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1. What Is Sui Generis About the European Union? Costly International Cooperation in a Self-Contained Regime.

Author

PHELAN, WILLIAM

Subjects
*BOOKS, *INTERNATIONAL agencies, *NONFICTION, REVIEWS
Abstract

Phelan, William. (2012) What Is Sui Generis About the European Union? Costly International Cooperation in a Self-Contained Regime. International Studies Review, doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2486.2012.01136.x It is widely agreed that the EU is a sui generis international organization, but current scholarship rarely specifies why. This paper identifies the EU as a 'self-contained regime', a treaty institution that imposes costly requirements on its member states but rejects the use of inter-state countermeasure and reciprocity mechanisms. As a self-contained regime, the EU is a puzzle because international relations theory emphasizes the importance of inter-state countermeasures as incentives for states to fulfill costly obligations, as is illustrated by scholarly debates on the politics of both trade and human rights regimes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2012
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2. Military Competition and the Emergence of Nationalism: Putting the Logic of Political Survival into Historical Context.

Author

KADERCAN, BURAK

Subjects
*BOOKS, *INTERNATIONAL security, *NONFICTION, REVIEWS
Abstract

Kadercan, Burak. (2012) Military Competition and the Emergence of Nationalism: Putting the Logic of Political Survival into Historical Context. International Studies Review, doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2486.2012.01135.x This essay aims to make a contribution to the conversation between IR and nationalism literatures by considering a particular question: What is the relationship between interstate military competition and the emergence of nationalism as a potent force in world politics? The conventional wisdom among international security scholars, especially neorealists, holds that nationalism can be more or less treated like a 'technology' that allowed states to extract significant resources as well as manpower from their respective populations. This paper underlines some of the problems involved with this perspective and pushes forward an interpretation that is based on the logic of political survival. I argue that nationalism's emergence as a powerful force in world politics followed from the 'mutation' and absorption of the universalistic/cosmopolitan republican ideas that gained temporary primacy in Europe during the eighteenth century into particularistic nationalist ideologies. This transformation, in turn, can be best explained by the French Revolution's dramatic impacts on rulers' political survival calculi vis-à-vis both interstate and domestic political challenges. The analysis offered in this essay contributes to our understanding of the relationship between IR and nationalism while also highlighting the potential value of the political survival framework for exploring macrohistorical puzzles. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2012
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3. The Political Climate for Climate Science.

Author

Darst, Robert G.

Subjects
*SCIENCE, *NONFICTION
Abstract

Changing the Atmosphere: Expert Knowledge and Environmental Governance. Edited by Clark A. Miller and Paul N. Edwards. Cambridge. MA: The MIT Press, 2001. 375 pp., $67.00 cloth (ISBN:0-262-13387-3), $26.95 paper (ISBN: 0-262-63219-5). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2003
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4. How Smart are Smart Sanctions?

Author

Drezner, Daniel W.

Subjects
*ECONOMIC sanctions, *NONFICTION
Abstract

Smart Sanctions: Targeting Economic Statecraft. Edited by David Cortright and George A. Lopez. New York: Rowman & Littlefield, 2002. 276 pp., $72.00 cloth (ISBN: 0-7425-0142-6), $27.95 paper (ISBN:0-7425-0143-4). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2003
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5. History and Theory in the New Sociologies of International Relations.

Author

Kowert, Paul A.

Subjects
*INTERNATIONAL relations, *NONFICTION
Abstract

Historical Sociology of International Relations. Edited by Stephen Hobden and John M. Hobson. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. 328 pp. $70.00 cloth (ISBN: 0-521-80870-7), $25.00 paper (ISBN: 0-521-00476-4). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2003
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6. Critiquing Green Diplomacy.

Author

Leann Brown, M

Subjects
*ENVIRONMENTAL policy, *NONFICTION
Abstract

International Environmental Politics: The Limits of Green Diplomacy. By Lee-Anne Broadhead. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2002. 240 pp., $55.00 cloth (ISBN: 1-58826-092-5), $19.95 paper (ISBN:1-58826-068-2). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2003
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7. Rational Idiosyncrasy and Monetary Integration.

Author

Parsons, Craig A.

Subjects
*NONFICTION
Abstract

The Politics of Economic and Monetary Union: Integration and Idiosyncrasy. By Erik Jones. Boulder: Rowman & Littlefield, 2002. 224 pp., $69.00 cloth (ISBN:0-8476-9034-2), $23.95 paper (ISBN:0-8476-9035-0). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2003
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8. Making Trade Organizations Environment Friendly.

Author

Young, Oran R.

Subjects
*INTERNATIONAL trade, *NONFICTION
Abstract

The Greening of Trade Law: International Trade Organizations and Environmental Issues. Edited by Richard H. Steinberg. London: Blackwell Publishing, 2002. 336 pp., $70.00 cloth (ISBN: 0-7425-1045-X), $29.95 paper (ISBN: 0-7425-1046-8). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2003
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9. Explaining Preferences in a Multinational Organization.

Author

Cini, Michelle

Subjects
*NONFICTION
Abstract

The European Commission and the Integration of Europe: Images of Governance. By Liesbet Hooghe. Cambridge: University of Cambridge Press. 292 pp., $65.00 cloth (ISBN: 0-521-80667-4), $23.00 paper (ISBN: 0-521-00143-9). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2003
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10. Reluctant Customers: Presidents and Policy Advice.

Author

Hart, Paul't

Subjects
*LEADERSHIP, *NONFICTION
Abstract

Groupthink or Deadlock: When Do Leaders Learn from Their Advisors? By Paul A. Kowert. Albany: Blackwell Publishing, 2002. 265 pp., $65.50 cloth (ISBN: 0-7914-5249-2), $21.95 paper (ISBN: 0-7914-5250-6). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2003
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11. A Newer, Truer, and More Moral Realism?

Author

Persaud, Randolph B.

Subjects
*POLITICAL science, *NONFICTION
Abstract

Fire on the Rim: The Cultural Dynamics of East/West Power Politics. By William H. Thornton. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2002. 240 pp., $72.00 cloth (ISBN: 0-7425-1706-3), $26.95 paper (ISBN: 0-7425-1707-1). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2003
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12. Prophets, Priests, and Religious Markets.

Author

Steigenga, Timothy J.

Subjects
*RELIGION & politics, *NONFICTION
Abstract

Religion and Politics in Comparative Perspective: The One, the Few, and the Many. Edited by Ted Gerard Jelen and Clyde Wilcox. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. 350 pp., $60.00 cloth (ISBN 0-521-65031-3), $23.00 paper (ISBN: 0-521-65971-X). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2003
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13. Avoiding the “G” Word in International Governance.

Author

Talani, Leila Simona

Subjects
*INTERNATIONAL relations, *NONFICTION
Abstract

Common Goods: Reinventing European and International Governance. Edited by Adrienne Heritier. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2002. 353 pp., $74.00 cloth (ISBN: 0-7425-1700-4), $29.95 paper (ISBN: 0-7425-1701-2). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2003
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14. Silent, Violent Spring: Chemical Warfare and Pest Control.

Author

Granville, Johanna

Subjects
*CHEMICAL warfare, *NONFICTION
Abstract

War and Nature: Fighting Humans and Insects with Chemicals from World War I to Silent Spring. By Edmund Russell. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. 336 pp., $55.00 cloth (ISBN: 0-521-79003-4), $14.00 paper (ISBN: 0-521-79937-6). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2003
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