This book examines the effects of defense spending on economic growth and investigates how the changed world political climate is likely to alter the importance and pattern of defense spending both for developed and developing countries. .
This book exemplifies disagreements in agricultural research and agricultural policies in the U.S. It hopes to expand the capacity for... Læs mere
This book draws out the reasons for the emergence of divergent political practices in India and their meaning for democracy,... Læs mere
This book examines gang rape, clitoridectomy, abduction of women, ritual belittling of men, modern feminist criticism, and the "war between the sexes". It deals with the politics of large state-sized units and conflict in the form of overt war between Indians and colonial powers.
This book argues that the period of U.S. neutrality at the beginning of World War II was crucial in developing the concepts of interdependence and national security that remain integral to U.S. foreign policy today.
This book is the outcome of a workshop on the conversion of tropical forest to pasture in Latin America convened... Læs mere
This book analyzes the military situation in Europe and the contending views about the military balance and important military variables there. It provides very useful insights into what has often been a confusing debate about the true state of the military situation.
This book examines the reasons counterforce has become widely accepted in U.S. nuclear weapons policies. It discusses the implications of adherence to the counterforce doctrine despite increasing popular support for avoiding nuclear war through deterrence and arms control. .
This book aims to identify and characterize rural land-use planning issues, to describe developments in resource information systems, and to present several analytical frameworks and assess their potential contribution to planning the use of rural land resources.
This book analyzes the performance of the manufacturing sector in Chile from 1974 to 1982, looking specifically at the effect of the "neoconservative" or "monetarist experiment" implemented in Chile during that period on the behavior of the Chilean industrial sector.
This book investigates the two-way relationship between debt and democracy in Latin America. It examines the evidence about how regime type influenced the choice of policy to deal with foreign creditors and related economic issues.
This book traces out complex interactions among three critical processes—migration, fertility, and marriage—in a lucid... Læs mere