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Giving Aid Effectively
The Politics of Environmental Performance and Selectivity at Multilateral Development Banks
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
In Giving Aid Effectively, Mark T. Buntaine argues that countries that are members of international organizations have prompted multilateral development banks to give development and environmental aid more effectively by generating better information about performance. To reach this conclusion, he...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2012
Energy in Europe and Russia is in flux. This book presents a rich set of case studies for analyzing the complex and intertwined regional dynamics of multiple actors, levels, and policy fields in energy throughout Europe and Russia, with the aim of offering an alternative view to the prevalent geopolitical or neoliberal approaches.
The New Totalitarian Temptation
Global Governance and the Crisis of Democracy in Europe
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2016
What caused the eurozone debacle and the chaos in Greece? Why has Europe’s migrant crisis spun out of control, over the heads of national governments? Why is Great Britain calling a vote on whether to leave the European Union? Why are established political parties declining across the continent while...
The Working World of International Organizations
Authority, Capacity, Legitimacy
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2018
International organizations (IOs) matter. This book uncovers the regular working world of IOs, examining whether, to what extent, and how these 'global governing bodies' can act independently of the will of states. This book explores this issue by asking who or what shapes their decisions; how and...
Germany’s Role in the Euro Crisis
Berlin’s Quest for a More Perfect Monetary Union
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2015
This book analyses Germany’s role in the euro crisis. Based on the perception of Berlin as the emerging capital of the European Union, the author investigates three interrelated issues: Did the German policy approach of imposing austerity programs on countries in the middle of a deep recession contribute...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2017
This book explores developments in the countries of the South Caucasus – Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia – since the EU included the region in the European Neighbourhood Policy in 2003. It considers issues related to energy, ethnic conflict, steps towards regional integration, and, above all,...
by Derrick Jensen
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
A scathing indictment of U.S. domestic and foreign policy, this collection of interviews gathers incendiary insights from 10 of today’s most experienced and knowledgeable activists. Whether it’s Ramsey Clark describing the long history of military invasion, Alfred McCoy detailing the relationship...
Perilous Desert
Insecurity in the Sahara
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
The geopolitical significance of the Sahara is becoming painfully clear. Islamist militant groups and transnational criminal networks are operating in the region's most fragile states, exploiting widespread corruption, weak government capacity, crushing poverty, and entrenched social and ethnic tensions....
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Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2014
How can people of diverse religious, ethnic, and linguistic allegiances and identities live together without committing violence, inflicting suffering, or oppressing each other? In this volume, contributors explore the limits of toleration and suggest we think beyond them to mutual respect. Salman...
by Leigh Glover
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2007
A much-needed analysis of international climate change politics as a key issue of modernity and in the context of environmentalism.
Leigh Glover presents a new way to understand the climate change problem and is concerned with problems of modernity and postmodernity in the context of contemporary...
Multilevel Governance and Climate Change
Insights From Transport Policy
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2015
Based on a major three-year research project, this book explores the various roles of political actors and the policies that deal with the governance of reducing transport-related carbon emissions. Using this clear - and globally crucial - example of climate change governance, the authors are able...
by Gabriele Spilker
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2013
Though industrialized countries are usually the ones indicted when environmental pollution is discussed, over the few last years the rate of emissions in developing countries has increased by a startling amount. The fallout from this increase is evidenced by the struggle of cities like Beijing to...
Grassroots Global Governance
Local Watershed Management Experiments and the Evolution of Sustainable Development
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
When international agreements fail to solve global problems like climate change, transnational networks attempt to address them by implementing "global ideas" -- policies and best practices negotiated at the global level-locally around the world. Grassroots Global Governance not only explains why...
Japanese Wartime Zoo Policy
The Silent Victims of World War II
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2010
This book examines Japanese wartime zoo policy during World War II, analyzing the reasons why the Home Ministry destroyed more than 300 showpiece animals throughout Japan well before U.S. air strikes were anticipated, with international comparisons of the effects of the war on zoos in Europe, the United States, and the Middle East.