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Preventing Corruption explores the problems involved in the
contemporary investigation, enforcement and governance of
international corruption, identifying that no one country or
culture has a monopoly on corruption, as it ranges across the
social spectrum and different cultures. This unique international
coverage explores the level of corruption in different public and
private sectors of business for individuals and organizations
around the world and highlights that some individuals and
organizations benefit from corruption regardless of geographical
location. It also examines the limits of current anti-corruption
strategies, laws and conventions and considers the involvement of
western democratic states in corruption, the concept of state
capture and the corrupt use of private military organizations in
conflict zones around the world.This diverse critical analysis of
international corruption includes under-explored areas such as
bribery, whistle blowing and the use of private bodies and will be
a highly valuable tool for scholars and practitioners alike.
Sport plays a collective social, political and cultural role around
the world. In recent years, however, it has become associated with
stories of corruption including gambling, consumption of illegal
substances and institutional vote rigging. This book examines the
level, depth and range of fraud and corruption in sport and the
methods used to counteract and prevent fraud and corruption which
damages the integrity of sport.Brooks, Aleem and Button argue that
sport is often downplayed and defended as 'different' from other
businesses. This book demonstrates that sport encounters the same
types of fraud and corruption as business everywhere, and those
specific to it such as match fixing, point shaving associated with
vested gambling interests and tanking to secure better players in
the future. Fraud, Corruption and Sport analyses a diverse range of
cases internationally from across the sporting world including
football, cricket, horse racing, basketball, baseball and
boxing.This book presents a new perspective on the security of
sport appealing to students, academics, practitioners and sporting
enthusiasts alike.
This book reveals the extent, types, investigation, enforcement and
governance of international corruption. Providing a unique
international coverage, it reveals the limits of current
anti-corruption strategies and explores the involvement of western
democratic states in corruption.
This book offers historical and contemporary international analysis
of fraud and corruption in sport, including a diverse range of
cases from the sporting world including football, cricket, horse
racing and boxing.
Historical Distillates examines the history of the Chemistry
Department at the University of Toronto from its beginnings in
1843, when it was housed in simple quarters in the Parliament
Buildings on Front Street and had just one faculty member. During
the founding era (1843-1920) three British gentlemen professors
guided the department through four homes; between 1920 and 1960
three Canadian heads built a highly influential department. Since
1960 eight chairmen have effectively managed a growing and diverse
department while it ventured into exciting new fields and emerging
sub-disciplines.
New colleges and a Nobel Prize have been highlights of the past
two decades. With the completion of recent renovations and
additions (such as the Davenport Research Building and Garden),
with its distinguished faculty, top-rate staff, and excellent
students, and with its dazzling array of equipment to support
research, the department's future indeed looks bright.
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Six Judgments
William G. Brooke
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R1,448
Discovery Miles 14 480
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Six Judgments
William G. Brooke
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R1,926
Discovery Miles 19 260
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"World Out of Balance" is the most comprehensive analysis to
date of the constraints on the United States' use of power in
pursuit of its security interests. Stephen Brooks and William
Wohlforth overturn conventional wisdom by showing that in a
unipolar system, where the United States is dominant in the scales
of world power, the constraints featured in international relations
theory are generally inapplicable. In fact, the authors argue that
the U.S. will not soon lose its leadership position; rather, it
stands before a twenty-year window of opportunity for reshaping the
international system.
Although American primacy in the world is unprecedented,
analysts routinely stress the limited utility of such preeminence.
The authors examine arguments from each of the main international
relations theories--realism, institutionalism, constructivism, and
liberalism. They also cover the four established external
constraints on U.S. security policy--international institutions,
economic interdependence, legitimacy, and balancing. The prevailing
view is that these external constraints conspire to undermine the
value of U.S. primacy, greatly restricting the range of security
policies the country can pursue. Brooks and Wohlforth show that, in
actuality, the international environment does not tightly constrain
U.S. security policy. "World Out of Balance" underscores the need
for an entirely new research agenda to better understand the
contours of international politics and the United States' place in
the world order.
"This is not only one of the three best books in international
political economy in the last ten years, it is one of the most
important recent books in the entire field of international
relations. Brooks integrates security studies and international
political economy with skill and wisdom. Focusing sharply on the
globalization of production, the author explores its implications
for national security, international politics, and international
economic relations. In addition, he links the discussion to various
theories of international relations."--David Baldwin, Princeton
University
"Stephen Brooks has quickly emerged as an original and
persuasive voice among international security experts. One reason
for this rapid ascent is his sophisticated understanding of
international economics and its effects on global politics. This
remarkable book breaks outside the confines of the longstanding
does-trade-promote-peace? debate to explore the impact of the rise
of multinational firms on security affairs--arguably the most
important facet of contemporary globalization. Brooks comes to
powerful and provocative conclusions about the end of the cold war,
great power stability, and security relations among developing
countries. Scholars and policymakers alike will be influenced by
Brooks' approach and will have to contend with his arguments for
years to come."--Geoffrey Garrett, University of California,
Berkeley
"Brooks has produced a significant and well-crafted book that
addresses an age-old debate in international relations and succeeds
in saying something new."--G. John Ikenberry, Princeton
University
"A path-breaking work on the globalization of production and
international conflict.While other writers have been content to
manipulate the black boxes of trade and conflict or international
production and conflict, Brooks has opened up the boxes and looked
inside."--Richard Rosecrance, University of California, Los
Angeles
""Producing Security" will transform how we understand the
age-old question of the impact of international commerce on
international security and war. Brooks argues persuasively that the
globalization of production is the key feature of the current
international economy and, therefore, the traditional focus on
international trade is outdated. Brooks then develops a
comprehensive theory of how the globalization of production could
influence security, exploring whether states can still maintain
autarkic security policies and whether the economic benefits of
expansion have been reduced. His conclusions, supported by thorough
empirical analysis, are optimistic--the globalization of production
is a force for stability among the great powers."--Charles Glaser,
University of Chicago
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