Political Science - General

This book explores the impact of Japanese and European nontariff barriers (NTBs) on the international marketing, investment, and technology strategies of small- to medium-sized high-technology U.S. firms. .Author: Michael F. OppenheimerISBN-10: 0367163888ISBN-13: 9780367163884Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/07/2020Pages: 204Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 8.70h x 5.80w x 0.70d

This book was written to make modem policy analysis methods accessible to policy analysts. It can improve policy decisions by combining the best analytical methods with the power of analysts' and decisionmakers' good judgment and with microcomputer hardware and software.Author: Luther TweetenISBN-10: 0367162962ISBN-13: 9780367162962Publisher:...

This book focuses on the food chains and biomass yields of the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone and adjacent waters. It provides case studies of large marine ecosystems and focuses on the management strategies for increasing the long-term sustainability of the living marine resources. .Author:...

This book addresses the questions with respect to the Warsaw Treaty Organization, also known as the Warsaw Pact. It examines the effect East-West relations have on cohesion and how Warsaw Pact allies have distributed the defense effort in the past.Author: Daniel N. NelsonISBN-10: 0367160307ISBN-13:...

This book evaluates reforms in the North Atlantic Alliance, the new European Union, and the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe. It examines the policies of the key allies--the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and France.Author: Alexander MoensISBN-10: 0367159279ISBN-13: 9780367159276Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

This anthology constitutes an attempt to take stock of the debate on non-offensive defence after the Cold War, providing information on a research project that was initiated in 1985 at the Centre for Peace and Conflict Research in Copenhagen.Author: Bjorn MollerISBN-10: 0367159317ISBN-13: 9780367159313Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage:...

This book presents the proceedings of the fifth biannual symposium on "Energy and Security Concerns in the Atlantic Community". It aims to project what the future will hold for the peace movements and their effects on the policies of the Atlantic Community.Author: Werner J....

This book is a guide designed to help Third World planners to orient planning procedures for bioenergy projects in the context of a rational economic development strategy. It describes the characteristics of a wide variety of bioenergy crops and the relationship of bioenergy to...

This book provides an examination of the rise of data services and the impact of these services on international economic transactions. It looks at trade and foreign direct investment in services in general and aims to analyze particularly the economic impact of transborder data...

This monograph is about macro alternatives to unemployment and underemployment. It examines macroeconomic theories of labour market behavior and labour force definitions and concepts, assessing how productive they are in formulating employment strategies for Colombia.Author: Michael HopkinsISBN-10: 0367155982ISBN-13: 9780367155988Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/07/2020Pages: 130Format: PaperbackWeight:...

This volume, based on papers presented at a conference on Environmental Security after Communism at Carleton University, explores the linkages between environmental quality and security in Eastern Europe and the Soviet successor states.Author: Joan DebardelebenISBN-10: 0367154544ISBN-13: 9780367154547Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/09/2020Pages: 188Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.61lbsSize: 8.40h...

Most people in the Caribbean are poor, and the economies of their countries, shaped by colonizing powers, remain highly dependent on international markets, Caribbean nations that have tried to follow a more autonomous course have found themselves at odds with the United States, which...

This book assesses the attractiveness of Brazil as a location for automobile and steel production in the future. It evaluates the export performance of Brazil's motor-vehicle and steel industries in different markets and identifies the determinants of the country's current position in world markets.Author:...

In six months bridging 1989 and 1990, the German Democratic Republic underwent a transformation that took the world almost completely by surprise. Yet unlike the revolution in Poland a decade earlier, only a small percentage of workers played apolitically active role in the fall...

The Persian Gulf crisis may well have been the most extensively polled episode in U.S. history as President Bush, his opponents, and even Saddam Hussein appealed to, and tried to influence, public opinion. As well documented as this phenomenon was, it remains largely unexplained....

Author: Zachary WiedemannISBN-13: 9798234022103Publisher: Zach WiedemannLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/03/2026Pages: 94Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.22lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.23d

Revised and updated 2019 edition with an analysis of the Modi yearsIndia continues to punch below its weight, failing to achieve what it could and should be doing. It has the vast potential of a population of over a billion people, abundant natural resources...

Was bedeutet "accountability" internationaler Organisationen und transnationaler Unternehmen? Wie konnen diese ausreichend verantwortlich gemacht werden? Dieses Buch analysiert und vergleicht die Ausgestaltung von "accountability" - Begrundungsansatze, Konzeptionierung, Grundstruktur und Mechanismen. Exemplarisch hierfur werden zwei Einrichtungen genau untersucht: die Vereinten Nationen und Siemens. Gemeinsamkeiten und...

The growing importance of national parliaments is one feature of the stronger differentiation within the EU. Habermasian expectations of an increasing consensus on political norms seem to be invalidated by current events. In her book, in which she draws on her award-winning PhD thesis,...

This book is about the continuity and historical and sociological ruptures experienced by Turkey during its process of modernisation. The author's aim is to reveal Turkey's social structure through theoretical and empirical examinations and by using certain problems as a point of reference. The...

Risk and Morality examines how decisions about risk and uncertainty relate to moral principles and ethical conduct. Editors Richard Ericson and Aaron Doyle have brought together in this volume a selection of original essays on the topic by renowned scholars in the disciplines of...

'My aim with the 53rd Boyer Lectures has been to inject new ideas and new ways of thinking about the status of Indigenous people in Australia and about the impact of the mining boom in the Aboriginal domain. My hope is that my interpretation...

Derives from an unprecedented seminar held at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs in November 1990Author: Fathi HabashiISBN-10: 0677122209ISBN-13: 9780677122205Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/20/1973Pages: 248Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.10lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d

A Gallery Book. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.Author: Jill BidenISBN-10: 1668222884ISBN-13: 9781668222881Publisher: Gallery BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/02/2026Pages: 288Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.06lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d

The important role of the Temperance movement throughout American history is analyzed as clashes and conflicts between rival social systems, cultures, and status groups. Sometimes the "dry" is winning the classic battle for prestige and political power. Sometimes, as in today's society, he is...

Dawn of a New Day takes the reader through mid-twentieth-century life in the British Virgin Islands from 1942 to 1967. It addresses the turbulence of the period in economics, education and politics. The people have been dominated by the UK government all their lives,...

A data center just got announced in your community. Now what?The developer has lawyers, lobbyists, and consultants who have done this dozens of times. Your township has a part-time planner. That imbalance is not an accident. It is the business model. This book closes...

Sacred Economics: Expanding the Overton Windowa Sermon in My Pocket Seriesby Matrika PressRev. "Twinkle" Marie Manning received a standing ovation when she delivered this sermon on February 8th, 2026!Many have requested it be immediately published. We did just so.This sermon addresses in clear terms...

The Beaver and the Bald Eagle explores the growing divide between Canada and the United States-two nations that appear similar on the surface but are increasingly shaped by different values, institutions, and social contracts. Drawing on the author's life on both sides of the...

This autobiography is told through the eyes of a child growing into a teen from the last gasping thousand-year empire of Hitler into the equally evil government of East Germany, a life that had no normal childhood and a life of tears and fear...

The United States has more women's suffrage memorials than ever before, and yet suffragists are still denigrated. In this deeply personal account, women's history advocate Joanne Callahan describes the put-downs of suffragists in the media and even in spaces designed to honor these activists....

Reconciliation: The Final Step in Achieving Nonviolent Social Change explores the concept of reconciliation, focusing on its importance in healing and rectifying wrongdoing within various social contexts. By examining the role of relationship rebuilding in the pursuit of social justice, the book offers a...

"The ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas: i.e., the class, which is the ruling material force of society, is at the same time its ruling intellectual force. The class which has the means of material production at its...

The Book You've Been Waiting ForYou remember that feeling, don't you?That nagging sense that something wasn't quite right. When everyone around you was following the narrative, but your instincts were screaming different truths.When you asked uncomfortable questions and got uncomfortable silences.You weren't going mad....

This book assesses the political, economic, cultural and military claims for American exceptionalism.Author: Kori SchakeISBN-10: 1041332807ISBN-13: 9781041332800Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/17/2026Pages: 88Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.19d

The book examines the intersection of politics, economic development, and environmental sustainability of the coffee industry in Costa Rica. Ecological impacts of coffee production are analyzed through the lens of mitigating damage to the region's biodiversity. Sustainable Coffee in Costa Rica: Solutions for People,...

The securitization of migration in the EU is a popular subject in international security studies. However, securitization theory has long been criticized for being gender blind. To overcome this limitation, the thesis connects the Copenhagen School's framework to the study of the "gendering" of...

Lebanon is not a country you understand.It is a country you survive.This book is not a history lesson, a political manifesto, or a nostalgic tribute. It is a raw, unfiltered exploration of what it means to live inside a nation shaped by collapse, contradiction,...

"I told them Libya would become a failed state. I told them Egypt's military would never surrender power. I told them Syria would become a jihadist wasteland. I said this on television in March 2011, while the revolution was spreading. Nobody wanted to hear...

The Prevailing Myths of Productivity is a satirical examination of modern work culture and the belief systems that sustain it. Written in the voice of a corporate insider, the book dissects the narratives that frame overwork as virtue, efficiency as morality, and burnout as...

This academic monograph provides a comprehensive analysis of India's foreign policy towards Africa under Prime Minister Narendra Modi (2014-2024). It documents the strategic shift from historical anti-colonial solidarity to a pragmatic partnership driven by economic priorities, energy security, and geopolitical ambition. The text details...

Globalisation, Democracy and Corruption: An Indian Perspective, a compilation of articles and commentaries on contemporary issues concerning Globalisation, Capitalism, Inequality and Poverty, Democracy, India-China comparative perspectives, and Corruption, and other topical issues of Indian Polity and Economy, is the culmination of reflections the author...

First published in 1971, Contemporary Britain presents lectures by Barbara Wootton, well known as a socialist and agnostic and her opinions habitually run counter to those of the political Right and occasionally also to those of the Left. Author: Barbara WoottonISBN-10: 1032752505ISBN-13: 9781032752501Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage:...

For decades, the communication and media theories used to explain concepts, constructs, and themes connected to local Nigerian contexts have emerged from the West. But these Western theories often fail to properly convey insights to local issues in communication and media in Nigeria and...

First published 1986, The Perversity of Politics talks about the perverse nature of political behaviour. Highly paradoxical, the seeking of advantage is of dual character, consisting not only in the spoils of conquest but in the rewards of co-operation.Author: Edward H. BuehrigISBN-10: 1032643625ISBN-13: 9781032643625Publisher:...

In "Biden's Corruption and War: The True Story of the 1 Billion Dollar Prosecutor," Viktor Shokin gives an autobiographical account for his brief time as the Prosecutor General of Ukraine (2015-2016), which was abruptly ended through pressure by then U.S. Vice President Joe Biden,...

Is NATO doctrine--as an outcome of a process of military reform and transformation--sufficient to defeat the conventional forces the size of the Russian Federation's, or is Russian doctrine more apt at being a better deterrent? This is the general question Frederic Labarre seeks to...

We Believe in Africa by Dr. G. K. Osei is an impassioned exploration of African identity, unity, and progress in the wake of colonialism. Written by one of Ghana's early Pan-African thinkers, this book articulates a bold vision for Africa's future-grounded in self-determination, education,...

This edited volume provides new, nuanced answers to questions concerning the complex nature of political trust and distrust, exploring the role they play within democratic governance and the implications that varying degrees of trust can have on relations between citizens and institutions.In times of...

I have recently concluded that love is predominantly everywhere, even where hate exists; this may surprise people. We know, for example, that Adolf Hitler hated the Jews, and it is quite possible that he also loved to hate them. Thus, it is easy to...