In this book, meshes and networks formed out of multiwalled carbon nanotubes are investigated and analyzed, including their use in niche applications such as electro-optic devices, advanced mechanical
This volume provides a comprehensive overview of the evolution of political parties and party systems in each of the democratic European microstates, which tend to be relatively more democratic and st
This book analyses parties beyond the national borders and their increasing institutionalization abroad, in order to understand their development, their organisational specificities, their functions,
This special issue book raises significant and sobering concerns about President Trump’s impact on the welfare of the United States, especially in areas of gender, race, and human rights.
Stabilization as the New Normal in International Interventions provides the first comprehensive analysis of stabilization, which constitutes the new reference point for international intervention in u
This volume examines the ongoing construction of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) doctrine, elaborating on areas of both consolidation and contestation.
Precision motion control is strongly required in many fields, such as precision engineering, micromanufacturing, biotechnology, and nanotechnology. Although great achievements have been made in contro
This handbook provides an overview of the cybersecurity strategies and doctrines of the major nations in Europe, Asia, North America, South America and Asia.
Environmental Pollution, Biodiversity, and Sustainable Development: Issues and Remediation provides an extensive summary of biodiversity. It is the result of the assistance of environmentalists, resea
Hard rock mines affect the territory where they operate through infrastructure construction and resource use. Due to their extractive activities, they store large quantities of wastes at the surface,
This exciting new textbook challenges the implicit notions inherent in most existing International Relations (IR) scholarship and instead presents the subject as seen from different vantage points in
This new textbook introduces key mechanisms and issues in international conflict management, and engages students with a comprehensive interdisciplinary approach to mitigating, managing, and transform
With the recently well developed areas of Internet of Thing, consumer wearable gadgets and artificial intelligence, flexible and stretchable electronic devices have spurred great amount of interest fr
In the last thirty-five years, governments around the globe increasingly seek out and agree contracts with non-profit and for-profit entities designed to provide a portion of the public sector’s portf
This monograph provides detailed procedures for the stability assessment and support design for an underground mine case study. It is an excellent reference for the senior undergraduates, graduat
This handbook discusses and analyzes the history and development of OPEC, its global importance, and the role it has played, and still plays, in the global energy market.
The role of gender in the Middle East and North Africa is widely discussed―but often little understood. Seeking to close that gap, the authors of this comprehensive study explore a wide range of issue
The authors draw from their on-the-ground experiences as they discuss what “development” is, how to attain it, and what their findings mean for the funding and practice of development efforts. Often c
Authoritarian Neoliberalism explores how neoliberal forms of managing capitalism are challenging democratic governance at local, national and international levels.
Violence and the Third World in International Relations is intended as a contribution to the decolonization of international relations, and especially of international security studies, much of which
This book discusses and analyses the dimensions of Turkey’s strategic rapprochement with the Eurasian states and institutions since the deterioration of Ankara’s relations with its traditional NATO al
Topics covered in the book include: Methods and tools for loads and load effects, Methods and tools for strength assessment, Experimental analysis of structures, Materials and fabrication of structure
The ongoing turbulence in Turkey’s domestic and international politics raises a number of crucial questions. What explains the movement toward one-party, and even one-person, rule? These are among the
Research and Writing in International Relations offers the step-by-step guidance and the essential resources needed to compose political science papers that go beyond description and into systematic a
This book series is based on the premise that comparing countries around the world and getting 'inside' information about each country’s correctional system can be best derived by having people who ar
This comprehensive volume sets out a ‘Whole-of-Society’ (WoS) approach which focuses on the social contexts within which conflict resolution and prevention take place. It was originally published as a
The glamour and excitement of the Parisian fashion scene explodes onto the page in these bold portraits and drawings of Paris by rising star and couture-insider Marc-Antoine Coulon.With an unwavering
The proceedings cover topics and disciplines in civil engineering sciences, such as Buildings and Architectural Engineering, Bearing Structures, Material and Environmental Engineering, Constructi
Engineering dynamics and vibrations has become an essential topic for ensuring structural integrity and operational functionality in different engineering areas. However, practical problems regarding
Includes the papers presented at the 18th International Congress of the Maritime Association of the Mediterranean (IMAM 2019, Varna, Bulgaria, 9-11 September 2019). It is essential reading for ac
This book provides and elaborates on an 'upstream' focus on the concrete organizational defence and security policy practices of military, civilian administrative and political leaderships. This book
This book describes in detail the main concepts of theoretical spectroscopy of transition metal and rare-earth ions. It shows how the energy levels of different electron configurations are formed and
Ideals and Ideologies: A Reader is a comprehensive compilation of classic and original readings representing all of the major 'isms'. It offers students a generous sampling of key thinkers in differen
Political Ideologies and the Democratic Ideal analyzes political ideologies to help readers understand individual ideologies, and the concept of ideology, from a political science perspective. This be
The book is a unified document that captures the physical insight into convective heat transfer, thorough analytical and numerical treatments focussing on the latest developments in theory of convecti
The second edition offers an update on the single most comprehensive survey of the two intertwined fields of spintronics and magnetism, covering the diverse array of materials and structures, includin
One hundred years since the Russian Revolution, Communist parties have undergone great changes, in an evolution that has affected the entire Left and the social movements. Given that the impact of Com
This book introduces basic fluid mechanics, conduction and convection in fluids, along with nanomaterials for nanofluids, property characterization, and outline applications of nanofluids in solar tec
This volume offers a state-of-the-art study of the diverse methodological approaches and issues in the study of emotions in international relations research.
