Negentiende-eeuws gedrag in de eenentwintigste eeuw, zo noemde de Amerikaanse minister van Buitenlandse Zaken John Kerry de inval van Rusland op de Krim. Legers worden nog steeds gebruikt om gebieden te veroveren. Tot voor kort werd de wereld geconfronteerd met westerse machtspolitiek. Nu doen ook opkomende landen aan landjepik. Zo kwam China recent met buren in conflict over grondstofrijke zeegebieden. In dit Elementaire Deeltje maakt Rob de Wijk duidelijk dat machtspolitiek een essentieel o...

This new Routledge Handbook offers a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of the meanings and uses of the term peacebuilding, and presents cutting-edge debates on the practices conducted in the name of peacebuilding. The term peacebuilding has had remarkable staying power. Other terms, such as conflict resolution have waned in popularity, while the acceptance and use of the term peacebuilding has grown to the extent that it is the hegemonic and over-arching term for many forms of mediatio...

The third edition of European Business is published at a time of turbulence in Europe. This uncertainty puts Europe's unique business environment at risk. Key features of the new edition include:assessments of how individual member states affect the integration process and bring diversity to European business;new material on the links between Europe and the World's other main regions, including emerging economies;new case studies on topics such as the rise of the BRICs, the energy crisis, enl...

This major new text on the theory and practice of public management moves away from descriptive accounts of its evolution to provide a systematic treatment of the key paradigms of public management today. It examines their competing outlooks, values, tools and assumptions and - using a wide range of examples from different areas of management around the world - their implications for practice. The text sets out three contrasting 'logics' for management - performance, professionalism and polit...