This book is designed to assist scholars and policymakers in comparative analyses of complex organizations and institutions of defense and to identify similarities and differences among the central administrative structures of the major industrial states. .
This book analyzes the key events and trends in Chinese affairs during the year 1989. It includes special chapters on Hong Kong, which was dramatically affected by the year's events,... Læs mere
This book is a chronological account of the repeated bids for freedom made by slaves and ex-slaves on the Kenya coast and of the obstacles placed in their way by the British, the Busaidi Arabs, and the peoples of the coast. .
This book describes the incidence and prevalence of delinquency and crime within an ecological framework, demonstrating how the... Læs mere
In this book, the author defines, measures, and explains the phenomenon of capital flight from developing countries. She attempts to incorporate the causes of capital flight in the measurement procedure.
This book, examining the process that created the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA), endeavors to assess the TRA in terms of its role in guiding or determining U.S. China policy, in preserving the sovereignty of Taiwan, in promoting democracy there, and in resolving the "Taiwan issue."
This book aims to acquaint the reader with both the shared features and the diversity of the private and cooperative... Læs mere
This book provides an understanding of the many biological and sociopolitical considerations involved in the conservation of... Læs mere
This book describes the evolving history of ideas in China, from ancient faith in powerful magic to more modern concepts of a logical moral order of the universe and mankind's place in it. It explores the intellectual ferment following the dawn of the age of reason.
This book identifies potential and technical obstacles to China's oil development, assesses the likelihood of China's overcoming them, examines the incentives for increasing Chinese petroleum exports, and analyzes the role such exports could play in Peking's foreign policy.
This in-depth study of the Estonian Soviet socialist republics (SSR) describes the current Estonian scene and analyzes the postwar Soviet years, concentrating on the factors that have led Estonia to its present status.
This study challenges several widely held assumptions about Central American economic integration, arguing that the key to understanding the failure of the integration program... Læs mere