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Renewing Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Policy, Performance and Prospects
By Ian Livingstone, Deryke Belshaw. 2001
Renewing Development in Sub-Saharan Africa reviews the debates and brings together specialist contributions, to provide a clear guide to the…
major complexities of African development. They lay the foundation for designing a range of individual country-specific policy-sets, in which the strategic components are prioritized according to each country's constraints and opportunities. The emphasis of the book is on the identification of effective strategies that will enable individual countries to most effectively exploit their growth opportunities and to meet poverty-reducing and other key equity objectives.Israel: Challenges to Identity, Democracy and the State (The Contemporary Middle East)
By Clive Jones, Emma C. Murphy. 2001
Often regarded as the only true manifestation of political pluralism in the contemporary Middle East, the state of Israel has…
dominated the history and politics of the region for over fifty years. Yet despite its position as a regional superpower, Israel continues to struggle with the whole issue of its own identity, the complexities of which have exposed deep clefts throughout Israeli society that threaten to undermine the collective ideal of a viable Jewish polity in the Middle East. The authors explore the complex challenges facing Israel, and the extent to which its present state structures and institutions can adapt and accommodate themselves to the diversity of security threats that it now faces. This book will be of interest to those who wish to understand the dynamics that have shaped and continue to shape the state of Israel, and the extent to which these have influenced its search for security in the modern Middle East.Comparing Welfare Capitalism: Social Policy and Political Economy in Europe, Japan and the USA (Routledge Studies in the Political Economy of the Welfare State #Vol. 3)
By Bernhard Ebbinghaus, Philip Manow. 2001
This book challenges the popular thesis of a downward trend in the viability of welfare states in competitive market economies.With…
approaches ranging from historical case studies to cross-national analyses, the contributors explore various aspects of the relationships between welfare states, industrial relations, financial government and production systems. Building upon and combining comparative studies of both the varieties of capitalism and the worlds of welfare state regimes, the book considers issues such as:*the role of employers and unions in social policy*the interdependencies between financial markets and pension systems* the current welfare reform process.It sheds new light on the tenuous relationship between social policies and market economies and provides thought-provoking reading for students and scholars of Comparative Politics, Public Policy, the Welfare State and Political Economy.By exploring the writings of Mandeville, Hume and Smith, this book offers a critique of Hayek's theory of cultural evolution…
and explores the roots of his powerful defence of liberalism. This book is an original contribution to the debate, and vital reading for researchers in politics, political theory, and economics.National Identities and Socio-Political Changes in Latin America (Hispanic Issues)
By Antonio Gomez-Moriana, Mercedes Duran-Cogan. 2001
In each volume, an introductory essay outlines of history of the disciplines under discussion, and describes how changes and innovations…
in these disciplines have affected our lives. The biographies that follow are organized in an A-Z format: each biography is divided into a "life" section describing the individual's life and influences and a "legacy" section summarizing the impact of that individual's work throughout history. These biographies cover a diverse group of men and women from around the globe and throughout history.Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Mao Tse-tung and Genghis Khan are among the 200 well-known historical figures included in this volume. Examples of other lesser-known, yet important, individuals covered in this work are: Gustavas Adolphus, Swedish empire creator; Hatshepsut, queen of ancient Egyptian dynasty; and Jean Jaurès, French socialist leader and pacifist. Each synopsis provides information on each individual's enduring impact on the common understanding of fundamental themes of human existence.Dealing with the Threat of Cruise Missiles: Dealing With The Threat Of Cruise Missiles (Adelphi series)
By Dennis M Gormley. 2001
How can the core transatlantic Allies make coalitions more effective? One year on from Kosovo, disparities in the capabilities of…
the coalition partners, as well as uneven levels of prior coordination, persist. To address these problems will require much greater force planning in peacetime. This stimulating and influential work offers one of the most comprehensive independent assessments to date of the Kosovo campaign, and of the performance of the NATO allies. An important subject area in which there is a great deal of international interest.The Origins of the Bilateral Okinawa Problem: Okinawa in Postwar US-Japan Relations, 1945-1952 (East Asia)
By Robert D. Eldridge. 2001
Using a multi-national and multi-archival approach to this diplomatic history study, the author examines comprehensively and in great detail for…
the first time the origins of the so-called Okinawa Problem. Also inlcludes four maps.Unemployment in Asia (Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia #58)
By John Benson, Ying Zhu. 2005
The rate of economic change in East Asia over the past two decades has been astounding. High levels of growth…
have been experienced by a number of the region’s developing economies, centralized systems have developed large market sectors, Japan has suffered a prolonged downturn and the 1997 crisis plunged the region into economic turmoil. This volume presents an in-depth analysis of the effects of these changes on employment in the region. Chapters are devoted to market restructuring in China and Vietnam, the Asian crisis and recovery, and Japan’s business doldrums. The unique case of Malaysia – one regional economy that needs to import workers – is also brought into play, as is the example of high-tech Taiwan. Underpinning these case studies is a common theoretical framework and a strong structure for understanding. With its solid research the book focuses on a relatively unexplored aspect of one of the world’s most dynamic economic regions.Unsettling the City: Urban Land and the Politics of Property
By Nicholas Blomley. 2004
This book describes, explains, and reflects upon the 1996 presidential and congressional elections, devoting equal coverage to three phases of…
the political process: the major party nominations, the general election, and the subsequent government organization. In doing so, this study links elections and governance.Syria: Revolution From Above (The Contemporary Middle East)
By Raymond Hinnebusch. 2001
This study examines the development of the Syrian state as it has emerged under thirty-five years of military-Ba'thist rule and,…
particularly, under President Hafiz al-Asad. It analyzes the way in which the fragility of the post-independence state, unable to contain rising nationalist struggle and class conflict, opened the way to the Ba'th party's rise to power and examines how the Ba'th's 'revolution from above' transformed Syria's socio-political terrain.Neither Dead Nor Red: Civil Defense and American Political Development During the Early Cold War
By Andrew D. Grossman. 2001
Pragmatism, Feminism, and Democracy: Rethinking the Politics of American History
By James Livingston. 2001
Pragmatism, Feminism, and Democracy is James Livingston's virtuoso reflection on the period between 1890 and 1930, a primal scene of…
American history during which a wave of intellectual currents came together--and fell apart--to reorient society. Tying in critical insights on corporate capitalism, consumer culture, populism, and the American Left, Livingston analyzes the intersections and similarities of pragmatism and feminism to yield an original, provocative blend of historiography, feminist theory, and American intellectual history.This book examines the experience of democracy in developing countries such as Mexico, Zambia, India and Indonesia. It considers the…
patchy democratic record of such countries, as well as investigating the relationship between external and domestic factors to democratisation. The contributors assess the importance to democratic progress of a number of key variables, including:*the institutionalisation of political parties and electoral systems* the role of civil society*the influence of external actors, such as the European UnionIt is commonplace that political power is becoming more centralized and remote: faceless people, sometimes in unknown places, determine our…
circumstances and our opportunities. This ground breaking book argues that this happened through a slow development which began before globalization.Power in Business and the State queries our freedom to make our own history. Current circumstances may be so far from our own choosing that our history is now being made for us, rather than something we control ourselves. Political power is so centralized, and economic power so concentrated, that popular control of democratic government has become increasingly difficult.The sheer magnitude of the author's research underpinning this book, and the uncluttered methodological framework in which it is presented, provides a highly readable text.Living with Environmental Change: Social Vulnerability, Adaptation and Resilience in Vietnam (Routledge Research In Global Environmental Change Ser. #No.6)
By W. Neil Adger, P. Mick Kelly, Nguyen Huu Ninh. 2001
Vietnam and the neighbouring countries of Southeast Asia face diverse challenges created by the rapid evolution of their social, economic…
and environmental systems and resources. Taking a multidisciplinary perspective, this book provides a comprehensive assessment of the Vietnamese situation, identifying the factors shaping social vulnerability and resilience to environmental change and considering prospects for sustainable development.Reassessing Political Ideologies: The Durability of Dissent
By Michael Freeden. 2001
This book is a high-level examination of each of the major ideologies that have shaped political thinking, action and conflict.…
Each chapter provides a critical overview of the current state of the major ideologies and a retrospective assessment of the strengths, weaknesses, developments and transformations of these ideologies over the past century.The volume poses a strong challenge to those who have loudly proclaimed the "end of ideology", by demonstrating that it is impossible to understand current political developments without an appreciation of their ideological context. It features internationally respected contributors who are authorities in their fields, and will be an invaluable resource for both students and specialists in areas including Politics and International Relations.History and Climate Change is a balanced and comprehensive overview of the links between climate and man's advance from early…
to modern times. It draws upon demographic, economic, urban, religious and military perspectives. It is a synthesis of the many historical and scientific theories, which have arisen regarding man's progress through the ages.Central to the book is the question of whether climate variation is a fundamental trigger mechanism from which other historical sequences develop, or one amongst a number of other factors, decisive only when a regime/society is poised for change. Evidence for prolonged climate change is not that extensive. But it is clear that climatic variation has regularly played a part in historical development. Paricular attention is here paid to Europe since AD 211.Cold and warmth, wetness and aridity can create contrary reactions within societies, which can be interpreted in vary different ways by scholars from differenct disciplines. Does climate change exacerbate famine and epidemics? Did climate fluctuation play a part in pivotal historical events such as the mass exodus of Hsuing-nu from China, the pressure of the Huns on the Romans and the genesis of the Crusades? Did the bitter Finnish winter of 1939-40 ensure the ultimate defeat of Hitler? These episodes, and many others are discussed throughout the book in the authors distinctive style, with maps and photographs to illustrate the examples given.