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Hardback. Governments and NGOs - in an effort to promote democracy, freedom, fairness, and stability throughout the world - have organized teams of observers to monitor elections in a variety of countries. This book argues that the practice of international election monitoring is broken, but still worth fixing. Num Pages: 336 pages, 28 line illus. 38 tables. BIC Classification: JPA; JPHF; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691152776
- ISBN
- 9780691152776
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.94€ 83.22
€ 108.94
€ 83.22
Paperback. Argues that we owe civic obligations to the state if it is sufficiently just, and that constitutionally enshrined principles of justice in themselves - rather than territory, common language, or shared culture - are grounds for obedience to our particular state and for democratic solidarity with our fellow citizens. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: JPA; JPFK; JPFN; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691150222
- ISBN
- 9780691150222
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. Does the United States have the right to defend itself by striking first, or must it wait until an attack is in progress? Is the Bush Doctrine of aggressive preventive action a justified and legal recourse against threats posed by terrorists and rogue states? This book includes responses by political theorists Richard Tuck and Jeffrey McMahan. Editor(s): Macedo, Stephen. Series: The University Center for Human Values Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: JPSN1; LB; LNDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 208 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691149967
- ISBN
- 9780691149967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.73
€ 24.99
€ 18.73
Hardback. The rise of China could be the most important political development of the twenty-first century. What will China look like in the future? What should it look like? And what will China's rise mean for the rest of world? This title sets out a vision for the coming decades from China's point of view. Editor(s): Bell, Daniel A.; Zhe, Sun. Translator(s): Ryden, Edmund. Series: The Princeton-China Series. Num Pages: 312 pages, 11 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPS; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691148267
- ISBN
- 9780691148267
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.70
€ 54.99
€ 39.70
Paperback. Presents a study of a controversy in Britain at the turn of the twentieth century. This book explains how England's rulers failed to understand and respond to the initial evidence of erosion in their country's industrial, financial, naval, and military power. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBLL; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691148007
- ISBN
- 9780691148007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Hardback. Over the years, governments have delegated extensive regulatory authority to international private-sector organizations. This book examines who writes the rules in international private organizations, as well as who wins, who loses - and why. Num Pages: 320 pages, 13 halftones. 9 line illus. 20 tables. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPSN; KCL; LNPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691144795
- ISBN
- 9780691144795
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.72
€ 46.99
€ 33.72
Paperback. Examines how the financial and organizational challenges of adopting the methods of fighting wars can influence the international balance of power. This title argues that a state or actor wishing to adopt a military innovation must possess the financial resources to buy or build the technology and the internal organizational capacity. Num Pages: 264 pages, 10 line illus. 21 tables. BIC Classification: JPS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691143965
- ISBN
- 9780691143965
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.48
€ 46.99
€ 33.48
Paperback. Reveals how the Muslim world is in the throes of an ideological struggle that extends far beyond the Middle East, and how struggles like it have been a recurring feature of international relations since the dawn of the modern European state. Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics. Num Pages: 352 pages, 6 line illus. 4 tables. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 3J; HRAM2; JFSR2; JPB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691142395
- ISBN
- 9780691142395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.29€ 42.44
€ 53.29
€ 42.44
Paperback. The right of governments to employ capital controls has always been the official orthodoxy of the International Monetary Fund(IMF). This title explores the inner workings of the IMF to understand how its staff's thinking about capital controls changed so radically. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 line illus. 6 tables. BIC Classification: JPSN; KCLF; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691142326
- ISBN
- 9780691142326
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.97€ 59.46
€ 76.97
€ 59.46
Hardback. A book about the theory of the city or commonwealth, what would come to be called the state, in early modern natural law discourse. It takes a fresh approach by looking at this political entity from the perspective of its boundaries and those who crossed them. Num Pages: 264 pages, 5 halftones. 1 map. BIC Classification: HBLH; HPS; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141930
- ISBN
- 9780691141930
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.05€ 55.38
€ 71.05
€ 55.38
Hardback. In the movie "The Godfather", Don Corleone, head of New York's powerful organized-crime family, is gunned down in daylight, leaving his sons Sonny and Michael, along with his adopted son, consigliere Tom Hagen, to chart a new course for the family. This book shows how the aging don is emblematic of cold-war American power on the decline. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: APFA; JPF; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 109 x 13. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141473
- ISBN
- 9780691141473
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.10
€ 10.99
€ 10.10
Paperback. Provides an examination of the intelligence failures that preceded September 11. This work shows how and why the intelligence system itself left us vulnerable. It argues that after the Cold War ended, the CIA and FBI failed to adapt to the rise of terrorism. Num Pages: 336 pages, 10 line illus. 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPSH; JPWL2; JWKF; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141039
- ISBN
- 9780691141039
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.87
€ 42.99
€ 30.87
Paperback. Investigates the role of civic associations in promoting democratic attitudes and behavioral patterns in contexts that are less than democratic. This work argues that, in state-centralized environments, associations can just as easily promote civic qualities vital to authoritarian citizenship - such as support for the regime in power. Num Pages: 208 pages, 12 tables. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JPHV; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691140995
- ISBN
- 9780691140995
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. Helps solve some of the most enduring puzzles in military history, such as why Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, why Germany in 1918 renewed its attack in the West after securing peace with Russia in the East, and why Britain refused to seek peace terms with Germany after France fell in 1940. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 halftones. 3 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: JPS; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691140605
- ISBN
- 9780691140605
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
paperback. Explores topics that include the uneven role of peacekeepers in civil wars, the success of human rights treaties in promoting women's rights, the disproportionate power of developing countries in international environmental policy negotiations, and the prospects for Asian regional cooperation. Editor(s): Milner, Helen V.; Moravcsik, Andrew. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6 halftones. 2 line illus. 14 tables. BIC Classification: JPA; JPSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780691140285
- ISBN
- 9780691140285
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.29€ 42.35
€ 53.29
€ 42.35
Paperback. From the Korean War to the conflict in Iraq, this book examines the ways in which the American public decides whether to support the use of military force. Contrary to the conventional view, it demonstrates that the public does not respond reflexively and solely to the number of casualties in a conflict. Num Pages: 280 pages, 13 line illus. 48 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBWS; JPS; JPVK; JPWS; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691139081
- ISBN
- 9780691139081
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.49
€ 46.99
€ 33.49
Paperback. How does the American public formulate its opinions about US foreign policy and military engagement abroad? This title takes an in-depth look at media coverage, elite rhetoric, and public opinion during the Iraq war and other US conflicts abroad. It also reveals precisely what this means for the future of American foreign policy. Num Pages: 368 pages, 39 line illus. 30 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JPS; JPVK; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691138596
- ISBN
- 9780691138596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.61
€ 46.99
€ 33.61
Paperback. Explains how the Bush Doctrine departs from the traditions of American national-security policy and accepted international norms, and renders Americans and democratic values less safe. This book sets out a viable alternative that offers security to Americans, reclaims America's international stature, and promotes democracy around the world. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPSD; JPSL; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 257.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691137070
- ISBN
- 9780691137070
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.36
€ 30.99
€ 22.36
Paperback. Drawing insights from both international relations and comparative politics, this book shows that good strategic assessment depends on civil-military relations that encourage an easy exchange of information and an analysis of a state's own relative capabilities and strategic environment. Num Pages: 328 pages, 3 line illus. 5 tables. BIC Classification: JPS; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691136684
- ISBN
- 9780691136684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.29€ 42.32
€ 53.29
€ 42.32
Paperback. Underbalancing occurs when states fail to recognize dangerous threats, choose not to react to them, or respond in paltry and imprudent ways. This book offers a theory of underbalancing based on four domestic-level variables - elite consensus, elite cohesion, social cohesion, and regime/government vulnerability. Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1 halftone. 10 tables. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691136462
- ISBN
- 9780691136462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.72
€ 46.99
€ 33.72