The contemporary Middle East

a Westview reader

This is an essential and accessible introduction to fundamental topics in the current Middle East, written by an all-star cast of contributors. This volume of provocative contributions by an impressive array of leading scholars, journalists, and policy advisors provides an accessible and integrated introduction to ...

Southeast asian history

essential readings

Designed to accompany D. R. SarDesai#s Southeast Asia: Past and Present, Fifth Edition or used as a stand-alone supplementary text, this new reader includes classic and recent works on the history of Southeast Asia. SarDesai has selected literary and historical writings that address crucial ...

American voter turnout

an institutional perspective

This book addresses a question central to the study of American politics: why is turnout in American elections so low compared to other industrialized democracies? With a combination of existing and original research, this book provides a simple explanation for the low turnout in American ...

Green planet blues

environmental politics from Stockholm to Johannesburg

Barbarians, marauders and infidels

the ways of medieval warfare

This vibrant and action-driven narrative examines the motivations for warfare in the Middle Ages, asserting that waging war was a condition defining the ruling groups of all societies. Barbarians, Marauders, and Infidels examines the motives and terrors of war during the Middle Ages, the rise ...

Fundamentals of U.S.Foreign Trade Policy

economics, politics, laws and issues

Descripción Thoroughly updated to reflect the many recent changes in the international trading system, the second edition of this acclaimed study again provides a unique integration of the three critical aspects of U.S. foreign trade policy formulation and implementation: economics, politics, and law. In ...

The parties respond

Changes in American Parties and Campaigns.

Two parties-or more?

The American Party System.

Diverging parties

Social change, realignment, and party polarization.

The paradox of wealth and poverty

mapping the ethical dilemmas of global development

We live in a time of human paradoxes. Scientific knowledge has reached a level of sophistication that permits understanding of the most arcane phenomena and yet religious fundamentalism dominates in many parts of the world. We witness the emergence of a civil, liberal constitutionalism in ...

Civil society

the american model and third world development

Using case studies from sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, and including such critical countries as South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, Brazil, Mexico and Egypt, this text focuses on the processes and politics of dismantling "corporate" (state directed) economies in ...

The public administration

theory primer

n the past thirty years, public administration has developed more systematic patterns of inquiry about the substance of public organization behavior, public management, and public policy implementation. This book explores how the science and art of policy administration is definable, describable, replicable, and cumulative. Frederickson ...

The philosophy of Aquinas

Cosmopolitan justice

Increasing global economic integration and recent military interventions in the name of human rights have forced questions of global justice into political discussions. In presenting a systematic account of global duties of justice, Cosmopolitan Justice departs from many contemporary accounts that take the scope of ...

Serpent in the bosom

the rise and fall of Slobodan Milosevic

The violent disintegration of the former Yugoslavia highlights the importance of a detailed understanding of the Balkan region. The political outlook and behavior of the Serbs and Serbian elites has been particularly bewildering to Western citizens and decision makers. Serpent in the bosom provides an ...

Africa's armies

from honor to infamy : a history from 1791 to the present

Ireland

Historical Echoes, Contemporary Politics

In one generation, modern Ireland has experienced rapid political, economic, and social transformation. Every aspect of Irish life and public policy has changed. Ireland: Historical Echoes, Contemporary Politics charts and explains the facets of that change--including the nation's economic development strategy, the education revolution ...

Profit-Making Speculation in Foreign Exchange Markets.