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World Politics and International Law
Häftad, 1985
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This work tries to bridge the gap between international lawyers and those political scientists who write about international politics. In the first part, the author discusses the influence of Professor Morgenthau's realist school on the current thinking of political scientists and the abandonment …
Religion and Nationalism in Soviet and East European Politics
Häftad, 1988
440 kr
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Religious organizations in many countries of the communist world have served as agents for the preservation, defense, and reinforcement of nationalist feelings, and in playing this role have frequently been a source of frustration to the Communist Party elites. Although the relationship between …
Macroeconomic Consequences of Farm Support Policies
Av A. B. Stoeckel, David Vincent m. fl.
Häftad, 1989
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Agricultural protectionism is a basic factor underlying the U.S. trade deficit, Third World debt, and global underemployment. Yet despite the seriousness of the problem and attention given to it by many researchers, little progress has been made in formulating and implementing policies to deal with …
Social Justice for Women
The International Labor Organization and Women
Av Carol Riegelman Lubin, Anne Winslow
Inbunden, 1990
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The International Labor Organization (ILO), founded in 1919 at the Paris Peace Conference, was the first international organization established prior to World War II to mention women in its constitution. Organized to promote the “protection of young children, young persons and women,” its original …
Doctors and the State
The Politics of Health Care in France and the United States
Inbunden, 1991
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All advanced health care systems face severe difficulties in financing the delivery of today’s sophisticated medical care. In this study David Wilsford compares the health systems in France and the United States to demonstrate that some political systems are considerably more effective at …
What Role for Government?
Lessons from Policy Research
Av Richard J. Zeckhauser, Derek Leebaert
Inbunden, 1983
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The vital debates on government today are concerned with its social role, its participation in the economy, and its redistributive responsibilities. These functions, not defined in the Constitution, reflect the evolution of society and its values and the powerful but jerky hand of the political …
Making of Federal Coal Policy
Inbunden, 1984
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The Making of Federal Coal Policy provides a unique record of-as well as important future perspectives on-one of the most significant ideological conflicts in national policymaking in the last decade. The management of federally owned coal, almost one-third of the U.S.'s total coal resources, has …
World Tin Market
Political Pricing and Economic Competition
Inbunden, 1983
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William L. Baldwin argues that while the structure, conduct, and performance of the world tin industry are subject to strongly competitive market forces, major intervention by international governments has exerted a controlling influence over the world tin market for the past sixty years.
Being Governor
The View from the Office
Av Thad L. Beyle, Lynn Muchmore
Inbunden, 1983
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This book examines the changing role of the governor in our federal system, giving particular attention to recent developments. The expansion of gubernatorial responsibilities into managerial, executive, and intergovernmental positions has taken place at the same time that the governor's role as …
Politics of Hazardous Waste Management
Av James P. Lester, Ann O’M. Bowman
Häftad, 1983
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One of the most critical areas of environmental controls is the regulation and management of hazardous wastes. This book examines the political context in which policy and management decisions in this are are made (state and federal, public and private), discusses implementation of the current …
State Taxation Policy and Economic Growth
Inbunden, 1983
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This volume discusses the problems of state governments in coping with contemporary issues of redesigning taxation policies to encourage economic growth.
Financing State and Local Economic Development
Inbunden, 1983
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The contributors discuss alternative methods of financing state and local economic development, including the role of venture capital in urban development, the role of banking institutions in encouraging the growth of small business, and the place of pension funds in economic growth.
State Employment Policy in Hard Times
Inbunden, 1983
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Two hundred years ago, Samuel Johnson observed that a society's level of civilization could be gauged by the manner in which it treated its poor. By that measure, the United States today is steadily losing ground. Whereas the number of officially defined poor dwindled steadily from the enactment of …
Economic Policy Making in Mexico
Factors Underlying the 1982 Crisis
Inbunden, 1985
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This volume argues that the Mexican crisis of August 1982, in which the country was left facing the prospect of national default and zero economic growth, was not only the result of some fundamental flaws in the country's economy, but is more accurately characterized as a cash flow problem-in the …
Managing Land Use Conflicts
Case Studies in Special Area Management
Av David J. Brower, Daniel S. Carol
Inbunden, 1987
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This work contains a series of case studies of the planning phenomenon that has become known as Special Area Management (SAM)--those areas so naturally valuable, so important for human use, so sensitive to impact, or so particular in their planning requirements as to need special management …
Society for International Development
Prospectus 1984
Av Ann Mattis
Inbunden, 1983
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A Society for International Development: Prospectus 1984 is a collection of studies that examines the current problems of world development in light of the past twenty-five years but goes beyond an examination of that experience to project practical and workable plans for the future. In this book …
Society for International Development
Prospectus 1984
Av Ann Mattis
Häftad, 1983
286 kr
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A Society for International Development: Prospectus 1984 is a collection of studies that examines the current problems of world development in light of the past twenty-five years but goes beyond an examination of that experience to project practical and workable plans for the future. In this book …
Housing Needs and Policy Approaches
Trends in Thirteen Countries
Av Willem Van Vliet, Elizabeth Huttman m. fl.
Inbunden, 1985
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Drawing upon research from six continents, Housing Needs and Policy Approaches analyzes the social problems involved with providing housing in the industrialized nations and in the Third World. The book focuses on four areas of concern: current trends in housing in specific Western countries, the …
Sectors of Mutual Benefit in U.S.-Soviet Relations
Inbunden, 1985
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A distinguished panel of analysts examines particular areas of U.S.-Soviet cooperation: crisis communications , trade, science, agriculture, environment protection, space and medicine. The authors analyze agreements that the United States and the Soviet Union have revolved in their mutual interest, …
Women, State, and Party in Eastern Europe
Av Sharon L. Wolchik, Alfred G. Meyer
Häftad, 1986
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These essays, by American, Canadian, and East European scholars, provide a comprehensive look at the status of women in Eastern Europe, with particular emphasis on the postwar situation.
Women, State, and Party in Eastern Europe
Av Sharon L. Wolchik, Alfred G. Meyer
Inbunden, 1986
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These essays, by American, Canadian, and East European scholars, provide a comprehensive look at the status of women in Eastern Europe, with particular emphasis on the postwar situation.
Resurgence of Conservatism in Anglo-American Democracies
Av Barry Cooper, Allan Kornberg m. fl.
Inbunden, 1988
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This work presents analyses by experts on the rise of anew tide of conservative governments in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain in an attempt to find what, if any, common ideologies and programs unite them, with what results, in terms of institutional change and policy direction, have …
Homeowners and Neighborhood Reinvestment
Inbunden, 1987
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This book investigates the efforts of homeowners to maintain and improve their dwellings. Their behavior, it has found, depends on economic variables as well as the sociological structure of their neighborhoods. Residential satisfaction, expectations of the neighborhood, and mobility plans were …
Resolving Disputes Between Nations
Coercion or Conciliation?
Inbunden, 1988
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The use of force and coercion to settle disputes between nations is a central problem of our time. Martin Patchen considers the circumstances that lead nations to use coercive means in disputes with other nations and also examines the effectiveness of other means of resolving international …
Resurgence of Conservatism in Anglo-American Democracies
Av Barry Cooper, Allan Kornberg m. fl.
Häftad, 1988
440 kr
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This work presents analyses by experts on the rise of anew tide of conservative governments in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain in an attempt to find what, if any, common ideologies and programs unite them, with what results, in terms of institutional change and policy direction, have …
Resolving Disputes Between Nations
Coercion or Conciliation?
Häftad, 1988
440 kr
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The use of force and coercion to settle disputes between nations is a central problem of our time. Martin Patchen considers the circumstances that lead nations to use coercive means in disputes with other nations and also examines the effectiveness of other means of resolving international …
Political Business Cycles
The Political Economy of Money, Inflation, and Unemployment
Inbunden, 1988
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The "political business cycle", according to economist William Nordhaus, creates a situation in which political and bureaucratic incentives create artificial economic booms just before elections, with consequent and deleterious side effects after the ballots are counted. This work examines the …
Economic Adjustment and Reform in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union
Essays in Honor of Franklyn D. Holzman
Av Josef C. Brada, Thomas Wolf m. fl.
Inbunden, 1989
1386 kr
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Economic reform, structural adjustment, macroeconomic stabilization, and participation in the world economy are interconnected aspects of the same issue: the long-term economic viability of centrally planned economies in the rapidly changing economic environment of the modern world. Any economic …
Religion and Nationalism in Soviet and East European Politics
Inbunden, 1988
1569 kr
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Religious organizations in many countries of the communist world have served as agents for the preservation, defense, and reinforcement of nationalist feelings, and in playing this role have frequently been a source of frustration to the Communist Party elites. Although the relationship between …
Catastrophic Coastal Storms
Hazard Mitigation and Development Management
Av David R. Godschalk, David J. Brower m. fl.
Inbunden, 1989
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As people cluster on the coast in increasing numbers, coastal populations become more vulnerable to severe damage from catastrophic coastal storms. The authors contented that current public policy has proved unable to cope with the growing problem, and in response they present a comprehensive …
