"A provocative collection."--David C. Unger, New York TimesNow available in paperback, Psychology and Deterrence reveals deterrence strategy's hidden and generally simplistic assumptions about the nature of power and aggression, threat and response, and calculation and behavior in the international arena.
We live in an age dominated by the cult of efficiency. Efficiency in the raging debate about public goods is often used as a code word to advance political agendas. When it is used correctly, efficiency is important--it must always be part of the conversation when resources are scarce and citizens and governments have important choices to make ...
The speed and intensity of global integration have provoked serious debate about the human impact of globalization and deep concern about the capacity of the state to provide social justice. This volume focuses on two dimensions of globalization: the cultural and social realities of global connection and the uneasily shifting role of the state. ...
"A significant contribution toward a broader theory of negotiation. . . . Prenegotiation triggers, shapes, and structures the negotiations that follow and contributes in important ways to the learning process."--Foreign Affairs.
Argues that the co-operative decisions of leaders reflect their aversion to loss, which is weighed more heavily than gains. To demonstrate this proposition, the authors offer several case studies and suggest how the prospects for international co-operation could be enhanced.
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