The second edition of US politics today has been rewritten so as to incorporate coverage of events that have taken place since 1999. It examines the 2000 presidential election and recent Supreme Court rulings as well as the ways in which the war on terrorism has affected the character of the political process. There is also a new chapter that assesses the most important political issues facing …
From Confederation to the Meech Lake Constitutional Accord, this is a clear and entertaining introduction to Canada's parliamentary system. With Maureen McTeer as a guide, readers tour the Parliament buildings, observe what MPs do all day, find out what happens during an election, and learn about their rights under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
This reader of nearly sixty articles covers major events in the Caribbean struggle for freedom from emancipation to the present-from Toussaint's Haiti to the more recent revolutions in Cuba, Grenada and the Dominican Republic.
In this first comprehensive account of the country's recent upheaval, Louisa Lombard shows the limits of the superficial explanations offered thus far – that the violence has been due to a religious divide, or politicians' manipulations, or profiteering. Instead, she shows that conflict has long been useful to Central African politics, a tendency that has been exacerbated by the international…
Part I describes Indonesian government policies for national growth and the resulting economic development. This is presented in the hope it may be of use to other NAM countries. Economic policies have been formulated to induce a significant increase in investment and to support rapid economic growth. The main objective was to achieve a rate of capital growth exceeding that of population growth…
Volume III also presents a comprehensive overview of the concept and processes adopted in Indonesia's national development during the past quarter of a century. The first long term phase of national development took place through a series of five-year development plans known by the acronym of PELITA and designed with the threefold objectives of political stability, economic growth and social ju…
In Part II the profiles of a number of major public and private Indonesian companies are presented. Having succeeded in contributing to the growth of the Indonesian economy, they are models for increased cooperation in trade between southern countries. These companies are now major corporations, playing a dominant role in industrialization and non-oil and gas export growth.
It exposes some of the myths and fallacies which dashed Africa's hopes for peace and prosperity and may even make headlines itself with startling revelations about high-level international intrigues and 'dirty tricks' that have dogged both the author's life - and that of Africa's.
The Yearbook on Human Rights for 1988 contains three parts: part I concerns international developments in the field of human rights, part II re- lates to activities of the United Nations supervisory bodies and part III con- cerns national developments.
The Yearbook on Human Rights for 1987 has been prepared on the same basis as that for 1979, according to the directives laid down by the Economic and Social Council in its resolution 1979/37 of 10 May 1979, and in conformity with the "Guidelines for the contents and format of the Yearbook on Human Rights" annexed to Council resolution 1979/37.