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This book examines the position that citizen participation in the planning and management of development projects is crucial to their lasting success, viewing inadequate participation as part of the larger problem of ineffective management, policies, and planning.
Originally published in 1990. A look at the vast, historically and socially complex nature of the Nigeria.
This study analyzes the key functions of arms planning and procurement in the ongoing Israeli defence effort..
In this book the authors seek to explain the experience of the post-coup period by relating Afghanistan's political and social systems to broader theoretical propositions about regime maintenance and political legitimization.
This book highlights the principal sociospatial constraints to development in Sub-Saharan Africa that have been... Læs mere
This book presents a variety of disciplinary and theoretical perspectives on the problematic of reform in Vietnam. It explores the... Læs mere
This book—the first of Arkoun's works to be widely available in English— advocates a conception of Islam as a stream of experience encompassing majorities and minorities, Sunni and Shi'a, popular mystics and erudite scholars, ancient heroes and modern critics.
This book focuses on the economic, social, and political relationships between the haves and the have-nots in the Middle East focuses on Egypt—the largest state in the region—and on its prospects for change based on financial assistance from other Arab countries.
This book focuses on the underlying forces at work in the Middle East and how they will influence U.S. interests and future strategy. It discusses strategic priorities, the policy options available, and the dilemmas presented by conflicting U.S. interests.
This book demonstrates how domestic factors affecting policy decisions made in both Cairo and Jerusalem prevented Sadat and Begin from embracing a structure that would yield a more comprehensive arrangement.
This book analyses the Palestine Liberation Organization's (PLO) "Lebanese era" and its aftermath, of the changing position of the Palestinian nationalist... Læs mere
This collection examines Shi'ism, an often stigmatized minority branch of Islam, and assesses the present Shi'i situation within the historical, strategic, and economic heartland of Islam and evaluate the role of Iran's revolution within the Muslim world.