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This book explores tensions in global trade by examining the role of experts in generating, disseminating and legitimating knowledge about the possibilities of trade to work for global development. To this end, contributors assess authoritative claims on knowledge. They also consider structural features that uphold trade experts' monopoly over...
This book explores tensions in global trade by examining the role of experts in generating,...
The 2004 entry of 10 Central and Eastern European countries, along with Malta and Cyprus, into the EU has caused a huge shift in the EU's external boundaries. The socio-economic and political transformations that this shift has caused not only suggest new regional development opportunities, but also many potential problems and tensions. While the...
The 2004 entry of 10 Central and Eastern European countries, along with Malta and Cyprus, into the...
Bringing together comparative case studies from Central Europe and South America, this book focuses on 'new' regions - regions created as political projects of modernization and 're-scaling'. Through this approach it de-codes 'New Regionalism' in terms of its contributions to institutional change, while acknowledging its contested nature and...
Bringing together comparative case studies from Central Europe and South America, this book focuses...
The collapse of the Soviet Union has had profound and long-lasting impacts on the societies of Eastern Europe, the South Caucasus and Central Asia, impacts which are not yet fully worked through: changes in state-society relations, a comprehensive reconfiguration of political, economic and social ties, the resurgence of regional conflicts "frozen"...
The collapse of the Soviet Union has had profound and long-lasting impacts on the societies of...
"Behavioral Methods in Social Welfare" offers positive proof that behaviorism has come of age in social work. Steven Paul Schinke and the contributors to this volume are social work practitioners who document their attempts to extend the basic tenets of behavioral psychology from the laboratory, clinic, and classroom to the full range of client...
"Behavioral Methods in Social Welfare" offers positive proof that behaviorism has come of age in...
In the aftermath of the Ukraine crises, borders within the wider post-Cold War and post-Soviet context have become a key issue for international relations and public political debate. These borders are frequently viewed in terms of military preparedness and confrontation, but behind armed territorial conflicts there has been a broader shift in the...
In the aftermath of the Ukraine crises, borders within the wider post-Cold War and post-Soviet...
In only 90 seconds, a fire in the Station nightclub killed 100 people and injured hundreds more. It would take nearly 20 years to find out why—and who was really at fault. All it took for a hundred people to die during a show by the hair metal band Great White was a sudden burst from two giant sparklers that ignited the acoustical foam lining...
In only 90 seconds, a fire in the Station nightclub killed 100 people and injured hundreds more. It...
The definitive account of the infamous 1967 attack on the USS Liberty by Israeli forces and the continuing controversy over what really happened. • Notorious incident: In 1967, Israeli fighter jets and torpedo boats attacked the spy ship uSS Liberty in international waters during the Six-Day War. Thirty-four sailors were killed and more than 170...
The definitive account of the infamous 1967 attack on the USS Liberty by Israeli forces and the...
LET THERE BE MEAT is the must-have companion for anyone interested in the art of barbecue and smokehouse; wood-smoked, slow cooked pork and beef, sausages, burgers, ribs, seafood feasts and all the mouth-watering sides that go with them. James Douglas and Scott Munro provide their unique insight into the American BBQ culture, gleaned from seven...
LET THERE BE MEAT is the must-have companion for anyone interested in the art of barbecue and...
The book examines the role of the United Kingdom in shaping the reform of financial regulation since the global financial crisis, and assesses the implications of the UK's withdrawal from the European Union.
The book examines the role of the United Kingdom in shaping the reform of financial regulation since...