One of our most brilliant public intellectuals, Paul Berman has spent his career writing on revolutionary movements and their totalitarian aspects. Here he argues that, in the terror war, we are not facing a battle of the West against Islam—a clash of civilizations. We are facing, instead, the same battle that tore apart Europe during most of the twentieth century, only in a new version. It i…
Covering decision-making processes, peace and security affairs, and economic, social, and humanitarian issues, The Politics of Global Governance helps students of international organizations to understand the major themes, theories, and approaches central to the subject. The fifteen new selections in this fully revised edition reflect an increased emphasis on transnational governance and emergi…
Clearly and provocatively written, this book will be essential for anyone interested in the processes of globalization. Students and researchers in international relations, politics, economics, and sociology will benefit from the author's insights into the changing nature of international organization in the twenty-first century.
Today the language of Human Rights occupies a pre-eminent position in the various discourses of political philosophy. Having grown out of the liberal traditions of the 18th century, it has evolved into a complex stratagem to explicate the demands of various groups and is now widely recognised. The rights are intimately connected to theories of human nature and theories of social and political o…
This book contains about : - background - international obligations - legislation and the emergency - the courts and their jurisdiction etc
When the major aid organizations made flows of aid conditional on changes in policy, they prompted an extensive debate in development circles. Aid and Power has made one of the most significant and influential contributions to that debate. This edition has been revised to take account of changes within the World Bank itself and the extension of policy based lending to the formerly socialist eco…
This book examines America's economy over the past several decades and the sources of our recent success and comes to surprising conclusions about what we can learn from it.
Ideally suited for such management and behavior courses as Organizational Behavior, Leadership, and Organizational Development. Also appropriate for a wide variety of administration courses in disciplines such as nursing, psychology, health sciences, social work, public administration, agriculture, religion, education, and human development. Used by more than a million people throughout the wor…
At a time when sea navigation depended more on the skill and courage of sailors than on technology, men were nonetheless able to build maritime regional empires that stretched from Indochina to the Indonesian Archipelago. This book, which draws on a huge body of archaeological and documentary research, provides a much-needed overview of the history of the Malay Peninsula and insular Southeast A…
Locating Southeast Asia: Geographies of Knowledge and Politics of Space considers Southeast Asia from a range of disciplinary perspectives. The authors (from Southeast Asia, Europe, Australia, and the United States) address climate; perceptions from the seas as seen by fishermen, naval officers, and governments; urbanization and industrialization; improvements in transport and communications; a…