Southern Africa after Zimbabwe examines the shifting political landscape in the region in the early 1980s following Zimbabwe’s independence in 1980. Alex Callinicos analyzes the effects of Zimbabwe’s liberation on neighboring countries and evaluates the broader regional struggle against colonialism, apartheid, and imperialism. The book provides insights into the dynamics of revolutionary mo…
In the Spring of 1974 some twenty-five scholars met at Yale Conference Center at Mount Kisco, New York to assess the potential for change in southern Africa. This book is the result of their deliberations. It presents the considered views of many of the most discerning observers of an area of the world where fundamental social transformation has long been expected and de-manded, almost always s…
The G30S/PKI, also known as the 30th September Movement of the Indonesian Communist Party, was a failed coup attempt that occurred in Indonesia in 1965. This event had a significant impact on Indonesian history and led to a series of government policies and actions in response
"Longitudes and Attitudes" brings together reportage and reflections by one of the world's most admired journalists about the state of the world leading up to and after September 11, 2001 - the most momentous news story of our time. Travelling throughout the Middle East and Europe, Friedman talks to men and women in bazaars, schools and alleyways, as well as the world's leading political figure…
The contents of this book: 1. Indian Presidency: The Constiturnt Intent 2. Indian Presidency Under the Constitution of India 3. Indian Presidency: The Judicial Approach 4. Working of the Contitution: The Crisis Unfolded
The East-West Center is an education and research orga- nization established by the US. Congress in 1960 to strengthen relations and understanding among the nations of Asia, the Pacific, and the United States. The Center promotes the development of a stable, prosperous, and peaceful Asia Pacific community through cooperative study, training, and research. Funding for the Center comes from the U…
Contents: 1. The politics of fear 2. Blinding the faithful 3. The politics of wealth 4. Convenient untruths 5. The assault on the individual etc.
This clearcut volume offers a unique, thematic treatment of the Chinese political system as it has developed since the Communist takeover in 1949. Author Suzanne Ogden provides a focused, conceptual perspective on the interactional elements of politics/ideology, development, and culture, and maintains a unifying perspective and the ability of China to resolve its problems.
When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989 and the Soviet Union collapsed two years later, liberal democracy was supposed to fill the void left by Soviet Communism. Poland and Czechoslovakia made the best of reforms, but the citizens of the "Evil Empire" itself saw little of the promised freedom, and more of the same old despots and corruption. Recently, a second wave of reforms Serbia in 2000, Georgia …
This book contains: 1. Inter-Arab relations in the post-peace era 2. Shifts in Inter-Arab power: Five periods 3. Ideological warfare in the 1950s and 1960s 4. The onset if pragmatism in Inter-Arab relations in 1970s 5. Fragmentation and renewed conflict in the 1980s 6. Deceptive stability, 1988-1990 7. The Gulf War and its aftermath 8. Options for the future 9. Continued dual containm…