The Europa World Year Book 2003
Author: Europa Publications
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 2470
ISBN-13: 9781857432275
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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Author: William H. Lewis
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 0788183907
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPeacekeeping emerged in the post-Cold War period as the most prominent UN activity. This is largely because governments have come under increasing scrutiny & criticism for failure to adhere to a growing body of international standards. However, while world opinion is more willing to consider intervention in principle, it is also increasingly leery about mil. intervention in practice except in extreme cases. Chapters: the search for a new European architecture; commonwealth of independent states; Africa & the Americas; peacekeeping in Asia; & range of organizations available.
Failed Transition, Bleak Future?
Author: Hooman Peimani
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2002-04-30
Total Pages: 177
ISBN-13: 0313010889
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPeimani challenges the practical indifference of many Western and non-Western countries with interests in Central Asia and the Caucasus to their plight. Independence in 1991 suddenly worsened all the economic and social problems of the countries of the Caucasus (Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia) and Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan). Their failure to address their numerous economic problems and to develop their economies has created a suitable ground for the rise of social and political popular dissent, including ethnic conflicts, in all these multi-ethnic countries. Concerned about the stability of their political systems, their ruling elites have all opted for authoritarianism. The prevailing intolerance of dissent and the suppression of opposition, political parties have paved the way for the emergence of anti-government extremist ideologies and political groups. The domestic situation has become ripe for the rise of violent political activities and ethnic conflicts, with a great possibility for their escalation to civil wars. The ethnic structure of both the Caucasus and Central Asia makes their development into inter-state wars a strong possibility. The unsettled ethnic and territorial conflicts within and between countries, which turned into wars in the early 1990s, could easily re-emerge. There is a potential for the further escalation of military conflicts in those regions because of the intentional or unintentional intervention of Iran, China, Turkey, Russia, and the United States, which have long-term interests in the two regions. Given the geographical characteristics of the Caucasus and Central Asia as a link between Asia and Europe, war and instability in those regions could destabilize the two continents hosting six declared nuclear powers. Of particular interest to scholars and other researchers involved with Eurasian, Central Asian, and Caucasian countries.
The Haunting Past
Author: Alvin O. Thompson
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015-02-24
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13: 1317456505
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst Published in 2015. This book places in firm historical perspective the roots of Caribbean dependency, highlighting the ways in which the region has been and continues to be a pawn in Great Power politics and economics. The past is both haunting and daunting, seriously hampering the region's capacity to pursue an autonomous path. The author develops his argument by focusing on how politics, economics and race have shaped Caribbean history and contemporary life. Discussions and analysis include examples from the Anglophone, Spanish, French and Dutch speaking Caribbean islands and countries. Thompson also attempts to provide prescriptions that would free the region from the shackles of the past and place the countries on the path to independence.
Global Restructuring and Peripheral States
Author: Mohameden Ould-Mey
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 346
ISBN-13: 9780822630517
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Democracy And Development In Southeast Asia
Author: Clark Neher
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-02-12
Total Pages: 203
ISBN-13: 0429973608
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExploring the remarkable political and economic changes sweeping Southeast Asia, the authors take as their starting point the trend,albeit uneven,toward democratization. They focus specifically on Asian democracy,'" a form that has been adapted by Southeast Asians to suit their own particular needs.This book begins by building a framework for understanding democracy in its broadest sense. The authors investigate the uniquely Asian style of democracy, which borrows democratic political institutions and meshes them with the cultural patterns specific to each country. In separate chapters, the authors trace the evolutionary historical processes within each country, as well as citizen participation, electoral practices, and civil liberties. The chapters end with an assessment of the prospects for democracy in that nation as well as an evaluation of whether democratic regimes are necessary for developing successful economies and societies in the new international era.
An Analysis of Policy Implementation in the Third World
Author: Marcus Powell
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-12-13
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 0429861893
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in 1999, this book analyzes the process involved in implementing Technical and Vocational Education and Training policies in the countries of Jamaica and The Gambia. A critical approach was used to analyse the role played by different actors in this process, both at public and private sector institutions. The study documented a variety of projects and programmes, ranging from those that promoted entrepreneurship or self-employment amongst young people, to those that were more concerned with providing the skills needed for export-led growth. Overall it highlighted the complexities surrounding implementation and of the importance of donor agencies in financing TVET developments in both countries. Furthermore, it also illustrated how the use of foreign technical assistance and components obtained from the developed world, combined with the influence of the physical and political infrastructure, were the major reasons why projects or programmes failed to achieve their stated objectives. The study concludes by suggesting a model which can be used by policy makers to help ensure that programmes or projects are more successful at meeting local labour market needs, rather than those of aid agencies or actors within the state apparatus.
World Police Encyclopedia: L-Z, index
Author: Dilip K. Das
Publisher: Taylor & Francis US
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 562
ISBN-13: 9780415942522
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe World Police Encyclopedia is the only existing reference work to systematically survey all the police systems in all the countries of the world (the 189 UN member states plus Switzerland). Each article describes police history; police education and training; structure of the force(s) in relation to the country's form of government and criminal justice system; police responsibilities and duties; most common crimes; structure and role of the courts; correction structure; organization and function of the police force(s); use of firearms; local and central interactions; community relations; and current issues and challenges. This unique resource will be of interest to scholars of history, foreign policy, and politics as well as government agencies, NGOs, and others involved in working internationally to control international and domestic crime.
The Europa World Year: Kazakhstan - Zimbabwe
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Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 2420
ISBN-13: 9781857432558
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Russian Women in Politics and Society
Author: Norma Corigliano Noonan
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 1996-10-21
Total Pages: 201
ISBN-13: 0313031320
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn examination of women's roles in politics and society in the contemporary Russian Federation as it creates a new market economy and democratic course born of a millennium of history and nearly 75 years of authoritarian communist rule. The stage is set in the introduction followed by an examination of the history of the Bolshevik socialist state in 1917 through the participation of women in recent multiparty elections in 1993. The tsarist and Communist gender culture is presented, and the book then considers why and how, the Soviet Union disintegrated. Next the editors explore the reborn Russia of President Boris Yeltsin and women's rights under Soviet and post-Soviet rule. The book is enriched by statistical tables and glossaries of the names of leaders and terms for easy identification.
