Culture and Order in World Politics

Culture and Order in World Politics
Author: Andrew Phillips
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 397
Release: 2020-01-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108484972

Provides a new framework for reconceptualizing the historical and contemporary relationship between cultural diversity, political authority, and international order.

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia
Author: David W Paul
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 173
Release: 2019-06-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 0429716249

Czechoslovakia as a political entity did not come into being until 1918, but the lands comprising modern-day Czechoslovakia have a rich history reaching back many centuries. This text offers at look at the historical background, the geopolitics and Czechoslovakia’s international position, it’s government and politics, economy, education and cultur

The Politics Of Regime Transitions

The Politics Of Regime Transitions
Author: Ronald A Francisco
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 175
Release: 2019-06-25
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1000304817

This volume evaluates political and economic reforms that occurred during the forty regime transitions. It provides a historical overview and considers the collapse of the regime, the early transition, democratization and economic reform.

Africa

Africa
Author: Air University (U.S.). Library
Publisher:
Total Pages: 86
Release: 1969
Genre: Africa
ISBN:

The Future's Back

The Future's Back
Author: Frank P. Harvey
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages: 214
Release: 1997
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780773516069

Arguing that previous critiques of rational choice and deterrence theory are not convincing, Frank Harvey constructs a new set of empirical tests of rational deterrence theory to illuminate patterns of interaction between rival nuclear powers. He analyses the crisis management techniques used by the United States and the Soviet Union in twenty-eight post-war crises and isolates factors that promote or inhibit escalation of these crises. This "crises"-based data set serves as the basis for identifying patterns of response when one nuclear state is threatened by another. The Future's Back offers new directions for testing that emphasize a more unified approach to theory building and assesses the feasibility of alternative courses of action to prevent escalation of future disputes characterized by nuclear rivalry.

International Law and the Social Sciences

International Law and the Social Sciences
Author: Wesley L. Gould
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 359
Release: 2015-03-08
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1400872278

A bridge is constructed by this volume between the separate professions and disciplines of international lawyers and social scientists. The authors attempt to restate international law, both its jurisprudence and its rules, in social science terms. The authors then explicitly set forth the reciprocal relationships between international law and the findings, perspectives, and literature of the social sciences—showing how the insights and concepts of political science, sociology, psychology, and other disciplines can illuminate the field of international law. The limits as well as utility of social science materials in the comprehension, teaching, and practice of international law are evaluated. Originally published in 1970. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Taiwan, Humanitarianism and Global Governance

Taiwan, Humanitarianism and Global Governance
Author: Alain Guilloux
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 396
Release: 2009-03-09
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1134030487

In this unique book, Alain Guilloux uses four major elements of governance - namely norms, actors, processes, and outcomes - to examine Taiwan’s national governance as well as its participation in global governance in relation to humanitarian aid. Including case studies on Taiwan’s application to become an observer to the WHO, and its foreign-aid policy and practice dealing with disease outbreaks and natural disasters, Guilloux explores the complexities and dilemmas of providing humanitarian aid to people in need and distress. Taking into account Taiwan's unclear status in the global arena, and how in its efforts Taiwan faces both international isolation and opposition from the People's Republic of China at multiple levels. Taiwan, Humanitarianism and Global Governance will be of interest for scholars of Chinese studies, Taiwan Studies, East Asian politics and International Relations, and environmental politics and humanitarian studies.

Environmental Change, Adaptation, and Security

Environmental Change, Adaptation, and Security
Author: S. Lonergan
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 444
Release: 1999-12-31
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780792361206

Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, held in Budapest, Hungary, from October 16-18, 1997