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Cover Research Handbook on Economic Sanctions
Research Handbook on Economic Sanctions
Editor:
Peter A.G. van Bergeijk
Peter van Bergeijk brings together 40 leading experts from all continents to analyze state-of-the-art data covering the sharp increase in (smart) sanctions in the last decade. Original chapters provide detailed analyses on the determinants of sanction success and failure, complemented with research on the impact of sanctions.
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Handbook
Publication Date:
10 Dec 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839102721
Collections:
Economics 2021
Cover Technology and International Relations
Technology and International Relations
The New Frontier in Global Power
Editors:
Giampiero Giacomello
,
Francesco N. Moro
, and
Marco Valigi
Exploring how changes in advanced technology deeply affect international politics, this book theoretically engages with the overriding relevance of investments in technological research, and the ways in which they directly foster a country’s economic and military standing. Scholars and practitioners present important insights on the technical and social issues at the core of technology competition.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
20 Apr 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788976077
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Political Science and Public Policy 2021
Cover Energy Transitions in Mediterranean Countries
Energy Transitions in Mediterranean Countries
Consumption, Emissions and Security of Supplies
Silvana Bartoletto
This illuminating book analyses energy transitions, carbon dioxide emissions and the security of energy supply in Mediterranean countries. Unpacking the history of energy transitions, from coal to oil and natural gas, and from non-renewable to renewable energy sources, Silvana Bartoletto offers a comparative approach to the major trends in energy consumption, production, trade and security in Mediterranean countries in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
06 Oct 2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788977555
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Social and Political Science 2020
Cover Defense Technological Innovation
Defense Technological Innovation
Issues and Challenges in an Era of Converging Technologies
Bharat Rao
,
Adam J. Harrison
, and
Bala Mulloth
Defense Technological Innovation describes the emerging paradigm for innovation at the US Department of Defense, and the consequent impacts on its stakeholders. Leveraging a combination of prior research, archival data, first-person observations and interviews, the authors identify practices and themes characterizing the key trends in defense innovation, describe current organizational approaches and practices, and develop a theoretical framework that elucidates the competencies required to underwrite defense innovation objectives. The findings therein are relevant to any large, technology-driven organization contending with the implications of rapid change in the high-tech landscape.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
19 May 2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789902105
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Business 2020
Cover The Economics of War
The Economics of War
Profiteering, Militarism and Imperialism
Imad A. Moosa
Bad things occur and persist because of the presence of powerful beneficiaries. In this provocative and illuminating book, Imad Moosa illustrates the economic motivations behind the last 100 years of international conflict, citing the numerous powerful individual and corporate war profiteers that benefit from war.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
02 Dec 2019
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788978521
Collections:
Economics 2019
Cover A Research Agenda for Global Crime
A Research Agenda for Global Crime
Editors:
Tim Hall
and
Vincenzo Scalia
This multidisciplinary collection of essays by leading international scholars explores many pressing issues related to global crime. The book opens with essays that look across this diverse terrain and then moves on to consider specific areas including organised crime, cyber-crime, war-crimes, terrorism, state and private violence, riots and political protest, prisons, sport and crime and counterfeit goods. The book emphasises the centrality of crime to the contemporary global world and mobilises diverse disciplinary positions to help understand and address this.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
28 Jun 2019
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781786438676
Collections:
Social and Political Science 2019
Cover Economic Security and Sino-American Relations
Economic Security and Sino-American Relations
Progress Under Pressure
Kenneth Boutin
China and the United States have reached a crossroads where their economic relationship is concerned, as the shared interest in economic prosperity and complementary economic strengths that provide the common ground of industrial collaboration are threatened by increasing attention to economic facets of national security. This trend is encouraging policies which potentially undermine the basis of Sino-American industrial integration. This book explores the basis, nature and impact of evolving economic security agendas in the United States and China.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
23 Mar 2019
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781783473175
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Social and Political Science 2019
Cover China's Rise and Australia–Japan–US Relations
China's Rise and Australia–Japan–US Relations
Primacy and Leadership in East Asia
Editors:
Michael Heazle
and
Andrew O’Neil
One of the most pressing policy challenges for Australia and Japan today is ensuring that China’s rise does not threaten the stability of the Asia-Pacific, while also avoiding triggering conflict with their largest trading partner. This book examines how Australian and Japanese perceptions of US primacy shape their respective views of the Asia-Pacific regional order, the robustness of Asia’s alliance system, and the future of Australia-Japan security cooperation.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
27 Apr 2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788110938
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Social and Political Science 2018
Cover The Economics and Political Economy of Transportation Security
The Economics and Political Economy of Transportation Security
Kenneth Button
In this clear and observant book, Kenneth Button provides an overview of the economics and political economy of transport security, considering its policy from an economic perspective. His analysis applies micro-economic theory to transport issues, supporting and enhancing the larger framework of our knowledge about personal, industrial, and national security.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
29 Apr 2016
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781785367779
Collections:
Economics 2016
Cover The Economics of Terrorism
The Economics of Terrorism
Walter Enders

The evolving field of the economics of terrorism has been and continues to be the subject of much research. Professor Enders, in this authoritative research review, charts the development of this topic over the past century. The areas discussed include incentive regulation, competition in generation, market power, transmission and system operation as well as retail competition and future developments.
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Research Reviews
Publication Date:
11 Mar 2016
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781784716141
Collections:
Economics 2016