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Monograph on policy issues relating to human rights facing the USA and the role of USA in respect thereof in international organizations relationships (incl. The UN, ILO, etc.) - includes a definition of human rights and covers civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, the relationship between the individual and the state, role of the state and the international community in promoting and protecting human rights (incl. By persuasion...
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Based on a conference held in September 2005 on the future of the International Monetary Fund, this important new book includes an overview of the challenges facing the IMF today. In addition the book will look at four areas: the international monetary system and the IMF (with an emphasis on enforcing and reforming the rules), governance (including representation), fi nancial resources (the need for additional resources and how they should be supplied),...
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"On Competition brings together, for the first time, more than a dozen of Porter's articles; two entirely new pieces written especially for this collection as well as eleven of his landmark articles from the Harvard Business Review. In addition, Porter contributes a special introduction, his first statement of how the whole range of his work fits together." "These essays develop some consistent themes: the key to profitability and growth - indeed...
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"Globalization does not have to entail a loss of sovereignty. Indeed, if the proper policies are adopted, it can strengthen that sovereignty. But to manage globalization requires that we recognize the importance of global public goods. The essays here suggest innovative and practical strategies to ensure a more reliable supply of these public goods - such as environmental sustainability, market efficiency, equity, health, knowledge or peace." "The...
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[This book] focuses on policies that truly work, offering fresh new thinking about the questions that shape the globalization debate, including a plan to restructure a global financial system made unstable by America's debt, ideas for how countries can grow without degrading the environment, a framework for free and fair global trade, and much more. Throughout, [the author] reveals that economic globalization continues to outpace both the political...
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How does globalization change national economies and politics? Are rising levels of trade, capital flows, new communication technologies, and deregulation forcing all societies to converge toward the same structures of production and distribution? Suzanne Berger and Ronald Dore have brought together a distinguished group of experts to consider how the international economy shapes and transforms domestic structures. Drawing from experience in the United...
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The six-member crew of the International Space Station is on the cutting edge of one of the most important discoveries in human history: the first evidence of extraterrestrial life on Mars. As the crew begins to conduct research, their methods end up having unintended consequences and the life form proves more intelligent than anyone ever expected.
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It took hundreds of millions of years for petroleum to form on Earth. It took just 150 years for human beings to bleed the planet of roughly half of this oil. This program examines the catastrophic prospect of 'world peak oil', or the point in time when the quantity of petroleum extracted from the earth begins to irreversibly decline.
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"This book is a comprehensive analysis of the relevance of international law to the conduct of international relations and foreign policy. Written by an international lawyer and academic, this book contains a systematic treatment of both fields of study. The work serves as an introduction to contemporary theories of international relations and as a primer on international law, especially for the nonlawyer.
Focusing on contemporary problems of terrorism,...
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