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"International crime and justice is an emerging field that covers international and transnational crimes that have not been the focus of mainstream criminology or criminal justice. This book examines the field from a global perspective. It provides an introduction to the nature of international and transnational crimes and the theoretical perspectives that assist in understanding the relationship between social change and the waxing and waning of the crime opportunities resulting from globalization, migration, and culture conflicts. Written by a team of world experts, it examines the central role of victim rights in the development of legal frameworks for the prevention and control of transnational and international crimes. It also discusses the challenges to delivering justice and obtaining international cooperation in efforts to deter, detect, and respond to these crimes. This book is arranged in nine parts covering the subject matter of international criminal justice. Each of the short chapters provides readers with an understanding of the main concepts relevant to the topic and sensitizes them to the complex nature of the problems"--Provided by publisher

The strategy used by governments to communicate with foreign populations has changed dramatically in the twentieth century. The need perceived by governments to use such a strategy in the first place derived from numerous social changes in the 150 years before World War I, particularly the increased role played in politics by the masses organized in nation-states. The shifting strategy of persuasive communication since then forms part of a broader transformation of international political communication which includes technological change, organizational developments, & absolute but not necessarily relative growth in international communications transactions. The predominant strategy developed in World War I was propaganda, with its use of fairly straight-forward appeals to rationality, sense of morality, & hatred. Problems with credibility in propaganda led to international communicators developing a new strategy before & during World War II-one which utilized new knowledge about the roots of human behavior by manipulating audiences by playing on their deep-seated desires & fears. An even more basic strategy was also developed during World War II, the technique of structuring the situation in which people learn their predispositions, perspectives, & behaviors. Its basic idea is to create situations in which the communicator does not have to tell the targeted audience anything at all, but in which the audience, left to its own devices, can only come to the conclusions desired by the communicator. The limitations & potential importance of this strategy are discussed. Modified HA.

As International Relations enters its second century as an academic discipline, leading expert Knud Erik Jørgensen provides a provocative assessment of its past, present and future. In this book, Jørgensen traces International Relations scholarship, from its formative interwar years through to rapid growth in students and researchers in the wake of globalization. He examines the resultant widening of scholarship in the field, and the effects that this has had on the global discipline. The result is a concise and challenging appraisal of International Relations, one which both celebrates its value and maps possible future directions.

Nicht selten wird die Europäische Integration als ein Prozeß der regionalen Institutionenbildung begriffen, wobei internationale Regime als willkommene Zwischenstufen zu diesem Ziel gelten. Auf diese Weise aber wird der Begriff der "internationalen (funktionalen) Regime" gründlich mißverstanden (I); denn die wichtigsten internationalen Regime sind global oder transnational und lassen sich nicht für eine regionale Blockbildung einspannen. Tatsächlich gibt es nicht ein einziges exklusives und effektives europäisches Regime - nicht im Kapitalverkehr und in der Finanzordnung, nicht im Bereich der Telekommunikation oder des Umweltschutzes, kein europäisches Flüchtlings-, Einwanderungs- oder Asylregime, kein Drogen- und kein Terrorismusregime und selbstverständlich kein militärisches Sicherheitssystem (II). Infolgedessen wird es auch nie eine homogene und geschlossene europäische Integration geben - die aus der mittelost- wie südeuropäischen, aber auch der britischen und skandinavischen Perspektive ohnehin unerwünscht ist; vielmehr wird Europa auf vielfache Weise durch internationale Regime durchkreuzt und global geöffnet sein; doch könnte Europa auf diese Weise der erste "transnationale Staat" der Welt werden (III). (Zeitschrift für Politik / FUB)

Intro -- About this Book -- Cover Page -- Inside Front Cover -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- About the Author -- Dedication -- Brief Contents -- Contents -- Media and Resources from Worth Publishers -- Preface -- Accessibility -- Chapter 1: The Science of Macroeconomics -- 1-1 What Macroeconomists Study -- 1-2 How Economists Think -- Theory as Model Building -- The Use of Multiple Models -- Prices: Flexible Versus Sticky -- Microeconomic Thinking and Macroeconomic Models -- 1-3 How This Book Proceeds -- Chapter 1 End of Chapter -- Chapter 1 Summary -- Chapter 1 Key Concepts -- Chapter 1 Questions for Review -- Chapter 1 Problems and Applications -- Answers to Quick Quiz -- Chapter 2: The Data of Macroeconomics -- 2-1 Measuring the Value of Economic Activity: Gross Domestic Product -- Income, Expenditure, and the Circular Flow -- Rules for Computing GDP -- Real GDP Versus Nominal GDP -- The GDP Deflator -- Chain-Weighted Measures of Real GDP -- The Components of Expenditure -- Other Measures of Income -- Seasonal Adjustment -- 2-2 Measuring the Cost of Living: The Consumer Price Index -- The Price of a Basket of Goods -- How the CPI Compares to the GDP and PCE Deflators -- Does the CPI Overstate Inflation? -- 2-3 Measuring Joblessness: The Unemployment Rate -- The Household Survey -- The Establishment Survey -- 2-4 Conclusion: From Economic Statistics to Economic Models -- Chapter 2 End of Chapter -- Chapter 2 Summary -- Chapter 2 Key Concepts -- Chapter 2 Questions for Review -- Chapter 2 Problems and Applications -- Answers to Quick Quiz -- Chapter 3: National Income: Where It Comes From and Where It Goes -- 3-1 What Determines the Total Production of Goods and Services? -- The Factors of Production -- The Production Function -- The Supply of Goods and Services.