Silja Hausermann & Hanspeter Kriesi 
Contention in Times of Crisis [PDF ebook] 
Recession and Political Protest in Thirty European Countries

A FASCINATING INSIGHT INTO THE WORLD OF GLOBAL POLITICS. In 2015 New Zealand began its fourth term as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. Although the Council is sometimes …

Labour and social security law studies have addressed the topic of the decline of the standard employment relationship mainly from the point of view of the growing number of atypical relationships. O …

The attacks of September 11, 2001, the US response and the international community”s approval of the subsequent military action represent a new paradigm in the international law relating to the use …

President George W. Bush had pinned North Korea to an ‘axis of evil’ but then neglected Pyongyang until it tested a nuclear device. Would the new administration make similar mistakes? When the Clinto …

Integrating the study of individual European nation-states within the framework of the European Union, this unique new text is essentially two books in one: a book on the EU and a comparative introdu …

This volume presents an approach for resolving a variety of public policy debates. It proposes that a single standard – marginal cost methodology – be adopted to replace the haphazard arrays of metho …

Fully accessible to students and scholars alike, this engaging book introduces the constructivist approach to understanding world affairs. In a highly readable and witty way, it shows how people and …

This title was first published in 2001: Japan has a long history of being isolated from multilateral diplomacy. With its increasing economic power, Japan has become more concerned with external forei …

This title was first published in 2001: In 1989, central and Eastern European countries broke free form the Soviet Union and looked upon the European Community to support their ”return to Europe”. …

This book examines the possibilities for the use of satellite imagery in support of UN peacekeeping operations, and also to protect the national security of Canada. Experts in the field discuss the n …