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Spain, 1001 Sights: An Archaeological and Historical Guide is a unique historical and archaeological guidebook to Spain introduces the reader and traveller to the very foundations of the modern state from the earliest period down to medieval Moslem and Christian societies. With its broad scope, classification of monuments and integrated site-based history, the reader is guided to in situ remains, which may be cave paintings, ancient Iberian vi...

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This book succinctly summarizes key theoretical concepts in fiscal choice of public budgeting and finance. It explains key concepts in fiscal choice ultimately from the perspective of a choice between politics and economics in completely stand-alone chapters for each concept.

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This unique collection of comparable case studies addresses the need to assess modes of conflict resolution in a larger sociocultural context with attention to varying approaches and cultural perspectives.

Although much has been written about the Arab-Israeli conflict and about general theories of negotiation, this analysis and history is unique in linking major issues and peace plans to negotiation theory and strategy. Feste studies the basic structures of conflict and negotiation, offering no suggestions for radical solution but arguing for changes in approach that may bring about steps forward. This overview of all major peace efforts since 1...

This work takes a phenomenological approach to analyzing the dramatic form, focusing not on the interpretation of plays, but rather on Brownstein's perceptions and their sources. The distinct aspects of the dramatic art form are discussed using a wide variety of well-known plays, from ancient Greece to the present day. Brownstein offers a theoretical survey of the "perception shift" that infuses even the smallest element of a play, the forces ...

Headlee argues that the family farm system--with its progressive nature and egalitarian class structure--played an important role in the transition to capitalism in the mid-19th century U.S.

This collection of essays is a case study of a major educational reform enacted in Texas in 1987. It chronicles how legislators, staff and educators designed the test, program, and necessary policies to support the reform.

Exploring the historical and current level of African-American political participation, this volume assesses the fruits of participation and provides recommendations for improving the efficacy of African-American political participation in the future.

This study examines the growth of the information society and the impact of its technologies on city form and urban life. It establishes a theoretical framework which integrates the consequences of technology on the physical city, the dynamics of its economic activities, and its social processes.

Providing a detailed study of the effects of market structure and government regulation on innovation in a single industry over a long period of time, this text compares the benefits of a stable industry with regulated prices, with a dynamic industry constantly introducing new products.

This volume analyzes the key issues that must be addressed by college and university administrators in order to meet the rising costs of higher education, shrinking enrollments, more diverse student populations, and the trend toward evaluation and assessment of programmes and students.

Exploring the factors that have transformed the Israeli political centre this work gives a picture of current and future trends in Israeli politics, focusing on the movement of the Israeli body politic to the right-of-centre and the growing hold of Likud.

This provocative analysis of U.S. policy toward Cambodia illuminates issues that remain especially pertinent in the aftermath of the Cold War. Haas examines U.S. failures in Cambodia and traces them to a combination of an idealistic desire to remake the world in the American democratic image, a belief in U.S. omnipotence, and the realpolitik tradition of using power to advance U.S. interests whenever they seem to be threatened. Formulating a m...

The author seeks to answer one of the central questions of power structure research, "Who controls corporations?". This is achieved through a sustained study of the formal ties between corporations commonly referred to as "interlocks".

This text provides an overview of concepts, theories, and methods related to the study of household consumption. It summarizes the most recent data on consumption patterns and trends, together with factors that influence consumption--population trends, prices, and distribution of resources--and examines how consumption data are used by business, government, and other organizations.The work will give the student a knowledge of household consump...

An overview of concepts, theories and methods related to the study of household consumption. It summarizes recent data on consumption patterns and trends, together with factors that influence consumption, and examines how consumption data are used by business, government and other organizations.

Fifty years after the death of Edmund Husserl, the main founder of the phenomenological current of thought, we present to the public a four book collection showing in an unprecedented way how Husserl's aspiration to inspire the entire universe of knowledge and scholarship has now been realized. These volumes display for the first time the astounding expansion of phenomenological philosophy throughout the world and the enormous wealth and varie...