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Format: XVII, 234 S. : graph. Darst., Kt.

Edition: 1. publ.

ISBN: 0-521-58307-1 , 0-521-58749-2

Content: Using simple economic reasoning, this book analyzes a broad range of global challenges including global warming, ozone shield depletion, acid rain, nuclear waste disposal, revolution dispersion, international terrorism, disease eradication, population growth, tropical deforestation, and peacemaking. These challenges are put into perspective in terms of scientific, economic, and political considerations. Many of these contingencies are shown to be solvable or reduceable without much explicit coordination among nations. Although there is no single panacea for these challenges, much can be done to tailor solutions. This book is intended for a wide audience drawn from the social sciences, including economics, environmental studies, political science, sociology, and public policy. It should also interest the general reader who wants to learn about global challenges.

Language: English

Subjects: Economics , Sociology

Keywords: Wirtschaftspolitik ; Internationale Kooperation ; Internationale Politik ; Umweltpolitik ; Wirtschaft ; Globalisierung ; Internationalisierung ; Umweltpolitik ; Globalisierung ; Internationale Politik ; Globalisierung ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Globalisierung ; Geophysik ; Bibliografie

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Format: VII, 197 S.

Edition: 1. publ.

ISBN: 0-7456-1211-3 , 0-7456-1212-1

Content: The debate about globalization is increasingly central to both sociology and international politics, but there have been few attempts to consider its implications for the essential frameworks of the disciplines. In this pathbreaking book, Martin Shaw places the concept of global society at the centre of analysis. He argues that this is now the only context in which it makes sense to talk about a society, or in which to discuss problems of 'international relations'. Shaw examines the recent sociological contribution to international relations thinking about the state and offers a broad critique of international relations theory. He claims that, while its issue agenda may have broadened, its conceptual base is still narrow. He argues for a comprehensive introduction of the concept of society into thinking about security, and that global society rather than international society is the relevant framework for understanding world politics

Content: The final section of the book looks at the political perspectives which are entailed by a global society approach. Shaw maintains that classical socialist thinking on war and the international order is outmoded. He puts the case for a new politics of society and international institutions, and concludes with a wide-ranging theory of global state intervention

Language: English

Subjects: Political Science , Sociology

Keywords: Internationale Politik ; Weltgesellschaft

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Format: 272 S.

ISBN: 0-393-03411-9

Content: "I have attempted to take the high ground," writes George F. Kennan in the foreword to this illuminating work, "trying to stick to the broader dimensions of things - the ones that would still be visible and significant in future decades." Against the background of a century of wars, revolution, and uneasy peace, Mr. Kennan advances his thoughts on a broad front: how the individual's quest for power can transform a government into a confusion of ambition, rivalry, and suspicion; how a nation's size can create barriers between the rulers and the ruled; why America must first set its own house in order before it can become a beacon to others. Deeply aware of the pressures under which public officials must act, Mr. Kennan sees a government in Washington that is forced to make decisions on issues of the moment, often without regard for long-term consequences. Neither the legislature, responsive to the interests of a narrow constituency, nor the executive branch, swamped by urgent problems at home and abroad, has the time or inclination to look far beyond the next election. Lost entirely is a vital element in any democracy: deliberation based upon study, review, and judgment. To address problems that defy quick political solutions, Mr. Kennan here boldly lays down a blueprint for a Council of State, a nonpolitical, permanent advisory board that would stand alongside yet apart from government policy makers, with the prestige to be heard "above the cacophony of political ambitions." Rich in historical example, this volume is a brilliant summing up of the experience and thought of the man the Atlantic described in a cover story entitled "The Last Wise Man" as: "diplomat, scholar, writer of rare literary gifts, one of most remarkable Americans of this century."

Language: English

Subjects: Political Science

Keywords: Staat ; Politik ; Außenpolitik ; Politische Philosophie ; Internationale Politik ; Kommunismus ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung

Author information: Kennan, George Frost 1904-2005

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Format: xix, 273 pages ; , 24 cm.

Edition: First published

ISBN: 978-1-10717927-1 , 1-10717927-0 , 978-1-31663125-6 , 1-31663125-7

Content: "China has emerged as a member of the elite club of nations who are powerful at both global poles. Polar states are global giants, strong in military, scientific, and economic terms. The concept of a polar great power is relatively unknown in international relations studies; yet China, a rising power globally, is now widely using this term to categorize its aspirations and emphasize the significance of the polar regions to their national interests. China's focus on becoming a polar great power represents a fundamental re-orientation - a completely new way of imagining the world. China's push into these regions encompasses maritime and nuclear security, the frontlines of climate change research, and the possibility of a resources bonanza. As shown in this book, China's growing strength at the poles will be a game-changer for a number of strategic vulnerabilities that could shift the global balance of power in significant and unexpected ways"--

Content: "China as a Polar Great Power evolved from an initial request from my Antarctic colleagues at the University of Canterbury in 2006 to investigate why China was suddenly spending so much money on Antarctic affairs, to the present in-depth study of the place that the polar regions plays in China's global strategy"--

Note: Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Polar governance; 2. The Polar regions in China's national narrative; 3. China's geostrategic interests in the Polar regions; 4. The party-state-military-market nexus in China's Polar policymaking; 5. Evaluating China as a Polar power; 6. Cooperation or conflict? China's position on points of contention in the Polar regions; 7. From Polar great power to global power? Global governance implications of China's Polar interests; 8. The rise of a new great power

Language: English

Keywords: Internationale Politik ; Einführung

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Format: x, 288 Seiten.

ISBN: 978-0-82294-702-8

Series Statement: Russian and East European studies

Content: "The so-called Slovak question asked what place Slovaks held-or should have held-in the former state of Czechoslovakia. Formed in 1918 at the end of World War I from the remains of the Hungarian Empire, and reformed after ceasing to exist during World War II, the country would eventually split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia after the "Velvet Divorce" in 1993. In the meantime, the minority Slovaks often clashed with the majority Czechs over their role in the nation. The Slovak Question examines this debate from a transatlantic perspective. Explored through the relationship between Slovaks, Americans of Slovak heritage, and United States and Czechoslovakian policymakers, it shows how Slovak national activism in America helped the Slovaks establish a sense of independent identity and national political assertion after World War I. It also shows how Slovak American leaders influenced US policy by conceptualizing the United States and Slovakia as natural allies due to their connections through immigration. This process played a critical role in undermining attempts to establish a united Czechoslovakian identity and instead caused a divide between the two groups, which was exploited by Nazi Germany and then by other actors during the Cold War, and proved ultimately to be insurmountable"--

Note: Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Slovak Americans and the Czech and Slovak independence movements in World War I -- The transatlantic Slovak question during the founding of Czechoslovakia -- The interwar years and transatlantic Dialogue -- The United States and the diplomacy of the first Slovak Republic -- World War II and the Slovaks in America -- Postwar Czechoslovakia and the transatlantic Slovak question -- Slovak Americans in Czechoslovakia's Communist era -- Archival collections -- Notes -- Index

Language: English

Subjects: History

Keywords: Slowaken ; Unabhängigkeitsbewegung ; Internationale Politik ; History

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Format: XII, 727 S

ISBN: 9781604978766

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Sovereignty as an institution of international society , International institutions and state sovereignty : frozen in time or warming to change , Ecological sovereignty and Arctic politics , Canadian Arctic security : shifting challenges , U.S. Arctic policy : reproducing hegemony in a maritime region , Russia's Arctic policy : continuity and changes , Norway's high Arctic policy , Territory, security and sovereignty : the kingdom of Denmark's Arctic strategy , Sweden and Arctic policy : possibilities for new wine in old bottles? , Finland as an Arctic and European state : Finland's northern dimension (policy) , Iceland : a state within the Arctic , The Arctic and the European Union , The United Nations on Arctic issues , The future of the Arctic Council : navigating between sovereignty and security , International law and the Arctic : how territoriality, human rights and the environment can shape sovereignty , Arctic oil, Inuit resource governance and the Arctic Council , A work in progress : the United Kingdom and the Arctic region , Emerging interests of non-Arctic countries in the Arctic : China, Japan, South Korea and India , Sovereignty, security and international cooperation : significance of the Antarctic experience for the Arctic

Language: English

Keywords: Arktis ; Internationale Politik ; Aufsatzsammlung

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