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The Accidental Diplomat
The Autobiography of Maurice Baker
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2014
“For the life of a diplomat is often a variation of routine boredom and exhilarating crises.”
Maurice Baker is an academic and one of Singapore's pioneer diplomats. Growing up in colonial–governed Malaya and Singapore, his profound love for great literature works inspired him to obtain...
Transnationalization and Regulatory Change in the EU's Eastern Neighbourhood
Ukraine between Brussels and Moscow
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2015
Regulatory reforms in the EU’s Eastern neighbourhood countries are not as sluggish as often perceived. Rule enforcement is happening despite the presence of domestic veto players who favour the status quo, the lack of EU membership perspective and the presence of Russia as an alternative governance...
Cross-national Policy Convergence
Concepts, Causes and Empirical Findings
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
A fresh analysis of policy convergences across nations, which identifies their key driving forces.
To what extent and in which direction can we empirically observe a convergence of national policies? In which areas and for which patterns of policy is convergence more or less pronounced? This...
US Foreign Policy After the Cold War
Global Hegemon or Reluctant Sheriff?
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2006
Since the success of the best-selling first edition, the world has remained fascinated with US foreign policy, not least because of the far-reaching consequences of the US led invasion of Iraq. This fully updated textbook follows the events of the past two and a half years including the 2004 presidential...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
This book offers a unique reconceptualization of cosmopolitanism. It examines several themes that inform politics in a globalized era, including global governance, international law, citizenship, constitutionalism, community, domesticity, territory, sovereignty, and nationalism. The volume explores...
by Christine Crudo Blackburn, Paul E. Lenze Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2019
This book highlights the elements of armed conflict that cause the re-emergence of infectious disease in conflict-affected countries and how the breakdown of public health infrastructure within a country leads to public health challenges for those in countries hosting displaced persons. By examining...
Knowledge Actors and Transnational Governance
The Private-Public Policy Nexus in the Global Agora
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2013
Diane Stone addresses the network alliances or partnerships of international organisations with knowledge organisations and networks. Moving beyond more common studies of industrial public-private partnerships, she addresses how, and why, international organisations and global policy actors need to...
by J. Steets
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2010
A PDF version of this book is available for free in open access via the OAPEN Library platform, www.oapen.org . This book presents a new model of accountability which ensures that public-private partnerships don't erode public accountability. It defines concrete accountability standards for different types of partnerships.
Environmental and Health Regulation in the United States and the European Union
Protecting Public and Planet
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
During the first decade of the twenty-first century, the United States increasingly has relaxed its regulatory posture in the face of critical challenges to public health and the environment. This is true for regulation of recycling of end-of-life products, including autos and electronic components;...
Framing Inequality
News Media, Public Opinion, and the Neoliberal Turn in U.S. Public Policy
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2019
Neoliberal policy approaches have swept over the American political economy in recent decades. In Framing Inequality, Matt Guardino focuses on the power of corporate news media in shaping how the public understands the pivotal policy debates of this period. Drawing on a wide range of empirical evidence...
Governing the Use-of-Force in International Relations
The Post 9/11 US Challenge on International Law
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
This book examines US recourse to military force in the post-9/11 era. In particular, it evaluates the extent to which the Bush and Obama administrations viewed legitimizing the greater use-of-force as a necessary solution to thwart the security threat presented by global terrorist networks and WMD proliferation.
America's 'War on Terrorism'
New Dimensions in U.S. Government and National Security
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1955
How has 9/11 and George W. Bush's self-declared 'war' on terror changed American government and US foreign policy? This is the central question addressed in the nine original essays in this book. Following an introduction by the editors, in which they survey issues and debates raised by America's...
Troubled Partnership
U.S.-Turkish Relations in an Era of Global Geopolitical Change
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2010
U.S.-Turkish relations, long a vital element of U.S. policy, have seriously deteriorated in recent years. However, the arrival of a new U.S. administration offers an opportunity to repair recent fissures. Priority should be given to harmonizing policy toward Iraq and the Middle East as well as Central Asia and the Caucasus.
The Political Economy of State-Business Relations in Europe
Interest Mediation, Capitalism and EU Policy Making
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2009
The delegation of policy-competencies to the European Union has changed the context in which national actors form their interests and represent them. Shaping European markets and societies, EU regulation has important effects in the member states. This book analyses how business interest organizations...