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Mark, C. ; Katzman, K.: Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad: recent developments, sources of support, and implications for U.S. policy. - S.1-12. Katzman, K.: Terrorism: Middle Eastern groups and state sponsors. - S.13-42. Migdalovitz, C.: Algeria: four years of crisis. - S.43-60. Katzman, K.: Iran and Iraq: analysis and chronology of weapons programs. - S.61-84. Mark, C. R.: Jerusalem. - S.85-92. Prados, A. B.: Syrian-U.S. relations. - S.97-112. Mark, C. R.: Palestine Liberation Organization Covenant. - S.113-125. Katzman, K.: Iran: U.S. containment policy. - S.127-146. Prados, A. B.: Saudi Arabia: post-war issues. - S.147-161. Mark, C.: The Golan Heights. - S.163-174. Prados, A. B.: Jordan: U.S. relations and bilateral issues. - S.177-187

For too long, too many historians have been too much concerned with impersonal forces, underlying structures and long-term developments. Now, 'people' are back. In a post-modern age it is easier to appreciate the decisive role played by individuals, as they ride their luck and seize their opportunity to bend the world to their will. As these essays by twelve eminent historians demonstrate, biography is too important to be left to the amateurs. Among the rich variety of strong characters analysed here are an Austrian emperor, a German kaiser, a Victorian prime minister, an Italian dictator, and an American president. Dedicated to a master-biographer, Derek Beales, the range and quality of this collection will stimulate, inform and entertain everyone interested in the history of the modern world

This book provides a major review of the state of international theory. It is focused around the issue of whether the positivist phase of international theory is now over, or whether the subject remains mainly positivistic. Leading scholars analyse the traditional theoretical approaches in the discipline, then examine the issues and groups which are marginalised by mainstream theory, before turning to four important new developments in international theory (historical sociology, post-structuralism, feminism, and critical theory). The book concludes with five chapters which look at the future of the subject and the practice of international relations. This survey brings together key figures who have made leading contributions to the development of mainstream and alternative theory, and will be a valuable text for both students and scholars of international relations

Women and Religion in the First Christian Centuries focuses on religion during the period of Roman imperial rule and its significance in women's lives. It discusses the rich variety of religious expression, from pagan cults and classical mythology to ancient Judaism and early Christianity, and the wide array of religious functions fulfilled by women. The author analyses key examples from each context, creating a vivid image of this crucial period which laid the foundations of western civilization. The study challenges the concepts of religion and of women in the light of post-modern critique. As such, it is an important contribution to contemporary gender theory. In its broad and interdisciplinary approach, this book will be of interest to students of early religion as well as those involved in cultural theory.

In this wide-ranging account, Ivan Berend traces the post-war fortunes of the countries lying between Germany and the former Soviet Union. Professor Berend draws both on his academic expertise and personal involvement in many of the events which he describes to produce a synthesis of a huge array of materials. His study stretches beyond the confines of economic history to provide insights into the complex interplay of ideological, social and political forces in the 'Eastern Bloc' countries over the last fifty years of revolutionary change. In particular Berend's analysis of totalitarianism, the development of nationalism, and the personalities at the centre of political life in eastern Europe offers an alternative perspective on the economies of the state-socialist regimes at the periphery of the western industrialised world

In the post-war period, spending on social security, health and education has grown continuously in the leading industrialized countries. The considerable size of this spending as a percentage of GDP together with the ageing population raise doubts on the sustainability of welfare spending. These doubts have been accompanied in recent years by an increasing awareness of the allocational inefficiencies and the distributive inequalities caused by the provision of some social services. The welfare state should therefore be reconstructed not only through readjustment of the social security system but also a change in unemployment benefits and the taxation of workers to avoid the perverse spiral that may be produced in the future by cuts in welfare benefits, growing unemployment and the need to further reduce the social security services.

In his seminal study of convict leasing in the post-Civil War South, Matthew J. Mancini chronicles one of the harshest, most exploitative labor systems in American history. Devastated by war, bewildered by peace, and unprepared to confront the problems of prison management, Southern states sought to alleviate the need for cheap labor, a perceived rise in criminal behavior, and the bankruptcy of their state treasuries. Mancini describes the policy of leasing prisoners to individuals and corporations as one that, in addition to reducing prison populations and generating revenues, offered a means of racial subordination and labor discipline. He identifies commonalities that, despite the seemingly uneven enforcement of convict leasing across state lines, bound the South together for more than half a century in reliance on an institution of almost unrelieved brutality

The long peace, the end of the Cold War, and the failure of realism / Richard Ned Lebow -- Explaining the end of the Cold War: morphological and behavioral adaptations to the nuclear peace? / Kenneth A. Oye -- Liberalism and the end of the Cold War / Michael W. Doyle -- Myths, modernization, and the post-Gorbachev world / Jack Snyder -- Understanding change in international politics: the Soviet Empire's demise and the international system / Rey Koslowski and Friedrich V. Kratochwil -- The search for accommodation: Gorbachev in comparative perspective / Richard Ned Lebow -- Ideas do not float freely: transnational coalitions, domestic structures, and the end of the Cold War / Thomas Risse-Kappen -- Political learning by doing: Gorbachev as uncommitted thinker and motivated learner / Janice Gross Stein -- Conclusion: the end of the Cold War, what have we learned? / Richard K. Herrmann

Jurgen Habermas is unquestionably one of the foremost philosophers writing today. His notions of communicative action and rationality have exerted a profound influence within philosophy and the social sciences. This volume examines the historical and intellectual contexts out of which Habermas' work emerged, and offers an overview of his main ideas, including those in his most recent publication. Amongst the topics discussed are his relationship to the Frankfurt School of critical theory and Marx, his unique contributions to the philosophy of the social sciences, the concept of 'communicative ethics', and the critique of post-modernism. New readers and non-specialists will find this the most convenient, accessible guide to Habermas currently available. Advanced students will find a conspectus of recent developments in the interpretation of Habermas.

This 1996 book provides a detailed, systematic reconsideration of the neglected nineteenth-century positivist Auguste Comte. Apart from offering an accurate account of what Comte actually wrote, the book argues that Comte's positivism has never had greater contemporary relevance than now. The aim of the first part of the book is to rescue Comte from the influential misinterpretation of his work by John Stuart Mill. The second part argues that this deep historically-minded concern with the tradition of philosophy for current philosophical practice places Comte in the same camp as such well-known post-positivists as Richard Rorty, Charles Taylor, and Hilary Putnam. Professor Scharff concludes that, even though he was the first positivist, Comte is also the only positivist who retains his relevance today

This text by Cliff Bowman and David Asch is designed for courses in strategic management, business strategy and business policy. It will be particularly suitable for MBAs, post experience students and undergraduates taking a one semester course. It will also appeal to practising managers in a wide range of organisations who are interested in developing a sound understanding of strategic issues. The book avoids an overly theoretical approach, concentrating instead on new ideas concerning the content and process of strategy and blending this with empirical findings in the area. The result is a book which focuses on implementing strategy, taking a more action oriented approach. Case study material arising from many years of teaching in leading management schools world-wide has also been included to make this an ideal text for a variety of courses

A reconsideration of socialism in the post-Soviet era based on the theoretical achievements of Japanese Marxist political economy. The origins and the various components of the broad current of socialist thought, as well as the implications of Marx's economic theories for socialism, are explored afresh. The Western debate on the rationality of a socialist economy, starting in the 1920s and continuing to the present, is reviewed and reassessed. The book further inquires into the nature, the achievements, and the character of the systemic change in the socialist economies of the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and China. The existence of a broad range of alternatives for future socialism, which can be chosen flexibly by the people of each society, is the message suggested by the book.

Milton's classical republicanism / Martin Dzelzainis -- Milton and the characteristics of a free commonwealth / Thomas N. Corns -- Great senates and godly education : politics and cultural renewal in some pre- and post-revolutionary texts of Milton / Cedric C. Brown -- Biblical reference in the political pamphlets of the Levellers and Milton, 1638-1654 / Elizabeth Tuttle -- The metapahorical contract in Milton's Tenure of kings and magistrates / Victoria Kahn -- Milton, Satan, Salmasius and Abdiel / Roger Lejosne -- Paradise lost as a republican 'tractatus theologico-politicus' / Armand Himy -- Popular republicanism in the 1650s : John Streater's 'heroick mechanicks' / Nigel Smith -- Milton and Marchamont Nedham / Blair Worden -- Milton and the protectorate in 1658 / Martin Dzelzainis -- John Milton : poet against empire / David Armitage -- The whig Milton, 1667-1700 / Nicholas von Maltzahn -- Borrowed language : Milton, Jeffersosn, Mirabeau / Tony Davies

Cover -- Front matter -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- Part I: Elections in Russia and the USSR: A Historical Overview -- 2 Elections in Russian and Early Soviet History -- 3 Reforming the Soviet Electoral System -- Part II: The 1993 Election Campaign -- 4 Overview of the Campaign -- Part ill: Influences and Trends of the 1993 Campaign -- 5 Media Coverage in the Elections -- 6 Parties and Voters in the Elections -- 7 Stabilization or Stagnation? A Regional Perspective -- Part IV: The Framework of a New Political Order -- 8 The Development of the Russian Party System: Did the Elections Change Anything? -- 9 The Presidency and Political Leadership in Post-Communist Russia -- 10 The Legacy of Leninist Enforced De-participation -- 11 Conclusion -- Appendix: Electoral Associations and their Programmes -- Index -- Back cover.

1995 -- Editor's page -- Copyright -- The Center for National Security Studies -- The Authors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- 1995 -- Introduction -- 1 Nonproliferation Organizations and Regimes beyond 1995 -- 2 Nuclear Arms Control in the Post-Cold War Era -- 3 Toward a Universal Framework of Nuclear Restraint -- 4 The NPT's Prospects -- 5 The Last Nuclear Summit? -- 6 1995: A Time for Optimism? -- 7 India and the NPT after the Cold War -- 8 Perspectives of Nonproliferation: A View from Russia -- 9 The Future of the NPT: A German Perspective -- 10 Beyond 1995: The NPT and Europe -- 11 The NPT, the Treaty of Tlatelolco, and the Future of Nonproliferation -- 12 Avoiding Amendment of the NPT -- 13 What Happens to Safeguards if the NPT Goes? -- 14 Does the NPT Matter? -- APPENDIX Toward 1995 -- About the Authors -- Index.