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The emergence of a common security and foreign policy has been one of the most contentious issues accompanying the integration of the European Union. In this book, Michael Smith examines the specific ways foreign policy cooperation has been institutionalized in the EU, the way institutional development affects cooperative outcomes in foreign policy, and how those outcomes lead to new institutional reforms. Smith explains the evolution and performance of the institutional procedures of the EU using a unique analytical framework, supported by extensive empirical evidence drawn from interviews, case studies, official documents and secondary sources. His perceptive and well-informed analysis covers the entire history of EU foreign policy cooperation, from its origins in the late 1960s up to the start of the 2003 constitutional convention. Demonstrating the importance and extent of EU foreign/security policy, the book will be of interest to scholars, researchers and policy-makers.

Security, International. --- European Union --- #SBIB:044.AANKOOP --- #SBIB:327.7H233 --- 822.5 Europese Unie --- 876.1 Defensie --- Security, International --- 327.4 --- Foreign relations. --- Europese Unie: externe relaties, buitenlands- en defensiebeleid (ook WEU) --- Europe --- European Union countries --- -European Union countries --- -Foreign relations --- Politics and government --- Collective security --- International security --- International relations --- Disarmament --- International organization --- Peace --- -EU countries --- Euroland --- Council of Europe countries --- Eastern Hemisphere --- Eurasia --- Foreign relations --- International relations. Foreign policy --- Sécurité internationale --- Pays de l'Union européenne --- Politics and government. --- Relations extérieures --- Politique et gouvernement --- Social Sciences --- Political Science --- Europe - Foreign relations - 1989 --- -European Union countries - Foreign relations --- European Union countries - Politics and government

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Is wealth inequality a universal feature of human societies, or did early peoples live an egalitarian existence? How did inequality develop before the modern era? Did inequalities in wealth increase as people settled into a way of life dominated by farming and herding? Why in general do such disparities increase, and how recent are the high levels of wealth inequality now experienced in many developed nations? How can archaeologists tell ? Ten Thousand Years of Inequality addresses these and other questions by presenting the first set of consistent quantitative measurements of ancient wealth inequality. The authors are archaeologists who have adapted the Gini index, a statistical measure of wealth distribution often used by economists to measure contemporary inequality, and applied it to house-size distributions over time and around the world. Clear descriptions of methods and assumptions serve as a model for other archaeologists and historians who want to document past patterns of wealth disparity. The chapters cover a variety of ancient cases, including early hunter-¬gatherers, farmer villages, and agrarian states and empires. The final chapter synthesizes and compares the results. Among the new and notable outcomes, the authors report a systematic difference between higher levels of inequality in ancient Old World societies and lower levels in their New World counterparts. For the first time, archaeology allows humanity's deep past to provide an account of the early manifestations of wealth inequality around the world.

Archéologie sociale --- Égalité --- Société préhistorique --- Social archaeology --- Equality --- Prehistoric peoples --- Aspect économique --- Conditions sociales --- Economic aspects --- Social conditions --- Inégalité sociale --- Histoire --- Social archaeology. --- Economic aspects. --- Social conditions. --- Cavemen (Prehistoric peoples) --- Early man --- Man, Prehistoric --- Prehistoric archaeology --- Prehistoric human beings --- Prehistoric humans --- Prehistory --- Human beings --- Antiquities, Prehistoric --- Egalitarianism --- Inequality --- Social equality --- Social inequality --- Political science --- Sociology --- Democracy --- Liberty --- Archaeology --- Methodology --- Archéologie sociale. --- Aspect économique. --- Conditions sociales. --- Histoire. --- National wealth --- Archeology --- Primitive societies --- Equality Economic aspects --- Equality - Economic aspects --- Prehistoric peoples - Social conditions --- Archéologie sociale. --- Égalité --- Société préhistorique --- Inégalité sociale --- Aspect économique.

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Indians of Mexico --- Indians of Central America --- Neighborhoods --- Social archaeology --- Indiens d'Amérique --- Quartiers (Urbanisme) --- Archéologie sociale --- Urban residence --- History --- Habitat urbain --- Histoire --- Teotihuacán Site (San Juan Teotihuacán, Mexico) --- Mexico --- Central America --- Teotihuacán (Mexique : Site archéologique) --- Mexique --- Amérique centrale --- Antiquities. --- Antiquités --- Urban Indians