Political Science - General

Much has been written about the economic and political implications of the contemporary process of globalization. Much less has been written about the specific cultural implications. Previously published as a special issue of Globalizations, this book seeks to add to our knowledge of the...

Addressing issues of emotion in social movements, this internationally oriented volume will appeal to both sociologists and political activists given its broad approach and unique emphasis on emotions in protest, dissent and social movements.Author: Helena Flam,Debra KingISBN-10: 0415481872ISBN-13: 9780415481878Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/2005Pages: 224Format: PaperbackWeight:...

This book examines instances in Southeast and East Asian countries where communitarianism is both articulated as national ideology and embedded as the ethos of social life.Author: Beng Huat ChuaISBN-10: 0415480302ISBN-13: 9780415480307Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/13/2011Pages: 208Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.83lbsSize: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d

This collection addresses the present and the future of the concept of intersectionality within socio-legal studies. Including contributions from a range of international scholars, this book interrogates what has become a key organizing concept across a range of disciplines, most particularly law, political theory,...

This book focuses on the influence exerted by the Left on the political landscape of Japan in the modern era.Author: David WilliamsISBN-10: 0415334357ISBN-13: 9780415334358Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/15/2006Pages: 204Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.69lbsSize: 9.04h x 6.04w x 0.45dReview Citation(s): Choice 11/01/2006 pg. 555

This is the first volume in the The New Rich in Asia series which examines the economic, social and political construction of the 'new rich' in the countries and territories of East and South East Asia, as well as their impact internationally.Author: David GoodmanISBN-10:...

An ideal introductory text for students studying the EU. The evolution and extent of European integration in areas ranging from industrial development to international relations is explained.Author: Brigid LaffanISBN-10: 0415063396ISBN-13: 9780415063395Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/02/1992Pages: 252Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.71lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.57d

This book examines how cultural understandings of finance became increasingly speculative of risk before and after the Global Financial Crisis.Author: John MorrisISBN-10: 0367904160ISBN-13: 9780367904166Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/12/2019Pages: 200Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.60d

This book takes as its point of departure the observation that much of the critical discussion of the European political economy and the Eurozone crisis has focused upon an impending sense that solidaristic achievements built up during the first thirty years of the post-war...

This book looks at the history and development of telemedicine and its effect on the medical profession. It includes advances in telecommunications and medical technologies that greatly have increased the reliability, resolution, and speed of transmitting medical images, changes that are have been affected...

This book places the practices of fringe finance in critical context by situating them within a larger set of discussions in the field. This work will be of great interest to students and scholars of IPE, development studies and economic sociology. Author: Rob AitkenISBN-10:...

In this book, Anca Pusca seeks to extend the aesthetic and cultural turn in international relations to an analysis of post-communist transitions in Central and Eastern Europe. Building on the philosophy of Walter Benjamin and Jacques Ranciere, the work investigates how post-communist film, photography,...

This book examines the history and impact of Florida's Comprehensive Planning legislation. Topics include coastal zone management, solid waste planning, land use impacts, planning strategies, and more.Author: Robert A. CatlinISBN-10: 0367579421ISBN-13: 9780367579425Publisher: CRC PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/30/2020Pages: 262Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.70d

Governance and ethics are intertwined. A government functions within certain broad moral and ethical parameters, integrally linked with the sociological foundation of the polity in which it is articulated. The importance of ethics in governance has acquired a significant place in contemporary theoretical discussion....

This book deals with several general themes and the analytical tools, the most important of which is VALAD. It discusses the impact of export subsidies on the economy and evaluates the evidence and conjectures on the role of OECD exports in the nineties.Author: Alex...

Each of the contributions in this book sheds new light on key elements in the changing size, structure, and distribution of the Spanish American population during the colonial period.Author: David J. RobinsonISBN-10: 0367304511ISBN-13: 9780367304515Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/31/2021Pages: 274Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 8.90h x 6.00w x...

This book draws on a variety of disciplines in order to illuminate the considerations which may affect any change in the present policy -the process as well as the product for the maintenance and expansion of America's military forces.Author: Michael F. Jr. NooneISBN-10: 0367302489ISBN-13:...

This book explores the economic inequalities as well as the effects that the leadership's regional policies had on them. It examines the impact of the diverse geography and history of the republics and regions which comprised the Federative People's Republic of Yugoslavia, at its...

Originally published in 1991. This volume explores the combination of political and economic forces that influence different levels of food supply. The book takes an unusually broad look by including analyses of countries where hunger has rarely been studied and by examining African famine...

Originally published in 1915, Government by Natural Selection looks at the historical advancement of government through the lens of the Darwinian theory of natural selection.Author: Hugh TaylorISBN-10: 0367272539ISBN-13: 9780367272531Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/31/2021Pages: 226Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.48d

First published in 1987. Yu. F. Samarin (1819-1876) was one of the original SIavophiIs. He was the most important Slavophil statesman, making a very significant contribution to the formulation, drafting and implementation of the Emancipation Edict of 1861. He also served creatively in the...

First published in 1983. Socialism was generally unpopular in Britain in the 1980s. The Left needed new ideas and fresh approaches if it was ever to escape its isolation from the mainstream of political and cultural life. Rethinking Socialism brought such a perspective to...

This book is an edited volume which contains empirical studies on determinants of poverty and its reduction in Africa. It looks at multidimensional measures of poverty, production and productivity related factors, policies influencing poverty and random, hazardous but preventive factors influencing poverty levels and...

Published in 1979: This book talks about the Constitution of Parliaments in England during the time of King Edward the Second.Author: John PettusISBN-10: 0367180901ISBN-13: 9780367180904Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/15/2020Pages: 404Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.81lbsSize: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.94d

Problems involving minorities still constitute a significant challenge for public policies in countries such as the ones on the territories of the former Soviet Union and Yugoslavia. Unassimilated, facing the cultural "non-transparency" of their lifeworlds, and usually without autonomy, their problems are quite different...

This book contains the papers, comments, and the discussion at a conference on "Flexible Exchange Rates and Stabilization Policy", held at Saltsjobaden, Stockholm, August 26-27, 1975. The papers integrate the flexible exchange rates theory with macro theory and stabilization policy analysis. .Author: Jan HerinISBN-10:...

This book presents papers to clarify the utility of energy analysis and to discuss significant policy questions that can be answered by energy analysis either alone or in conjunction with other programs. It reflects a spectrum of thinking as to the policy applications of...

This book provides a thorough and careful examination of fate of public programs and specialty providers, academic health centers, and graduate medical education related issues in U.S. health reform.Author: Eli GinzbergISBN-10: 0367166747ISBN-13: 9780367166748Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/17/2020Pages: 347Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.95lbsSize: 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.90d

This book compares the degree of energy production efficiency and the uses to which energy resources are allocated in Mexico with those in other countries. It explores the energy use patterns and discusses prospects for energy-saving policies between the mid-1980s and the end of...

In this book, the author argues that the roots of protracted conflict lie in unacknowledged feelings of shame and rage. He builds from the assumption that the social bond is a real and palpable phenomena and that in every type of human contact the...

This book presents the papers, the comments, and summaries of the discussions that the conference started off with the pros and cons of rules for the conduct of monetary and fiscal policy. It provides argument of opponents that rules had failed due to drastic...

Originally published in 1918, this book is a primer of the principles of peace and the author argues that the only effective method of providing against future wars is a covenant for mutual assistance.Author: Heber L. HartISBN-10: 0367143755ISBN-13: 9780367143756Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/19/2021Pages: 268Format: PaperbackWeight:...

Originally published in 1963, this book examines the English Local Government, and more specifically, the Manor and the Parish, considering the various exemptions, immunities and franchises which enabled the inhabitants of particular localities to exclude the authority of the county at large, or that...

Originally published in 1963, this volume is devoted to an analysis of the organisation of the Commissioners of Sewers, the Incorporated Guardians of the Poor, the Turnpike Trusts and the Improvement Commissioners, and depicts the important development of these bodies during the eighteenth century.Author:...

We have predictions made by the US ambassador to Nigeria, John Campbell in 2011 that Nigeria will not exist beyond 2015. My view has not changed about the serious challenges Nigeria faces. I think the challenges are more pronounced than they were before the...

The second edition of Treating the Criminal Offender was written in an atmosphere of disillusionment and severe criticism of the traditionalist ap- proach to treatment. As crime rates soared, the voices of the critics rose in volume and intensity. And so, this third edition-revised...

Focusing on the Alpine region to look at climate change's regional manifestations.Although climate change is a global problem, there is a growing recognition of the need to look at its regional manifestations and management. This book takes such a regional approach to the Alpine...

China's engagement in Africa is generally portrayed simply as African countries being exploited for their mineral wealth by a wealthy political and economic superpower. Is this always the case? Certain African countries have been able to use China's involvement in the region to grow...

Thomas P. Weil believes that the formation of health networks, or integrated delivery systems, represents a more sophisticated attempt to restructure America's health system than those previously undertaken. He argues that this is so because integrated delivery systems require the application of established business...

"Bizarre movies have always held a strong fascination for me, so too the places where such movies come from. Having spent years living in the bowels of the Lower East Side and arranging screenings for the rabid assaults of the Cinema of Transgression, North...

The purpose of this book is to bring modern clarity to the centuries old battle between autocracy and democracy.The autocratic system of leadership (e.g., tribal leaders) matured at the beginning of human experience. In the fifth century BC, democracy emerged as a viable option...

For more than a century, a quiet theft reshaped a continent.Stolen Earth, Stolen Power exposes one of the most devastating and overlooked policies in American history, the Dawes Act, and the profound consequences it unleashed on Native nations and the women who once held...

"A republic, if you can keep it."When Benjamin Franklin spoke those words at the birth of our nation, it wasn't a boast. It was a warning. A reminder that freedom isn't automatic. It isn't permanent. And it isn't someone else's job to protect it.It's...

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning coauthor of American Prometheus, inspiration for the Oscar-winning sensation Oppenheimer, a biography of Roy Cohn--arguably the mastermind behind the current arc of American political life, including the ascent of Donald Trump. From the 1950s to the 1980s, the many dramas...

The first of his famous BBC Reith lectures in which Russell examines Ancient Greek philosophy, the French Revolution and the modern welfare state with characteristic clarity and deep understanding. This is Russell at his intellectual best. Author: Bertrand RussellISBN-10: 0415487331ISBN-13: 9780415487337Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/2009Pages:...

Dawn of a New Day: B. V. Islanders Reclaim their Homeland takes the reader on a twenty-five-year journey, 1942-1967, of the History of the British Virgin Islands. During those years, tensions between the governing and the governed increased significantly, culminating in demonstrations and marches...

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....

Broken Promises: The Freedom Charter's Dream Gone South is a profound and unflinching examination of South Africa's democratic journey, written by Muntuwenkosi Robert Mzimela, former Secretary of the KwaZulu Legislature and first Mayor of Ulundi. This compelling work bridges personal memoir with political analysis,...

Why does it feel like people no longer agree on what's real? Institutions still exist. Experts still speak. News still flows. But for many people, something more basic has changed. Authority no longer organizes reality in the way it once did. Trust has thinned....

Most people learn about voting, rights, and public debate. They are rarely taught about the everyday work that keeps democratic systems functioning over time. The Civic Roles Nobody Teaches focuses on that work.This is not a resistance manual, a procedural guide, or a diagnosis...