"This book collects Thomas Risse's most important articles together in a single volume. Covering a wide range of issues – the end of the Cold War, transatlantic relations, the "democratic peace," human rights, governance in areas of limited statehood, Europeanization, European identity and public spheres, most recently comparative regionalism – it is testament to the breadth and excellence of this highly respected International Relations ..."
"The past several years have seen strong disagreements between the U.S. government and many of its European allies. News accounts of these challenges focus on isolated incidents and points of contention. The End of the West? addresses some basic questions: Are we witnessing a deepening transatlantic rift, with wide-ranging consequences for the future of world order? Or are today's foreign-policy disagreements the equivalent of dinner-tab ..."
"European and American experts systematically compare U.S. and EU strategies to promote democracy around the world - from the Middle East and the Mediterranean, to Latin America, the former Soviet bloc, and Southeast Asia. In doing so, the authors debunk the pernicious myth that there exists a transatlantic divide over democracy promotion."
"The original Handbook of International Relations was the first authoritative and comprehensive survey of the field of international relations. In this eagerly-awaited new edition, the Editors have once again drawn together a team of the world's leading scholars of international relations to provide a state-of-the-art review and indispensable guide to the field, ensuring its position as the pre-eminent volume of its kind. The second edit ..."
"Jeffrey Anderson, Georgetown University Michael Byers, University of British Columbia Dieter Fuchs, University of Stuttgart John A. Hall, Dartmouth College Gunther Hellmann, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main William I. Hitchcock, Temple University G. John Ikenberry, Princeton University Hans-Dieter Klingemann, Freie Universität Berlin and Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung Charles A. Kupchan, Georg ..."
""This is an excellent compilation of work on the discipline of international relations (IR). . . . This handbook will become indispensable for libraries serving graduate programs in IR. It will also be a good reference for faculty and scholars in the field, and its individual entries will be of interest to advanced undergraduate students."--CHOICE, November 2002--CHOICE, November 2002This major Handbook brings together the worlds leadin ..."
"Extract 1 Interviewee: Young man, Thomas Rabe (TR) Location: Guben UM: Und
wie stehts denn nun mit Polen, ich mein, gehen sie da jetzt oft rüber als
Jugendliche oder eher weniger? TR: Also ich muss sagen, da ich ja nicht rauche
— äh, naja, der Sprit ist drüben billig, und immer wenn ich Sprit brauche, fahr ich
eben rüber, und da haben sie jetzt drüben auch n' McDonald's aufgemacht, da
fahr ich dann immer mit ran, weils da auch billi ..."
"This original work explores the increasingly important phenomenon of the formation of transnational identity. Considering the ongoing relevance of the European Union, the contributors ask a series of intriguing questions: Is a European identity possible? How are the various types of European identity formed and maintained? How are these identities linked to the process of European integration? Examining the psychological, institutional, ..."
"This original work explores the increasingly important phenomenon of the formation of transnational identity. Considering the ongoing relevance of the European Union, the contributors ask a series of intriguing questions: Is a European identity possible? How are the various types of European identity formed and maintained? How are these identities linked to the process of European integration? Examining the psychological, institutional, ..."
"Governance discourse centers on an "ideal type" of modern statehood that exhibits full internal and external sovereignty and a legitimate monopoly on the use of force. Yet modern statehood is an anomaly, both historically and within the contemporary international system, while the condition of "limited statehood," wherein countries lack the capacity to implement central decisions and monopolize force, is the norm. Limited statehood, arg ..."
"The contributors to this book critically examine the performance of new modes of governance in areas of limited statehood, drawing on a range of in-depth case studies on issues of climate change, biodiversity, and health. The Paris Agreement for Climate Change or the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) rely on new modes of governance for implementation. New modes of governance such as market-based instruments, public-private par ..."
"This book constitutes the proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries, TPDL 2016, held in Hannover, Germany, in September 2016. The 28 full papers, 5 posters and 8 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 93 submissions. They were organized in topical sections named: Digital Library Design; User Aspects; Search; Web Archives; Semantics; Multimedia an ..."
"This book constitutes a commemorative volume devoted to Erich J. Neuhold on the occasion of his 65th birthday. The 32 invited reviewed papers presented are written by students and colleagues of Erich Neuhold throughout all periods of his scientific career. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: Database management enabling information systemsSemantic Web drivers ..."
Menschenrechte(1st Edition) Globale Dimensionen Eines Universellen Anspruchs (German Edition) by Nicole Janz, ProfessorThomasRisse, ThomasRisse-Kappen Paperback, 188 Pages, Published 2007 by Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft ISBN-13: 978-3-8329-2279-5, ISBN: 3-8329-2279-2
"Sind Menschenrechte eine rein westliche Idee? Gibt es Religionen oder Kulturen, die mit den modernen Menschenrechten nicht vereinbar sind? Die Diskussion um die universelle Gultigkeit der Menschenrechte gehort zu den altesten und zugleich aktuellsten Kontroversen der Menschenrechtspolitik. Tatsache ist, dass viele Faktoren zu einer guten oder schlechten Menschenrechtssituation in verschiedenen Regionen der Erde fuhren konnen. Dieses Buc ..."