Warring Factions

Author : Lauren Cohen Bell
Publisher : Ohio State University Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0814208916

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Warring Factions by Lauren Cohen Bell Pdf

Warring Factions focuses on the United States Senate's confirmation process, the constitutional process the Senate uses to approve or reject the president's choices to fill federal government positions. It is a book about history, the evolution, and, argubly, the decline of the process. Most significantly, it is a book that demonstrates the extent to which interest groups and money have transformed the Senate's confirmation process into a virtual circus. Based on in-depth research, including two dozen original interviews with United States senators, former senators and Senate staff members and interest group leaders, this volume demonstrates that today's confirmation process is nothing more than an extension of the Senate's legislative work. Changes to internal Senate norms in the 1960s and 1970s, coupled with changes to the external political environment, have allowed interest groups to dominate the Senate confirmation process.

Author : Ammiel Alcalay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Poetry
ISBN : UOM:39015058229645

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From the Warring Factions by Ammiel Alcalay Pdf

Author : Harold A. Skaarup
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2005-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780595803828

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Out of Darkness-Light by Harold A. Skaarup Pdf

Canada has a rich and interesting military intelligence history, one that continues to grow at a rapidly expanding rate. Intelligence is a key element of operations, enabling commanders to successfully plan and conduct operations. It enables them to win decisive battles and it helps them to identify and attack high value targets. In order to ensure Commanders have the required support they need to plan and conduct operations, members of Canada's Military Intelligence Branch are serving in an increasingly dangerous number of hotspots around the world. In recent years they have served in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Haiti, Somalia, Rwanda, East Timor, and Afghanistan just to name a few. While Intelligence personnel have played a major role in ensuring the successful completion of these interdiction missions, many of their stories remain classified. This history cannot truly be complete until the Official Secrets Act permits a clearer picture to be told. Out of Darkness-Light, Volume 2 should, however, give the interested reader at least a partial view of some of the service that has been carried out on Canada's behalf by the Canadian Forces Intelligence Branch for the years 1983 to 1997.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1997-10
Category : Military intelligence
ISBN : UIUC:30112105178435

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Military Intelligence Professional Bulletin by Anonim Pdf

Author : Europa Publications
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 1724 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1857431332

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The Far East and Australasia 2003 by Europa Publications Pdf

A unique survey of each country in the region. It includes an extensive collection of facts, statistics, analysis and directory information in one accessible volume.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on Africa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Political Science
ISBN : PSU:000024361910

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Human Rights Situation in Africa by United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on Africa Pdf

Author : Nic Cheeseman,David Anderson,Andrea Scheibler
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135092412

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Routledge Handbook of African Politics by Nic Cheeseman,David Anderson,Andrea Scheibler Pdf

Providing a comprehensive and cutting edge examination of this important continent, Routledge Handbook of African Politics surveys the key debates and controversies, dealing with each of the major issues to be found in Africa’s politics today. Structured into 6 broad areas, the handbook features over 30 contributions focused around: The State Identity Conflict Democracy and Electoral Politics Political Economy & Development International Relations Each chapter deals with a specific topic, providing an overview of the main arguments and theories and explaining the empirical evidence that they are based on, drawing on high-profile cases such as the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, Somalia, South Africa, Rwanda and Zimbabwe. The Handbook also contains new contributions on a wide range of topical issues, including terrorism, the growing influence of China, civil war, and transitional justice, making it required reading for non-specialists and experts alike. Featuring both established scholars and emerging researchers, this is a vital resource for all students of African Studies, democratization, conflict resolution and Third World politics.

Author : Augustine C Ohanwe
Publisher : Adonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2009-07-31
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781912234745

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Post-Cold War Conflicts in Africa by Augustine C Ohanwe Pdf

During the Cold War ideological and politico-military rivalries mostly dictated the actions of the competing blocs, including their involvement in foreign conflicts. In Africa for instance, the East-West rivalry of the time not only fuelled conflicts but also appeared to undermine the use of diplomacy as a tool for peacemaking and conflict resolution. With the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the demise of the Soviet Union however, there was a transformation of the conflict arena in the continent, which presented new opportunities and threats. This therefore raises a fundamental question of how the end of the Cold War has affected the character of conflicts and their successful management in Africa. Using Liberia and Somalia as case studies, Post-Cold War Conflicts in Africa analyses how the post Cold War conflicts in these two countries and their management differed from what they would have been during the Cold War era. It shows for instance that while in Liberia the major powers appeared content to cede the management of the conflict to the sub-regional group, ECOMOG, in Somalia, the conflict appeared to be turned into an arena for simple military experiment without any of the old Cold War ideological rivalries playing any role in its trajectory or management. The book argues that the end of the Cold War offers an opportunity for the successful use of a new approach to conflict management in the continent, which would be anchored on traditional African diplomacy. This new approach would involve a triumvirate of eminent men and women from the continent, regional peacekeeping forces, and the warring factions themselves working in concert to replace the rifle with 'talking till every one agrees'

Author : Jan Angstrom,Isabelle Duyvesteyn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2005-07-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134257508

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Rethinking the Nature of War by Jan Angstrom,Isabelle Duyvesteyn Pdf

Have globalization, virulent ethnic differences, and globally operating insurgents fundamentally changed the nature of war in the last decade? Interpretations of war as driven by politics and state rationale, formulated most importantly by the 19th century practitioner Carl von Clausewitz, have received strong criticism. Political explanations have been said to fall short in explaining conflicts in the Balkans, Africa, Asia and the attacks of 11 September 2001 in the United States. This book re-evaluates these criticisms not only by scrutinising Clausewitz's arguments and their applicability, but also by a careful reading of the criticism itself. In doing so, it presents empirical evidence on the basis of several case studies, addressing various aspects of modern war, such as the actors, conduct and purposes of war.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1546 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Civil rights
ISBN : HARVARD:32044049700024

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Country Reports on Human Rights Practices by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Department of State
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1430 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119641582

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Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1995 by United States. Department of State Pdf

Author : Julia Leininger,Sonja Grimm,Tina Freyburg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351571180

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Conflicting Objectives in Democracy Promotion by Julia Leininger,Sonja Grimm,Tina Freyburg Pdf

The agenda of external actors often includes a number of objectives that do not necessarily and automatically go together. Fostering security and stability in semi-authoritarian regimes collides with policies aimed at the support of processes of democratization prone to conflict and destabilization. Meanwhile, the promotion of national self-determination and political empowerment might lead to forms of democracy, partially incompatible with liberal understandings. These conflicting objectives are often problematized as challenges to the effectiveness of international democracy promotion. This book presents systematic research about their emergence and effects. The contributing authors investigate (post-) conflict societies, developing countries, and authoritarian regimes in Southeast Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia. They identify the socio-economic and political conditions in the recipient country, the interaction between international and local actors, and the capacity of international and local actors as relevant for explaining the emergence of conflicting objectives. And they empirically show that faced with conflicting objectives donors either use a ‘wait and see’-approach (i.e. not to act to overcome such conflicts), they prioritize security, state-building and development over democracy, or they compromise democracy promotion with other goals. However, convincing strategies for dealing with such conflicts still need to be devised. This book was published as a special issue of Democratization.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1560331054

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Afghanistan: History, Issues, Bibliography by Anonim Pdf

Author : Will Jamison Wright
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2024-01-02
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783031459146

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Norm Clusters of Non-State Armed Groups by Will Jamison Wright Pdf

The proliferation of non-state armed groups and non-international armed conflicts since the end of the Second World War has challenged the legal frameworks which govern conduct in armed conflict. While aspects of international humanitarian law apply to such conflicts, international law can only go part of the way to explaining behaviour by armed groups. This book seeks to refocus discussion on the limits to armed conflict in such settings by examining the norms that underpin international humanitarian law as espoused by these armed groups to give a clearer picture as to the collectively constructed appropriateness of certain behaviours in or limits to warfare. The specific research question is “What are the norms of armed conflict as identified by non-state armed groups?” Using Winston’s norm cluster model, this study seeks to examine and map the ideations and behavioural prescriptions that constitute the armed conflict norm cluster as defined by non-state armed groups. To do this, it utilises a qualitative content analysis of documents from non-state armed groups coded to identify the different elements of this norm cluster as well as the frequency, pervasiveness, and connections between these elements. The findings showed that, while international humanitarian law is universal, these norms limiting armed conflict are not, with no norm being seen across all contexts examined. Core norms of international humanitarian law, especially those supported by norm entrepreneurs, were seen to be the focus of sub-clusters and the emergence of new parts of the norm cluster could be observed over time. The findings suggest that further work with the conceptualisation of limits to armed conflict as norms could be useful in improving the embeddedness of norms amongst non-state armed groups and could be useful in reconceptualising limits to armed conflict in cases where broadly accepted norms face growing contestation.

Author : Peter C. Little
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780190934576

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Burning Matters by Peter C. Little Pdf

Global trade in electronic waste (e-waste) has led to various waste management challenges and many regions of the Global South have suffered the toxic consequences. In Burning Matters, Peter C. Little explores the complex cultural, economic, and environmental health politics of e-waste work in Ghana. He brings to light the lived experiences of Ghana's e-waste workers, as they navigate the health, social, and economic challenges of highly toxic e-waste labor. In particular, Little engages the experiences of e-waste workers who burn bundles of electrical cables to extract copper, a practice that contaminates bodies and the urban environment and which has attracted international organizations seeking to mitigate risk and find quick tech solutions to this highly toxic e-waste work. A nuanced perspective on e-waste burning and environmental politics in Africa at a time when global e-waste generation and trade is at an all-time high, Burning Matters contends that e-waste interventions devoid of ethnographic perspective and knowledge risk downplaying the vibrant complexities of e-waste itself and the matters of social life and labor that matter most to Ghana's e-waste workers.