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Kashmir Under the Sultans

Kashmir Under the Sultans

Kashmir Under Sultans introduces the reader to a subject that begins with the foundation of the Sultanate and ends with the conquest of Kashmir by Akbar. During the Sultanate period Kashmir had achieved a high standard of culture but with the disappearance of her independence her culture gradually declined. Poets painters and scholars had to leave the Valley and seek their livelihood elsewhere owing to the absence of local patronage. They then entered the service of the Mughal emperors and were added to the court thereby lessening the cultural impoverishment of Kashmir. The book encloses political social economic and cultural activities that had a lasting influence on the Kashmir Valley in that period. It is of considerable value to social historians as Professor Mohibbul Hasan offers insights into political and cultural currents and crosscurrents in Kashmir. This title is co-published with Aakar Books. Print editions not for sale in South Asia (India Sri Lanka Nepal Bangladesh Pakistan and Bhutan) | Kashmir Under the Sultans

GBP 130.00
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A History of Ireland Under the Union 1801-1922

A History of Ireland Under the Union 1801-1922

Originally published in 1952 A History of Ireland Under the Union was written by an historian who played an active part in the political events of the later part of the period. In Ireland there are two national traditions: that of the Kingdom of the Gael established at the end of the 4th Century A. D. and the other colonial tradition evolved by the descendants of various generations of Planters from England. The book provides a full account of 19th Century Irish history and shows how the colonial nationalists discarded their nationalism after 1801 and how the emerging Gael under Daniel O’ Connell adopted and fused the two traditions into an Irish national tradition which was vitalised by Irish literature and culture. Containing much original source material the book throws light on aspects of Irish history whose significance is often overlooked such as the part played by the RIC and the Secret Societies in Ireland and the USA. | A History of Ireland Under the Union 1801-1922

GBP 105.00
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Policymaking under Adversity

Policymaking under Adversity

This groundbreaking study systematically treats recent policymaking trends starting with a reconsideration of salient theoretical issues of policymaking and its study and culminating with a survey of current policy-related predicaments in various countries. Dror proposes that the task for social science research is to uncover underlying causes of policymaking inadequacies. Standard research methods Dror states have been unable to uncover the realities of important decisions made inside governments. In order to gain an understanding of pressing predicaments he believes that policymakers need to examine the foundations of contemporary practices of present assumptions and that they need a multiplicity of approaches to policymaking. After prescribing a set of requirements that policymaking must satisfy in order to adequately respond to challenges Dror posits several improvements needed in education and in policy decision making. The book concludes with an extensive bibliography including numerous important German works not found in other English-language studies. This book supplements the earlier basic theory and models propounded in Dror's Public Policymaking Reexamined by dealing with current trends. As a guide to public policy literature and related works it will be invaluable to students and practitioners. | Policymaking under Adversity

GBP 130.00
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Deformation and Failure Mechanism of Rock Tunnels under Earthquake Loading

Deformation and Failure Mechanism of Rock Tunnels under Earthquake Loading

Seismic damage to rock tunnels from recent earthquakes indicates an urgent need for seismic assessment and aseismic design of underground structures. This book offers a comprehensive account of seismic performance and the response of underground structures under earthquake loading necessary for adequate assessment and design. The book presents research methods for the rate-dependent mechanical behavior of rock and for the seismic behavior of underground structures. It describes analytical solutions to investigate the seismic response of tunnels subjected to seismic waves toward an improved quantitative understanding of the seismic deformation and failure mechanism in both longitudinal and transversal aspects. A performance-based restoration design criterion and aseismic design are also proposed for future tunnel planning. Includes a detailed case study for the seismic performance assessment of rock tunnels under earthquake loading Explores the relationship between seismic damage to underground structures and ground deformation Covers a range of issues from mechanisms analysis assessment and design of both new tunnels and restoration projects The book is ideal for earthquake engineers and researchers and will also be of interest to contractors clients researchers lecturers and advanced students working on tunnel engineering. | Deformation and Failure Mechanism of Rock Tunnels under Earthquake Loading

GBP 150.00
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Omics Analysis of Plants under Abiotic Stress

Omics Analysis of Plants under Abiotic Stress

This new volume highlights the various emerging techniques and molecular applications that are currently being used in plant abiotic stress physiology. It provides a thorough overview of omics approaches in response to stressors such as low water accessibility (drought) excess water (flooding/waterlogging) extremes of temperatures (cold chill frost and heat) salinity mineral deficiency and heavy metal toxicity-many of which are the result of climate change. The book with chapters contributed by specialists in the field emphasizes the broad variety of themes using an omics analysis of plants under abiotic stress factors at the cellular and molecular levels. The chapter authors explore a variety of approaches to address plant abiotic stress including proteomic approaches genome editing applications and system biology approaches. The volume takes into consideration from omics perspective how to use the plant-microbe interaction to make plants more resilient to changing climates. It also looks at the role of ionomics (the study of complete mineral nutrient and trace elemental composition of a plant species) and osmoprotectants to address multiple abiotic stress tolerance in plants. Omics Analysis of Plants under Abiotic Stress provides the fundamental information for all who are working in or have interest in this specific field. Unquestionably this volume will be beneficial for common use of research students teachers and persons who have interest in plant abiotic stress physiology.

GBP 124.00
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Modern Optimization Methods for Decision Making Under Risk and Uncertainty

Modern Optimization Methods for Decision Making Under Risk and Uncertainty

The book comprises original articles on topical issues of risk theory rational decision making statistical decisions and control of stochastic systems. The articles are the outcome of a series international projects involving the leading scholars in the field of modern stochastic optimization and decision making. The structure of stochastic optimization solvers is described. The solvers in general implement stochastic quasi-gradient methods for optimization and identification of complex nonlinear models. These models constitute an important methodology for finding optimal decisions under risk and uncertainty. While a large part of current approaches towards optimization under uncertainty stems from linear programming (LP) and often results in large LPs of special structure stochastic quasi-gradient methods confront nonlinearities directly without need of linearization. This makes them an appropriate tool for solving complex nonlinear problems concurrent optimization and simulation models and equilibrium situations of different types for instance Nash or Stackelberg equilibrium situations. The solver finds the equilibrium solution when the optimization model describes the system with several actors. The solver is parallelizable performing several simulation threads in parallel. It is capable of solving stochastic optimization problems finding stochastic Nash equilibria and of composite stochastic bilevel problems where each level may require the solution of stochastic optimization problem or finding Nash equilibrium. Several complex examples with applications to water resources management energy markets pricing of services on social networks are provided. In the case of power system regulator makes decision on the final expansion plan considering the strategic behavior of regulated companies and coordinating the interests of different economic entities. Such a plan can be an equilibrium − a planned decision where a company cannot increase its expected gain unilaterally. | Modern Optimization Methods for Decision Making Under Risk and Uncertainty

GBP 140.00
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Cognitive Dependability Engineering Managing Risks in Cyber-Physical-Social Systems under Deep Uncertainty

Cognitive Dependability Engineering Managing Risks in Cyber-Physical-Social Systems under Deep Uncertainty

The work is a context-oriented analysis and synthesis of complex engineered systems to ensure continuous and safe operations under conditions of uncertainty. The book is divided in four parts the first one comprises an overview of the development of systems engineering: starting with basics of Systems Science and Single Systems Engineering through System of Systems Engineering to Cognitive Systems Engineering. The Cognitive Systems Engineering model was based on the concept of imperfect knowledge acquisition and management. The second part shows the evolutionary character of the dependability concept over the last fifty years. Beginning from simple models based on the classical probability theory through the concepts of tolerating faults as well as resilience engineering we come to the assumptions of Cognitive Dependability Engineering (CDE) based on the concept of continuous smart operation both under normal and abnormal conditions. The subject of the next part is analysis and synthesis of Cyber-Physical-Social (CPS) Systems. The methodology consists of the following steps: modeling CPS systems' structure simulating their behavior in changing conditions and in situations of disruptions and finally assessing the dependability of the entire system based on CDE. The last part of the work answers the question of how to deal with risks in CPS systems in situations of high level of uncertainty. The concept of a Cognitive Digital Twin was introduced to support the process of solving complex problems by experts and on this basis a framework for cognitive dependability based problemsolving in CPS Systems operating under deep uncertainty was developed. The possibilities and purposefulness of using this framework have been demonstrated with three practical examples of disasters that have happened in the past and have been thoroughly analyzed. | Cognitive Dependability Engineering Managing Risks in Cyber-Physical-Social Systems under Deep Uncertainty

GBP 145.00
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Soviet And Postsoviet Telecommunications An Industry Under Reform

Soviet And Postsoviet Telecommunications An Industry Under Reform

THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR constitutes a vital infrastructure for a modern society. It is part of the working mechanism of a decentralized flexible and dynamic market economy. It also serves as the foundation for a pluralistic political system with a government accountable to the public. The crucial role of communications is increased by synergistic interaction between globalization of economic processes and the continuing technical revolution in information processing and communication. One of the most revealing indicators of the inability of the old Soviet system to attain its goal of matching the performance of the advanced market economies was its neglect of telecommunications. The sector was always treated as an orphan devalued because in line with a peculiar Marxian notion it was not considered part of material production 1 and was starved of attention and resources. | Soviet And Postsoviet Telecommunications An Industry Under Reform

GBP 130.00
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Rural India Land Power and Society Under British Rule

Rural India Land Power and Society Under British Rule

First published in 1983 Rural India intends to provide pictures of Indian rural society in the past from the standpoint of relationships and exchanges between the countryside and the more general physical and cultural context of which it is a part. A predominant theme is control over land and people. Others are the impact of British rule the political role of local networks and ties and the response to and internalising of external stimuli. Attempts are made to examine the concepts employed by scholars in relation to the perceptions of the villagers and similarly to interpret economic and social data in radical ways. This book will be of interest to student of South Asian studies history economics and agriculture. | Rural India Land Power and Society Under British Rule

GBP 105.00
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Iran under Ahmadinejad The Politics of Confrontation

Iran under Ahmadinejad The Politics of Confrontation

The election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the presidency of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the summer of 2005 thrust Iran into the international limelight in a way that few would have predicted. Robust confrontational and given to bombastic rhetoric Ahmadinejad has drawn condemnation from the West and praise from the Middle Eastern street in almost equal measure. This Paper looks at the details of his political rise and assesses his presidency to date within the context of the dynamics of Iranian politics. Examining the key themes of his presidency it assesses the effectiveness of his policies and analyzes his populist approach in particular his use of nationalism and the cult of the Twelfth Imam. The author argues that Ahmadinejad far from retrenching the conservative values of the early revolution is very much a product of the social and political changes which have occurred since the end of the Iran Iraq War; that his populism in both politics and economics along with the maintenance of a confrontational posture abroad represents an ad hoc and somewhat incoherent attempt to disguise the growing contradictions which afflict the Islamic Republic and the conservative vision of an unaccountable Islamic autocracy in the face of growing dissatisfaction especially among key sections of thete. | Iran under Ahmadinejad The Politics of Confrontation

GBP 160.00
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Secularism Under Siege Revisiting the Indian Secular State

Secularism Under Siege Revisiting the Indian Secular State

This anthology makes a discerning attempt to bring into focus myriad dimensions of secularism and the foremost impediments to its attainment. The scholars who contributed to this volume have underscored that the disconnect between a modern-secular state and a conservative society is detrimental to recognizing an ideal secular-democratic polity. Then there is the burden of the past centuries that independent India has to carry on its young shoulders. The political factions in India invent their own historical narratives to advance their political agenda coupled with political and economic arguments leading to social dissensions and communal hatred the ugliest manifestation of which is communal violence that occasionally takes on the form of anti-minority pogroms. The academic critiques of the concept of secularism and its correlated premises belted in this volume shall be of assistance not only to the scholars but also to the students of social sciences and the conscientious readers interested in knowing about the current socio-political milieu. This title is co-published with Aakar Books. Print editions not for sale in South Asia (India Sri Lanka Nepal Bangladesh Pakistan and Bhutan) | Secularism Under Siege Revisiting the Indian Secular State

GBP 130.00
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Grouplised Schools in China Teacher Agency under Neoliberal Influences

Grouplised Schools in China Teacher Agency under Neoliberal Influences

This book presents how neoliberal trends as reflected in the grouplised school structure affect teachers’ professional learning and daily practice and discusses how teacher agency is enabled and constrained at both individual and collective levels. The author interviewed teachers and administrators from eight different grouplised schools. He argues that the neoliberal trends in high-stakes accountability largely constrained teacher agency. School grouplisation was generally top-down and a bottom-up structure is needed to support teachers' professional growth. Collective agency and administrator support could protect students against the neoliberal trends in education by enabling teachers to make conscious moral decisions and take actions in their daily practice. He further identifies principles of invoking collective agency among teachers and proposes suggestions for educational reform implementation in neoliberal contexts. Policymakers school administrators and teachers interested in grouplised schools and collective agency may find this book insightful. | Grouplised Schools in China Teacher Agency under Neoliberal Influences

GBP 130.00
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Tagore and the Margins of the Nation under Colonialism

Tagore and the Margins of the Nation under Colonialism

This book focuses on India’s anti-colonial politics which Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) brought into the mainstream of nationalist thinking. It browses through the entire corpus of Tagore’s writings in the genres of poetry fiction and essays to glean both used and hitherto unused/un-translated writings that illumine Tagore’s gender consciousness and (proto)feminist thought and empathy presenting it in a wholly new light. It teases out Tagore’s original views on India’s industrial-capitalist development and his views on the roles of applied scientists and engineers in it to highlight his critique of the nature of science teaching in colonial India. The volume also delineates Tagore’s Upanişadic ecologism that creatively evoked anticolonialism and patriotism. Lucid and topical the book will be indispensable for students and researchers in the fields of comparative literature history political science international relations and sociology at all levels and anybody interested in literary criticism and cultural studies. | Tagore and the Margins of the Nation under Colonialism

GBP 130.00
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Advanced Design of Pile Foundations Under Lateral Loading

Advanced Design of Pile Foundations Under Lateral Loading

This book presents models that capture the nonlinear response of piles subjected to lateral forces. Utilising a consistent approach encompassing new mathematical models it offers solutions presented as closed-form expressions and underpinned by the same set of 3-5 measurable soil-input parameters. These focus on nonlinear response of mono piles anchored piles pile groups and torsional piles as well as passive piles subjected to soil movement induced in shearing sliding slopes or excavation and earthquake shaking. The models can also be used for pipelines and similar beam structures. Solutions are provided in the form of design charts with each parameter obtained using available test data and illustrated with real-world cases. The models reveal for the first time the mysterious mechanisms of amplification resulting from back-rotation which have incurred the collapse of structures such as the Showa Bridge and Nicoll Highway as well as the distortion of piles during earthquakes. Advanced Design of Pile Foundations Under Lateral Loading is ideal for practicing foundation engineers and students at graduate level. Wei Dong Guo is co-founder of Hans Innovation Group and former Associate Professor at the University of Wollongong Australia. He is a Chartered Professional Engineer and is a Fellow of Engineers Australia by whom he was awarded the 2012 Warren Medal.

GBP 99.99
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Advances in Water Management Under Climate Change

Advances in Water Management Under Climate Change

Due to increasing population decreased cultivable land and mounting scarcity of water it is essential to optimize the use of available resources. Climate change is occurring across the world but its effect may be local or region-specific including localized watershed management. In order to minimize these effects governments and environmental agencies encourage the adoption of climate-smart agricultural technologies which involve implementing plans programs and projects to sustain and enhance watersheds. Natural ecosystems in their altered states have always been relied upon to support the continuity of agricultural production and ecosystem services such as flood and erosion control mediation of water quality stream flow regulation microclimate regulation and biodiversity in its various forms. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations the adoption of these sustainable water management practices has resulted in savings of water and energy as well as a reduction of carbon emissions decreased erosion increased organic matter content and biotic activity in soils increased crop water availability and thus resilience to drought improved recharge of aquifers and reduced impact of the variability in weather due to climate change. Advances in Water Management Under Climate Change examines all of these issues and provides best practices for sustainability. Features: Presents the latest research in hydrology hydraulics water resources engineering and agricultural best practices Examines water management practices to best address and ideally mitigate climate change Explains the nexus of agriculture micro irrigation AI applications in water management and the impact of climate change on water resources Includes practical examples to present practical insights on water management for climate change mitigation.

GBP 89.99
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China’s Evolving Policy Processes under the Comparative Lenses Theories and Evidence

China’s Evolving Policy Processes under the Comparative Lenses Theories and Evidence

This book takes a broad approach to studying China’s policy processes. It aims to shed new light on the characteristics of China’s political systems and to adapt theoretical frameworks of policy processes developed in Western democracies to China. In 2021 Xi Jinping introduced the concept of “whole-process people’s democracy”. This new discourse calls for a deeper understanding of both traditional and new mechanisms and institutions functioning in China’s policy processes. Bringing together scholars with extensive fieldwork experience in mainland China and Taiwan this edited volume investigates governance mechanisms and institutions of policy processes in China from different perspectives such as mass line Tiao–Kuai coordination and People’s Congress. The book focuses not only on traditional topics such as agenda setting and policy change but also on political-administrative relations policy mix design and delivering service contracts in communities. A comparative analysis of three social enterprises in Taiwan is provided as a case study of non-governmental actors’ (lack of) influence on policies in a context that is different from mainland China. This book will appeal to scholars students and practitioners interested in policy processes in mainland China and Taiwan and in comparative theories about policy processes around the world. | China’s Evolving Policy Processes under the Comparative Lenses Theories and Evidence

GBP 130.00
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Integrated Water Resources Management Institutions and Livelihoods under Stress Bottom-up Perspectives from Zimbabwe; UNESCO-IHE PhD Thesis

Integrated Water Resources Management Institutions and Livelihoods under Stress Bottom-up Perspectives from Zimbabwe; UNESCO-IHE PhD Thesis

The majority of people in Limpopo river basin depend on rainfed agriculture. Unfortunately the Limpopo is water scarce and parts of the basin such as Zimbabwe's Mzingwane catchment are under stress in terms of agro-ecological and socio-politicoeconomic conditions. Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) has been adopted in the river basin in an attempt to improve water resources management. However it is not known whether or how IWRM has improved practices in water resources management and contributed towards improved livelihoods. This study used a bottom-up approach to analyse water management practices and livelihoods in the river basin. The objective of the study was to understand practices in water resources management at the local level and what drives those practices. Specifically the study analysed: practices in access to water for domestic and productive uses efforts at sustaining livelihoods and the environment water management for agriculture contestations over urban water services and river basin planning. The study showed the importance of context as a driver of practices in water resources management. The demonstrated influence of local level drivers on water resources management and livelihoods suggest that the challenges in water resources management cannot be solved outside of the wider socio-politico-economic realm. | Integrated Water Resources Management Institutions and Livelihoods under Stress Bottom-up Perspectives from Zimbabwe; UNESCO-IHE PhD Thesis

GBP 175.00
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Towards Freedom in Pondicherry Society Economy and Politics under French Rule (1816-1962)

Towards Freedom in Pondicherry Society Economy and Politics under French Rule (1816-1962)

Pondicherry had its own history due to its connection with the French. After delving deeply into social cultural economic aspects of the Pondicherry society the study focuses on politics and the freedom movement as it developed there using sources written in Tamil English and French. But when the freedom movement gathered steam in British India Pondicherry and its dependencies were caught between the ideas of joining the French Union or the Indian Union. Goubert’s Socialist Party’s strategy had always been to safeguard French India’s special identity and interests. He and his party associates and supporters turned against the French offer to hold a referendum on the question of independence and decided to join the Indian Union because Jawaharlal Nehru provided him a better guarantee to safeguard French Indian and Pondicherry interests. It was rather a very well planned move that took all his political adversaries including the French by surprise. Goubert actually won his battle without bloodshed by accepting to bear a certain dishonor for that among the French. The French government finally chose to set aside the constitutional provisions of Article 27 of the French Constitution which stipulated that no cession or exchange or addition to the territories was valid without the consent of the concerned population. Thus they disregarded the population of French India deliberately and scuttled out of French India. Earlier they had given away the loges to India even without consulting the parliament or the people concerned but now they threw overboard the French constitutional provision to disengage themselves from India permanently after obtaining some weak guarantees for their cultural presence. | Towards Freedom in Pondicherry Society Economy and Politics under French Rule (1816-1962)

GBP 120.00
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Mixed Use and Residential Tenants' Rights The Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 and Leasehold Enfranchisement

Mixed Use and Residential Tenants' Rights The Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 and Leasehold Enfranchisement

This book provides everyone associated with mixed use buildings with clarity of information in understanding the key laws. It includes a detailed overview of tenants' rights of first refusal under the 1987 act and tenants' rights of collective enfranchisement under the Leasehold Reform. | Mixed Use and Residential Tenants' Rights The Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 and Leasehold Enfranchisement

GBP 170.00
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Advanced Steel Design of Structures

Advanced Steel Design of Structures

Advanced Steel Design of Structures examines the design principles of steel members under special loads and covers special geometric forms and conditions not typically presented in standard design books. It explains advanced concepts in a simple manner using numerous illustrative examples and MATLAB® codes. Features: Provides analysis of members under unsymmetrical bending Includes coverage of structures with special geometry and their use in offshore applications for ultra-deep water oil and gas exploration Presents numerical modeling and analysis of steel members under fire conditions impact and blast loads Includes MATLAB® examples that will aid in the capacity building of civil engineering students approaching this complex subject Written for a broad audience the presentation of design concepts of steel members will be suitable for upper-level undergraduate students. The advanced design theories for offshore structures under special loads will be an attractive feature for post-graduate students and researchers. Practicing engineers will also find the book useful as it includes numerous solved examples and practical tutorials.

GBP 99.99
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Sovereignty and the Limits of International Law Regulating Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction

Sovereignty and the Limits of International Law Regulating Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction

The inspiration for this book comes from negotiations that are taking place under the auspices of the United Nations by an intergovernmental conference for a new International Legally Binding Instrument (ILBI) under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (ABNJ). The proposed ILBI is attempting to fill existing gaps under international law over marine biodiversity and Marine Genetic Resources (MGR) in ABNJ. One way it is attempting to do this is by having an Access and Benefit-Sharing (ABS) schema over these resources in ABNJ that the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and its Nagoya Protocol (NP) do not currently cover. These existing frameworks that regulate genetic resources are grounded in the notion of sovereignty. Effectively States have sovereign rights over their biological resources. The ILBI however is attempting to regulate marine biodiversity and MGR in ABNJ. Thus the notion that negotiators representing nation States under the auspices of the United Nations can regulate ABNJ is paradoxical – are these areas beyond nation States’ jurisdiction or not? Implicitly the negotiators are acting as though they have sovereignty over resources located in what has been historically a sovereign-free space. Thus the purpose of this book is to investigate this paradox. Essentially this book critiques the notion that ABNJ can actually be regulated under the auspices of the United Nations by nation-State negotiators. | Sovereignty and the Limits of International Law Regulating Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction

GBP 130.00
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