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• The establishment of the United Nations : why the UN functions the way it does
• The search for rules or laws of war : forbidden strategies and weapons
• The role of the Security Council in war and peace
• The precedent of war crimes trials and the bases for the UN international criminal courts.

"This book explores the structure of the UN, its achievements and its weaknesses, explaining what it can and cannot do, and why. It traces mankind's quest for international laws, especially with regard to war; and shows how the US shaped the UN and continues to direct and limit its functioning"--Provided by publisher.

• I An Introduction to the Theory of Differential Association.- I. A Statement of the Theory.- II. Some Obstacles to Generalizing in Criminology.- III. Some Facts a Theory Must Fit.- IV. Differential Association, Differential Social Organization, and the Epidemiology of Crime.- II Some Criticisms of the Theory.- V. Some Popular Criticism of Differential Association.- VI. Differential Association and Compulsive Crimes.- VII. Differential Association and Trust Violation.- III Use of the Theory in Corrections.- VIII. Differential Association and Correctional Group Therapy.- IX. Differential Association and Rehabilitation.
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This is a book about Edwin H. Sutherland's theory of differ- ential association. I received my Ph. D. from Indiana University, where I worked with Sutherland, and the volume is made up principally of my writings on differential association during the years 1952-1963. However, the volume is neither a festschrift nor a book of reprints. The original materials have in most cases been quite severely edited in order to give the volume coherence and in order to minimize repetition and redundancy. For example, portions of one journal article appear in Chapters I, IV and V; parts of a chapter published in a recent book appear in Chapters I, II and III; and Chapter IX is composed of two inter-related articles, published eight years apart. Chapter I has not appeared elsewhere in its present form, but most of it consists of snippets culled from several of my articles and books and woven together in new form. The book is intended primarily for non-American readers, who on the whole are not as familiar with Sutherland's theory (or with other sociological and social psychological theories about delinquency, crime and corrections) as are Americans. Yet at least a nodding acquaintance with Sutherland's work is becoming increasingly necessary to an intelligent reading of the American literature in criminology.
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• Introduction.- Confrontation of traditional legal concepts with globalization.- Challenges for regulatory approaches in cyberspace.- In search for new rule-making approaches in cyberspace.- Development of a "Global Cyberspace Framework" (GCF).
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In many respects cyberspace has created a new world. The online phenomena encompass social, cultural, economic, and legal facets. Exceeding the present Internet Governance concept the book analyses the normative foundations and guiding principles of a global cyberspace regime that includes the exchange of people, businesses, governments, and other entities. Based on this assessment and philosophical theories the book attempts to outline a model for a general legal framework enshrining key principles of civil society (such as human rights, ethics). The proposed global framework, not in the form of a multilateral treaty but a morally convincing declaration, could then be complemented by additional polycentric regulations with binding effect, developed on the basis of multistakeholder participation in a multi-layer concept.
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• Ch.
• 1. Introduction.
• 1. The Issues, External and Internal.
• 2. Connecting External and Internal Approaches.
• 3. Immanent Criticism.
• 4. Punishing for Justice: A Retributive Immanent Criticism of Legal Punishment
• Ch.
• 2. Radical Criticisms of the Practice of Legal Punishment.
• 1. Radical Criticism.
• 2. Genealogist as Radical Critic: Nietzsche and Foucault.
• 3. Functionalist as Radical Critic: Karl Menninger.
• 4. Marxist as Radical Critic.
• 5. The Activity of Justifying a Whole Practice.
• 6. Immanent against Radical Criticism
• Ch.
• 3. Justifications of the Practice: Utilitarian and Retributive.
• 1. Utilitarians.
• 2. Retributive Justifications of Legal Punishment.
• 3. Deciding between the Utilitarian and Retributive Accounts
• Ch.
• 4. Retributive Immanent Criticism of Legal Punishment.
• 1. An Internal, Discriminating Approach to Legal Punishment.
• 2. Immanent Criticism in a Complex Practice.
• 3. Practical Problems of Legal Punishment.
• 4. A Consequential Retributivism
• Ch.
• 5. Immanent Criticism of an Essentially Contested Practice.
• 1. Introduction.
• 2. What Counts as a Practice: The Turn to Interpretation.
• 3. An Objection to the Retributive Interpretation of Punishment.
• 4. The Contemporary Utilitarian-Retributive Debate.
• 5. Retributive Immanent Criticism in an Essentially Contested Practice.

What actions should be punished? Should plea-bargaining be allowed? How should sentencing be determined? In this original, penetrating study, Mark Tunick explores not only why society punishes wrongdoing, but also how it implements punishment. Contending that the theory and practice of punishment are inherently linked, Tunick draws on a broad range of thinkers, from the radical criticisms of Nietzsche, Foucault, and some Marxist theorists through the sociological theories of Durkheim and Girard to various philosophical traditions and the 'law and economics' movement. He defends punishment against its radical critics and offers a version of retribution, distinct from revenge, that holds that we punish not to deter or reform, but to mete out just deserts, vindicate right, and express society's righteous anger. Demonstrating first how this theory best accounts for how punishment is carried out, he then provides 'immanent criticism' of certain features of our practice that don't accord with the retributive principle. Thought-provoking and deftly argued, "Punishment" will garner attention and spark debate among political theorists, philosophers, legal scholars, sociologists, and criminologists.
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• Preface A Brief History of the U.S. Army Historical Dictionary Appendixes A List of Sources Index.
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Having evolved over the past two and a quarter centuries to become the premier military force in the world, the U.S. Army has a heritage rich in history and tradition. This historical dictionary provides short, clear, authoritative entries on a broad cross section of military terms, concepts, arms and equipment, units and organizations, campaigns and battles, and people who have had a significant impact on Army. It includes over 900 entries written by some 100 scholars, providing a valuable resource for the interested reader, student, and researcher. For those interested in pursuing specific subjects further, the book provides sources at the end of each entry as well as a general bibliography. Appendixes provide a useful list of abbreviations and acronyms and a listing of ranks and grades in the U.S. Army.
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• General introduction: 'Absolute monarchy', dynasticism and the standing army-- Part I. 'Patrimonial Bureaucracy': The Le Tellier Dynasty and the Ministry of War: Introduction--
• 1. The Secretary of State for War and the dynastic interests of the Le Tellier family--
• 2. The ebb and flow of Le Tellier power, 1661-1701--
• 3. The use and abuse of servants: the Ministry of War, venality and civilian power in the army--
• 4. Financing war: the treasury of the Extraordinaire des guerres--
• 5. Corruption and the pursuit of self-interest in the Ministry of War-- Part II. The Forging of the French Officer Corps and the Standing Army under Louis XIV: Introduction--
• 6. In the name of sustainability: reforming the structure of the standing army and the officer corps--
• 7. The business of a regiment--
• 8. The pressures and temptations of service-- Part III. The High Command of the French Armies: Introduction--
• 9. The commanders-in-chief and the delegation of royal authority--
• 10. The appointment of general officers--
• 11. The summits of ambition and the rewards of good service: the bienfaits du roi and the high command-- Conclusion: the preservation of the dynasty--
• Appendix 1: Defining the grands--
• Appendix 2: The proportion of revenue generated by the Extraordinaire des guerres as a 'primary receiver'-- Bibliography.
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The 'personal rule' of Louis XIV witnessed a massive increase in the size of the French army and an apparent improvement in the quality of its officers, its men and the War Ministry. However, this is the first book to treat the French army under Louis XIV as a living political, social and economic organism, an institution which reflected the dynastic interests and personal concerns of the king and his privileged subjects. The book explains the development of the army between the end of Cardinal Mazarin's ministry and the outbreak of the War of the Spanish Succession, emphasising the awareness of Louis XIV and his ministers of the need to pay careful attention to the condition of the king's officers, and to take account of their military, political, social and cultural aspirations.
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• Chapter I. Introduction: I. The establishment of the International Criminal Court-- II. The Preamble to the Rome Statute-- III. The Rules of Procedure and Evidence-- IV. Evidence-- V. Regulations of the Court--
• Chapter II. Status, Complexion and Inherent Powers of The International Criminal Court
• Chapter III. Composition of The Court: I. Introduction-- II. Election of judges and their assignment to Divisions-- III. The Office of the Prosecutor-- IV. The Registry-- V. The Presidency-- VI. Plenary sessions--
• Chapter IV. Competence - Jurisdiction - Admissibility: I. Competence-- II. Jurisdiction-- III. Admissibility-- IV. Crimes amenable to the jurisdiction of the Court--
• Chapter V. The Law Applicable under The Rome Statute: I. Article 21.1-- II. Article 21.2-- III. Article 21.3--
• Chapter VI. The Judiciary: Pre-Trial, Trial and Appeals Chambers: I. Independence and impartiality of Judges-- II. The Trial-- III. Appeals--
• Chapter VII. Offences Against the Administration of Justice and Misconduct: I. Offences against the administration of justice-- II. Sanctions for Misconduct before the Court--
• Chapter VIII. The Office Of The Prosecutor: I. General-- II. Privileges and Immunities of Judges, the Prosecutor, Deputy Prosecutor(s), and Registrar-- III. Investigations-- IV. Proprio Motu Investigations by the Prosecutor-- V. Article 53--
• Chapter IX. Victims And Witnesses: I. Protection of Victims and Witnesses-- II. Participation of Victims in judicial proceedings-- III. The Definition of a Victim--
• Chapter X. Counsel: I. Right to legal assistance-- II. Qualifications for enrolment in the roster of Defence Counsel-- III. Code of Professional Conduct for Counsel-- IV. Office of Public Counsel for the Defence--
• Chapter XI. International Cooperation and Judicial Assistance-- Index.
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The Rome Statute and sequential establishment of the ICC is a milestone in the history of man. It inaugurates a new era of the supremacy of the law as the goal of humanity rendering everyone, independently of rank or position, liable for the commission of the heinous crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court; genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and aggression. The object is to end immunity and leave no quarter to people committing crimes that have scarred and defaced humanity. The book analyses every aspect of the Statute and supplementary instruments, eliciting the framework of its enforcement. Alongside the case law of the Court is reviewed. The book is particularly useful to practitioners of international criminal law and of great interest to practitioners of criminal law as well as students of the history of mankind and the establishment of institutions crucial to the future of humanity.
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• Introduction: Brian Bond, military historian / Brian Holden Reid
• Planning for war in the final years of Pax Britannica, 1889-1903 / Halik Kochanski
• Towards a Ministry of Defence: first faltering steps, 1890-1923 / John Sweetman
• 'Selection by disparagement': Lord Esher, the General Staff and the politics of command, 1904-14 / Ian F.W. Beckett
• Lord Kitchener, the General Staff and the army in India, 1902-14 / Timothy Moreman
• The British Army, its General Staff and the continental commitment, 1904-14 / Hew Strachan
• The General Staff and the paradoxes of continental war / William Philpott
• The Australians at Pozières: command and control on the Somme, 1916 / G.D. Sheffield
• The British General Staff and Japan, 1918-41 / Philip Towle
• J.F.C. Fuller: staff officer extraordinary / A.J. Trythall
• 'An extensive use of weedkiller': patterns of promotion in the senior ranks of the British Army, 1919-39 / David French
• The British General Staff and the coming of war, 1933-39 / J.P. Harris
• 'A particularly Anglo-Saxon institution': the British General Staff in the era of two world wars / John Gooch.

The essays that comprise this collection examine the development and influence of the British General Staff from the late Victorian period until the eve of World War II.

• Preface-- Executive Summary-- Introduction-- History of the Current Regulatory Framework-- Short-Term Recommendations.-- Intermediate-Term Recommendations-- The Optimal Regulatory Structure-- Conclusion-- Index.
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The mission of the Department of the Treasury ("Treasury") focuses on promoting economic growth and stability in the United States. Critical to this mission is a sound and competitive financial services industry grounded in robust consumer protection and stable and innovative markets. Financial institutions play an essential role in the U.S. economy by providing a means for consumers and businesses to save for the future, to protect and hedge against risks, and to access funding for consumption or organise capital for new investment opportunities. A number of different types of financial institutions provide financial services in the United States: commercial banks and other insured depository institutions, insurers, companies engaged in securities and futures transactions, finance companies, and specialised companies established by the government. Together, these institutions and the markets in which they act underpin economic activity through the intermediation of funds between providers and users of capital. This is an edited and excerpted edition. This intermediation function is accomplished in a number of ways. For example, insured depository institutions provide a vehicle to allocate the savings of individuals. Similarly, securities companies facilitate the transfer of capital among all types of investors and investment opportunities. Insurers assist in the financial intermediation process by providing a means for individuals, companies, and other financial institutions to protect assets from various types of losses. Overall, financial institutions serve a vitally important function in the U.S. economy by allowing capital to seek out its most productive uses in an efficient matter. Given the economic significance of the U.S. financial services sector, Treasury considers the structure of its regulation worthy of examination and re-examination.
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• Chapter 1 Anti-monopoly
• Business Operation Dispute
• Chapter 2 E-logistics
• Chapter 3 E-Privacy
• Chapter 4 M-Commerce Security
• Chapter 5 Online IPR Protection
• Chapter 6 Third Party E-Payment.

This book focuses on various problems arising as a result of China's e-business development. These include e-commerce aspects of the internet industry and e-governance aspects of the presiding agencies. E-privacy and online IPR protection will be of particular interest to readers, as these are important international problems that China has been trying its best to deal with for many years. Each paper in this book presents valuable guidelines and suggestions to allow readers to form a sound understanding of China's e-business development.

• Introduction
• Public diplomacy on trial? / Philip M. Taylor
• Rebuilding public diplomacy : the case of Israel / Eytan Gilboa and Nachman Shai
• Advisor non grata : the duelling roles of U.S. public diplomacy / John Robert Kelley
• Let's make this happen! : the tension of the unipolar in US public diplomacy / Scott Lucas
• The dots above the detail : the myopia of meta-narrative in George W. Bush's declarative "war of ideas" / David Ryan
• Soft power, US public diplomacy and global risk / Giles Scott-Smith
• Karen Hughes and the Brezhnev syndrome : the trial of public diplomacy as domestic performance / Nicholas J. Cull
• Public diplomacy in the Middle East : dynamics of success and failure / Lina Khatib
• The longer term impact of US public diplomacy in the Americas during WWII / Elizabeth Fox
• Competing narratives : US public diplomacy and the problematic case of Latin America / Bevan Sewell
• The seven paradoxes of public diplomacy / Daryl Copeland
• The public diplomacy challenge of strategic stakeholder engagement / R.S. Zaharna
• Skills of the public diplomat : language, narrative, and allegiance / Biljana Scott
• Public diplomacy : courting publics for short-term advantage or partnering public for lasting peace and sustainable properity? / Naren Chitty
• Looking at the man in the mirror : understanding of power and influence in public diplomacy / Ali Fisher
• Conclusion.

In the last decade public diplomacy has become one of the most important concepts in the development and implementation of foreign policy. Trials of Engagement: The Future of US Public Diplomacy, with contributors from leading scholars in disciplines from international relations to communications, considers the challenges for this `new' public diplomacy, especially as it is pursued by the US Government. It highlights the challenges of aligning policy and projection, overcoming bureaucratic tensions, and the language used by public diplomats. Most importantly, the volume illustrates that the issues for public diplomacy are more than those of a producer seeking to win the hearts and minds of passive `audiences'. Trials of Engagement portrays public diplomacy as an increasingly public project. To overcome the trials of engagement, public diplomacy must provide more than a rhetorical nod to a "two-way" process. Ultimately, a collaborative public diplomacy must be built on a broad understanding of those involved, the recognition of stakeholders as peers, and effective interaction with networks made up of traditional and new interlocutors.
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• New Security Thinking for China in a Changing World-- Searching for Collaboration: China and US in the Asia-Pacific-- Regional and Global Dimension in the China-US Relationship-- China and Its Neighbors: Relations in a New Context-- Changing Sino-US-Japanese Relations-- Peace in the Korean Penisula and Role of China-- Ending Confrontation in the Korean Peninsula: The Way Out-- The International Environment Facing China in the Asia-Pacific Region-- How to Make Our Region Safe-- Non-Traditional Security and Socio-Economic Development of East Asia-- Whither the World Order?-- We Need a New World Order.
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This book consists of the author's writings on China's perspective and policy with regard to its foreign relations and engagement of regional and global affairs. It covers issues ranging from the post-Cold War world order, China-US relations, the significance of China's rise, the North Korean nuclear crisis and China's policy, and China's relations with its neighbors in a new context. Rising China and World Order provides insights into China's interests and policy from an eminent Chinese scholar.
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• Chapter 1. Towards a post-apartheid South African foreign policy review / Chris Landsberg
• Chapter 2. Opening the 'black box': South African foreign policy-making / Lesley Masters
• Chapter 3. The international relations of South African provinces and municipalities: an appraisal of federated diplomacy / Siphamandla Zondi
• Chapter 4. Soft power: the essence of South Africa's foreign policy / Karen Smith
• Chapter 5. A review of South Africa's peace diplomacy since 1994 / Anthoni van Nieuwkerk
• Chapter 6. South Africa's economic diplomacy in a changing global order / Brendan Vickers
• Chapter 7. The evolving 'doctrine' of multilateralism in South Africa's Africa policy / David Monyae
• Chapter 8. South Africa's relations with African anchor states / Nomfundo Xenia Ngwenya
• Chapter 9. South Africa's foreign policy towards the global North / Gerrit Olivier
• Chapter 10. South Africa and emerging powers / Francis Kornegay
• Chapter 11. South Africa and East Asia: missed opportunties / Garth Shelton
• Chapter 12. South Africa
• North African relations: revisiting the bridging of a continent / Iqbal Jhazbhay
• Chapter 13. Chasing after shadows or strategic integration? South Africa and global economic governance / Mzukisi Qobo
• Chapter 14. Reflections on South Africa's post-apartheid foreign policy and preliminary comments on future foreign policy / Jo-Ansie van Wyk.

The richness of public and academic discourses on the past, present and future direction of South Africa's role in Africa and the world suggests that as a sub-discipline of politics, South African foreign policy is ready for a systematic and regular appraisal in the form of a series of publications that the Institute for Global Dialogue will call South African Foreign Policy Review. This is also because constant changes in international and domestic circumstances impinge on the management and analysis of South Africa's foreign policy. This, the first review provides an important opportunity to build on existing foreign policy works in order to take stock of the road already travelled in the past decade or so. This is crucial in laying some basis for anticipating the country's future role, and considering the opportunities and challenges, which future volumes of the review will consider. This volume provides a wide-ranging appraisal of the relationship between stated foreign policy goals and actual outputs and outcomes, an assessment of how foreign policy has actually been operationalized and implemented. To this end, common themes in South African foreign policy provide the framework for the first review. These include foreign policy decision-making; soft power dynamics in the foreign policy's strategic calculus; diplomatic tools used, economic diplomacy, peace diplomacy and paradiplomacy; South Africa's relations with key states in Africa, in the global south and in the global north; South Africa's approach to Africa multilateral, global multilateralism/governance. The review hopes to stimulate further discussion and thinking on the challenges confronted, and the future shape and direction of South Africa's foreign policy.

• Acknowledgments Introduction: Sino-Indian Rivalry in an Era of Globalization
• 1. Emerging Trading States
• 2. The Evolution of Sino-Indian Relations
• 3. Ricardo's Reality
• 4. Shifting Perceptions
• 5. The Military Security Dilemma
• 6. Regional Security Cooperation Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index.
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For all their spectacular growth, China and India must still lift a hundred million citizens out of poverty and create jobs for the numerous laborers. Both powers hope trade and investment will sustain national unity. For the first time, Jonathan Holslag identifies these objectives as new sources of rivalry and argues that China and India cannot grow without fierce contest. Though he recognizes that both countries wish to maintain stable relations, Holslag argues that success in implementing economic reform will give way to conflict. This rivalry is already tangible in Asia as a whole, where shifting patterns of economic influence have altered the balance of power and have led to shortsighted policies that undermine regional stability. Holslag also demonstrates that despite two decades of peace, mutual perceptions have become hostile, and a military game of tit-for-tat promises to diminish prospects for peace. Holslag therefore refutes the notion that development and interdependence lead to peace, and he does so by embedding rich empirical evidence within broader debates on international relations theory. His book is down-to-earth and realistic while also taking into account the complexities of internal policymaking. The result is a fascinating portrait of the complicated interaction among economic, political, military, and perceptional levels of diplomacy.
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• Introduction 1 Chapter One: A Pure Theory of Law? 12 Chapter Two: Social Rules at the Foundations of Law 35 Chapter Three: Authority, Conventions, and the Normativity of Law 60 Chapter Four: Is Law Determined by Morality? 84 Chapter Five: Is Legal Philosophy Normative? 109 Chapter Six: The Language of Law 136 Bibliography 161 Index 167.
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In Philosophy of Law, Andrei Marmor provides a comprehensive analysis of contemporary debates about the fundamental nature of law--an issue that has been at the heart of legal philosophy for centuries. What the law is seems to be a matter of fact, but this fact has normative significance: it tells people what they ought to do. Marmor argues that the myriad questions raised by the factual and normative features of law actually depend on the possibility of reduction--whether the legal domain can be explained in terms of something else, more foundational in nature. In addition to exploring the major issues in contemporary legal thought, Philosophy of Law provides a critical analysis of the people and ideas that have dominated the field in past centuries. It will be essential reading for anyone curious about the nature of law.
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• List of tables List of figures Acknowledgements
• 1. Outlining central questions and method of analysis
• 2. Political systems with regulations in place in the 1900s: the US, Canada, the EU and Germany
• 3. Political systems with regulations in place in the 2000s: Lithuania, Poland, Hungary, Taiwan and Australia
• 4. Analysis of a quantitative index and classifying regulatory regimes
• 5. Examining findings from surveys and elite interviews in the four political systems with the longest history of lobbying regulation
• 6. Examining the opinions of actors in unregulated jurisdictions
• 7. Conclusion Bibliography Appendix A - Sample calculations of CPI scores Appendix B - Sample of surveys sent Index
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In an age of corruption, sleaze and scandal associated with financial crisis and economic downturn across the globe, citizens want more transparency and accountability in politics. This book examines a principal means by which this can be achieved: the regulation of lobbyists. It provides innovative insights into lobbying regulations across four continents - North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. What are these regulations about? What are the differences across the continents? How effective are the rules? How have they changed the lobbying profession? Using qualitative and quantitative analyses, the book compares and contrasts regulatory laws in the US, Canada, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Hungary, the EU, Taiwan and Australia. -- .
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• List of tables List of figures Acknowledgements
• 1. Outlining central questions and method of analysis
• 2. Political systems with regulations in place in the 1900s: the US, Canada, the EU and Germany
• 3. Political systems with regulations in place in the 2000s: Lithuania, Poland, Hungary, Taiwan and Australia
• 4. Analysis of a quantitative index and classifying regulatory regimes
• 5. Examining findings from surveys and elite interviews in the four political systems with the longest history of lobbying regulation
• 6. Examining the opinions of actors in unregulated jurisdictions
• 7. Conclusion Bibliography Appendix A - Sample calculations of CPI scores Appendix B - Sample of surveys sent Index
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In an age of corruption, sleaze and scandal associated with financial crisis and economic downturn across the globe, citizens want more transparency and accountability in politics. This book examines a principal means by which this can be achieved: the regulation of lobbyists. It provides innovative insights into lobbying regulations across four continents - North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. What are these regulations about? What are the differences across the continents? How effective are the rules? How have they changed the lobbying profession? Using qualitative and quantitative analyses, the book compares and contrasts regulatory laws in the US, Canada, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Hungary, the EU, Taiwan and Australia. -- .
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• Introduction: international relations theory and the European security triangle--
• Part 1 Case Studies: shaping the triangle-- the Polish-Ukrainaian security triangle-- the Slovak-Ukrainian-Russian security triangle-- the Hungarian-Ukrainian-Russian security triangle--
• Part 2 Patterns: patterns of the triangular relationship (economic factors)-- patterns of the triangular relationship (role of national minoroties)-- the Ukraine-Central European border after NATO expansion-- conclusion.
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• Ukraine, central Europe, and Russia in a new international environment / by Margarita M. Balmaceda
• The Warsaw-Kyiv-Moscow security triangle / by Marek Calka
• The Slovak-Ukrainian-Russian security triangle / by Alexander Duleba
• The Hungarian-Ukrainian-Russian triangle : not like Rubik's cube / by La⁺ѓszlo⁺ѓ Po⁺ѓti
• Economic relations and the Ukrainian-central European-Russian triangle / by Margarita M. Balmaceda
• The triangle with five sides : patterns of relations between Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Ukraine, and Russia / by La⁺ѓszlo⁺ѓ Po⁺ѓti
• The Ukrainian-central European borderland after NATO expansion : wall, fortress, or open door/ by Margarita M. Balmaceda.

With the break-up of Russia, a new globally significant relationship is the main topic of this volume, namely the geopolitical link between Russia, Ukraine and the three bordering `Central European' states, being Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. "On the Edge" gives analysis of this triangular relationship with focus on economic, political and more importantly, security issues. The expansion of Western security organizations (NATO) up to Ukraine's borders is likely to leave Ukraine in a delicate position vis-a-vis Russia. "On the Edge" addresses key questions, such as: how are events in Ukraine affecting the security calculations of the Central European states; Central European relations with Russia and NATO; and relations among Central European states themselves? The volume examines what Central European states can do to solidify Ukraine's independence and help it avoid international isolation. A Central European perspective is given on all these issues while advocating cocrete forms of co-operation.
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