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  • International Relations Theory

    Competing Empirical Paradigms

    by Michael Haas ...
    While many texts on international relations deal only with ideologies, this book goes beyond discussion of ideology to provide an understanding of how global economics, politics, and society operate. The book begins with a history of the International Studies Association, which was founded to develop empirically-based knowledge and was opposed to ideological “isms” as biased guides to policy.The ... Read more

    $105.29 USD

  • Why Democracies Flounder and Fail

    Remedying Mass Society Politics

    by Michael Haas ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Democracy is in crisis because voices of the people are ignored due to a politics of mass society. After demonstrating how the French Fourth Republic failed, wherein Singapore’s totalitarianism is a dangerous model, Washington is enmeshed in gridlock, and there is a global democracy deficit, solutions are offered to revitalize democracy as the best form of government. The book demonstrates how ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • The Universality of Operational Codes

    How Cultures, Political Systems, International Relations, and the World Really Work

    by Michael Haas ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    The book asserts that every individual and government operates according to an “operational code”—a set of guiding principles that shape decisions and actions, often invisible yet profoundly influential. Operational codes, rooted in culture, diplomacy, and politics can foster cooperation or ignite conflict when they collide. From the origins of the concept in Cold War foreign policy analysis to ... Read more

    $269.09 USD

  • How Cambodia Survived the Killing Fields

    From International Pawn to the Contemporary Quest for Stability

    by Michael Haas ...
    Weaving a critique of major power intervention into political history, this book provides a comprehensive overview of Cambodia from 1953 to the present.Since gaining its independence in 1953, Cambodia has been treated as a pawn by more powerful countries. China, Vietnam, the United Nations, and especially the United States have played a role in shaping Cambodia's history, from propping up the ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Chalcidoidea of the World

    by Austin Baker, Hannes Baur, Julie Böhmová, Matthew L. Buffington, Roger A.Burks, Dr Matthew Cock, Astrid Cruaud, Ana Dal Molin, Natalie Dale-Skey, Dr Christopher Darling, Priscila G. Dias, Tiffany Domer, Chrysalyn Dominguez, Fernando H.A. Farache, Lucian Fusu, Michael W. Gates, Marco Gebiola, Alex V. Gumovsky, Michael Haas, Paul Hanson, Christer Hansson, Judith Herreid, Keith Hopper, J Huber, Martha Hunter, Randa Jabbour, Petr Janšta, Robert Luke Kresslein, Lars Krogmann, Amelia Lindsey, Kerry E. Mauck, Mircea-Dan Mitroiu, Jason L. Mottern, José Luis Nieves-Aldrey, John Noyes, Ryan K. Perry, Ralph Peters, John Pinto, Andrew Polaszek, Alexey A. Polilov, Jean-Yves Rasplus, Javier Torréns, Serguei V. Triapitsyn, Jonah M. Ulmer, Roy G. Van Driesche, Simon van Noort, Ionela-Madalina Viciriuc, Jack Werren, Rachel L. Winston, Y. Miles Zhang ...
    The superfamily Chalcidoidea (the jewel wasps) are part of the insect order Hymenoptera. The superfamily comprises more than 27,000 known species, with an estimated total diversity of more than 500,000 species, meaning that the vast majority have yet to be discovered and described. Most of the species are parasitoids, attacking the egg, larval stage or pupal stage of their host, though many other ... Read more

    $244.99 USD

  • Gustav Mahler, Julius Korngold and the Neue Freie Presse

    by Michael Haas ...
    Series series Rethinking Austrian and German Music
    Julius Korngold, critic at the highly influential newspaper Neue Freie Presse, was close to and supportive of Gustav Mahler and, for the first time, essays on the man and his music are made available in English. Those on his time at Vienna’s Imperial Opera are extensive and well informed.Both Korngold and Mahler shared a common Moravian Jewish background, born in 1860 and both students of Anton ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • International Human Rights

    A Comprehensive Introduction

    by Michael Haas ...
    This book provides a comprehensive introduction to international human rights -- international human rights law, why international human rights have increasingly risen to world prominence, what is being done about violations of human rights, and what might be done to further promote the cause of international human rights so that everyone may one day have their rights respected regardless of who ... Read more

    $87.99 USD

  • Forbidden Music

    The Jewish Composers Banned by the Nazis

    by Mr. Michael Haas ...
    With National Socialism's arrival in Germany in 1933, Jews dominated music more than virtually any other sector, making it the most important cultural front in the Nazi fight for German identity. This groundbreaking book looks at the Jewish composers and musicians banned by the Third Reich and the consequences for music throughout the rest of the twentieth century. Because Jewish musicians and ... Read more

    $31.19 USD

  • Professionalization of Foreign Policy

    Transformation of Operational Code Analysis

    by Michael Haas ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book identifies why presidents, prime ministers, and other leaders of countries often make blunders in foreign policy. Blunders have been recognized within the study of foreign policy, but no central methodology or theory has developed to provide a way to avoid future disasters. Options are often presented to leaders of countries by advisers who do not always assess which policies will best ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • Music of Exile

    The Untold Story of the Composers who Fled Hitler

    by Michael Haas ...
    What happens to a composer when persecution and exile means their true music no longer has an audience?In the 1930s, composers and musicians began to flee Hitler’s Germany to make new lives across the globe. The process of exile was complex: although some of their works were celebrated, these composers had lost their familiar cultures and were forced to navigate xenophobia as well as entirely ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Beyond Polarized American Democracy

    From Mass Society to Coups and Civil War

    by Michael Haas ...
    Civil war in the United States is now a mainstream topic due to apparent signs of ongoing planning. This book reveals why in several ways. First, four major ideological drivers of possible conflict are identified. Next, ten arenas of ongoing nonviolent civil war are traced as increasingly for micro-level violence. Then several dozen alternative scenarios are traced to explain how civil war could ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Shaking Things Up

    How Donald Trump Changed the Government in Washington

    by Michael Haas ...
    Donald Trump, as president, sought to undermine fundamental norms and principles of American government, institutionalizing bigotry, and therefore damaged American society. Details are provided on how he carried out a racist and sexist agenda, endangered the lives of LGBQTs, terrorized immigrants, allowed exploitation of the environment, endangered public health and the lives of seniors, and tried ... Read more

    $103.49 USD