Political Science - General

American Christians and patriots know that a battle is brewing. It is a battle for the heart and soul of our nation. Since the election of Barack Obama its temperature has reached an all-time high. The battleground is spiritual, political, and even physical-and the...

The Northeast Asian security environment is closely linked to Korea's growth perspectives for the future. The spectacular rise of the South Korean economy in the past half century, also known as "Miracle on the Han River," has been duly highlighted as one of the...

Especially when there is a lot of political rhetoric in the air, those of us with strong political convictions are inclined to reflect on just why we hold certain views even as others who are basically like us hold very different ones. Social scientists...

This book analyzes the double ballot electoral system used in France, and the effect of electoral rules on the number of candidates, voter strategies and ideological choice. Compares the French experience to other democracies including Russia, Ukraine and U.S. Author: Bernard DolezISBN-10: 1441975381ISBN-13: 9781441975386Publisher:...

Here is an historical overview and analysis of the Enlightenment's influence on modern democratic societies, modern culture, political science, civil society and the economy. Explores counter-Enlightenment, Post-Enlightenment and Neo-Enlightenment philosophies. Author: Milan ZafirovskiISBN-10: 1441973869ISBN-13: 9781441973863Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/29/2010Pages: 367Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.55lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w...

Poverty still persists in today's low-income countries despite decades of international aid, and extensive research on the determinants of growth and development. The book argues that meeting this challenge requires a holistic understanding of the context-specific factors that influence economic behavior and structures in...

In the early 1990s, major electoral reforms took place in both Italy and Japan; each replaced a form of "proportional representation" (in which voters cast a ballot for a party list) with a "mixed member" system (in which voters cast ballots for individual candidates...

This book brings together leading scholars from several disciplines to address post-disaster reconstruction, management of natural resources, and regional development in earthquake-hit areas using the lessons from the Wenchuan earthquake of May 2008. Author: Rongxing GuoISBN-10: 1441964355ISBN-13: 9781441964359Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/28/2010Pages: 174Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.99lbsSize:...

Reform Processes and Policy Change examines the role of veto players in political reform in addition to more recent developments in theoretical and empirical progress. The volume comprises of international examples from experts in the field of veto player theory, across the globe.Author: Thomas...

The mechanisms of protest and revolution have been the subject of theoretical research for over a century, yet the lack of data has hindered the empirical validation of conflicting theories. In this book, the author presents a unique new set of sub-daily data from...

Extrajudicial executions have blighted parts of the world for generations, but criminological coverage has been superficial and selective, in that it has concentrated on South America giving the impression that this is a problem specific to that part of the world and associated with...

Elizabeth, Empress of Austria is a biographical account of the life of Empress Elizabeth, also known as Sisi, written by Count Egon Corti. The book delves into the fascinating life of one of the most enigmatic and beautiful women in European history. Born into...

This book offers an examination of the idea of representation and the institutional realities that shaped it in early modern Europe and European America. Contributors demonstrate how a country's history, society, and national experience dictate how representation is realized in political institutions, including parliaments,...

Liberal defences of nationalism have become prevalent since the mid-1980's. Curiously, they have largely neglected the fact that nationalism is primarily about land. Should liberals throw up their hands in despair when confronting conflicting claims stemming from incommensurable national narratives and holy texts? Should...

A major aim of Nation-Building, Identity and Citizenship Education: Cross-cultural Perspectives is to present a global overview of selected scholarly research on global and comparative trends in dominant discourses of identity politics, and nation-building in comparative education research. It provides an easily accessible, practical,...

This book arose from a conversation between Lars Engwall and Richard Whitley during the 2003 European Group for Organization Studies Colloquium in Copenhagen about important topics for future research. We agreed then, and this has been amply confirmed by subsequent events, that the proliferation...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

The events surrounding the trial of Charles I have been remarkably understudied by historians, despite a wealth of information regarding both the proceedings and personalities involved, and contemporary responses and reactions. These essays submit one of the most momentous events in English history to...

Standards wars of open source software products are far from being adequately understood. Through the examination of the Mozilla Firefox case, this book provides an in-depth analysis of the drivers, mechanisms and strategies involved in winning a standards-battle in open source software.Author: I. Oshri,Kenneth...

The relevance of culture has recently enjoyed increasing recognition for the study of European integration and a European identity. Appeals to a common European culture as well as appeals to different national cultures have been used respectively as a means to pursue political ends....

The Rediscovery of America features some twenty representatives of England, France and America, whose careers in some sense straddled the Atlantic in the last quarter of the eighteenth century. While not establishing causal links between the American and French Revolutions, the collective weight of...

The central theme of this book is the relationship between the regulation of energy production and environmental regulation. The book explores four themes: Assessing Regulatory Impacts; Energy Pricing; Public Policy towards New Investment and Multi-Regulation, and includes contributions from leading analysts in the fields...

This groundbreaking collection of essays challenges the notion that early postwar Britain was characterised by a consensus between the major political parties arising out of the experiences of the wartime coalition government. The volume collects for the first time the views of the revisionist...

'The book's radical message "save livelihoods not just lives" should be on the desk of every policy-maker concerned with relief and development and demands a rethink of policy and practice across the board.' - Robert Chambers, Institute of Development Studies 'A book on development...

The 19 speechs in this volume explain many aspects of China's market-based rural economic reforms. They were delivered primarily to groups of government or Party officials by Du Runsheng, director of the Rural Development Research Center (RDRC) of China's State Council for much of...

These new essays cover aspects of monetary theory as well as monetary policy, the prime objective being the development of intellectual tools in order to find new ways of thinking to existing and new monetary problems in an increasingly unstable world economy marked by...

This volume contains the proceedings of the Tenth Keynes Seminar held by Keynes College at the University of Kent at Canterbury in 1991. The purpose of the seminars is to examine for the student and the layman, as well as for the professional economist,...

The Japanese Experience of Economic Reforms offers a renewed investigation into the process of economic reforms and stabilization in Japan after the Second World War. Each chapter reviews policy measures undertaken during this process, discusses their economic rationale, and evaluates their effectiveness. The authors...

The book begins with an editors' introduction that provides a conceptual setting for a comparative study of the role of policy in the development of the postwar Japanese and West German economies. It then offers detailed comparative analyses of developments in the two countries...

Many improvements have been made to the information. Latitude and longitude references have been added, much more information on capital cities and massive updating of industrial information and population figures. The previous edition was published in 1986.Author: John PaxtonISBN-10: 1349213845ISBN-13: 9781349213849Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

A compilation of papers given at a Conference of the International Economic Association analyze the world-wide experiences of incomes policy when, in the 1970s and early 1980s, this was seen as a crucial target for government.Author: Victor L. UrquidiISBN-10: 1349203831ISBN-13: 9781349203833Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

Author: Terence H. QualterISBN-10: 1349177776ISBN-13: 9781349177776Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1985Pages: 317Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.93lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.74d

This book, by the author of the best-seller 'Winston Churchill', is a concise reassessment of the first postwar British Governments based upon original sources - a task not previously attempted by any scholar. While sympathetic to Labour's aims in the 1945 general election campaign...

This book deals with competition policy from the standpoint of a business executive. It enables a busy reader to go straight to the business practice with which he is concerned and from there to a summary of the authorities' treatment of that practice. At...

Government is analysed as the product of exchange among individuals who differ in their bargaining power. This approach shows why individuals agree to political institutions that give their governments extensive power, and why even the most powerful government benefits from constitutional rules constraining the...

East-West trade and technology transfer have always been linked to the issue of "national security". The author identifies many different Western doctrines on East-West trade, demonstrating that two basic belief systems underly these doctrines.Author: Peter Van HamISBN-10: 1349126128ISBN-13: 9781349126125Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1992Pages: 276Format:...

Provides a study of the opportunities and dangers of Chile's transition from Pinochet's authoritarian, neo-liberalism in the 1970s and 1980s, to democratic agricultural development in the 1990s. International experts address issues such as continuity and change in policymaking and legitimacy.Author: David E. HojmanISBN-10: 1349123366ISBN-13:...

Using Thai-language archival material, this book examines a crucial element in the dismantling of the traditional government structure and the installation of a Western-style administration - the creation of a modern Ministry of Finance.Author: Ian BrownISBN-10: 1349121711ISBN-13: 9781349121717Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1992Pages: 146Format: PaperbackWeight:...

Since Gorbachev came to power much has happened in the Soviet Union. This book provides a comprehensive and composite analysis of the reforms that have taken place in the Soviet Union since 1985.Author: Leo CooperISBN-10: 1349117048ISBN-13: 9781349117048Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1991Pages: 190Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.58lbsSize:...

A biography of Edward Boyle, written as a collection of essays by former colleagues and friends. The essays are presented in chronological sequence and discuss in detail certain periods and events of his life.Author: Ann GoldISBN-10: 1349111058ISBN-13: 9781349111053Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1991Pages: 184Format: PaperbackWeight:...

Written to honour the memory of J.C. Weldon, this collection of essays seeks to reflect Weldon's professional interest in economic history and theory, including their relevance to social and political problems.Author: A. AsimakopulosISBN-10: 1349109134ISBN-13: 9781349109135Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1990Pages: 268Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.82lbsSize: 8.50h x...

Index numbers of price and quantity play an important role in the index-linking of government loans. The object of this study is to ascertain what formulae should be used in the construction of new index numbers to replace those known to produce biased measures...

This book describes the profound structural change in Japan's agriculture from its politically marginalized, economically fragmented, traditional labour-intensive postwar mode of production to its current dual modern shape of a highly capitalized, politically organized and protected sector.Author: Albrecht RothacherISBN-10: 1349103055ISBN-13: 9781349103058Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

An examination of many aspects of French society in the late 1980s. It looks at a series of key and often controversial issues related to this critical period of contemporary French history - privatization, unemployment, immigration, education and international terrorism.Author: John H. TuppenISBN-10: 134909966XISBN-13:...

Author: S. WrightISBN-10: 1349081701ISBN-13: 9781349081707Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1987Pages: 214Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.67lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.54d

Author: W. Von LeydenISBN-10: 1349077399ISBN-13: 9781349077397Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1985Pages: 145Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.36d

Author: Robert M. WorcesterISBN-10: 1349057460ISBN-13: 9781349057467Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1983Pages: 246Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.73lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.59d

Author: R. F. Elliott,J. L. FallickISBN-10: 1349037672ISBN-13: 9781349037674Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1981Pages: 178Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.56lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.45d

Author: John PrestISBN-10: 1349034754ISBN-13: 9781349034758Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1977Pages: 165Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.51lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.41d

Author: Kenneth HudsonISBN-10: 1349032042ISBN-13: 9781349032044Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1978Pages: 167Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.51lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.41d