Six decades after its establishment, the United Nations and its system of related agencies and programs are perpetually in crisis. While the twentieth-century’s world wars gave rise to ground-breaking efforts at international organization in 1919 and 1945, today’s UN is ill-equipped to deal with contemporary challenges to world order. Neither the end of the Cold War nor the aftermath of 9/11 has l…
In a world of increasing austerity measures, democratic politics comes under pressure. With the need to consolidate budgets and to accommodate financial markets, the responsiveness of governments to voters declines. However, democracy depends on choice. Citizens must be able to influence the course of government through elections and if a change in government cannot translate into different polici…
The Triumph of Politics offers a comparative and historical interpretation of Venezuela's Chavez, Bolivia's Morales and Ecuador's Correa – South America's most prominent ‘21st century socialists'. It argues that the claims of these 21st century socialists should be taken seriously even though not necessarily at face value. The authors show how the consensual market oriented policymaking that chara…
n Many people across the world know Antonio Negri as an internationally renowned political thinker whose book, Empire, co-authored with Michael Hardt, is an international bestseller. Much less well known is the fact that, up until 1979, Negri was a university professor teaching in Paris and Padova. On April 7th, 1979 he was arrested, charged with the murder of Italian politician Aldo Moro, accused…
Through a fusion of philosophical, social scientific, and historical methods, A Brief History of Liberty provides a comprehensive, philosophically-informed portrait of the elusive nature of one of our most cherished ideals. Offers a succinct yet thorough survey of personal freedom Explores the true meaning of liberty, drawing philosophical lessons about liberty from history Considers the writings …
Praise for HANDBOOK of HEALTH SOCIAL WORK SECOND EDITION «Handbook of Health Social Work, Second Edition is a crucial addition for seasoned practitioners' libraries, as well as an essential foundation for fledgling social workers ready to enter health as a practice and research area.» –From the Foreword by Suzanne Heurtin-Roberts, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services «The book's strengths …
Writings on War collects three of Carl Schmitt's most important and controversial texts, here appearing in English for the first time: The Turn to the Discriminating Concept of War, The Großraum Order of International Law, and The International Crime of the War of Aggression and the Principle «Nullum crimen, nulla poena sine lege». Written between 1937 and 1945, these works articulate Schmitt's co…
The multi-billion dollar business of the international conventional arms trade involves virtually every country in the world. Around the globe, people's lives are being irrevocably changed by the effects of guns, tanks, and missiles. These weapons have the potential to cause a deadly and current threat – one responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths a year. This succinct and accessible new b…
The purpose of this book is to draw up a picture of the transformations in the innovation systems induced by globalization – or globalization. We understand the latter as the existence of new macroeconomic solidarities. These are attested since about the middle of the 1980s, with the observation of a tripolar world drawn up by Kenichi Ohmae. The book intends to explain all theories of globalizatio…
В учебном пособии кратко излагаются история становления, основные проблемы, методы и функции государства как основного элемента политической системы общества. Особое внимание уделяется истории возникновения и эволюции государства, анализу форм государственной политической власти. В пособии раскрываются признаки, структура и функции государства. Рассматриваются основные типы государства в мировой и…
The main goal of this text is to introduce the systems approach to disasters management community as an alternative approach that can provide support for interdisciplinary activities involved in the management of disasters. The systems approach draws on the fields of operations research and economics to create skills in solving complex management problems. The text is organized into four parts. Pa…
Ulrich Friedrich Willy Joachim von Ribbentrop est né à Wesel en Prusse. Cependant, il n’a pas porté le nom noble de l’enfance même. Déjà adulte, il a été adopté par sa propre tante. Cet événement a aussi permis au vain Ribbentrop d’attacher au patronyme la figure de la noblesse en forme de “fond”. Tout en lui donnant généreusement la noblesse de sa tante, il s’engagea à le faire à vie.
Ulrich Friedrich Willy Joachim von Ribbentrop est né à Wesel en Prusse. Cependant, il n’a pas porté le nom noble de l’enfance même. Déjà adulte, il a été adopté par sa propre tante. Cet événement a aussi permis au vain Ribbentrop d’attacher au patronyme la figure de la noblesse en forme de “fond”. Tout en lui donnant généreusement la noblesse de sa tante, il s’engagea à le faire à vie.