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Intro -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF BOXES, TABLES, FIGURES AND MAPS -- Boxes -- Tables -- Figures -- Maps -- PREFACE TO THE SIXTH EDITION -- CHANGES TO THE SIXTH EDITION -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- Introduction -- Plan of the Book -- Globalization -- Part 1: Theoretical Perspectives -- 1: Theories of Global Political Economy -- Understanding the Global Political Economy -- The Economic Nationalist Perspective -- Key actors -- Key dynamics -- Conflict and cooperation -- Economic nationalism today -- The Liberal Perspective -- Key actors -- Key dynamics -- Conflict and cooperation -- Liberalism today -- The Critical Perspective -- Key actors -- Key dynamics -- Conflict and cooperation -- Critical theory today -- Contending Perspectives: A Summary -- Further Reading -- 2: International Political Economy and its Methods -- Locating the Field -- Economics -- Political science -- Political economy -- International relations -- Methodological Issues -- Case studies and large n studies -- Rational choice -- Institutionalism -- Constructivism -- Methodological debates -- Trends in Contemporary GPE Theory -- Consolidation -- Integration -- Expansion -- Approach of this Book -- Further Reading -- Part 2: Evolution -- 3: Forging a World Economy: 1400-1800 -- Regions of the World Economy -- The Middle East -- China -- India -- Africa -- The Americas -- Europe -- New patterns of trade -- Money and finance -- Rise of sovereign territorial states -- European Expansion -- Into the Americas -- The Euro-American political economy -- Along Africa: the triangular trade -- On the peripheries of Asia -- Conclusion -- Trade -- Production -- Finance -- Labour -- Gender -- Development -- Environment -- Ideas -- Security -- Governance -- Further Reading -- 4: Industry, Empire and War: 1800-1945 -- The Industrial Revolution -- What was the Industrial Revolution?.

Arbitrating for Peace. How Arbitration Made a Difference' focuses on the geopolitical role played by international arbitration over the centuries. The book convincingly demonstrates how international arbitration has made a difference and contributed to peaceful resolution of conflicts. Although short of attaining the ideal of a "substitute for war", arbitration has largely succeeded in peacefully resolving international disputes. Beyond that, arbitral commitments and arbitral processes have deepened civilized and cooperative international relations, promoted the development of international law and international institutions, and facilitated the well-being of mankind in important ways. Particulars of that proposition are set forth in this book.--

The Special Tribunal of the Lebanon is the first international Tribunal established to try the perpetrators of a terrorist act: the murder of the Lebanese Prime Minister in 2005. This book, written by practitioners with experience of the court and experts in international criminal law, provides a detailed assessment of its unique law and practice.

Introduction -- International environmental cooperation -- Science, uncertainty, and risk -- Developing countries in global environmental politics -- The role of non-governmental actors -- Ozone depletion and climate change -- Whaling and whale conservation -- Biodiversity in the amazon and elsewhere -- Acid rain and regional transboundary air pollution agreements -- Conclusion.