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Domestic Politics and Norm Diffusion in International Relations - Ideas do not float freely (Paperback): Thomas Risse Domestic Politics and Norm Diffusion in International Relations - Ideas do not float freely (Paperback)
Thomas Risse
R1,532 Discovery Miles 15 320 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book collects Thomas Risse's most important articles together in a single volume. Covering a wide range of issues - the end of the Cold War, transatlantic relations, the "democratic peace," human rights, governance in areas of limited statehood, Europeanization, European identity and public spheres, most recently comparative regionalism - it is testament to the breadth and excellence of this highly respected International Relations scholar's work. The collection is organized thematically - domestic politics and international relations, international sources of domestic change, and the diffusion of ideas and institutions - and a brand new introductory essay provides additional coherence. This text will be of key interest to scholars and students of International Relations, European Politics, and Comparative Politics.

Democracy Promotion and the Challenges of Illiberal Regional Powers (Hardcover): Nelli Babayan, Thomas Risse Democracy Promotion and the Challenges of Illiberal Regional Powers (Hardcover)
Nelli Babayan, Thomas Risse
R4,136 Discovery Miles 41 360 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book examines Western efforts at democracy promotion, reactions by illiberal challengers and regional powers, and political and societal conditions in target states. It is argued that Western powers are not unequivocally committed to the promotion of democracy and human rights, while non-democratic regional powers cannot simply be described as "autocracy supporters". This volume examines in detail the challenges by three illiberal regional powers - China, Russia and Saudi Arabia - to Western (US and EU) efforts at democracy promotion. The contributions specifically analyze their actions in Ethiopia and Angola in the case of China, Georgia and Ukraine in the case of Russia, and Tunisia in the case of Saudi Arabia. Democratic powers such as the US or the EU usually prefer stability over human rights and democracy. If democratic movements threaten stability in a region, neither the US nor the EU supports them. As to illiberal powers, they are generally not that different from their democratic counterparts. They also prefer stability over turmoil. Neither Russia nor China nor Saudi Arabia explicitly promote autocracy. Instead, they seek to suppress democratic movements in their periphery the minute these groups threaten their security interests or are perceived to endanger their regime survival. This was previously published as a special issue of Democratization.

From Europeanisation to Diffusion (Paperback): Thomas Risse, Tanja A. Borzel From Europeanisation to Diffusion (Paperback)
Thomas Risse, Tanja A. Borzel
R1,291 Discovery Miles 12 910 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book provides a comprehensive account of the extent to which policies and institutions of the European Union (EU) spread across different contexts. Are the EU's attempts to transfer its policies and institutions to accession and neighbourhood countries sustainable and effective? To what degree do other regions of the world emulate the EU's institutional features, what are the mechanisms of, and conditions for, their diffusion? Chapters deal with Europeanization in the new EU member states, particularly in Romania and Bulgaria, in current accession candidates, i.e. the Western Balkans and Turkey, as well the Eastern (Southern Caucasus) and Southern Neighbourhood (Israel and the Maghreb). In addition, authors investigate the diffusion of EU policies and institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The authors place Europeanization studies in the wider context of research on transnational diffusion, and examine the relevant mechanisms and processes, including incentives and capacity-building, socialization and learning as well as functional and normative emulation. Finally, the book discusses what conditions lead to the successful diffusion of European institutions and policies, such as domestic incentives, degrees of (limited) statehood, regime type, and power (a)symmetries. This book was originally published as a special issue of West European Politics.

Responses to the 'Arabellions' - The EU in Comparative Perspective (Paperback): Tanja Boerzel, Assem Dandashly,... Responses to the 'Arabellions' - The EU in Comparative Perspective (Paperback)
Tanja Boerzel, Assem Dandashly, Thomas Risse
R1,522 Discovery Miles 15 220 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book studies the reactions by external actors, including the European Union, to the events unfolding in the Arab world beginning in December 2010. In particular, contributors look at external actors' attempts to balance their desire for stability with their normative principles toward human rights and democracy. The book compares the action (and inaction) of the EU with other international and regional players, including the United States, Russia, Turkey and Israel, and assesses the response of these actors to the Arabellions' events, analysing changes in their approaches to the Arab region. The contributions to this book answer three questions: (1) How have external actors assessed the 'Arabellions' and what role did they see for themselves in this context? (2) Which goals and instruments did external actors pursue toward the MENA region? In particular, how did they deal with conflicting goals, such as support for human rights and democracy, on the one hand, and concerns about security and stability, on the other? (3) How can we explain the varying responses of external actors to the Arabellions? This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of European Integration.

Domestic Politics and Norm Diffusion in International Relations - Ideas do not float freely (Hardcover): Thomas Risse Domestic Politics and Norm Diffusion in International Relations - Ideas do not float freely (Hardcover)
Thomas Risse
R4,458 Discovery Miles 44 580 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book collects Thomas Risse's most important articles together in a single volume. Covering a wide range of issues - the end of the Cold War, transatlantic relations, the "democratic peace," human rights, governance in areas of limited statehood, Europeanization, European identity and public spheres, most recently comparative regionalism - it is testament to the breadth and excellence of this highly respected International Relations scholar's work. The collection is organized thematically - domestic politics and international relations, international sources of domestic change, and the diffusion of ideas and institutions - and a brand new introductory essay provides additional coherence. This text will be of key interest to scholars and students of International Relations, European Politics, and Comparative Politics. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

From Europeanisation to Diffusion (Hardcover, New): Thomas Risse, Tanja A. Borzel From Europeanisation to Diffusion (Hardcover, New)
Thomas Risse, Tanja A. Borzel
R4,433 Discovery Miles 44 330 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book provides a comprehensive account of the extent to which policies and institutions of the European Union (EU) spread across different contexts. Are the EU's attempts to transfer its policies and institutions to accession and neighbourhood countries sustainable and effective? To what degree do other regions of the world emulate the EU's institutional features, what are the mechanisms of, and conditions for, their diffusion? Chapters deal with Europeanization in the new EU member states, particularly in Romania and Bulgaria, in current accession candidates, i.e. the Western Balkans and Turkey, as well the Eastern (Southern Caucasus) and Southern Neighbourhood (Israel and the Maghreb). In addition, authors investigate the diffusion of EU policies and institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The authors place Europeanization studies in the wider context of research on transnational diffusion, and examine the relevant mechanisms and processes, including incentives and capacity-building, socialization and learning as well as functional and normative emulation. Finally, the book discusses what conditions lead to the successful diffusion of European institutions and policies, such as domestic incentives, degrees of (limited) statehood, regime type, and power (a)symmetries. This book was originally published as a special issue of West European Politics.

The Past Web - Exploring Web Archives (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021): Daniel Gomes, Elena Demidova, Jane Winters, Thomas Risse The Past Web - Exploring Web Archives (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021)
Daniel Gomes, Elena Demidova, Jane Winters, Thomas Risse
R4,747 Discovery Miles 47 470 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book provides practical information about web archives, offers inspiring examples for web archivists, raises new challenges, and shares recent research results about access methods to explore information from the past preserved by web archives. The book is structured in six parts. Part 1 advocates for the importance of web archives to preserve our collective memory in the digital era, demonstrates the problem of web ephemera and shows how web archiving activities have been trying to address this challenge. Part 2 then focuses on different strategies for selecting web content to be preserved and on the media types that different web archives host. It provides an overview of efforts to address the preservation of web content as well as smaller-scale but high-quality collections of social media or audiovisual content. Next, Part 3 presents examples of initiatives to improve access to archived web information and provides an overview of access mechanisms for web archives designed to be used by humans or automatically accessed by machines. Part 4 presents research use cases for web archives. It also discusses how to engage more researchers in exploiting web archives and provides inspiring research studies performed using the exploration of web archives. Subsequently, Part 5 demonstrates that web archives should become crucial infrastructures for modern connected societies. It makes the case for developing web archives as research infrastructures and presents several inspiring examples of added-value services built on web archives. Lastly, Part 6 reflects on the evolution of the web and the sustainability of web archiving activities. It debates the requirements and challenges for web archives if they are to assume the responsibility of being societal infrastructures that enable the preservation of memory. This book targets academics and advanced professionals in a broad range of research areas such as digital humanities, social sciences, history, media studies and information or computer science. It also aims to fill the need for a scholarly overview to support lecturers who would like to introduce web archiving into their courses by offering an initial reference for students.

The Past Web - Exploring Web Archives (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Daniel Gomes, Elena Demidova, Jane Winters, Thomas Risse The Past Web - Exploring Web Archives (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Daniel Gomes, Elena Demidova, Jane Winters, Thomas Risse
R4,780 Discovery Miles 47 800 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book provides practical information about web archives, offers inspiring examples for web archivists, raises new challenges, and shares recent research results about access methods to explore information from the past preserved by web archives. The book is structured in six parts. Part 1 advocates for the importance of web archives to preserve our collective memory in the digital era, demonstrates the problem of web ephemera and shows how web archiving activities have been trying to address this challenge. Part 2 then focuses on different strategies for selecting web content to be preserved and on the media types that different web archives host. It provides an overview of efforts to address the preservation of web content as well as smaller-scale but high-quality collections of social media or audiovisual content. Next, Part 3 presents examples of initiatives to improve access to archived web information and provides an overview of access mechanisms for web archives designed to be used by humans or automatically accessed by machines. Part 4 presents research use cases for web archives. It also discusses how to engage more researchers in exploiting web archives and provides inspiring research studies performed using the exploration of web archives. Subsequently, Part 5 demonstrates that web archives should become crucial infrastructures for modern connected societies. It makes the case for developing web archives as research infrastructures and presents several inspiring examples of added-value services built on web archives. Lastly, Part 6 reflects on the evolution of the web and the sustainability of web archiving activities. It debates the requirements and challenges for web archives if they are to assume the responsibility of being societal infrastructures that enable the preservation of memory. This book targets academics and advanced professionals in a broad range of research areas such as digital humanities, social sciences, history, media studies and information or computer science. It also aims to fill the need for a scholarly overview to support lecturers who would like to introduce web archiving into their courses by offering an initial reference for students.

Sustainability Politics and Limited Statehood - Contesting the New Modes of Governance (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the... Sustainability Politics and Limited Statehood - Contesting the New Modes of Governance (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017)
Alejandro Esguerra, Nicole Helmerich, Thomas Risse
R3,721 Discovery Miles 37 210 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The contributors to this book critically examine the performance of new modes of governance in areas of limited statehood, drawing on a range of in-depth case studies on issues of climate change, biodiversity, and health. The Paris Agreement for Climate Change or the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) rely on new modes of governance for implementation. New modes of governance such as market-based instruments, public-private partnerships or stakeholder participation initiatives have been praised for playing a pivotal role in effective and legitimate sustainability governance. Yet, do they also deliver in areas of limited statehood? States such as Malaysia or the Dominican Republic partly lack the ability to implement and enforce rules; their domestic sovereignty is limited. Exploring this perspective on governance, the authors demonstrate that areas of limited statehood are not ungoverned or ungovernable spaces. The book elaborates how and under what conditions new modes of governance emerge in areas of limited statehood, and examines their relative effectiveness.

Governance Without a State? - Policies and Politics in Areas of Limited Statehood (Paperback): Thomas Risse Governance Without a State? - Policies and Politics in Areas of Limited Statehood (Paperback)
Thomas Risse
R855 R728 Discovery Miles 7 280 Save R127 (15%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Governance discourse centers on an "ideal type" of modern statehood that exhibits full internal and external sovereignty and a legitimate monopoly on the use of force. Yet modern statehood is an anomaly, both historically and within the contemporary international system, while the condition of "limited statehood," wherein countries lack the capacity to implement central decisions and monopolize force, is the norm. Limited statehood, argue the authors in this provocative collection, is in fact a fundamental form of governance, immune to the forces of economic and political modernization. Challenging common assumptions about sovereign states and the evolution of modern statehood, particularly the dominant paradigms supported by international relations theorists, development agencies, and international organizations, this volume explores strategies for effective and legitimate governance within a framework of weak and ineffective state institutions. Approaching the problem from the perspectives of political science, history, and law, contributors explore the factors that contribute to successful governance under conditions of limited statehood. These include the involvement of nonstate actors and nonhierarchical modes of political influence. Empirical chapters analyze security governance by nonstate actors, the contribution of public-private partnerships to promote the United Nations Millennium Goals, the role of business in environmental governance, and the problems of Western state-building efforts, among other issues. Recognizing these forms of governance as legitimate, the contributors clarify the complexities of a system the developed world must negotiate in the coming century.

Changing Innovation in the Pharmaceutical Industry - Globalization and New Ways of Drug Development (Paperback, Softcover... Changing Innovation in the Pharmaceutical Industry - Globalization and New Ways of Drug Development (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000)
Andre Jungmittag, Guido Reger, Thomas Reiss
R3,018 Discovery Miles 30 180 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The internationalization of research and technology is one key component of the globalization of trade and business, with potentially major impacts on patterns of economic development and public policies worldwide. Although certain aspects of this internationalization trend are well documented, and some effects can be quantified, the overall processes are extremely complex and the outcomes are highly uncertain. The existence of the phenomenon is generally accepted, but its importance and the trends are currently the topic of a lively debate. This study on "New Ways in Drug Development in Pharmaceuticals" is part of a three year project which aims at investigating how new concepts of industrial knowledge creation are implemented in the different environ ments of the innovation systems of the United States and Germany. The main focus of the overall project is a series of case studies of innovation practice in different national and sectoral contexts. The following sectors and technological fields are investigated: pharmaceuticals and new ways in drug development by the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI), advanced materials by the University Hohenheim, Insti tute of International Management and Innovation (Alexander Gerybadze), financial services and home banking by the Massachusetts Institute of Tech nology (MIT), Center for Industrial Performance (Richard Lester) and the Sloan School of Management (Edward Roberts). Financially the project was supported by the German-American Academic Council, the German Federal Minstry of Education, Science Research and Technology and the Fraunhofer Society."

Democracy Promotion and the Challenges of Illiberal Regional Powers (Paperback): Nelli Babayan, Thomas Risse Democracy Promotion and the Challenges of Illiberal Regional Powers (Paperback)
Nelli Babayan, Thomas Risse
R1,403 Discovery Miles 14 030 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book examines Western efforts at democracy promotion, reactions by illiberal challengers and regional powers, and political and societal conditions in target states. It is argued that Western powers are not unequivocally committed to the promotion of democracy and human rights, while non-democratic regional powers cannot simply be described as "autocracy supporters". This volume examines in detail the challenges by three illiberal regional powers - China, Russia and Saudi Arabia - to Western (US and EU) efforts at democracy promotion. The contributions specifically analyze their actions in Ethiopia and Angola in the case of China, Georgia and Ukraine in the case of Russia, and Tunisia in the case of Saudi Arabia. Democratic powers such as the US or the EU usually prefer stability over human rights and democracy. If democratic movements threaten stability in a region, neither the US nor the EU supports them. As to illiberal powers, they are generally not that different from their democratic counterparts. They also prefer stability over turmoil. Neither Russia nor China nor Saudi Arabia explicitly promote autocracy. Instead, they seek to suppress democratic movements in their periphery the minute these groups threaten their security interests or are perceived to endanger their regime survival. This was previously published as a special issue of Democratization.

From Integrated Publication and Information Systems to Information and Knowledge Environments - Essays Dedicated to Erich J.... From Integrated Publication and Information Systems to Information and Knowledge Environments - Essays Dedicated to Erich J. Neuhold on the Occasion of His 65th Birthday (Paperback, 2005 ed.)
Matthias Hemmje, Claudia Niederee, Thomas Risse
R1,692 Discovery Miles 16 920 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book constitutes a commemorative volume devoted to Erich J. Neuhold on the occasion of his 65th birthday. The 32 invited reviewed papers presented are written by students and colleagues of Erich Neuhold throughout all periods of his scientific career.

The papers are organized in the following topical sections:

Database management enabling information systems
Semantic Web drivers for advanced information management
Securing dynamic media content integration
From digital libraries to intelligent knowledge environments
Visualization key to external cognition in virtual information environments
From human-computer interaction to human-artefact interaction
Domains for virtual information and knowledge environments."

Changing Innovation in the Pharmaceutical Industry - Globalization and New Ways of Drug Development (Hardcover, 2000 ed.):... Changing Innovation in the Pharmaceutical Industry - Globalization and New Ways of Drug Development (Hardcover, 2000 ed.)
Andre Jungmittag, Guido Reger, Thomas Reiss
R3,098 Discovery Miles 30 980 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The internationalization of research and technology is one key component of the globalization of trade and business, with potentially major impacts on patterns of economic development and public policies worldwide. Particularly in the already highly globalized pharmaceutical industry, innovation processes have changed considerably in the last 15 - 20 years. One-dimensional, linear single-actor type processes are being replaced by multi-dimensional, complex, multi-actor schemes. As a consequence, new players are becoming more important, with biotechnology firms playing a key role. This study analyzes these new ways in drug development in pharmaceuticals within the concept of "national systems of innovations" as well as from the perspectives of different actors, and collects a lot of empirical evidence for the assumed type of changes, its repercussion on significant input measures and on the differing performance of national pharmaceutical industries.

Bio-Technology Audit in Hungary - Guidelines, Implementation, Results (Paperback): Ulrike Bross, Annamaria Inzelt, Thomas Reiss Bio-Technology Audit in Hungary - Guidelines, Implementation, Results (Paperback)
Ulrike Bross, Annamaria Inzelt, Thomas Reiss
R1,550 Discovery Miles 15 500 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book offers a guideline for "Technology Audit" exercises for the transforming innovation systems of Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs). Further more, the book presents the results of an exemplary application of this guideline in the field of biotechnology in Hungary. The authors - a group of innovation re searchers of the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (lSI), Germany, and of the Innovation Research Centre (IKU), Hungary - provide a sound concept for the identification of technological strengths and weaknesses of the CEECs' industrially oriented research systems as a basis for the design of advanced innovation policies. After the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) had proposed a "Technology Audit" of Hungary in 1993, a pilot audit was carried out under their auspices. In parallel, the German Federal Ministry of Education, Sci ence, Research and Technology (BMFT) put forward the idea of developing the audit concept further in order to make it applicable also in other Central and Eastern European Countries. They asked lSI to utilise the running OECD audits as a learn ing source and to work out a comprehensive audit approach."

Responses to the 'Arabellions' - The EU in Comparative Perspective (Hardcover): Tanja Boerzel, Assem Dandashly,... Responses to the 'Arabellions' - The EU in Comparative Perspective (Hardcover)
Tanja Boerzel, Assem Dandashly, Thomas Risse
R4,435 Discovery Miles 44 350 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book studies the reactions by external actors, including the European Union, to the events unfolding in the Arab world beginning in December 2010. In particular, contributors look at external actors' attempts to balance their desire for stability with their normative principles toward human rights and democracy. The book compares the action (and inaction) of the EU with other international and regional players, including the United States, Russia, Turkey and Israel, and assesses the response of these actors to the Arabellions' events, analysing changes in their approaches to the Arab region. The contributions to this book answer three questions: (1) How have external actors assessed the 'Arabellions' and what role did they see for themselves in this context? (2) Which goals and instruments did external actors pursue toward the MENA region? In particular, how did they deal with conflicting goals, such as support for human rights and democracy, on the one hand, and concerns about security and stability, on the other? (3) How can we explain the varying responses of external actors to the Arabellions? This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of European Integration.

Digital Libraries for Open Knowledge - 24th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries, TPDL 2020,... Digital Libraries for Open Knowledge - 24th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries, TPDL 2020, Lyon, France, August 25-27, 2020, Proceedings (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)
Mark Hall, Tanja Mercun, Thomas Risse, Fabien Duchateau
R1,557 Discovery Miles 15 570 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries, TPDL 2020, held in Lyon, France, in August 2020.*The 14 full papers and 4 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 53 submissions. TPDL 2020 attempts to facilitate establishing connections and convergences between diverse research communities such as Digital Humanities, Information Sciences and others that could benefit from ecosystems offered by digital libraries and repositories. The papers present a wide range of the following topics: knowledge graphs and linked data; quality assurance in digital libraries; ontology design; user requirements and behavior; research data management and discovery; and digital cultural heritage. * The conference was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sustainability Politics and Limited Statehood - Contesting the New Modes of Governance (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Alejandro... Sustainability Politics and Limited Statehood - Contesting the New Modes of Governance (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Alejandro Esguerra, Nicole Helmerich, Thomas Risse
R3,723 Discovery Miles 37 230 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The contributors to this book critically examine the performance of new modes of governance in areas of limited statehood, drawing on a range of in-depth case studies on issues of climate change, biodiversity, and health. The Paris Agreement for Climate Change or the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) rely on new modes of governance for implementation. New modes of governance such as market-based instruments, public-private partnerships or stakeholder participation initiatives have been praised for playing a pivotal role in effective and legitimate sustainability governance. Yet, do they also deliver in areas of limited statehood? States such as Malaysia or the Dominican Republic partly lack the ability to implement and enforce rules; their domestic sovereignty is limited. Exploring this perspective on governance, the authors demonstrate that areas of limited statehood are not ungoverned or ungovernable spaces. The book elaborates how and under what conditions new modes of governance emerge in areas of limited statehood, and examines their relative effectiveness.

Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries - 20th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital... Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries - 20th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries, TPDL 2016, Hannover, Germany, September 5-9, 2016, Proceedings (Paperback, 1st ed. 2016)
Norbert Fuhr, Laszlo Kovacs, Thomas Risse, Wolfgang Nejdl
R3,698 Discovery Miles 36 980 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries, TPDL 2016, held in Hannover, Germany, in September 2016. The 28 full papers, 5 posters and 8 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 93 submissions. They were organized in topical sections named: Digital Library Design; User Aspects; Search; Web Archives; Semantics; Multimedia and Time Aspects; Digital Library Evaluation; Digital Humanities; e-Infrastructures.

Governance Without a State? - Policies and Politics in Areas of Limited Statehood (Hardcover): Thomas Risse Governance Without a State? - Policies and Politics in Areas of Limited Statehood (Hardcover)
Thomas Risse
R1,866 R1,693 Discovery Miles 16 930 Save R173 (9%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Governance discourse centers on an "ideal type" of modern statehood that exhibits full internal and external sovereignty and a legitimate monopoly on the use of force. Yet modern statehood is an anomaly, both historically and within the contemporary international system, while the condition of "limited statehood," wherein countries lack the capacity to implement central decisions and monopolize force, is the norm. Limited statehood, argue the authors in this provocative collection, is in fact a fundamental form of governance, immune to the forces of economic and political modernization.

Challenging common assumptions about sovereign states and the evolution of modern statehood, particularly the dominant paradigms supported by international relations theorists, development agencies, and international organizations, this volume explores strategies for effective and legitimate governance within a framework of weak and ineffective state institutions. Approaching the problem from the perspectives of political science, history, and law, contributors explore the factors that contribute to successful governance under conditions of limited statehood. These include the involvement of nonstate actors and nonhierarchical modes of political influence. Empirical chapters analyze security governance by nonstate actors, the contribution of public-private partnerships to promote the United Nations Millennium Goals, the role of business in environmental governance, and the problems of Western state-building efforts, among other issues. Recognizing these forms of governance as legitimate, the contributors clarify the complexities of a system the developed world must negotiate in the coming century.

Cooperation among Democracies - The European Influence on U.S. Foreign Policy (Paperback, Revised): Thomas Risse-Kappen Cooperation among Democracies - The European Influence on U.S. Foreign Policy (Paperback, Revised)
Thomas Risse-Kappen
R1,412 R1,339 Discovery Miles 13 390 Save R73 (5%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In exploring the special nature of alliances among democracies, Thomas Risse-Kappen argues that the West European and Canadian allies exerted greater influence on American foreign policy during the Cold War than most analysts assume. In so doing, he challenges traditional alliance theories that emphasize strategic interactions and power-based bargaining processes. For a better understanding of the transatlantic relationship, the author proposes that we instead turn to liberal theories of international affairs. Accordingly, liberal democracies are likely to form the "pacific federations" described by Immanuel Kant or "pluralistic security communities" as Karl W. Deutsch suggested.

Through detailed case studies, Risse-Kappen shows that the Europeans affected security decisions concerning vital U.S. interest during the 1950-1953 Korean war, the 1958-1963 test ban negotiations, and the 1962 Cuban missile crisis--all during a span of time in which the U.S. enjoyed undisputed economic and military supremacy in the alliance. He situates these case studies within a theoretical framework demonstrating that the European influence on decision-making processes in Washington worked through three mechanisms: norms prescribing timely consultations among the allies, use of domestic pressures for leverage in transatlantic interactions, and transnational and transgovernmental coalitions among societal and bureaucratic actors. The book's findings have important repercussions for the post-Cold War era in that they suggest the transatlantic security community is likely to survive the end of the Soviet threat.

Einsatz Fur Den Frieden - Sicherheit Und Entwicklung in Raumen Begrenzter Staatlichkeit (German, Hardcover): Josef Braml,... Einsatz Fur Den Frieden - Sicherheit Und Entwicklung in Raumen Begrenzter Staatlichkeit (German, Hardcover)
Josef Braml, Thomas Risse, Eberhard Sandschneider
R2,311 R1,777 Discovery Miles 17 770 Save R534 (23%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Warum sind deutsche Soldaten am Hindukusch? Was gehen uns prekare Staaten wie Afghanistan und Pakistan an? Wie sieht die Lage vor Ort aus und wie versuchen fuhrende Industrienationen und supranationale Organisationen stabilisierend einzuwirken? Mit diesen Fragen setzt sich das aktuelle Jahrbuch Internationale Politik der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Auswartige Politik (DGAP) auseinander. Das Standardwerk der internationalen Politik mit uber 50 Einzelbeitragen bietet systematisch-vergleichende Analysen mit konkreten Handlungsempfehlungen. Zu den Autorinnen und Autoren gehoren renommierte deutsche Experten sowie Vertreter der operativen Politik in federfuhrenden Bundesministerien und im Bundestag."

Biotechnologie (German, Paperback): Thomas Reiss, Knut Koschatzky Biotechnologie (German, Paperback)
Thomas Reiss, Knut Koschatzky
R1,658 Discovery Miles 16 580 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Das Buch zeigt, wie sich die Biotechnologie auf regionaler Ebene entwickelt, mit welchen Problemfeldern Unternehmen und Forschungseinrichtungen konfrontiert sind, wie die Akteure aus Forschung, Wirtschaft und Politik sowie dem Umfeld der Biotechnologie zusammenwirken und welche Perspektiven sich fA1/4r die Biotechnologie auch auf regionaler Ebene erAffnen. Von einer empirischen Analyse fA1/4r das Land Baden-WA1/4rttemberg ausgehend, werden technologiepolitische Optionen abgeleitet und fArderpolitische Instrumente und MaAnahmen diskutiert.

Internationale Regulierung Der Gentechnik - Praktische Erfahrungen in Japan, Den USA Und Europa (German, Paperback): Olav... Internationale Regulierung Der Gentechnik - Praktische Erfahrungen in Japan, Den USA Und Europa (German, Paperback)
Olav Hohmeyer, Barbel Husing, Sabine Massfeller, Thomas Reiss
R1,910 Discovery Miles 19 100 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Die Regulierungstechnik der Gentechnik in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland wird von interessierter Seite als entscheidender Grund fur die Abwanderung von Wissenschaftlern und Industrie angefuhrt. Hierbei werden die Zustande in den wichtigsten Konkurrenzlandern als sehr viel gunstiger dargestellt. Auf der Basis einer internationalen Bestandsaufnahme der Regulierung der Gentechnik in den USA, Japan, Frankreich, Grossbritannien und der Niederlande kommt das vorliegende Buch zu dem Schluss, dass die deutsche Regulierungspraxis zwar durchaus verbesserungswurdig ist, aber kein ausschlaggebender Grund fur die Abwanderung der Industrie sein kann. Zur Verbesserung der deutschen Regulierungssituation werden eine Reihe von praktischen Empfehlungen abgeleitet."

Programmierung in Modula-2 - Eine Einfuhrung in das modulare Programmieren mit Anwendungsbeispielen unter UNIX, MS-DOS und TOS... Programmierung in Modula-2 - Eine Einfuhrung in das modulare Programmieren mit Anwendungsbeispielen unter UNIX, MS-DOS und TOS (German, Paperback, 4Aufl. 1989)
Mario Dal Cin; Joachim Lutz, Thomas Risse
R1,950 Discovery Miles 19 500 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Eine Programmiersprache ist ein Notationssystem, in dem Anweisungen fur eine Rechenanlage formuliert werden koennen. Sie ist aber gleichermassen auch ein Werkzeug zur Beschreibung von Problemen und deren Loesungswegen. Deshalb hat eine neue Programmiersprache immer dann ihre Berechtigung, wenn sie im Vergleich zum Bestehenden neue, machtigere Konzepte und adaquatere Abstraktionsmittel anbietet, die das Loesen von Problemen erleichtern und es erlauben, Loesungen verstandlicher darzustellen. In den nachsten Kapiteln werden wir die Elemente der Programmiersprache Modula-2 (MODUlar programming LAnguage; im folgenden werden wir Modula synonym mit Modula-2 verwenden) im einzelnen vorstellen und den Umgang mit ihnen an vielen Beispielen vorfuhren. Im folgenden aber sei fur den jenigen, der bereits Erfahrung mit Programmieren hat, dargelegt, was Modula-2 gegenuber Pascal beispielsweise an Neuem zu bieten hat. Das wichtigste neue Abstraktionsmittel der Programmiersprache Modula-2 ist ihr Modulkonzept. Mit ihm lassen sich Programme in uberschaubare und voneinander weitgehend unabhangige Teile - in sogenannte Moduln - gliedern, deren Aufspaltung in Definitions- und Implementationsteil (Definitionsmodul und Implementationsmodul) ein separates UEbersetzen ermoeglicht. Diese Moduln koennen in einer Programmbi bliothek abgelegt werden. In ihrem Definitionsteil wird von den Details der Real isierung der Modulfunktion abstrahiert. Er beschreibt, was das Modul leistet, nicht wie.

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