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How do rural development programs, especially those run by nongovernmental organizations, cope in a time of structural adjustment programs and economical liberalization? Using Ecuador as a representative example, the authors of Rural Progress, Rural Decay explore the consequences of neoliberal macroeconomic policies for equitable development—and demonstrate that NGOs can make little headway in promoting "poor people's entrepreneurship" in what remains an essentially big-business-dominated economic and political environment

Exploring the relationship between governance and development policy, the authors of this collection describe recent governance changes in a range of African countries, analyze the consequences of those changes for institutional reforms, and highlight the challenges involved in consolidating ongoing processes of economic liberalization and democratization

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 A Platform for Control: Interventions and Army Doctors, 1856–1925 -- 2 ''Test Tube Island'' -- 3 The Nuclear Canal -- 4 Playing the Drug Card -- 5 The Politics of Environmental Cover-up -- 6 Market Mania -- 7 Continuity and Change in the Military's Vision -- Afterword: Knowing Ourselves Exhortation to Read a Friendly Text -- Notes -- Index

Can democracy develop in Latin America without United States assistance? Why should the United States care? Why is Latin America relevant to U.S. economic growth in global competition? In Greater America: A New Partnership for the Americas in the 21st Century L. Ronald Scheman argues that our future lies not in Europe, Asia, or the Middle East but right here in our own backyard-the Western Hemisphere. He shows how the political and cultural legacy of colonization, immigration, assimilation and pluralism binds North, Central and South America, and how the trends in market growth and resources make the Americas a rich prize in global trade. Despite the tendency of many northerners to underestimate our ties, we are closer to our southern cousins than to any other societies. That relationship will be increasingly stronger given the growing and irrepressible influence of Latino and Caribbean populations in the U.S. For Latin America, the linkage to the U.S. is essential for attracting investment and creating the jobs necessary to overcome its oppressive heritage of poverty and to provide opportunity for a young population that will increasingly expect a better standard of living. Most important, Greater America demonstrates how closer ties with Latin America will help build a stronger U.S. economy while reducing illegal immigration and drug trafficking. He argues that only a NATO-like coalition in the Americas will defeat the drug traffickers, and that a major program to build infrastructure is essential to make trade agreements work. This book celebrates the contribution of the Americas as one of the more important factors in the spread of human freedom in the last half millennium. It makes the case for the unlimited potential of the Americas and shows how it can be unleashed through greater political and economic integration

Recent years have seen numerous books about the looming threat posed to Western society by biological and chemical terrorism, by narcoterrorists, and by the unpredictable leaders of rogue nations. Some of these works have been alarmist. Some have been sensible and measured. But none has been by Loch Johnson. Johnson, author of the acclaimed Secret Agencies and "an experienced overseer of intelligence" (Foreign Affairs), here examines the present state and future challenges of American strategic intelligence. Written in his trademark style--dubbed "highly readable" by Publishers Weekly--and drawing on dozens of personal interviews and contacts, Johnson takes advantage of his insider access to explore how America today aspires to achieve nothing less than "global transparency," ferreting out information on potential dangers in every corner of the world. And yet the American security establishment, for all its formidable resources, technology, and networks, currently remains a loose federation of individual fortresses, rather than a well integrated "community" of agencies working together to provide the President with accurate information on foreign threats and opportunities. Intelligence failure, like the misidentified Chinese embassy in Belgrade accidentally bombed by a NATO pilot, is the inevitable outcome when the nation's thirteen secret agencies steadfastly resist the need for central coordination. Ranging widely and boldly over such controversial topics as the intelligence role of the United Nations (which Johnson believes should be expanded) and whether assassination should be a part of America's foreign policy (an option he rejects for fear that the U.S. would then be cast not only as global policeman but also as global godfather), Loch K. Johnson here maps out a critical and prescriptive vision of the future of American intelligence

Frontmatter -- FOREWORD -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- THE REGION -- SOUTHEAST ASIA IN 2000: Many Roads, No Destination? / Singh, Daljit -- SOUTHEAST ASIA'S ECONOMIES: Corporate Sector Concerns Return to the Fore / Freeman, Nick J. -- AUSTRALIA AND ASIA: The Years of Living Aimlessly / Beeson, Mark -- AUSTRALIA AND ASIA: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow / Hogue, Cavan -- ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES / Elliot, Lorraine -- EAST TIMOR'S FUTURE: Southeast Asian or South Pacific? / Hill, Hal -- BRUNEI DARUSSALAM -- NEGARA BRUNEI DARUSSALAM: Economic Gloom and the APEC Summit / Horton, A.V.M. -- CAMBODIA -- CAMBODIA: Democracy or Dictatorship? / Hughes, Caroline -- DEALING WITH CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY: Progress or Illusion? / Heder, Stephen R. -- INDONESIA -- INDONESIA: The Trials of President Wahid / Budiman, Arief -- INDONESIA: Violence and Reform Beyond Jakarta / Malley, Michael -- LAOS -- Laos: Signs of Unrest / Lintner, Bertil -- MALAYSIA -- MALAYSIA: UMNO's Search for Relevance / Funston, John -- THE UNRAVELLING OF A "MALAY CONSENSUS" / Mohamad, Maznah -- MYANMAR -- MYANMAR: Beyond the Reach of International Relief? / Matthews, Bruce -- THE PHILIPPINES -- PHILIPPINES: Trauma of a Failed Presidency / Magno, Alex R. -- MUSLIM MINDANAO: Four Years After the Peace Agreement / May, R.J. -- SINGAPORE -- ISLAND IN THE WORLD: Globalization and Singapore's Transformation / Tay, Simon S. C. -- ON BABIES, FOREIGN TALENT AND OLDER PEOPLE: The Great Balancing Act / Teng, Yap Mui -- THAILAND -- THAILAND: A Moment of Transition / Rathanamongkolmas, Abhinya -- THAILAND'S RELATIONS WITH THE NEW ASEAN MEMBERS: Solving Problems and Creating Images / Chulasiriwongs, Chayachoke -- VIETNAM -- VIETNAM: Light at the End of the Economic Tunnel? / Heng, Russell Hiang-Khng -- STATE-SOCIETY RELATIONS IN VIETNAM: Strong or Weak State? / Koh, David

Frontmatter -- FOREWORD -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- THE REGION -- Southeast Asia in 1999: A False Dawn? / Singh, Daljit -- Southeast Asia: Towards a Sustained Recovery? / Booth, Anne -- How Valid Are the South China Sea Claims under the Law of the Sea Convention? / Van Dyke, Jon M. / Valencia, Mark J. -- The East Timor Crisis: A Test Case for Humanitarian Intervention / Sebastian, Leonard C. / Smith, Anthony L. -- BRUNEI DARUSSALAM -- Brunei Darussalam: Weathering the Storm / bin Awang Damit, Mohamad Yusop -- CAMBODIA -- Cambodia: Hun Sen Consolidates Power / Osborne, Milton -- INDONESIA -- Indonesia: Democratization and the Threat of Disintegration / Crouch, Harold -- The Indonesian Economy under Abdurrahman Wahid / Soesastro, Hadi -- LAOS -- Laos: An Episode of Yo-Yo Economics / Bourdet, Yves -- MALAYSIA -- Unfinished Crises: Malaysian Politics in 1999 / Boo Teik, Khoo -- Malaysia's Alternative Approach to Crisis Management / Zainal Abidin, Mahani -- MYANMAR -- Myanmar: Political Stasis and a Precarious Economy / Wingfield, Tom -- The Failure of Myanmar's Agricultural Policies / Warr, Peter G. -- THE PHILIPPINES -- The Philippines: Governance Issues Come to the Fore / Coronel Ferrer, Miriam -- SINGAPORE -- Singapore: A Vision for the New Millennium / Chan, Jasmine S. -- Singapore: Information Technology in an Intelligent Island / Mahizhnan, Arun -- THAILAND -- Thailand: Farewell to Old-Style Politics? / Bunbongkarn, Suchit -- The Thai Economy: Stabilization and Reforms / Likitkijsomboon, Pichit -- VIETNAM -- Vietnam: The Politics of Immobilism Revisited / Thayer, Carlyle A.

Frontmatter -- FOREWORD -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- THE REGION -- SOUTHEAST ASIA: Challenges to Unity and Regime Legitimacy / Thayer, Carlyle A. -- THE ASEAN ECONOMIC MIRACLE UNRAVELS / Montes, Manual F. -- GREATER MEKONG SUB-REGION AND THE "ASIAN CRISIS": Caught Between Scylla and Charybdis / Freeman, Nick J. -- AUSTRALIA'S ELECTION YEAR: Hansonism and the Asian Financial Crisis / Osborne, Milton -- BRUNEI DARUSSALAM -- BRUNEI DARUSSALAM: The Outside World Intrudes / Cleary, Mark / Francis, Simon -- CAMBODIA -- TESTING THE LIMITS OF CHANGE: Cambodia's Politics After the July Elections / Lizée, Pierre P. -- SURVEILLANCE AND RESISTANCE IN THE CAMBODIAN ELECTIONS: The Prisoners' Dilemma? / Hughes, Caroline -- INDONESIA -- A YEAR OF UPHEAVAL AND UNCERTAINTY: The Fall of Soeharto and Rise of Habibie / Suryadinata, Leo -- INDONESIA'S ARMED FORCES: Difficult Challenges, New Future / Haseman, John B. -- LAOS -- LAOS: A Million Elephants, A Million Tourists? / Schneider, Andreas -- MALAYSIA -- MALAYSIA: A Fateful September / Funston, John -- DEVELOPMENT AND THE POLITICS OF SOCIAL STABILITY IN MALAYSIA / Salleh, Halim -- MYANMAR -- MYANMAR'S GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY: Economic and Political Uncertainty / Than, Tin Maung Maung -- PHILIPPINES -- THE PHILIPPINES: Consolidating Democracy in Difficult Times / Bolongaita, Emil P. -- CONTEMPORARY CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE PHILIPPINES / Magadia, José -- SINGAPORE -- SINGAPORE IN 1998: Managing Expectations, Shoring-up National Morale / Cunha, Derek da -- THE CULTURE INDUSTRY AND THE FUTURE OF THE ARTS IN SINGAPORE / Nathan, J.M. -- THAILAND -- THAILAND: A Year of Diminishing Expectations / Thabchumpon, Naruemon -- POLITICS OF CIVIL SOCIETY / Pongsapich, Amara -- VIETNAM -- VIETNAM: Is Globalization a Friend or a Foe? / Nathan, Melina -- VIETNAM; Addressing Profound Regional Disparities / Diez, Javier Revilla

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- I The Legalist Approach to International Relations -- 2 The Obligatory Arbitration of International Disputes -- 3 The Foundation of an International Court of Justice -- 4 The Codification of Customary International Law -- 5 Creating a New Regime for the Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes -- 6 U.S. Legalist Imperial Policy toward Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Far East -- 7 The Foundation of the Inter-American System of International Relations and Its Central American Subsystem -- 8 U.S. Neutrality toward the First World War -- Conclusion -- Appendix. International Law and the Use of Force: Beyond Regime Theory -- Notes -- Index

Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Contents -- Introduction -- The Region -- Southeast Asia: A Year When High Ambition Was Challenged / Crone, Donald -- ASEAN Economic Co-operation: Adjusting to the Crisis / Setboonsarng, Suthad -- Regionalism In East And Southeast Asia: Two Views -- ASEAN: An Image Problem / Sheridan, Greg -- East Asian Regionalism: So Close and Yet So Far / Chongkittavorn, Kavi -- Brunei Darussalam -- Brunei Darussalam: Developing Within Its Own Paradigm / Duraman, Ismail / Hj Hashim, Abdul Amin -- Cambodia -- One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: Cambodia and the Elusive Quest for Peace / Um, Khatharya -- Hun Sen's Pre-Emptive Coup: Causes and Consequences / Peou, Sorpong -- Indonesia -- Indonesia: A Year of Politics and Sadness / Sukma, Rizal -- Indonesia: Towards Transition / Lowry, Bob -- Laos -- Laos: No Safe Haven from the Regional Tumult / Freeman, Nick J. -- Malaysia -- Malaysia: A Year of Introspection / Kurus, Bilson -- Myanmar -- Myanmar: Regional Relationships and Internal Concerns / Steinberg, David I. -- The Philippines -- Between Populism and Reform: Facing the Test of May 1998 / Magna, Alexander R. -- Security Challenges of the Philippine Archipelago / Pablo-Baviera, Aileen San -- Singapore -- Entrenching a City-State's Dominant Party System / Ganesan, N. -- Towards a Singaporean Civil Society / Tay, Simon S. C. -- Thailand -- Thailand: Constitutional Reform Amidst Economic Crisis / Jumbala, Prudhisan -- Thai Foreign Policy: Seeking Influence / Funston, John -- Vietnam -- Vietnam's One-Party Rule and Socialist Democracy? / Vasavakul, Thaveeporn -- Striving Towards Doi Moi 11 / Truong, David H.D.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction· Alterity Politics: Toward an Ethics without Lack -- 1. Today; or, Between Emergence and Possibility: Foucault, Derrida, and Butler on Performative Identity -- 2. The Ethics of Dialogue: Bakhtin's Answerability and Levinas's Responsibility -- 3. "Junk" and the Other: Burroughs and Levinas on Drugs -- 4. Enjoy Your Chiasmus! Ethics, Failure, and the Performative in Ziiek and de Man -- 5. Is It the Shoes~ Otherness and Exemplarity in Jameson, Heidegger, and Derrida -- 6. Becoming-Black: Repetition and Difference in Baraka's Blues People and Reed's Mumbo Jumbo -- 7. White Male Anger: Failure, Resentment, and Performative Political Theory -- Conclusion· Choosing Ethics, Affirming Alterity -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Baseline for Change: The Brezhnev Legacy -- 2. The Early Impact of New Political Thought, 1985-1989 -- 3. Reshaping the Establishment -- 4. Ripple Effects of Perestroika on Relations with Cuba -- 5. Nicaragua: Test Case of Superpower Cooperation -- 6. Relations with the Other Countries of the Isthmus -- 7. Relations with the Island and Rim Countries of the Caribbean -- 8. Prospects for the Future -- Notes -- Index

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Tables -- Part I. Introduction -- I. The Background of Turkish-American Relations -- II. The High Spots of a Century -- Part III. The Romance of Trade -- III. Early American Trade with Turkey -- IV. Commercial Relations in the Twentieth Century -- V. What America Buys from Turkey and Why -- VI. What America Sells to Turkey and Why -- Part III. Politics and Economics in Turkish American Relations -- VII. Turkish American Trade in English Ships -- VIII. Turkey's Foreign Built Railroads -- IX. The Struggle for Trade in Turkey -- X. Turkey's Foreign Made Tariffs -- XI. American Politics, Tariffs and Trade with Turkey -- XII. Turkish Conventions and Controversy -- Part IV. America Opens the Door in Turkey -- XIII. America's Good Will Investment in Turkey -- XIV. The Open Door Versus Imperialism: First Stage -- XV. The Open Door Versus Imperialism: Second Stage -- Part V. America as a Haven for Minorities -- XVI. Escape from Tyranny and Poverty -- XVII. Losses and Gains to Turkey -- XVIII. Ottoman or American? -- Part VI. Summary and Conclusions -- XIX. The Past, The Present, and The Future -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index