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America Transformed: Sixty Years of Revolutionary Change, 1941–2001
written by Richard M. Abrams, 1932- (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2006, originally published 2006), 367 page(s)
This 2006 book examines the period 1941–2001 during which time the character of American life changed rapidly, culminating in the shattering of the liberal Democratic coalition. Revolutions in the areas of affluence, foreign policy, the military, business systems, racial relations, gender roles, sexual behavior...
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written by Richard M. Abrams, 1932- (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2006, originally published 2006), 367 page(s)
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This 2006 book examines the period 1941–2001 during which time the character of American life changed rapidly, culminating in the shattering of the liberal Democratic coalition. Revolutions in the areas of affluence, foreign policy, the military, business systems, racial relations, gender roles, sexual behavior and attitudes, and disregard for privacy are discussed.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Richard M. Abrams, 1932-
Date Published / Released
2006
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Topic / Theme
Revolution and Protest context, Revolutions, Political causes, Social movements, Sociology, Politics & Policy, History, Americans, 21st Century in World History (2001– ), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Climate Change Policy in the European Union: Confronting the Dilemmas of Mitigation and Adaptation?
edited by Frans Berkhout, fl. 1994, Tim Rayner, fl. 2006, Harro van Asselt, fl. 2002, Dave Huitema, fl. 1996 and Andrew Jordan, fl. 1993 (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2010, originally published 2010), 306 page(s)
The EU has emerged as the leader in the international struggle to govern climate change. This volume provides a perspective on the way that the EU governs, as well as exploring its ability to maintain a leading position in international climate change politics.
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edited by Frans Berkhout, fl. 1994, Tim Rayner, fl. 2006, Harro van Asselt, fl. 2002, Dave Huitema, fl. 1996 and Andrew Jordan, fl. 1993 (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2010, originally published 2010), 306 page(s)
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The EU has emerged as the leader in the international struggle to govern climate change. This volume provides a perspective on the way that the EU governs, as well as exploring its ability to maintain a leading position in international climate change politics.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
General reference book
Contributor
Frans Berkhout, fl. 1994, Tim Rayner, fl. 2006, Harro van Asselt, fl. 2002, Dave Huitema, fl. 1996, Andrew Jordan, fl. 1993
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Topic / Theme
Climate Change - Context and Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Environmental policy, Climate change, Ecology, Politics & Policy, 21st Century in World History (2001– ), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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22 Climate Negotiations: The North/South Perspective
written by Tariq Osman Hyder, fl. 1992; in Confronting Climate Change: Risks, Implications and Responses (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1992, originally published 1992), 323-336
Confronting Climate Change is a guide to the risks, dilemmas, and opportunities of the emerging political era, in which the impacts of a global warming could affect all regional, public and even individual decisions. Written by a renowned group of scientists, political analysts and economists, all with direct expe...
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written by Tariq Osman Hyder, fl. 1992; in Confronting Climate Change: Risks, Implications and Responses (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1992, originally published 1992), 323-336
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Confronting Climate Change is a guide to the risks, dilemmas, and opportunities of the emerging political era, in which the impacts of a global warming could affect all regional, public and even individual decisions. Written by a renowned group of scientists, political analysts and economists, all with direct experience in climate change related deliberations, Confronting Climate Change is a survey of the best available answers to three vital que...
Confronting Climate Change is a guide to the risks, dilemmas, and opportunities of the emerging political era, in which the impacts of a global warming could affect all regional, public and even individual decisions. Written by a renowned group of scientists, political analysts and economists, all with direct experience in climate change related deliberations, Confronting Climate Change is a survey of the best available answers to three vital questions: What do we know so far about the foreseeable dangers of climate change? How reliable is our knowledge? What are the most rewarding ways to respond? The book begins by exploring the key linkages and feedbacks that connect the risks of rapid climate change to other important environmental, economic and political problems of our time. Recognizing persistent uncertainties in the scientific understanding of climate change, the book draws attention to those areas of research which may reveal surprises which could change the sense of political urgency surrounding the climate problem - as did the discovery of the Antarctic ozone hole. It explores the geological record of climate change over the Earth's history, seeking a better understanding of how the climate has changed rapidly in countries while minimizing the long-term environmental damages which otherwise will result from continuing the current patterns of energy supply and use. The book is written to cross discipline boundaries, so that policy makers, economists, scientists, risk assessors, environmentalists and development advocates may understand each other's concerns. It shows how the international debate on managing the risks of rapid climate change may be re-shaped for the benfit of people in every nation on the planet.
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Global Issues
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Chapter
Author / Creator
Tariq Osman Hyder, fl. 1992
Date Published / Released
1992
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Topic / Theme
Climate Change - Context and Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Climate change mitigation, Climate change, Negotiation in government, Ecology, Sociology, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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edited by Guy Olivier Faure, fl. 2005 and I. William Zartman, fl. 2005; in Escalation and Negotiation in International Conflicts (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2005, originally published 2005), i-2
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edited by Guy Olivier Faure, fl. 2005 and I. William Zartman, fl. 2005; in Escalation and Negotiation in International Conflicts (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2005, originally published 2005), i-2
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Front/back matter
Contributor
Guy Olivier Faure, fl. 2005, I. William Zartman, fl. 2005
Date Published / Released
2005
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Topic / Theme
General Context: Security Issues, Crisis management, International relations, Conflict management, Negotiation in government, Escalation (Conflict), Politics & Policy, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Copyright © International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis 2005
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14 The negotiation process
written by Joanna Depledge, fl. 2004 and Farhana Yamin, fl. 2014; in The International Climate Change Regime: A Guide to Rules, Institutions and Procedures (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2004, originally published 2004), 431-463
This book presents a detailed description and analysis of the international regime that was established in 1992 to combat the threat of global climate change. It covers not only the obligations and rights of countries under the regime, but also explains how the ongoing climate negotiations work.
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written by Joanna Depledge, fl. 2004 and Farhana Yamin, fl. 2014; in The International Climate Change Regime: A Guide to Rules, Institutions and Procedures (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2004, originally published 2004), 431-463
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This book presents a detailed description and analysis of the international regime that was established in 1992 to combat the threat of global climate change. It covers not only the obligations and rights of countries under the regime, but also explains how the ongoing climate negotiations work.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Chapter
Author / Creator
Joanna Depledge, fl. 2004, Farhana Yamin, fl. 2014
Date Published / Released
2004
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Topic / Theme
Climate Change - Context and Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Treaties, Environmental policy, International relations, Climate change, Negotiation in government, Kyoto Protocol, December 11, 1997, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 1992, Politics & Policy, Law, 21st Century in World History (2001– ), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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11: Being Economical with Amnesty
written by Mark Osiel, fl. 2004; in Making Sense of Mass Atrocity (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2009), 218-240
Responsibility for mass atrocity is always shared, yet criminal law prefers to blame particular individuals for isolated acts. Is such law, therefore, constitutionally unable to make any sense of the most catastrophic conflagrations of our time? Drawing on the experience of several prosecutions, this book, trencha...
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written by Mark Osiel, fl. 2004; in Making Sense of Mass Atrocity (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2009), 218-240
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Responsibility for mass atrocity is always shared, yet criminal law prefers to blame particular individuals for isolated acts. Is such law, therefore, constitutionally unable to make any sense of the most catastrophic conflagrations of our time? Drawing on the experience of several prosecutions, this book, trenchantly diagnoses the law's limits.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Chapter
Author / Creator
Mark Osiel, fl. 2004
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Topic / Theme
General Context: Human Rights Violations, War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, Genocide, War crimes tribunals, Atrocities, Extradition, International justice, Amnesty, Chile, Coup d'Etat, September 11, 1973, Augusto Pinochet's Dictatorship, Chile, 1973-1990, History, Law, Origins, Transitional Justice, 21st Century in World History (2001– ), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © Mark J. Osiel 2009
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4 The Carceral State and the Welfare State
written by Marie Gottschalk, fl. 2014; in The Prison and the Gallows: The Politics of Mass Incarceration in America (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2006), 77-114
The United States has built a carceral state that is unprecedented among Western countries and in US history. Nearly one in 50 people, excluding children and the elderly, is incarcerated today, a rate unsurpassed anywhere else in the world. What are some of the main political forces that explain this unprecedented...
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written by Marie Gottschalk, fl. 2014; in The Prison and the Gallows: The Politics of Mass Incarceration in America (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2006), 77-114
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The United States has built a carceral state that is unprecedented among Western countries and in US history. Nearly one in 50 people, excluding children and the elderly, is incarcerated today, a rate unsurpassed anywhere else in the world. What are some of the main political forces that explain this unprecedented reliance on mass imprisonment? Throughout American history, crime and punishment have been central features of American political deve...
The United States has built a carceral state that is unprecedented among Western countries and in US history. Nearly one in 50 people, excluding children and the elderly, is incarcerated today, a rate unsurpassed anywhere else in the world. What are some of the main political forces that explain this unprecedented reliance on mass imprisonment? Throughout American history, crime and punishment have been central features of American political development. This 2006 book examines the development of four key movements that mediated the construction of the carceral state in important ways: the victims' movement, the women's movement, the prisoners' rights movement, and opponents of the death penalty. This book argues that punitive penal policies were forged by particular social movements and interest groups within the constraints of larger institutional structures and historical developments that distinguish the United States from other Western countries.
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Global Issues
Content Type
Chapter
Author / Creator
Marie Gottschalk, fl. 2014
Date Published / Released
2006
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Person Discussed
Ronald Reagan, 1911-2004, Guiadem Ange Tekam, fl. 1995
Topic / Theme
Confinement, Politics, Criminal punishment, Imprisonment, Prisons, Political causes, Social movements, Victims, Welfare and public relief, Politics & Policy, Causes of Mass Incarceration, 21st Century in World History (2001– ), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000), Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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Soviet and East European Studies, Lenin's Government: Sovnarkom 1917-1922
written by T. H. Rigby, 1925-2011, in Soviet and East European Studies (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2008, originally published 1979), 342 page(s)
When Lenin and his fellow Bolsheviks seized power in 1917 they sought to scrap the existing structures of government and substitute new ones based on Marxist principles. This book attempts a detailed account of their efforts to create a socialist 'cabinet' (Sovnarkom), to elaborate effective machinery and methods...
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written by T. H. Rigby, 1925-2011, in Soviet and East European Studies (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2008, originally published 1979), 342 page(s)
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When Lenin and his fellow Bolsheviks seized power in 1917 they sought to scrap the existing structures of government and substitute new ones based on Marxist principles. This book attempts a detailed account of their efforts to create a socialist 'cabinet' (Sovnarkom), to elaborate effective machinery and methods of operation, and to use it to govern the country.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
T. H. Rigby, 1925-2011
Date Published / Released
1979, 2008
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Series
Soviet and East European Studies
Person Discussed
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, 1870-1924
Topic / Theme
Russian Revolution, 1905 and 1917, Government, Politics, Executive cabinets, Russian Civil War, 1918-1920, Russian Revolution, 1917-1921, History, Politics & Policy, Russians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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3 State intervention and contradictions
written by Misagh Parsa, fl. 2009; in States, Ideologies, and Social Revolutions (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2004, originally published 2000), 55-88
Between 1979 and 1986 Iran, Nicaragua, and the Philippines underwent dramatic political and social revolutions. This book examines the conditions and processes that gave rise to revolutions and their outcomes, through an in-depth analysis of economic and political developments in these countries. The author also a...
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written by Misagh Parsa, fl. 2009; in States, Ideologies, and Social Revolutions (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2004, originally published 2000), 55-88
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Between 1979 and 1986 Iran, Nicaragua, and the Philippines underwent dramatic political and social revolutions. This book examines the conditions and processes that gave rise to revolutions and their outcomes, through an in-depth analysis of economic and political developments in these countries. The author also analyzes the impact of the collective actions and ideologies of the major social groups involved--students, clergy, workers, and capital...
Between 1979 and 1986 Iran, Nicaragua, and the Philippines underwent dramatic political and social revolutions. This book examines the conditions and processes that gave rise to revolutions and their outcomes, through an in-depth analysis of economic and political developments in these countries. The author also analyzes the impact of the collective actions and ideologies of the major social groups involved--students, clergy, workers, and capitalists. His book provides a valuable new framework within which to understand the causes of revolutions, their mechanics and development, and their outcomes.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Chapter
Author / Creator
Misagh Parsa, fl. 2009
Date Published / Released
2000, 2004
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Topic / Theme
Revolution and Protest context, Economics, Social movements, Revolutions, Government functions, People Power Revolution, Iranian Revolution, 1978-1979, Somoza Government Overthrown, Nicaragua, July 19, 1979, Nicaraguan Revolution, 1960s-1990, Politics & Policy, Nicaraguans, Filipinos, Iranians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2004 Misagh Parsa
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