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  • Public Policy, Philanthropy and Peacebuilding in Northern Ireland

    by Colin Knox, Padraic Quirk ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book examines the role played by one important external stakeholder, Atlantic Philanthropies, a limited-life foundation, in helping to build peace and promote reconciliation in Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland is now referred to as a post-conflict society largely due to the absence of political violence and relatively stable political institutions. These are necessary but insufficient ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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  • Seán MacBride, A Life

    From IRA Revolutionary to International Statesman

    by Elizabeth Keane ...
    An exceptional man, an extraordinary career – a life of Seán MacBride, Ireland's most distinguished statesman Sean MacBride (1904–1988) was at different times the Chief of Staff of the IRA, a top criminal lawyer, leader of Clann na Poblachta, Irish Foreign Minister, UN Commissioner, and a founding member of Amnesty International. He is the only person to have won both the Nobel Peace Prize (1974) ... Read more

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  • Government Transparency

    Impacts and Unintended Consequences

    by T. Erkkilä ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Transparency has become a global concept of responsible government. This book argues that the transnational discourse of transparency promotes potentially contradictory policy ideas that can lead to unintended consequences. It critically examines whether or not increased transparency really leads to increased democratic accountability. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • The International Politics of the Armenian-Azerbaijani Conflict

    The Original “Frozen Conflict” and European Security

    Edited by Svante E. Cornell ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book frames the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh in the context of European and international security. It is the first book to focus on the politics of the conflict rather than the dispute itself. Since their emergence twenty years ago, this and other “frozen conflicts” of Eurasia have been affected by transformations in European security, and many ways absorbed into an ... Read more

    $116.09 USD

  • Deterrence

    Rising Powers, Rogue Regimes, and Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century

    Edited by A. Lowther ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This volume moves beyond Cold War deterrence theory to show the many ways in which deterrence is applicable to contemporary security: in space, in cyberspace, and against non-state actors. It also examines the role of nuclear deterrence in the twenty-first century and reaches surprising conclusions. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Reconstruction and Peace Building in the Balkans

    The Brcko Experience

    by Robert William Farrand ...
    In the tense aftermath of the 1992–1995 Bosnian War, U.S. diplomat Bill Farrand was assigned the daunting task of implementing the Dayton Peace Accords in the ethnically divided Balkan territory of Brcko in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Serb, Muslim, and Croat political leaders alike had blocked agreement over Brcko’s political status, thus threatening first to derail U.S.-brokered peace talks and then ... Read more

    $61.59 USD

  • Local Government in England

    Centralisation, Autonomy and Control

    by Mark Roberts, Rachel Wall, Colin Copus ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    The book explores the claim that English local government exists in one of the most centralised relationships with national government. Such a position fundamentally undermines any notion of local self-government and makes the term ‘government’ in local government a misnomer. The book will examine how the erosion of the autonomy, powers, roles, functions and responsibilities of English local ... Read more

    $98.09 USD

  • The Politics of Civil-Military Cooperation

    Canada in Bosnia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan

    by C. Ankersen ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Ankersen examines Canada's civil-military cooperation efforts in Kosovo, Bosnia, and Afghanistan through the lens of Clausewitz's 'Remarkable Trinity'. The book reveals how military action is the product of influences from the government, the armed forces, and the people at home. ... Read more

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  • Unbroken Government

    Success and the Illusion of Failure in Policymaking

    by Palgrave Macmillan ...
    Unbroken Government demonstrates how institutional and electoral characteristics present since the writing of the Constitution influence policy development. Utilizing policy areas as diverse as human spaceflight, clean air, homeland security, and foreign policy, this work shows how these patterns manifest themselves in the policymaking process. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • EU and NATO Relations with Russia

    After the Collapse of the Soviet Union

    by Glenn Diesen ...
    Do the EU and NATO threaten Russian security? The book explores the rise of these exclusive ’inter-democratic’ security institutions after the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the ensuing effects on relations with Russia. Two competing theories are tested to explore whether these institutions aggravate or mitigate the security dilemma with Russia. These institutions can be theorised to promote ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Politics and Legitimacy in Post-Soviet Eurasia

    by Martin Brusis, Joachim Ahrens, Martin Schulze Wessel ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Political legitimacy has become a scarce resource in Russia and other post-Soviet states. Their capacity to deliver prosperity has suffered from economic crisis, war in Ukraine and confrontation with the West. Will nationalism and repression enable political regimes to survive? This book studies the politics of legitimation in Post-Soviet Eurasia. ... Read more

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  • The 2012 French Presidential Elections

    The Inevitable Alternation

    by J. Evans, G. Ivaldi ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Was the victory of François Hollande, the Socialist challenger to Nicolas Sarkozy, inevitable in the 2012 French Presidential elections? This book argues that a combination of economic downturn, policy choices and personal unpopularity meant that the Right-wing incumbent faced an almost impossible task in holding onto power for another five years. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD