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The Politics of Strategic Aircraft Modernization (Hardcover, New): David S Sorenson The Politics of Strategic Aircraft Modernization (Hardcover, New)
David S Sorenson
R2,782 Discovery Miles 27 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This study examines three major bomber aircraft acquisition programs: the B-36, the B-52, and the B-2. The central question for each of these programs is whether they were chosen to fit national strategic objectives or to meet the more narrow political and economic needs of the so-called military-industrial complex. The book concludes that U.S. Air Force senior leadership acquired better bombers than did civilian defense leaders. The extensive use of original documents in this book reveals that Air Force generals were less concerned about defending their own interests than previous research has implied.

Developmental States and Business Activism - East Asia's Trade Dispute Settlement (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Jessica... Developmental States and Business Activism - East Asia's Trade Dispute Settlement (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Jessica Chia-yueh Liao
R3,433 Discovery Miles 34 330 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

As firms from East Asia gain global market share they are stirring trade disputes with import-competing firms in the West. Jessica Liao analyzes the role played by government-business collaboration in determining how effective East Asian governments are in helping their exporters gain an edge over western competitors through WTO litigation.

America Our Great But Ailing Nation (Hardcover): Raymond Barbera America Our Great But Ailing Nation (Hardcover)
Raymond Barbera
R828 Discovery Miles 8 280 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This work is written from the perspective of a very concerned American. It can be described as a look at where America was, where she is now and where she is headed. In this book, the author considers the courage, values, and citizenship of past generations and applies them as resources to be used to help mend our great but critically ill nation. In the course of this work, numerous problems and challenges confronting America are identified. Throughout the book many common sense solutions are offered. Those solutions should go a long way to righting America's course if our citizens are willing to acknowledge the serious challenges we face, and are willing to make adjustments, commitments, and the necessary sacrifices to stop the slide into a cultural and moral abyss.

Domestic Policy Formation - Presidential-Congressional Partnership? (Hardcover): Steven Shull Domestic Policy Formation - Presidential-Congressional Partnership? (Hardcover)
Steven Shull
R1,939 Discovery Miles 19 390 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Environmental Transformations and Cultural Responses - Ontologies, Discourses, and Practices in Oceania (Hardcover, 1st ed.... Environmental Transformations and Cultural Responses - Ontologies, Discourses, and Practices in Oceania (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Eveline Durr, Arno Pascht
R4,111 Discovery Miles 41 110 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book explores the various ways in which different communities and peoples in Oceania respond to and engage with recent environmental challenges and concurrent socio-political reconfigurations. Based on empirical research, the book discusses topics such as belonging, emotional attachment to land, and new forms of environmental knowledge. The theoretical framework of the book is inspired by current debates among diverse conceptualisations of the environment and thus, of various ways of knowing, making sense of, and interacting with worlds. With this focus in mind, the book provides new insights into recent socio-cultural and environmental dynamics in the Pacific.

Irish Television - The Political and Social Origins (Hardcover, New): Robert J. Savage Irish Television - The Political and Social Origins (Hardcover, New)
Robert J. Savage
R2,780 Discovery Miles 27 800 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

On New Year's Eve 1961, the first broadcast of the Irish television service was made. The initial broadcast featured addresses by the President of the Republic, Eamon de Valera, and the Primate of all Ireland, Cardinal D'Alton. Both expressed concern over the effect television might have on Irish society. The dire warnings issued by both men illustrated the high level of apprehension held by many. This anxiety had been articulated by numerous organizations and interest groups since the debate over television began to take shape in the 1950s. A number of corporations and organizations had expressed a keen interest in building and operating television stations in Ireland. Other groups stepped forward to make the case that their particular interests should be addressed in any service that might be established. From the onset, a coherent policy eluded successive governments, with the fiscally conservative Department of Finance insisting that public television was beyond the means of an under-developed economy, while the Department of Posts and Telegraphs, already responsible for the national radio service, championed a state-run system. The arguments of these and other organizations, including the Catholic Church, Irish language groups, and professional organizations, culminated in the establishment of a Television Commission to recommend public policy. After deliberating for more than a year, the Commission issued a confused and contradictory final report. As Professor Savage shows, the television service that emerged was a synthesis of these opposing positions; an Irish solution to an Irish problem. This volume will be of considerable interest to students and scholars of Ireland as well as public policy and communications.

Key Players and Regional Dynamics in Eurasia - The Return of the 'Great Game' (Hardcover): M. Freire, R. Kanet Key Players and Regional Dynamics in Eurasia - The Return of the 'Great Game' (Hardcover)
M. Freire, R. Kanet
R2,887 Discovery Miles 28 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Explores Russia's re-emergence as a major actor in Central Asia and the Caucasus - a re-emergence which is limited by the involvement and influence of external state and non-state actors, including China, the USA and foreign energy companies.

Illegal, Alien, or Immigrant - The Politics of Immigration Reform (Hardcover): Lina Newton Illegal, Alien, or Immigrant - The Politics of Immigration Reform (Hardcover)
Lina Newton
R3,088 Discovery Miles 30 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

While the United States cherishes its identity as a nation of immigrants, the countryas immigration policies are historically characterized by cycles of openness and xenophobia. Outbursts of anti-immigrant sentiment among political leaders and in the broader public are fueled by a debate over who is worthy of being considered for full incorporation into the nation, and who is incapable of assimilating and taking on the characteristics and responsibilities associated with being an American.

In Illegal, Alien, or Immigrant, Lina Newton carefully dissects the political debates over contemporary immigration reform. Beginning with a close look at the disputes of the 1980s and 1990s, she reveals how a shift in legislatorsa portrayals of illegal immigrants--from positive to overwhelmingly negative--facilitated the introduction and passing of controversial reforms. Newtonas analysis reveals how rival descriptions of immigrant groups and the flattering or disparaging myths that surround them define, shape, and can ultimately determine fights over immigration policy. Her path-breaking findings will shed new light on the current political battles, their likely outcomes, and where to go from here.

Malnourished Children of The Rural Poor - The Web of Food, Health, Education, Fertility, and Agricultural Production... Malnourished Children of The Rural Poor - The Web of Food, Health, Education, Fertility, and Agricultural Production (Hardcover)
Judith Balderston, Charles Benson, Marie Freire, Sheldon Margen, Mari Simonen, …
R1,407 Discovery Miles 14 070 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Politics for a New Generation - The Progressive Moment (Hardcover): N. Pearce, J. Margo Politics for a New Generation - The Progressive Moment (Hardcover)
N. Pearce, J. Margo
R2,925 Discovery Miles 29 250 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

To mark ten years since Labour's election, the next generation of British and US political thinkers, including MPs, Ministers and policy specialists have come together to outline what the next phase of the progressive agenda should be and how it can be achieved.
Using evidence-based research and the most promising new theories, this collection of essays will consider the direction of progressive governance, politics and policy in the next decade.

Citizenship and Social Policy - From Post-War Development to Permanent Crisis (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020): Nikos Kourachanis Citizenship and Social Policy - From Post-War Development to Permanent Crisis (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Nikos Kourachanis
R1,767 Discovery Miles 17 670 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book highlights the parallel transformations of the concepts of citizenship and the welfare state, and their dependence on the dominant political ideology, from the post-war period to the present. Kourachanis presents the welfare state as an integral part of the capitalist state and consequently, suggests that any structural changes to the capitalist state will have major impacts on the texture and content of the restructuring of the welfare state. The research compares different formulations of citizenship and the welfare state, reflecting on social citizenship and the post-war (or Keynesian) welfare state, as well as welfare provision under neoliberalism. The research will be vital reading for academics, researchers and students of social and public policy, political and humanitarian studies, as well as policy makers and members of labour unions and activists.

Myth and Narrative in International Politics - Interpretive Approaches to the Study of IR (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Berit... Myth and Narrative in International Politics - Interpretive Approaches to the Study of IR (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Berit Bliesemann De Guevara
R4,961 Discovery Miles 49 610 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book systematically explores how different theoretical concepts of myth can be utilised to interpretively explore contemporary international politics. From the international community to warlords, from participation to effectiveness - international politics is replete with powerful narratives and commonly held beliefs that qualify as myths. Rebutting the understanding of myth-as-lie, this collection of essays unearths the ideological, naturalising, and depoliticising effect of myths. Myth and Narrative in International Politics: Interpretive Approaches to the Study of IR offers conceptual and methodological guidance on how to make sense of different myth theories and how to employ them in order to explore the powerful collective imaginations and ambiguities that underpin international politics today. Further, it assembles case studies of specific myths in different fields of International Relations, including warfare, global governance, interventionism, development aid, and statebuilding. The findings challenge conventional assumptions in International Relations, encouraging academics in IR and across a range of different fields and disciplines, including development studies, global governance studies, strategic and military studies, intervention and statebuilding studies, and peace and conflict studies, to rethink ideas that are widely unquestioned by policy and academic communities.

The Politicization of Parenthood - Shifting private and public responsibilities in education and child rearing (Hardcover, 2012... The Politicization of Parenthood - Shifting private and public responsibilities in education and child rearing (Hardcover, 2012 ed.)
Martina Richter, Sabine Andresen
R4,387 Discovery Miles 43 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Currently, families are being subjected to increasing public attention. Interest is focussing on their potential strengths and weaknesses in determining how well children do at school. Alongside such human-development oriented expectations, families are also becoming a focus of attention as a resource for human capital in times of economic crises and criticism of the welfare state. In many European countries, parents and children are at the forefront of the welfare state and socio-educational activities in current programs and policies. The current transformation processes in the welfare state are making the relationship between families and the state more dynamic in general, and they are structuring the discourses on the childrearing, education, and child care services in the fields of both public and private responsibility. The introduction of all-day schooling in Germany also has to be viewed in this context. This is gradually changing the traditional half-day structure of German schools and shifting the borders of public and private responsibility on the levels of education, child care, and childrearing institutions. The attention given to parental childrearing and educational responsibility within the context of current national and international debates clearly underlines the fact that issues in private life are increasingly entering the public discourse and becoming subject to attempts at socio-political control. This raises the assumption of an increasing politicization of parenthood in the (post) welfare state that is focusing more and more attention on the structural conditions of gainful employment and child care as well as on the current relations between the genders. This context particularly emphasizes the time and care regimes that decisively determine the practices in daily family life and the utilization of all-day education settings.

Engaging Citizens in Policy Making - e-Participation Practices in Europe (Hardcover): Tiina Randma-Liiv, Veiko Lember Engaging Citizens in Policy Making - e-Participation Practices in Europe (Hardcover)
Tiina Randma-Liiv, Veiko Lember
R3,488 Discovery Miles 34 880 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Exploring academic and policy thinking on e-participation, this book opens up the organizational and institutional 'black box' and provides new insights into how public administrations in 15 European states have facilitated its implementation. Using multiple case studies, the book offers a systematic analysis of how e-participation initiatives are actually organized and administered within the government, as well as how the political context and collaborative partnerships both within the government and with non-governmental actors affect the adoption and institutionalization of e-participation platforms. Contributors provide new empirical evidence on some of the most pressing questions related to the organization and management of e-participation, aiming to provide better understanding of citizen participation platforms. Providing comparative knowledge on the institutional, administrative and organizational aspects of e-participation, this book will be an ideal read for public policy researchers and government practitioners interested in innovation and technology in public administration.

Student Loans - Risks and Realities (Hardcover): Joseph M. Cronin, S.Q. Simmons Student Loans - Risks and Realities (Hardcover)
Joseph M. Cronin, S.Q. Simmons
R2,774 Discovery Miles 27 740 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This timely volume objectively addresses the major issues and questions raised about student aid programs. It examines the realities of student loans and provides a balanced analysis of the present and future prospects for financing higher education.

Educators, guarantee agency administrators, and state and federal officials analyze student indebtedness and the repayment of loans. They evaluate how five other industrialized nations structure grants and education loan programs and address the challenging problem of extending opportunities for higher education to low-income students. The vital need for support in the application process and for debt management counseling in high schools and colleges is discussed, as is innovative private sector support. A necessary resource for everyone concerned with higher education issues.

Manufacturing Civil Society - Principles, Practices and Effects (Hardcover): T Brandsen, W. Trommel, B. Verschuere Manufacturing Civil Society - Principles, Practices and Effects (Hardcover)
T Brandsen, W. Trommel, B. Verschuere
R2,614 R1,938 Discovery Miles 19 380 Save R676 (26%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Faced with falling social cohesion governments have sought to revitalise society by trying to reconstruct local communities, civil society and citizenship. As a result, civil society is increasingly brought within the realm of public management, subject to accountability and embedded in hierarchies the impact and origins of which this book explores

Brazil's Africa Strategy - Role Conception and the Drive for International Status (Hardcover): C Stolte Brazil's Africa Strategy - Role Conception and the Drive for International Status (Hardcover)
C Stolte
R1,934 Discovery Miles 19 340 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The book analyzes Brazil's Africa engagement as a rising power's strategy to gain global recognition, linking it to Brazil's broader foreign policy objectives and shedding light on the mechanisms of Brazilian status-seeking in Africa.

Plague-Making and the AIDS Epidemic: A Story of Discrimination (Hardcover): G Bright Plague-Making and the AIDS Epidemic: A Story of Discrimination (Hardcover)
G Bright
R1,512 Discovery Miles 15 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book explores how the cultural process of making any disease a "plague" results in discrimination against certain groups, as it has for those with AIDS in America. Gina M. Bright here captures the discrimination produced by plague-making in her analysis and her portraits of the people she has cared for with AIDS over the past quarter-century.

The End of the French Exception? - Decline and Revival of the 'French Model' (Hardcover): T. Chafer, E. Godin The End of the French Exception? - Decline and Revival of the 'French Model' (Hardcover)
T. Chafer, E. Godin
R1,530 Discovery Miles 15 300 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume analyzes the notion of the French exception & the ways in which it has informed both academic analysis & political commentary on France today. Adopting a comparative & interdisciplinary approach, the book examines the resilience of the notion of French exceptionalism & evaluates its relevance in a changing global context.

Telecommunications Policy - Have Regulators Dialed the Wrong Number? (Hardcover, New): Donald L. Alexander Telecommunications Policy - Have Regulators Dialed the Wrong Number? (Hardcover, New)
Donald L. Alexander
R2,223 Discovery Miles 22 230 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In this timely collection of essays, leading economic and communication scholars examine major policy issues confronting federal and state regulators in the telecommunications industry. The essays describe how past regulatory decisions have contributed to a growing tension between emerging competition and the preservation of specific social objectives like the continuance of universal service, and thus provide a unique perspective on the current public policy debates. Although each author discusses a different policy issue, the common theme in this volume is the compelling argument that past regulatory decisions, which were often motivated by political compromises rather than sound economic analysis, are the primary source of inefficiency that exists in the telecommunications industry today.

This insight points to potential harm that legislators may create from ignoring economic forces when deregulating an industry. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 is an example in which deregulation has created more, not less, regulatory barriers affecting competitors. The authors challenge policy makers to consider no regulation to insure that competitive forces determine prices, quantities, and quality of service for the vast array of telecommunication services available in today's marketplace.

Cuban Politics - The Revolutionary Experiment (Hardcover): Rhoda Rabkin Cuban Politics - The Revolutionary Experiment (Hardcover)
Rhoda Rabkin
R2,787 Discovery Miles 27 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Cuban Revolution presents a mixed record of achievements and failures. In this comprehensive study of Cuban politics, Rhoda Rabkin examines the institutions, policies, and performance of revolutionary Cuba. The study, part of the Politics in Latin America Hoover Institution Series, concisely and thoroughly addresses the major issues debated by scholars concerning the Cuban revolutionary experience. These include: the development impasse of pre-revolutionary Cuba, rates of revolutionary socio-economic progress, elite factionalism, the role of the military, succession politics, respect for human rights, and the relevance of the Cuban model to other developing countries. Rabkin analyzes with particular care Cuban efforts to reconcile revolutionary leadership (including the special role of Fidel Castro) with popular participation in institutions of government and mass organizations. The study also analyzes in depth the likely implications of the Gorbachev era for Cuban socialism. The meticulous inclusion of source references to the scholarly literature allows readers to pursue controversial issues in greater depth. In a field too often dominated by polemics, Rabkin provides her readers with an honest, objective synthesis of contemporary scholarship on the Cuban Revolution. Chapters cover: background to the revolution; communism Fidel-style (1959-1970); institutions and policy (1970-1986); the socialist economic system; Cuban foreign policy; the rectification period (1986 to the present); and a concluding assessment of the Cuban revolutionary socialist development model.

Technology and U.S. Competitiveness - An Institutional Focus (Hardcover, New): W.Henry Lambright, Dianne Rahm Technology and U.S. Competitiveness - An Institutional Focus (Hardcover, New)
W.Henry Lambright, Dianne Rahm
R2,766 Discovery Miles 27 660 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Technology and U.S. global competitiveness is a major concern today, and yet there is no study that surveys the key issues describing federal and state policies in the United States. What new technologies are likely to increase our national productivity and international competitiveness in the future? Editors Lambright and Rahm have gathered together a group of experts to provide varying perspectives and recommendations for students, scholars, experts, and policymakers to consider. The edited collection describes federal and state programs, institutions, and changing policy issues given the new world order of technology and competitiveness. Part I analyzes federal competitiveness policy, the decontrolling of technology transfer, the role of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the emerging role of the Department of Defense in Technology Transfer. Part II covers turbulent state programs in the 1990s, state space technology programs, and basic research and development. Part III deals with recent theoretical and organizational approaches to U.S. technology policy, changing international relations and U.S.-Japanese competitiveness, and corporate culture in small high tech firms.

France, NATO and the Limits of Independence 1981-97 - The Politics of Ambivalence (Hardcover): A. Menon France, NATO and the Limits of Independence 1981-97 - The Politics of Ambivalence (Hardcover)
A. Menon
R2,881 Discovery Miles 28 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This text presents an assessment of France's policies towards NATO between 1981 and 1997. It also provides a critical assessment of these policies. It argues that France's arms length relationship with NATO's integrated military structure served its purpose during the Cold War, but increasingly came to impose high costs thereafter. The author goes on to explain this somewhat puzzling fidelity to inappropriate policies as a function of domestic pressures on French policy makers.

Intelligence, Political Inequality, and Public Policy (Hardcover, New): Elliott White Intelligence, Political Inequality, and Public Policy (Hardcover, New)
Elliott White
R2,768 Discovery Miles 27 680 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This timely book deals directly with a topic increasingly in the news and on the minds of policy makers--political inequality. It is no coincidence that the official theme of the 1996 meeting of the American Political Science Association is the issue of political inequality. Drawing together a number of the leading writers on the topic, White provides a full and serious examination of the biological and environmental factors that may be involved.

In looking at these factors, the book opens up new paths of exploration for political science, including the consideration of the role of the pariah variable of intelligence. A major work that researchers and policy makers of both liberal and conservative persuasion will need to confront.

Arctic Fever - Political, Economic & Environmental Aspects (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022): Anastasia Likhacheva Arctic Fever - Political, Economic & Environmental Aspects (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
Anastasia Likhacheva
R3,924 Discovery Miles 39 240 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book explores the Arctic as a rapidly evolving phenomenon in international affairs of a rising number of stakeholders. For decades, Arctic studies used to be an affair of a relatively narrow group of experts from northern countries. This time is over due to a new Chinese Arctic policy, as well as growing regional interests from South Korea, Singapore, India and Japan. Contributors reflect on new roles for the Arctic region: both as a playground for the old school nation state competition and even confrontation, and a new source for international cooperation in energy, logistics and natural sciences. Climate change, political tensions and economic competition make Arctic a hotter venue of international relations. This new Arctic fever, studied through a comparative analysis of different regional agendas, especially with a focus on the US-China-Russia triangle, represents the main subject of our book, which will be of interest to scholars of geopolitics, of climate change, and of 21st century energy economics.

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