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Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the International Monetary Fund (IMF), focusing on the: (1) conditions IMF negotiates with its borrower countries; and (2) trade policies of borrower countries."

There is no body that has the legal right to exercise agency on behalf of international society (IS), even though the notion of "society" encapsulated in IS is, in principle, close to that conveyed by bodies such as clubs and associations that can be represented by, for example, a board of directors or governing committee. Some have argued that the UN or the Security Council can exercise agency on behalf of IS, but in view of the "underinstitutionalization" of IS in the UN, a more interesting possibility is that groups of states may authorize themselves to act on the behalf of IS as "coalitions of the willing." However, the contrasting experience of the Gulf War of 1990/91 and the Kosovo campaign of 1999 suggest that the degree of ideological coherence of the coalition in question is an important variable here - in 1999, NATO was able with some plausibility to represent the wider international society because of its commitment to certain core democratic values, while in 1991 the Gulf War coalition could only act conservatively in restoring the status quo because of its diverse nature.

The International Journal of Labour Research is published twice a year in English, French and Spanish, each issue focuses on a specific theme. Vol. 1, No.1: Trade union strategies towards global production systems. Vol. 1, No. 2: Global capital strategies and trade union responses.

Das europäische Epizentrum der internationalen Finanzkrise ist die Londoner City. Dort ist Susanne Schmidt seit dreißig Jahren in leitenden Funktionen tätig. Sie weiß, wovon sie spricht, wenn sie gierigen, jungen Bankern, ignoranten Aufsichtsbehörden und falsch beratenen Politikern ein beispielloses Versagen vorwirft. Nie zuvor in der Geschichte haben so viele durch so wenige einen so großen Schaden erlitten. Doch indem die öffentliche Hand die gigantischen Verluste mit Milliardensummen ausgeglichen und ein völliges Kollabieren des Systems verhindert hat, hat sie mit hoher Wahrscheinlichkeit die Grundlage für die nächste, schlimmere Krise gelegt. (Verlagsangeben) Das erste Buch der Tochter von Altkanzler Helmut Schmidt ist kenntnisreich und gut verständlich geschrieben, ein lesenswerter Titel, der bereits auf großes Medienecho stößt. Spiegelbestseller.

Theory and History in International Relations is an eloquent plea to scholars of global politics to turn away from the "manufacture" of data and return to a systematic study of history as a basic for theory. While the modest use of empiricism will always be important, Puchala rejects the logical positivism of the so-called "scientific revolution" in the field in favor of a more complex, even intuitive, vision of global politics. He addresses the potential uses of history in studying some of the major debates of our time-the Cold War as a struggle between empires, the collision of civilizations

A group of leading political scientists assess the relevance and usefulness of international relations theory for policymaking. The editors' introduction reviews the "state of the art," the importance and liabilities of theory for the policymaker, and the problems of organizing knowledge to meet the needs of the policy community. Originally published in 1972. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905