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Why, at the onset of a downturn in economic activity and an upswing in unemployment (in the early 2000's), did the leading trade unions in Germany decide to demand-and in some cases strike for- larger wage increases and denounce a government-led policy of wage moderation, rather than strengthen their adherence to such a policy? Two (related) explanations of this apparently nonrational behavior were offered by German unionists at an informal conference on union policy-making in Germany, Japan, and the U.S. In the first place, it was claimed that at the grass roots union members might be expected to accept wage restraint only if they are convinced that they would be punished for failure to do so (e.g. to accept subcontract wages in marginal enterprises) or if acceptance would be virtually certain to ensure reward in the form of increased job security and employment (e.g. by the adoption of more expansionist fiscal or monetary policies). And second, some of the union participants at the conference claimed that the failure of real wages to grow as rapidly as productivity tends to engender feelings of unfair on inequitable treatment among unionists, which, if allowed to persist, could override the requirements of rational self-interest in pursuing wage policies aimed solely at maximizing the net wealth of the membership.

Chapter One provides an introduction to the problem and a review of all of the significant literature on the subject. Chapter Two examines the various economic factors that have made the sale of reactors an important Canadian foreign policy goal. Chapter Three sets out the political/security concerns associated with reactor exports, concentrating on the theme of the prevention of nuclear proliferation. Chapter Four looks at the period 1945-74 and shows that at the beginning of this era commercial interests clearly dominated over security concerns, but by the end an equilibrium had been reached between the two forces. Chapter Five examines the period 1974-76 when a shift in the balance between the two competing objectives took place, resulting in political/security concerns dominating over commercial interests. Chapter Six assesses the final period, 1977-92, when, despite the dire economic necessity of concluding reactor sales, the Canadian government still allowed political/security concerns to dominate over commercial interests. Chapter Seven gives a brief conclusion. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)Dept. of History, Philosophy, and Political Science. Paper copy at Leddy Library: Theses & Major Papers - Basement, West Bldg. / Call Number: Thesis1992 .B733. Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 31-04, page: 1576. Thesis (M.A.)--University of Windsor (Canada), 1992.

This handbook offers government officials practical assistance in strengthening relations between government and citizens. It combines a brief review of basic concepts, principles, concrete examples of good practice, tools (including new information and communication technologies) as well as tips from practice. The approach and activities shown in this handbook support and complement formal institutions of democracy, and strengthen the democratic process. FURTHER READING Citizens as Partners: Information, Consultation and Public Participation in Policy-making

"American diplomacy is broken. As a result, the United States sits on the sidelines as the remainder of the world writes international law dealing with a host of vexing problems. The source of the dysfunction is domestic politics. Partisan polarization has rendered the domestic treaty process unworkable. Instead, presidents rely entirely on unilateral tools to complete their agreements, making them far weaker and less legitimate. Using a mixed-methods approach, Peake assesses the politics surrounding treaty ratification and the use of unilateral authority since World War Two, with a particular focus on the twenty-first century. He employs original data from 1949 through 2020, including 1,000 treaties and more than 3,000 executive agreements. The analysis provides case studies of the domestic politics of several recent international agreements, including on climate change, Iranian nuclear weapons, security in Iraq and Afghanistan, human rights, and the law of the sea"--

"La singularité de ce livre réside dans le fait que c'est la première fois qu'un ancien étudiant guinéen en URSS essaie de partager ses souvenirs en offrant au lecteur un autre regard de l'histoire de ce pays, souvent dépeint sous les traits d'un communisme pur et dur. L'auteur a réussi à pénétrer cet univers quasi fermé, formation de policier oblige. Il montre les permanences et les ruptures d'un système pas toujours bien compris par le commun des observateurs. Mieux, il analyse sans complaisance, l'influence internationale du pays des Soviets sur les peuples du tiers-monde dont celui de son propre pays, la Guinée dont le chemin a croisé à une époque donnée, celui de l'Union des Républiques socialistes soviétiques (URSS) dans un contexte historique bien particulier." [Back cover]

Service before self -- Warrior monk -- The adults -- Early days -- Loyalty -- Trumped -- Policy by tweet -- Wag the dog -- Good cop, bad cop -- Secretary of reassurance -- Winter of discontent -- Legacy -- Leading up -- Great powers -- Last adult standing -- Headwinds -- New team -- Summer of surprises -- Teflon -- China -- Totally controlled by Russia -- Endgame -- Hanging on.

1 – Introduction: Why Australia and Latin America? On mapping connections and its implications for knowledge production -- 2 – Decolonising the Exhibitionary Complex: Perspectives on Australian and Latin American art, geopolitics and translocal practice in the Global Contemporary -- 3 - La Bestia as transpacific phenomenon: Indigenous peoples' camps, violence, biopolitics, and Agamben's state of exception -- 4 – Common ground: Connections and tensions between food sovereignty movements in Australia and Latin America -- 5 – Rethinking the Chile-Australia Transpacific Relationship in light of Globalisation and Economic Progress -- 6 – Mavis Robertson, the Chilean New Song tours, and the Latin American cultural explosion in Sydney after 1977 -- 7 – Latin American Diasporic Writing in the Australian Migrant Magazine Tabaré -- 8 – Sydney's Iberoamerican Plaza and the Limits of Multiculturalism -- 9 – Screening Latin America: The Sydney Latin American Film Festival -- 10 – Days of the Dead: Australian Encounters with Violence in Contemporary Mexico -- 11 – Remembering obedience and dissent: Democratic citizenship and memorials to state violence in Australia and Argentina

"Six years ago, Vegas Tenold embedded himself among the members of three of America's most ideologically extreme white nationalist groups--the KKK, the National Socialist Movement, and the Traditionalist Workers Party. At the time, these groups were part of a disorganized counterculture that felt far from the mainstream. But since then, all that has changed. Racially-motivated violence has been on open display at rallies in Charlottesville, Berkeley, Pikesville, Phoenix, and Boston. Membership in white nationalist organizations is rising, and national politicians, including the president, are validating their perceived grievances. Everything You Love Will Burn offers a terrifying, sobering inside look at these newly empowered movements, from their conventions to backroom meetings with Republican operatives. Tenold introduces us to neo-Nazis in Brooklyn; a millennial Klanswoman in Tennessee; and a rising star in the movement, nicknamed the "Little Führer" by the Southern Poverty Law Center, who understands political power and is organizing a grand coalition of far-right groups to bring them into the mainstream. Everything You Love Will Burn takes readers to the dark, paranoid underbelly of America, a world in which the white race is under threat and the enemy is everywhere."--Dust jacket

The Saud Family and Wahhabi Islam -- The D'Arcy Oil Concession -- Hussein-McMahon Correspondence -- Sykes-Picot Agreement -- Balfour Declaration -- Charter of the Arab League -- CIA Summary of the Overthrow of Premier Mossadeq of Iran -- Baghdad Pact -- Gamal Abdel Nasser on the Nationalization of the Suez Canal -- The Eisenhower Doctrine -- Sayyid Qutb on Jihad -- Muhammad Qutb on the Origins of Islam -- Ayatollah Khomeini on "The Great Satan" -- Documents Relating to the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan -- Memos Concerning a Meeting between Donald Rumsfeld and Saddam Hussein -- President George H.W. Bush on the Cessation of the Persian Gulf War -- The 1993 World Trade Center Bombing: Report and Analysis -- From the "Clash of Civilizations" -- Osama bin Laden's Declaration of Jihad Against the Americans -- News Account of the USS Cole Bombing -- Memo on the Urgent Need to Address the al-Qaeda Threat -- Destruction of the Buddhist Statues at Bamiyan -- President George W. Bush's Statement to the Nation on 9/11 -- Osama bin Laden's Video Statement -- Excerpts from Knights under the Prophet's Banner -- On Counterterrorism and U.S. Foreign Policy -- Public Statement on the Release of the 9/11 Commission Report -- NATO Press Conference with Donald Rumsfeld -- Colin Powell on Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction -- Hans Blix on U.N. Weapons Inspection Efforts in Iraq -- George W. Bush's Address to the Nation on Military Operations in Iraq -- From The Crisis of Islam -- "Mission to Niger" and the Valerie Plame Affair -- Intelligence Report on Iraq's Programs for Weapons of Mass Destruction -- From the Fay Report on the Abu Ghraib Prisoner Abuse Scandal -- Declaration of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi at the Execution of Nicholas Berg -- Manning-Lamo Chat Logs -- President Obama's Remarks on the Killing of Osama bin Laden -- Snowden E-mail -- U.N. Report on the Alleged Use of Chemical Weapons in the Ghouta Area of Damascus on 21 August 2013 -- Islamic State--Proclamation of the Caliphate -- Remarks by Abdullah II of Jordan before the U.N. General Assembly -- Hassan Rouhani's Address before the U.N. General Assembly -- Benjamin Netanyahu: Speech before the U.N. General Assembly -- Donald Trump's Call for a "Muslim Ban" -- Time Line of 9/11.

Nuclear frustrations -- Global nuclear order at a crossroads -- Foundations for regional nuclear order -- Established orders: Western Europe and Latin America -- Northeast Asia -- Southeast Asia -- The Middle East -- Elusive orders : Africa and South Asia -- The future of nonproliferation

Introduction: The question of questions -- "The apple in our Eden" -- Embracing the filibusters -- "Walker is the United States" -- The colonizers -- Imagined empire -- Creating a filibuster state -- The promise of development -- Filibuster revolution -- The fall.