World Affairs An Analytical Overview

Author : Ralph Pettman
Publisher : World Scientific Publishing Company
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2010-06-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789813107809

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World Affairs: An Analytical Overview by Ralph Pettman Pdf

This book provides a systematic and comprehensive overview of a subject that every thoughtful person wants to understand: world affairs. Though many attempts have been made to summarise this subject, all have so far resulted in no more than accounts of current events, issue-areas, and lists of ideologies or perspectives. For the first time it has proven possible, in the light of the assumptions that analysts and practitioners make with regard to human nature, human nurturing practices, and the cultural context of Enlightenment rationalism, to provide a clear and coherent account of the entire discipline. With this account it is evident at once not only what particular analysts or practitioners are saying but also what they are not saying. World Affairs represents, therefore, a superior textbook for graduate or undergraduate students, as well as a unique introduction for academics and general readers who want to know how analytical languages are used to articulate every relevant description, explanation and foreign policy prescription. Examples are drawn from the literature on the subject to exemplify each such language and attention is drawn throughout to their weaknesses and strengths.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : International relations
ISBN : 9789814293884

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World Affairs: an Analytical Overview by Anonim Pdf

Author : Assoc Prof Emilian Kavalski
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781472411181

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Encounters with World Affairs by Assoc Prof Emilian Kavalski Pdf

This book is designed to familiarise students with leading International Relations (IR) theories and their explanation of political events, phenomena, and processes which cross the territorial boundaries of the state. Thus, students will be exposed to the interplay between power, interest, ideas, identity, and resistance, in explaining continuity and change in international relations. Developed to provide students with the analytical tools and intellectual frameworks needed to understand the behaviour of different international actors in contemporary global affairs. This textbook responds to the challenges of a dynamic job market by assisting students to gain both thorough theoretical knowledge and training them to apply this knowledge to real world problems. In short, this textbook delivers: A comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach to the examination of national, regional and global trends in politics, economics and socio-cultural developments allowing students to understand: • the practice and theory of contemporary international relations • the politics, culture, history, and economies of different regions around the world • the role played by international interactions, culture, and government in local, national, and global settings. Equipping students with the proficiency: • to understand and interpret the dynamics, patterns, and issues of global affairs • to know how to get more information about particular questions • to evaluate that information independently and effectively. To these ends, the textbook provides a number of features that will appeal to students and avoids overwhelming students with chapters on topics which (in practice) are rarely on courses, while nonetheless providing a comprehensive overview of the field. Introduces students to the main debates, topics, and terms in the field and allows them to decide which they would like to focus on in their further studies.

Author : Institute of World Affairs (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1944
Category : International relations
ISBN : STANFORD:36105120807719

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The Study of World Affairs by Institute of World Affairs (New York, N.Y.) Pdf

Author : Walter C. Clemens Jr.
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781438449036

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Complexity Science and World Affairs by Walter C. Clemens Jr. Pdf

Following his 1978 publication of a translation of two other sections of the Tibetan Buddhist work completed in 1402 A.D., Alex Wayman (Sanscrit, Columbia U.) offers the section of the Lam rim chen mo that deals with the thought of enlightenment and the stages of instruction for budding bodhisattvas. Paper edition (unseen), $16.95. Annotation(c) 2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Author : Pettman Ralph
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789813209206

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Here Comes Everyone: Anthropology And World Affairs by Pettman Ralph Pdf

International relations, as a discipline, is overwhelmingly top-down. It looks at world affairs with notable detachment. By taking a cultural anthropological approach, however, it is possible to engage with those involved in a more comprehensive and cogent way. It is possible to provide a deeper understanding of how people live there. This book directly addresses a significant gap in the international relations literature, namely, the lack of a systematic account of its cultural context. It does so by examining the subject in anthropological terms. It shows, that is, how cultural anthropologists are able to provide both analysts and leaders with an augmented awareness of what their field involves. Presenting a wide range of unique insights about how the world works, it will be of interest to many readers, such as students, policymakers, teachers, researchers, professionals, and the general public alike.

Author : Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0822334429

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World-systems Analysis by Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein Pdf

A John Hope Franklin Center Book.

Author : Ian Richardson,Andrew Kakabadse,Nada Kakabadse
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136664656

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Bilderberg People by Ian Richardson,Andrew Kakabadse,Nada Kakabadse Pdf

Bilderberg People explores the hidden mechanisms of influence at work in the private world, and personal interactions, of the transnational power elite. It is not concerned with conspiracy theories; instead it is about certain fundamental forces that shape the world in which we live. These forces, with their power to bring about transitions in emotion and preference within, and beyond, the elite community have potentially profound implications for all of us. Through exclusive interviews with attendees of the most prestigious of all informal transnational networks – Bilderberg – this book provides a unique insight into the networking habits and motivations of the world’s most powerful people. Moreover, it demonstrates that elite consensus is not simply a product of collective common sense among the elite group; rather, it is a consequence of subtle power relationships within the elite circle. These relationships, which are embedded in the very fabric of elite institutions and interactions, result in a particular brand of enlightened thinking within the elite community. This exciting new volume sheds light for the first time on the critical question of who runs the world and why they run it the way they do.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:516213751

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World affairs by Anonim Pdf

Author : Patrick Thaddeus Jackson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2010-07-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781136912023

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The Conduct of Inquiry in International Relations by Patrick Thaddeus Jackson Pdf

This volume ws the winner of The International Studies Association Theory Section Book Award 2013, presented by the International Studies Association and The Yale H. Ferguson Award 2012, presented by International Studies Association-Northeast. There are many different scientifically valid ways to produce knowledge. The field of International Relations should pay closer attention to these methodological differences, and to their implications for concrete research on world politics. The Conduct of Inquiry in International Relations provides an introduction to the philosophy of science issues and their implications for the study of global politics. The author draws attention to the problems caused by the misleading notion of a single unified scientific method, and proposes a framework that clarifies the variety of ways that IR scholars establish the authority and validity of their empirical claims. Jackson connects philosophical considerations with concrete issues of research design within neopositivist, critical realist, analyticist, and reflexive approaches to the study of world politics. Envisioning a pluralist science for a global IR field, this volume organizes the significant differences between methodological stances so as to promote internal consistency, public discussion, and worldly insight as the hallmarks of any scientific study of world politics. This important volume will be essential reading for all students and scholars of International Relations, Political Science and Philosophy of Science.

Author : Ralph Pettman
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789814338691

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Psychopathology and World Politics by Ralph Pettman Pdf

This unique work looks at the relationship between psychopathology and world politics. What happens when the brain/mind ceases to function properly? How does this impinge on world affairs? What is to be done, for example, when a leader ceases to act in a seemingly sane fashion and yet still commands the loyalty of those who maintain him or her in office? What is to be done when a leader's advisers seem rational but are clearly not? Indeed, what is to be done when a whole society goes insane? This is to raise more questions than a single work can adequately answer.In lieu of a comprehensive account, which would be beyond the scope of one study, what this book does is first describe psychopathology in general terms and its relationship to world affairs. It then looks at denial in particular and at ?speaking the truth? as a potentially therapeutic antidote, especially in relation to nuclear weapons. It follows this by looking at delusion in general and at what being ?in touch? with reality might entail with regard to a so-called ?failed state?. With topics ranging from Hitler's mental health to the continuing threat of nuclear Armageddon, this book is a valuable contribution to the field of international politics and modern psychology, and will hopefully lead to a better understanding of contemporary world affairs and the global issue of conflict resolution.

Author : Damien Rogers
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2022-04-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030901622

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Wars, Laws, Rights and the Making of Global Insecurities by Damien Rogers Pdf

This book offers a unique and timely political analysis of war, international law and human rights, and the important interconnections among them. It questions why war features as a foundational problem in ​contemporary world affairs and explores how international law is used to manage this and other types of political violence. Challenging conventional thinking that understands war as a problem to be solved and law as an antidote to organized but unruly violence, this book situates the promotion and protection of human rights within the wider context of the modernist project, particularly during the epoch of the Anthropocene. Taking a critical perspective that draws on concepts found in the work of Michel Foucault, Pierre Bourdieu and Bruno Latour, this book casts new light on the ways in which the politics of war, law and rights produces profound insecurities for the human species as well as for other life forms and life systems on this planet.

Author : Rumki Basu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : International relations
ISBN : 8132113993

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International Politics by Rumki Basu Pdf

This book provides a roadmap that can orient the reader towards the main concepts, theories and issues in world politics today necessitating explorations in 'new theorizing', thus making the study of global politics a much more exciting and absorbing project than ever before. Every effort has been made to understand the 'new' vocabulary, concepts, debates and discourses in the theory and practice of international relations and global politics today. Each chapter provides an analytical overview of the issues addressed, identifies the central actors and perspectives, outlines past pro.

Author : Damien Rogers
Publisher : Springer
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319609942

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Law, Politics and the Limits of Prosecuting Mass Atrocity by Damien Rogers Pdf

This book offers a unique and powerful critique of the quest for international criminal justice. It explores the efforts of three successive generations of international prosecutors, recognising the vital roles they play in the enforcement of international criminal law. By critically examining prosecutorial performance during the pre-trial and trial phases, the volume argues that these prosecutors are simultaneously political actors serving in the interests of economic liberalisation. It also posits that international prosecutors help wage a mostly silent and largely unacknowledged politico-cultural war fought for control over the institutions governing modernist international affairs. As the author contends, international prosecutors are thus best understood as agents not only of the law and politics, but also of a war fought by proponents of various utopian projects.

Author : Ralph Pettman
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789814366984

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Handbook on International Political Economy by Ralph Pettman Pdf

International political economy (IPE) is a highly complex discipline, drawing not only from the fields of politics and economics, but also those as varied as philosophy, history and anthropology. Now widely accepted as a key dimension to contemporary world affairs, it is no longer possible to talk about international relations without talking about production and distribution, finance and investment, as well as consumption and trade. To ensure that our understanding of these topics is relevant to today''s world, there is a constant need to revisit and challenge what is known about these topics. Besides being a comprehensive account of international political economy for academic study, this extensive collection also highlights salient issues that scholars, analysts and state leaders are most concerned with in today''s world. Amongst these are issues concerning the rise of China and India as new economic superpowers, stability in the EU''s political economy, the viability of the existing multilateral system of global trade, recent financial crises, as well as the impact of globalisation and marketisation on the world''s workers and our physical environment. With contributions from prominent academics such as Susan K Sell (George Washington University, D.C.) and Geoffrey Blainey (Professor Emeritus, University of Melbourne), this volume makes for both a stimulating and thought-provoking read.