Focusing on East Asia, this book sets out a framework for analysing infectious disease threats in security terms. it covers the security significance of naturally occurring disease outbreak events such as SARS and avia Influenza, the development and use of biological weapons by state and nonstate actors and the security risks associated with laboratory research on pathogenic microorganisms.
Does democracy decrease state repression in line with the expectations of governments, international organizations, nongovernmental organizations, social movements, scholars, and ordinary citizens around the world? At present, most believe that a domestic democratic peace exists, rivaling that found in the realm of interstate conflict.
Buku ini pun ditulis berdasarkan penelitian dengan metode studi kepustakaan, pengamatan, dan pendekatan sistem. Pendekatan sistem dilakukan dengan menelusuri keterkaitan antara satu hal dengan hal lain. Pendekatan sistem juga dilakukan dengan mencari akar permasalahan dan mengembangkan solusi permasalahan sehingga jadilah demokrasi alternatif yang merupakan sintesis dari semuanya. Penulis menaw…
Salah satu hal yang mendasar dari setiap putusan Mahkamah Konstitusi adalah terkait implementasi putusannya. Sebagaimana diketahui, Mahkamah Konstitusi bukanlah institusi yang memiliki paratus untuk memastikan penerapan putusannya. Mahkamah hanyalah memiliki kewenangan untuk memeriksa, mengadili memutus perkara konstitusional yang menjadi kewenangan atau kewajibannya berdasarkan konstitusi. Sal…
Multiculturalism is controversial in the liberal state and has frequently been declared dead, even in countries that have never had a policy under that name. This authoritative book reviews the different meanings multiculturalism has acquired across theories, countries, and domains to evaluate the extent of its demise and the ways in which it lives on. Christian Joppke intriguingly argues that,…
This book surveys the implications of freedom of the press for a constitutionally rooted public right of access to electronic and print media. Part one provides general perspectives on access to the media, including discussions of access in relation to the Supreme Court, to First Amendment history and theory, to current perceptions of the press, and to a possible remedy for concentration of the…
This book presents econometrics not as a series of statistical techniques but as a way of doing applied economics. It teaches the statistical techniques that are the basis of econometric analysis, but it teaches them in the context of important economic problems and addresses them with economic analysis. It draws on principles-level knowledge of economic models and economic issues such as monet…
Bencana alam merupakan konsekuensi dari kombinasi aktivitas alami, baik peristiwa fisik, seperti letusan gunung, gempa bumi, tanah longsor, dan aktivitas manusia. Ketidakberdayaan manusia akibat kurang baiknya manajemen kesiapsiagaan dan keadaan darurat menyebabkan kerugian dalam bidang keuangan dan struktural, bahkan sampai kematian. Buku ini disusun sebagai referensi Manajemen Penanggulangan …
This book will represent the only publication covering the complete history of Asia’s post-crisis credit markets. Readers will appreciate the history and dynamics of the markets, while issuers will value this work as the first to provide an independent and unbiased comparison of all products, currencies and sectors.