Showing papers on "International relations published in 2001"

The Tragedy of Great Power Politics

Abstract: The updated edition of this classic treatise on the behavior of great powers takes a penetrating look at the question likely to dominate international relations in the twenty-first century: Can China rise peacefully? In clear, eloquent prose, John Mearsheimer explains why the answer is no: a rising China will seek to dominate Asia, while the United States, determined to remain the world's sole regional hegemon, will go to great lengths to prevent that from happening. The tragedy of great power politics is inescapable.

Treating International Institutions as Social Environments

Abstract: Socialization theory is a neglected source of explanations for cooperation in international relations. Neorealism treats socialization (or selection, more properly) as a process by which autistic non-balancers are weeded out of the anarchical international system. Contractual institutionalists ignore or downplay the possibilities of socialization in international institutions in part because of the difficulties in observing changes in interests and preferences. For constructivists socialization is a central concept. But to date it has been undertheorized, or more precisely, the microprocesses of socialization have been generally left unexamined. This article focuses on two basic microprocesses in socialization theory—persuasion and social influence—and develops propositions about the social conditions under which one might expect to observe cooperation in institutions. Socialization theories pose questions for both the structural-functional foundations of contractual institutionalist hypotheses about institutional design and cooperation, and notions of optimal group size for collective action.

TAKING STOCK: The Constructivist Research Program in International Relations and Comparative Politics

Abstract: ▪ Abstract Constructivism is an approach to social analysis that deals with the role of human consciousness in social life. It asserts that human interaction is shaped primarily by ideational factors, not simply material ones; that the most important ideational factors are widely shared or “intersubjective” beliefs, which are not reducible to individuals; and that these shared beliefs construct the interests of purposive actors. In international relations, research in a constructivist mode has exploded over the past decade, creating new and potentially fruitful connections with long-standing interest in these issues in comparative politics. In this essay, we evaluate the empirical research program of constructivism in these two fields. We first lay out the basic tenets of constructivism and examine their implications for research methodology, concluding that constructivism's distinctiveness lies in its theoretical arguments, not in its empirical research strategies. The bulk of the essay explores specific...

Global Political Economy: Understanding the International Economic Order

Abstract: This book is the eagerly awaited successor to Robert Gilpin's 1987 "The Political Economy of International Relations," the classic statement of the field of international political economy that continues to command the attention of students, researchers, and policymakers. The world economy and political system have changed dramatically since the 1987 book was published. The end of the Cold War has unleashed new economic and political forces, and new regionalisms have emerged. Computing power is increasingly an impetus to the world economy, and technological developments have changed and are changing almost every aspect of contemporary economic affairs. Gilpin's "Global Political Economy" considers each of these developments. Reflecting a lifetime of scholarship, it offers a masterful survey of the approaches that have been used to understand international economic relations and the problems faced in the new economy. Gilpin focuses on the powerful economic, political, and technological forces that have transformed the world. He gives particular attention to economic globalization, its real and alleged implications for economic affairs, and the degree to which its nature, extent, and significance have been exaggerated and misunderstood. Moreover, he demonstrates that national policies and domestic economies remain the most critical determinants of economic affairs. The book also stresses the importance of economic regionalism, multinational corporations, and financial upheavals. Gilpin integrates economic and political analysis in his discussion of "global political economy." He employs the conventional theory of international trade, insights from the theory of industrial organization, and endogenous growth theory. In addition, ideas from political science, history, and other disciplines are employed to enrich understanding of the new international economic order. This wide-ranging book is destined to become a landmark in the field.

The Gentle Civilizer of Nations: The Rise and Fall of International Law 1870–1960

Abstract: Introduction 1. 'The legal conscience of the civilized world' 2. Sovereignty: a gift of civilization 3. International law as philosophy: Germany 1871-1933 4. International law as sociology: French 'solidarism' 1871-1950 5. Lauterpacht: the Victorian tradition in international law 6. Out of Europe: Carl Schmitt, Hans Morgenthau and the turn to 'international relations' Epilogue.

Transnational Networks and Policy Diffusion: The Case of Gender Mainstreaming

Abstract: How can we account for the global diffusion of remarkably similar policy innovations across widely differing nation-states? In an era characterized by heightened globalization and increasingly radical state restructuring, this question has become especially acute. Scholars of international relations offer a number of theoretical explanations for the cross-national convergence of ideas, institutions, and interests. We examine the proliferation of state bureaucracies for gender mainstreaming. These organizations seek to integrate a gender-equality perspective across all areas of government policy. Although they so far have received scant attention outside of feminist policy circles, these mainstreaming bureaucracies—now in place in over 100 countries—represent a powerful challenge to business-as-usual politics and policymaking. As a policy innovation, the speed with which these institutional mechanisms have been adopted by the majority of national governments is unprecedented. We argue that transnational networks composed largely of nonstate actors (notably women's international nongovernmental organizations and the United Nations) have been the primary forces driving the diffusion of gender mainstreaming. In an event history analysis of 157 nation-states from 1975 to 1998, we assess how various national and transnational factors have affected the timing and the type of the institutional changes these states have made. Our findings support the claim that the diffusion of gender-mainstreaming mechanisms has been facilitated by the role played by transnational networks, in particular by the transnational feminist movement. Further, they suggest a major shift in the nature and the locus of global politics and national policymaking.

Explaining Rare Events in International Relations

Abstract: Many of the most signie cant events in international relations— wars, coups, revolutions, massive economic depressions, economic shocks— are rare events. They occur infrequently but are considered of great importance. In international relations, as in other disciplines, rare events— that is, binary dependent variables characterized by dozens to thousands of times fewer 1’ s (events such as wars or coups) than 0’ s (nonevents)— have proven dife cult to explain and predict. Though scholars have made substantial efforts to quantify rare events, they have devoted less attention to how these events are analyzed. We show that problems in explaining and predicting rare events stem primarily from two sources: popular statistical procedures that underestimate the probability of rare events and inefe cient data-collection strategies. We analyze the issues involved, cite examples from the international relations literature, and offer some solutions. The e rst source of problems in rare-event analysis is researchers’ reliance on logit coefe cients, which are biased in small samples (those with fewer than two hundred observations), as the statistical literature well documents. Not as widely understood is that the biases in probabilities can be substantively meaningful when sample sizes are in the thousands and are always in the same direction: estimated event probabilities are always too small. A separate, often overlooked problem is that the almost universally used method of computing probabilities of events in logit analysis is suboptimal in e nite samples of rare-events data, leading to errors in the

Sovereignty, International Relations, and the Westphalian Myth

Abstract: The 350th anniversary of the Peace of Westphalia in 1998 was largely ignored by the discipline of international relations (IR), despite the fact that it regards that event as the beginning of the international system with which it has traditionally dealt. By contrast, there has recently been much debate about whether the “Westphalian system” is about to end. This debate necessitates, or at least implies, historical comparisons. I contend that IR, unwittingly, in fact judges current trends against the backdrop of a past that is largely imaginary, a product of the nineteenth- and twentieth-century fixation on the concept of sovereignty. I discuss how what I call the ideology of sovereignty has hampered the development of IR theory. I suggest that the historical phenomena I analyze in this article—the Thirty Years' War and the 1648 peace treaties as well as the post–1648 Holy Roman Empire and the European system in which it was embedded—may help us to gain a better understanding of contemporary international politics.

TRANSNATIONAL POLITICS: Contention and Institutions in International Politics

Abstract: ▪ Abstract Recent scholars have broadened the study of transnational relations, once limited to political economy, to include contentious international politics. This is a refreshing trend, but most of them leap directly from globalization or some other such process to transnational social movements and thence to a global civil society. In addition, they have so far failed to distinguish among movements, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and transnational networks and do not adequately specify their relations with states and international institutions. In particular, few mechanisms are proposed to link domestic actors to transnational ones and to states and international institutions. This paper argues that mass-based transnational social movements are hard to construct, are difficult to maintain, and have very different relations to states and international institutions than more routinized international NGOs or activist networks. These latter forms may be encouraged both by states and international ...

Virtuous War: Mapping The Military- Industrial-media-entertainment Network

Abstract: Virtuous War is a road trip into the cyborg heart of the military-industrial-media-entertainment network, taking the reader at warp speed from the Armys Advanced Warfighting Experiment in the Mojave Desert, to the Marines Urban Warrior occupation of the San Francisco Bay area, to the new alliance between Hollywood, Silicon Valley, and the armed forces, and back again, to the authors own memories of war and genocide. . In the Mojave Desert, off the shores of San Francisco Bay, in the hills of southern Germany, next door to Disneyworld and in the heart of Hollywood, the United States armed forces are preparing for the next war. They are fought by the military in the same manner as they are viewed by citizens, on real-time networks and by live-feed videos, on the PC and the TV, actually and virtually. Enabled by smart technologies yet constrained by political and humanitarian imperatives, a new form of high-tech, low-risk warfare is emerging, Virtuous War . In Virtuous War , James Der Derian takes the reader on a roadtrip through the future of war, where cyborg combat technologies, video games, TV news stories, Army training exercises, and Hollywood movies all blur and converge in a new military-industrial-media-entertainment network. He shows us a world in which CNN and Disney are as much a part of the battlefield as Lockheed Martin and the Pentagon, where Marine fire-teams train with the video game Doom, and entertainment executives design Army wargames. All the while Der Derian offers tremendous insight on the questions that arise as the tail of technology wags the dog of war: Will killing become easier? Will peace become harder? Will war lose its place as the ultimate reality-check of international politics? The result is the first book to offer a virtual theory for the military strategies, philosophical questions, ethical issues, and political controversies surrounding the future of war and peace.

Beyond Impunity: Can International Criminal Justice Prevent Future Atrocities?

Abstract: Although still in the early stages of their institutional life, die International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and for Rwanda (ICTR) provide a unique empirical basis for evaluating the impact of international criminaljustice on postconflict peace building. The pursuit of justice may be dismissed as a well-intentioned, but futile, ritualistic attempt to restore equilibrium to a moral universe overwhelmed by evil. Moreover, measuring the capacity of punishment to prevent criminal conduct is an elusive undertaking, especially when a society is gripped by widespread habitual violence and an inverted morality has elevated otherwise “deviant” crimes to the highest expression of group loyalty. Yet an appreciation of die determinate causes of such large-scale violence demonstrates that stigmatization of criminal conduct may have far-reaching consequences, promoting postconflict reconciliation and changing die broader rules of international relations and legitimacy.

Transnational Muslim Politics: Reimagining the Umma

Abstract: Introduction 1. Beyond Disciplinary Boundaries: International Relations and Translocal Politics 2. Before, During and After the West: Islam, Muslims and the Umma 3. Modes of Translocality: Travelling Theory, Hybridity, Diaspora 4. Living Islam: Politics and Community in the Muslim Diaspora 5. Transnational Public Spheres: Information and Communication Technologies in the Muslim World 6. Reimagining the Umma?

Revolutions in Sovereignty: How Ideas Shaped Modern International Relations.

Abstract: TABLES AND FIGURES ix PREFACE xi PART ONE: REVOLUTIONS IN SOVEREIGNTY 1 ONE Introduction: Revolutions in Sovereignty 3 TWO The Constitution of International Society 11 THREE A Brief History of Constitutions of International Society in the West 28 FOUR How Revolutions in Ideas Bring Revolutions in Sovereignty 46 PART TWO: THE FOUNDING OF THE SOVEREIGN STATES SYSTEM AT WESTPHALIA 73 FIVE Westphalia as Origin 75 SIX The Origin of Westphalia 97 SEVEN The Power of Protestant Propositions 123 PART THREE: THE REVOLUTION OF COLONIAL INDEPENDENCE: THE GLOBAL EXPANSION OF WESTPHALIA 151 EIGHT Ideas and the End of Empire 153 NINE The End of the British Empire: Cashing Out the Promise of Self-Government 168 TEN Revolutionary Ideas in the British Colonies 190 ELEVEN Britain's Burden of Empire 203 TWELVE The Fall of Greater France 220 PART FOUR: THE REVOLUTIONS CONSIDERED TOGETHER 251 THIRTEEN Conclusion: Two Revolutions, One Movement 253 NOTES 263 BIBLIOGRAPHY 309 INDEX 331

The Coming Collapse of China

Abstract: Fully revised and updated edition covering China's new membership of the WTO and with a new introduction. 'Damning data and persuasive arguments that should set some Communist knees a-knocking.' Kirkus Reviews'A compelling account of the rot in China's institutions and the forces at work to end the Communist Party's monopoly on power.' James A. Dorn, Cato Institute, Washington D. C., Co-Editor of China's future: Constructive Partner or Emerging Threat? 'Quite simply the best book I know about China's future. Gordon Chang writes marvellously and knows China well. I hope everyone concerned with that country will pay careful consideration to what he sees ahead.' Arthur Waldron, Director of Asian Studies, American Enterprise Institute; Lauder Professor of International Relations, University of Pennsylvania.'A tour de force not to be missed.' Willy Wo-Lap, Senior China Analyst at CNN's Hong Kong office and author of The Era of Jiang Zemin.'When he warns that China's two centuries of troubles are still not over, we had better take notice.' Andrew J. Nathan, Professor of Political Science, Columbia University; Co-Editor, The Tiananmen Papers.

Turbulent peace : the challenges of managing international conflict

Abstract: Please see the new, replacement volume "Leashing the Dogs of War."Like its predecessor, " Managing Global Chaos, " this comprehensive volume explores the sources of contemporary conflict and the vast array of possible responses to it. The authors 50 of the most influential and innovative analysts of international affairs present multiple perspectives on how best to prevent, manage, or resolve conflicts around the world.In the five years since "Managing Global Chaos" was published, the geopolitical landscape has changed in significant ways and we have learned important lessons. "Turbulent Peace" underlines the volatility and vulnerability of states and peoples in a world that is both increasingly interconnected and ever more differentiated and decentralized in its political and social structures. Four new themes emerge from "Turbulent Peace: " the return of geopolitics; the recognition that different societies require different peacemaking strategies; the pull and tug between conflict management and post-conflict governance issues, such as democratization; and the understanding that creating a sustainable peace is as difficult as making peace in the first place.Although this volume features many of the contributors to "Managing Global Chaos" (in most cases with updated and revised chapters), almost 70 percent of the contributors are new. The editors commissioned the new essays to address emergent themes in conflict analysis and management, to offer a wide range of viewpoints in contentious areas, and to respond to feedback from readers and the needs of educators. The result is a volume of unparalleled breadth and depth, an invaluable resource for teachers and students no less than for practitioners and policymakers."

The Aesthetic Turn in International Political Theory

Abstract: We have all grown accustomed to familiar representations of the international and its conflicts. Wars, famines and diplomatic summits are shown to us in their usual guise: as short-lived media events that blend information and entertainment. The numbing regularity with which these images and sound-bites are communicated to great masses soon erases their highly arbitrary nature. We gradually forget that we have become so accustomed to these politically charged and distorting metaphors that we accept them as real.

International Social Work: Professional Action in an Interdependent World

Abstract: FOREWARD BY KATHERINE A. KENDALL PREFACE CHAPTER 1 INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL WORK: WHAT IS IT AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? CHAPTER 2 THE HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL WORK CHAPTER 3 INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL ACTION: A SELECTIVE HISTORY CHAPTER 4 SOCIAL WORK AROUND THE WORLD TODAY: CURRENT PRACTICE CHAPTER 5 GLOBAL INTERDEPENDENCE CHAPTER 6 INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL WELFARE ORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS CHAPTER 7 VALUES AND ETHICS FOR INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL ACTION CHAPTER 8 INTERNATIONAL RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE BY LARA HERSCVITCH CHAPTER 9 INTERNATIONAL/DOMESTIC PRACTICE INTERFACE CHAPTER 10 UNDERSTANDING AND INFLUENCING GLOBAL POLICY CHAPTER 11 EDUCATION FOR INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL ACTION: CURRENT REALITIES, FUTURE CHALLENGES CHAPTER 12 CONCLUSION: SOCIAL WORK AS A FORCE FOR HUMANE GLOBAL CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND ACRONYMS APPENDICES: IFSW CODE OF ETHICS, U.N. SUMMIT FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT - 10 COMITMENTS CHART - MILESTONES IN INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL WORK

International Relations Theory: A Critical Introduction

Abstract: The fifth edition of this innovative textbook introduces students to the main theories in International Relations. It explains and analyzes each theory, allowing students to understand and critically engage with the myths and assumptions behind them. Each theory is illustrated using the example of a popular film. Key features of this textbook include: Discussion of all the main theories: realism and neorealism, idealism and neoidealism, liberalism, constructivism, postmodernism, gender, globalization, neo-Marxism, modernization and development theory, environmentalism, anarchism, and queer theory. A new chapter focused on global LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans) theory and queer theory, Hillary Clinton’s policy myth that "gay rights are human rights and human rights are gay rights," and the film Love is Strange. Innovative use of narrative from films that students will be familiar with: Lord of the Flies, Independence Day, Wag the Dog, Fatal Attraction, The Truman Show, East Is East, Memento, WALL-E, The Hunger Games, and Love is Strange. An accessible and exciting writing style, boxed key concepts, and guides for further reading. A comprehensive Companion Website featuring a complete set of lectures for every major theory and film covered in the textbook, additional workshop and seminar exercises, slides to accompany each lecture, and an extensive bank of multiple-choice, short-answer, and essay questions and answers for every chapter. This breakthrough textbook has been designed to unravel the complexities of international relations theory in a way that gives students a clearer idea of how the theories work, and of the myths associated with them.

Mao's China and the Cold War

Abstract: This comprehensive study of China's Cold War experience reveals the crucial role Beijing played in shaping the orientation of the global Cold War and the confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union. The success of China's Communist revolution in 1949 set the stage, Chen says. The Korean War, the Taiwan Strait crisis and the Vietnam War - all of which involved China as a central actor -represented the only major "hot" conflicts during the Cold War period, making East Asia the main battlefield of the Cold War, while creating conditions to prevent the two superpowers from engaging in a direct military showdown. Beijing's split with Moscow and a rapprochement with Washington fundamentally transformed the international balance of power, argues Chen, eventually leading to the end of the Cold War with the collapse of the Soviet Empire and the decline of international communism. It is based on sources that include recently declassified Chinese documents, the book offers pathbreaking insights into the course and outcome of the Cold War.

The Benefits of Ethnic War: Understanding Eurasia's Unrecognized States

Abstract: Within international relations, discussions about how civil wars end have focused mainly on the qualities of the belligerents (ethnicity, commitment to the cause) or on the strategic environment of decision making (security dilemmas). Work in sociology and development economics, however, has highlighted the importance of war economies and the functional role of violence. This article combines these approaches by examining the mechanisms through which the chaos of war becomes transformed into networks of profit, and through which these in turn become hardened into the institutions of quasi states. The first section offers a brief overview of current research on civil war endings. The second section outlines the course of four Eurasian wars and identifies the de facto states that have arisen after them: the republic of Nagorno-Karabakh (in Azerbaijan), the Dnestr Moldovan republic (in Moldova), and the republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia (in Georgia). The third section analyzes the pillars of state building in each case: the political economy of weak states, the role of external actors, the mythologizing function of cultural and educational institutions, and the complicity of central governments. The concluding section suggests lessons that these cases might hold for further study of intrastate violence.

Gender, Violence, and International Crisis

Abstract: Women work for peace, and men wage war—cooperative women, conflictual men. These images pervade conventional wisdom about the efficacy of women in leadership roles and decision-making environments, but imagery is not always grounded in reality. Feminist international relations literature is examined to understand how domestic gender equality may help predict a state's international crisis behavior. The authors use the record of female leaders as primary decision makers during international crises and then test the relationship between domestic gender equality and a state's use of violence internationally. The International Crisis Behavior (ICB) data set and multinomial logistic regression are used to test the level of violence exhibited during international crises by states with varying levels of domestic gender equality. Results show that the severity of violence in crisis decreases as domestic gender equality increases.

Self and nation : categorization, contestation and mobilization

Abstract: The National Question Psychology and Nationhood Nation and Mobilization National Identity and International Relations In Quest of National Character Lessons in National History Representing the National Community Changing Categories and Changing Contexts Nationalist Psychology and the Psychology of Nationhood

The World Economy

Abstract: Angus Maddison provides a comprehensive view of the growth and levels of world population since the year 1000 when rich countries of today were poorer than Asia and Africa. The gap between the world leader, the US and the poorest region, Africa, is now 20:1. The book has several objectives. The first is a pioneering effort to quantify the economic performance of nations over the very long term. The second is to identify forces which explain the success of the rich countries, and explore the obstacles which hindered advance in regions which lagged behind. The third is to scrutinise the interaction between the rich and the rest to assess the degree to which this relationship was exploitative. The book is a monumental work of reference and a sequel to the author's Monitoring the World Economy: 1820-1992, published in 1995 and his 1998 Chinese Economic Performance in the Long Run. It is a "must" for all scholars and students of economics and economic history, as well as a mine of fascinating facts for everyone else. More information at: www.TheWorldEconomy.org . "A tour de force. What a wonderful gift for the new century." -Robert Mundell, Nobel Prize winner and Professor of Economics, Columbia University. "An essential reference for anyone interested in global development for many years to come." -Paul Krugman, Professor of Economics, Princeton University. "Quite simply a dazzling essay." -Nicholas Eberstadt, American Enterprise Institute. "Highly recommended . . . refreshing and full of historical information. An important book." -Kisanhani F. Emizet, Kanzas University, writing in International Politics. A Winner of the 2001 Awards for Notable Government Documents conferred by the American Library Association/Library Journal

Power, Globalization, and the End of the Cold War: Reevaluating a Landmark Case for Ideas

Abstract: The end of the Cold War has become a case study of major importance for scholars of international relations for numerous reasons Not least among these is that it helped spark a renaissance in the study of ideas in the aeld and contributed to the rise of constructivism as a major theoretical school in the 1990s1 It has also proven to be a rich case for developing new arguments inspired by constructivist thinking, as well as for extending standard models drawn from cognitive or social psychology and organization theory concerning how ideas shape strategic behavior The result of this scholarly effort is a rich and diverse literature that advances numerous models of how norms, culture, identity, trust, persuasion, learning, demonstration effects, transnational conceptual oows, intellectual entrepreneurship, socialization, and many other ideational processes inouenced the dramatic ending of the superpower rivalry Indeed, it is difacult to identify another case that has generated as large and varied a literature devoted to exploring how ideas inouence international relations2 Power, Globalization, and the End of the Cold War

International Relations Theory and European Integration

Abstract: The explicit effort to theorize about the process of European integration began within the field of international relations (IR), where neofunctionalism and intergovernmentalism long remained the dominant schools of thought. With the relaunching of the integration process in the 1980s and 1990s, however, IR scholars have begun to approach the study of the European Union using more general, and generalizable, theoretical approaches. This article examines the recent debate among realists, liberals, rational-choice institutionalists, and constructivists regarding the nature of the integration process and the EU as an international organization. Although originally posed as competing theories, I argue, realist, liberal and institutionalist approaches show signs of convergence around a single rationalist model, with constructivism remaining as the primary rival, but less developed, approach to the study of European integration.

“Making Place” at the United Nations: Indigenous Cultural Politics at the U.N. Working Group on Indigenous Populations

Abstract: neva, Switzerland, has since its beginnings escaped anthropological attention to a large degree.' Yet it is a site where notions of indigenous culture have been articulated systematically and with striking consistency for nearly two decades. It is the only global institution at which indigenous identity has for years been discussed. It is also a place to which indigenous delegates have traveled in numbers that have increased dramatically over the last eighteen years. The WGIP has offered them the possibility to comment on local, regional, national, and international developments pertaining to the situations of indigenous peoples, and to participate actively in the development of international legal standards for the protection of their rights. No other global forum has ever enabled such a large and diverse group of activists and their organizations to fully articulate their problems on a regular, that is, yearly, basis, and to voice their opinion on how these problems should be solved. Indeed, the WGIP is a "unique exercise in international affairs" (Burger 1994:90) and "an exceptional U.N. forum in this regard" (Lam 1992:617). The arguments brought forth by indigenous representatives are breathtaking in their breadth and complexity, while the host of actors and institutions involved directly or indirectly is virtually innumerable. As a site of particular discursive density where indigenous identities and cultures are generated and articulated during intense encounters between indigenous and nonindigenous individuals, groups, institutions, organizations, and state-representatives, the WGIP is a vital nodal point in the global "indigeno-scape" (Beckett 1996). If the transnational indigenous social movement is to be understood "from above and below" (Brysk

Doing Business in India

Abstract: On its independence in 1947, India was among the two most industrialized nations in Asia. Since then it adopted a “mixed economy” approach that hindered its national growth and the optimum utilization of its immense resources (both natural and human). To re-establish itself as an economic force in the region, India liberalized its economy in early 1990s. The adoption of the “free market economy” model has created great opportunities for foreign businesses. This article provides useful information on the complex business environment, aimed to help foreign businessmen and investors to develop a good understanding on key background knowledge for being successful in India. It reviews Indian historical development, political structure and climate, international relations, and economy and foreign trade. India's infrastructure, legal framework, socio-cultural set-up, competitive environment, as well as market structure and potential are also analyzed. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

The Ties That Divide: Ethnic Politics, Foreign Policy, and International Conflict

Abstract: Acknowledgements1. Introduction: The Problem-Why do States Take Sides in Ethnic Conflicts?2. Explaining the International Relations of Ethnic Conflict3. Understanding the Congo Crisis, 1960-19634. Religious Ties and the Nigerian Civil War, 1967-19705. The International Relations of Yugoslavia's Demise, 1991-19956. Quantitative Analyses of Ethnic Conflict's International Relations7. Findings, Future Directions and Policy Dilemmas

Non-State Actors in World Politics

Abstract: List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Preface Notes on the Contributors PART I: INTRODUCTION Non-State Actors in World Politics: A Framework W.Wallace & D.Josselin The Romance of Non-State Actors F.Halliday PART II: NON-STATE ACTORS AND PRINCIPAL BELIEFS The Catholic Church as a Transnational Actor D.Ryall Political Parties in a Global Age J.Smith Non-State Actors as Moral Entrepreneurs: A Transnational Perspective on Ethics Networks A.Colonomos PART III: EXPERTS AND INTERESTS IN GLOBAL GOVERNANCE Policy Networks, Non-State Actors and Internationalized Policymaking: A Case-study of Agricultural Trade W.D.Coleman The 'Policy Research' Knowledge Elite and Global Policy Processes D.Stone Transnational Corporations and Global Environmental Politics I.Rowlands Unravelling the Faustian Bargain Non-State Actors and the Multilateral Agreement on Investment A.Walter Back to the Frontline? Trade Unions in a Global Age D.Josselin PART IV: THE STATE UNDER SIEGE? Outsourcing War C.Coker Underworld and Upperworld: Transnational Organized Crime and Global Society M.Galeotti Diasporas in World Politics E.Ostergaard-Nielsen Islamic Movements as Non-State Actors and Their Relevance to International Relations K.Dalacoura PART V: CONCLUSION Non-State Actors in World Politics: The Lessons D.Josselin & W.Wallace Index