Henry Farrell

Baby Jane, a former child star of early vaudeville who resented having to grow up in the shadow of her prettier sister, Blanche, is now casting her own sinister shadow over Blanche, an invalid who must rely on Jane for her care

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

How America Weaponized the World Economy

Underground Empire

Daniel W. Drezner

Abraham L. Newman

Uses and Abuses of Weaponized Interdependence

O Que Tera Acontecido a Baby Jane

What Ever Happened to Cousin Charlotte?

Abraham Newman

How America Weaponized the Global Economy

The Debut of Larry Richards

First, The Egg

How disputes over privacy and security have shaped the relationship between the European Union and the United States and what this means for the future We live in an interconnected world, where security problems like terrorism are spilling across borders, and globalized data networks and e-commerce platforms are reshaping the world economy. This means that states' jurisdictions and rule systems clash. How have they negotiated their differences over freedom and security? Of Privacy and Power investigates how the European Union and United States, the two major regulatory systems in world politics, have regulated privacy and security, and how their agreements and disputes have reshaped the transatlantic relationship. The transatlantic struggle over freedom and security has usually been depicted as a clash between a peace-loving European Union and a belligerent United States. Henry Farrell and Abraham Newman demonstrate how this misses the point. The real dispute was between two transnational coalitions--one favoring security, the other liberty--whose struggles have reshaped the politics of surveillance, e-commerce, and privacy rights. Looking at three large security debates in the period since 9/11, involving Passenger Name Record data, the SWIFT financial messaging controversy, and Edward Snowden's revelations, the authors examine how the powers of border-spanning coalitions have waxed and waned. Globalization has enabled new strategies of action, which security agencies, interior ministries, privacy NGOs, bureaucrats, and other actors exploit as circumstances dictate. The first serious study of how the politics of surveillance has been transformed, Of Privacy and Power offers a fresh view of the role of information and power in a world of economic interdependence.

The Transatlantic Struggle Over Freedom and Security

Of Privacy and Power

Trust and cooperation are at the heart of the two most important approaches to comparative politics - rational choice and political culture. Yet we know little about trust's relationship to political institutions. This book sets out a rationalist theory of how institutions - and in particular informal institutions - can affect trust without reducing it to fully determine expectations. It then shows how this theory can be applied to comparative political economy, and in particular to explaining inter-firm cooperation in industrial districts, geographical areas of intense small firm collaboration. The book compares trust and cooperation in two prominent districts in the literature, one in Emilia Romagna, Italy, and the other in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It also sets out and applies a theory of how national informal institutions may change as a result of changes in global markets, and shows how similar mechanisms may explain persistent distrust too among Sicilian Mafiosi.

Institutions, Interests, and Inter-Firm Cooperation in Italy and Germany

The Political Economy of Trust

How globalized information networks can be used for strategic advantage Until recently, globalization was viewed, on balance, as an inherently good thing that would benefit people and societies nearly everywhere. Now there is growing concern that some countries will use their position in globalized networks to gain undue influence over other societies through their dominance of information and financial networks, a concept known as “weaponized interdependence.” In exploring the conditions under which China, Russia, and the United States might be expected to weaponize control of information and manipulate the global economy, the contributors to this volume challenge scholars and practitioners to think differently about foreign economic policy, national security, and statecraft for the twenty-first century. The book addresses such questions as: What areas of the global economy are most vulnerable to unilateral control of information and financial networks? How sustainable is the use of weaponized interdependence? What are the possible responses from targeted actors? And how sustainable is the open global economy if weaponized interdependence becomes a default tool for managing international relations?

The Uses and Abuses of Weaponized Interdependence

Ferrand

Un film de Robert Aldrich (1962) a illustré avec talent ce mélodrame d'horreur qui fait s'affronter sournoisement deux soeurs, anciennes actrices oubliées, chez qui fermente le venin de certains souvenirs. Le roman de 1960 profite de cette perverse illustration.

Qu'est-il arrivé à Baby Jane ?

Che fine ha fatto Baby Jane?

Jane et Blanche se haïssent. Anciennes comédiennes, ces deux sœurs vivent recluses dans leur vieille demeure de Beverly Hills. Ex-enfant star tombée dans l'oubli, Baby Jane jalouse sa sœur Blanche qui, elle, a connu la gloire à Hollywood.À présent, Blanche est clouée dans un fauteuil roulant – ce dont Jane profite pour asseoir sa tyrannie.De ce huis clos tissé de rancœurs et de frustrations, Robert Aldrich a tiré un film réunissant deux monstres sacrés : Bette Davis et Joan Crawford.Trois nouvelles inédites complètent ce recueil : Qu'est-il arrivé à cousine Charlotte ?, Les Débuts de Larry Richards et L'Œuf d'Orvil. Toutes mettent en scène des personnages psychologiquement torturés, manipulateurs et pervers.

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