The authors explain outcomes ranging from national budgetary priorities through nuclear-power regulations and military-security commitments. They show that the political leadership in both countries is in control of policy, but that political institutions explain why the bureaucracies of the two countries receive different missions and operating procedures. This volume is a powerful contributio…
Drawing on the characteristic developments of the last century, Bill Emmott sketches out the challenges that face the world in the next. There are few people who combine a truly global distribution of interests and insights with Bill Emmott's profile and experience. This book should be of interest to the managerial and investing classes, and everyone who seeks to appreciate more clearly the key…
In this brilliant look at the rise of political Islam, the distinguished political scientist and anthropologist Mahmood Mamdani brings his expertise and insight to bear on a question many Americans have been asking since 9/11: how did this happen? Mamdani dispels the idea of “good” (secular, westernized) and “bad” (premodern, fanatical) Muslims, pointing out that these judgments refer t…
Pemikiran Liberal di Dunia Arab adalah studi komprehensif tentang kecenderungan modernitas pemikiran sosial dan politik di jantung dunia Muslim, Timur Tengah. Karya monumental Albert Hourani ini melacak bagaimana ide-ide tentang politik dan kemasyarakatan mengalami perubahan sepanjang abad ke- 19 dan paruh pertama abad ke-20.
The collapse of communism in Eastern Europe. The continuing conflict in the Middle East Racism Nationalism Neo-Fascism. Covering these topics and more, Political Ideologies, Fifth Edition, offers a clear examination of political ideas within the context of pertinent social, economic, political, technological, historical, and contemporary events. Political Ideologies reflects the author's belief…
Our rainbow nation has become a restless nation. Citizens are faced with poor service delivery and corruption, while a new bling culture has infected both politics and business.
The year 2001 began as the United Nations Year of Dialogue between Civilizations. By its end, the phrase that came most readily to mind was 'the clash of civilizations.' The tragedy of September 11 intensified the danger caused by religious differences around the world. As the politics of identity begin to replace the politics of ideology, can religion become a force for peace? The Dignity o…
What does EU law truly mean for the member states? Do they abide by it or don't they, and why? Complying with Europe presents the first encompassing and in-depth empirical study of the effects of "voluntaristic" and (partly) "soft" EU policies in the member states. The authors examine ninety case studies across a range of EU Directives and shed light on burning contemporary issues in political …
Critical geopolitics presents a brilliant and radical analysis of the ideas which have driven nations to attempt to remap the globe in their own image. The essays-ranging across British colonialism to Nazi geopolitics, from America's ambitions to the bloodshed of Bosnia and Ireland-unearth a new political history of the struggle for space and power in the West, and revision the geographies of g…
This volume clearly shows that we are a long way from a postterritorial world. Through a set of fascinating case studies on interstate conflict in different parts of the world.