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Ethnic Conflict and International Intervention: Crisis in Bosnia-Herzegovina, 1990-93
By Steven L. Burg, Paul S. Shoup. 2000
This book examines the historical, cultural and political dimensions of the crisis in Bosnia and the international efforts to resolve…
it. It provides a detailed analysis of international proposals to end the fighting, from the Vance-Owen plan to the Dayton Accord, with special attention to the national and international politics that shaped them. It analyzes the motivations and actions of the warring parties, neighbouring states and international actors including the United States, the United Nations, the European powers, and others involved in the war and the diplomacy surrounding it. With guides to sources and documentation, abundant tabular data and over 30 maps, this should be a definitive volume on the most vexing conflict of the post-Soviet period.Transit Crime and Sexual Violence in Cities: International Evidence and Prevention
By Vania Ceccato. 2020
How cities are planned and designed has a major impact on individuals’ mobility and safety. If individuals feel unsafe in…
public transportation or on the way to it, they may avoid certain routes or particular times of the day. This is problematic, since research has also found that, in some cities, especially those in the Global South, a large percentage of women are "transit captives". Namely, they have relatively less access to non-public forms of transportation and are, therefore, especially reliant on public transport. This issue is important not only because it affects people’s safety but also because it influences the long-term sustainability of a city. In a sustainable city, safety guarantees the ability to move freely for everyone and provides a wider sense of place attachment. Transit Crime and Sexual Violence in Cities examines the evidence of victimization in transit environments in countries around the world, exploring individuals’ feelings of perceived safety or lack thereof and the necessary improvements that can make transit safer and, hence, cities more sustainable. The book’s contributions are grounded in theories at the crossroads of several disciplines such as environmental criminology, architecture and design, urban planning, geography, psychology, gender and LGBTQI studies, transportation, and law enforcement. International case studies include Los Angeles, Vancouver, Stockholm, London, Paris, São Paulo, Mexico City, Bogotá, Tokyo, Guangzho, Melbourne, and Lagos, among others.Seeking to extend existing scholarship on gender and colonialism and on women and American religion, this cross-cultural study examines the…
work of American missionary women in South Asia at several levels. A primary concern of the study is to historicize the interventions of these women and situate them within the dual contexts of the sending society and the receiving culture. It focuses on missionaries Isabella Thoburn and Ida Scudder, who founded some of the premier women's colleges and hospitals in British colonial India. The book also draws upon the narratives and reminiscences of South Asian women, now in their seventies, who attended such institutions in the 1940s, and whose voices texture our understanding of American women's missionary work in "Other" cultures.Fully accessible to students and scholars alike, this engaging book introduces the constructivist approach to understanding world affairs. In a…
highly readable and witty way, it shows how people and their social relations are the basis for everything around us -- International Relations included.Parliaments in Asia: India, Pakistan And Bangladesh (Routledge Studies In South Asian Politics Ser.)
By Philip Norton, Nizam Ahmed. 2000
This is a description and assessment of Asian parliaments. It looks at the parliaments of India, Bangladesh, Korea, Japan, China,…
Mongolia and Nepal and assesses key variables that determine the impact of parliaments.The Evacuation from Dunkirk: 'Operation Dynamo', 26 May-June 1940 (Naval Staff Histories)
By W.J.R. Gardner. 2000
This is the Naval Staff History of "Operation Dynamo", originally published internally in 1949. British ships evacuated nearly 100,000 men…
of the BEF from the beaches, and over 200,000 from harbours. Other nations' vessels carried more than 30,000.Delegation and Accountability in European Integration: The Nordic Parliamentary Democracies and the European Union
By Torbjörn Bergman, Erik Damgaard. 2000
Analyzing the effects of the European Union on national decision-making and the chain of delegation and accountability, the authors look…
at Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Iceland and Norway. The analyses are based on principal-agent perspective.Politics and Post-Colonial Theory: African Inflections
By Pal Ahluwalia. 2000
This groundbreaking book makes sense of the complexities and dynamics of post-colonial politics, illustrating how post-colonial theory has marginalised a…
huge part of its constituency, namely Africa.Politics and Post-Colonial Theory traces how African identity has been constituted and reconstituted by examining issues such as:* negritude* the rise of nationalism* decolonisation.The book also questions how helpful post-colonial analysis can be in understanding the complexities which define institutions including:* the nation-state* civil society* human rights* citizenship.Politics and Post-colonial Theory bravely breaks down disciplinary boundaries. Its radical vision will be essential reading for all those engaged in Politics, post-colonial studies and African studies.Poland and the European Union (Europe and the Nation State #Vol. 15)
By Karl Cordell. 2000
This authoritative volume assesses how the recently democratised political system in Poland is adapting to the challenges posed by the…
country's desire to "rejoin Europe". Its excellent panel of highly respected Polish academics considers various issues not generally well-known to the English-speaking world, but of great importance in the light of Poland's impending entry into the European Union.Localization: A Global Manifesto
By Colin Hines. 2000
Localization is a manifesto to unite all those who recognize the importance of cultural, social and ecological diversity for our…
future - and who do not aspire to a monolithic global consumer culture. It is a passionate and persuasive polemic, challenging the claims that we have to be 'internationally competitive' to survive and describing the destructive consequences of globalization. This book is unique in going beyond simply criticizing free trade and globalization trends. It details self-reinforcing policies to create local self-sufficiency and shows clearly that there is an alternative to globalization - to protect the local, globally.This study of the impact of poverty alleviation programmes considers the state of research on evaluation including the social dimension…
and the methodology; illustrates the evolution of evaluation in the field of development co-operation; and shows successful and inadequate analyzing methods.Democracy, Citizenship and the Global City focuses on the controversial, neglected theme of citizenship. It examines the changing role of…
citizens; their rights, obligations and responsibilities as members of nation-states and the issue of accountability in a global society. Using this interdisciplinary approach, the book offers an innovative collection of work from Robert A. Beauregard, Anna Bounds, Janine Brodie, Richard Dagger, Gerard Delanty, Judith A. Garber, Robert J. Holton, Warren Magnusson, Raymond Rocco, Nikolas Rose, Evelyn S. Ruppert, Saskia Sassen, Bryan S. Turner, John Urry, Gerda R. Wekerle and Nira Yuval-Davis.New Public Management: An Introduction
By Jan-Erik Lane. 2000
New public management is a topical phrase to describe how management techniques from the private sector are now being applied…
to public services. This book provides a completely up-to-date overview of the main theoretical models of public sector management, and examines the key changes that have occurred as more and more public services are contracted out to private organisations, as the public sector itself grapples with 'internal markets'. Drawing on economics, organisational theory and poliltics, Jan-Erik Lane presents new public management from an analytical perspective. This book uses game theory and empirical studies in order to assess the pros and cons of new public management.The Face of the Earth: Environment and World History
By J. Donald Hughes. 2000
Although the organizing principle of virtually every world history text is "development", the editor of this volume maintains that this…
traditional approach fails to address the issue of sustainability. By adopting the ecological process as their major theme, the authors show how the process of human interaction with the natural environment unfolded in the past, and offer perspective on the ecological crises in our world at the beginning of the 21st century. Topics range from broad regional studies that examine important aspects of the global environment that affect nations, to a study of the widespread influence of one important individual on his nation and beyond. The authors take different approaches, but all share the conviction that world history must take ecological process seriously, and they all recognize the ways in which the living and non-living systems of the earth have influenced the course of human affairs.Asia in the Undergraduate Curriculum: A Case for Asian Studies in Liberal Arts Education
By Van Jay Symons, Suzanne Wilson Barnett. 2000
The contributors place the development of Asian studies programs in small colleges in historical context, make a compelling case for…
the inclusion of Asian studies in the liberal arts curriculum, and consider the challenges faced in developing and sustaining Asian studies programs and ways of meeting such challenges now and in the future.Napoleon and the World War of 1813: Lessons in Coalition Warfighting
By J. P. Riley. 2000
This analysis of the world war between Napoleon and the 6th coalition in 1813 covers operations in Europe, Spain and…
North America. It examines the differences between alliances and coalitions, comparing the long-term international relationships in alliances and the short-term union of coalitions.Preventive Diplomacy: Stopping Wars Before They Start
By Kevin M. Cahill. 2000
The suppression of war has been the primary objective of the United Nations for almost fifty years, and stopping a…
war before it starts is easier than ending a war already underway. History, however, has shown that military interventions and economic sanctions often do more harm than good. In Preventive Diplomacy, Nobel prize winners, top officials, and revered thinkers tackle these issues and explore the process of conflict prevention from humanitarian, economic, and political perspectives. This cross-disciplinary reader on global politics demonstrates that when new insights and methodologies on public health are applied to the handling of international disasters, the change in policy perspective is intriguing--even hopeful.Reforming the Constitution: Debates in Twentieth-Century Britain (British Politics and Society #No. 3)
By Wolfram Kaiser, Peter Catterall, Ulrike Walton-Jordan. 2000
This collection takes as its subject how and why the British constitution developed during the course of the 20th century.…
In chapters that analyse in detail the evolution of various aspects of the constitution, this work explores debates about how the constitution ought to operate and the political goods it ought to secure among politicians, jurists and academics. In addition, it looks at the influence of political parties, nationalism, social and economic change, European integration, and the contests in over particular reforms in Parliament, courts, media and on the hustings.This assessment of the performance of the southern soldiers in the American Civil War of 1861 deals with every aspect…
of an army from its senior officer to the lowliest private, following every process as the soldier tried to adapt to military life, train, and overcome the enemy.