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USAK Yearbook of Politics and International Relations: Volume 5
USAK Yearbook of Politics and International Relations, the fifth edition of which was published in 2012, is an annual, peer-reviewed, English language scholarly journal. The Editorial Office of the Yearbook is in the central building of the International Strategic Research Organization (USAK) in Ankara, Turkey. However, the Yearbook is an independent publication in terms of scholarly research and the editors decide its publication policies. Esteemed academics dispassionately evaluate all submitted articles to ensure their conformity with academic rules and formats. While the focal points of published articles converge on international relations, international law and political science, essen...
The Power of Economists within the State
The spread of market-oriented reforms has been one of the major political and economic trends of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Governments have, to varying degrees, adopted policies that have led to deregulation: the liberalization of trade; the privatization of state entities; and low-rate, broad-base taxes. Yet some countries embraced these policies more than others. Johan Christensen examines one major contributor to this disparity: the entrenchment of U.S.-trained, neoclassical economists in political institutions the world over. While previous studies have highlighted the role of political parties and production regimes, Christensen uses comparative case studies o...
Grievances and Public Protests
This book sheds light on the role that grievances play for mobilisation dynamics in a context of material deprivation. Why do people protest? To what extent do grievances account for the varying size of protest events over time? Covering different levels of analysis, the author argues that effects of socioeconomic aspects (both objective-material deprivation and subjective-attitudinal grievances) are mediated by political attitudes, especially political dissatisfaction. He develops a framework to account for the dynamics, trajectory and timing of the cycle of contention that unfolded in Spain in the shadow of the Great Recession, contributing not only to the field of social movement studies but to our broader understanding of European politics, political sociology, political economy and economic sociology.
The Politics of Supranational Banking Supervision in Europe
Europe’s sovereign debt crisis and the accompanying national bank crises in the European Union brought bank regulation and supervision to the top of the EU policy agenda. In a few short years, we have witnessed a ‘great leap forward’ for European integration marked by over a dozen pieces of EU legislation shaping the operation of banks, rules on bank capital, reconfigured supervisory agencies, and Banking Union. The significance of these measures lies however, in the fact that they constitute the most dramatic transfer of policy-making powers to the European level since the start of Economic and Monetary Union in 1999. This volume addresses the three main political battles behind the a...
Banking on Markets
This volume examines the relationship between banks and states, and how the traditional, political bank-state ties have been transformed.
MMA, The essentials of Mixed Martial Arts
This book contains more than 700 pictures of 100 unique techniques and covers more than 200 pages including the history and competition strategy of MMA. MMA Legends Bas Rutten & Rampage Jackson, World Champion Marloes Coenen and GLORY LHW World Champion Gokhan Saki all recommend this book. MMA Legend Renzo Gracie: "The Essentials of MMA is a must have for all fighters." About the authors: Martijn de Jong is a BJJ, Karate and Jiu Jitsu black belt with more than 26 years experience. He also studied Judo, Thaiboxing, Wrestling and Shooto extensively. After his active MMA career he started teaching and produced multiple world champions like Marloes Coenen, Alistair Overeem, Siyar Bahadurzada and more. Edgar Kruyning holds the most degrees in black belts in the world. All together he has over 43 degrees in Ju-Jutsu, Judo, Aikido, Yoseikan Budo, Iaido, Aikibudo, Kobudo and Karate. Edgar also has his own Grappling, kickboxing and MMA team. Like www.facebook.com/The.Essentials.of.MMA for updates!
Comparative Political Economy
A genealogy of the field from Adam smith to the mid-twentieth century -- Contemporary CPE : the turn towards comparative capitalisms and the relationship with IPE -- Varieties of capitalism and the next steps beyond -- Labour markets and their regulation : industrial relations and the organization of business and labour -- Models of finance and corporate governance and their implications -- The political economy of debt -- Welfare state models : taming the market? -- The state as an actor : not a neutral umpire -- Conclusion : future directions for comparative political economy
Global Turkey in Europe III
Global Turkey in Europe’s third volume sheds light on four key areas in EU-Turkey relations: foreign relations, democracy, the Kurdish question, and economic and trade issues. Building on its two preceding collective volumes, Global Turkey in Europe III intends to contribute to a comprehensive discussion on shaping a common Turkish-European future with an eye to key domestic, regional, and global challenges and opportunities facing both the EU and Turkey.
Social Media and Education
Social media are now established as an important aspect of contemporary education. We live in times where social media applications such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Snapchat are mainstream educational tools; where most new educational technologies claim to have a ‘social’ element; and it increasingly makes no sense to distinguish between learning ‘online’ and ‘offline’. It studies users' experiences and views of social media; addresses questions of equality and diversity concerning who is doing what with social media; examines how the use of social media applications sits alongside pre-existing cultures and structures of schooling; and brings to light the unintended and unexpected results of social media in education. Altogether, this collection of writing provides a nuanced and interesting discussion of the realities of social media use across different aspects of education. This book was originally published as a special issue of Learning, Media and Technology.
