The Europa World Year

Thomson GaleEconomic history
The Europa World Year

Author: Thomson Gale

Publisher: Europa Publications

ISBN: 0946653879

Category: Economic history

Page: 3415

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Covers hundreds of international organizations; offers historical, governmental, and economic data on countries and territories; and provides names and addresses of political, religious, financial, and tourist figures and institutions.

Deviant Conduct in World Politics

D. GeldenhuysPolitical Science
Deviant Conduct in World Politics

Author: D. Geldenhuys

Publisher: Springer

ISBN: 9780230000711

Category: Political Science

Page: 441

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A long list of countries - labelled outcasts, pariahs and rogues - have failed to meet international standards of good conduct. In the Cold War years Rhodesia, Israel, Chile, Taiwan and South Africa, among others, featured among the ranks of the disreputable. In modern world politics, the serious sinners not only include states: terrorists, rebels, criminals and mercenaries also participate in the great game of who gets what, when and how. Highlighting the rules of good behaviour that both state and non-state actors have violated, Geldenhuys takes a novel approach that breaks through the narrow parameters of the rogue state paradigm and of other state-centric perspectives.

Regional Security and the Future of Central Asia

Hooman PeimaniAsia, Central
Regional Security and the Future of Central Asia

Author: Hooman Peimani

Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group

ISBN: 0275960218

Category: Asia, Central

Page: 172

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The breakup of the USSR created a Central Asian security complex or sphere of influence consisting of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Since the disintegration of the Soviet Union, this security complex has tended to distance itself from a Russian-centered approach to foreign relations, has rejected involvement with a Turkey-oriented sphere of influence, and has shifted toward an Iran-oriented security complex. A major reason for these developments has been the activities of the three rival powers--Iran, Turkey, and Russia. As Peimani explains, these states have strong long-term interests in the region; earlier rivalries, which were dormant under Soviet rule, have reawakened since the breakup of the USSR. While Russia attempts to reincorporate Central Asia into its security complex, Iran and Turkey seek to include it in their spheres of influence. The rivalry among these states will largely determine the future development of the region and the individual states.

Balkan Babel

Sabrina Petra RametPolitical Science
Balkan Babel

Author: Sabrina Petra Ramet

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 9780429963957

Category: Political Science

Page: 448

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The fourth edition of this critically acclaimed work includes a new chapter, a new epilogue, and revisions throughout the book. Sabrina Ramet, a veteran observer of the Yugoslav scene, traces the steady deterioration of Yugoslavia's political and social fabric in the years since 1980, arguing that, while the federal system and multiethnic fabric laid down fault lines, the final crisis was sown in the failure to resolve the legitimacy question, triggered by economic deterioration, and pushed forward toward war by Serbian politicians bent on power - either within a centralized Yugoslavia or within an 'ethnically cleansed' Greater Serbia. With her detailed knowledge of the area and extensive fieldwork, Ramet paints a strikingly original picture of Yugoslavia's demise and the emergence of the Yugoslav successor states.

Ethnic Cultures of the World

Philip M. ParkerDemographic surveys
Ethnic Cultures of the World

Author: Philip M. Parker

Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group

ISBN: 0313297703

Category: Demographic surveys

Page: 268

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Quantitative comparisons, including some 120,000 statistics, focus on over 400 of the world's ethnic groups and the impact each has upon such factors as economic development, demographic behavior, and general business policies.

Challenges of Policing Democracies

Dilip DasPolitical Science
Challenges of Policing Democracies

Author: Dilip Das

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 9781136648168

Category: Political Science

Page: 390

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In this text, the editors analyze the diverse situations that police forces operate under and the challenges that they face in different kinds of democracies. This cross-cultural comparison of various systems highlights the universal observation that police are a anomaly in a democracy and explores how various influences-for example, large-scale social violence, a zeal for crime fighting, and vulnerability to temptation-often find police incapable of behaving in a democratic manner. Challenges of Policing Democracies goes beyond just showing the similarities and differences of the policing challenges democratic societies face, it also examines the responses and remedies adopted by police in various countries at different levels of democratic achievement and how every society struggles with the challenges of preserving democratic values without sacrificing the effectiveness of policing.