Lacey Andrews Gale & Karen Jacobsen 
Research Methods in Conflict Settings [PDF ebook] 
A View from Below

Twenty years after the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) entered into force, the founding of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) in 2012 was the outco …

At the end of the current millenium the best description of Europe”s relations with the developing countries of the South is: all change. Since 1957 the European Community has operated special polic …

Against the backdrop of demonstrations in Seattle, Porto Alegre and Genoa and within the context of growing resistances to free trade and the current global trends, Global Tensions takes a close look …

This book argues that the effectiveness of the state apparatus is one of the crucial variables determining human rights conditions, and that state weakness and failure is responsible for much of the …

Providing case study analyses of the politics of science in and around the International Polar Year of 2007-2008, this volume makes a distinct contribution to ongoing research focusing on the relatio …

The critical challenge of financing development and sustainability is a key focus for the world”s international financial institutions, led by the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and, a …

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 …

Is patriotism a good thing in an empire? Did General Petraeus betray us or did Moveon? Does morality often serve immoral purposes? Morality Wars shows us how to understand the subtext of these questi …

Europeanization as Discursive Practice adopts a poststructuralist reading of Europeanization to study the effects of EU accession in the light of political territoriality and consequent state-buildin …

This edited volume brings together critical insights that address the multifaceted problems of governance and democracy in the developing regions with specific reference to Africa. It explores both t …