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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “marina caparini”
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  • Democratic Control of Intelligence Services

    Containing Rogue Elephants

    by Marina Caparini ...
    The events of September 11, 2001 sharply revived governmental and societal anxieties in many democratic countries concerning the threats posed by terrorism, organized crime, the proliferation and use of weapons of mass destruction, and other complex security threats. In many countries, public discourse of subjects traditionally considered part of social policy, such as immigration and asylum, have ... Read more

    $109.99 CAD

  • Civil-Military Relations in Europe

    Learning from Crisis and Institutional Change

    Edited by Hans Born, Marina Caparini, Karl Haltiner, Jürgen Kuhlmann ...
    Series series Cass Military Studies
    This new book illustrates how democracy cannot develop or endure unless military and security forces are under the full control of democratic institutions and all the necessary safeguards, checks and balances are in place.The contributors show how contemporary European states manage the following issue: how does a society, primarily through its legitimate, democratically elected political leaders ... Read more

    $97.99 CAD

  • Private Military and Security Companies

    Ethics, Policies and Civil-Military Relations

    Edited by Andrew Alexandra, Deane-Peter Baker, Marina Caparini ...
    Series series Cass Military Studies
    Over the past twenty years, Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) have become significant elements of national security arrangements, assuming many of the functions that have traditionally been undertaken by state armies. Given the centrality of control over the use of coercive force to the functioning and identity of the modern state, and to international order, these developments ... Read more

    $97.99 CAD

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  • The Bilderberg Conspiracy:

    Inside the World’s Most Powerful Secret Society

    by H. Paul Jeffers ...
    Masters Of The WorldHidden behind many of today's major news stories, the Bilderberg Group is an elite clique of the most powerful names in politics, media, business, and finance, who want to impose a one-world government on the rest of us. Led by such iconic members as Henry Kissinger, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Richard Perle, Melinda Gates (wife of Bill Gates), David Rockefeller, Paul Wolfowitz, ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Corporate Warriors

    The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry

    by P. W. Singer ...
    Series series Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
    Some have claimed that "War is too important to be left to the generals," but P. W. Singer asks "What about the business executives?" Breaking out of the guns-for-hire mold of traditional mercenaries, corporations now sell skills and services that until recently only state militaries possessed. Their products range from trained commando teams to strategic advice from generals. This new "Privatized ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Who Rules South Africa?

    Pulling the strings in the battle for power

    by Martin Plaut, Paul Holden ...
    In this timely work, WHO RULES SOUTH AFRICA?, highly regarded authors Paul Holden and Martin Plaut analyse the political elites that battle daily for power in South Africa. They argue that power does not reside in traditional institutions such as Parliament or even the Cabinet. Rather, power lies within the ANC-led Alliance which, with no founding document and no written constitution, is an ... Read more

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  • State Building

    Governance and World Order in the 21st Century

    by Francis Fukuyama ...
    Weak or failed states - where no government is in control - are the source of many of the world's most serious problems, from poverty, AIDS and drugs to terrorism. What can be done to help? The problem of weak states and the need for state-building has existed for many years, but it has been urgent since September 11 and Afghanistan and Iraq.The formation of proper public institutions, such as an ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • At Home In The World

    Canada's Global Vision for the 21st Century

    by Jennifer Welsh ...
    The 9/11 tragedy. The War on Terror. The attack on Iraq. World affairs are tangled and uncertain. If Canada is to move forward, we have to make choices that acknowledge a global future.At Home in the World delivers an intelligent and innovative plan of action to bolster our diminishing international status and build a renewed and self-confident Canada. Through unabashed critical analysis, Welsh ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A New World Order

    by Anne-Marie Slaughter ...
    Global governance is here--but not where most people think. This book presents the far-reaching argument that not only should we have a new world order but that we already do. Anne-Marie Slaughter asks us to completely rethink how we view the political world. It's not a collection of nation states that communicate through presidents, prime ministers, foreign ministers, and the United Nations. Nor ... Read more

    $54.99 CAD

  • Policing Indigenous Movements

    Dissent and the Security State

    by Andrew Crosby, Jeffrey Monaghan ...
    In recent years, Indigenous peoples have lead a number of high profile movements fighting for social and environmental justice in Canada. From land struggles to struggles against resource extraction, pipeline development and fracking, land and water defenders have created a national discussion about these issues and successfully slowed the rate of resource extraction.But their success has also ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD

  • The Oxford Handbook of Modern Diplomacy

    Edited by Andrew F. Cooper, Jorge Heine, Ramesh Thakur ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    At a time when diplomatic practices and the demands imposed on diplomats are changing quite radically, and many foreign ministries feel they are being left behind, there is a need to understand the various forces that are affecting the profession. Diplomacy remains a salient activity in today's world in which the basic authoritative actor is still the state. At the same time, in some respects the ... Read more

    $55.99 CAD

  • The International Criminal Court

    A Global Civil Society Achievement

    by Marlies Glasius ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics
    A new examination of the International Criminal Court (ICC) from a political science and international relations perspective.It describes the main features of the court and discusses the political negotiations and the on-going clashes between those states who oppose the court, particularly the United States, and those who defend it. It also makes these issues accessible to non-lawyers and presents ... Read more

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