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Now available in English, The Wald Report is Colonel Emanuel Wald's report to Israeli Chief of Staff Moshe Levi regarding the... Læs mere
This book shows that the revolutionary guard has resisted professionalization on the key aspect of war decision making. It explains how the Guard was able to resist ideological dilution despite its need to adopt a rationalized and complex organizational structure.
This comprehensive volume explores the interface between politics and policy making in the water management sector of India. It was originally published as a special issue of the International Journal of Water Resources Development.
An account of the grand intellectual development of the Confucian tradition. It describes the historical phases of Confucianism and offers insights into the often... Læs mere
This book probes the dynamics of image-making and provides us with a unique glimpse of how the world outside of the United States viewed the media's war in the Persian Gulf and how the dynamics of image-making and information control operate.
In this book, experts from Turkey, Europe, and the United States address key aspects of Turkey's multifaceted role in the changing... Læs mere
This volume points up many of the complexities involved in any simple notion of what constitutes rural development policy in Vietnam: the continued use of cooperatives in some areas to pressure the rural population; the land conflicts; and the pressures upon women.
Basing her analysis on extensive fieldwork and archival research, the author examines the social dimension of labor migration to Kuwait... Læs mere
Womanhood in the Making is an ethnographic study of Brahman women's ritual practice that focuses on relations between religious practice, class and caste inequalities, and nationalist discourses.
The Grameen Bank of Bangladesh has been extending small loans to poor borrowers (primarily women) to promote self-employment and income generation since 1976.
This book provides an overview of Uganda, a country that represents the hope and despair of modern Africa. It deals with a brief examination of the factors and themes that have influenced Uganda's historical development, focusing mainly on the postindependence period.
This text offers a new paradigm for studying modern Middle East history by arguing that the year 1979 is perhaps the most important watershed in the post-WWII Middle East.