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Klappentext The Annual Editions series is designed to provide convenient, inexpensive access to a wide range of current articles from some of the most respected magazines, newspapers, and journals published today. Annual Editions are updated on a regular basis through a continuous monitoring of over 300 periodical sources. The articles selected are authored by prominent scholars, researchers, and commentators writing for a general audience. Each Annual Editions volume has a number of features designed to make them especially valuable for classroom use: an annotated Table of Contents, a Topic Guide, an annotated listing of supporting websites, Learning Outcomes and a brief overview for each unit, and Critical Thinking questions at the end of each article. Go to the McGraw-Hill Create(TM) Annual Editions Article Collection at www.mcgrawhillcreate.com/annualeditions to browse the entire collection. Select individual Annual Editions articles to enhance your course, or access and select the entire Westerhof: Annual Editions: Comparative Politics, 33/e ExpressBook for an easy, pre-built teaching resource by clicking here. Inhaltsverzeichnis UNIT: Why Comparative Politics? David Cameron's Dangerous Game: The Folly of Flirting with an EU Exit, Matthias Matthijs, Foreign Affairs, 2013A British exit from the European Union is considered disastrous for the United Kingdom, as well as for the rest of Europe and the United States. Within the United Kingdom there is a dislike for Brussels, Belgium, on many fronts. The British Prime Minister, David Cameron, has not been successful in calculating and neutralizing the "restless Europeskeptic backbenchers." Cameron's actions differ from Margaret Thatcher, who was a driving force in the establishment of a European common market in the 1980s. Ironically, Churchill was one of the first European leaders to call for a United States of Europe. But it was DeGaulle who vetoed the United Kingdom's application to join the European Economic Community. DeGaulle had a grudge against Churchill, and thus is history made. Today many believe that real danger would be generated if the United Kingdom chooses to end its relationship with Europe. Ukraine Declares One-Week Cease-Fire in Fight With Pro-Russia Rebels, Lucas I. Alpert and William Maudlin, Wall Street Journal, 2014As this has gone to press, the cease-fire to put down a pro-Russia rebellion in the Ukraine has not held. There have been several planes that have been shot down over Ukraine, including the MH17 plane flying only civilians. Investigators had not been able to get to the crash site for over three weeks due to fighting and some mines placed in the ground. Leaders Sound Alarm in General Assembly Debate on Unprecedented Mix of Challenges in Middle East, Taking 'Terror to a New Era and a New Level', United Nations Department of Public Information, 2014The General Assembly is the main deliberative, policy making and representative organ of the United Nations. Heads of State and ministerial levels of country representatives gathered in New York City for the Sixty Ninth General Assembly meeting of the United Nations. The General Assembly debates included a mix of global challenges, including terrorism and "pockets" of world hate, the Ebola crisis, climate change, the benefits of European integration, as well as recognizing the positive elements of the United Nations Charter and the importance of all coming together. Many delegates voiced concerns that were similar to each other. The 2014 General Assembly meeting was also to set the agenda for the General Assembly meeting of 2015. The Millennium Development Goals will expire in 2015, and a new global agenda will be implemented. It's critical that this new, post-2015 agenda include concrete steps to eradicate extreme poverty from the face of the earth by 2030, and to deliver on the promise of sustainable development. A Korea Whole and Free, Sue Mi Terry, Foreign Affair...
