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Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1986. Scholarly text presents a detailed study of the problems of Mexican agriculture and its inability to feed its own population, due to the internationalization of the food system promoted by the Mexican state. Text examines the role of national and international factors in structuring rural development in global patterns. 324 pgs. Illustrated. Dustjacket in… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 2002. As the leading college-level textbook on political systems in the Middle East and North Africa, the fourth edition of The Government and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa is comprehensive in scope and up-to-date in coverage. This edition addresses changes in the Middle East such as weakening public-sector economics in oil-producing states, peacekeeping… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1986. Scholarly text examines legal and political problems arising from some nations' claims to sovereignty in Antarctica, reviews initial efforts to create an international administration for the region, and studies in detail the terms of the treaty and the rules of procedure for the consultative meetings. Text focuses on the issues that emerged in the 1960's:… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1992. Scholarly text presents detailed topics dealing with the problems of illicit drugs and the long term challenges it presents to institutions and governments throughout the Americas- from terrorism to subversion to addiction- and that all these problems require a collective international response. Topics covered include patterns in U.S. drug abuse and response; coca production in… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1984. Scholarly text reviews the surprisingly sparse literature o this subject and presents new studies of secret-police forces and the political use of terror in the USSR, China, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Czechoslovakia, and Cambodia. The focus of each country study is the nature and extent of internal terror and repression, the range of external intelligence… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1993. In this scholarly biography, Wayne Thompson brings to life six decades of German history by tracing the career of Herbert Wehner. One of Germany's most active and influential politicians. Wehner emerged in the 1920s as a Communist firebrand and rose in the 1950s to the top leadership of the ruling Social Democratic Party. He remained… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1978. Scholarly text presents a detailed study on a concerted effort by the CIA to apply modern social science methods to problems confronted by poliitical intelligence analysts. The studies collected includes topics covering the CIA's overall experience in applying quantitative methods of political analysis; applications of specific methods as diverse as regression analysis, multidimensional scaling, Bayesian… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1978. Scholarly text presents a detailed analysis of the political system created by Franco, and attempts to counter the distorted view of previous scholars who have judged Spanish historical events through the prism of myths and illusions. Includes topics covering the foundations of Spanish politics; the politics of the Second Bourbon Restoration; the Second Republic; civil… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 2003. In 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 work has contributed to an increasing reliability in understanding public administration. The work of public organizations has been examined with improved conceptual methodological and theoretical forms of… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1993. Scholarly text presents a preeminent comprehensive study of Professor Lindblom's achievements, and includes a collection of papers which discuss Charles Lindblom's work on democracy, markets, public policy and social scientific knowledge - topics at the heart of the Enlightenment project of the application of intelligence to society. 378 pgs. Dustjacket in mylar.. First Edition. Hard… Read more about this item

New York: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Scholarly text explores the influence of Hannah Arendt's and Leo Strauss' background in pre-World War II Germany on their perception of American democracy. The contributors analyze how their émigré experience both influenced their American work and also impacted on the formation of the discipline of political science in postwar Germany. Arendt's and Strauss' experiences… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 2000. Scholarly text traces political transformation from its roots to its results in countries ranging from Argentina to Haiti, Iran, South Korea, and Ukraine. Text analyzes how regimes fail, how new ones arise, and what it takes to forge stability and democratic government. Following the political trajectories of forty-five different countries, Francisco highlights the process of… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1988. Scholarly text presents a comprehensive examination of modernization programs in the People's Republic of China, and addresses a broad range of developments in China since Peking implemented reform policies in 1978. Topics covered in Volume I include ideological fluctuations in the Communist party; the reorganization of the People's Liberation Party; diplomatic relations; and internal politics.… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1994. Scholarly highly acclaimed text authored by leading experts from Italy, Britain, and the U.S. presents a detailed interpretation and analysis of the watershed events that redefined Italian politics in 1993. During that momentous year, investigations into corruption discredited the political elite identified with the postwar republic, resulting in a nationwide referendum for Parliament to… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1991. Scholarly study examines the social and political background of Armenian terrorism and its similarities to and differences from other terrorist movements, and organizational methods of these groups. Includes an extensive and detailed chronology of Armenian terrorism from 1921 to the present; each entry contains essential information concerning the date and time of the attack, location,… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1991. Scholarly interdisciplinary study presents a cross-cultural examination of the systematic use of terror by governments against their own citizens, and terror as a phenomenon manifesting itself in both rightist and leftist regimes and broadly varying social contexts. Includes topics covering the political processes, social experience, historical sources, and preconditions of terror. 312 pp. Publisher's stamp… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1991. Scholarly text presents a cross-cultural exploration of the genesis of and change in basic political attitudes among people living in the capitol cities of Vienna and Warsaw. The authors reveal that as social bonds become weaker, specific forms of individualism appear. In Warsaw, individual or group egoism is exacerbated by a supply crisis and a… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1994. Scholarly text analyzes the history and growth of the French environmental movement from its origins in the "back to earth" wave of the early 1970's to its current influence on every political party from the Trotskyist left to the extreme right of the National Front. The author assesses the ideological sources of French environmentalism, and… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1992. Scholarly text explores the evolution of the German Green Party from its earliest roots in the late 1960s to the structural reforms following the party's unexpected defeat in the 1990 all-German elections to its rebound in the 1991 state elections. The authors also assess the Party's prospects for the future and argue that if… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1985. Comprehensive text presents detailed essays authored by leading academicians and scholars in honor of the four decades of the multidisciplinary international relations scholarship of Professor Harold Guetzkow. The first section of this text is organized around the idea that large scale simulation models are attempts to construct macroscopic theories about the way the world appears… Read more about this item