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  • Bedwetting Treatment, Preventions & Cures

    by Thomas Weiss ...
    As you browse through this book, you may be excited that so many possible solutions exist for bedwetting. However, do not focus on these tips so much that you lose track of your main goal which is to make your child feel comfortable and to help your child feel happy. In so saying, this book provides a list of medications, tools, natural remedies, and sound advice to help you, the parent, continue ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • A Deplorable Scarcity

    The Failure of Industrialization in the Slave Economy

    by Thomas Weiss, Fred Bateman ...
    In this major reexamination of the southern industrial economy and its failure to progress during the antebellum period, Fred Bateman and Thomas Weiss show that slavery and its consequences were not alone in inhibiting industrialization. They argue, rather, that the planters hesitated to invest in high-risk enterprises and worried that industrialization would undermine their authority. ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Reflected Brownian Motions in the KPZ Universality Class

    by Thomas Weiss, Patrik Ferrari, Herbert Spohn ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This book presents a detailed study of a system of interacting Brownian motions in one dimension. The interaction is point-like such that the n-th Brownian motion is reflected from the Brownian motion with label n-1. This model belongs to the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang (KPZ) universality class. In fact, because of the singular interaction, many universal properties can be established with rigor. They ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • Governing the World?

    Addressing "Problems Without Passports"

    by Thomas G Weiss ...
    Series series International Studies Intensives
    Problems posed by Syria s chemical weapons attacks, Egypt s ouster of an elected government, and myriad other global dilemmas beg the question of whether and how the world can be governed. The challenge is addressing what former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan called Problems without Passports environmental, economic, humanitarian, and political crises that threaten stability, prosperity, and even ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Rethinking Global Governance

    by Thomas G. Weiss, Rorden Wilkinson ...
    Rethinking Global Governance casts fresh eyes upon a once poignant but now languishing concept. Its purpose is to disrupt the simple association between global governance and the actions and activities of international organizations in the post-Cold War era and to focus instead on a set of questions that probe the intricate and multifaceted manner in which the world is governed. The book moves ... Read more

    $16.00 USD

  • Would the World Be Better Without the UN?

    by Thomas G. Weiss ...
    Do we need the United Nations? Where would the contemporary world be without its largest intergovernmental organization? And where could it be had the UN’s member states and staff performed better?These fundamental questions are explored by the leading analyst of UN history and politics, Thomas G. Weiss, in this hard-hitting, authoritative book. While counterfactuals are often dismissed as ... Read more

    $21.00 USD

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

    by Thomas G. Weiss ...
    Series series What's Wrong?
    Six decades after its establishment, the United Nations and its system of related agencies 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 9/11 has ... Read more

    $23.75 USD

  • Humanitarian Business

    by Thomas G. Weiss ...
    With some 50 million people living under duress and threatened by wars and disasters in 2012, the demand for relief worldwide has reached unprecedented levels. Humanitarianism is now a multi-billion dollar enterprise, and aid agencies are obliged to respond to a range of economic forces in order to 'stay in business'.In his customarily hard-hitting analysis, Thomas G. Weiss offers penetrating ... Read more

    $22.00 USD

  • 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

  • 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 Thomas G. Weiss, Ramesh Thakur ...
    Series series United Nations Intellectual History Project Series
    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

    $12.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Humanitarian Challenges And Intervention

    Second Edition

    by Thomas G Weiss ...
    There are two distinct contemporary challenges to the relief of war-induced human suffering--one within the institutions that make up the international humanitarian system, the other on the ground in war zones. Varied interests, resources, and organizational structures within institutions hamper the effectiveness of efforts on behalf of war victims. And at the same time, on the ground, there are ... Read more

    $68.99 USD