wired - International 5

On 24 June 2016, the world woke to news that Britain had voted to leave the European Union. The vote had not been expected by the Establishment, and the reaction was cataclysmic. British voters did……続きを見る

"I recommend our diplomats and ministers read this book: it will provide them with an intellectual backbone. On the big calls [Bootle] has a spectacularly good record." Dominic Lawson, The Sunday Ti……続きを見る

Although freedom is America's core value, few Americans have a clear idea of what it means or - worse - enjoy much freedom in any of its conventional meanings. Drawing from republican tradition, the……続きを見る

The collapse of the Irish 'Celtic Tiger' economy, in the wake of a banking disaster, provoked a joint EU/IMF rescue plan in late 2010. The election that followed saw Europe's most successful ever pa……続きを見る

China's commitments in Central Asia illustrate how regional foreign policy works and how long-standing principles of Chinese foreign policy might be revised in the near future. China's rise has 'mov……続きを見る

The world seems to have recently discovered India and China as major players in Asia, and political and economic connections between the two countries are rapidly growing. Beyond the fashionable phe……続きを見る

This book analyses Switzerland’s European policies using the concept of differentiated European integration, providing a new and original perspective on the country. This analytical approach focuses……続きを見る

This book analyzes how the state constructs and reproduces gender identities in the context and geopolitics of Jordan. Guardianship over women is examined as not only the basis of women’s legal and ……続きを見る

The next three years will determine whether South Africa succeeds or fails in the long term. • Jacob Zuma’s term as president is due to end in 2019, though he could go earlier. Who will succeed him ……続きを見る

Dieser Band bündelt zwei Studien zum Thema „wahre Demokratie“ und „Volksgemeinschaft“ als zentrale Motive rechtsextremer Ideologie und Programmatik. So fordert die NPD ein „plebiszitäres Präsidialys……続きを見る

The contributions to this edited volume discuss constitutional politics in 20 Central and Eastern European countries. The country chapters describe all constitutional amendments and new constitution……続きを見る

Am 23. Juni 2016 entschied sich Großbritannien in einem Referendum für die Trennung von der EU. Dieses essential zeigt, dass die euro-britischen Beziehungen stets problematisch waren, weil sie auf u……続きを見る

The Green Movement protests that erupted in Iran in 2009 amid allegations of election fraud shook the Islamic Republic to its core. For the first time in decades, the adoption of serious liberal ref……続きを見る

Ausgehend von einer Analyse der politischen und geistesgeschichtlichen Wurzeln der Trennung von Staat und Kirche in Frankreich beleuchtet Dimitri Almeida die unterschiedlichen Deutungen des Laizität……続きを見る

This book consciously interrogates the varieties of opinions with regards to the socio-political and religious dynamics of Africans in the African continent as well as in the diaspora in the context……続きを見る

This book is the definitive analysis of the 2016 Irish general election and is the eighth book in the well-established How Ireland Voted series. The 2011 election in Ireland was characterised as an ……続きを見る

Das Lehrbuch richtet sich an Studierende und Lehrende, die sich mit Bürgerbeteiligung und politischer Partizipation in Deutschland und anderen Demokratien beschäftigen. Dazu gehören unter anderem Wa……続きを見る

This book offers a unique and innovative way of looking at the paradoxical consequences of human mobility. Based on a three-year transnational multi-sited longitudinal research project, it demonstra……続きを見る

Der Sammelband analysiert, ob der Regierungswechsel hin zu GrünーRot in Baden-Württemberg auch zu einem entsprechend rapiden Politikwechsel im Bundesland geführt hat. Nach 57 Jahren Regierungsbeteil……続きを見る

The Americas face many security challenges, including drug trafficking, organized crime, guerrilla movements, terrorism, and environmental challenges. Experts have long debated whether some countrie……続きを見る

Henry Kissinger is an expert in international politics who served as the U.S. secretary of state for both Nixon and Ford administrations, promoting reconciliation between the U.S. and China as well ……続きを見る

Procedure in the Canadian House of Commons is an attempt to survey the whole field of Canadian procedure historically and analytically, to establish what the procedure of the House was in 1867 and t……続きを見る

In the energy sector of Canadian economic and political life, power has a double meaning. It is quintessentially about the generation of power and physical energy. However, it is also about politica……続きを見る

The True Dream is a Persian satirical drama set in Isfahan in the lead up to Iran’s Constitutional Revolution of 1905-11. Although its three authors hail from the clerical class, they criticize the ……続きを見る

This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. This paper argues that deglobalization would have momentous security implications. Accor……続きを見る

Der Band beschreibt die Effekte lokaler Impulse im Bereich Energiegewinnung und Energieversorgung aus den Aspekten unterschiedlicher Wissenschaftsdisziplinen. Lokalen Impulsen fallen unter dezentral……続きを見る

China’s rise is changing the dynamics of the international system. Middle Powers and the Rise of China is the first work to examine how the group of states referred to as “middle powers” are respond……続きを見る

The authors argue that with the election of the Abe Government in December 2012, Japanese politics has entered a radically new phase they describe as the “2012 Political System.” The system began wi……続きを見る

Ulf von Krause skizziert in diesem essential nach der gültigen Rechtslage unstrittige und strittige Einsätze der Bundeswehr im Innern von 2002 bis 2016. Neue Bedrohungsformen und eine zunehmend unsc……続きを見る

For the last five years, Britain has been under the hammer of Austerity’. In its name, wages have been frozen, benefits have been slashed and public spending squeezed. The pain of a financial crisi……続きを見る