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Multinational Military Forces: Problems and Prospects (Adelphi series)
by Roger PalinFirst Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Multinational Military Forces: Problems and Prospects (Adelphi series #No.294)
by Roger PalinFirst Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Muslim Eurasia: Conflicting Legacies (Routledge Revivals)
by Yaacov Ro’iMuslim Eurasia (1995) looks at the Muslim states that came into being on the ruins of the Soviet Union, and their complex legacies of Russian colonialism, russification, de-islamicization, centralization and communism – on top of localism, tribalism and Islam. The interaction and contradictions within each category, and between them, form the essence of the struggle to formulation new identities.
Muslim Eurasia: Conflicting Legacies (Routledge Revivals)
Muslim Eurasia (1995) looks at the Muslim states that came into being on the ruins of the Soviet Union, and their complex legacies of Russian colonialism, russification, de-islamicization, centralization and communism – on top of localism, tribalism and Islam. The interaction and contradictions within each category, and between them, form the essence of the struggle to formulation new identities.
The Muslim Eurasia: Conflicting Legacies
by Yaacov Ro’iThe former Muslim republics of the USSR are struggling to strike a balance between the legacy of the Soviet regime and the revival of their own, traditional culture. This volume examines the religion, economy and demography of the areas as well as both internal and external relations.
The Muslim Eurasia: Conflicting Legacies
by Yaacov Ro'IThe former Muslim republics of the USSR are struggling to strike a balance between the legacy of the Soviet regime and the revival of their own, traditional culture. This volume examines the religion, economy and demography of the areas as well as both internal and external relations.
The Myth of Democratic Failure: Why Political Institutions Are Efficient (American Politics and Political Economy Series)
by Donald A. WittmanThis book refutes one of the cornerstone beliefs of economics and political science: that economic markets are more efficient than the processes and institutions of democratic government. Wittman first considers the characteristic of efficient markets—informed, rational participants competing for well-defined and easily transferred property rights—and explains how they operate in democratic politics. He then analyzes how specific political institutions are organized to operate efficiently. "Markets" such as the the Congress in the United States, bureaucracies, and pressure groups, he demonstrates, contribute to efficient political outcomes. He also provides a theory of institutional design to explain how these political "markets" arise. Finally, Wittman addresses the methodological shortcomings of analyses of political market failure, and offers his own suggestions for a more effective research strategy. Ultimately, he demonstrates that nearly all of the arguments claiming that economic markets are efficient apply equally well to democratic political markets; and, conversely, that economic models of political failure are not more valid than the analogous arguments for economic market failure.
The National Front and French Politics: The Resistible Rise of Jean-Marie Le Pen
by Jonathan Marcus'Jonathan Marcus...stands out from most of his colleagues in the media by making a case for the non-alarmists. His National Front and French Politics is a throughtful study, which in the end, provides a more effective refutation of the myths peddled by Le Pen than would an angry pamphlet.' - Henri Astier, Times Literary Supplement `Jonathan Marcus's comprehensive account provides plenty of analysis to go with the factual background to the rise of Le Pen and the NF. There are particularly good chapters on the many strands of far-right opinion, from collaborators to extreme Catholics who eventually found a home with the new party.' - Andrew Bell, BBC Worldwide 'I am convinced that the book will be extremely valuable to all English-speaking students of contemporary French politics.' - Stanley Hoffmann, Harvard University The extreme right-wing National Front is now France's fourth largest political party. At the 1988 Presidential election, its leader Jean-Marie Le Pen obtained over 14 per cent of the popular vote. Le Pen's xenophobic anti-immigrant message has attracted significant support in France. This book examines the rise of Le Pen's party, and its impact on the French political scene. How far is it a threat to French democracy? And is the National Front now a permanent feature of French politics?
A National Health Service?: The Restructuring of Health Care in Britain since 1979
by John MohanThis book contrasts the proposals of the Royal Commission of the late 1970s with the very different set of priorities enshrined in the 1989 White Paper and describes how the changes between the two documents came about. It argues that the NHS reforms should be seen not as the inevitable product of technical developments nor as a consensus response to narrowly managerial difficulties within the NHS, but rather as part of a wider political strategy towards state provision of welfare. The book strongly emphasises the uneven geographical impacts of post-1979 changes, a topic usually underplayed by analysts of social policy, and draws heavily on previously unpublished material.
National Identity and Democratic Prospects in Socialist China
by Edward FriedmanThis analysis of every facet of a national identity makes it less likely that the next great explosion in the Commmunist world - and its consequences - will come as a surprise. It investigates tendencies in China that might lead it down the same path as Russia and Yugoslavia.
National Identity and Democratic Prospects in Socialist China
by Edward FriedmanThis analysis of every facet of a national identity makes it less likely that the next great explosion in the Commmunist world - and its consequences - will come as a surprise. It investigates tendencies in China that might lead it down the same path as Russia and Yugoslavia.
Nations and Nationalism in a Global Era
by Anthony SmithIn a world of transnational economics and mass communications, ethnic conflict and nationalism have recently re-emerged as major political forces. Is this due to the advance of modernity? Will a global culture supersede nationalism? In fact, the revolution of modernity has revitalized ethnic memories and communities, as people look for stability and meaning in an age of unprecedented change and return to their ethnic heritages. Ethnic nationalism challenges, but also reinforces the national state. By comparison, supra-national ideals seem vague and pale, and the dream of a cosmopolitan global culture is utopian. For all its shortcomings, Anthony Smith argues, the nation and its nationalism is likely to remain the only realistic and widespread popular ideal of community.
Nations and Nationalism in a Global Era
by Anthony SmithIn a world of transnational economics and mass communications, ethnic conflict and nationalism have recently re-emerged as major political forces. Is this due to the advance of modernity? Will a global culture supersede nationalism? In fact, the revolution of modernity has revitalized ethnic memories and communities, as people look for stability and meaning in an age of unprecedented change and return to their ethnic heritages. Ethnic nationalism challenges, but also reinforces the national state. By comparison, supra-national ideals seem vague and pale, and the dream of a cosmopolitan global culture is utopian. For all its shortcomings, Anthony Smith argues, the nation and its nationalism is likely to remain the only realistic and widespread popular ideal of community.
NATO in the Post-Cold War Era: Does It Have a Future?
by S. Papascoma M. HeissEstablished in 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) performed its assigned mission exceedingly well as it secured peace for its member states and avoided military confrontation between the superpowers during the remaining four decades of the Cold War. But with the dramatic changes that began in 1989, an identity crisis has plagued NATO. Whereas the Cold War years had essentially defined who would be fighting whom in a future conflict, the uncertain post-1989 years are introducing new and possibly calamitous variables. Despite the fact that hardly a voice has been heard calling for its dissolution and that states from the former Warsaw Pact are seeking membership, NATO's members face the demanding task of defining the new strategic challenges and formulating appropriate policies and responses. The articles in this volume combine to present a comprehensive investigation of the diverse problems confronting NATO. The contributions each provide relevant historical background before analyzing current conditions and projecting into the future. An opening essay offers an overview of NATO after forty-five years and is followed by others dealing with NATO's structural changes for the 1990s, NATO's shifting strategy, and NATO's developing connections with other international organizations, such as the United Nations, CSCE, and the European Community. The concluding part of the volume includes essays focusing on NATO's associations with the United States, the Anglo-American "special relationship," the Balkans, the former Warsaw Pact states, and the Middle East.
Negotiating Development: Rationales and practice for development obligationsand planning gain
by F. Ennis Frank Ennis P. Healey Prof Patsy Healey M. PurduePlanning gain is the legal process by which property development is linked to social provisions. This book examines the rationale for planning gain and development obligations and reviews the practice of development negotiation through a wide range of case histories.
Negotiating Development: Rationales and practice for development obligationsand planning gain
by F. Ennis Frank Ennis P. Healey Prof Patsy Healey M. PurduePlanning gain is the legal process by which property development is linked to social provisions. This book examines the rationale for planning gain and development obligations and reviews the practice of development negotiation through a wide range of case histories.
Negro Business and Business Education: Their Present and Prospective Development (Springer Studies in Work and Industry)
by Joseph A. PierceA reprint of the classic volume originally published by Harper & Brothers in 1947, this scholary work provides important insights for understanding contemporary issues in African-American business and business education as well as in the rebuilding of American communities today.
Neighbours
by Lília MompléIn Lília Momplé thrilling novel, Neighbours, a group of strangers find their futures forever intertwined over the course of just a few short hours.On the eve of Eid al-Fitr, three families quietly prepare for the night's celebrations, preoccupied with their own separate lives. Narguiss cooks food with her daughters, anxiously waiting for her husband to come home. Leia and Januário take joy in the fact they finally have a roof over their heads, especially after the birth of their young daughter. And Mena overhears her husband plotting murder... Told through a series of narrative snapshots, Neighbours is a gripping tale of secret conspiracies and revolt in Mozambique.
Networks for Water Policy: A Comparative Perspective (Routledge Library Editions: Water Resources)
Network models for analysing public policy have become widely used in recent years. This volume, originally published in 1995, assesses the network idea by applying a common perspective on network analysis to the constellations involved in water policy formation and implementation in England and Wales, Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands, the USA and at the level of the EU. Water policy – addressing basic human needs for the supply of adequate surface and groundwater as well as for the maintenance and improvement of water quality, is an increasingly salient subject. Each case covered in this volume treats the issues of water policy network composition and structure, and determinants of network characteristics, as well as documenting the influence of the networks on policy developments towards more network openness, emulation of business behaviour nd less domination by traditional professional groups such as engineers. Essays by the editors provide a common analytical perspective and offer both explicitly-comparative conclusions and evidence-based assessments of the strengths and limitations of the network perspective.
Networks for Water Policy: A Comparative Perspective (Routledge Library Editions: Water Resources)
by Hans Bressers Laurence J. O’Toole Jr Jeremy RichardsonNetwork models for analysing public policy have become widely used in recent years. This volume, originally published in 1995, assesses the network idea by applying a common perspective on network analysis to the constellations involved in water policy formation and implementation in England and Wales, Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands, the USA and at the level of the EU. Water policy – addressing basic human needs for the supply of adequate surface and groundwater as well as for the maintenance and improvement of water quality, is an increasingly salient subject. Each case covered in this volume treats the issues of water policy network composition and structure, and determinants of network characteristics, as well as documenting the influence of the networks on policy developments towards more network openness, emulation of business behaviour nd less domination by traditional professional groups such as engineers. Essays by the editors provide a common analytical perspective and offer both explicitly-comparative conclusions and evidence-based assessments of the strengths and limitations of the network perspective.
Neue oder Deutsche Linke?: Nation und Nationalismus im Denken von Linken und Grünen
by Andrea Ludwig"Die Linke und die Nation" ist ein Thema, das insbesondere im Zusammenhang mit den Hintergründen von Rechtsextremismus und Rassismus im vereinigten Deutschland diskutiert wird. Zwei Thesen bestimmen diese Diskussion: erstens, daß der Rechtsextremismus eine Antwort auf die Tabuisierung des Nationalen durch die Linke sei, zweitens, daß Xenophobie auf das fehlende nationale Selbstbewußtsein der Deutschen zurückzuführen sei und erst eine positive nationale Identität ein Klima der Toleranz gegenüber Fremden ermögliche.Die Widerlegung bzw. Problematisierung dieser Thesen anhand einer Untersuchung von Organisationen links der SPD (SDS, K-Gruppen, Die Grünen) zieht sich als roter Faden durch das Buch. Dabei gelingt es zu zeigen, daß die linke Tabuisierung des Nationalen ein Mythos ist, da immer nur bestimmte Formen des Nationalismus in der Linken auf Ablehnung stießen, jedoch nie das Phänomen in seiner Gesamtheit. Angefangen mit der Glorifizierung der Nationalbewegungen in der "Dritten Welt" Ende der 60er jahre über den sog. sozialistischen Nationalismus, der in den 70er Jahren von den K-Gruppen propagiert wurde, bis hin zur Forderung der Grünen nach einer antirassistischen nationalen Identität, läßt sich jene Trennung in positive und negative Nationalismen nachweisen, die auch in Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft verbreitet ist.
The New American Politics: Reflections On Political Change And The Clinton Administration
by Bryan D JonesWas 1992 a realigning election? Did the midterm elections of 1994 realign the realignment? Will 1996 carry the United States forward on yet another changed trajectory? In this volume of original essays, leading political scientists examine key components of the American agenda and assess the current administration's position in light of historical precedents and future trends. Each conclusion is unique, born of a combination of the empirical record and its interpretation, but essays by Bryan Jones and Larry Dodd help to put the wide-ranging views represented here in long-term perspective.
The New American Politics: Reflections On Political Change And The Clinton Administration (Transforming American Politics Ser.)
by Bryan D JonesWas 1992 a realigning election? Did the midterm elections of 1994 realign the realignment? Will 1996 carry the United States forward on yet another changed trajectory? In this volume of original essays, leading political scientists examine key components of the American agenda and assess the current administration's position in light of historical precedents and future trends. Each conclusion is unique, born of a combination of the empirical record and its interpretation, but essays by Bryan Jones and Larry Dodd help to put the wide-ranging views represented here in long-term perspective.
New Perspectives on the Chinese Revolution
by Tony Saich Hans J. Van De VenThese essays present fresh insights into the history of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), from its founding in 1920 to its assumption of state power in 1949. They draw upon considerable archival resources which have recently become available.
New Perspectives on the Chinese Revolution
by Tony Saich Hans J. Van De VenThese essays present fresh insights into the history of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), from its founding in 1920 to its assumption of state power in 1949. They draw upon considerable archival resources which have recently become available.