Religion, politics and international relations

selected essays

A leading authority in the discipline, Jeffrey Haynes has contributed to many of the most significant debates in the fields of religion & politics and religion & international relations in the last twenty years. This book brings together many of his most influential essays, offering a comprehensive ...

Intercultural comunication

a new approach to international relations and global challenges

This introductory textbook approaches the study of intercultural communication from the field of international studies, focusing on issues of power, conflict, cooperation, and diplomacy. In our increasingly global world, the need for effective intercultural and international communication has become key for nations, groups, or individuals ...

The global political system

This fully revised and updated English edition of a successful Italian text provides a sophisticated assessment of the theory and practice of world politics in the 21st century. Attinà examines the impact of issues, actors and trends on the contemporary world stage and assesses the ...

La próxima década

los líderes y las potencias que determinarán el mundo que viene

Prol. Lluís Bassets. La próxima década será escenario de grandes cambios que darán forma al siglo XXI. Las guerras en el mundo islámico perderán fuerza y aprenderemos a convivir con el terrorismo. China entrará en crisis, mientras el mundo pasará de un periodo dominado por ...

América del Sur

el surgimiento de un actor global

El siglo XXI empezó con nuevos aires en América del Sur. El buen momento económico y los avances sociales han propiciado el surgimiento de nuevas oportunidades de integración para el subcontinente. En diciembre de 2004, se creó la Comunidad de Naciones Suramericanas, que en 2007 ...

La adopción de políticas en el Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana

propuestas para su perfeccionamiento a la luz de la experiencia europea

Eds. María Belén Olmos Giupponi, Luis Arnoldo Rubio Ríos. El perfeccionamiento de las políticas adoptadas en la integración centroamericana representa uno de los mayores desafíos que afronta la región en el nuevo milenio. Por ello, el principal objetivo trazado en este libro ha sido, precisamente ...

Humanitarian intervention and the United Nations

Does humanitarian intervention 'work'? Could it work better if approached differently? Or should we just, in the words of one critic, 'give war a chance'? Since the end of the Cold War and the subsequent surge in civil and international conflicts, the UN has been ...

Gaza en crisis

reflexiones sobre la guerra de Israel contra los palestinos

El asedio que sufren los palestinos de Gaza desde que en el invierno de 2008 un ataque militar israelí causó 1.400 muertos e impuso un duro bloqueo ha situado a la Franja en el centro del debate sobre un conflicto que dura ya más ...

Fighting monsters

british-american war-making and Law-making

Against the backdrop of the British-American law- and war-making of the first decade of the millennium, "Fighting Monsters" considers how the way we think about law affects the way we make war and how the way we think about war affects the way we make ...

Los conflictos armados del neoliberalismo

Esta obra considera que la configuración de este nuevo orden mundial se inicia casi veinte años antes, en los años setenta, con las modificaciones en la reglamentación de las actividades financieras, creando lo que se acabará denominando neoliberalismo. Este libro pretende analizar los conflictos armados ...

Genocide and the europeans

Genocide is one of the most heinous abuses of human rights imaginable, yet reaction to it by European governments in the post-Cold War world has been criticised for not matching the severity of the crime. European governments rarely agree on whether to call a situation ...

Ending wars, consolidating peace

economic perspectives

Eds. Mats Berdal, Achim Wennmann. The transition from war to peace is fraught with tension and the risk of a return to bloodshed. With so much at stake, it is crucial that the international community and local stakeholders make sense of the complex mosaic of ...

El cártel español

historia crítica de la reconquista económica de México y América Latina (18998-2008)

La llamada reconquista económica española de América Latina, iniciada en 1991 con la privatización de grandes empresa públicas argentinas, supuso la irrupción de un nuevo grupo de poder en dicho territorio. Gracias a la cooptación, la corrupción y la seducción, el cártel español ha monopolizado ...

International dispute settlement

A guide to the techniques and institutions used to solve international disputes, how they work and when they are used. This textbook looks at diplomatic (negotiation, mediation, inquiry and conciliation) and legal methods (arbitration, judicial settlement). It uses many, often topical, examples of each method ...

Why nations go to war

a sociology of military conflict

The United States has been involved in many wars, sometimes for noble causes like defeating Nazism, and, at other times, it has compromised its own ideals, leading to a lot of soul searching and regrets. Some wars are celebrated as glorious achievements (World War II ...

Anuario Procesos de Paz 2011

En esta sexta edición del Anuario de procesos de Paz se analizan los conflictos en los que se llevan a cabo negociaciones para llegar a un acuerdo de paz, con independencia de que estas negociaciones estén formalizadas, se encuentren en fase exploratoria, transcurran satisfactoriamente o ...

Human Rights in Iran

the abuse of cultural relativism

Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title Are the principles set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights truly universal? Or, as some have argued, are they derived exclusively from Western philosophic traditions and therefore irrelevant to many non- Western cultures? Should ...

Terrorism

a critical introduction

Auts. Richard Jackson...[et al]. Terrorism has a long history but the devastating attacks of 9/11 transformed what had been seen as a relatively minor security issue into one of major global significance. This incisive new text provides an accessible and balanced assessment of ...

Necropolítica

El nuevo capitalismo del siglo XXI se rige por la «necropolítica» y el «gobierno privado indirecto». Ahora impera una nueva concepción de la soberanía: la de aquellos actores internacionales que deciden quién debe vivir y quién debe morir en un momento dado, atendiendo a criterios ...

NATO and terrorism

organizational expansion and mission transformation

"NATO and Terrorism" posits that the post 9/11 war on terrorism has had a profound effect on NATO's post Cold War structure and military missions. "NATO and Terrorism" focuses on the decades from 1989 until 2009, during which NATO underwent two major transformations ...