International Relations Today, 2e, captures the drastic changes that the discipline of international relations (IR) has undergone since the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War in 1991. It delves into the way the US has emerged as the only superpower in the world and its impact in making international politics seemingly unipolar. However, in his analysis, the author also shows that how international politics today also signals...

Consumers and employees increasingly expect companies to engage with social, environmental, and economic issues. But business leaders can find themselves between a rock and a hard place, especially when corporate political activism is framed as "take a stand or be silent." The reality is that companies need a more nuanced set of options.

This book assesses critically the British approach to hazard management and emergency planning. It identifies the principal legal, organizational and cultural impediments to more effective hazard management and emergency planning, postulates explanations for the shortcomings in the British approach and examines a number of promising avenues for improving current practice. It comprises 18 chapters written by experts with a wide range of practical experience...

This systematic evaluation of Iraq's political economy and human development offers a complex and sophisticated analysis of Iraq's recent history. Focusing on the period from 1950 up to the Gulf war in 1990, the book brings an understanding of how development has been shaped or constrained in this much misunderstood country. The author employs the human development paradigm to link human development and human rights to the analysis of political economy....

Analyses a wide range of film and still photographs to explore culturally dominant images and how they work. Extensively illustrated, this challenging collection of essays is essential reading for all students of media and women's studies.

A concise introduction to EU GDPR and EU-US Privacy Shield The EU General Data Protection Regulation will unify data protection and simplify the use of personal data across the EU when it comes into force in May 2018. It will also apply to every organization in the world that processes personal information of EU residents. US organizations that process EU residents' personal data will be able to comply with the GDPR via the EU-US Privacy Shield (the...

Women's studies is a rapidly expanding field with a tremendous growth in the number of London courses available. As a result of this there has been increasing debate about the nature of feminist research. Can a specifically feminist methodology be identified? Which research methods are most appropriate in feminist work? What is the difference between a feminist approach and other forms of scholarship.; "Researching Women's Lives" explores these issues...

The book comprises contributions from the fields of political theory and philosophy; ancient, medieval and modern history; sociology; anthropology and creative arts. It provides perspectives drawing on the multicultural experiences of the United States, Britain, Trinidad, Pakistan and Malaysia and includes experience of composite culture in the ancient, medieval and modern periods of Indian history. There are essays on the contemporary experience...

La résistance au changement fait partie de la nature humaine. Particulièrement lorsque ce changement s'accompagne d'une épreuve, d'une déception ou d'un rejet. Cependant, en améliorant leur résilience, les dirigeants peuvent non seulement survivre au changement, mais aussi apprendre, grandir, et se développer. Il porte sur neuf composantes du développement qui, ensemble, créent de la résilience, améliorent votre capacité à...

In both practice and research, we are doing a better job at bringing attention to the problem of gender bias. But we haven't established enough tangible suggestions for how to challenge it. New research has begun to investigate the efficacy of "scripts" - a set of words or phrases such as "Can you repeat what you just said?" that would signal to a peer that he has crossed a line, whether knowingly or unknowingly.