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Security and international relations
Security studies as a branch of international relations theory is evaluated from the perspective of the main rival theories - realism, neorealism, liberal institutionalism, classic economic liberalism, and Marxism - to explain why international figures choose or eschew force and coercive threats in order to elicit favourable outcomes.
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780521806435
- Collation
- xi, 349 p. ; 23 cm.
- Series Title
- Themes in international relations
- Call Number
- [POL-SSS-39]
Science, strategy and war : the strategic theory of John Boyd
By highlighting diverse sources that shaped Boyd?s thinking, and by offering a comprehensive overview of his work, this volume demonstrates that the common interpretation of the meaning of Boyd?s OODA loop concept is incomplete.
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 0415371031
- Collation
- 1 online resource (x, 313 p.) : ill.
- Series Title
- Cass series--strategy and history, 18.
- Call Number
- [POL-SSS-37]
Ontological security in international relations : self-identity and the IR state
Asserts that states pursue social actions to serve self-identity needs, even when these actions compromise their physical existence. This book analyzes three forms of social action, sometimes referred to as 'motives' of state behavior (moral, humanitarian, and honor-driven) through an ontological security approach.
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780415772761
- Collation
- xiv, 215 p. ; 24 cm.
- Series Title
- New international relations
- Call Number
- [POL-SSS-36]
New threats and new actors in international security
"Statistics show that today many more people are killed by ethnic conflicts, HIV/AIDS, or the proliferation of small arms than by international war. Moreover, non-state actors, such as non-governmental organizations, private military companies, and international regimes, are progressively complementing or even replacing states in the provision of security. Suggesting that such developments can …
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 1403966974
- Collation
- xii, 230 p. ; 25 cm.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- [POL-SSS-35]
Multilateralism and security institutions in an era of globalization
Offers an examination of two of the most crucial and controversial issues in international relations - the evolution of particular concepts of multilateralism, and whether international security institutions are objects of state choice and/or consequential. This book combines a variety of theoretical perspectives with detailed empirical examples.
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 0415449456
- Collation
- xiv, 370 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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- -
- Call Number
- [POL-SSS-34]
Making twenty-first-century strategy : an introduction to modern national sec…
"This new work defines national security strategy, its objectives, the problems it confronts, and the influences that constrain and facilitate its development and implementation in a post-Cold War, post-9/11 environment. The authors note that making and implementing national strategy centers on risk management and present a model for assessing strategic risks and the process for allocating limi…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 1585661600
- Collation
- 1 online resource (xviii, 268 p.)
- Series Title
- Making 21st century strategy : Introduction to modern national security processes and problems
- Call Number
- [POL-SSS-33]
Making strategy work : leading effective execution and change
Offers a comprehensive process model for making strategy work in the real world. This book shows why execution is even more important than many senior executives realize, and describes why businesses fail to deliver on even their most promising strategies.
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 013146745X
- Collation
- xxi, 384 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- [POL-SSS-32]
Learning to think strategically
Presents an account of the relationship between strategic thinking and the learning process involved taking learning from the academic to the everyday. This book is a primer on how successful strategists learn to think strategically. It traces the history of strategy, differentiates strategic thinking from planning.
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780750678797
- Collation
- xxi, 285 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Series Title
- New frontiers in learning.
- Call Number
- [POL-SSS-31]
Jihad and international security
"The book explores the global jihad movement and its emergence in the latter half of the twentieth century. The book investigates the nature and extent of this threat; traces its religious and ideological roots; relevant history; the goals of the movement; who is fighting jihad; how they end up in the movement; how it is being funded and sponsored; and what nations, particularly the United Stat…
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- 1st ed
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781403971913
- Collation
- 235 pages ; 24 cm
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- [POL-SSS-30]
21st century political science: a reference handbook
the SAGE 21st Century Reference Series volumes on political science highlight the most important topics, issues, questions, and debates any student obtaining a degree in this field ought to have mastered for effectiveness in the 21st century. 21st Century Political Science: A Reference Handbook serves as an authoritative reference source that meets students' research needs with more detailed in…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781412969017
- Collation
- 2 v. (xxii, 898 p.) : ill. ; 29 cm.
- Series Title
- 21st century reference series
- Call Number
- [POL-LIB-203]
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