1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910799935603321

Autore

Duong Thanh

Titolo

Hegemonic globalisation : U.S. centrality and global strategy in the emerging world order / / by Thanh Duong

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , [2017]

©2002

ISBN

1-315-19527-5

1-351-76356-3

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (366 pages) : illustrations, tables

Collana

Routledge Revivals

Disciplina

327.73009049

Soggetti

Balance of power

United States Foreign relations 1993-2001

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part Introduction -- chapter An Analysis of the United States’ Global Strategy in the Emerging World Order / Thanh Duong -- part I Theory and Methodology -- chapter 1 A Conceptual Framework and Principles of Inquiry / Thanh Duong -- chapter 2 An Inquiry into Power / Thanh Duong -- chapter 3 An Inquiry into Hegemony / Thanh Duong -- part II The Debate and the Challenge -- chapter 4 The ‘Design’ of the International System and ‘the U.S. Hegemony’ After the Collapse of the Bretton Woods’ Fixed Exchange Rate System / Thanh Duong -- chapter 5 Balance of Power or Hegemony? / Thanh Duong -- chapter 6 Hegemonic Globalisation: The United States and the Integration of the Great Powers / Thanh Duong -- part III The Contenders in the Emerging World Order -- chapter 7 Russia: ‘Political Backlash Without Economic Conversion?’ 1 / Thanh Duong -- chapter 8 The PRC and the U.S. in the 21st Century: 'Preventing the Clash of Civilisations' 1 / Thanh Duong -- chapter 9 The European Union: 1 The ‘Grand Plan’ or Just ‘Hanging Together’? / Thanh Duong -- chapter 10 U.S.-Japan Relations: ‘The Anchor in the East’? / Thanh Duong -- chapter 11 U.S. Grand Strategy in the Emerging World Order: ‘The Sun and Its Planets’ 1 / Thanh Duong -- part IV Conclusion -- chapter Conclusion Hegemonic Globalisation: ‘The Highest Stage of Capitalism’? / Thanh Duong.



Sommario/riassunto

This title was first published in 2002. This innovative work analyses how the United States has laid down the foundations for global power. It reassesses and re-evaluates the declinist-renewal argument and challenges conventional balance of power theories, demonstrating how the United States is attempting to ’hegemonically globalise’ the entire international system. To evaluate the success of hegemonic globalisation, the book analyses four major powers and regions - Russia, the People’s Republic of China (PRC), the European Union (EU), and Japan - and their historical, political, economic, cultural and geopolitical relations with the United States. Each study examines the tangible and intangible sources of their relationship, and the possible tensions and resistance towards United States hegemony therein. Providing much-needed insight and a fresh perspective, this book makes a worthwhile contribution to our understanding of contemporary international power.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910627289803321

Titolo

Biology and breeding of food legumes / / edited by Aditya Pratap and Jitendra Kumar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wallingford, U.K. ; ; Cambridge, Mass., : CABI, 2011

ISBN

1-283-30583-6

9786613305831

1-84593-781-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (432 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PratapAditya <1976->

KumarJitendra <1973->

Disciplina

583/.74

Soggetti

Legumes - Breeding

Food crops - Breeding

Legumes as food

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; 1 History, Origin and



Evolution; 2 Domestication; 3 Biology of Food Legumes; 4 Breeding for Improvement of Cool Season Food Legumes; 5 Breeding for Improvement of Warm Season Food Legumes; 6 Distant Hybridization and Alien Gene Introgression; 7 Polyploidy; 8 Cytology and Molecular Cytogenetics; 9 Molecular Cytogenetics in Physical Mapping of Genomes and Alien Introgressions; 10 Micropropagation; 11 Androgenesis and Doubled-Haploid Production in Food Legumes; 12 Genetic Transformation; 13 Male Sterility and Hybrid Production Technology; 14 Mutagenesis

15 Breeding for Biotic Stresses16 Breeding for Abiotic Stresses; 17 Legume Improvement in Acidic and Less Fertile Soils; 18 Molecular Breeding Approach in Managing Abiotic Stresses; 19 Trait Mapping and Molecular Breeding; 20 Improving Protein Content and Nutrition Quality; 21 Underutilized Food Legumes: Potential for Multipurpose Uses; 22 Legumes as a Model Plant Family; 23 Plant Genetic Resources and Conservation of Biodiversity; 24 Seed Dormancy and Viability; 25 Postharvest Technology; 26 Value Addition and International Trade; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R

ST; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Food legumes are important constituents of the human diet and animal feed where they are crucial to a balanced diet, supplying high quality proteins. These crops also play an important role in low-input agricultural production systems by fixing atmospheric nitrogen. Despite systematic and continuous breeding efforts through conventional methods, substantial genetic gains have not been achieved. With the rise in demand for food legumes/pulses and increased market value of these crops, research has focused on increasing production and improving the quality of pulses for both edible and industria