Rescuing Science from Politics debuts chapters by the nation's leading academics in law, science, and philosophy who explore ways that the law can be abused by special interests to intrude on the way scientists conduct research. The high stakes and adversarial features of regulation create the worst possible climate for the honest production and use of science especially by those who will ultim…
This book countains: the development of seabed politics until 1958, the first and second United Nations conferences on the law of the sea, etc.
An important part of the vision of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is to ensure that the benefits of development and economic integration are equitably shared by all member states and their citizens. ASEAN’s work therefore aims to narrow the development gap between ASEAN member states (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Ca…
This book contains ASEAN Industrial Cooperation scheme. The implementation of the WTO commitments by ASEAN member countries; the implementation of the CEPT Scheme for AFTA and the eventual implementation of the APEC Action Agenda on trade and investment liberalization and facilitation; has and will change the global economic landscape including ASEAN. ASEAN also realized that some of the parame…
The book examines ASEAN's mechanisms in managing challenges and threats to regional security. Its extensive analyses of the ASEAN story of managing regional security cover the different phases of ASEAN's development as a regional organization and explore the perceptible changes that have occurred in regional mechanisms of conflict management. The book also examines the roles of relevant actors …
Prime Minister Hashimoto is visiting Singapore at a time when his administration is seized with the ongoing crisis in Peru. His decision to proceed with the visits to the ASEAN countries is laudable. Both Singapore and ASEAN appreciate this gesture. It has demonstrated the importance that Japan accords to its relations with ASEAN. We hope that the crisis in Peru will be peacefully resolved soon.
This excellent volume represents a concerted effort to spread the knowledge and understanding of ASEAN beyond the purview of politicians, diplomats and business persons to the wider public, especially the new generation of youthful citizens of Southeast Asia, born in an era of relative peace and reduced uncertainties. This allows the volume to be easily adopted for classroom use in any educatio…
Describes the undersea life off the coast of Southern California, and in the Galapagos Islands, Australia's Great Barrier Reef, the Caribbean, and the Hawaiian Islands.
This book contains: 1. Marketization of public enterprises 2. The role of the State in Southeast Asia 3. The role of the State in Europe 4. Transformation of public enterprises: Changing patterns of ownership, accountability and control 5. The transfer of public functions: A European perspective 6. Making public enterprises more efficient 7. Marketization of telecommunication is Southeas…
This book contains: 1. Introduction 2. Public utilities 3. Telecommunications 4. Transport 5. Capital Market 6. Industrial relations