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.
The Yearbook on Human Rights for 1986 has been prepared on the same basis at 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 "Guidelines for the contents and format of the Yearbook on Human Rights" and annexed to Council resolution 1979/37.
The Dictionary of the Modern Politics of South-East Asiaprovides comprehensive coverage of the political history of this important region since the end of the Second World War.