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Russia and Europe - Building Bridges, Digging Trenches (Hardcover): Kjell Engelbrekt, Bertil Nygren Russia and Europe - Building Bridges, Digging Trenches (Hardcover)
Kjell Engelbrekt, Bertil Nygren
R4,178 Discovery Miles 41 780 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Russian-European political relations have always been problematic and one of the main reasons for this is the different perspectives on even the very basic notions and concepts of political life. With a worldwide recession, the problems as well as the opportunities in Russian-European relations are magnified. While most works on Russian-European, Russian-American and Russian-West relations focus on current policies and explain them from a standard set of explanatory variables, this book penetrates deeper into the structural and ideational differences that tend to bring about misperceptions, miscalculations, misinterpretations and misdeeds in this two-directional relationship. It applies a very broad conceptual framework to analyse differences that are as relevant for Europe and the EU as it is to Russiaa (TM)s immediate neighbours and, while doing so, identifies the key factors that will dominate Russia-EU ties in the next decade.

Digital Media and the Dynamics of Civil Society - Retooling Citizenship in New EU Democracies (Hardcover): Maria Bakardjieva,... Digital Media and the Dynamics of Civil Society - Retooling Citizenship in New EU Democracies (Hardcover)
Maria Bakardjieva, Stina Bengtsson, Goeran Bolin, Kjell Engelbrekt
R2,560 Discovery Miles 25 600 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Based on an extended empirical research project, this book advances the theoretical, normative and practical understanding of civil society under the conditions of digital mediatization and in relation to a set of particular historical and geopolitical circumstances. Digital Media and the Dynamics of Civil Society adds to existing knowledge of the democratizing role of digital media in communication studies by carefully tracing the trajectory of the emergent communicative and representational practices of civil society in a pair of new European democracies - Estonia and Bulgaria - facing distinctive socio-cultural and political challenges. The book combines macro and micro perspectives to illuminate the activities of civic activist and civil society organizations in the new media environment taking into account the social and cultural developments characteristic of each country. Have digital media contributed to the constitution of a new public space fostering the vitality and democratic potency of civil society in countries where it has suffered historical obstacles? These chapters address this question by traversing the whole range between personal, group and societal beliefs, lived experiences and actions unfolding in a concrete region at a time when civic activists around the world are grappling to understand and harness the powers of digital communication.

High-Table Diplomacy - The Reshaping of International Security Institutions (Hardcover): Kjell Engelbrekt High-Table Diplomacy - The Reshaping of International Security Institutions (Hardcover)
Kjell Engelbrekt
R3,562 Discovery Miles 35 620 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The proliferation of "minilateral" summits is reshaping how international security problems are addressed, yet these summits remain a poorly understood phenomenon. In this groundbreaking work, Kjell Engelbrekt contrasts the most important minilateral summits -- the G7 (formerly G8) and G20 -- with the older and more formal UN Security Council to assess where the diplomacy of international security is taking place and whether these institutions complement or compete with each other. Engelbrekt's research in primary-source documents of the G7, G8, G20, and UN Security Council provides unique insight into how these institutions deliberate on three policy areas: conflict management, counterterrorism cooperation, and climate change mitigation. Relatively informal and flexible, GX diplomacy invites more countries to take a seat at the table and allows nontraditional security threats to be placed on the agenda. Engelbrekt concludes, however, that there is a continuing need for institutions like the UN to address traditional security problems. High-Table Diplomacy will provoke discussion and further research on the role of minilateral summits among scholars of international relations, security studies, and international organizations.

High-Table Diplomacy - The Reshaping of International Security Institutions (Paperback): Kjell Engelbrekt High-Table Diplomacy - The Reshaping of International Security Institutions (Paperback)
Kjell Engelbrekt
R1,242 Discovery Miles 12 420 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The proliferation of "minilateral" summits is reshaping how international security problems are addressed, yet these summits remain a poorly understood phenomenon. In this groundbreaking work, Kjell Engelbrekt contrasts the most important minilateral summits -- the G7 (formerly G8) and G20 -- with the older and more formal UN Security Council to assess where the diplomacy of international security is taking place and whether these institutions complement or compete with each other. Engelbrekt's research in primary-source documents of the G7, G8, G20, and UN Security Council provides unique insight into how these institutions deliberate on three policy areas: conflict management, counterterrorism cooperation, and climate change mitigation. Relatively informal and flexible, GX diplomacy invites more countries to take a seat at the table and allows nontraditional security threats to be placed on the agenda. Engelbrekt concludes, however, that there is a continuing need for institutions like the UN to address traditional security problems. High-Table Diplomacy will provoke discussion and further research on the role of minilateral summits among scholars of international relations, security studies, and international organizations.

The NATO Intervention in Libya - Lessons learned from the campaign (Hardcover, New): Kjell Engelbrekt, Marcus Mohlin, Charlotte... The NATO Intervention in Libya - Lessons learned from the campaign (Hardcover, New)
Kjell Engelbrekt, Marcus Mohlin, Charlotte Wagnsson
R4,173 Discovery Miles 41 730 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book explores 'lessons learned' from the military intervention in Libya by examining key aspects of the 2011 NATO campaign. NATO's intervention in Libya had unique features, rendering it unlikely to serve as a model for action in other situations. There was an explicit UN Security Council mandate to use military force, a strong European commitment to protect Libyan civilians, Arab League political endorsement and American engagement in the critical, initial phase of the air campaign. Although the seven-month intervention stretched NATO's ammunition stockpiles and political will almost to their respective breaking points, the definitive overthrow of the Gaddafi regime is universally regarded as a major accomplishment. With contributions from a range of key thinkers and analysts in the field, the book first explains the law and politics of the intervention, starting out with deliberations in NATO and at the UN Security Council, both noticeably influenced by the concept of a Responsibility to Protect (R2P). It then goes on to examine a wide set of military and auxiliary measures that governments and defence forces undertook in order to increasingly tilt the balance against the Gaddafi regime and to bring about an end to the conflict, as well as to the intervention proper, while striving to keep the number of NATO and civilian casualties to a minimum. This book will be of interest to students of strategic studies, history and war studies, and IR in general.

European Union and Strategy - An Emerging Actor (Paperback): Kjell Engelbrekt, Jan Hallenberg European Union and Strategy - An Emerging Actor (Paperback)
Kjell Engelbrekt, Jan Hallenberg
R1,330 Discovery Miles 13 300 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This edited volume sets out to explore the paradox that the European Union (EU) produces policies with strategic qualities, but lacks the institutions and concepts to engage in strategic reasoning and action proper.
The book has a two-fold agenda, exploring current EU external policies that are, or seem to be, linked to strategic priorities, and also studying the concept of strategy in the particular context of EU decision- and policymaking.
The volume first examines the character of the Union as a strategic actor at this stage of its development. It then explores the ability of the Union to act and otherwise influence both its periphery and the wider world, focusing in particular on how it is perceived by other actors. The final section comprises personal assessments by a group of contributors regarding the character of the union as a strategic actor in the present and future. When these are pieced together, a picture emerges of a European strategy in the making, albeit one that so far is modest and partial.
This book will be of interest to students of European Security, European Politics and IR.

European Union and Strategy - An Emerging Actor (Hardcover, New): Kjell Engelbrekt, Jan Hallenberg European Union and Strategy - An Emerging Actor (Hardcover, New)
Kjell Engelbrekt, Jan Hallenberg
R4,311 Discovery Miles 43 110 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This edited volume sets out to explore the paradox that the European Union (EU) produces policies with strategic qualities, but lacks the institutions and concepts to engage in strategic reasoning and action proper. The book has a two-fold agenda, exploring current EU external policies that are, or seem to be, linked to strategic priorities, and also studying the concept of strategy in the particular context of EU decision- and policymaking. The volume first examines the character of the Union as a strategic actor at this stage of its development. It then explores the ability of the Union to act and otherwise influence both its periphery and the wider world, focusing in particular on how it is perceived by other actors. The final section comprises personal assessments by a group of contributors regarding the character of the union as a strategic actor in the present and future. When these are pieced together, a picture emerges of a European strategy in the making, albeit one that so far is modest and partial. This book will be of interest to students of European Security, European Politics and IR.

The Politics of Group Rights - The State and Multiculturalism (Paperback, New): Ishtiaq Ahmed The Politics of Group Rights - The State and Multiculturalism (Paperback, New)
Ishtiaq Ahmed; Contributions by Ishtiaq Ahmed, Ulf Moerkenstam, Jan Hjarpe, Kjell Engelbrekt, …
R1,287 Discovery Miles 12 870 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Politics of Group Rights presents case studies from seven countries, illuminated by the latest insights from multicultural and group-rights theory. Cultural diversity has powerful political implications for both industrialized nations and developing countries. In the former, the granting of group rights is seen as a vital extension of liberal democracy, but critics point out that such rights should not negate the human rights of individuals. In developing countries, group rights are seen as indigenous to the prevailing cultural and religious traditions but often times negatively in relation to individual rights.

Security Policy Reorientation in Peripheral Europe - A Comparative-Perspectivist Approach (Hardcover): Kjell Engelbrekt Security Policy Reorientation in Peripheral Europe - A Comparative-Perspectivist Approach (Hardcover)
Kjell Engelbrekt
R3,197 Discovery Miles 31 970 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This title was first published in 2002. This rich comparative analysis looks at security policy reorientation in four European states located at the periphery of the European continent. During the post-Cold War period, Greece, Bulgaria, Sweden and Finland conducted a security policy that was heavily influenced by their close proximity to the iron curtain . Probing this transition during a decisive phase of the post-Cold War reconstitution of the wider European security order, the author analyzes national security policy making from the standpoints of three international relations traditions - realism, institutionalism and political anthropology. This engaging work is invaluable for students, scholars and policy analysts working in the field of international relations and European politics.

Russia and Europe - Building Bridges, Digging Trenches (Paperback): Kjell Engelbrekt, Bertil Nygren Russia and Europe - Building Bridges, Digging Trenches (Paperback)
Kjell Engelbrekt, Bertil Nygren
R1,504 Discovery Miles 15 040 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Russian-European political relations have always been problematic and one of the main reasons for this is the different perspectives on even the very basic notions and concepts of political life. With a worldwide recession, the problems as well as the opportunities in Russian-European relations are magnified. While most works on Russian-European, Russian-American and Russian-West relations focus on current policies and explain them from a standard set of explanatory variables, this book penetrates deeper into the structural and ideational differences that tend to bring about misperceptions, miscalculations, misinterpretations and misdeeds in this two-directional relationship. It applies a very broad conceptual framework to analyse differences that are as relevant for Europe and the EU as it is to Russia's immediate neighbours and, while doing so, identifies the key factors that will dominate Russia-EU ties in the next decade.

Bulgaria's Democratic Institutions at Thirty - A Balance Sheet (Hardcover): Kjell Engelbrekt, Petia Kostadinova Bulgaria's Democratic Institutions at Thirty - A Balance Sheet (Hardcover)
Kjell Engelbrekt, Petia Kostadinova; Contributions by Tanya Bagashka, Maria Bakardjieva, Kjell Engelbrekt, …
R2,708 Discovery Miles 27 080 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Thirty years after Bulgaria's democratic breakthrough, this book provides a "balance sheet" of the country's democratic institutions through a number of interdisciplinary contributions. The volume is organized around three themes-democratic institutions, civil society, and European Union (EU) processes-and examines such topics such as voting, political parties, populism, media, civil society organizations, identity, and the rule of law. While the contributors argue that Bulgaria's democracy is successful in terms of the procedural norms of democracy, civic participation, and compliance with EU rules, they also identify serious problem areas. Bulgaria's democratic institutions struggle with obstacles such as populist Euroscepticism, political elitism, corruption, and a lack of political accountability, though this volume fully acknowledges the historical development of Bulgarian democracy, including its achievements and continuing setbacks.

The NATO Intervention in Libya - Lessons learned from the campaign (Paperback): Kjell Engelbrekt, Marcus Mohlin, Charlotte... The NATO Intervention in Libya - Lessons learned from the campaign (Paperback)
Kjell Engelbrekt, Marcus Mohlin, Charlotte Wagnsson
R1,322 Discovery Miles 13 220 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book explores 'lessons learned' from the military intervention in Libya by examining key aspects of the 2011 NATO campaign. NATO's intervention in Libya had unique features, rendering it unlikely to serve as a model for action in other situations. There was an explicit UN Security Council mandate to use military force, a strong European commitment to protect Libyan civilians, Arab League political endorsement and American engagement in the critical, initial phase of the air campaign. Although the seven-month intervention stretched NATO's ammunition stockpiles and political will almost to their respective breaking points, the definitive overthrow of the Gaddafi regime is universally regarded as a major accomplishment. With contributions from a range of key thinkers and analysts in the field, the book first explains the law and politics of the intervention, starting out with deliberations in NATO and at the UN Security Council, both noticeably influenced by the concept of a Responsibility to Protect (R2P). It then goes on to examine a wide set of military and auxiliary measures that governments and defence forces undertook in order to increasingly tilt the balance against the Gaddafi regime and to bring about an end to the conflict, as well as to the intervention proper, while striving to keep the number of NATO and civilian casualties to a minimum. This book will be of interest to students of strategic studies, history and war studies, and IR in general.

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