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Sharing Security: The Political Economy of Burdensharing
Malcolm Chalmers
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Description for Sharing Security: The Political Economy of Burdensharing
Hardcover. Highlights the burdensharing problems involved in global regimes, focusing on the UN's financial crisis and the costs of combating global warming. It argues that burdensharing disparities continue to be shaped by the character of the international settlement at the end of World War II. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJP; GTJ; JPSN1; JPSN2; JW; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 496.
Sharing Security is a unique and comprehensive study of a key yet often neglected feature of modern international society. It begins by assessing how political theory can contribute to an understanding of international burdensharing. It then analyses in turn why some Western states contribute more than others to common defences, the European Union budget and overseas development aid. It highlights the particular burdensharing problems involved in global regimes, focusing on the UN's continuing financial crisis and the costs of combating global warming. It argues that today's burdensharing disparities continue to be shaped by the particular character of the international settlement ... Read more
Sharing Security is a unique and comprehensive study of a key yet often neglected feature of modern international society. It begins by assessing how political theory can contribute to an understanding of international burdensharing. It then analyses in turn why some Western states contribute more than others to common defences, the European Union budget and overseas development aid. It highlights the particular burdensharing problems involved in global regimes, focusing on the UN's continuing financial crisis and the costs of combating global warming. It argues that today's burdensharing disparities continue to be shaped by the particular character of the international settlement ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
230
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333714423
SKU
V9780333714423
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99-15
About Malcolm Chalmers
Malcolm Chalmers is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford.
Reviews for Sharing Security: The Political Economy of Burdensharing
'Malcolm Chalmers takes the burdensharing issue beyond traditional concerns with defence to take in contributions to the whole range of international activities from development assistance to the UN. The result is an important work of theory, history, reference, analysis and policy all rolled up into one.' - Lawrence Freedman, Professor of War Studies, King's College, London 'Clearly written and comprehensive ... Read more