Political Science - General

Soviet Perceptions of the United States examines how Soviet scholars and policy analysts conceptualized American power, politics, and society during the Cold War, and how these perceptions informed Moscow's foreign policy. Drawing heavily on writings from the USA Institute (founded in 1967 under Georgi...

Rugged Justice: The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the American West, 1891-1941 by David C. Frederick offers the first full history of the nation's largest regional appellate court during its formative half-century, showing how law and landscape shaped one another across a vast...

The concept of the metropolitan area, as best exemplified by Los Angeles, has highlighted two contradictory characteristics of the current urban scene: the dispersion of political power among a number of centers, and the presence of issues and problems whose impact transcends the jurisdiction...

Explores systematically the relation of Levinas' thought to the political and how the ethical resources he offers can enrich our understanding of the political. This is essential reading for all students of philosophy and politics.Author: Howard CaygillISBN-10: 0415112486ISBN-13: 9780415112482Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/13/2002Pages: 232Format: HardcoverWeight:...

The introductory chapter of this book presents the concepts of the bene?ts inherent in the study of comparative approach for an effective counterterrorism response on the local law enforcement level and overviews the inception of the project. Throughout the twentieth century and into the...

Dina Siegel and Hans Nelen The term 'global organized crime' has been in use in criminology since the mid 1990s. Even more general and abstract than its daughter-terms (transnational or cross-border organized crime), 'global organized crime' seems to embrace the activities of criminal groups...

A unique collaboration between experts in cognitive psychotherapy and political science, this book emphasizes the value of human psychology in negotiation and mediation. Drawing on a wide range of theory and data, from neuroscientific findings and historical events to the rational-emotive model of behavior,...

Computing in the Nordic countries started in late 1940s mainly as an engineering activity to build computing devices to perform mathematical calculations and assist mathematicians and engineers in scientific problem solving. The early computers of the Nordic countries emerged during the 1950s and had...

Praise for But Was It Just? "This is a remarkable contribution to contemporary debate on the issues of distinctively contemporary war. For those who want to know what the strongest arguments are on each side of the issues it is essential reading." - Alasdair...

The Routledge Handbook of Self-Determination and Secession explores the various debates surrounding the issues of self-determination and secession, and the legal, political, and normative implications they give rise to.Author: Ryan D. GriffithsISBN-10: 0367692465ISBN-13: 9780367692469Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/29/2024Pages: 638Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.33lbsSize: 9.69h x 6.85w x...

This book analyses the process of the recruitment of foreign fighters from the Western Balkans, specifically Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo, to Syria and Iraq from 2012 to 2015.Author: Tanja Dramac JiriesISBN-10: 0367633795ISBN-13: 9780367633790Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/10/2021Pages: 184Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.02lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x...

This book, first published in 1988, analyses the interests and activities of the Soviet Union in the northern Atlantic. It focuses on the growth in exploration and exploitation of resources and to the problems presented by jurisdictional disputes. The responses of NATO, the United...

This book explores the political significance of the development of historical revisionism in the USSR under Khrushchev in the wake of the Twentieth Congress of the CPSU and its demise with the onset of the 'period of stagnation' under Brezhnev. On the basis of...

Russia's post-reform crisis can be alleviated. The country has the market, the abundant natural resources and the human skills that foreign investors seek. What it needs is policies that enhance FDI inflows. Policy-makers can learn from the other large emerging markets like China, India,...

The start of the European monetary union gave additional impetus to the lively debate on the effects of monetary policy and the appropriate strategy for central banks. This book collects papers and comments by leading academics and central bankers such as O.Issing, M.King, B.McCallum,...

In recent years critics of Romantic poetry have divided into two groups that have little to say to one another. One group, as yet the most numerous, insists that to study a poem is to investigate the historical circumstances out of which it was...

This volume examines the transformation of politics and social movements at various levels. Starting with a transformation of identity within social movements, it goes on to discuss changes in the scale of social movement mobilisation. The impact of social movements on the state is...

During the Second World War, British and Imperial forces captured more than half a million Italian soldiers, sailors and airmen. Although a symbol of military success, these prisoners created a multitude of problems for the authorities throughout the war. This book looks at how...

This is the first book that documents and analyses the paramount role of secret services in the decomposition of the communist system and the conversion of its elites into new capitalists. The surge of civil society in 1980s Poland prompted a parallel expansion of...

This book is unique in recording the history of all the Protestant churches in Ireland in the twentieth century, though with particular focus on the two largest - the Presbyterian and the Church of Ireland. It examines the changes and chances in those churches...

This volume sets out to examine the history of Ireland in the years following the Dail's ratification of independence from Britain in 1922. The different authors in the collection, all experts on different aspects of Irish history from the first half of the twentieth...

Spanning diverse current topics in the field of international strategic management, this collection represents the best writings of Peter Buckley, one of the world's leading authorities in the field. The book looks at three main areas in detail: international strategic management and government policy;...

The primary objective of Maguire's study is to consider the evolution of women's role in the Conservative Party since the time of Disraeli and try to assess whether it has always been one of progress. To do this she examines not only the attitude...

This is a collection of papers on industrial policy - the role of governments in promoting industrial development - and the particular significance of technology development. Two essays deal with the general debate on industrial policy and the nature of technology development; two are...

Sir Walter Ralegh created a powerful public identity by means of the prose texts he wrote from prison. This new study not only offers a much-needed analysis of these neglected political writings, but also demonstrates the ways in which his readers modified Ralegh's public...

A stimulating treatment of an area of public life which is a subject of continuing debate and controversy. This volume covers the years in which ITV faced more challenges than at any time in its history and its regulator, the IBA, was subject to...

In 1845 Frederick Engels wrote that 'Manchester is the seat of the most powerful unions, the central point of Chartism, the place which numbers the most Socialists'. There have been many local studies of the Chartist struggle for democratic political reform, but there is...

This volume is designed first to provide a theoretical orientation and historical perspective on the rise of the middle classes in modern civilization, and second, to portray the social and political roles these classes have played and continue to play in the United States...

This book examines what 'republicanism' meant to the Americans who drafted and ratified the United States Constitution, guaranteeing a 'republican form of government' to every state in the Union. M.N.S.Sellers compares the writings and speeches of the founders with the authors they read and...

A review of the way in which the Thatcher government dealt with employment reforms between 1980 and 1990. Included in the book are chapters on trade union democracy and the role of the TUC, deregulation of the labour market and an examination of how...

The 1970s and 1980s saw a radical expansion of manufacturing from developing countries, triggering off a new type of trade conflict in world trade. The response of industrial countreis has been multi-fold: ranging from protection in sensitive industries to preferences. This book takes stock,...

This book takes as its theme the ways in which governments legitimate their rule, both to themselves and to their subjects. Its introduction explores legitimacy and pre-colonial states, but the three sections of the book deal with colonial legitimacy, the question of legitimation in...

The last two decades have seen significant changes in the pattern of protectionism, both in terms of the instruments used, and the countries affected. The papers in this volume address all aspects of global protectionism. As well as evaluating aspects of regional protectionism, the...

The Japanese take education very seriously. They see economic success and social wellbeing as intimately tied-up with such provision. Perhaps no other country can equal the level of commitment of the Japanese to education. This book explores the development of such attitudes, the history...

How much do we understand about the nature and possible consequences of environmental threats? How are individuals, industry and governments facing up to the destructive potential of ecological degradation? In Sustaining Earth, leading scientists describe and explain the principal environmental threats and their implications....

A collection of essays on the contemporary crisis and change in South Africa which considers the international political position, Afrikaner politics, South African economics, internal Black politics, The United Democratic Front, Black trade unions and constitutional change.Author: D. BrewerISBN-10: 0333470605ISBN-13: 9780333470602Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

This collection of essays looks at recent developments in the crisis theory of capitalist development and relates such theories directly to the current patterns of economic, political technological and cultural changes associated with societal restructuring in industrialized countries.Author: Mark GottdeinerISBN-10: 0333455827ISBN-13: 9780333455821Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage:...

Author: Sydney D. BaileyISBN-10: 0333443845ISBN-13: 9780333443842Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/09/1987Pages: 210Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.66lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.53d

The book analyses and evaluates the development role and impact of the state in East Asia, in both capitalist (South Korea and Taiwan) and socialist (China) contexts. It makes use of new research data on the mechanisms and impact of state intervention in East...

The financial services revolution has transformed what was once a backwater into a glamorous and dangerous part of modern economies. Intense competition and ferocious struggles for advantage in world markets are the signs of revolutionary change. Michael Moran's book breaks new ground by examining...

In the controversy over the reporting of the Falklands conflict, criticism focused on the media's use of armchair strategists to interpret and speculate about operations in the South Atlantic. Valerie Adams sets that media commentary in an historical perspective and examines its actual content...

Includes radicals of the Chartist and earlier periods, trade unionists and other radicals after 1850. The book is especially concerned with 20th-century activists and intellectuals, notably those whose formative years or main political life was spent during the period between the two World Wars.Author:...

Author: Mark AbramsISBN-10: 0333386760ISBN-13: 9780333386767Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/12/1985Pages: 351Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.38lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.00d

A systematic study contending that the distinctive theory of rationality found at the heart of Keynes' philosophy moulded his economic theorist policy-making, scientific methodology and politics. It aims to resolve his departure from Neoclassical economics to his radical "General Theory".Author: R. M. O'DonnellISBN-10: 0333362861ISBN-13:...

Author: Oliver MacDonagh,Pauric TraversISBN-10: 0333328582ISBN-13: 9780333328583Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/21/1983Pages: 289Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.18lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.81d

Author: S. TaylorISBN-10: 0333315413ISBN-13: 9780333315415Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/03/1984Pages: 176Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d

Author: Geoffrey EdwardsISBN-10: 0333309200ISBN-13: 9780333309209Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/11/1985Pages: 244Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.08lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.75d

Author: Ian SeymourISBN-10: 0333306678ISBN-13: 9780333306673Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/17/1980Pages: 306Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.23lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.88d

Author: A. H. SomjeeISBN-10: 0333287193ISBN-13: 9780333287194Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/11/1982Pages: 124Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.72lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.44d

Author: Brian Burkitt,David BowersISBN-10: 0333259947ISBN-13: 9780333259948Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/08/1979Pages: 124Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.32d