Series: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering SeriesThis volume offers an historical and comparative overview of the literature, theory, practices and critiques of what has been variously labelled 'glo
In the second of what he thinks of a his security trilogy, Lipshutz (politics, U. of California-Santa Cruz) combines previously published and new material to offer a historical overview of what he cal
Essays address the concept of national and international security with questions on what is being secured, what constitutes the condition of security, how ideas about security develop, and whether the
The idea of global security has taken on new meaning in the post-Cold War world, compelling analysts of international relations to reassess the military, political, and cultural issues that intersect
As memories of the Cold War recede, it becomes more and more difficult to remember what it was about and why it evoked such feelings of intensity and fatalism. Fortunately, we have a gold mine of movi
Since September 11, 2001, the Bush administration and its counsels in the US Department of Justice have been both constituting an empire of American hegemony and, in so doing, violating the spirit and
Lipschutz (politics, U. of California at Santa Cruz) explores the workings of environmental politics using the analytical tools of historical materialism, power, and ontology. The institutions that in
This entertaining and enlightening book provides a guide to basic concepts and practices in capitalism, neoclassical economics, and political economy through an interpretation of popular films and nov
This entertaining and enlightening book provides a guide to basic concepts and practices in capitalism, neoclassical economics, and political economy through an interpretation of popular films and nov
Environmental problems are, first and foremost, political and, therefore, about power. Using a framework of political economy and political ecology, the authors deconstruct current environmental probl
Environmental problems are, first and foremost, political and, therefore, about power. Using a framework of political economy and political ecology, the authors deconstruct current environmental probl
This edited collection makes a highly significant critical contribution to the field of environmental politics. It argues that the international-level, institutionalist approach to global environmenta
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has attracted a great deal of discussion and debate in the current phase of neoliberal globalization, both as a conceptual framework and as an apparently fresh fa
