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Japan's Quandary Over East Asia Summit, Kori Urayama
Japan's Quandary Over East Asia Summit, Kori Urayama
Kori Urayama
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On The Sources Of Islamic Law And Practices, Ahmed Souaiaia
On The Sources Of Islamic Law And Practices, Ahmed Souaiaia
Ahmed E SOUAIAIA
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Sovereignty, Democracy, And Global Civil Society, Elisabeth Friedman, Kathryn Hochstetler, Ann Marie Clark
Sovereignty, Democracy, And Global Civil Society, Elisabeth Friedman, Kathryn Hochstetler, Ann Marie Clark
Ann Marie Clark
Sovereignty, Democracy, and Global Civil Society explores the growing power of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) by analyzing a microcosm of contemporary global state-society relations at UN World Conferences. The intense interactions between states and NGOs at conferences on the environment, human rights, women's issues, and other topics confirm the emergence of a new transnational democratic sphere of activity. Employing both regional and global case studies, the book charts noticeable growth in the ability of NGOs to build networks among themselves and effect change within UN processes. Using a multidimensional understanding of state sovereignty, the authors find that states use sovereignty to …
Middle Power Statecraft: Indonesia, Malaysia And The Asia-Pacific, Jonathan Ping
Middle Power Statecraft: Indonesia, Malaysia And The Asia-Pacific, Jonathan Ping
Jonathan H. Ping
Jonathan Ping's volume establishes a unifying theory for the concept of middle power (MP). MPs are states which have an innate form of statecraft and perceived power as a result of their size. The book presents hybridization theory as a basis for analysis, policy development and prediction of MP statecraft and perceived power. A prerequisite to the founding of hybridization theory is the new statistical method of definition which identifies sixteen MPs of Asia and the Pacific.
The volume takes a comparative focus on Indonesia and Malaysia to inform and test hybridization theory, as well as to provide a historical …