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After hegemony : cooperation and discord in the world political economy
Examines the current state of international politics and economics, discusses theories of rational cooperation, and considers the importance of institutions.
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- -
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- 0691076766
- Collation
- ix, 290 p. ; 24 cm.
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- -
- Call Number
- [POL-SSS-05]
A purchasing manager's guide to strategic proactive procurement
Details the latest innovations in purchasing and supply management, and the trend in purchasing departments from reactive to proactive status. Case studies show how to add value at the four key stages, how to determine what to buy, and how to integrate the purchasing function with TQM.
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- -
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- 0814402887
- Collation
- 1 online resource (xvi, 319 p.) : ill., maps.
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- -
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- [POL-SSS-04]
A global security triangle : European, African and Asian interaction
The urgency attached to the agenda of international terrorism and human and drug-trafficking has forced the EU into new cooperation with Africa and Asia. The EU has developed various strategies towards Africa and the Asian regions. This book provides conceptual and empirical arguments to offer a fresh perspective on the EU as a global actor.
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- 0415496578
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- xx, 256 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
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- Routledge/GARNET series., Europe in the world.
- Call Number
- [POL-SSS-03]
A choice of enemies : America confronts the Middle East
Examines how the Camp David summit leading to the Israel-Egypt Treaty, the Iranian Islamic revolution, and the failed Soviet intervention in Afganistan all influenced America's strategic and policy choices and led to its current involvement in the MiddleEast.
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- 1st ed
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781586485184
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- xxviii, 601 p. : maps ; 24 cm
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- -
- Call Number
- [POL-SSS-01]
What moves man : the realist theory of international relations and its judgme…
The realist theory of international relations is based on a particularly gloomy set of assumptions about universal human motives. Believing people to be essentially asocial, selfish, and untrustworthy, realism counsels a politics of distrust and competition in the international arena. What Moves Man subjects realism to a broad and deep critique. Freyberg-Inan argues, first, that realist psychol…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 079145827X
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- vi, 266 p. ; 23 cm
- Series Title
- SUNY series in global politics
- Call Number
- [POL-IRT-72]
Western political thought in dialogue with Asia
Western Political Thought in Dialogue with Asia is a unique collection of essays that examines the exchange of political ideas between Western Europe and Asia from the Middle Ages to the early twentieth century. The contributors to the volume call for globalizing the scope of research and teaching in the history of political thought.
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- 9780739123782
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- vi, 330 p. ; 24 cm
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- Global encounters
- Call Number
- [POL-IRT-71]
Two worlds of international relations : academics, practitioners and the trad…
In the twentieth century the social science of international relations has gone from strength to strength. At first, policy-makers showed little interest in academic international relations, but in the last thirty years they have both encouraged and to a degree intervened in this burgeoning field. For their part, academics have been drawn more and more into commentary on governments' actions, t…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 041506970X
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- xiii, 233 p. ; 22 cm
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- -
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- [POL-IRT-69]
Theory and evidence in comparative politics and international relations
Contributing authors offer a variety of answers, addressing the purpose and methods of research and analysing concepts, including the relationship of theory and evidence, the changing formulation of neopositivism, and the importance of medicine to social science.
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781403974563
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- x, 290 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
- Series Title
- New visions in security
- Call Number
- [POL-IRT-66]
Theories of international relations : transition vs. persistence
"This book is a synthetic historiography of present-day international relations theory. It is a critical analysis of the continuing diversity and complexity of enduring themes through a sustained focus on the analysis of the empirical evidence accumulated by social scientists. Special attention is given to key historical changes in theoretical approaches over the past half-century with full rec…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 0312230745
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- 317 p. ; 25 cm
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- -
- Call Number
- [POL-IRT-65]
The power of international theory : reforging the link to foreign policy-maki…
"The field of international relations arose from the desire to assist and guide policy-makers to create a better and more peaceful world. However, many of the current trends, post-positivism, constructivism, reflectivism and postmodernism share a conception of international theory that undercuts the possibility of offering significant guidance to policy-makers."
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 0415701384
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- xii, 253 p. ; 24 cm
- Series Title
- New international relations
- Call Number
- [POL-IRT-63]
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