Politics

Emphasizing the opportunities for creating a less vulnerable, more secureworld, this book addresses a broad range of needed reforms, including thoserelated to governance, economics, ethics, and education. With easy-to-readcharts and tables, this volume presents a view of our changing world that we,a... More

This book outlines the concept of collective bargaining as it has developed in many industrial countries. It does not restrict itself to the development and present status of collective bargaining in the industrialised market economies alone, but analyses its development and practice in Indian indus... More

The book puts thetumultuous 1960s into a truly international perspective in the first study toexamine the connections between great power diplomacy and global social protest.In the early part of thedecade, Cold War pressures simultaneously inspired activists and constrainedleaders; within a few year... More

When A.P.J. Abdul Kalam wrote "India 2020: A Vision for the New Millennium" with Y.S. Rajan in 1998, little did they expect the magnitude of the response they would get. The idea that India could actually be a developed nation in a short time rather than remain condemned to a subsistence diet of mar... More

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andltp>Individuals can make a difference working for peace worldwide. That is the message of People Building Peace II,an inspiring collection of stories of how ordinary men and women have played a crucial part in conflict prevention and peacebuilding.Thematic chapters,illustrated with compelling cas... More

Has the far-reaching experiment in creating a new world order along neoliberal lines succeeded? John Rapley answers with an emphatic no, contending that the rosy picture painted by neoliberal proponents of globalization was based on false assumptions. True, Rapley acknowledges, neoliberal reforms of... More

Mohawk haircuts in Bali. In Guangzhou – in the New China – a buffeteria serving dishes called ‘Yes, Sir, Cheese My Baby’, ‘A Legitimate Beef’, and ‘Ike and Tuna Turner’. In Japan, a madder-than-ever baseball madness (favourite team: Yomiuri Giants), while the Japanese enact their own... More

The search for durable peace in lands torn by ethno-national conflict is among the most urgent issues of international politics. Looking closely at five flashpoints of regional crisis, Sumantra Bose asks the questions upon which our global future may depend: how can peace be made, and kept, between ... More

Why is the World Bank so successful? How has it gained power even at moments in history when it seemed likely to fall? This pathbreaking book is the first close examination of the inner workings of the Bank, the foundations of its achievements, its propensity for intensifying the problems it intends... More

Faust and Kornberg's book is a welcome addition to a field crowded by much more narrow and less balanced works.... provides an accessible guide to negotiating the difficult terrain of Chinese foreign policy.Randy Kluver,China Information... More

Since the assassination of Rafik Hariri in early 2005, Lebanese politics has been plunged into a new era. Will Syrian withdrawal send the country back into civil war? How will the seismic political shifts underway affect the stability of the region? At the center of the turmoil stands one player tha... More

Recognizing that millions of people in the less-developed countries continue to go hungry while there is more than enough food in the world to feed them, the authors of The World Food Problem tackle the question of why-and what can be done about it. Entirely new to the third edition are chapters on ... More

Realist assumptions of security studies increasingly have been challenged by an approach that places the human being, rather than the state, at the center of security concerns. This text is an indispensable statement of the ideas of this critical security project, written by some of its leading expo... More

This text introduces the concepts of information warfare from a non-military, organizational perspective. It is designed to stimulate managers to develop policies, strategies, and tactics for the aggressive use and defence of their data and knowledge base. The book covers the full gambit of informat... More

* An enormous contribution to the understanding of climate negotiations - the most complex and challenging international regime to date* Explains how governments need to organize ever more demanding multilateral negotiations successfully* Essential reading for those involved in climate negotiations ... More