Alle twaalf opstellen in deze bundel hebben de positie van de nationale staat tot onderwerp. De klassieke natie-staat ziet zich anno 1996 geplaatst voor verschijnselen als europeanisering en mondialisering. Leiden deze uitdagingen tot drastische uitholling van de traditionele functies van de staat, zoals het geweldsmonopolie, regelgeving en belastingheffing, en autonoom sociaal - economisch bel…
This book analyzes the U.N. system as it functions today, stressing the economic issues that constitute most of the agenda; the New International Economic Order, and the role of transnational corporations, energy, natural resources and the reasonable U.S. initiatives and responses in these areas.
Clash of Empires presents an introduction to European history in the first half of the sixteenth century. Europe was riven by religious revolt as the emerging forces of Protestantism challenged the common teachings of Catholicism. Peace was shattered repeatedly and the Ottoman Empire, struggled for dominance and territory. The continent was further destabilised as an increase in population, foo…
Yale historian John Lewis Gaddis began this magisterial history almost thirty years ago, interviewing Kennan frequently and gaining complete access to his voluminous diaries and other personal papers. So frank and detailed were these materials that Kennan and Gaddis agreed that the book would not appear until after Kennan's death. It was well worth the wait: the journals give this book a breath…
This book is documenting the trace of advocacy that Munir did since he established Impersial (Indonesian Human Right Monitor)up to yhr legal process after his death.The wnding road to justice concluded there is goverment involvement in Munir's murder.This book consists of several chapters.Chapter I explains the paradigmatic frame and the writing method.Chapter II explains the advocacy that Muni…
Peter Popham distills five years of research including covert trips to Burma, meetings with Suu Kyi and her friends and family, and extracts from the unpublished diaries of her co-campaigner and former confidante Ma Thanegi into this vivid portrait of Aung San Suu Kyi, illuminating her public successes and private sorrows, her intellect and enduring sense of humor, her commitment to peaceful re…
Dr. Li clarifies numerous long-standing puzzles, such as the true nature of Mao's feelings toward the United States and the Soviet Union. He describes Mao's deliberate rudeness toward Khrushchev and reveals the actual catalyst of Nixon's historic visit. Here are also surprising details of Mao's personal depravity (we see him dependent on barbiturates and refusing to wash, dress, or brush his te…
Zhu Rongji, the Premier of China from 1998 to 2003, the unswerving economic reformer who helped to tame rampant inflation and put China firmly on the path to international economic integration, became a respected and popular figure among world business leaders, heads of state, diplomats, and particularly among progressive reformers within China. Zhu Rongji Meets the Press --a collection of the …
Tribute to Aung San (1945-47) in the form of documents selected and edited by Dr. Maung Maung from Aung San's own speechs and writings, together with the memories and appreciative essays by Burmese and Western cotemporaries of Aung San, with a who's who.
Buku ini berisi mengenai 33 profil budayawan Indonesia, buku ini memperkenalkan kepada khalayak ramai khususnya generasi muda, para tokoh budayawan, figur mereka, pemikiran dan falsafah hidup mereka.