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China–North Korea Relations
Developing a new approach to exploring security relations between China and North Korea, this timely book examines China’s contradictory statements and actions through the lens of developmental peace. It highlights the differences between their close relationship on the one hand, and China’s votes in favour of sanctions against North Korea on the other, examining the background to this and its importance.
Britain and Africa in the twenty-first century
Britain and Africa in the twenty-first century offers the first book-length study of how Britain’s relationship with Africa has fared since the fall of the 1997-2010 New Labour government.
De los controles disciplinarios a los controles securitarios
En este libro se interrelacionan, como un único continuum de estudio y de explicación sociohistórica, el devenir y la actualidad de los dispositivos de control policial, judicial y carcelario, incluyéndolo dentro de un campo semántico mucho más amplio e informal que lógicamente abre otras líneas de investigación de gran interés para entender las funciones y las derivaciones del control y el castigo, al menos en cuatro sentidos: 1º) El análisis de la construcción cultural de los discursos sobre la “seguridad” en relación con los procesos de criminalización y penalización de sujetos sociales. 2º) El peso en la dinámica social de nociones como “cultura punitiva” o “c...
The Oxford Handbook of Peace History
"The Oxford Handbook of Peace History uniquely explores the distinctive dynamics of peacemaking across time and place, and analyzing how past and present societies have created diverse cultures of peace and applied strategies for peaceful change. The analysis draws upon the expertise of many well-respected and distinguished scholars from disciplines such as anthropology, economics, history, international relations, journalism, peace studies, sociology, and theology. This work is divided into six parts. The first three sections address the chronological sweep of peace history from the Ancient Egyptians to the present while the last three cover biographical profiles of peace advocates, key iss...
The Nationalisation of UK Aid and Development
Since the creation of the Department for International Development, the purpose of UK development policy and aid has changed significantly. This book provides a comprehensive evaluation of these changes, their causes, and their implications. It argues that UK development aid as an act of solidarity, economic justice, or redistribution, which has always been undermined by donor interest and colonialism, has been abolished. The authors present a new framework for understanding the UK’s current approach to development policy and aid, the ‘nationalisation’ of aid, which prioritises narrow domestic commercial and political interests at the expense of sustainable development and the UK’s i...
Britain and Africa in the Twenty-First Century
Britain and Africa in the twenty-first century offers the first book-length study of how Britain's relationship with Africa has fared since the fall of the 1997-2010 New Labour government.
The Securitization of Foreign Aid
Security concerns increasingly influence foreign aid: how Western countries give aid, to whom and why. With contributions from experts in the field, this book examines the impact of security issues on six of the world's largest aid donors, as well as on key crosscutting issues such as gender equality and climate change.
