(Hardback)

Seeking answers to questions about crime and violence in America, the author of this text examines the country's fascination with violence, and why Jekyll and Hyde and the werewolf myth have such appeal in North American culture. He concludes that on-screen violence reflects deep insecurities.

(Paperback)

Seeking answers to questions about crime and violence in America, the author of this text examines the country's fascination with violence, and why Jekyll and Hyde and the werewolf myth have such appeal in North American culture. He concludes that on-screen violence reflects deep insecurities.

(Hardback)

A biography of the young German aristocrat who created Hitler's most advanced terror weapon, the V-2 rocket, and who came to the USA under the Army's Project Paperclip to develop missiles essential to the Cold War.

(Paperback)

Since its independence in 1947, India, as a large, diverse, and rapidly changing country, has had to meet federalizing problems of a magnitude unprecedented in history. The result has been a process that combines, modifies, and transforms many established ideas about federalism. Professor Franda deals with the complexities of India's experience by

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

Few, if any phenomena affecting Western Europe as a whole since 1945 have been more far-reaching in their immediate effects to politics and society over the long term than the experience of immigration. This work discusses effects of postwar migration.

(Hardback)

This up-to-date treatment of contemporary West German politics is written by established specialists. Policy implications of changes in recent German politics are investigated, as well as the link of those changes to economics. An empirical explanation of West German political opinion is also provided.

(Hardback)

The Federal Republic of Germany plays a pivotal role in NATO as well, as it is the strongest European member in NATO's integrated command structure, the major contributor of land forces, and, because of its geographic location, NATO's first line of defense.

(Hardback)

Although many recent publications deal with the substance of West German external relations, none (in English at any rate) focuses heavily upon the structure and processes of foreign policy-making.

(Paperback)

This lively book explores the intellectual ideas which the West Indians brought with them to Britain. It shows that for more than a century West Indians living in Britain developed a dazzling intellectual critique of the codes of imperial Britain.

(Paperback)

This book is about these new American & Chinese families that are being formed through the mechanism of international adoption.

The first survey of bicultural Chinese-American children, based on personal experience and rigorous research, both documents these adoptions and examines their implications for American society.

(Hardback)

This book is about these new American & Chinese families that are being formed through the mechanism of international adoption.

The first survey of bicultural Chinese-American children, based on personal experience and rigorous research, both documents these adoptions and examines their implications for American society.

(Paperback)

A revealing look at the Obama presidency, told by the men and women who worked tirelessly to support his vision for America.

(Hardback)

Since its birth, industrial capitalism has been punctuated by the need to find new ways to develop institutions that make the capitalist production process socially sustainable. These transitions are examined in the contemporary climate by a collection of world renowned thinkers. -- .

(Paperback)

Since its birth, industrial capitalism has been punctuated by the need to find new ways to develop institutions that make the capitalist production process socially sustainable. These transitions are examined in the contemporary climate by a collection of world renowned thinkers. -- .

(Hardback)

This is an essential volume for all those who seek to address the nature of Western civilization and its enduring significance in American education, especially higher education. There are no other single volume works that incorporate the same range of discussion on this topic by leading scholars.

(Hardback)

This book highlights the processes by which the poor in Africa have been disenfranchised and marginalized through schools' ascriptive mechanisms, and explains why African economic development is very slow.

(Hardback)

Although there are a number of books on NATO and on U.S.-West European relations, this is the first whose topic is the conflict between the U.S. and its European Allies over ties with Moscow, as it is affected by the interests and policies of West European countries.

(Hardback)

Examines the predicament of Western Communist Parties faced with the impact of reforms in the Soviet Union initiated by Gorbachev, the collapse of the Eastern bloc and the end of 'really existing socialism' in the USS in the USSR in the early 1990s.

(Hardback)

These thought-provoking analyses and policy implementations will interest scholars and students of European History and Politics, Comparative Politics, United States Foreign Policy and Defense, as well as government policy makers and decision makers in international business.

(Hardback)

In this text, Phil Gurski examines why some people decide to abandon their homeland to join terrorist groups, and whether they pose a significant threat to their societies if they survive and return.

(Paperback)

In this text, Phil Gurski examines why some people decide to abandon their homeland to join terrorist groups, and whether they pose a significant threat to their societies if they survive and return.

(Hardback)

Western Higher Education in Asia and the Middle East examines the emergence of the global university in the Middle East and Asia, focusing in particular on the phenomenon of branch campuses and universities with foreign accreditation.

(Hardback)

It is a paradox that there are few monographs committed to examining Western-centrism in the discipline of (Western) political theory, an intellectual tradition that has long been proud of critical self-reflection. This book is an outgrowth of examining Western political theory and the ideational processes by which contemporary Korean political theory has interacted with it.