Elgar Advanced Introductions
Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.
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Advanced Introduction to American Foreign Policy
Loch K. Johnson provides a comprehensive account of America’s constitutional framework, examining how U.S officials carry out America’s foreign policy objectives through diplomacy, trade agreements, secretive covert actions, and the use of military force.
'Rarely has there been a greater need for a book to provide understanding and insight into the history, constitutional basis, and practice of American foreign policy. Professor Loch Johnson’s account does that, just in time.’
– Karl F. Inderfurth, Former US Assistant Secretary of State (1997-2001) and Former US Representative to the United Nations (1993-1997)
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Advanced Introduction to Maritime Law
Leading scholar Paul Todd draws on decades of experience to offer a clear and concise introduction to the core areas of the field.
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Advanced Introduction to Water Politics
Ken Conca expertly examines the fundamentals of water politics, covering poverty, health and livelihoods alongside other key areas.
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Marxism for Human Geographers
Kevin R. Cox author of An Advanced Introduction to Marxism and Human Geography, discusses...
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What is feminist economics?
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