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The country chapters are followed by a bibliographical essay that introduces a selective collection of English-language materials on public transportation systems and policies in the twelve countries surveyed, as well as additional, general works on public transportation.

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This international handbook is the first to analyze mental health policies systematically across a variety of both developed and developing countries. The work considers the treatment of the mentally ill and mentally retarded, mentally disordered offenses, questions of substance abuse, deinstitutionalization, funding, and consumer rights.

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This groundbreaking contribution to the comparative development literature offers a cogent analysis of social development in the economies of two vastly differing nations--one a giant nation oriented toward capitalism, the other a small country oriented toward socialism.

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Presents new research by leading scholars in Australia and the US on economic factors that influence children's development and the respective social policies that the two nations have designed to boost human capital development. The volume is organised around three major issues: parental employment, early childhood education and child care, and postsecondary education.

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Traces Ireland's introduction of FOI legislation and considers its use and operation from a series of perspectives, looking at the Irish experience in a truly international context -- .

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A radical look at the Irish austerity measures and the attempts to prop up business and the banks at the expense of ordinary citizens, left to bear the brunt of conditions they did not cause. Many of these contributors predicted Ireland's rapid cyle of boom and bust, even at the height of the Celtic Tiger boom. -- .

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A radical look at the Irish austerity measures and the attempts to prop up business and the banks at the expense of ordinary citizens, left to bear the brunt of conditions they did not cause. Many of these contributors predicted Ireland's rapid cyle of boom and bust, even at the height of the Celtic Tiger boom. -- .

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The irrational social system known as capitalism has, over time, led to the destruction of the environment. A possibility exists to replace capitalism with a form of rational socialism that doesn't necessitate conquering the environment.

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In Irreconcilable Differences, author David Cole speculates that Americans may be living through the beginning of the devolution of the United States a development that may unfold after our lifetimes, although it could happen sooner. Is contemporary America an example of the Aristotelian phenomenon of coming into being and passing away

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Not only were the early leaders of Zionism more charismatic, the author argues, but later leaders have faced domestic and external constraints that tied their hands regarding the economy, the need to absorb immigrants, and the demand to expand and modernize the army.

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This book explains the foreign policy of Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. It argues that Renzis domestic focus and outsider status are critical in allowing us to make sense of Renzis policies toward the European Union as well as instability in Libya and the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

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This A-Z encyclopedia provides a detailed overview of America's 11th president and connects Polk's public and personal life to his historical significance.

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In this treatise by veteran Japanese immigration specialist, Hidenori Sakanakathe former director of the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureauproposes sweeping changes to Japans immigration policy to address the interrelated problems of a rapidly declining population and a decrease in working-age adults.

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This book describes the astonishing policy failures of populist politicians in Japan. Focussing on popular tax cuts in Japan as a salutary case study the book details their serious side effects: government debt, cuts to social security expenditure, inadequate public services and even the potential for a national default.

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This book describes the astonishing policy failures of populist politicians in Japan. Focussing on popular tax cuts in Japan as a salutary case study the book details their serious side effects: government debt, cuts to social security expenditure, inadequate public services and even the potential for a national default.

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Japan's Civil Service System is a comprehensive description of the organization, staffing, and actual daily workings of the postwar Japanese government bureaucracy.

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Examines the major concerns of Carter's experience of foreign policy, including: staffing the foreign-policy apparatus; shifting human rights to the forefront of basic policy considerations; and lessening Cold War tensions. This volume also covers Carter's career after leaving the White House.

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Following a long and distinguished public career, John Adams had a turbulent presidency. Since the 1960s, however, scholars have begun to turn their attention to John Adams. This bibliography provides access to both primary sources and the secondary literature on John Adams.

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Prepared by a leading Kennedy scholar, this volume is the most definitive and up-to-date bibliography on Kennedy.

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This bibliography provides a guide to literature on the various careers of John Quincy Adams. He was a congressman, a diplomat and Secretary of State, and from 1825-9 he served as America's 6th President. Included are archival resources, Adams's own writings and general biographical publications.