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  • 1
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    Corrupt Britain : Public Ethics in Practice and Thought Since the Magna Carta (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783031369346
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XV, 227 p)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology
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    DDC: 306
    Keywords: Political and Economic Anthropology ; History of Britain and Ireland ; Political Sociology ; Sociocultural Anthropology ; Governance and Government ; Political anthropology ; Economic anthropology ; Great Britain / History ; Political sociology ; Ethnology ; Political science
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-36934-6
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    Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Covid-19 and the Caribbean, Volume 1 : The State, Economy and Health (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783031308895
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XLIV, 567 p)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023
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    DDC: 306.461
    Keywords: Health, Medicine and Society ; Latin American/Caribbean Economics ; Governance and Government ; Political Sociology ; Social medicine ; Latin America / Economic conditions ; Political science ; Political sociology
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-30889-5
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    A Relational Approach to Governing Wicked Problems : From Governance Failure to Failure Governance (2023)
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    ISBN: 9783031240348
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XV, 390 p. 11 illus., 3 illus. in color)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in Relational Sociology
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    DDC: 301.01
    Keywords: Sociological Theory ; Political Sociology ; Governance and Government ; Political Theory ; Sociology ; Political sociology ; Political science
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-24034-8
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    NATO, Climate Change, and International Security : A Risk Governance Approach (2019)
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    ISBN: 9783030145606
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (VI, 263 p. 1 illus)
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    Keywords: Environmental Sociology ; Environmental sociology ; Environmental policy ; International relations ; Political science
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Literature Review -- Chapter 3: Taking Stock of the Situation: NATO -- Chapter 4: Methodology & Context -- Chapter 5: A Risk Governance Case Study -- Chapter 6: Major Findings
    Abstract: This book offers a prospective analysis of the anticipated security consequences of climate change in relation to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Using climate and security literature to complement recent foresight and scenario analysis developed by NATO, the author applies the International Risk Governance Council’s (IRGC) Risk Governance Framework to identify the considerations and actions that could assist NATO in a context where climate and environmental factors more intensively shape security. Tyler Lippert explores how climate change has the potential to increase the need for humanitarian assistance and disaster response, to create tension over shared resources, to renew and enhance geo-political interest in the Arctic, and to deepen concern with respect to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Within this new political and environmental reality, NATO must consider how to adapt to meet new demands, prepare for new security challenges, as well as manage unforeseen consequences. Offering a corrective, this book identifies near-term actions for NATO to improve its risk governance posture, providing a basis upon which longer-range policy considerations can be developed. This analysis is only the opening salvo of what is likely to be a complicated process that spans many years, if not decades. However, in mapping the risk governance dimensions to the security and climate nexus from the perspective of NATO, Lippert provides a foundation for risk-based policy planning for NATO. The book will be of immense value to policy and decision makers: NATO leadership and its affiliated organizations as well as to academics across a broad span of subject areas, particularly environmental sociology, defense and foreign policy, and the political sciences. Tyler H. Lippert earned a Ph.D. from the RAND Graduate School in Santa Monica, California, USA where he conducted policy research and analysis for RAND Corporation. He also holds a J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law, USA. Tyler served as the Editor in Chief of the Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business, and served in a variety of roles throughout Africa, the Middle East, and Europe, and on multiple occasions with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
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    Comparative Kurdish politics in the Middle East : actors, ideas, and interests (2018)
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    ISBN: 9783319537146 , 9783319537153
    Language: English
    Pages: xviii, 235 Seiten , 23.5 cm x 15.5 cm, 0 g
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Tugdar, Emel Elif Comparative Kurdish Politics in the Middle East : Actors, Ideas, and Interests
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Comparative Kurdish Politics in the Middle East
    Keywords: Kurds--Middle East--Politics and government ; Political science ; Middle East History ; Middle East Politics and government ; Peace ; Kurds ; Kurds Politics and government ; Kurds Politics and government ; Kurds--Middle East--Politics and government ; Political science ; Middle East History ; Middle East Politics and government ; Peace ; Kurds Middle East ; Kurds Politics and government ; Middle East ; Kurds Politics and government ; Kurden ; Nationenbildung ; Selbstbestimmungsrecht ; Völkerrecht ; Nationalismus ; Gruppenidentität ; Middle East Politics and government ; Middle East Politics and government ; Kurdistan ; Kurdistan-Irak ; Kurden ; Kurdistan ; Naher Osten ; Vergleichende politische Wissenschaft ; Ethnische Gruppe ; Nation ; Führung ; Ideologie ; Interesse ; Konflikt ; Vergleichende Regierungslehre ; Perspektive ; Iran ; Irak ; Irak ; Türkei ; Syrien ; Geschichte ; Systemvergleich ; Internationale Politik
    Abstract: 1. Iraqi Kurdistan’s Statehood Aspirations and Non-Kurdish Actors: The Case of Turkomans -- 2. Iraqi Kurdistan’s Statehood Aspirations and Non-Kurdish Actors: The Case of Turkomans -- 3. Human Security versus National Security and the Function of Nationalism as ‘Security-Provider’: An Analysis of the Kurds and the Turkish State -- 4. Ideological Distance, Nationalist Projects, and Kurdish Extra- and Cross-Communal Relations -- 5. Statehood, autonomy or unitary coexistence? A comparative analysis of how Kurdish groups approach the idea of self-determination -- Part III: Interests -- 6. Ethnic Capital Across Borders and Regional Development: A Comparative Analysis of Kurds in the Middle East -- 7. In Search of Tomorrow: Speculation, Futures, and Capitalism in Iraqi Kurdistan -- 8. Explaining Variation in Political Gains: The Case of Iranian Kurdistan -- Conclusion
    Abstract: This edited volume introduces the political, social and economic intra-Kurdish dynamics in the Middle East by comparatively analyzing the main actors, their ideas, and political interests. As an ethnic group and a nation in the making, Kurds are not homogeneous and united but rather the Kurdish Middle East is home to various competing political groups, leaderships, ideologies, and interests. Although many existing studies focus on the Kurds and their relations with the nation-states that they populate, few studies analyze the Kurdish Middle East within its own debates, conflicts and interests from a comparative perspective across Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and Syria. This book analyzes the intra-Kurdish dynamics with historically-grounded, theoretically-informed, and conceptually-relevant scholarship that prioritizes comparative politics over international relations. Emel Elif Tugdar is Assistant Professor and Chair of the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Kurdistan Hewler in Erbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Her research agenda includes ethno-politics, human rights, politics of gender with a major focus on Middle East, specifically Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan.Serhun Al is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Izmir University of Economics, Turkey. His research interests include politics of identity, ethnic conflict, security studies and social movements. His recent publications have appeared in journals such as Ethnopolitics, Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, Nationalities Papers, Globalizations, Journal of International Relations and Development, and Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies.
    Note: Iraqi Kurdistan's statehood aspirations and non-Kurdish actors: the case of the Turkomans , Conclusion , 2. Kurdish political parties in Syria: past struggles and future expectations , 3. Human security versus national security: Kurds, Turkey and Syrian Rojava , 4. Kurdish nationalist organizations, neighboring states, and "ideological distance" , 5. Statehood, autonomy, or unitary coexistence? A comparative analysis of how Kurdish groups approach the idea of self-determination , 6. Islam and the Kurdish peace process in Turkey (2013-2015) , 7. Ethnic capital across borders and regional development: a comparative analysis of Kurds in Iraq and Turkey , 8. In search of futures: uncertain neoliberal times, speculations, and the economic crisis in Iraqi Kurdistan , 9. The stateless and why some gain and others not: the case of Iranian Kurdistan , 1. Iraqi Kurdistan's statehood aspirations and non-Kurdish actors: the case of the Turkomans
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    International Policy Diffusion and Participatory Budgeting : Ambassadors of Participation, International Institutions and Transnational Networks (2017)
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    ISBN: 9783319433370
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XXI, 269 p. 8 illus, online resource)
    Series Statement: Urban Politics in a Global Society
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Keywords: Political science ; Comparative politics ; Public policy ; Africa Politics and government ; Latin America Politics and government ; International organization ; Globalization ; Political Science and International Relations
    Abstract: ‘This is a pioneering study. It raises the big questions of how ideas of democratic participation spread, and why they “stick” or do not. We don’t have anything comparable in the field of local government, urban planning or comparative politics to rival the spread of Participatory Budgeting. The trend in urban studies internationally is to move from localized case studies to comparative studies involving different cities, but this research goes further with both comparative case studies in several continents, and the description and analysis of a general process of diffusion.’ - Richard Stren, Emeritus Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto, Canada ‘Drawing on rich sources of data and extensive field work, Osmany Porto de Oliveira goes beyond simplistic analysis and opens up the black box of the “globalization” of Participatory Budgeting. Theorising the role of the “ambassadors of participation” in a completely unprecedented way, the book forges new analytical inroads to explore pubic policies that travel around the world. This book will undoubtedly become an extremely important reference to understand today’s world and its constant circulation of ideas and practices.’ - Gianpaolo Baiocchi, Associate Professor of Sociology, New York University, USA ‘The case discussed in this book shows that Brazil has become, to the surprise and disdain of many and pride of others, not only an importer of innovations developed abroad, but also an active and prestigious exporter of experiences originally Made in Brazil.’ - Carlos A. Pimenta de Faria, Professor of International Relations, PUC-MG University, Brazil This book explores the international diffusion of Participatory Budgeting (PB), a local policy created in 1989 in Porto Alegre, Brazil, which has now spread worldwide. The book argues that the action of a group of individuals called “Ambassadors of Participation” was crucial to make PB part of the international agenda. This international dimension has been largely overlooked in the vast literature produced on participatory democracy devices. The book combines public policy analysis and the study of international relations, and makes a broad comparative study of PB, including cases from Latin America, Europe, and Sub-Saharan Africa. The book also presents a new methodology developed to examine PB diffusion, the “transnational political ethnography”, which combines in-depth interviews, participant observation and do ...
    Abstract: Part One. Dynamics -- Chapter 1. Accessing international policy diffusion -- Chapter 2. The dynamics of the process of diffusion: Institutions, individuals and mechanisms -- Part Two: The Process -- Chapter 3. Ambassadors of participation: the internationalisation of PB -- Chapter 4. Promoting Transnational Connections: The Networks of Participatory Democracy -- Chapter 5. The Cascade: From the Tipping Point to Mass Diffusion -- Part Three. Effects -- Chapter 6. Mosaics of participation: Participatory Budgeting in Andean America and transfers on a national scale -- Chapter 7. Sowing democratic seeds in the Desert: The Diffusion of PB in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Chapter 8. Conclusions and implications -- Epilogue. The arrival in North America
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    British Public Diplomacy and Soft Power : Diplomatic Influence and the Digital Revolution (2016)
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    ISBN: 9783319432403
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XV, 247 p. 10 illus, online resource)
    Series Statement: Studies in Diplomacy and International Relations
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Pamment, James British public diplomacy and soft power
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    Keywords: British Council ; Political science ; Political Science and International Relations ; Humanities Digital libraries ; World politics ; Great Britain Politics and government ; Diplomacy ; Auswärtige Kulturpolitik ; Public Diplomacy ; Soft Power ; Konzeption ; Wandel ; Entwicklungsphase ; Ziel ; Grundsatzprogramm ; Einrichtung ; Organisation ; Medienpolitik ; Öffentlichkeit ; Internet ; Social Media ; Großbritannien
    Abstract: This volume outlines two decades of reforms at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO), British Council and BBC World Service - the so-called Public Diplomacy Partners. Between 1995 and 2015, the FCO and its partner organisations in promoting British influence abroad have introduced major changes to how, where and with whom diplomacy is conducted. This unique study links major organisational reforms to the changing political, technological and intellectual contexts of the day. Through detailed case studies over a 20-year period, this study demonstrates how and why British diplomacy evolved from a secretive institution to one understanding its purpose as a global thought leader through concepts such as public diplomacy, digital diplomacy and soft power. It is rich with unpublished documents and case studies, and is the most detailed study of the FCO and British Council in the contemporary period. From Cool Britannia to the recent GREAT campaign via the 2012 Olympics and diplomats on Twitter, this book charts the theory and practice behind a 21st century revolution in British diplomacy. This work will be of much interest to policymakers and advisors, students and researchers, and foreign policy and communication specialists
    Abstract: Introduction: Diplomacy Re-imagined -- 1. Identity -- 2. Influence -- 3. Engagement -- 4. Strategic Campaigns -- 5. Targeted National Promotion -- 6. Soft Power -- 7. Discussion
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-43240-3
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    Social Emergence in International Relations : Institutional Dynamics in East Asia (2016)
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    ISBN: 9783319335513
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XI, 294 p. 1 illus, online resource)
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    Keywords: Political science ; Political Science and International Relations ; Asia Politics and government ; Regionalism ; Ostasien ; Emergenz
    Abstract: This book presents a conceptualization of social emergence in international relations as a novel angle to analyse institutional dynamics in East Asia, introducing the concept of emergence from a critical realist perspective. The author examines East Asia’s characteristic mesh work of regional institutions that affect integrative processes and regional policies, exploring how such institutions emerge and acquire their own nature and why this pattern persists over time, an unresolved and contested subject in the field of International Relations. This book suggests that regional institutions are emergent entities of the international system that arise as forms of self-organization by states to achieve certain emergent properties and powers. The author’s approach sheds light on the particular emergent properties and powers of regional institutions and identifies discourse as a key mechanism of social emergence. Besides engaging in relevant questions of the philosophy of science and its methodological implications for studying social emergence in world politics, the book also analyses the concrete case of two East Asian regional institutions: ASEAN Plus Three and the East Asia Summit. This book will engage scholars and postgraduate students of Asian Studies and International Relations. Maren Wagner is a Research Fellow at the German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) and is Coordinator of GIGA's Doctoral Programme. She completed her PhD in political science at the University of Hamburg, Germany, and worked as an Assistant Lecturer at the University of Kiel, Germany
    Abstract: Part I -- 1. The issue of institutional emergence in East Asia: an introduction -- 2. A critical realist approach to the study of world politics -- 3. Emergence and complexity in the international system: developing a social ontology of international relations -- 4. Emergence and the complexity of social practices: the role of discourse in social emergence -- Part II -- 5. The case of institutional emergence in East Asia: analyzing regional institutions as emergent entities - a critical realist informed critical discourse analysis -- 6. Examining the role of discourse in institutional emergence in East Asia using the example of ASEAN Plus Three and the East Asia Summit -- 7. The relevance of emergence in world politics: conclusion and outlook
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-33551-3
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    Colonization, Proselytization, and Identity : The Nagas and Westernization in Northeast India (2016)
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    ISBN: 9783319439341
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (VII, 137 p, online resource)
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    Keywords: Political science ; Religion and culture ; Political Science and International Relations ; Ethnology Asia ; Imperialism ; Asia Politics and government ; Globalization ; Ethnicity ; Culture.
    Abstract: This book examines the formation of identity of the Nagas in northeast India in light of the colonization and proselytization by the British in their search for control over areas inhabited by the Nagas which were perfect for tea plantations. The author explores the westernization of Naga culture, its effect on the Naga Nationalist movement, and how it has led to the formation of modern Naga identity. As a unique indigenous group, the colonization of the Naga people offers fresh insights into our understanding of the processes and effects of colonization in India, as well as its long-term negative effects, particularly with regards to the preservation of traditional beliefs and customs. Tezenlo Thong (PhD in Religious and Theological Studies) is a researcher and writer, interested in Indigenous Peoples’ cultural and religious traditions, colonization, proselytization, and colonial/postcolonial studies. He is the author ofProgress and Its Impact on the Nagas: A Clash of Worldviews
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Colonial Tea Plantations and "the Incorrigible Savages" -- 3. Proselytization and Raising "the Savage to a Higher Level" -- 4. The Westernization of Naga Culture -- 5. The Formation of Modern Naga Identity -- 6. The Naga Identity and Naga Nationalism -- 7. Conclusion
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-43934-1
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    How Ireland Voted 2016 : The Election that Nobody Won (2016)
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    ISBN: 9783319408897
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (LII, 327 p. 17 illus., 13 illus. in color, online resource)
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg. How Ireland voted 2016
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    Keywords: Political science ; Political Science and International Relations ; Democracy ; Elections ; Europe Politics and government ; Ireland ; Oireachtas ; Dáil ; Elections, 2007 ; Elections ; Ireland ; Ireland ; Politics and government ; 1949- ; Irland ; Wahlverhalten ; Geschichte 2011
    Abstract: This book is the definitive analysis of the 2016 Irish general election and is the eighth book in the well-established How Ireland Voted series. The 2011 election in Ireland was characterised as an earthquake, but the aftershocks visible in the 2016 election were equally dramatic. This election saw the rout of the government that had presided over a remarkable economic recovery, and marked a new low for the strength of the traditional party system, as smaller parties and independents attracted almost half of all votes. The first chapter sets the context, and later ones investigate the extent to which the outgoing government fulfilled its 2011 pledges, and how candidates were selected. The success or otherwise of campaign strategies is assessed, the results and the behaviour of voters are analysed, and the aftermath, when it took a record length of time to form a government, is explored. Other chapters examine the consequence of new gender quotas for candidate selection, consider the reasons for the unusual success of independents, and reflect on the implications. The book also reveals intriguing insights into the candidates’ experiences of the election, both successful and unsuccessful. It will be of use to students, teachers and scholars of Irish politics, as well as the wider reader interested in Irish politics and elections
    Abstract: Chapter 1. The Background to the Election -- Chapter 2. The Selection of Candidates -- Chapter 3. Campaign Strategies and Political Marketing -- Chapter 4. The View from the Campaign Trail -- Chapter 5. The Election results and the New Dáil -- Chapter 6. How the Voters Decided -- Chapter 7. Women and the Election -- Chapter 8. The Seanad Election -- Chapter 9. The Formation of the Government -- Chapter 10. Implications for the Irish Party System
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-40889-7
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    Rousseau’s Rejuvenation of Political Philosophy : A New Introduction (2016)
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    ISBN: 9783319413907
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XV, 282 p, online resource)
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    Keywords: Political science ; Political Science and International Relations ; Political theory ; Democracy ; Philosophy, Ancient ; Modern philosophy ; Political philosophy ; Rousseau, Jean-Jacques 1712-1778 ; Politische Philosophie
    Abstract: This book reads Jean-Jacques Rousseau with a view toward deepening our understanding of many political issues alive today, including the place of women in society, the viability of traditional family structures, the role of religion and religious freedom in nations that are becoming ever more secular, and the proper conduct of American constitutional government. Rousseau has been among the most influential modern philosophers, and among the most misunderstood. The first great philosophic critic of the Enlightenment, he sought to revive political philosophy as it was practiced by Plato, and to make it useful in the modern world. His understanding of politics rests on deep and often prescient reflections about the nature of the human soul and the relationship between our animal origins and the achievements of civilization. This book demonstrates that the implications Rousseau drew from those reflections continue to deserve serious attention
    Abstract: Introduction -- Philosophic Anthropology in the Discourse on Inequality -- The Evolution of Humanity in Language: Discourse on Inequality and Essay on the Origin of Languages -- Greatness of Soul and the Souls of Women: Rousseau’s Use of Plato’s Laws in the Letter to D’Alembert -- Nature and Marriage: Emile or On Education -- Political Legitimacy, Direct Democracy, and American Politics
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-41390-7
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    Commercializing Cosmopolitan Security : Safeguarding the Responsibility to Protect (2016)
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    ISBN: 9783319333762
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XIX, 270 p. 2 illus. in color, online resource)
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    Keywords: Political science ; Political Science and International Relations ; Globalization ; Peace ; Politics and war ; International humanitarian law
    Abstract: This book analyses two key topics within international politics: the responsibility to protect (R2P) and the commercialization and privatization of security. In a world of ungoverned spaces, state failure and erupting humanitarian crises, the international community is increasingly called upon to exercise its responsibility to protect communities under threat. Here, Krieg explains the civil-military dynamics behind the state’s failure to effectively intervene in humanitarian crises overseas using its serviceman. The central question that follows is: would the private military contractor be a better alternative agent of the state in humanitarian intervention? This book demonstrates that given his professional identity and role towards client state and public, the contractor can be employed effectively in humanitarian intervention to generate more ethical outcomes. This volume is essential reading for researchers and post-graduate students of R2P, International Security Studies and privatization, as well as Peace and Conflict studies and International Relations more broadly
    Abstract: Chapter 1: The Nature of Civil-Military & Civil-Contractor Relations -- Chapter 2: Understanding the Changing Nature of Conflict against the backdrop of Globalization -- Chapter 3: Considering the Argument for the Cosmopolitan Responsibility to Protect -- Chapter 4: Ethical Conduct in Humanitarian Intervention -- Chapter 5: Civil-Military Constraints on Strategic and Operational Decision-Making in Humanitarian Intervention -- Chapter 6: The Soldier as a Cosmopolitan Security Provider -- Chapter 7: The Strategic Decision of Employing the Contractor in Humanitarian Intervention -- Chapter 8: The PMC's Corporate Decision-Making in Humanitarian Intervention -- Chapter 9: The Moral Worth of the Contractor as a Cosmopolitan Agent
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-33376-2
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    Michael Oakeshott's Political Philosophy of International Relations : Civil Association and International Society (2016)
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    ISBN: 9783319387857
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XI, 174 p, online resource)
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    Keywords: Political science ; Political Science and International Relations ; Political theory ; Diplomacy ; Political philosophy
    Abstract: This book argues that Michael Oakeshott’s political philosophy contributes to current debates in normative international theory and international political theory on the historical, social, and moral dimension of international society. Davide Orsi contends that the theory of civil association may be the ground for an understanding of international society as a rule-based form of moral association constituted by customary international law. The book also considers the role of evolving practices of morality in debates on international justice. Orsi grounds this work on a study of Oakeshott’s philosophical arguments and compares the Oakeshottian perspective to recent constructivist literature in International Relations
    Abstract: Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Experience and Political Philosophy -- Chapter 2. Philosophy and International Theory -- Chapter 3. Moral Practices and Normative Reasoning -- Chapter 4. Civil Association and International Order -- Chapter 5. Realism, Universalism, and Evolving Morality -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-38785-7
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    Improvised Explosive Devices : The Paradigmatic Weapon of New Wars (2016)
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    ISBN: 9783319338347
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XVIII, 134 p, online resource)
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    Keywords: Political science ; Political Science and International Relations ; Comparative politics ; Peace ; Politics and war ; Terrorism ; Political violence ; System safety
    Abstract: This book begins with an account of the evolution of improvised explosive devices using a number of micro case studies to explore how and why actors have initiated IED campaigns; how new and old technologies and expertise have been exploited and how ethical barriers to IED development and deployment have been dealt with. It proceeds to bring the evidence from the case studies together to identify themes and trends in IED development, before looking at what can realistically be done to mitigate the threat of IEDs in the new wars of the twenty first century. The book suggests that the advance and availability of a combination of technological factors, in conjunction with changes in the nature of contemporary conflicts, have led to the emergence of IEDs as the paradigmatic weapons of new wars. However their prevalence in contemporary and future conflicts is not inevitable, but rather depends on the willingness of multiple sets of actors at different levels to build a web of preventative measures to mitigate - if not eradicate - IED development and deployment. James Revill is Research Fellow with the Harvard Sussex Program, SPRU, University of Sussex, UK. Revill has worked as a consultant to the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research and completed research fellowships with the Landau Network Centro Volta in Italy and the Bradford Disarmament Research Centre in the UK. Revill’s research interests focus on interplay between science and security
    Abstract: Introduction -- Chapter 1. From the Gunpowder Revolution to Dynamite Terrorism -- Chapter 2. Dynamite Terrorism and the Fin de siècle -- Chapter 3. IEDs in the Twentieth Century -- Chapter 4. IEDs in ‘New Wars’ -- Chapter 5. The Diffusion and Adoption of IED technology -- Chapter 6. Strategic Governance of IEDs -- Conclusions.IED Futures from past
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-33834-7
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    Modes of Politicization in the Irish Civil Service : Ministers and the Politico-Administrative Relationship in Ireland (2016)
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    ISBN: 9783319332826
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XIII, 144 p, online resource)
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    Keywords: Political science ; Political Science and International Relations ; Comparative politics ; Democracy ; Public policy ; Europe Politics and government ; Public administration
    Abstract: This book presents a study of the relationship between Cabinet-level Ministers and top civil servants in Ireland. The nature of this relationship can potentially have far-reaching effects on people’s lives as it can influence the type of public policy agreed at top levels of government. A total of sixteen interviews were carried out for the research, eight with retired Cabinet-level Ministers and eight with retired Secretaries General of Irish government departments. Anonymity, not just for the participants but also for the government departments in which they had served, was vital to the success of the research. Also vital was the fact that only retirees were interviewed as this removed the fear for participants that their careers might suffer if they spoke too frankly. The result is a collection of interviews containing frank and open views on the relationship between Ministers and their officials and on how this relationship influences public policy development. Aodhán Mac Cormaic was born in Dublin and is a graduate of the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK, and Dublin City University, Ireland. He was awarded a Doctorate in Governance by Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 2015. He has worked for almost 30 years in the Irish civil service, for most of that time in the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Aodhán has worked closely with numerous Government Ministers, including Éamon Ó Cuív and Síle De Valera, both grandchildren of Éamon De Valera. He also worked for a time with President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, during his term as Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Interviewing Elites - Key Questions for Research design -- Chapter 3. Theoretical Perspectives and Politicization in Other Jurisdictions -- Chapter 4. The Politico-Administrative Relationship in Ireland -- Chapter 5. A Common View but Conflicting Evidence -- Chapter 6. The Irish Case from a Theoretical Perspective -- Chapter 7. Conclusion
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-33282-6
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    Land, Labour and Livelihoods : Indian Women's Perspectives (2016)
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    ISBN: 9783319408651
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XVII, 352 p, online resource)
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    Keywords: Political science ; Sex (Psychology) ; Gender expression ; Gender identity ; Political Science and International Relations ; Asia Politics and government ; Sociology ; Economic development ; Social change
    Abstract: This book brings together a unique collection of theoretical and empirical analyses of women’s access to land, labour and livelihoods in contemporary India. The authors recognize that gender relations must be viewed intersectionally, along with other social relationships such as caste, ethnicity, religion, sexuality and age, in order to inform an integrated analysis of women’s persistent disadvantage in India. The chapters examine a diverse range of rural and urban livelihoods within sectors such as tea plantations, nursing, hair salons, sex work and waste collection. Documenting the shifts in these sectors in the context of economic liberalization, the authors offer insights on the challenges of development interventions as women negotiate shifts in their livelihood options. Written to engage, the contributions to this book will be of interest both to the general reader and to academics and practitioners in development and gender/women’s studies
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Against the grain: Indian women negotiate land, labour and livelihoods in the new millennium; Bina Fernandez, Orlanda Ruthven and Meena Gopal -- Section I. Owning Land, Disowning Women -- Chapter 2. Tribal women organising for land rights in Dahod and Panchmahaals, Gujarat; Sita Mamidipudi and Sejal Dand -- Chapter 3. Securing land rights for women: government land allocation in Odisha; Sonali Mohapatra -- Chapter 4. Deserted and widowed women’s struggle for land and livelihood: a case from Maharashtra; Sneha Bhat -- Chapter 5. Claiming space, claiming rights: Inheritance and land rights for Muslim women in Uttar Pradesh, India; Niti Saxena and Soma K. Parthasarathy -- Section II. Marginalised and stigmatised labour -- Chapter 6. Female labour in tea plantations: Labour process and labour control; Ashmita Sharma -- Chapter 7. Sex work as livelihood: Women, men, and transgender sex workers in Karnataka; Shubha Chacko, Subadra Panchanadeswaran, Gowri Vijayakumar -- Chapter 8. Nhavi women in Pune city: renegotiating new opportunities for livelihood; Archana Zende -- Section III. Education, mobility and skills -- Chapter 9. Karma and the myth of the new Indian Super Woman: Missing women in the Indian Workforce; Bhavani Arabandi -- Chapter 10. “Here, we are addicted to loitering”: exploring narratives of work and mobility among migrant women in Delhi; Sonal Sharma and Eesha Kunduri -- Chapter 11. All aboard the Job Train: Government-funded training and recruitment in India’s apparel industry; Orlanda Ruthven -- Chapter 12: Care (un)skilled: fragmented labour markets in nursing, contemporary Kolkata; Panchali Ray -- Section IV - Collective strategies -- Chapter 13: Making waste matter: Re-imagining urban renewal and advocating for waste-pickers’ right to a dignified livelihood; Sohnee Harshey and Pratibha Sharma -- Chapter 14: Self-Employment, waged or unpaid work: influences on the choices of poor women; Dimple Tresa Abraham -- Chapter 15: Renegotiating patriarchal bargains? Rural women's collective livelihood initiatives in India; Bina Fernandez
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-40865-1
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    The Reagan Manifesto : “A Time for Choosing” and its Influence (2016)
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    ISBN: 9783319399874
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (X, 178 p, online resource)
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    Keywords: Political science ; Political Science and International Relations ; Political communication ; Public policy ; World politics ; United States Politics and government ; International relations
    Abstract: This book examines how Ronald Reagan’s electrifying 1964 televised speech, “A Time For Choosing,” ignited the conservative movement within the GOP. Ronald Reagan’s televised speech, or what many conservatives today simply call “The Speech,” was a call for action, telling Americans that now was “A Time for Choosing.” “The Speech” catapulted Reagan into national politics, the California governorship, and ultimately the presidency. The themes of the speech, including anti-Communism, strong national defense, and the need to protect the average American from taxes and bureaucracy, ignited the conservative movement in the GOP, resulting over time in the sidelining of the more liberal, establishment wing of the Republican Party. The contributors in this edited volume show how Ronald Reagan’s “coming out” speech on the national stage helped set the political agenda for the next three decades
    Abstract: Introduction: “A Time for Choosing:” The Speech’s Influence from 1964 to 2014 -- The Intellectual Roots of Reagan’s Foreign Policy -- Ronald Reagan’s Continuing Legacy in European Policy Debates -- “The Speech:” Reagan, the Russians, and the Bomb -- Preserving America’s Written Constitution: Reagan's Defense of Ordered Liberty -- American Exceptionalism and the Reagan Doctrine: The Belief that Won the Cold War -- The Speech and Domestic Policy: Reagan’s Liberal Anti-Socialism -- Ideas that Travel: Coolidge, Reagan, and Conservative Economic Policy -- Ronald Reagan’s “A Time for Choosing:” A Christian Realist Reading
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-39987-4
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    Fighting Over Peace : Spoilers, Peace Agreements, and the Strategic Use of Violence (2016)
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    ISBN: 9783319401027
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XVII, 190 p. 6 illus. in color, online resource)
    Series Statement: Rethinking Political Violence
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    Keywords: Political science ; Political Science and International Relations ; Diplomacy ; Peace
    Abstract: This book presents post-peace agreement violence as a serious, yet predictable and manageable, political phenomenon. Negotiating an end to a civil war is extremely difficult, and many signed peace agreements subsequently unravel, ushering in renewed conflict. In response, important international actors have become increasingly involved in conflict mediation, peacekeeping, and post-conflict reconstruction around the globe. Policymakers and scholars alike have identified spoilers-violent actors who often rise up and attempt to challenge or derail the peace process-as one of the greatest threats to peace. Using a mixed-method approach combining quantitative and qualitative analyses of a newly created, global dataset of spoiling, Reiter demonstrates that this type of violence occurs in predictable circumstances and only represents a threat to peace under specific conditions. The book also shows that spoiling often serves to bring agreement flaws and implementation failures to light and in turn forces actors to recommit to an accord, thereby strengthening peace in the long term
    Abstract: 1. Introduction: When Peace Begets Violence -- 2. Who Spoils and Why? -- 3. Where Spoiling Occurs -- 4. Termination Spoiling: Sabotage and Obstruction -- 5. Modification Spoiling: Bargaining and Enforcement -- 6. Conclusion: Implications for Theory and Practice -- Appendix A. Civil War Peace Agreements, 1990-2011 -- Apendix B. Spoilers
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-40102-7
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    Gendered Politics and Law in Jordan : Guardianship over Women (2016)
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    ISBN: 9783319326436
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (CCX, 9 p, online resource)
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    Keywords: Political science ; Sex (Psychology) ; Gender expression ; Gender identity ; Political Science and International Relations ; Islam ; Gender identity Religious aspects ; Ethnology Middle East ; Middle East Politics and government ; Sociology
    Abstract: This book analyzes how the state constructs and reproduces gender identities in the context and geopolitics of Jordan. Guardianship over women is examined as not only the basis of women’s legal and social subordination, but also a key factor in the construction and reproduction of a gender hierarchy system. Afaf Jabiri probes how a masculine state gives power and legitimacy through guardianship to institutions-including family, religion, and tribe-in managing, producing, and constructing gender identity. Does the masculine institution succeed in imposing a dominant form of femininity? Or are there ways by which women escape and resist the social and legal construction of femininity? Based on over 60 case studies of contemporary women in Jordan, the book additionally examines how the resultant strategies and tactics developed by women in Jordan are influenced by and affect their status within the guardianship system
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction: Gender, Law, and Politics in Jordan -- Chapter 2: Constructing Normative Femininity: The Engagement of Law and Religious Interpretations -- Chapter 3: Women’s Alternative Forms of Femininity: Compliant, Pragmatic, and Exceptional Selves -- Chapter 4: Women’s Everyday Tactics of Defiance and Compliance -- Chapter 5: Rebelling Against the System of Guardianship: Women “in Need of Correction and Rehabilitation” -- Chapter 6: Conclusion: State, Gendered Power of Guardianship, and the Potential for Change
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-32643-6
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    China’s New Foreign Policy : Military Modernisation, Multilateralism and the ‘China Threat’ (2016)
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    ISBN: 9783319332956
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XVII, 208 p. 10 illus., 4 illus. in color, online resource)
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    Keywords: Political science ; Political Science and International Relations ; Asia Politics and government ; International relations ; China ; Außenpolitik ; Militärpolitik ; Großmachtpolitik ; Expansionspolitik
    Abstract: This book analyses how China overcame its meagre reputation in the early 1990s to become an aggressively growing military power and rising threat to the international system. The author focuses on China’s new multilateral foreign policy approach, ambitious military build-up programme and economic cooperation initiatives. This book presents a much-needed comparative perspective of China in terms of foreign policy, seeking to develop analytical tools to assess China’s motivations and moves. The author suggests that understanding China’s new foreign policy, its tactics in multilateral organisations, and approaches to conflict resolutions are elementary to grasp the new realities of international relations, particularly relevant to newly established institutions in the evolving Asian political system which require basic knowledge for analysing the politics in this continent. This book uses an innovative approach, a qualitative analysis of China’s foreign policy addressing criteria of reputation management, to overcome the perceived ‘China threat’. Tilman Pradt obtained his PhD in political science at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. His thesis focused on China’s new foreign policy. He is a supervisor and contributing analyst at the geostrategic analysis and business consultancy Wikistrat, and works as a senior advisor for companies and business associations
    Abstract: 1.- Introduction - China’s new foreign policy -- 2.- The ‘China Threat’ -- 3 - China’s Military Modernisation Programme -- 4 - Threatening Moves -- 5 - Strategic considerations -- 6 - Assessment ‘China threat’ -- 7 - China’s approach towards ASEAN -- 8 - The SCS territorial disputes -- 9 - Assessment China-ASEAN (Case study Indonesian Workshops) -- 10 - Conclusion - China’s new foreign policy
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-33295-6
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    Development Aid and Sustainable Economic Growth in Africa : The Limits of Western and Chinese Engagements (2016)
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    ISBN: 9783319389363
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XXX, 265 p. 15 illus, online resource)
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    Keywords: Political science ; Political Science and International Relations ; Political economy ; Development economics ; Economic policy ; Economic development ; Social change
    Abstract: This book offers an original analysis of the long-term impact of western and Chinese economic and development cooperation policies in Africa. It argues that western Official Development Assistance (ODA) has failed to create viable and autonomous economies in beneficiary countries not (only) because of corruption, inefficiencies and cultural differences, but because it was never meant to do so. Raudino demonstrates, rather, that it was always designed to provide relief measures and nurture political relations rather than create genuinely industrialized and self-reliant economies. Similarly, by analyzing the nature of Chinese economic investments in Africa the author shows that China’s governmental policies hardly represent a revolutionary departure from the cooperation standards set by the West. In making these observations he also taps into the broader question of why wealth continues to be generated unequally across the world. Based on extensive fieldwork, quantitative economic analysis and historical qualitative research, this thought-provoking work will appeal to students and scholars of politics, economics and development studies, as well as to those involved more directly in the aid process. Endorsements: ‘Simone Raudino makes a compelling and thought-provoking case against traditional wisdoms on the differences between Western and Chinese approaches to Africa. I have no doubt this book will be recognized as a game-changer.’ - Tembi Tambo, South African Ambassador to Italy ‘Development Aid and Sustainable Economic Growth in Africa represents an original piece of the development economic literature resulting from over a dozen years of work in the field, vast historical research and intimate knowledge of Official Development Assistance policies.’ - Patrick Simonnet, EU Ambassador to Iraq
    Abstract: Introduction -- Chapter 1. A practitioner’s perspective on development aid -- Chapter 2. The theory of economic development -- Chapter 3. The praxis of economic growth: lessons from history -- Chapter 4. A quantitative assessment of Africa’s international economic relations -- Chapter 5. A qualitative analysis of Africa - West economic relations -- Chapter 6. A qualitative analysis of Africa - China economic relations -- Conclusions
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-38936-3
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    Public Sector Performance and Development Cooperation in Rwanda : Results-Based Approaches (2016)
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    ISBN: 9783319421445
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    Keywords: Political science ; Political Science and International Relations ; Public policy ; Africa Politics and government ; Sustainable development ; Economic policy ; Economic development ; Social change
    Abstract: This study provides a conceptual framework for analysing Results-Based Approaches to improving public sector effectiveness and efficiency according to their actor constellation and shared characteristics. Though there is consensus regarding the importance of functioning public sector agencies and organizations for sustainable development, public sector reform efforts have historically only had modest success. Results-Based Approaches aim at improving public sector performance through the establishment of reward modalities on the domestic as well as international levels, and the authors of this work evaluate the potential of these approaches to provide an entry point for development cooperation. Applying their framework to empirical data obtained from fieldwork in Rwanda, they analyse the main domestic performance approach - Imhigo - and suggest how the system might be strengthened. Stephan Klingebiel is Department Head (Bilateral and Multilateral Development Policy) at the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE). His research and university teaching focus on political economy of aid, aid and development effectiveness, political economy and governance issues in sub-Saharan Africa, and crisis prevention and conflict management. He is a regular Visiting Professor at Stanford University (Bing Overseas Studies Program, Cape Town) and a visiting lecturer at Philipps University Marburg, Germany. Victoria Gonsior is a consultant for Public Finance Management at GFA Consulting Group. Previously, she participated in the Postgraduate Training Programme and worked as a researcher at the German Development Institute. Her research and work concentrate on development economics with a focus on public finance. Franziska Jakobs is a consultant for Governance at GFA Consulting Group, Germany. Previously, she completed the Postgraduate Training Programme and worked as a researcher at the German Development Institute. Her research and work mainly focus on good governance issues, in particular decentralization, public service delivery and local governance. Miriam Nikitka is a consultant in the Monitoring & Evaluation Unit at GFA Consulting Group. Previously, she participated in the Postgraduate Training Programme at the German Development Institute. Her research and work concentrate on results-based approaches, results-oriented monitoring and complex strategic evaluations
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical Framework: RBApps -- 3. Case Study: Imhigo - A Traditional Rwandan Concept as a RBApp -- 4. Imhigo and Development Cooperation: What kind of relationship? -- 5. Final Conclusion
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-42144-5
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    Emerging Powers in Africa : A New Wave in the Relationship? (2016)
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    ISBN: 9783319407364
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XXI, 268 p. 10 illus., 9 illus. in color, online resource)
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    Keywords: BRICS-Staaten ; Internationale Beziehungen ; Entwicklungshilfe ; Geopolitik ; Afrika ; Political science ; Political Science and International Relations ; Political economy ; Africa Politics and government ; Globalization ; Development economics ; Economic development ; Afrika ; Mittelstaat ; Internationale Politik ; Geopolitik
    Abstract: This empirically and theoretically grounded book provides insights into the ascendance of powers such as Turkey, South Korea and Indonesia and their relationship with Africa. Leading scholars present case studies from the BRICS and beyond to demonstrate the constantly evolving and complex character of these ties and their place in the global capitalist order. They also offer new theoretical insights, as well as theorisation of the spatio-temporal dynamics involved in processes of accumulation within the African space. Their contention is that, despite their supposed anti-imperialism, these emerging powers have become agents for continued uneven development. This innovative edited collection will appeal to students and scholars of international relations, political science, development studies, area studies, geography and economics
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Seeing through the MIST: New contenders for the African space?; Justin van der Merwe -- Part I. Theoretical directions and new geographies: Space, time and accumulation -- Chapter 2. Theorising emerging powers in Africa within the Western-led system of accumulation; Justin van der Merwe -- Chapter 3. The BRICS in Africa: Agents of development?; Ian Taylor -- Chapter 4. Emerging powers in the Southern maritime space; Raymond Steenkamp Fonseca -- Part II. The BRICS in Africa -- Chapter 5. Conceptualising the dialectics of China’s presence in Africa; Li Xing -- Chapter 6. Nehru’s neoliberals: Draining or aiding Africa?; Ian Taylor, Justin van der Merwe and Nicole Dodd -- Chapter 7. New dynamics or old patterns? South-South cooperation between Brazil and Angola; Jurek Seifert -- Chapter 8. Guns and poseurs: Russia returns to Africa; Alexandra Arkhangelskaya and Nicole Dodd -- Chapter 9. South African corporations in BRICS: New waves of entrepreneurial thinking?; Nadine Wenzel -- Part III. Emerging powers beyond BRICS -- Chapter 10. South Korea in Africa: Exporting an “economic miracle” or “imperialist mimicry”?; Murad Shamilov -- Chapter 11. Turkey’s political-economic engagement with Africa; Mehmet Ozkan -- Chapter 12. Indonesian engagements with Africa and the revitalised “Spirit of Bandung”; István Tarrósy -- Chapter 13. Conclusion: How new is the “new wave”?; Ian Taylor
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-40736-4
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    Ukraine and Beyond : Russia's Strategic Security Challenge to Europe (2016)
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    ISBN: 9783319325309
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XI, 291 p, online resource)
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    Keywords: Political science ; Political Science and International Relations ; Russia Politics and government ; Diplomacy ; International relations ; Peace ; Politics and war
    Abstract: This book is the first full-spectrum analysis of Russian and European norms of political action, ranging from international law, ethics, and strategy, to the specific norms for the use of force. It brings together leading scholars from these various fields, examining the differences in norm understanding between Russia and Europe. In light of the 2014 occupation and annexation of Crimea by Russia, and its subsequent covert participation in the internal affairs of Ukraine, including aggressive flying and major military exercises, Russia seems to be a classical revisionist power, intent on changing the balance of power in Europe in particular. It also reaches beyond Europe, inserting itself as the key actor in the Syrian war. The book therefore considers how we should understand Russia. It also questions whether or not the West, in particular Europe, responds adequately in this delicate and dangerous new situation. The book concludes that at present Russia acts strategically and with considerable success whereas Europe is reactive in its response. Janne Haaland Matlary is Professor of political science at the University of Oslo, Norway, and at the Norwegian Command and Staff College at the Defence University College in Oslo. Tormod Heier is Lieutenant Colonel in the Norwegian Army, and serves as a lecturer at the Norwegian Command and Staff College at the Defence University College in Oslo
    Abstract: Introduction and Outline; Janne Haaland Matlary and Tormod Heier -- Part I. Setting the Scene -- Chapter 1. Europe, Russia and the World of Magical Realism; Christopher Coker -- Chapter 2. Realpolitik Confronts Liberal Democracy: Can Europe Respond?; Janne Haaland Matlary -- Chapter 3. Deterrence and Limited Wars: Echoes from the Cold War?; Gjert Lage Dyndal and Øistein Espenes -- Part II. Strategic Interaction -- Chapter 4. Driving Forces in Russia’s Strategic Thinking; Igor Sutyagin -- Chapter 5. Could Britain Respond Strategically to Russian Aggression?; Julian Lindley-French -- Chapter 6. Strategic Ability in Europe: The Case of France; Øyvind Østerud -- Part III. The Use of Force -- Chapter 7. Russian Operations: Continuity, Novelties and Adaptation; Palle Ydstebø -- Chapter 8. Tools of Influence: Russian Information and Propaganda; Geir Hågen Karlsen -- Chapter 9. Russian and Western Views on International Law; Jacob Thomas Staib -- Chapter 10. Asymmetric Ethics? Russian and Western Perceptions on War; Nils Terje Lunde -- Part IV. Conclusions: Mapping NATO’s Vulnerabilities -- The Logic of Asymmetry: Russia’s Approach Towards NATO; Tormod Heier
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-32530-9
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    Small Powers and Trading Security : Contexts, Motives and Outcomes (2016)
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    ISBN: 9783319388151
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XXI, 269 p. 4 illus, online resource)
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    Keywords: Political science ; Political Science and International Relations ; Trade ; Business ; Commerce ; Political economy ; Asia Politics and government ; Globalization ; Asia Economic conditions
    Abstract: This book examines why and how small powers link their security interests and trade agendas, and how security threats influence the facilitation and outcome of their trade activities. In doing so, it analyses the increasingly complex connections between trade and security, demonstrating how these linkages affect the overall security of four small but important states in East Asia. Focusing on the role of high levels of internal and external insecurities, marginal geo-economic size and peripheral geopolitical position, and multidimensional and multidirectional security contexts and threats, the author concludes that for every security enhancement that a linkage creates a consequent security risk is generated. In other words, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines are effectively trading their security. This innovative book will appeal to political scientists, economists, and security and trade experts
    Abstract: Introduction -- Part I. Linking security and free trade -- Chapter 1. Free trade as a currency for buying security -- Chapter 2. Rethinking security and re-imagining free trade -- Chapter 3. Overview of East Asian security-trade linkages: APEC and ASEAN Ways -- Chapter 4. Trading in shadows: Taiwan’s de facto sovereign space and trade -- Chapter 5. Trading in paranoia: Singapore’s defence space and trade -- Chapter 6. Trading in vain: The Philippines’s development space and trade -- Chapter 7. Trading in bias: Malaysia’s diversity space and trade -- Chapter 8. Conclusion
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-38815-1
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    Business Improvement Districts in the United States : Private Government and Public Consequences (2016)
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    ISBN: 9783319322940
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XIII, 206 p, online resource)
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    Keywords: Political science ; Political Science and International Relations ; Political economy ; Public policy ; United States Politics and government ; Public administration ; Urban economics
    Abstract: This book examines how privatization has transformed cities, particularly through the role of Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) in the revitalization of America’s downtown. These public-private partnerships between property owners and municipal government have developed retail strips across the United States into lifestyle and commercial hubs. BIDs are non-profit community organizations with the public power to tax and spend on services in their districts, but they are unelected bodies often operating in the shadows of local government. They work as agents of economic development, but are they democratic? What can we learn from BIDs about the accountability of public-private partnerships, and how they impact our lives as citizens? Unger explores these questions of local democracy and urban political economy in this age of rampant privatization and the reinvention of neighborhoods
    Abstract: 1. Privatization in the Neighborhood -- 2. The Structure of Bids: Public-Private Hybrids -- 3. The Real Lives of BIDs -- 4. How BIDs Behave: Publicness and Privateness in BID Organizational Life -- 5. DSBS and BIDs: Advocacy, Not Oversight -- 6. Epilogue
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-32294-0
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    Law, Politics and Violence in Israel/Palestine (2016)
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    ISBN: 9783319341538
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XIII, 188 p, online resource)
    Series Statement: International Political Theory
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Geva, Maayan Law, politics and violence in Israel/Palestine
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    Keywords: Political science ; Political Science and International Relations ; Political theory ; Middle East Politics and government ; Politics and war ; International law Palestine ; Violence History ; Palestine ; Palestine Politics and government ; Palästinensische Autonomiegebiete ; Nahostkonflikt ; Internationales Recht
    Abstract: This book investigates the Israeli engagement with international law in relation to the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) between 1967 and 2009. Grounded in a field-based study of the military International Law Department, it examines the dynamic position and impact that international law has had in the OPT. By analysing the Israeli 2008/9 offensive in Gaza as an example of contemporary warfare, the author argues that law and military agenda have become intertwined in ‘lawfare’, a condition sanctioning new forms of law and violence. The military legal system is central to the Israeli management of the OPT, yet despite the great interest in the legal aspects of the Israeli occupation, scholarly accounts of this institution are scarce. This discussion also has wider international relevance, particularly in the backdrop of the contemporary prominence of international law in Western militaries’ operations. This book will appeal to researchers, practitioners and students interested in international relations, political theory, human rights, Middle Eastern politics, and legal studies
    Abstract: Preface -- 1. Introduction: Israel’s Management of the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) and International Humanitarian Law.-Chapter 2: Conceptual Framework and Research Methods for the Israeli Legal Field in the OPT -- Chapter 3: A Map of the Israeli Legal Field Operating in the OPT: Structuring law, structuring power -- Chapter 4: Military Lawyers Making Law: The contextual transformations of the MAG Corps’ legal practice and the constitution of law -- Chapter 5: The International Law Department at war in Gaza -- Conclusion: Lawfare: Law’s Contemporary State -- Bibliography -- Appendices -- Index
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-34153-8
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    Attitudes Towards Europe Beyond Euroscepticism : Supporting the European Union through the Crisis (2016)
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    ISBN: 9783319429540
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XVII, 93 p. 17 illus., 5 illus. in color, online resource)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Di Mauro, Danilo Attitudes towards Europe beyond euroscepticism
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    Keywords: European Union Public opinion ; Political science ; Political Science and International Relations ; Political economy ; Europe Politics and government ; European Union ; International organization ; International economics ; Public opinion European Union countries ; European Union countries Foreign public opinion ; European Union countries Relations ; Europäische Union ; Öffentliche Meinung ; Euroskeptizismus
    Abstract: The book addresses the topic of EU legitimacy by exploring the forms, origins and effects of citizens' support to EU institutions. Through examining the wide-ranging levels of support, the authors show how these multi-faceted attitudes cast shade on the outdated, somewhat one-dimensional concept of Euroscepticism. Di Mauro and Memoli not only observe how political issues and the economic crisis affect public opinion, but also demonstrate how national contexts play a crucial role in shaping attitudes towards Europe at any level of support. This volume shows how the lack of accountability in the EU system makes it increasingly vulnerable to the negative effects of economic and societal shocks, and the 'national lens' that we view the EU through influences our voting choices. Danilo Di Mauro is post-doc fellow at the University Unitelma Sapienza in Rome, Italy, and Research Assistant at the European University Institute (EUI) where he was Marie Curie Research Fellow. Vincenzo Memoli is Assistant Professor at the University of Catania, Italy. His main research interests include democracy, public attitudes and public opinion
    Abstract: Introduction -- 1. Beyond Euroscepticism: A multidimensional perspective -- 2. Sources of opposition towards Europe: issue saliency and specific support -- 3. The impact of "external" shocks on attitudes towards Europe: the current economic crisis -- Conclusion
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-42954-0
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    European Participation in International Operations : The Role of Strategic Culture (2016)
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    ISBN: 9783319397597
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XIII, 233 p, online resource)
    Series Statement: New Security Challenges
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    Keywords: Political science ; Political Science and International Relations ; Europe Politics and government ; European Union ; Politics and war
    Abstract: Taking its departure in the concept of strategic culture, this book answers the question of why European countries decide either to participate or not in international military operations. This volume examines strategic culture and its relation to justifications of decisions made by France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland and the United Kingdom, with regard to four different operations: Operation Enduring Freedom/ISAF in Afghanistan, Operation Iraqi Freedom in Iraq, Operation Unified Protector in Libya, and EU Navfor/Atalanta outside Somalia. In this work, the authors closely analyse the role of civil-military relations with regard to decisions about participation. What is the role of the armed forces in the political process leading up to the decision? What is their advisory capacity in shaping the mission? Employing a theoretical framework of strategic culture, including aspects of civil military relations, this innovative volume seeks to answer these questions. This text is essential reading for academics, researchers and students of international relations, foreign policy, war studies or civil-military relations. Malena Britz is Assistant Professor in Political Science at the Swedish Defence University. Her areas of research include different aspects of European security policy, Europeanisation, and Nordic co-operation. She has studied very different aspects of security policy from defence industry policy, development of EU security and defence, and international aspects of civil protection
    Abstract: 1. Strategic culture and participation in international military operations -- 2. Assuming Great Power Responsibility: French strategic culture and international military operations -- 3. To Deploy or Not To Deploy a Parliamentary Army? German strategic culture and international military operations -- 4. Keeping a Low Profile: Greek strategic culture and international military operations -- 5. “Just deploy and always call it peacekeeping!” Italian strategic culture and international military operations -- 6. From Enthusiasm to Reluctance: Polish strategic culture and international military operations -- 7. Continuity or Change? British strategic culture and international military operations -- Conclusion: the willing, the cautious, and the ambivalent
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-39759-7
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    Paradigms and Public Sector Reform : Public Administration of Bhutan (2016)
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    ISBN: 9783319402802
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XI, 256 p. 13 illus, online resource)
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    Keywords: Political science ; Political Science and International Relations ; Democracy ; Public policy ; World politics ; Asia Politics and government ; Public administration
    Abstract: ‘This [book] is solid, coherent, original and adds to the corpus of knowledge. It is logically constructed, well written, based on original empirical research, from a case where little information is available’. - Geert Bouckaert, Public Governance Institute, University of Leuven, Belgium ‘This is an outstanding [book] which significantly contributes to our knowledge both of public management (PM) reform (PMR) and of the administration of Bhutan… What I would single out as the [book’s] two most important features are its groundbreaking character, studying both an understudied and important topic (Bhutanese governance), and the [author’s] ability to rise above and advance current scholarly discourse on PMR, while still demonstrating that he is fully familiar with the latter.’ - Wolfgang Drechsler, Chair of Governance and Vice Dean for International Relations, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia ‘A very important contribution both to the understanding of a very crucial problem in Bhutan and to developing a focus on this kind of problem in small-scale societies.’ - Mark Mancall, Emeritus Professor of Modern World History, Stanford University, USA This book describes the administrative system of Bhutan. Divided into two main parts, the first part of the book describes the Bhutanese public administration by examining the various paradigms and ideal types of public administration. Chapters examine the paradigms and ideal types in the field of public administration, and the paradigm concept helps in explaining the dynamics and the interaction of the application of public sector reforms within the context of the ideal types. Based on the historical and recent reforms, the Bhutanese administrative system has been mapped onto the ideal type typology to show hybridity with a mix and layering of characteristics of paradigms. The second part of the book examines the dynamics of implementing and evaluating the Position Classification System (PCS). This part includes chapters which evaluate the PCS and discusses the dynamics of the reform. It synthesizes the findings of the implementation of the PCS and connects it to the broader discussions on public sector reforms. It discusses the trajectory of public sector reform and the points of convergences and divergences within this trajectory. Lhawang Ugyel is Research Fellow at the Australian National University (ANU). He completed his PhD from the ANU and Masters from Corne ...
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part I. Public Administration of Bhutan -- Chapter 2. Paradigms of public administration -- Chapter 3. Ideal types in public administration -- Chapter 4. Bhutan’s approach to public administration from modernisation to the new millennium -- Chapter 5. The Position Classification System and Bhutan’s public administration in a new era of governance -- Part II. Implementation and Evaluation of the Position Classification System Reforms -- Chapter 6. Evaluating the Position Classification System -- Chapter 7. Dynamics of the Position Classification System reforms -- Chapter 8. Dynamics of public sector reforms -- Chapter 9. Conclusion
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-40280-2
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    The Regional Politics of Welfare in Italy, Spain and Great Britain (2016)
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    ISBN: 9783319390079
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XVI, 259 p. 19 illus., 7 illus. in color, online resource)
    Series Statement: Comparative Territorial Politics
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Vampa, Davide The regional politics of welfare in Italy, Spain and Great Britain
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    Keywords: Political science ; Political Science and International Relations ; Comparative politics ; Public policy ; Europe Politics and government
    Abstract: This book is a study of the increasing territorial variations in the development of sub-national welfare systems that have occurred as an effect of the decentralization of health care and social assistance policies in Italy, Spain and Great Britain. The author examines the political factors that underlie these variations by combining cross-regional and cross-country comparisons using mixed methods. Vampa’s main finding is that regionalist parties have played a key role in sub-national welfare building and have used social policy to strengthen their legitimacy in the political struggle against central authorities. In this context, functional political competition between Left and Right has been partly replaced by territorial competition between Centre and Periphery as the main determinant of social policy making. Additionally, mainstream left-wing parties have been torn between maintaining territorial uniformity in social protection and responding to demands for more extensive social services tailored to the needs and preferences of specific regional communities. This book will be of use to academics and policy makers interested in political economy, devolution/decentralisation, welfare, and party politics
    Abstract: Introduction -- Chapter 1. Theoretical Framework, Research Hypotheses, Case Selection and Methodology -- Chapter 2. Italy. Territorial mobilisation and left-wing partisanship: the two paths to welfare building in the Italian regions -- Chapter 3. The (re)emergence and strengthening of the centre-periphery cleavage in Italy: (old and new) regionalist parties and sub-state welfare building (1980-2010) -- Chapter 4. Class mobilisation and regional welfare building: the peculiar case of the Italian Left -- Chapter 5. Spain: Regional welfare building and the tensions between territorial and class mobilisations -- Chapter 6. Territorial mobilisation and regional welfare governance in Spain: ethno-regionalist parties and ‘sub-state’ nation building -- Chapter 7. The Spanish Left: statewide political dominance and the regional challenge -- Chapter 8. Devolution, the territorialisation of party politics and the transformation of welfare governance in Great Britain -- Chapter 9. Scotland: where territorial politics and social democracy meet -- Chapter 10. Wales: finding the balance between social democratic consensus and a strengthening regional identity -- Chapter 11. Comparative Conclusions -- Primary Sources and References -- Index
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-39007-9
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