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Good Government
Edited by Sören Holmberg, Bo Rothstein
In all societies, the quality of government institutions is of the utmost importance for the well-being of its citizens. Problems like high infant mortality, lack of access to safe water, unhappiness and poverty are not primarily caused ...eBook:Find out more$54.36
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NGOs, Crisis Management and Conflict Resolution
Daniela Irrera
Daniela Irrera explores the relationship between non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and intergovernmental organisations (IGOs). The author reviews the issue of NGOs’ participation in the decision-making processes of intergovernmental...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Leadership and Transformative Ambition in International Relations
Mark A. Menaldo
This enriching book explores a theoretical gap in international relations and the role of leader ambition. It presents the idea that some leaders transcend political constraints and as a result, they fundamentally reshape their domestic ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Making Fishery Agreements Work
Geir Hønneland
Why do people obey the law? And why do states abide by their international commitments? These are among the questions raised in this important book. The setting is the Barents Sea, home to some of the most productive fishing grounds on t...eBook:Find out more$34.36
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Neojihadism
Pete Lentini
Many years after 9/11 we are still struggling to categorize groups like Al Qaeda, home-grown cells and others that claim to be perpetrating and justifying terrorist acts under the banner of jihad. This book introduces the concept of ‘neo...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Representative Bureaucracy in Action
Edited by B. Guy Peters, Patrick von Maravić, Eckhard Schröter
Taking a comparative and analytical perspective, the authoritatively, yet accessibly written, country chapters show how salient the politics of representativeness have become in increasingly diverse societies. At the same time, they illu...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Globalisation, the Global Financial Crisis and the State
Edited by John Farrar, David G. Mayes
The recent global financial crisis has challenged conventional wisdom, and our conception of globalisation has been called into question. This challenging and timely book revisits the relationship between globalisation, the crisis and th...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Mirages of International Justice
Matthew Parish
Since the end of the Cold War there has been an explosion of international courts and tribunals that sit apart from domestic legal systems, yet they are often woefully inadequate for their stated purposes. This book explores common probl...eBook:Find out more$44.76
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Transnational Civil Society in China
Chen Jie
This book discusses the penetration, growth and operation of transnational civil society (TCS) in China. It explores TCS’ impacts on the incremental development of China’s political pluralism, mainly through exploring the influences of t...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Financial Elites and Transnational Business
Edited by Georgina Murray, John Scott
Several expert contributors focus on global issues, including the role of transnational finance, interlocking directorates, ownership and tax havens. Others examine how these issues at the global level interact with the regional or natio...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Asian Responses to the Global Financial Crisis
Edited by Jehoon Park, T. J. Pempel, Geng Xiao
The expert contributors – both Asian and Western – illustrate that as G20 members, many Asian countries are now able to showcase their increasing powers and influence on global issues. Within this context, and via multidisciplinary econo...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Political Governance of Capitalism
Helmut Willke, Gerhard Willke
This path-breaking book highlights that systemic risks emerge from a globally operating financial industry that is not only disconnected from the real economy but also allowed to hide in ‘shadow banking’ practices. Governance based on na...eBook:Find out more$40.00