Notes Acknowledgments Index
£91.52
Columbia University Press Chinas Search for Security
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe rise of China is the most important international trend of our time, and this superb book is the best guide to it that I've seen. Broad, deep, and wise, it is simply an indispensable introduction to all aspects of China's ongoing encounter with the world at large. Any politician or pundit who wants to say anything at all about this subject should have to pass a test on Andrew J. Nathan and Andrew Scobell's tour de force before doing so. -- Gideon Rose, editor, Foreign Affairs For the scholar, student, and general reader, China's Search for Security is a source of value. Nathan and Scobell successfully view the world through Chinese eyes and provide just the right mix of interpretation and narrative. Nuggets of insight glitter on every page. -- Richard Bush, Brookings Institution Nathan and Scobell are extremely well qualified to assess China's foreign policy. As their book makes clear, understanding that policy is essential to the consideration of virtually every issue of international concern. I strongly recommend China's Search for Security to all those with an interest in global public policy. -- Aryeh Neier, president emeritus, Open Society Foundations Even though China's foreign policy has become more practical and confident, China's rise has generated regional and international anxiety. Nathan and Scobell probe the mix of forces reshaping Chinese strategic deliberations, providing the deepest insight yet into how Chinese decision-makers perceive their geostrategic predicaments and security challenges. -- Zhe Sun, Center for U.S.-China Relations, Tsinghua University [Nathan & Scobell] skillfully and fairly explore this complex and contradictory American-Chinese competition-without themselves being complex or contradictory. -- Jonathan Mirsky New York Review of Books China's Search for Security is a good introductory text for students and policymakers without expertise in the area. It highlights and summarizes most of the critical issues associated with Chinese security policy -- Robert Farley H-Diplo Comprehensive, persuasive, and empathetic, China's Search for Security offers a fresh look. -- Kendrick Kuo e-International Relations This is a superb book, richly detailed, and will be required reading for anyone wishing to understand how China views its own situation. -- David C. Kang Journal of Asian Studies A valuable survey of the foreign policy and national security behavior of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the many factors that bear upon it. -- Christopher A. Ford China Review International Nathan and Scobell are senior scholars who know their subject matter well... Their analysis is thorough and generally judicious. China's Search for Security is useful in its systematic deflation of common fears about the rise of China. -- Denny Roy Contemporary Southeast AsiaTable of ContentsAbbreviations Introduction Part I. Interest and Identity in Chinese Foreign Policy 1. What Drives Chinese Foreign Policy? 2. Who Runs Chinese Foreign Policy? Part II. Security Challenges and Strategies 3. Life on the Hinge: China's Russia Policy During the Cold War and After 4. Deciphering the U.S. Threat 5. The Northeast Asia Regional System: Japan and the Two Koreas 6. China's Other Neighbors: The Asia-Pacific 7. China in the Fourth Ring Part III. Holding Together: Territorial Integrity and Foreign Policy 8. Problems of Stateness: Tibet, Xinjiang, Hong Kong, and Taiwan 9. Taiwan's Democratic Transition and China's Response Part IV. Instruments of Power 10. Dilemmas of Opening: Power and Vulnerability in the Global Economy 11. Military Modernization: From People's War to Power Projection 12. Soft Power and Human Rights in Chinese Foreign Policy Part V. Conclusion 13. Threat or Equilibrium? Notes Acknowledgments Index
£25.00
Columbia University Press Asias New Multilateralism
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAn excellent textbook for students and scholars in international relations, political science, and Asian studies, and even for diplomats and policy makers. -- Alon Levkowitz H-US-JapanTable of ContentsPreface Abbreviations 1. Unbundling Asia's New Multilateralism Bates Gill and Michael J. Green Part I National Strategies for Regionalism 2. Evolving U.S. Views on Asia's Future Institutional Architecture Ralph A. Cossa 3. Chinese Perspectives on Building an East Asian Community in the Twenty-first Century Wu Xinbo 4. Regional Multilateralism in Asia and the Korean Question Lim Wonhyuk 5. Japan's Perspective on Asian Regionalism Akiko Fukushima 6. India and the Asian Security Architecture C. Raja Mohan 7. Australia's Pragmatic Approach to Asian Regionalism Greg Sheridan 8. The Strong in the World of the Weak: Southeast Asia in Asia's Regional Architecture Amitav Acharya Part II The Functional Challenges 9. Emerging Economic Architecture in Asia: Opening or Insulating the Region? Amy Searight 10. Norms and Regional Architecture: Multilateral Institution Building in Asia and Its Impact on Governance and Democracy William Cole and Erik G. Jensen 11. Defense Issues and Asia's Future Security Architecture Michael E. O'Hanlon 12. Nontraditional Security and Multilateralism in Asia: Reshaping the Contours of Regional Security Architecture Mely Caballero-Anthony 13. Challenges to Building an Effective Asia-Pacific Security Architecture Brendan Taylor and William T. Tow Appendix. Selected List of Principal Regional Institutions in Asia Contributors Index
£95.00
Columbia University Press Asias New Multilateralism
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAn excellent textbook for students and scholars in international relations, political science, and Asian studies, and even for diplomats and policy makers. -- Alon Levkowitz H-US-JapanTable of ContentsPreface Abbreviations 1. Unbundling Asia's New Multilateralism Bates Gill and Michael J. Green Part I National Strategies for Regionalism 2. Evolving U.S. Views on Asia's Future Institutional Architecture Ralph A. Cossa 3. Chinese Perspectives on Building an East Asian Community in the Twenty-first Century Wu Xinbo 4. Regional Multilateralism in Asia and the Korean Question Lim Wonhyuk 5. Japan's Perspective on Asian Regionalism Akiko Fukushima 6. India and the Asian Security Architecture C. Raja Mohan 7. Australia's Pragmatic Approach to Asian Regionalism Greg Sheridan 8. The Strong in the World of the Weak: Southeast Asia in Asia's Regional Architecture Amitav Acharya Part II The Functional Challenges 9. Emerging Economic Architecture in Asia: Opening or Insulating the Region? Amy Searight 10. Norms and Regional Architecture: Multilateral Institution Building in Asia and Its Impact on Governance and Democracy William Cole and Erik G. Jensen 11. Defense Issues and Asia's Future Security Architecture Michael E. O'Hanlon 12. Nontraditional Security and Multilateralism in Asia: Reshaping the Contours of Regional Security Architecture Mely Caballero-Anthony 13. Challenges to Building an Effective Asia-Pacific Security Architecture Brendan Taylor and William T. Tow Appendix. Selected List of Principal Regional Institutions in Asia Contributors Index
£28.80
Columbia University Press Biosecurity Interventions
Book SynopsisTrade Reviewa thought-provoking volume that provides an important look into how far-reaching biosecurity is, while illustrating the ambiguities that still remain. Somatosphere Provides insight into the complexity behind what it means to 'secure health.' -- Sonja Kittelsen Journal of Peace ResearchTable of Contents1. The Problem of Securing Health, by Stephen J. Collier and Andrew Lakoff 2. From Population to Vital System: National Security and the Changing Object of Public Health, by Andrew Lakoff 3. Redesigning Syndromic Surveillance for Biosecurity, by Lyle Fearnley 4. How Did the Smallpox Vaccination Program Come About? Tracing the Emergence of Recent Smallpox Vaccination Thinking, by Dale A. Rose 5. Disease as Security Threat: Critical Reflections on the Global TB Emergency, by Erin Koch 6. Vital Mobility and the Humanitarian Kit, by Peter Redfield 7. Mapping the Multiplicities of Biosecurity, by Nick Bingham and Steve Hinchliffe 8. From Mad Cow Disease to Bird Flu: Transformations of Food Safety in France, by Frederic Keck 9. Biodefense: Considering the Sociotechnical Dimension, by Kathleen M. Vogel 10. Anticipations of Biosecurity, by Carlo Caduff Afterword. Episodes or Incidents: Seeking Significance, by Paul Rabinow Acknowledgments List of Contributors Index
£42.00
Columbia University Press Growth and Policy in Developing Countries
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis analysis, diagnosis, and prescription, embedded in the structuralist tradition of economic thought, is refreshingly different. -- Deepak Nayyar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and the New School University, New York
£29.75
Columbia University Press American Force
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewHighly recommended for aficionados of foreign-policy and national-security issues. Kirkus Reviews a lucid and insightful guide to the use of armed force as an instrument of U.S. power. American Conservative Betts combines serious thought, common sense, and deep historical knowledge, rather than simply applying abstract theories, and his conclusions are expressed in plain English -- Lawrence D. Freedman Foreign Affairs This volume is instructive for policy makers and would be engaging and provocative in the classroom... Recommeded. Choice American Force deserves to be widely read and debated. -- Scott A. Silverstone H-Diplo Roundtable Richard Betts has written an extremely important book that is probably the best critique of the prevalent bipartisan thinking on post-Cold War foreign policy produced to date... [Betts] has already written four or five classics in the field, and this book adds another to that remarkable list. -- Michael O'Hanlon Political Science Quarterly Betts provides a sobering and bluntly honest critique of US force. He does so through clear writing and argument. -- David Ryan International Affairs American Force is a well-reasoned and thoughtful critique of the current U.S. national security environment, one that policymakers should not ignore. -- Thomas Meagher H-War Richard K. Betts is an extraordinarily clear thinker and writer. SurvivalTable of ContentsPreface Part I. The Post-Cold War Hiatus 1. Introduction: From Cold War to Hot Peace 2. Policy Milestones: Cold War Roots of Consensus 3. Confused Interventions: Puttering with Primacy 4. New Threats of Mass Destruction: Capabilities Down, Intentions Up Part II. History Strikes Back 5. Terrorism: The Soft Underbelly of Primacy 6. Striking First: Well-Lost Opportunities 7. Big Small Wars: Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam 8. The Main Events: The Rise of China and Resurgence of Russia Part III. Decision and Implementation 9. Civil-Military Relations: A Special Problem? 10. Plans and Results: Is Strategy an Illusion? 11. A Disciplined Defense: Regaining Strategic Solvency 12. Conclusion: Selecting Security Notes Index
£87.40
Columbia University Press The Other Cold War
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Columbia University Press Inside the Red Box
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewWorking from North Korean media, Patrick McEachern shows that, whatever might have been the case under Kim Il Sung, North Korea under his son, Kim Jong Il, is not the unknowable and irrational totalitarian state presented by many commentators. Since the elder Kim's death in 1994, the country's political structure has evolved. The younger Kim is undoubtedly powerful but has neither his father's revolutionary credentials nor his personal charisma and does not always succeed in imposing his views. It is these policy debates that lie behind the apparent abrupt swings from engagement to non-engagement, not some inherent irrationality in the North Korean polity, and it pays to study them. This stimulating and well-written book does just that. It should be required reading for all those interested in or involved with North Korea. -- J. E. Hoare, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and coauthor of North Korea in the Twenty-First Century It is conventional wisdom that information on North Korea is hard to come by, but in fact, the opposite is true. Most researchers quickly find themselves drowning in information, and the real challenge is to make sense of the deluge of data and separate the wheat from the chaff. Patrick McEachern rejects easy routes and embraces the project of using sound social science methodologies to examine a mountain of primary sources. The result of his painstaking analysis is the illumination of domestic politics in Pyongyang-opening up the "red box." While McEachern's findings can be disputed, they cannot be ignored-this book is a must read for any serious student of North Korea. -- Andrew Scobell, Senior Political Scientist, RAND Corporation ...deserve to be added to the list of essential readings on the modern politics of North Korea... -- Marc Lanteigne International Affairs This is a brilliant book that should be read by anyone with an interest in Korean affairs. Survival McEachern's book is a highly useful source for those interested in a comprehensive and nuanced overview of North Korean domestic and foreign policies in the Kim Jong Il era. Korean StudiesTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. Post-totalitarian Institutionalism 3. Historical Context 4. North Korea's Political Institutions 5. Institutional Jostling for Agenda Control, 1998-2001 6. Segmenting Policy and Issue Linkages, 2001-2006 7. Policy Reversals, 2006-2008 8. Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
£38.25
