21st Century FEMA Study Course: Breaking The Disaster Cycle: Future Directions in Natural Hazard Mitigation – History of Disaster Policy, Mitigation, Ethics, Studies, Plans [EPUB ebook] 

The World Bank is one of the most important and least understood major international institutions. This book provides a concise, accessible and comprehensive overview of the World Bank”s history, de …

First published in 1973 this volume demonstrates the interconnection between Hegel”s political and metaphysical writings. This book provides a point of entry into Hegel”s system of ideas. Condemned …

This book surveys the development of geo-political thought in the twentieth century and relates it to international political developments, as well as examining how sound geopolitical theories are. I …

The ground upon which campaigns and elections are contested has been shifting rapidly in the last decade. Radical and ongoing changes to the way elections are administered and campaigns are financed; …

This work defines weak states and their strengths and weaknesses. It examines why they are weak and their position in different international systems as well as their economic positions. …

Over the past few decades states all around the globe have intensified institutionalized cooperation at the regional level. To deepen our understanding of state-led regionalism, the authors use an an …

”Environmental skepticism” describes the viewpoint that major environmental problems are either unreal or unimportant. In other words, environmental skepticism holds that environmental problems, es …

This unique and thoroughly researched book examines small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Indonesia, focusing on Indonesian government policy for developing industrial clusters. Aknolt Kristia …

This book analyses and compares how the USA”s liberal allies responded to the use of torture against their citizens after 9/11. Did they resist, tolerate or support the Bush Administration”s polici …