Politics and Government

 The Asia-Pacific region has, in the eyes of most observers, the potential to become the engine of global economic growth in the 21st century. Whet...

Disputes between government bodies are usually settled through either political bargaining or litigation, but a third method has been successfully ...

First published in 1997. The rise of new religious movements has raised important questions about how race, ethnicity and the lives of black minori...

Worrisome recent economic downturns in Brazil, Russia and even China occurred against the backdrop of domestic issues pertaining to patrimonialism,...

'Utterly compelling from the first page' - Kerry Hudson'Gripping . . . this is one not to miss' - Irish TimesFor two years, Donna McLean lived a li...

This book examines why citizens resort to the often risky and demanding strategy of using disruptive protest when other channels of political inter...

This book is designed to serve as a comprehensive resource for the formulation of Army manpower policy. It examines the importance of the state of ...

"Is not modern democracy the finally-found form of the religion of Humanity?" (2007)The Religion of Humanity: The Illusion of Our Time is the first...

Two years after The Collector had brought him international recognition and a year before he published The Magus, John Fowles set out his ideas on ...

From Swords to Plowshares? provides a critical explanation of how the China's defense industries' transformation has come about and what its overal...

'Pertinent!' Margaret Atwood'Illuminating . . . reveals why some people and systems are more likely to be corrupted by power than others' Adam Gran...

An examination of the fluidity of ideas of culture with relation to identity, state-builfing and political action. Does the West impose its own def...

First published in 1984. The final volume. The Council of the London Institute of World Affairs has carefully reconsidered the lessons to be drawn ...

Bringing together scholars and practitioners from a range of disciplinary backgrounds working in Europe, North and South America, South Asia and th...

Ian Prior is one of the most articulate and successful parent-activists in the United States. Armed with 12 inspiring battle-tested rules and revea...

With Wilson's Ghost , Robert S. McNamara and James G. Blight deliver an impassioned plea and a decisive and multi-faceted program for making the 2...

This book presents the 1986 Kiel Conference papers together with written comments. The papers have two unifying themes which are expounded in a var...

First published in 1987 Politics without Parliaments discusses the period 1629-40 which preceded the English Civil wars. It focuses on the response...

This Handbook provides an authoritative and foundational disciplinary overview of African Public Policy and a comprehensive examination of the prac...

In the four years since the first edition was published, Mexico's political system—exceptional among Latin American nations—has been severely teste...

This book analyses the creation and dissemination of discourse in China while examining how its media and the people interact and communicate with ...