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This excellent book is the first to systematically examine China's handling of territorial disputes and shows why in many cases, the country has been willing to negotiate and concede. The reasons given are novel and provocative, and challenge co[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-691-13609-7 Article en page(s) : XVI, 376 p. Catégories : Index. décimale : 327.51 Tags : China--Foreign relations--1949- ; China--Politics and government--1949- ; China--Boundaries Langues: Anglais Books
In the popular misconception fostered by blockbuster action movies and best-selling thrillers - not to mention conventional explanations by social scientists - violence is easy under certain conditions, like poverty, racial or ideological hatred[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-691-13313-3 Article en page(s) : XI, 563 Index. décimale : 303.60973 Tags : Violence--United States--Psychological aspects Langues: Anglais Books
Ideal both for self-study and as supplemental readings by students and/or professors in any of the mathematical and physical sciences, this text presents the historical development of the differential equations of pursuit theory
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-691-12514-5 Article en page(s) : XIV, 253 Index. décimale : 519.83 Tags : Differential games ; Game theory Langues: Anglais Books
Originally published in 1976, Clausewitz and the State presents a comprehensive analysis of one of the significant thinkers of modern Europe. Peter Paret combines social and military history and psychological interpretation with a study of Claus[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-691-13130-6 Article en page(s) : XXII, 467 p. Index. décimale : 943.06092 Tags : Clausewitz, Carl von, 1780-1831 ; Intellectuals--Germany--Biography ; Nobility--Germany--Biography ; State, The ; War Langues: Anglais Books
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-691-12840-5 Article en page(s) : IX, 178 Index. décimale : 523.01 Tags : Astrophysics ; Electromagnetic fields Langues: Anglais Books
Terrorism is the most clear and present danger we confront today, yet no phenomenon is more poorly understood by policymakers, the media, and the general public. "The Faces of Terrorism" is the first serious interdisciplinary examination of terr[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-691-14935-6 Article en page(s) : vi, 285 Index. décimale : 303.6/25 Tags : Terrorism Langues: Anglais Books
Neil Smelser begins by tackling the fundamental problem of defining what exactly terrorism is. He shows why a precise definition has eluded us until now, and he proposes one that takes into account the full complexities of this unconventional an[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-691-13308-9 Article en page(s) : VI, 285 Index. décimale : 323.28 Tags : Terrorism Langues: Anglais Books
Augustus richard Norton | Princeton : Princeton University Press | Princeton studies in Muslim politics | 2007With unmatched clarity and authority, the author tells how Hezbollah developed, how it has evolved, and what direction it might take in the future.
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-691-13124-5 Article en page(s) : VI, 187 p. Index. décimale : 324.23 Tags : Hezbollah (Lebanon) ; Geopolitics--Middle East ; Islam and politics--Lebanon ; Lebanon--Politics and government--1975-1990 ; Lebanon--Politics and government--1990- Langues: Anglais Books
Building theories of organizations is challenging: theories are partial and "folk" categories are fuzzy. The commonly used tools--first-order logic and its foundational set theory--are ill-suited for handling these complications. Here, three lea[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-691-13450-5 Article en page(s) : XIII, 364 Index. décimale : 316.354 Tags : Organizational sociology Langues: Anglais Books
Perrow, famous worldwide for his ideas about normal accidents, proposes a bold new way of thinking about disaster preparedness. This is a penetrating reassessment of the very real dangers modern societies face and what must be done to confront them.
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-691-12997-6 Article en page(s) : viii, 377 Index. décimale : 504.4 Tags : Natural disasters ; Terrorism Langues: Anglais Books
Transparency has received increased theoretical attention, but we need to understand how and when it supports or impedes cooperation among nations. "Promoting Peace with Information" provides that empirical investigation. Dan Lindley is scrupulo[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-691-12943-3 Article en page(s) : XIV, 280 Index. décimale : 341.123 Langues: Anglais Books
John Von neumann ; Oskar Morgenstern | Princeton : Princeton University Press | Princeton classic editions | 2007This is the classic work upon which modern-day game theory is based. What began more than sixty years ago as a modest proposal that a mathematician and an economist write a short paper together blossomed, in 1944, when Princeton University Press[...]
Mention d'édition : 60th anniversary ed. ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-691-13061-3 Article en page(s) : XXXII, 739 p. Catégories : Index. décimale : 330.015193 Tags : Game theory ; Economics, Mathematical Langues: Anglais Books
Darius Rejali, one of the world's leading experts on torture, takes the reader from the late nineteenth century to the aftermath of Abu Ghraib, from slavery and the electric chair to electrotorture in American inner cities, and from French and B[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-691-11422-4 Article en page(s) : XXIII, 849 Index. décimale : 343.255.5 Tags : Torture (E) ; Torture--Government policy Langues: Anglais Books
Michael Walzer | Princeton : Princeton University Press | Ethikon series in comparative ethics | 2006The authors assembled here by prominent political theorist Michael Walzer come from different points on the religious-secular spectrum, and they differ greatly in their answers to such questions. But they all enact the relationship at issue sinc[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-691-12508-4 Article en page(s) : XI, 217 Index. décimale : 296.36 Tags : Law--Israel ; Judaism Langues: Anglais Books
Frans De waal ; Robert Wright ; Christine m. Korsgaard ; Philip Kitcher ; Peter Singer ; Stephen Macedo ; Josiah Ober | Princeton : Princeton University Press | The University center for human values series | 2006"It's the animal in us," we often hear when we've been bad. But why not when we're good? This work tackles this question by exploring the biological foundations of one of humanity's most valued traits: morality. It argues that modern-day evoluti[...]
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-691-12447-6 Article en page(s) : XIX, 209 Tags : Ethics, Evolutionary ; Primates--Behavior ; Altruistic behavior in animals Langues: Anglais