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This book presents a new theoretical framework through which to
understand the role of regional powers in creating and maintaining
regional security orders. As a result of the retreat of the global
powers since the end of the Cold War, it has become clear that
international security dynamics are less explicable without
considering the regional level as a primary focus for most states.
The authors contend that these dynamics, which include the
identification, management and prevention of security threats, are
heavily influenced by regional powers. The regional level in this
text is defined on the basis of regional sub-systems, more
specifically Regional Security Complexes. Within this context, the
authors utilize their framework to address how security orders are
defined and how regional powers are identified. The focus then
turns to an analysis of how the roles and foreign policy
orientations of regional powers, conditioned by the presence of
material capabilities, affect the development of regional security
orders. The authors then present a comparative analysis of Russia,
Brazil and India within their own security complexes to demonstrate
an application of the framework. This book will be of interest to
students of regional security, international security, foreign
policy and International Relations in general.
Now fully adapted for the Europe, Middle East & Africa market,
Microeconomic Theory: Basic Principles and Extensions delivers
cutting-edge treatment of microeconomics together with an ideal
level of mathematical rigour. Aimed directly at upper level
undergraduate students and graduate students, the book teaches
users how to work directly with theoretical tools, real-world
applications, and the latest developments within the study of
microeconomics. It provides clear and accurate coverage of advanced
microeconomic concepts and illustrates how the theory applies to
practical situations. In addition, the text s helps to build
student intuition by including a new two-tier end-of-chapter
problem that begins with simple numerical/mathematical exercises
followed by more analytical, theoretical, and complex problems.
This book presents a varied and critical picture of how the Arab
Spring demands a re-examination and re-conceptualization of issues
of transitional justice. It demonstrates how unique features of
this wave of revolutions and popular protests that have swept the
Arab world since December 2010 give rise to distinctive concerns
and problems relative to transitional justice. The contributors
explore how these issues in turn add fresh perspective and nuance
to the field more generally. In so doing, it explores fundamental
questions of social justice, reconstruction and healing in the
context of the Arab Spring. Including the perspectives of academics
and practitioners, Transitional Justice and the Arab Spring will be
of considerable interest to those working on the politics of the
Middle East, normative political theory, transitional justice,
international law, international relations and human rights.
This book presents a varied and critical picture of how the Arab
Spring demands a re-examination and re-conceptualization of issues
of transitional justice. It demonstrates how unique features of
this wave of revolutions and popular protests that have swept the
Arab world since December 2010 give rise to distinctive concerns
and problems relative to transitional justice. The contributors
explore how these issues in turn add fresh perspective and nuance
to the field more generally. In so doing, it explores fundamental
questions of social justice, reconstruction and healing in the
context of the Arab Spring.
Including the perspectives of academics and practitioners,
Transitional Justice and the Arab Spring will be of considerable
interest to those working on the politics of the Middle East,
normative political theory, transitional justice, international
law, international relations and human rights.
This book presents a new theoretical framework through which to
understand the role of regional powers in creating and maintaining
regional security orders. As a result of the retreat of the global
powers since the end of the Cold War, it has become clear that
international security dynamics are less explicable without
considering the regional level as a primary focus for most states.
The authors contend that these dynamics, which include the
identification, management and prevention of security threats, are
heavily influenced by regional powers. The regional level in this
text is defined on the basis of regional sub-systems, more
specifically Regional Security Complexes. Within this context, the
authors utilize their framework to address how security orders are
defined and how regional powers are identified. The focus then
turns to an analysis of how the roles and foreign policy
orientations of regional powers, conditioned by the presence of
material capabilities, affect the development of regional security
orders. The authors then present a comparative analysis of Russia,
Brazil and India within their own security complexes to demonstrate
an application of the framework. This book will be of interest to
students of regional security, international security, foreign
policy and International Relations in general.
There are many textbooks on research methods, plenty of books on
popular science, and specialist texts on a whole range of academic
fields. However, few bring these together as a framework for a
career involving research, and few attempt a practical appraisal of
the challenges and opportunities involved in being 'a researcher'.
Here, the principles underlying humanity's past and continuing
acquisition of knowledge are illustrated across a variety of
academic fields, from history to quantum physics - telling stories
of clever and inventive people with good ideas, but also of
personalities, politics, and power. This book draws together these
strands to provide an informal and concise account of knowledge
acquisition in all its guises. Having set out what research hopes
to achieve, and why we are all researchers at heart, early chapters
describe the basic principles underlying this - ways of thinking
which may date back to the philosophers of the Athenian marketplace
but are still powerful influences on the way research is carried
out today. Drawing on a broad range of disciplines, Stewart takes
the reader well beyond the pure 'scientific method', which might
work well enough in physics or chemistry but falls apart in life
sciences, let alone humanities. Later chapters consider the
realities of carrying out research and the ways in which these
continue to shape its progress - researchers and their
personalities, their employers, funding, publication, political
forces, and power structures. Written in an accessible and engaging
style, this book is for anyone embarking on a research project or
beginning to think about a career involving research, and for those
in need of refocusing on why they started research in the first
place.
One of the great landmarks in the history of English politics in
the nineteenth century was the struggle to repeal the Corn Laws in
the 1840s. Earlier accounts have examined the episode from the side
of the free-traders. This book explains the conduct of those Tories
who broke with Robert Peel, and who, in the fighting to save the
Corn Laws, preserved the foundations of the modern Conservative
Party. Examining the relationship before 1846 between Peel's
government and the right-wing back-benchers of the Conservative
Party, Dr Stewart argues that there was much more to the split in
1846 than a dispute over tariff policy. He stresses the importance
and prevalence of anti-Catholicism among Tory Protectionists, and
shows how differences were broad enough to make the 1846 split
permanent, and for the Protectionists to organize themselves into a
separate party under Lord George Bentinck and Lord Derby.
This study explores Iranian influence in Afghanistan and the
implications for the United States after most U.S. forces depart
Afghanistan in 2014. Iran has substantial economic, political,
cultural, and religious leverage in Afghanistan. Although Iran will
attempt to shape a post-2014 Afghanistan, Iran and the United
States share core interests: to prevent the country from again
becoming dominated by the Taliban and a safe haven for al Qaeda.
TV White Space Communications and Networks summarizes the current
state-of-the-art in this important aspect of wireless
communication. Part One covers related technologies, while Part Two
looks at policy, regulation and standardization issues. Part Three
discusses the commercialization and potential applications of white
space networks, rounding out a comprehensive book that provides a
standard reference for those researching and commercializing white
space networks.
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