This book discusses the moral, medical, legal, and economic issues that demand the sensitive attention of doctors, theologians, philosophers, social workers and lawyers, whose work brings them in contact with the kind of decision the voluntary termination of life represents. .
This book describes the interlocking relationship of government and multinational corporations (MNCs) that led to U.S. intervention in Guatemala in 1954. It explains the intervention in terms of the continuous penetration of the extended domain of the metropole.
This book discusses the motivating factors in papal-communist relations and chronicles the major events in detente policy in the Soviet Union and those countries of Eastern Europe where the Catholic Church is at least nominally the religion of 30" or more of the population.
This volume is an annotated bibliography of the issues associated with the definition and measurement of poverty. The discussion is organized around several topics in the areas of economics, political science, and sociology.
This book examines the role of the president in the defense policy process, focusing specifically on the administration of President Carter. It provides an assessment of the impact of the president's policies on future U.S. defense posture.
This book discusses the concept of developed socialism, traces the evolution of Soviet and East European responses to the... Læs mere
This book addresses specific issues involving local control over energy sources and energy uses, including environmental aspects of decentralized and centralized energy supply... Læs mere
This epistle, containing letter that is addressed to all survivors emerging from shelters, concentrates the mind in a bomb shelter awaiting the 'All Clear' after a thermonuclear war. It... Læs mere
This handbook represents advanced technology in a problem-oriented form readily accessible to livestock producers, operators of family farms, managers of agribusinesses,... Læs mere
This book analyzes Brazil's economy and politics from 1930, when the Brazilian industrial revolution began, up to July 1983. It addresses the period of strong development in Brazil between 1930 and 1961, and discusses at length the import-substitution model of industrialization.
This book examines Czechoslovakia's position in contemporary Europe as well as its historical background taking into full... Læs mere
This book examines the causes of declining fertility in a major Southeast Asian nation, the Philippines. It describes issues pertaining to the significance and utility of demographic measurement for promoting rapid economic development.