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The Presidency and the Political System

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Nelson, Michael, PUBLISHER: CQ-Roll Call Group Books, The Presidency & the ong>Politicalong> System, now in an updated sixth edition, incorporates the most recent research ong>andong> scholarship on the presidency. Each of the 20 ong>thoughtong>-provoking original essays, written by some of the field's most prominent scholars, explores an important aspect of the ong>relationsong>hip between the presidency ong>andong> our ong>politicalong> system.

Mexico: Assessing Neo-Liberal Reform

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Serrano, Monica, PUBLISHER: Institute of Latin American Studies, Although the early s witnessed great optimism with regard to the economic ong>andong> ong>politicalong> reforms introduced by the Salinas administration, the economic crisis raised doubts about the viability of market-oriented growth ong>andong> ong>politicalong> stability in Mexico. This book looks at the impact of economic reform ong>andong> ong>politicalong> liberalization on ong>politicalong> institutions, state-society ong>relationsong>, ong>andong> economic policymaking. The contributors are Alberto Arnaut, Fernong>andong>o Escalante, Soledad Loaeza, Gabriel Martnez, Victoria Murillo, Mnica Serrano, Fernong>andong>o Sols, Carlos Urza, Alejong>andong>ro Villagmez, ong>andong> Jos Woldenberg.

The Man Question in International Relations

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Zalewski, Marysia / Parpart, Jane L. / *, Editor, PUBLISHER: Westview Press, ong>Internationalong> ong>relationsong> is still very much a man's field. Questioning ong>andong> problematizing the subjecthood of men, this book of twelve original essays examines the various ways in which masculinities are implicated in ong>internationalong> ong>relationsong> theories ong>andong> practices. The contributors argue that if the subject of ong>internationalong> ong>relationsong> is constructed around men ong>andong> masculinity, then perhaps destabilizing the subject of "man" will help destabilize the whole field in ways that "adding women ong>andong> stirring" has not. The feminist modern project of bringing attention to women can paradoxically highlight the fluidity of the subject of woman rather than reveal the solidity of her position, however illusory.

Philosophers and Pamphleteers: Political Theorists of the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Cranston, Maurice W., PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, This volume discusses in turn the ideas of six leading thinkers of the French Enlightenment: Montesquieu, Voltaire, Rousseau, Diderot, Holbach, ong>andong> Condorcet. A general introduction surveys the ong>politicalong> theories of the Enlightenment, setting them in the context of the ong>politicalong> realities of 18th-century France. The first book of its kind on the subject, Philosopher ong>andong> Pamphleteers brings a welcome, new perspective to the study of French ong>politicalong> ong>thoughtong> during a fascinating historical era.

International Organizations, Constitutional Law, and Human

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gibson, John Schuyler / Gibson, John S., PUBLISHER: Praeger Publishers, Since World War II, remarkable progress has been made toward establishing more effective ong>internationalong> laws ong>andong> organizations to reduce opportunities for confrontation ong>andong> conflict, ong>andong> to enhance the pursuit of security ong>andong> well-being. This book offers a detailed record of that progress, as well as its meaning for our times ong>andong> those ahead. Taking a historical, theoretical, ong>andong> case-study approach, John Gibson provides the reader with a broad understong>andong>ing of how ong>internationalong> organizations evolved to serve the interests of their member states, how the constitutional charters of organizations provide a coherent statement of goals ong>andong> means to goals, ong>andong> how these organizations are assuming increasing authority in the ong>internationalong> system. The work traces the progression of ong>internationalong> constitutional ong>andong> human rights law, with an emphasis on the past 45 years. In the first part, Gibson discusses the historic processes of ong>politicalong> ong>relationsong> ong>andong> mutual reliance; the evolution of these patterns through World War II; the subsequent history of the United Nations; the prime goals of ong>internationalong> constitutional law; ong>andong> the organizations' range of authority--from the high state to the supra-organization level. Part two offers a case study of the progression of ong>internationalong> human rights law. Separate chapters trace the history of human rights in religion ong>andong> philosophy ong>andong> the role of the state in ong>internationalong> law, while the concluding chapter on the United Nations Commission on Human Rights demonstrates how organizations actually function. This book will be a valuable resource for courses in ong>internationalong> ong>relationsong> ong>andong> ong>internationalong> law, as well as an important addition to academic ong>andong>professional libraries.

Mysticism and Dissent: Socioreligious Thought in Qajar Iran

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bayat, Mangol, PUBLISHER: Syracuse University Press, This updated history examines the complex origins of religious dissent in nineteenth-century Qajar Iran (then known to Westerners as Persia), ong>andong> how it provided a mood ong>andong> attitude that led to far-reaching ong>politicalong> dissent, culminating in the establishment of a new government in . Bayat extracts social ong>andong> ong>politicalong> ong>thoughtong> from theological treatises to show how a centuries-long tradition of reform in Shia ong>thoughtong> helped pave the way for modern secular change. She also concludes that as a result of the failed attempt of doctrinal reforms ong>andong> the subsequent secularization of ong>politicalong> ong>thoughtong>, socioreligious conflicts were left unresolved, generating tensions that were to explode generations later.

Feminist Interp. Wollstonecraft-PR

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Falco, Maria J., PUBLISHER: Penn State University Press, Essays in honor of the bicentennial of the publication of Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman -- a revolutionary work that argued on behalf of the ong>politicalong>, economic, ong>andong> social equality of women. Combining the liberalism of Locke ong>andong> the "civic humanism" of Republicanism, Mary Wollstonecraft explored the need of women for coed ong>andong> equal education with men, economic independence whether married or not, ong>andong> representation as citizens in the halls of government. In doing so, she foreshadowed ong>andong> surpassed her much better known successor, John Stuart Mill. Ten feminist scholars prominent in the fields of ong>politicalong> philosophy, constitutional ong>andong> ong>internationalong> law, rhetoric, literature, ong>andong> psychology argue here that Wollstonecraft, by reason of the scope ong>andong> complexity of her ong>thoughtong>, belongs in the "canon" of ong>politicalong> philosophers along with Rousseau ong>andong> Burke, her contemporaries, both of whom she strenuously engaged in ong>politicalong> debate. These essays explore the many aspects of her ong>thoughtong> that resound so tellingly to the modern woman, including her ground-breaking attempt to be completely self-sufficient. The final bibliographical essay outlines the changing interpretations of Wollstonecraft's work over the past two hundred years ong>andong> evaluates her stong>andong>ing among ong>politicalong> theorists today.

American Foreign Environmental Policy and the Power of the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hopgood, Stephen, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, In an increasingly interdependent world, one marked by growing numbers of non-governmental organizations ong>andong> ong>internationalong> institutions, American Foreign Environmental Policy presents a powerful argument for the continued relevance of the state to our understong>andong>ing of ong>internationalong> ong>relationsong>. Drawing on detailed primary research, the author studies the key role central state officials have played in formulating American foreign environmental policy, ong>andong> concludes that claims for the diminishing domestic-ong>internationalong> divide ong>andong> the erosion of state sovereignty are overstated. This study makes a substantial contribution to ong>Internationalong> ong>Relationsong> theory, while also offering a wealth of original ong>andong> empirical data that will interest all who work in the area of environmental studies.

The West European Allies, the Third World, and U.S. Foreign

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Payne, Richard J., PUBLISHER: Greenwood Press, The recent ong>andong> ongoing crises in the Middle East, the Persian Gulf, Central America, ong>andong> southern Africa have been ong>andong> continue to be approached in very different ways by the United States ong>andong> its West European allies. Richard J. Payne shows how the many future challenges to the strategic alliance of the U.S. ong>andong> the NATO countries will have to be adapted to a new ong>andong> less confrontational world, emphasizing the ong>internationalong> economic situation over ong>politicalong> or ideological factors. Payne maintains that despite years of divergent views on how to hong>andong>le Third World trouble spots, strains within the Western Alliance can be alleviated in the future by diplomatic ong>andong> cooperative means. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the underlying tensions, ong>andong> cooperation, between the United States ong>andong> Western Europe in their approaches to the Soviet Union, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the Iran-Iraq War ong>andong> Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, the Nicaraguan Song>andong>inistas, ong>andong> the struggle for ideological ong>andong> ong>politicalong> control of southwestern Africa. American ong>andong> European strategies ong>andong> interests in the Third World greatly affected the broader issues of detente, Eastern-Western European ong>relationsong>, America's leadership abilities, ong>andong> ultimately NATO itself. The lessening of ideological confrontations between Moscow ong>andong> Washington, Payne affirms, was followed by the revolutionary changes in Eastern Europe. This volume will be used in courses on ong>internationalong> ong>relationsong>, American foreign policy, world politics, Third World politics, global issues, ong>andong> West European politics. It will also be of great value to ong>politicalong> scientists ong>andong> policymakers.

The International Movie Industry

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kindem, Gorham, PUBLISHER: Southern Illinois University Press, Movies are both art ong>andong> commerce, creative expressions of national/cultural interests ong>andong> preoccupations ong>andong> part of a global entertainment market. The past century has witnessed a transformation of the movies from popular novelties into highly valued cultural icons ong>andong> commodities that have promoted national identity ong>andong> specific ong>politicalong> agendas, while also affecting ong>internationalong> trade. This comprehensive history of the ong>internationalong> movie industry from its inception in to the present features nineteen original essays by ong>internationalong> scholars who examine the film industries of nineteen countries ong>andong> six continents. Each chapter in "The ong>Internationalong> Movie Industry" focuses on a specific national movie industry's economic ong>andong> related social, aesthetic, technological, ong>andong> ong>politicalong>/ideological development within an ong>internationalong> context during the last century. The result is a global history of the movie industry over the last one hundred years.

Ethnic Conflict and International Security

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Brown, Michael E., PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press, During the Cold War, most ong>internationalong> ong>relationsong> theorists ong>andong> strategic studies analysts paid little attention to ethnic ong>andong> other forms of communal conflict. Disregard for the importance of ethnic ong>andong> nationality issues in world affairs, always misguided so far as the developing world was concerned, has been overtaken, in stunning fashion, by recent events from Abkhazia to Zaire. The essays in this volume advance our understong>andong>ing of the causes of ethnic ong>andong> communal conflict, the regional ong>andong> ong>internationalong> implications of such conflicts, ong>andong> what the ong>internationalong> community can do to minimize the potential for instability ong>andong> violence. Drawn from recent issues of "Survival," they are organized along thematic rather than regional lines, ong>andong> will be required reading for scholars, students, ong>andong> policymakers alike. The contributors to the volume include Michael Brown on the causes ong>andong> implications of ethnic conflict, Anthony Smith on the ethnic sources of nationalism, David Welsh on domestic politics ong>andong> ethnic conflict, Renee de Nevers on democratization ong>andong> ethnic conflict, ong>andong> Pierre Hassner on nationalism ong>andong> ong>internationalong>ism. Jack Snyder writes on nationalism ong>andong> the crisis of the post-Soviet state, Barry Posen on the security dilemma ong>andong> ethnic conflict, Kathleen Newlong>andong> on ethnic conflict ong>andong> refugees, Jenonne Walker on ong>internationalong> mediation of ethnic conflicts, ong>andong> Robert Cooper ong>andong> Mats Berdal on outside intervention in ethnic conflicts, Adam Roberts discusses the U.N. ong>andong> ong>internationalong> security, ong>andong> John Chipman explores managing the politics of parochialism.

Comparative Politics: A Policy Approach

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kryzanek, Michael J., PUBLISHER: Westview Press, "Comparative Politics: A Policy Approach" is a unique text that integrates a comprehensive study of eight nations with critical policy issues facing those nations. The individual chapters on the United States, the United Kingdom, the Russian Federation, Japan, China, Mexico, South Africa ong>andong> Iraq provide a wide-ranging examination of nations that are representative of the diversity in decision-making frameworks ong>andong> ong>politicalong> development in the ong>internationalong> community. "Comparative Politics" is designed to guide the reader through a series of discussions on key ong>politicalong> milestones in the nation's history, the structure of government, the ong>relationsong>hip of citizen to state, the role played by ong>politicalong> parties, groups ong>andong> elections, the shape ong>andong> influence of the ong>politicalong> elite, the current status of the ong>politicalong> economy ong>andong> the future direction of the nation in a global environment.

Game Theory and National Security

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Brams, Steven / Kilgour, D. Marc, PUBLISHER: Wiley-Blackwell, In this path-breaking theoretical work, ong>politicalong> scientist Steven Brams ong>andong> mathematician Mark Kilgour show how game theory can be applied to the rigorous development ong>andong> ong>thoughtong>ful analysis of several critical problems that afflict the security of nations, from the deterrence of foes who might launch attacks, to the stabilization of crises that could explode into wars. In addition, they analyze a variety of related questions, including the interlocking preferences that fuel arms races, the strategic impact that Star Wars may have on nuclear deterrence, ong>andong> optimal strategies for verifying arms control treaties. Of interest to students on ong>internationalong> ong>relationsong> ong>andong> foreign policy as well as those concerned with the formal analysis of conflict, Game Theory ong>andong> National Security provides new foundations for understong>andong>ing the rational basis of ong>internationalong> conflict.

Churchill and Hitler

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Jablonsky, David / Jablonsky, D. / Jablonsky David, PUBLISHER: Routledge, This collection of essays examines the development of Churchill ong>andong> Hitler as strategic leaders ong>andong> analyzes in particular the impact of their formative years on their leadership styles, "operational codes," views on civil-military ong>relationsong>, ong>andong> approaches to the conduct of war at strategic, operational ong>andong> tactical levels. Ultimately, victory depended on the calculated use of all the means of national power - military, ong>politicalong>, psychological ong>andong> economic - to achieve the national end. These essays demonstrate that it was Churchill who best understood that calculation.

Marxism, China, and Development: Reflections on Theory and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gregor, A. James, PUBLISHER: Transaction Publishers, "A. James Gregor's "Marxism, China, ong>andong> Development" presents a comprehensive ong>andong> succinct discussion of the impact of Marxist ong>andong> Leninist doctrines for the development of China. With keen observations ong>andong> forceful arguments, this study shows that the effects of Marxism on China have long been misinterpreted in the West."--Jrgen Domes, The Saar University"Professor Gregor's profound grasp of Marxism ong>andong> other ong>politicalong> ideas ong>andong> trends of this century makes this a major contribution to the understong>andong>ing of social change ong>andong> the part played by ideas in ong>politicalong> transformations."--Paul Hollnader, University of Massachusetts"A knowledgeable, informative, ong>andong> analytically incisive "tour d'horizon" of Marxist ong>andong> neo-Marxist ong>thoughtong>. A fascinating work by a prominent comparativist."--J.S. Prybyla, The Pennsylvania State University

International Public Relations H Pod

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Culbertson / Culbertson, Hugh M. / Chen, Ni, PUBLISHER: Routledge, As a formal occupation, public ong>relationsong> grew primarily in the United States through much of the twentieth century. In recent years, however, it has spread rapidly throughout the world. Broad outlines on how public ong>relationsong> practices differ from country to country have only recently begun to take shape in scholarly writing about the field. The existing literature on ong>internationalong> public ong>relationsong> tends to focus on how those working for western organizations --particularly multi-national corporations--can best practice abroad. Although useful, such writings tend to focus on adaptation of western approaches, not on development of new ones designed specifically for varied sociocultural settings around the world. The editors have produced this book for a number of reasons. There has been tremendous growth in the teaching of public ong>relationsong> around the world--enhancing practice in many countries outside North America. There has also been rapid growth in the number of professors who demong>andong> theoretical perspectives which might facilitate a unified comparative analysis across countries ong>andong> regions. Only a few U.S. universities--six documented in this book--now teach courses formerly called "ong>Internationalong> Public ong>Relationsong>." However, many professors are going abroad to teach ong>andong> do research. This suggests increased interest in ong>andong> a need for courses dealing with ong>internationalong> public ong>relationsong>. Furthermore, there is a dearth of literature dealing in depth with ong>internationalong> PR, an important component of ong>internationalong> communication. This appears to be the first book-length comparative analysis of public ong>relationsong> as practiced in various countries ong>andong> regions around the world. Although existing books on ong>internationalong> PR focus largely on ways in which western practitioners, employers, ong>andong> clients can operate effectively in other countries, this volume views public ong>relationsong> in each country or region covered from the perspective of practitioners in that country. It contains six chapters designed to provide a theoretical anchor for the 14 country ong>andong> region analyses. Given the intense interest in public ong>relationsong> education as a factor in professional enhancement, it also discusses issues ong>andong> practices relating to education.

Politics in Wired Nations

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pool, Ithiel De Sola / De Sola Pool, Ithiel / Etheredge, Lloyd S., PUBLISHER: Transaction Publishers, Politics in Wired Nations presents Pool's pioneering work on the social ong>andong> ong>politicalong> impact of communication systems. Included are the first studies of trends in a global information society, ong>andong> of social networks ong>andong> the "small world" phenomenon that creates new ong>relationsong>hips ong>andong> routes of informal influence ong>andong> ong>politicalong> power, both domestic ong>andong> ong>internationalong>. Pool describes a nonviolent revolution in freedom ong>andong> ong>politicalong> control as the world changes from the era of one-way mass communications -- targeted to national audiences -- to a new era of abundant, high-capacity, low-cost, interactive, ong>andong> user-controlled communications on a global scale. He discusses policy choices for freedom, the battlegrounds ahead, ong>andong> the risks of government involvement in the regulation of new telecommunication technologies.

Developing Ecofeminist Theory: The Complexity of Difference

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Cudworth, Erika, PUBLISHER: Palgrave MacMillan, This book provides a comprehensive overview of feminist ong>andong> environmental theories of society-environment ong>relationsong>, considers the range of theoretical ong>andong> ong>politicalong> influences on socialist ong>andong> Marxist theory, amongst others, ong>andong> the social sciences' turn to poststructuralism ong>andong> postmodernism. Cudworth also develops her own theoretical account for the interong>relationsong> between forms of social domination ong>andong> contributes to important debates with sociology, social theory, feminist theory ong>andong> environmentalism.

African Islands and Enclaves

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Cohen, Robin, PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), As history has shown, remote islong>andong>s or small states can be flashpoints for ong>internationalong> crises. This collection of commissioned essays examines African countries that, because of their seeming insignificance, have been passed over in recent scholarship. The essays focus on current ong>politicalong> ong>andong> economic issues. Why do such states find it difficult to sustain stable economic ong>andong> ong>politicalong> orders? The role of such countries in ong>internationalong> trade; the effects of their small size, remoteness, or paucity of resources; ong>andong> their use as military bases for other powers are among the subjects discussed.

Black Student Politics: Higher Education and Apartheid from

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Harvey, David / Badat, Saleem / Badat Saleem, PUBLISHER: Routledge, Black Student Politics, Higher Education ong>andong> Apartheid examines two black national higher education student ong>politicalong> organizations - the South African National Students' Congress (SANSCO) ong>andong> the South African Students' Organization (SASO), popularly associated with Black Consciousness. It analyzes the ideologies ong>andong> politics ong>andong> organization of SASO ong>andong> SANSCO ong>andong> their intellectual, ong>politicalong> ong>andong> social determinants. It also analyzes their role in the educational, ong>politicalong> ong>andong> social spheres ong>andong> the factors that shaped their activities. Finally, it assesses their contributions to the popular struggle against apartheid education ong>andong> race, class ong>andong> gender oppression ong>andong> the extent to ong>andong> ways in which their activities reproduced, undermined ong>andong>/or transformed apartheid ong>andong> capitalist social ong>relationsong>, institutions ong>andong> practices.

Forms of Power

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Poggi, Gianfranco, PUBLISHER: Polity Press, ong>Politicalong> power is often viewed as the sole embodiment of 'social power', even while we recognize that social power manifests itself in different forms ong>andong> institutional spheres. This new book by Gianfranco Poggi suggests that the three principal forms of social power - the economic, the normative/ideological ong>andong> the ong>politicalong> - are based on a group's privileged access to ong>andong> control over different resources. Against this general background, Poggi shows how various embodiments of normative/ideological ong>andong> economic power have both made claims on ong>politicalong> power (considered chiefly as it is embodied in the state) ong>andong> responded in turn to the latter's attempt to control or to instrumentalize them. The embodiment of ideological power in religion ong>andong> in modern intellectual elites is examined in the context of their ong>relationsong> to the state. Poggi also explores both the demong>andong>s laid upon the state by the business elite ong>andong> the impact of the state's fiscal policies on the economic sphere. The final chapter considers the ong>relationsong>hip between a state's ong>politicalong> class ong>andong> its military elite, which tends to use the resource of organized coercion for its own ends. Forms of Power will be of interest to students ong>andong> scholars of sociology ong>andong> politics.

Southern Africa in World Politics: Local Aspirations and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Love, Janice, PUBLISHER: Westview Press, These days, politics often seem to be local ong>andong> global simultaneously, challenging people, politicians, ong>andong> scholars to sort out what is domestic from what is ong>internationalong> ong>andong> how the two are related. Janice Love demonstrates the complex realities of how local ong>andong> global politics are intimately interwoven, sometimes inextricably so, specifically in southern Africa. In southern Africa, like many other regions, such linkages have existed for decades, if not centuries. Yet the current era is different from previous times when human communities found themselves closely intertwined. Love examines military, ong>politicalong>, ong>andong> economic changes in recent decades. Students of ong>internationalong> ong>relationsong>, comparative politics, ong>andong> African studies will find the region's experience instructive in understong>andong>ing larger trends in the world. Students particularly interested in Africa will gain insight not only about this region, but also its significance for the whole continent. Deliberately crosses the boundaries of domestic politics ong>andong> foreign policy as well as comparative politics ong>andong> ong>internationalong> ong>relationsong>. By taking a globalization approach, connecting the local, regional ong>andong> global, the book offers fresh insights into the dynamics of war ong>andong> peace, wealth ong>andong> poverty as well as local to global governance in southern Africa. Examines globalization in three arenas or domains (military, ong>politicalong>, ong>andong> economic), not only distinguishing them from each other, but also probing what has changed ong>andong> what has remained the same across time.

Global Justice and Due Process

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: May, Larry, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, The idea of due process of law is recognised as the cornerstone of domestic legal systems, ong>andong> in this book Larry May makes a powerful case for its extension to ong>internationalong> law. Focussing on the procedural rights deriving from Magna Carta, such as the rights of habeas corpus (not to be arbitrarily incarcerated) ong>andong> nonrefoulement (not to be sent to a state where harm is likely), he examines the legal rights of detainees, whether at Guantanamo or in refugee camps. He offers a conceptual ong>andong> normative account of due process within a general system of global justice, ong>andong> argues that due process should be recognised as jus cogens, as universally binding in ong>internationalong> law. His vivid ong>andong> compelling study will be of interest to a wide range of readers in ong>politicalong> philosophy, ong>politicalong> theory, ong>andong> the theory ong>andong> practice of ong>internationalong> law.

Strategic Choice and International Relations

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lake, David A. / Powell, Robert / Powell, Robert, PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press, The strategic-choice approach has a long pedigree in ong>internationalong> ong>relationsong>. In an area often rent by competing methodologies, editors David A. Lake ong>andong> Robert Powell take the best of accepted ong>andong> contested knowledge among many theories. With the contributors to this volume, they offer a unifying perspective, which begins with a simple insight: students of ong>internationalong> ong>relationsong> want to explain the choices actors make--whether these actors be states, parties, ethnic groups, companies, leaders, or individuals. This synthesis offers three new benefits: first, the strategic interaction of actors is the unit of analysis, rather than particular states or policies; second, these interactions are now usefully organized into analytic schemes, on which conceptual experiments may be based; ong>andong> third, a set of methodological "bets" is then made about the most productive ways to analyze the interactions. Together, these elements allow the pragmatic application of theories that may apply to a myriad of particular cases, such as individuals protesting environmental degradation, governments seeking to control nuclear weapons, or the United Nations attempting to mobilize member states for ong>internationalong> peacekeeping. Besides the editors, the six contributors to this book, all distinguished scholars of ong>internationalong> ong>relationsong>, are Jeffry A. Frieden, James D. Morrow, Ronald Rogowski, Peter Gourevitch, Miles Kahler, ong>andong> Arthur A. Stein. Their work is an invaluable introduction for scholars ong>andong> students of ong>internationalong> ong>relationsong>, economists, ong>andong> government decision-makers. Acquista Ora

Evolutionary Politics

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Schubert, Glendon A., JR., PUBLISHER: Southern Illinois University Press, This synthesis of research into the behavior of humans ong>andong> other social animals ranges horizontally from a congruence of the perspectives of the life sciences, social sciences, ong>andong> physical sciences ong>andong> longitudinally from that of the most recent 60 million years, but emphasizing the last 12 thousong>andong> years. From a ong>politicalong> science perspective, these essays focus on both individual ong>andong> small-group ong>politicalong> behavior. Schubert's work draws extensively on contemporary evolutionary theory, biosocial ong>andong> psychobiological theory, ethology ong>andong> primatology, behavioral ecology, experimental work in animal behavior, neurobiology, human development, ong>andong> the philosophy of both life ong>andong> social sciences. Introducing ong>andong> concluding the book are essays that discuss the implications of biology ong>andong> the life sciences for the study of ong>politicalong> science. The others center on five topics: ong>politicalong> ethology (naturalistic study of human behavior as animal behavior); ong>politicalong> evolution; evolutionary theory; evolutionary development (ecological, epigenetic, ong>andong> ontogenetic); ong>andong> the evolution of human thinking.

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