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The article analyzes GB's welfare program, specifically, the social security & employment policies. It outlines the welfare strategy from childhood to retirement & offers suggestions for the Labour government in its second term; one is to have asset-based endowments for disadvantaged children. The article also suggests greater focus on rehabilitation for people with addictions, & a plan to promote phased or part-time retirement. It concludes by saying that a more holistic approach to welfare is needed. Factors other than money, such as secure families & relationships, should be part of the equation. R. Larsen

THIS STUDY ATTEMPTS TO EVALUATE WHETHER THE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (IGOS) HAS RESULTED IN THEIR INCREASED USE FOR FOREIGN POLICY BEHAVIOR BY THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD. DATA ANALYSIS INCLUDES AGGREGATE USE OF IGOS FOR FOREIGN POLICY BEHAVIOR; RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN IGO MEMBERSHIP AND IGO USE.

"A comprehensive analysis of the values and beliefs that have shaped American foreign policy, exploring how they have evolved over time. The author provides comparison of the changing policy making approaches of administrations from Nixon through Biden in this new edition"--

The societal environment -- Liberal internationalism: why Woodrow Wilson matters / Tony Smith -- Conservative realism / Colin Dueck -- Conservative internationalism: an alternative to realism and liberal internationalism / Henry R. Nau -- The Israel lobby / John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt -- American veterans in government and the use of force / Peter D. Feaver and Christopher Gelpi -- Events, elites, and American public support for military conflict / Adam J. Berinsky -- How media limit accountability in foreign policy-making / Robert Entman -- Foreign policy beliefs among leaders and the public / Dina Smeltz, Craig Kafura, Joshua W. Busby, Jonathan Monten and Jordan Tama -- The institutional setting -- Person and office: presidents, the presidency, and foreign policy / Michael Nelson -- Presidential wars: understanding their causes and costs / Louis Fisher -- How national security advisers see their role / Ivo H. Daalder and I.M. (Mac) Destler -- The shifting pendulum of power: executive-legislative relations on aMerican foreign policy/ James M. Lindsay -- American diplomacy at risk -- The American academy of Diplomacy -- The urgent need for defense reform / Michèle A. Flournoy -- Why intelligence and policymakers clash / Robert Jervis -- American trade policymaking: a unique process / M. (Mac) Destler -- Decision-makers and their policymaking positions -- How could Vietnam happen? : an autopsy / James C. Thomson Jr -- Sources of humanitarian intervention: beliefs, information, and advocacy in U.S. -- Decisions on Somalia and Bosnia / Jon Western -- NATO expansion: the anatomy of a decision / James M. Goldgeier -- President Bush and the invasion of Iraq: presidential leadership and thwarted goals / James P. Pfiffner -- Obama's decision making style / Fred Kaplan

ABSTRACTThis article discusses the benefits and challenges of offering an onsite seminar on Canadian politics and foreign policy and assesses how this format contributes to achieving the goals of the 2011 APSA report,Teaching Political Science in the 21st Century. First, the author describes the development and requirements of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Global Seminar series at Iowa State University, the structure of the seminar, and its operation in Ottawa. Second, several of the pedagogical and experiential benefits, as well as the challenges, for making the seminar successful are identified and discussed. Third, by weighing these benefits and challenges, the author concludes that such a seminar has the potential to serve as an effective model for increasing an understanding of Canadian politics among American students, as well as to meet several important recommendations for improving the teaching of political science today.