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  • Conflict and Poverty in Africa

    A Research Companion

    Edited by Ebenezer Durojaye, Gladys Mirugi-Mukundi, John-Mark Iyi, Usang Maria Assim ...
    Series series Routledge Research Companions in Law
    The contributors to this book examine the conceptual issues relating to the link between conflict and poverty as well as presenting case studies of countries often regarded as ‘hot spots’ for conflict in Africa. They also explore the roles of regional and sub-regional bodies and institutions in addressing the causes of poverty and mitigating the impacts of conflict on vulnerable and marginalized ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Ultra Low Noise CMOS Image Sensors

    by Assim Boukhayma ...
    Series series Springer Theses
    This thesis provides a thorough noise analysis for conventional CIS readout chains, while also presenting and discussing a variety of noise reduction techniques that allow the read noise in standard processes to be optimized. Two physical implementations featuring sub-0.5-electron RMS are subsequently presented to verify the proposed noise reduction techniques and provide a full characterization ... Read more

    $134.09 USD

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  • Conflict Resolution in the Twenty-first Century

    Principles, Methods, and Approaches

    by Jacob Bercovitch, Prof. Richard Dean Wells Jackson ...
    In the past, arbitration, direct bargaining, the use of intermediaries, and deference to international institutions were relatively successful tools for managing interstate conflict. In the face of terrorism, intrastate wars, and the multitude of other threats in the post–Cold War era, however, the conflict resolution tool kit must include preventive diplomacy, humanitarian intervention, regional ... Read more

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  • Shaping the Humanitarian World

    by Peter Walker, Daniel Maxwell ...
    Series series Global Institutions
    Providing a critical introduction to the notion of humanitarianism in global politics, tracing the concept from its origins to the twenty-first century, this book examines how the so called international community works in response to humanitarian crises and the systems that bind and divide them.By tracing the history on international humanitarian action from its early roots through the birth of ... Read more

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  • Humanitarian Intervention

    by Thomas G. Weiss ...
    Series series War and Conflict in the Modern World
    A singular development in the post-Cold War era is the use of military force to protect human beings. From Rwanda to Kosovo, Sierra Leone to East Timor, and Libya to Côte d�Ivoire, soldiers have rescued civilians in some of the world's most notorious war zones. But what about Syria? Why have we observed the Syrian slaughter and done nothing? Is humanitarian intervention in crisis? Is the so-called ... Read more

    $17.00 USD

  • Migration in West Africa

    IMISCOE Regional Reader

    Edited by Joseph Kofi Teye ...
    Series series IMISCOE Research Series
    This open access Regional Reader examines the dynamics and impacts of international migration within and from West Africa. The book presents key theoretical perspectives and empirical findings on historical trends, geographical patterns, drivers and socio-economic impacts of both voluntary and involuntary migration in West Africa, a region that is characterised by high level of mixed migration ... Read more

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  • The Wealth of Refugees

    How Displaced People Can Build Economies

    by Alexander Betts ...
    We live in an age of displacement. Refugee numbers are increasing due to a proliferation of fragile states, and this problem will be exacerbated by climate change and the impact of COVID-19. And yet, rising populist nationalism has undermined the political willingness of rich countries to accept migrants and asylum seekers. Given these contradictory trends, how can we create sustainable refugee ... Read more

    $18.09 USD

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  • The State of Peacebuilding in Africa

    Lessons Learned for Policymakers and Practitioners

    Edited by Terence McNamee, Monde Muyangwa ...
    This open access book on the state of peacebuilding in Africa brings together the work of distinguished scholars, practitioners, and decision makers to reflect on key experiences and lessons learned in peacebuilding in Africa over the past half century. The core themes addressed by the contributors include conflict prevention, mediation, and management; post-conflict reconstruction, justice and ... Read more

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  • What's Wrong with the United Nations and How to Fix It

    by Thomas G. Weiss ...
    Series series What's Wrong?
    Seven decades after its establishment, the United Nations and its system of related organizations and programs are perpetually in crisis. While the twentieth-century’s world wars gave rise to ground-breaking efforts at international organization in 1919 and 1945, today’s UN is ill-equipped to deal with contemporary challenges to world order. Neither the end of the Cold War nor the aftermath of 9 ... Read more

    $21.00 USD

  • Global Governance and the UN

    An Unfinished Journey

    by Ramesh Thakur, Thomas G. Weiss ...
    In the 21st century, the world is faced with threats of global scale that cannot be confronted without collective action. Although global government as such does not exist, formal and informal institutions, practices, and initiatives—together forming "global governance"—bring a greater measure of predictability, stability, and order to trans-border issues than might be expected. Yet, there are ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Oxford Handbook of Refugee and Forced Migration Studies

    Edited by Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, Gil Loescher, Katy Long, Nando Sigona ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    Refugee and Forced Migration Studies has grown from being a concern of a relatively small number of scholars and policy researchers in the 1980s to a global field of interest with thousands of students worldwide studying displacement either from traditional disciplinary perspectives or as a core component of newer programmes across the Humanities and Social and Political Sciences. Today the field ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Statebuilding

    by Timothy Sisk ...
    Series series War and Conflict in the Modern World
    After civil wars end, what can sustain peace in the long-term? In particular, how can outsiders facilitate durable conflict-managing institutions through statebuilding - a process that historically has been the outcome of bloody struggles to establish the state's authority over warlords, traditional authorities, and lawless territories?In this book, Timothy Sisk explores international efforts to ... Read more

    $22.00 USD