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Regional Monetary Integration
This book surveys the prospects for regional monetary integration in various parts of the world. Beginning with a brief review of the theory of...
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New Race Politics in America
Foreign migration to the United States is dramatically altering the demographic profile of the American electorate. Nearly a third of all Americans...
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China's Struggle for Status
At the end of the Cold War the People's Republic of China found itself in an international crisis, facing severe problems in both domestic politics...
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When Things Fell Apart
In the later decades of the twentieth century, Africa plunged into political chaos. States failed, governments became predators, and citizens took up...
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Religion and War Resistance in the Plowshares Movement
As the nuclear arms race exploded in the 1980s, a group of U.S. religious pacifists used radical nonviolence to intervene. Armed with hammers, they...
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Counter-Democracy
Democracy is established as a generally uncontested ideal, while regimes inspired by this form of government fall under constant criticism. Hence,...
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Same-Sex Marriage and the Constitution
Following the widely reviewed success of the first edition, the updated and expanded second edition of Same-Sex Marriage and the Constitution argues...
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Principles of Constitutional Design
This book is written for anyone, anywhere sitting down to write a constitution. The book is designed to be educative for even those not engaged...
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From War to Democracy
Attempts to introduce democracy in the wake of civil war face a critical problem: how can war-torn societies move towards peace and democracy when...
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The Trouble with Terror
What is terrorism and can it ever be defended? Beginning with its definition, proceeding to its possible justifications, and culminating in proposals...
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The Rediscovering Europe in the Netherlands
In 2005, the Dutch referendum on whether to ratify the treaty establishing a European constitution dramatically exposed the rift between political...
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Resande, planering, makt
Samhällsvetenskaplig och humanistisk forskning har en viktig roll i att bredda kunskapsunderlagen för svensk transportplanering. Den här boken...
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Political Women and American Democracy
What do we know about women, politics, and democracy in the United States? The last thirty years have witnessed a remarkable increase in women’s...
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Poverty, Participation, and Democracy
For too long a conventional wisdom has held sway, suggesting that poor people in poor countries are not supportive of democracy and that democracies...
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Left and Right in Global Politics
Few notions are as universal as the idea of a left-right divide in politics. Despite its death being frequently foretold, the left-right metaphor...
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Välståndskriget
Vi har fötts in i en värld som snart inte kommer att finnas längre, hävdar Gabor Steingart. Länder som vi i går räknade till tredje världen...
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Social Protection and the Market in Latin America
Social security institutions have been among the most stable post-war social programs around the world. Increasingly, however, these institutions...
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Moral Limit and Possibility in World Politics
At what point can we concede that the realities of world politics require that moral principles be compromised, and how do we know when a real...
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Managing Strategic Surprise
The scope and applicability of risk management have expanded greatly over the past decade. Banks, corporations, and public agencies employ its new...
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Justice Across Borders
This book studies the struggle to enforce international human rights law in federal courts. In 1980, a federal appeals court ruled that a Paraguayan...
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Towards a New Liberal Internationalism
This is a comprehensive analysis of J. A. Hobson’s writings on international relations. Hobson is most famous for developing the neo-Marxist theory...
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The Thin Blue Line
The idea that we should “do something” to help those suffering in far-off places is the main impulse driving those who care about human rights....
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»Det är när de konfliktdämpande mekanismerna bryter samman, eller när nya situationer uppstår och nya mekanismer inte hinner utvecklas, som det...
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Hormoner för livet
Sommaren 1948 kallade läkemedelsföretaget Leo till presskonferens. Dagen efter spreds nyheten att Leo, i samverkan med forskare vid Karolinska...
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