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WAR IN OUR TIME REFLECTIONS

War in Our Time

Reflections on Iraq, Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction

1 Jun 2007
Uniquely in the 62-year history of the United Nations, Ramesh Thakur was given and exercised the latitude to write for public consumption on the contested topics of the day, making it clear that he was expressing his personal opinion. This book brings together a collection of Dr Thakur's opinion ...
UNINTENDED CONSEQ PEACEKEEPING

Unintended Consequences of Peacekeeping Operations

1 Jun 2007
The deployment of a large number of soldiers, police officers and civilian personnel inevitably has various effects on the host society and economy, not all of which are in keeping with the peacekeeping mandate and intent or are easily discernible prior to the intervention. This book is one of th...
ATROCITIES & INTL ACCOUNTABILITY

Atrocities and International Accountability

Beyond Transitional Justice

11 Jan 2008
Rebuilding societies where conflict has occurred is rarely a simple process; but where conflict has been accompanied by gross and systematic violations of human rights, the procedure becomes fraught with controversy. This volume brings together eminent scholars and practitioners with direct exper...
INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS & INNOVATION

Industrial Clusters and Innovation Systems in Africa

Institutions, Markets and Policy

15 Jun 2007
This book is the first to examine the incidence and role of clusters as a viable and increasingly important form of industrial organization in Africa. The overall aim of the book is to improve our understanding of how local clusters can be transformed into local systems of innovation and how loca...
GLOBAL MULTILEVEL GOVERNANCE EUR

Global Multi-level Governance

European and East Asian Leadership

21 Sep 2007
Since the end of the Cold War, European and East Asian states have enhanced a series of distinct regional and trans-boundary structures and agreements. Through bilateral, multilateral and especially interregional relationships, both Europe and East Asia are now actively engaging with other region...
REGULATING GLOBALIZATION CRITICAL

Regulating Globalization

Critical Approaches to Global Governance

10 Aug 2007
The authors of this book offer critical historical and forward-looking analyses on current global governance and formulate proposals towards achieving a more accountable and transparent, participatory global governance system, together with an institutional architecture for regulating globalizati...
DIASPORAS IN CONFLICT PEACEMAKERS

Diasporas in Conflict

Peace-makers or Peace-wreckers?

15 Jun 2007
This book investigates the diverse roles of diasporas in different phases of conflict. The contributors identify patterns of diaspora intervention in conflicts and focus on leverage points for constructive interventions by global policymakers. The publication brings together globally authoritativ...
HUMANITARIAN DIPLOMACY PRACTITION

Humanitarian Diplomacy

Practitioners and their Craft

22 Mar 2007
Humanitarian professionals are on the front lines of today's internal armed conflicts, negotiating access through physical and diplomatic roadblocks to reach imperiled civilians. This volume provides a compendium of experiences presented and analyzed by 14 senior humanitarian practitioners who le...
AFTER MASS CRIME REBUILD STATE

After Mass Crime

Rebuilding States and Communities

4 Jun 2007
This book offers a trans-disciplinary analysis of the impact of mass crime on the rebuilding of social and political relations. Drawing on historical and more recent cases—including examples from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Burundi, Cambodia, Indonesia, Peru, and Rwanda—the authors examine the impact of ...
MEASURING VULNERAB NATURAL HAZ 1ED

Measuring Vulnerability to Natural Hazards

Towards Disaster Resilient Societies

12 Dec 2006
A seemingly non-stop series of disasters has shown that societies worldwide seem unprepared for the threats posed by natural hazards. The tragic impacts of these events drew short-term attention from policy makers, the media and the general public, but their response was too late to prevent serio...
UNDERSTANDING HUMAN WELL BEING

Understanding Human Well-being

9 Feb 2007
With more than a billion people living on less than one dollar per day, human well-being is a core issue for both researchers and policy-makers. This book examines advances in underlying well-being, poverty, and inequality concepts and corresponding empirical applications and case studies. The au...
POLITICS PARTICIPATION SUSTAINABLE

Politics of Participation in Sustainable Development Governance, The

9 Feb 2007
This book examines the obstacles to effective participation, and how they can be overcome to improve both the quality of engagement and the resulting systems of sustainable development governance. The authors offer a working definition of engagement, and describe formal and informal methods that ...
TRADE & INVESTMENT RULE MAKING

Trade and Investment Rule-making

The Role of Regional and Bilateral Agreements

15 Dec 2006
Regional trade agreements are playing a greater role in shaping trade and investment rules around the world. To date the study of preferential agreements has focused on their impact on tariff preferences, but as tariffs are reduced rule-making becomes more important in trade and investment. This ...
ARMS CONTROL AFTER IRAQ

Arms Control after Iraq

Normative and Operational Challenges

15 Dec 2006
The stated reason for invading Iraq was its alleged clandestine pursuit of weapons of mass destruction in defiance of UN resolutions. Even though the allegation was proven false, the international community remains preoccupied with the threat of the proliferation and use of such terrible weapons....
IRAQ CRISIS & WORLD ORDER

Iraq Crisis and World Order, The

Structural, Institutional and Normative Challenges

15 Dec 2006
The Iraq war was a multiple assault on the foundations and rules of the existing UN-centred world order. It called into question the adequacy of the existing institutions for articulating global norms and enforcing compliance with the demands of the international community. It was simultaneously ...
INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION & ENVIRO

Industrial Innovation and Environmental Regulation

Developing Workable Solutions

20 Apr 2007
Environmental management regulations have often faced opposition on practical and ideological grounds. Since the 1980s there has been a movement towards liberalization, coupled with the continued failure of the market to protect the environment as a public good. The contributors to this book exam...
URBAN CRISIS CULTURE & SUSTAINA

Urban Crisis

Culture and the Sustainability of Cities

20 Apr 2007
Unprecedented urban growth makes sustainability in cities a crucial issue for policy makers, scholars and business leaders. This emerging urban crisis challenges environment-based and economic-based approaches to sustainability, and brings to the forefront the multi-faceted and critical role that...
CHALLENGES TO PEACE BUILDING

Challenges to Peacebuilding

Managing Spoilers during Conflict Resolution

17 Aug 2006
Many ceasefires and peace agreements in civil conflict are initially unsuccessful. Some give way to renewed, and often escalating, violence. In other cases, peace processes have become interminably protracted. This study approaches the problem by focusing on 'spoilers': groups and tactics that ac...
SUSTAIN CITIES JAPANESE PERSP

Sustainable Cities

Japanese Perspectives on Physical and Social Structures

30 Aug 2006
Developing countries are rapidly urbanizing and most of the world's population will soon be living in cities, making it crucial to examine how cities can be developed on a sustainable basis. Japan is one of the most urbanized countries in the world and offers a remarkable series of lessons for su...
FLOODS IN BANGLADESH HISTORY DYNAM

Floods in Bangladesh

History, Dynamics and Rethinking the Role of the Himalayas

17 Nov 2006
There is no statistical evidence that the frequency of flooding in Bangladesh has increased during the 20th century. There is indication however, that the inter-annual variation of floods and the areal extent of big events have increased since 1950. Is it really true that deforestation and land u...
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION

Chemical Weapons Convention, The

Implementation, Challenges and Opportunities

9 Aug 2006
The most complex and comprehensive disarmament treaty ever to be adopted, the Chemical Weapons Convention is intended to provide robust assurance that chemical weapons will not be developed, produced, stockpiled, used or transferred. To implement and enforce the Convention and verify the ongoing...
SPATIAL DISPARITIES IN HUMAN DEV

Spatial Disparities in Human Development

Perspectives from Asia

30 Mar 2006
Spatial disparities are a measure of the unequal distribution of income, wealth, power and resources between peoples in different locations. As a dimension of overall inequality, spatial disparities have added significance when combined with regional divisions and political and ethnic tensions th...
ENHANCING PARTICIPATION & GOVERN

Enhancing Participation and Governance in Water Resources Management

Conventional Approaches and Information Technology

27 Jan 2006
The United Nations estimates that more than 2 billion people in over 40 countries are negatively affected by water shortages. Increasing demand for water has been identified as one of four major factors that will threaten human and ecological health over the next generation. As public health, dev...
CROSSING NATIONAL BORDERS HUMAN

Crossing National Borders

Human Migration Issues in Northeast Asia

13 Jan 2006
International migration and other types of cross-border movement of people are becoming an important part of international relations in Northeast Asia. In this pioneering study, experts on China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia and Russia examine the political, economic, social and cultural dimensions of ...
INNOVATIVE COMMUNITIES PEOPLE CEN

Innovative Communities

People-centred Approaches to Environmental Management in the Asia-Pacific Region

13 Jan 2006
This book introduces the concept of community innovation and illustrates its role and impact in promoting sustainability. It includes nine case studies from the Asia-Pacific region where communities are adopting innovative methods to address complex and unpredictable environmental problems and pr...
RESEARCHING CONFLICT IN AFRICA

Researching Conflict in Africa

Insights and Experiences

16 Dec 2005
Parts of Africa experience persistent violence and seemingly intractable conflicts. These violent conflicts have drawn researchers seeking to determine and explain why conflicts are prevalent, what makes them intensify, and how conflicts can be resolved. This book examines the ethical and practic...
WTO & SUSTAINABLE DEV

WTO and Sustainable Development, The

21 Oct 2005
This timely book investigates the relationship in between trade and sustainable development. The WTO has evolved into a World Trade and Sustainable Development Organization and many issues now on its agenda are far from traditional trade policy matters. The term ‘sustainable development’ means se...
REFORMING FROM THE TOP LEADER

Reforming from the Top

A Leaders' 20 Summit

21 Oct 2005
The system of global governance is under serious challenge. Some scholars and practitioners have suggested that the time has come for the establishment of new multilateral forums that reflect 21st century realities. One option attracting increased attention in policy and academic circles is to cr...
MEDICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY ACHIEVEMENT

Medical Biotechnology

Achievements, Prospects and Perceptions

26 Aug 2005
For many people, biotechnology means genetically modified organisms, alien species, toxic weapons, or hormone-treated beef. Yet it is also a tool to control plant and animal pests, preserve species, utilize genetic resources for health and nutrition, and protect the environment. Society's ability...