This book examines the interaction between state security and regime security in South Korea under the leadership of President Syngman Rhee in the period 1953-60.
This text explains why the existence of "special status corporations" inhibits the Japanese prime minister's efforts to implement structural reforms.
We must quickly learn how to live well in the world as it is today, including the realm of work. We need to learn a new vocabulary of economics and markets that is more... Læs mere
The ten essays in this book explore the intersection of race and class in the study of labor on three continents.... Læs mere
No region of the world has been so affected as the Caribbean by the geopolitical and economic changes caused by the end of the Cold War and the impact of globalization. This book... Læs mere
During the Truman and Eisenhower administrations, Washington policymakers aspired to destabilize the Soviet and East European Communist Party regimes by implementing programs of psychological warfare and gradual cultural infiltration.
In addition, the two dozen scientists who collaborated with their American and Canadian allies were to have a profound effect on the post-War world, helping to shape the nuclear programs of the United States, Great Britain and, more controversially, the USSR.
Based on a fifteen year longitudinal cross-cultural analysis on the role of the body in identity... Læs mere
After twenty years of rapid economic growth, China is facing a critical decision on its agricultural policy. It can either continue to pursue a food... Læs mere
Looking at the representation of the animal in law, religious writings, literary representation, science and political ideas, what... Læs mere